0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hundreds of these structures that you can see behind me
0:00:05 > 0:00:07once dominated the landscape around here.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12They're bottle kilns and they were used to make some of the world's finest ceramics.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Today, Flog It comes from Stoke-on-Trent.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57The modern Stoke-on-Trent is made up of six towns,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00which were brought together in 1910 to form a city,
0:01:00 > 0:01:05and collectively they're known the world over as the...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07ALL: Potteries!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Now, are we gonna find some ceramic gems here today?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Well, we're in the right place, but it is the right time?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19That is down to our two experts, Mr David Barby and James Lewis.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Well, no pressure, guys! - Smile, you're on Candid Camera.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And that's not the only camera here today!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Well, I think it's time to get this massive crowd inside
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and see what they've brought along.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37And James has already turned up two cheeky-looking chaps.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Keith, these are fantastic.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I love them.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I saw you unpacking them a while ago and I have to say,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45as soon as I saw them, I loved them.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47They're brilliant fun,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51and what we're looking at, of course, are table lighters... A pair of them.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53This one, the hinge is fine.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55This one, a little bit of damage on the hinge,
0:01:55 > 0:02:00but still a really interesting pair of lighters,
0:02:00 > 0:02:01and to have a pair as well
0:02:01 > 0:02:05makes them a little bit more sought-after, I would imagine.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08They're made from spelter and then they've been silvered
0:02:08 > 0:02:11on the top of the spelter, but they're great fun. I suppose...
0:02:11 > 0:02:13What do you think they're supposed to represent?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Is it "Alas, poor Yorick"?
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Do you know, I think it's probably got to be allegorical of evolution,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24and what we have is a pair of apes sitting on textbooks...
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- So, knowledge.- That makes sense, yes. - ..looking at a human skull
0:02:27 > 0:02:31and thinking, "Goodness me, surely I can't be related to that!"
0:02:31 > 0:02:33And I think it's a comment and a bit of a joke
0:02:33 > 0:02:35on the times because it's only...
0:02:35 > 0:02:39These were made probably in the 1920s, '30s,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and we're not that far after Darwin,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and it was still quite a controversial subject then,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46so I think this monkey is looking at a human and thinking,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49"Oh, no, please don't tell me I'm related to one of those!"
0:02:49 > 0:02:51But they're great fun, aren't they?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- I think so. - And the key word is "novelty".
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Whenever we've got something that's useful, something that's decorative
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and the novelty all combined, that's what people are looking for.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- A bit of a problem, they've been damaged at some point. - One has, yeah.- How did that happen?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08My son used them as bookends in his bedroom for his school books
0:03:08 > 0:03:10and the shelf collapsed!
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- OK.- Zoop, straight to the floor. - We've lost an arm.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I repaired the arm. I was going to repair the hinge...
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- They've been out in my workshop for three years.- Really?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I do it out there. They've been left out there because the wife didn't want them in the house.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It was taboo. I gave up many, many years ago.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I have to say, I think they're great, I really like them.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Oh, good.- And I think they're great fun as well.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35What are they worth?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I mean, this one being damaged, I suppose, is just a few pounds.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44That one has got to be worth £80 to £100, I should think.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- So if we put an estimate of £80 to £120 on the two? - They'll have a reserve.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Do you want a reserve?- Please. - What would you like?- Up to you.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52- 80?- Lovely.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- You'll take them at that? - So they don't give them away!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Absolutely, no, I agree. It's Adam Partridge who will be selling them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00He knows what he's doing.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Well, I think a collector would really go for them, wouldn't they?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I love them, I do, I really love them, but as I say...
0:04:06 > 0:04:10It kind of looks like Adam Partridge, doesn't it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- Oh, ooh! Don't tell him that! - Well, that will be me, then!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17MUSIC: "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" by Arcade Fire
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Betty, obviously you can't remember the abdication of Edward VIII...
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- No.- Where did this come from?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Has it always been in the family?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Yeah. It's been in the family for as long as I can remember.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Was there a great sort of devotion to King Edward?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- I don't think so!- Don't think so?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43But somebody acquired rather an expensive example
0:04:43 > 0:04:48of souvenir-ware for the coronation, because this was made by Fieldings -
0:04:48 > 0:04:51that's the Crown Devon Company -
0:04:51 > 0:04:56who have been producing pottery from about 1897 in Stoke-on-Trent,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59and they've always been known for making good-quality pottery,
0:04:59 > 0:05:04often sort of copying more expensive designs from the Worcester factory,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09and then they started producing these novelty musical movement
0:05:09 > 0:05:11tankards, commemorative ones.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I remember buying...
0:05:13 > 0:05:18many years ago a tankard for a friend of mine who used to sing "Sally".
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Gracie Fields.- Showing your age!
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Thank you!
0:05:22 > 0:05:26But this is in the same tradition
0:05:26 > 0:05:27of giving a little bit of interest,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30a little bit of excitement, so when you lifted the mug,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33to drink, it would play a musical tune,
0:05:33 > 0:05:38and here we have "God Save The King".
0:05:38 > 0:05:40What I find interesting about this
0:05:40 > 0:05:44is that it has on the back the legend,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47"Abdicated December 10th 1936".
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Now, that was an interesting move for the pottery company, wasn't it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:55First of all they produced this for the coronation, which didn't take
0:05:55 > 0:05:59place, and then, to make certain their sales still went on for these
0:05:59 > 0:06:05implements, they put an abdication clause on the back,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09so they had one for the coronation and then they sold this as a souvenir
0:06:09 > 0:06:12of the abdication, so they covered both sides, didn't they?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16I like this. The musical movement is contained halfway down,
0:06:16 > 0:06:21and the actual decoration and the cameo portrait, in high relief,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23is in such excellent condition.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27The handle is decorated with all the symbols of Great Britain.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29We have the rose for England,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32thistle for Scotland, daffodil for Wales,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34and there, the shamrock for Ireland.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's interesting that people do collect commemorative mugs,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41particularly with the musical movement underneath, and I think
0:06:41 > 0:06:44if this goes up for auction we should look at around about £60 to £80,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and I think we should put a reserve of £50 on it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Would that be agreeable?- Yeah, cool.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. - Good!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Shall we just have a little bit of a play before you say goodbye to it?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00MUG PLAYS "God Save The King"
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Phil, looking at all these used ticket stubs,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21you're obviously a big music fan and so am I.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Look, Dr Feelgood, Joe Walsh...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Gosh, everybody's in here, but what has caught my eye
0:07:26 > 0:07:29are these two little posters, they're like flyers really.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I guess these would have been used
0:07:31 > 0:07:33in shop windows, local stores
0:07:33 > 0:07:35around the venue to promote the gig.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Jimi Hendrix, and it says it all because that sums up
0:07:38 > 0:07:40the Seventies with that sort of purple haze.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Psychedelia.- Yeah, exactly.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- There's no date on it. Do you know what date it was?- I think it's 1970.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48And he was playing in Oklahoma.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50You've got an American accent,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- I guess you grew up in Oklahoma. - That's where I'm from, yeah!
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- So what brought you over to the UK then?- My wife.- Your wife?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- You married an English lass? - Yeah.- Aaah!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Did you get to see Led Zeppelin?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03No, I didn't. I was a bit young at the time.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I was gonna say, you look a bit young.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I love that. That is fantastic,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09and Led Zeppelin has reformed this year.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I grew up playing the drums and I still listen to John Bonham
0:08:12 > 0:08:15and try and copy all his sort of licks and his moves and his sound.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- The question is, were you any good? - No, I was rubbish!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Again, no date.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I think that's also 1970.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Right. Great band, but I don't think our auction is the right one for you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It's a general antique auction. I think what you've got here, rock
0:08:33 > 0:08:38and pop memorabilia, needs to go to a specialist musical memorabilia
0:08:38 > 0:08:41sale, where you'll find a bigger audience, and I'm pretty sure
0:08:41 > 0:08:46this one is worth around £80 to £150, and so is that one.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48So that's not bad, is it?
0:08:48 > 0:08:52For flyers that were just sellotaped to the shop window, and what I like
0:08:52 > 0:08:54is the fact that you've looked after them,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58you've put them behind perspex on a clip frame,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01so it's kept them from being bent and screwed up and ripped and torn,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04so good for you, because condition is so important.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07MUSIC: "Haiti" by Arcade Fire
0:09:11 > 0:09:17Pat, I love this period of art.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21We're looking at the end of the sort of 19th century, and a period that
0:09:21 > 0:09:24we call the "aesthetic movement",
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and I associate this with the pre-Raphaelites.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32I look at these and I think in terms of slightly, dare I say,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35camp Victorian melodramas or Wagnerian operas,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39because all the costumes are of that sort of twilight era,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41rather like Excalibur,
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- and, of course, the subject matter is Arthurian, is it not?- Yes.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- What fascinated you to collect these? - I didn't collect them,
0:09:50 > 0:09:51they were my grandmother's.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- They were passed down to me. - She was a collector?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Well, she bought them from a second-hand shop and they were
0:09:56 > 0:10:01originally in a wash stand. She must have bought them in the early 1900s.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05It would have been a very, very expensive bedroom suite
0:10:05 > 0:10:10to have had a wash stand with these Minton tiles installed in the back.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12These were all decorated
0:10:12 > 0:10:17by one of the leading artists at the Minton factory called Moir Smith,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22and each tile would either have its initials or his full name there.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24There's Moir Smith there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29So they are recognised, they're sought after, and hopefully
0:10:29 > 0:10:32there's going to be tile collectors up at the auction we're going to.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I'm separating these from the subject matter at the back,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37because you can understand why.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38These are all Arthurian,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42and the colour tones are in this sort of beige and dark brown.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Sepia colours, aren't they? - Sepia-tone colours, yes,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and they're very much in vogue now for collectors.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51There are tile collectors.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55These are different, these are Shakespearean subjects,
0:10:55 > 0:11:01so we have Macbeth and we have Romeo and Juliet - beautiful -
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and then we have these Walter Scott tiles at the back.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08These would not have come from a wash stand.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13These might have come from a piece of furniture, probably insert
0:11:13 > 0:11:19into the back of a chair or insert into a wardrobe or maybe a fireplace.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- It's a lovely collection. Why are you selling them?- We don't use them.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27We've always been intending to do something with it and never done it.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Right. There was a fabulous sale in Stourbridge, a couple of weeks ago,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34where a lot of these came up for sale.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36On average, the estimates were around about
0:11:36 > 0:11:41£20 each for the Arthurian ones,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and also the Shakespeare ones, and then a little bit more,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49probably around about £40 to £60, for the larger tiles, so I think we ought
0:11:49 > 0:11:52to put an estimate at between £200 and £300. Would that be agreeable?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- That would be very agreeable. - But they require
0:11:55 > 0:11:59a reserve just tucked under, so I would say we put the reserve at £180.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Would that be agreeable?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03That would be very agreeable!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- I hope we're gonna get it after all of that!- Yes, I do, too!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Well, how about that lot? You've seen some cracking items,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16but right now it's time to put our experts' theories to the test.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18It's time for our first visit to the auction rooms,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21so while we nip up the motorway to Marshall's,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25here's a quick recap of all the items that are going to go under the hammer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29It's time for this pair of cheeky monkeys to come out of the garage
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and charm their way into a new home.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Royal memorabilia always attracts the bidders. Betty's Edward VIII
0:12:35 > 0:12:37singing mug has it, with bells on.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Every tile tells a story, and I'm sure it will be a happy ending
0:12:42 > 0:12:45for this fine collection of Minton.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Our auction today is in Knutsford at Frank Marshall's.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Now, on the rostrum we've got Flog It favourite Adam Partridge,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59hopefully doing us proud, but before the sale gets under way,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I'm going to catch up with him and have a quick natter about one of our items.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Now these are a bit of fun. Bookends, really, if you like.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12but they're table lighters, they belong to Keith.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17I think his son has damaged one of them and they've been using them as bookends.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19£80 to £120 was put on these by James.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I like the contemplative look they have while they're
0:13:22 > 0:13:25looking at the skulls and I notice that the...
0:13:25 > 0:13:30"With compliments of S Murphy." So they're a gift, aren't they?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32It's a strange thing to have, isn't it?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Yeah. They've got the look, though. - They're good fun.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I mean, this one has had his arm off as well on the front there.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Oh, yes, yes. - So condition isn't brilliant.
0:13:41 > 0:13:4380 to 120 should see them sold,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47but table lighters, you know, smoking is so popular these days...
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- Adam is not going ape about these! - No, I'm not, no!
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Well, they're first up in the auction,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56so let's see what the bidders think!
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Thank you very much.- We've got £80 to £120 put on by our expert, James.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I had a chat to Adam, just before the sale started.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07We kind of agreed, a bit of fun, the damage won't hold them back,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and that's the right price. Why do you want to flog them, though?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Well, we are emigrating to Australia.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Oh, are you? That is a major, major decision.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- How long have you been thinking about doing that?- A year.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- A year? Brave man!- We've got the eldest children out there, established.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25So you're going to retire out there?
0:14:25 > 0:14:29That's true. They've been out there for years and they've got good jobs.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32What a great country to go to. Been there are few times myself.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- I think they should just do a little bit more than 120.- I hope so.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's just that hinge at the back.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- It can be sorted out, though. - Yeah, it can be.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Let's find out what the bidders in Knutsford think.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- It's going under the hammer now. - Lot 99, a pair of cast-metal novelty
0:14:47 > 0:14:52table lighters in the form of an ape contemplating a skull. There we are.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Rather nice, aren't they?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Cheeky little monkeys there, lot 99, £80 the pair.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00£80. £50 then.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01- 50 bid.- We're in.
0:15:01 > 0:15:0860, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5, 90, 5, 100.
0:15:08 > 0:15:1295 at the back of the room, 95. Is there 100?
0:15:12 > 0:15:17- Good.- 110, 120, 120, 130, 140.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- It's only money, sir! - It's only money!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24130, any more now, 130 and we sell.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27All done at £130?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Selling. The hammer's gone down, just above the top end
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- of the estimate. We did it, though. Good result.- Very good.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Bit of commission to pay on that,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38but it's something towards the trip, isn't it? Congratulations.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Thank you very much.- Nice move.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Right, now we've got 11 Minton tiles from the 19th century
0:15:53 > 0:15:54up for grabs, £200 to £300.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58They belong to Pat, and I think these will fly away.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I would hope so, I'd hope so. Very good designer, again,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Arts And Crafts very much in vogue.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05These have been wrapped up in the garden shed,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- haven't they, for a long time? - They have, probably 60 years.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12We've changed the newspaper now and again!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15We're gonna find out what they're worth, right now. This is it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19423 is 11 Minton tiles, designed by John Moir Smith, lot 423.
0:16:19 > 0:16:2211 of these, £200 start me, please.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25100 then to get on.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28100 bid, 10 now, at £100, 110 are you?
0:16:28 > 0:16:34110, 120, 130, 140, 50, 160, 70, 180, in the room 180.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- Any more now? Any further on these? - Come on, come on...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40At 180, 11 of them at 180.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Let's have a bit more, shall we? At 180. Are you all done at 180?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46180, and we sell.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49So, 180. Just got them away.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- That was the reserve, so can't grumble.- Can't grumble at that.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- No, no.- What are you gonna do with the money?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00We're going to use it for a holiday, towards a holiday, and we're also
0:17:00 > 0:17:04going to probably a buy a few things, little extras.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- That sounds very nice. - Yes, very peripatetic!
0:17:07 > 0:17:11MUSIC: "Red Alert" by Basement Jaxx
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Well, we heard it play God Save The King earlier.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Let's hope Betty's little musical tankard reaches the top end
0:17:20 > 0:17:24of the estimate and gets that £80... PLUS in fact. That's what we want.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25It is a bit of fun, isn't it?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29It's a lovely little piece, yes. Of course, it's the association.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33It's King Edward, who abdicated, and how many of these were made?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- How many survived?- We don't know.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37And how many that survived are still playing?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Here it is, it's coming under the hammer now.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Crown Devon Edward VIII musical commemorative mug. There we are.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47How often do we see Edward VIII items brought to us as rarities?
0:17:47 > 0:17:52But this is a nice one, lot 353, and I can start with a bid of £50.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59- We're in.- Take five. At £50. £50, 5, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5, 90, 5, 100.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- We're up there. - 110 here, 110, anymore?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04120, 130, 140, 150, 160.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06160, who's going on? 170...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Fantastic! That's fantastic, Betty!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12200, 210.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- I'm shaking!- 200 in the room. £200.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18All done at £200. Selling then.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Yes!- A whopping £200, Betty!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- That must be a record!- Crikey!
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Yeah, really good. - Condition, condition, condition,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31that's what it's all about. Oh, well, a bit of commission to pay on
0:18:31 > 0:18:33that, but plenty of money to spend!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- What are you gonna do with that? - Phew!
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- You haven't got a clue, have you? - New fence.- You haven't thought about it. New fence.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- A bit of gardening? - Oh, well done!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- That was good, wasn't it? - Wow, wow, wow, wow, yes!
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Now, cast your mind back a few hundred years.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The year is approximately 1610.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00James I is on the throne and Sir Walter Raleigh is in the Tower of London,
0:19:00 > 0:19:07but here, in Cheshire, work has just finished on the home of one William Moreton III.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Little Moreton Hall is one of the finest examples of Elizabethan
0:19:16 > 0:19:19timber-framed manor houses in England.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Work on the house started in the early 16th century
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and extended over future generations.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29It's a stunning display of medieval craftsmanship.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It's a half-timber-framed house,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36built on a stone foundation, and each storey was built
0:19:36 > 0:19:40at different stages. The infill of the wood is plaster and lath.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Now, originally this, in Elizabethan times,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45would have been a lovely golden ochre colour, quite vibrant.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49It was the Victorians that painted everything black and white.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51They even painted all the oak beams black! But look at it!
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It really is fantastic.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55The more wood, the more money you had.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59It was something to show off, and all of this is held together
0:19:59 > 0:20:03with wooden pegs, massive great big wooden pegs, driven into the mortice
0:20:03 > 0:20:07to hold it tight when the wood was still green, in its fresh
0:20:07 > 0:20:11state, because all this would have been felled from the local forest.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Here is a typical example of the pegs, look,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15that hold the whole thing together.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19They're known as "trenails". Treenails.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31And when you get into the cobbled internal courtyard,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33you get greeted with a 360-degree
0:20:33 > 0:20:37panoramic view of architectural delight. Just look at it!
0:20:37 > 0:20:41You get wonderful ornamentation all around the doors and windows.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It's so typical of a Cheshire build.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I love the quatrefoils, with hand-carved balustrades.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's another detail that just catches your eye.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Moving right up, you've got the leaded windows
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and these windows must have been so expensive in their day.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58It's another way of showing off extreme wealth,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and that takes you up to the eaves, where you
0:21:00 > 0:21:03see these great big bulbous drop pendants, all hand-carved again.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Wonderful!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And here, look, the carpenter has even put his name,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12"Rycharde Dale, carpeder, made thies windovs by the grac of God,"
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and the date was 1559, and it's still standing!
0:21:16 > 0:21:19They really did know their trade.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The house was acquired by the National Trust in 1938,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and David Watts is the property manager.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31He's the chap we need to find to have a quick chat to
0:21:31 > 0:21:35about the history of this magnificent house and its lucky owner.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Hello.- Hi, Paul. - Pleased to meet you.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I've gotta say, absolutely mind-blowing, isn't it?
0:21:50 > 0:21:54And I know it sounds corny, but who would live in a house like this?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Well, the Moretons were wealthy landowners
0:21:56 > 0:22:00who came into the area, we think, around the 13th century.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04The family itself had wealth through corn mills,
0:22:04 > 0:22:10ironworks, timberworks, and primarily the land itself,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14and they wanted to show their wealth to everybody else,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17and each generation wanted to add their special part to the hall.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Fantastic bay windows, magnificent ranges of glass.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It's one of the best examples I think I've ever seen.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26It's a beautiful house.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I want to show you another room, with fantastic decoration.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31OK, after you.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Take a look at this, Paul.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Gosh, look at that? Tudor wallpaper.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- It's fantastic, isn't it?- Yeah!
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It was fashionable in the 1570s
0:22:45 > 0:22:50to about 1600 to use painted panels, and here we've got the Moretons, who
0:22:50 > 0:22:54really are into fashion and wealth and wanted to express that wealth,
0:22:54 > 0:23:00and John Moreton got the panels painted. We think that you'd probably
0:23:00 > 0:23:05get travelling craftsmen who would come round and paint the stories
0:23:05 > 0:23:09onto the paper, and then, of course, it's pasted onto the wall itself.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Incredible! Have you depicted what the stories are telling?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Is there enough there?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16It's the story of Susannah And The Elders.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19So, come on, tell me about that.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25Susannah was the beautiful wife of a businessman and she was admired,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28shall we say, by a couple of elders in the town,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31and they went into her garden
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and she refused their advances.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37She is then actually put on trial and is about to be stoned to death for adultery,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39but our hero, who is Daniel,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- who was actually in the far corner... - The chap up there?
0:23:42 > 0:23:48That's the chap - steps in and asks them to look again at the evidence,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- and, in fact, it's the two elders who are then put to death.- Wow!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Look at that!- But it's a fantastic piece of historic wallpaper,
0:23:54 > 0:23:59and you get little details, like the wolf's head on the frieze.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03That's the Moreton coat of arms.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Now, interestingly, of course, the fashions change.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09The fashion becomes, let's put wooden panelling on instead.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12And what do the Moretons do? They replace it with that.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15By virtue of putting the panelling over that, it has protected it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Of course.- Obviously, the condition of that, it's been saved by the panelling,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22but, overall, the house is in remarkable condition.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25It's a very solid structure.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- It's a wonderful house.- And I like the fact that you've kept it
0:24:28 > 0:24:32quite sparse inside because the space has the beauty as well.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It makes you appreciate the architecture.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38In many ways, our collection is the building itself.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Yeah, it's one big antique, isn't it?- It is, it's wonderful.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Well, not only is it a delight to look at, but Little Moreton Hall
0:24:56 > 0:25:00is a masterclass in Tudor woodwork and carpentry,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04a perfectly preserved piece of medieval history.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Phyllis, Ben, I think you might have the award for the youngest person here today.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- How old are you?- 11.
0:25:22 > 0:25:2411? Are you a collector?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- No.- Why?- I dunno!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Well, you've brought along this fantastic bowl for us, and is this
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- something you found yourself, or is it a family piece?- Family.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Is it? Who does it belong to?
0:25:35 > 0:25:40My great, great, grandma...two.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- Something you like eating your cereal out of it?- No!
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Well, it's actually one of the most famous people ever from the Potteries
0:25:49 > 0:25:53has designed this... a chap called Frederick Rhead.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Have you heard of Charlotte Rhead?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Yeah.- Charlotte Rhead, no? I'll tell you about her.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02Charlotte Rhead, in the 1930s, was one of the most famous designers,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06but this is a bowl by her father, Frederick,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10and he worked in the Potteries, he worked in various factories really.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14He worked for Wedgwood, and he also worked for Foley Intarsio.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18They had wonderful Art Nouveau designs and that's reflected really in this,
0:26:18 > 0:26:24and this is what Frederick Rhead is most famous for.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29This is known as tube-lining. Have you ever piped icing on a cake?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Had a go? Well, this is basically the same principle.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Big bag of clay, and you squirt it onto the side of the bowl,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41and that's what this is - so it's basically known as tube-lining,
0:26:41 > 0:26:47and Frederick Rhead was well-known for reviving the fashion for it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49What is the pattern called?
0:26:49 > 0:26:53The actual name, I don't know, but the range is Elers Ware.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Wood & Sons is the factory,
0:26:56 > 0:26:57and I know you've done some research?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Yeah.- Tell me what you found out.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I think it was in about 1907
0:27:01 > 0:27:05that it was Wood & Son, and then it came to "Sons"
0:27:05 > 0:27:11- after 1907, and then "Limited" about 1912, something like that... - Absolutely.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- so it's got to be in that range, so it could be 100 years old.- It is. - That's what we're thinking.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Spot on. Whenever we're looking at Art Nouveau, it's in the first
0:27:20 > 0:27:2615 years really of the 20th century, sort of 1900 to 1915,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29and that ties in perfectly with the mark we have on the base.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34OK. Well, having said all that, it's time for a value. What do you think?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- £50.- Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Would you sell it to me for 50? - No!- Why?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Because I want money!
0:27:43 > 0:27:48I don't blame you! OK, well, I think it's gonna be worth more than that.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I'd put an estimate of £60 to £100
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- on it, hoping it would make around mid estimate.- Yeah, that's fine.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Is that all right?- Yep. - Let's take it to auction and see how we do. Can you come?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- Maybe.- Maybe. Gotta find out if you can have a day off school.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- But you're definitely gonna come, yes?- Definitely.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10- Super. See you. Fingers crossed we'll see you.- Yep.- Lovely.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12MUSIC: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by Arcade Fire
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Isn't this absolutely fascinating, Cath?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- Yes, it is.- It really is.
0:28:23 > 0:28:29It's a map of Paris, dated 1780, nine years before the French Revolution.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33I can imagine English tourists having this and going to Paris, looking out
0:28:33 > 0:28:37the sort of fashionable watering places, going to the shops, seeing
0:28:37 > 0:28:41the sights, and at the same time the Scarlet Pimpernel would have needed
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- one of these, wouldn't he?- Yes! - During the French Revolution.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47This is extraordinary! Where did it come from?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Well, my father left it to me with one or two books.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Did you have an interest in maps? - Yes.- Right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Well, this is a beautiful map. It's steel engraving
0:28:55 > 0:28:59and then all of this is hand-tinted, and obviously it was never taken out
0:28:59 > 0:29:04during the rain because it hasn't got any runs or stains on it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08What I do find absolutely extraordinary is this wonderful
0:29:08 > 0:29:11plate here, which is so decorative.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14It explains the routes of Paris, and then you've got these
0:29:14 > 0:29:19two emblematic figures either side, and the Royal Coat of Arms here.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Lovely, lovely piece, but the item you've brought along, which I find
0:29:24 > 0:29:28absolutely fascinating, is the one that this is concealing underneath.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34This one here is Bradshaw's Map of Canals.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Now, what do we associate Bradshaw with?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Well, the canals and things like that, surely!
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Yes, but also he became famous with his railway maps and timetables.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Oh, yes, of course he did, yes.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50That dominated the whole of the 19th century. You could rely on Bradshaw's.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54This is fascinating, because where is Stoke?
0:29:54 > 0:30:00Oh, there's Stoke, here. Now, this dates back to about 1825,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02which is a very, very early map of the area.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08What I'm surprised about is I always thought Stoke and all the villages
0:30:08 > 0:30:11and the towns would have been crowded out with workers, and yet the number
0:30:11 > 0:30:14of houses you see are very few.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19- Yes, yeah.- But this, again, is steel engraving, and it's all hand-tinted,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21in beautiful condition.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Lovely, lovely maps.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Now, how much are we going to get for these? This is huge.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30This is a quarter of a whacking great map.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36I could see this framed and glazed in an office, or a study. It would look
0:30:36 > 0:30:40terrific on the wall, wouldn't it? Likewise with the Parisian map.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46I'd like to see this do certainly over £100, let's say £150.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I think we've got to box very clever.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52We've got to put a figure that's going to attract people to bid,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55so I'm going to suggest £80 to £120 as the estimate.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Would you be happy?- Yes, quite happy, yes.- What are you going to do?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Are you going to invest in more modern maps?- I don't know!
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- Or a sat nav?- Oh, no!
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Thank you very much for bringing them along.- Thank you.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Bill, Lillian, we've come all the way to Staffordshire,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17the heart of the Potteries in England,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20and what do we find? Worcester! Anyway, there we go.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23A bit of Worcester for us, and, obviously, out of its area,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26but one of the most famous factories of all time.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Indeed.- Are they family pieces? - They were my father's, actually.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32My father was a pottery manufacturer and he used to work
0:31:32 > 0:31:36as a chief chemist for Wedgwood before the war, and he formed his own collection
0:31:36 > 0:31:40of Wedgwood pieces, and also from other companies,
0:31:40 > 0:31:46but as I think things have moved on, these tend to not be on display,
0:31:46 > 0:31:48and it seems a terrible shame, really.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Worcester is so well known for its fruit-painted porcelain,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54and here we've got three very good examples.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Albert Shuck is the artist for these two, and this one, you don't see as
0:31:58 > 0:32:03much of this - this is by Bagnall but all around the same sort of period.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Worcester is very easy to date, and if you look at this mark here,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08you see three purple circles,
0:32:08 > 0:32:11or puce circles, and on either side of that there are a series of dots.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17The three interlinked circles were 1932,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19and then you add a dot for each year.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22You've got nine dots, that's 1941.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26That's quite unusual, really, because you wouldn't see British
0:32:26 > 0:32:30people buying porcelain in the middle of World War Two,
0:32:30 > 0:32:34but we've got a little telltale giveaway here - Buenos Aires.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37We've got a Buenos Aires retailer, so this was made in Worcester,
0:32:37 > 0:32:41has gone over to Argentina, has been sold in Argentina...
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- And come back again!- Back to Stoke!
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Well, there we are, so that's got a bit of interesting history about that one.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51You do get factories who are transfer-printing these pieces
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and then hand-painting little bits over the top,
0:32:54 > 0:32:58but these are all hand-painted, so these are very, very sought after.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59This one is the best.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03The softness of the painting of those wonderful grapes, you could almost
0:33:03 > 0:33:05eat them, a real feel to them.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Now, values. Any ideas?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Not really. We've never had them professionally valued.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15OK. I'm gonna put them as a group.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- OK.- And that will give the auction room that ability to
0:33:19 > 0:33:23split them up if they want to, it depends on their own client base.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25We'll say £80 on this one.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30The larger one, I think, is worth around £120.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33This one, £200 to £300.
0:33:33 > 0:33:39- Right.- So, if we say an estimate of £400 to £500 on them, as a three?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41That sounds very good.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- Could we put a reserve on them?- Absolutely.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47As a group, let's put 400 on them. So what are you gonna do?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Buy a great big piece of fantastic Wedgwood to replace them with?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Oh, I don't think so, actually,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55because I'm a model railway enthusiast, so I may very well buy
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- something for the collection. - Fantastic.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Well, Worcester is something that we just can't get enough of.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- Yes.- That's good news.- Lovely.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Let's take them along and see how we do.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Yes, thanks.- Thank you.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13But first, let's have a quick recap of all the items we're taking to the auction room.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I can see why this Frederick Rhead bowl caught James's eye.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20It's a classic piece and it's in mint condition.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23These extraordinary maps tell a tale of two countries.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Their tip-top condition should guarantee good interest.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30And, finally, there's something for everyone with Bill and Lillian's
0:34:30 > 0:34:35collection of Worcester. Let's hope the collectors are out in force!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47When you talk about studio pottery, Charlotte Rhead is a name to be
0:34:47 > 0:34:50reckoned with, but this one is by Frederick Rhead, her father.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54It's a lovely little vessel and it belongs to Phyllis and Ben.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I gather...
0:34:56 > 0:35:00What's Grandma been up to? She's sort of organised a sweepstake, hasn't she, Ben?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Yeah.- No, actually, I think it was Ben's idea!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Do you? Was this your idea?!
0:35:04 > 0:35:06It was his cunning plan.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Born to gamble!
0:35:08 > 0:35:10So what have you come up with, then?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12What do you think this is worth?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14£70.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17£70, OK. And what about Grandma?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- 75.- 75. And James?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Ever the optimist, 80.- £80.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Well, why do you want to sell this, just a bit of fun?- Yeah.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Ben likes to watch the programme, and we thought it was educational,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33so the headmaster has put it down as an educational day for him.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- Great!- Because it is, isn't it? - It is so educational because you're always learning.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43If you keep watching Flog It, you're gonna learn loads, and knowledge is money in this business, isn't it?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Absolutely.- Cos you get to spot those bargains.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Well, we're gonna find out exactly what we three think right now.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51I expect you've made your own minds up at home,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54but it's going under the hammer, right now.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Next one, 325, is the Elers Ware bowl designed by Frederick Rhead,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59and I've got 45, 50 and 55 bid.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Is there 60?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06At £55.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07At this rate, you're all wrong!
0:36:07 > 0:36:09£55. Any more at 55?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Well, I was told it had to be
0:36:12 > 0:36:17fixed at 60, so I'm afraid I can't sell it, even though I'm bid 55.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19No!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Didn't sell!
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Would you like to change your mind and take 55,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25or do you want to take it out?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26- Take it.- Yeah.- Take it.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Take it.- Take the offer? That doesn't happen in Christie's, you know!
0:36:30 > 0:36:31LAUGHTER
0:36:31 > 0:36:32There's a little deal going on.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34He's just asked if we will reduce it.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36You've got a sweepstake on it as well, haven't you?!
0:36:36 > 0:36:39So maybe James will make up the fiver difference!
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Yeah, I will!- £55. All done now.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43£55, and we sell then. 55.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Yes.- Well done.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Cor! Well done, Adam, as well.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49It's gone. £55.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- That's great.- That's OK, isn't it?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- And Ben won the sweepstake! - Exactly.- We've got to buy teas. - You were closest.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Yeah, the teas are on you!
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Teas and coffees on them. No?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- On James.- On James, OK.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03He's got all the money, hasn't he?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13David and I have just been joined by Cath in the nick of time.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16The auction room is jam-packed! It's hard to get through
0:37:16 > 0:37:18that door right now. We've got the two maps
0:37:18 > 0:37:21in that beautiful little folder you brought in.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24One 18th-century of Paris and the other one is Bradshaw's maps of the
0:37:24 > 0:37:28canals in Britain and I think it's a lovely little lot, I really do.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30£80 to £120.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- I can see this going for a little bit more.- Well, we hope so!
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I say double, actually.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Yes, so would I.- Because they're beautifully presented.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41They've hardly been used, and if you look at that map of Paris, you'll go
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- to Paris now and probably still see it around.- You probably could, yeah.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49It's the one with the canals that fascinates me, though.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I've not seen one before, so...
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Well done, I'm kind of partial to that!
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Look, this is it. Good luck, both of you.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Let's hope it gets £150.- We hope so.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01The map and the plan of Paris, two in the lot there,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03a nice lot.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08- We've got some interest here, and I can start at £200.- How lovely!
0:38:08 > 0:38:14And I'll take 20... 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300,
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- 320, 340, 360, 380, 400...- No, no.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20380 bid. Any more now? 380 bid.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Any more now? 400, 420, 440...
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- This is very good!- 420 now. £420.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Are you all done then? 420.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Finished at 420.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- That's good! - Gosh, I never expected that!
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Neither was I, and I don't think you were, either!- I said double!
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- You did, you did.- I said double.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- Gosh, that's wonderful!- A little bit of commission to pay, but what will you spend all that money on?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47We've got our first grandchild on the way at the end of August.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Aah!- It's going to be Grandma's indulgence, isn't it?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Oh, rather!- It is, isn't it!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Remember the hand-painted Worcester porcelain? It's just about to sell,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02and I've been joined by Bill and Lillian.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Now, we've got three lots, haven't we? The first lot,
0:39:05 > 0:39:08the smallest one, is £80, the second lot is about £120 and £200.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- £200 to £300 for the pedestal cup. - That's right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16And we've got a total valuation of about £400 to £500 here.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19We are selling them separately, but all the money, I just read in
0:39:19 > 0:39:23my notes, is going towards the model railway, is it?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Well, not...- I think he's had second thoughts about that.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Second thoughts!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- You mean you have?- I had a subtle
0:39:29 > 0:39:33reminder that it is our 25th wedding anniversary this year.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35That's more important than a model railway!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- I think so. - Cracking items these, James?
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Yeah, great.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41When we took them in on the valuation day we talked about splitting them up
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- or putting them together.- We did.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45And I thought Adam would split them up.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47It's the right thing to do, I think, but, you know, there are
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- lots of people here today and they're gonna do very, very well.- Good.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Well, fingers crossed and here's the first going under the hammer.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57367 is Royal Worcester bowl painted
0:39:57 > 0:40:02with fruits, by Albert Shuck, lot 367, little footed bowl there. £80.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06£80. 50, 50 bid, 5 now.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10At £50, 5, 60, 5, 65 bid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Any more now? 65.
0:40:12 > 0:40:1770, 5, 80 now, 80 bid. 85.
0:40:17 > 0:40:2085 online. Any more on this lot?
0:40:20 > 0:40:2785. Any further? The bid's online this time at £85 on the first.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30£85. That's good, that's good.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32First one down. Here's the next.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Worcester bowl painted by Albert Shuck again.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Lovely bowl, 368. Start me at £100.
0:40:36 > 0:40:4180 bid, 5, 90, 5, £95, any more?
0:40:41 > 0:40:46£95, 100 bid, 10, 110, take 120 now.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50120, online at 120, any more? 130?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- 140. At 140.- It's good.- It is.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Are you all done at 140? 150.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Any more at 150? All done?
0:40:58 > 0:41:04160, 160, keep going, 160, any more now at 160?
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Hammer's up then at 160, we'll sell at 160. 170...
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Gosh, that was late in!
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- 170 bid.- We like it, though!
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- We do!- Any more now at 170? 180?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17At 180. Last chance. It's now at 180, we're gonna sell...
0:41:17 > 0:41:20190. At 190.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Any more at 190?
0:41:22 > 0:41:26At 190, 200. 200, any more now?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Good heavens!- At 200. 210.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34LAUGHTER
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- 210. Are we done at 210?- I think so.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42I think we're done at 210. All done at 210 and we sell this one at £210.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46How super! Second one down.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47That's good news. Here's the last one.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52This is the third one, 369, by William Bagnall, painted
0:41:52 > 0:41:55with fruits. I'm bid 110. Take 20.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58110 only, 120 now, 120.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01130, 140, 140.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03150, 160, 170. 170 bid.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Any more now? 180.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12180 now, 180. 190... We've got the same thing happening again. 190?
0:42:12 > 0:42:13- Got a bid.- 200?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15At 200. Any further now at 200?
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Are you all done now? £200, we sell this one...
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- 210.- 210.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23All done and selling at 210?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Last chance at £210.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32- Yes!- Yes, very good, very good. - Fantastic! That's all three
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- sold, that's £505. - Yes, very good, very good.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Well, they were spot on, really, with the £400 to £500, weren't they?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Got the top end of the estimate.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Yeah.- Very good, James. - And it just shows you, doesn't it,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48by varying how people can bid, there's bidding in the room,
0:42:48 > 0:42:53there's bidding on the phone andbidding against each other on the internet - fantastic!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- You were dead right, dead right. - Absolutely spot on.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Congratulations to James, and enjoy the wedding anniversary.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Yes, yes. - I'm sure we will, sure we will.
0:43:06 > 0:43:12Well, that's it, it's all over, and all I can say is what a mixed day, but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15I hope you've enjoyed watching the show. Sadly,
0:43:15 > 0:43:18we've run out of time here from Marshall's Auctions in Knutsford,
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