0:00:02 > 0:00:04- Today, we've come up north, and you can tell. - CHEERING
0:00:04 > 0:00:06What a brilliant atmosphere!
0:00:06 > 0:00:10I'm amongst straightforward talking people, because their town motto is,
0:00:10 > 0:00:11"Judge us by our actions."
0:00:11 > 0:00:13And today, Flog It! has come to...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- ready? Barnsley! - ALL: Barnsley!
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Well, Barnsley's coat of arms... and here it is -
0:00:58 > 0:01:00look, right there - together with its motto,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03celebrates local traditional industries,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05such as coal mining and glass-making,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07but sadly, they're not around today.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09But there still is a good sense of civic pride,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11which should serve us well.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We're here at the Metrodome.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17And I've a feeling our experts - Philip Serrell
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and Mr Michael Baggott - are going to be judged
0:01:20 > 0:01:22by their actions when we get to the sale room.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25So, let's hope they get their valuations right.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30So, Barry, enjoy a drink?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34What...port, sherry and claret?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36All in one glass, yeah.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Where'd you get these from? - Car boot sale.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40How much did you pay for them?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- £6.- You're a man of generosity, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45He wanted eight actually, but...
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- And you beat him down? - Yes, aye.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- How'd you do that? - That's the Yorkshire man in me.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Do you have Horlicks to make you sleep at night?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Like that advert.- Don't need it. - You don't need it?
0:01:55 > 0:01:56I've a wife.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Did you buy them because you thought they were cheap or because they were nice?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- I liked them.- You liked them?- Yeah.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Plus, I knew they were a give-away at £6.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, they were at eight as well. Where do you think they were made?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I'd imagine Staffordshire.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I think so. There's something written on the back of this one
0:02:14 > 0:02:16that could well be Copeland.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- They're certainly English. What date do you reckon?- 1850s?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Spot on. Absolutely spot on, and I think they're great.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25They would have been used... probably in a wine merchants.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Possibly even in a big country house, in the wine cellar.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30They would have been hanging on the barrels.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And you can just see the remains here, and it is very, very faded.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37It would have had... who the shipper was, the year,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39which vineyard it came from.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41And these would have been annexed to each barrel.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45And I think they're really, really collectable. I think...
0:02:45 > 0:02:51- that we can put £40-£60 estimate on them all day long.- Yeah.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I think we can reserve them at £30.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- I think that's a real come-buy-me estimate.- It should be.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00It's a real come-buy-me estimate. And if you have a bit of luck,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02they might just go and make £100.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Yeah, yeah. - So you'd be pleased with that?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Definitely, yeah. I've a wife and eight kids, so I need some money.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Eight?!- Aye.- Don't need to ask what your hobby is, then.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I tell you one thing... Don't you get home and get confused
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- as to what the difference between port, sherry and claret is?- No.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Valerie, you don't often see things like this, do you?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31No, you don't.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Can you tell me where you got it from?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Well, my father-in-law, who's been dead about ten year,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39he were a big gardener.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And he had allotment, which is built on now.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And he were digging to put some potatoes in,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and he struck something. And he thinks, "Is it a rock?"
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and he's digging around this rock, and it were that,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54that come out of ground.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58And when he got it home, somebody told him to clean it
0:03:58 > 0:04:00with water with lemon in.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04And that's the result, and it's not been touched since.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10It's been put in a hut and passed from pillar to post. Nobody wanted it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And I heard Flog It! were coming,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and I said, "I know what I'm going to do."
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Now is the time...- And here we are.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21..to get the allotment vase out and see what it is.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22And see what it is.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Right. Well, as you rightly say, it is half a vase.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This is all beautiful cast bronze.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Yeah.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35That's a bit of cast iron from the hardware shop,
0:04:35 > 0:04:36that someone's put it on.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- It's what I would say was a homemade repair...a restoration.- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Any ideas of how old it is?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Well, I've been told its Grecian.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52In our mind, we're thinking it's at least 150 years old.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54You're not far off.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59If it were Grecian, absolutely a Grecian vase,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- it would be 4,000 years old. What this is, is Greek revival.- Yeah.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07And we started to get it in this country and on the continent
0:05:07 > 0:05:09in about 1810, 1820.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13More so in France, and the revival - the Classical revival at this time -
0:05:13 > 0:05:17is rather chunky and hefty and less delicate.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- So we've got these very thick, chunky handles.- Yeah.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25And those, to me, are absolutely 1820, 1830.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31Apart from saying that it's either English or French, I can't be any more specific than that.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Because what would have had a foundry mark on,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35would have been the base.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Which is now probably...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Still in allotment. - Still in the allotment.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Or under houses.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45What it is, as it stands, is half a good vase.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47So - value, value...
0:05:47 > 0:05:49What's a sack of potatoes now?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Cos that would have been the alternative.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I think we can pop that into auction,
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- and it's going to take somebody's eye at maybe £40.- Yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- So, if we put that on as the reserve...- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- ..at an estimate of £40-£60 and see where it goes.- Yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Who knows? Someone might have dug the foot up a few years later,
0:06:08 > 0:06:09and they go, "At last!"
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Splendid. Well, we'll put it into the auction and keep our fingers crossed.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Hello, I had to sit next to you, because I've seen plenty of these.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- We've talked about them on Flog It! before. What's your name?- Narina.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32- Sorry? Na...- Narina.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Where's that from? - It's a South African name.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Oh, how beautiful! Narina, very nice.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41I've never heard that before. There's always a first on "Flog It!"
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Right, look at this little tiny symphonium.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46How long have you had this?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49We found it in my mother-in-law's house when she passed...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Well, when she passed away.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Gosh, look at this. It's a portable CD player of the day, isn't it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Apparently.- 18...what, 1880s? 1890?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Isn't it lovely? A table-top one.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02You can take it on a picnic, that's what it was all about.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Does it still work?- Yes. - Go on, wind it up.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07All you do is pull this.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10SYMPHONIUM PLAYS
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Yes.- How much faster you go...
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Yeah. Well, it is clockwork. That just winds it up, doesn't it?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And each disc plays a single tune. So you could buy discs
0:07:20 > 0:07:24on these little thin sheets of steel of your favourite tune.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27It is! It's just like buying a little record, isn't it?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30These are highly collectable. Very, very collectable.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Do you know that?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- I had heard, yes. - The mechanics are perfect.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39The box is a bit tatty, but it does say symphonium on it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Do you know what? I think, if you put that into auction,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45you're going to get around about... I'd say, £200-£300.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Hmm, very nice.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Is that all right?- Yes. - Why do you want to sell it, though?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I don't think the children will want it when we've gone.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We've all sorts in the house. We've got...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Something like this, kids won't want.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59But if you were to put it in the back of the wardrobe...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Where it's been for a long time. - ..for safe keeps...yeah,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05for another 40-odd years, they might learn to appreciate it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Ooh...- Daughter? - Who am I talking to here?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Your daughter? I never knew that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13You didn't tell me that. Can we flog your inheritance?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Yes, if anyone wants it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- What's your name?- Lindsey. - Lindsey. Now, do you like this?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Probably just the history of it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Would you like to keep it?- No, no.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Would you, would you not? We're going to get a sale, are we?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- No, I think she should sell it. - Shall we flog it?- Yes.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Would you like to flog it? Let's do it then.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Let's put this into auction with a value of £200-£300,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- a fixed reserve of £170.- OK.- OK.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37It's a deal. Put it there.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51Eric, you brought along a bar tariff, which is good for me, hey?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54"Lindrick Gold Club, Ryder Cup, September to October, 1957."
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Do you know the first thing that interests me on here?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- It's the prize of booze.- Yeah, it's lovely, i'nt it?- Seen this here?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05A bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne - 35 shillings.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- What's that, £1.75?- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11A double whiskey, five shillings - 25 pence.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14So presumably, there's something on the back of here, is there, that's...
0:09:14 > 0:09:16There is. There's the signatures
0:09:16 > 0:09:20of most of both teams for the Ryder Cup that year.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21- Are you a golfer?- No, not at all.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Why have you got this, then?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It was given to me by my father.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30He was a wine waiter, I believe, or something of that nature, with a company called Porter Rights.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I think they provided the wines
0:09:32 > 0:09:34and spirits for that particular event.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And working there, he had the foresight
0:09:37 > 0:09:39to get the signatures of the teams.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41The names that I recognise on here...
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Peter Alliss clearly is a great golf commentator.- Yes.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Christy O'Connor...
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Some great names here. Do you know why
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- it was at Lindrick Golf Club? - No, I'm not a golfer,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- so I wouldn't know that. - Sir Stuart Goodwin
0:09:55 > 0:09:58was a very wealthy Yorkshire industrialist,
0:09:58 > 0:10:05and he financed the Ryder Cup team in 1957, to the tune of £10,000.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- That's like millions of pounds he's given them, in today's terms.- It is.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- It's a lot of money for that. - So he sponsored the British...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15which was the British then, not Europe, as it is now...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17He sponsored the British Ryder Cup team
0:10:17 > 0:10:22to play against the United States, and he chose the venue.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Being a Yorkshire man, he chose Lindrick Golf Club. And Great Britain won that year,
0:10:26 > 0:10:27- didn't they?- I believe so, yes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I think it's a really lovely thing.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32You want to know what it's worth, don't you?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- That would be nice, yes, please. - Valuation's a strange thing.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37If you've got three of these,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41and that one makes a fiver, and that one makes a fiver,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45there's a very fair chance that that one's worth a fiver. It's comparison.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I've never seen anything like this at all.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51So I'm really flying a bit blind here. I...
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- I think we can put an estimate on this of £100-£200. OK?- OK.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59OK, with a fixed reserve of £100...you know,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I think, with some of these names on there,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and the story behind it, and the fact that we're in Yorkshire to sell it.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I think all of that adds together, you know,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10and I would hope that it would do very, very well.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Let's just hope that they pitch up at the auction and start bidding for it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- You happy with that? - Very happy. Thank you.- Good man.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Well, that was really interesting, and do you know what?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I can't wait to see what it goes for.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27In fact, I don't have to wait any longer.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's now time to flog it!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32'With a wife and eight kids to support,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35'let's hope Barry makes the top end of the estimate
0:11:35 > 0:11:37'for his wine cellar labels.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40'Imagine digging up this bronze vase.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43'It's not an antiquity, but it should make more than a bag of spuds
0:11:43 > 0:11:45'when it goes under the hammer.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49'Another unwanted treasure... Someone at auction must want this symphonium.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52'It's such an entertaining item.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54'And finally, Eric's signed bar tariff is unique.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59'Therefore, any collector of golf memorabilia should snap this one up.'
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Well, now it's time for our experts to be judged by their actions,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06here at ELR Auction Rooms in the heart of Sheffield.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10And the man holding court today, with the gavel, is auctioneer Robert Lee.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11But before the sale gets under way,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14let's ask him to judge one of our items.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18110, 120, 130, 140,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21150, 160.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Sold, commission.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26This belongs to Eric, and it's a bar tariff,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28but it's been signed by the Ryder Cup Team,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30for the golf tournament here in Lindrick,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- which is not far away from here. - Just down the road, yeah, not far from Worksop.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37And Eric's father was a wine waiter.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- So he was in the right place at the right time.- That's true.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42And he's got all the signatures.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46We've got a valuation of £100-£200, for this little card.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52I think it certainly should be doing 150, £200, no problem.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I'm not a golfer, so I wouldn't know any golf names,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59apart from Tiger Woods, cos he's always on the telly at the moment.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00But I'm sure... I'm sure
0:13:00 > 0:13:03that will get the top end, as you say.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- I'd have thought so. - Golf memorabilia is big business.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08They spend a fortune on playing golf.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Golfing history, if you can have a little bit of it...
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- That's true. - ..it's worth having.- Yeah.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18'And first to go under the hammer is Valerie's bronze vase.'
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Your husband dug this up, didn't he? Or was it the father-in-law?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Father-in-law. - In a patch of potatoes.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I think that's a classic find.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Well, it's the cheapest way to acquire antiques, isn't it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Dig 'em up.- Yeah.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Will we get the top end?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I don't know. I mean, it's a speculative thing,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37because we've got half of it,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and the base is a replacement.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42But I think it's perfect if somebody wants it for their garden.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44How long have you had this?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- 30 years since. - Where's it been, then?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50In a hut, in garage...
0:13:50 > 0:13:53chucked out, fetched back.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- So this really is time to get rid of, isn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Well, let's hope we get you the top end of Michael's estimate. Good luck.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Early 19th century, Greek revival bronze urn.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05£100 for it? It has all gone quiet.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09£50 for it? Let's start at the bottom.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12We've got 30, can we see 32?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Can we see £32 in the room?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Any interest?
0:14:17 > 0:14:2232, 35, 38, 40,
0:14:22 > 0:14:2742, is it? Looking for 45. New bidder, 48?
0:14:27 > 0:14:2945 on the phones.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- Telephone bidding. I didn't expect that.- No.- Anybody for 48?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37All done at 45?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Sold.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- Yes!- Brilliant. Well done, Michael, spot on.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44That is a cracking bit of garden art, actually,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46if you wanted to stick it outside.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Yes, I just hope the poor chap on the phone can pick it up.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Cos the postage on it... It weighs a ton!
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Going to cost you £300.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Yeah, it does, yeah. - Well, you got rid of.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56That's the best thing, isn't it?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02Mum's 80 in February, so it'll do for a do...a birthday do.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Ah, wonderful. A birthday do.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Yeah.- Proper knees-up for Mum, who's 80 years old.- 80, yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10And her boyfriend as well, 80.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Narina and Lindsey, good luck. - Thank you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Let's make some music, let's get those discs spinning.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24We've got that lovely little symphonium -
0:15:24 > 0:15:26small size one, £200-£300.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I haven't had a chat to the auctioneer.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31So that's kind of a good sign really,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33cos he agrees with my valuation.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Otherwise, if I'd undervalued it, he'd have said, "Paul..."
0:15:36 > 0:15:39..bring me aside and said, "I think you got it a bit wrong."
0:15:39 > 0:15:41In which case, I'd tell you now. But he said nothing.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So fingers crossed, it's on the money, two-three.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- We're going to find out.- Good.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Late 19th-century German symphonium, together with the discs.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Don't forget them. Forced to start the bidding at £200.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- We've sold it...- 200 is the opening bid. I'll go 210,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02in the room. Let's have 210, discs included.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04With me at 200 only.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07All done at 200?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Bang, hammer's gone down. What happened was,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13he had a commission bid, left on the book
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- by somebody that couldn't be in the auction room.- Right.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17An absent bid, basically.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Unfortunately, there was nobody in the room to bid against that guy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26He may have left more than 200, in which case someone in the room would have bid him up.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- But nevertheless, it's sold. - That's brilliant, yeah.- £200.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- What are you going to do with that? - A little bit for the grandchildren,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35and a little bit for me and my husband.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38We've just moved house, so there's things we're still doing there, so...
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- What about a little bit this way? - Which way?- All of it this way.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Well, no, grandchildren.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Ah...
0:16:45 > 0:16:46- Got it now.- She's had enough.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49She's had enough.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Right, here's a one-off for you. How do you put a price on this one?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Well, someone did, and it was our expert, Philip.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08£100-£200, I quite agree with it, it belongs to Eric, and your father...
0:17:08 > 0:17:11he was in the right place at the right time, wasn't he?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- He was, yes.- He was a wine waiter.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I think there'll be a lot of local interest on this.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17It's been properly catalogued.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's been advertised, and it's on the internet.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Those things will ensure that it finds its level.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26If you hadn't had all those things, perhaps ten or 15 years ago,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29then you're gambling. I don't see that as being the case.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- It might make hundreds of pounds, but we'll find out.- We're going to.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Golfing memorabilia is big business. We've seen it before on the show.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Eric, good luck.- Thank you. - Good luck.- Thanks very much.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Lot number 578. 1957 Ryder Cup bar menu from Lindrick Golf Club,
0:17:44 > 0:17:49bearing 20 signatures including the team captains,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Peter Alliss, Tommy Bolt, Peter Mills and others.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56The bidding has started at £100.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Let's have 110. Let's have 110 for it, let's have 110.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05110, 120, 130.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Anybody for 140? I'm out, and I'm too soon to be out.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Must be 140 elsewhere.
0:18:10 > 0:18:17Feel like I'm giving this away. Anybody else for 140? 140, 150.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Anybody else for 150?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23All done at 140? Hammer's dropping.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26You're right. I mean, estimate... great, great valuation.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I tell you what I think, Paul,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31if you don't know the value of something when you're unsure,
0:18:31 > 0:18:32you put it to auction.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36That will tell you what the value is, and we've just witnessed that.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39It's properly advertised. Everybody's seen it who wants it,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- and it's made what's it worth. - Yes.- Fine.- Happy with that?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Very happy with that, yes. No problem at all.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47OK. What will you put that money towards?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It's a trip towards...
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- It's a trip to Nepal for my son, Andrew.- Oh, fantastic.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57His school sponsors a children's school in Nepal,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59and they do a three-week trip there,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03so that'll go towards his trip there. That'll be towards that.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Ah, trip of a lifetime.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Tell him to take a camera.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15We could be in for a little surprise now.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Just been joined by Barry - I have Philip, our valuer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22£40-£60 on these five wine labels...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- which you picked up for, how much? Remind us all.- £6.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28£6 for the lot.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- A poorly octopus...£6.- I think... Yes... I think, you know...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36We could do £150, if there's two buyers that like these right now.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41I think if you get two people who are interested in, sort of, wine memorabilia and the like,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- I think... Let's just hope we have some spirited bidding.- Yes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And I think each little label could be worth £30-£40 each.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- So, add that up...- 400.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- Ching, ching.- I think they'll do £100.- Hopefully, hopefully.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57There's a good crowd here, a good crowd of people here.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- So they'll make what they're worth. - Yup. I'm hoping for 150.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- You know what Philip wants, let's find out.- We know what I want.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Yeah, more the better.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Let's find out what this lot want. We've got a packed auction room.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Let's see some hands go up in the air.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Three earthenware wine cellar labels,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15together with two circular numbered bin discs.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Some nice 19th-century pottery.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Other people like them,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- there's lots of interest on the commissions.- Great.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- I'm forced to start them at 140. - Oh!- Get in there.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30I'll take 150, from somebody in the room. 150, is it?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- Come on.- With me at 140, 150.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36I'm out. Looking for 160?
0:20:36 > 0:20:40150 at the top. Still cheap.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Finally, at 150. Have we finished?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Yes, hammer's gone down. £150.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- You were right.- Well, you've got...
0:20:51 > 0:20:54great eyes for spotting a bargain at a car boot sale.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I went to Specsavers.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Over the years, both the great and the good have been immortalised in bronze.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14And, traditionally,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17figurative sculpture can look serious and austere.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22But the man who produced this piece is producing works in a rather different vein.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# Bring me sunshine
0:21:25 > 0:21:26# In your smile
0:21:28 > 0:21:30# Bring me laughter
0:21:30 > 0:21:31# All the while... #
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Barnsley-born artist Graham Ibbeson has a great sense of humour
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and certainly looks on the funnier side of life.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39So I've come here to find out
0:21:39 > 0:21:43what makes the man behind these comic sculptures really tick.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46# To each brand new bright tomorrow
0:21:46 > 0:21:48# Make me happy
0:21:48 > 0:21:51# Through the years
0:21:51 > 0:21:53# Never bring me
0:21:54 > 0:21:56# Any tears... #
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Graham, it's so good to meet the man behind the sculpture.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00I've seen your work
0:22:00 > 0:22:03quite a few times, when we've been filming "Flog It!"
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Once in Northampton, one in Perth
0:22:05 > 0:22:09and there was one other, which is, of course, this guy, outside Rugby School.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12William Webb Ellis, yeah, yeah. Big lad.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Where did it all start? You are a trained artist, aren't you?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I went to art school and I was basically good at drawing.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23And this old Polish tutor got me to kind of, make sculpture.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27He saw my drawings and just said they looked very three-dimensional.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29And he steered me that way.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- What about other sculptors that have inspired you as a young lad?- None.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38- None?- I was kind of inspired by comic books. I come from...
0:22:38 > 0:22:41My work's almost like illustration.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44So, I like the DC Thompson,
0:22:44 > 0:22:50Dandy and Beano, Bamford seaside postcards. All that stuff.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52So I come from a different angle.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I mean, I really don't know what fine art's about.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- I'd rather people go into a gallery and titter.- Yes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04- Rather than go in the gallery and... - "Oh, what's that all about?"
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Yeah, so deep. But my work is accessible.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Yes.- Because of who sees it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13You know, a kid in the street, or some kind of intellectual.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Everybody can enjoy it, on different levels.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19What came first, the comedy or the serious ones?
0:23:19 > 0:23:26Well, I had to learn my craft to abuse it. It's a bit like Les Dawson.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Les Dawson looks like he plays the piano badly.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34But he is a kind of virtuoso piano player.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38So, I had to learn my craft before I can actually take it...
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Yeah, diversify. - ..diversify and make caricatures.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46One of the little bronzes outside caught my eye. It's the little Buddha with goggles on.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I come from a kind of council house estate.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52You know, my dad were a Barnsley miner. Come here, you little...
0:23:52 > 0:23:54And I liked the idea of a guardian angel.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58So, I made a guardian Buddha, angel, little god.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01But he's got an industrial screw on his head,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04he's got goggles, he's got medals from his past deeds.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07And I've called it The Head Of The Little Barnsley Buddha.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09You know, like, "Come here, you little Buddha."
0:24:09 > 0:24:13So, there's all that gag, but it's quite serious.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I've used a kind of traditional material,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I've used bronze, I've used, kind of other, other elements.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21But it's still a gag.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24They really do make you laugh. You just have to stop and admire them.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28But when you find out, their titles that you've given them, it's...
0:24:28 > 0:24:30You just fall over with laughter.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32It's part of the fun of making it.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's part of the enjoyment of seeing the work.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Seeing the title. I did a girl screaming at a crab
0:24:38 > 0:24:42but she doesn't know that she's got a crab hanging from her backside.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45You know, she's at the seaside in Bridlington.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50I wanted to call it, Girl With Crabs, and my wife said, "You...!"
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So, I called it North Sea Nippers.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59So, I've got Down To Earth as well, which is a little angel, kind of,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02that's got a, kind of, supermarket carrier bag and a little case
0:25:02 > 0:25:04and she's been really bad up there,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08so Him up there, or Her up there, has sent her back down.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11So, she's got the bottom lip. So, it's just Down to Earth.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15So, it leads people in, the title's funny.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21And I like the innocence of kids. In a way, I'm kind of a naive optimist.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Graham's positive, light-hearted approach to his work is clearly evident.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29He even draws inspiration from his own childhood innocence.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32There's one called The Grimethorpe Flyer.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Basically, it's a kid with cardboard wings,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Fair Isle jumper, long shorts, S belt.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's me as a child, trying to escape the village of Grimethorpe.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43So, that's very important to me.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50Another piece, that's a bit of a departure for me, it's Big Mother.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55What it is, is a mincing machine that I've adapted to the shape of a woman.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59There's a handle and little babies come popping out.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I had a show in Austria. And this Austrian woman accused...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05You know, didn't like the sculpture,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07she was heavily pregnant, and I asked her why.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11She says well, you know, like, "It's ridiculing pregnant women."
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I said, "It's kind of making the men redundant. Don't you like that?"
0:26:15 > 0:26:19She says, "Oh, I like that element but it's probably a man who's turning the handle."
0:26:21 > 0:26:24In addition to his small quirky pieces, over the years,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Graham has been commissioned to produce various public sculptures,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30of famous people. One of the best known,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and possibly most loved, is that of Eric Morecombe.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36The original takes pride of place in Morecombe Bay.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44It was fifteen years after Eric's death that the sculpture was unveiled.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46But I'd been involved for six years.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49So, I had to come up with a pose of Eric doing the Sunshine dance.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52What I do is try to get the spirit of the man.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56When Eric's widow came down here to look at it, I'd been six years.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58And this were the one moment I was dreading.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02She saw Eric... my sculpture of Eric...
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and she says, "That's Eric, Graham."
0:27:05 > 0:27:07"Go and get the kettle on."
0:27:07 > 0:27:09And I tell you, I just... Unbelievable!
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The image is just so right, it's so perfect.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Well, I mean...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The thing is I do all these people that are dead
0:27:17 > 0:27:19and my sculpture's about life.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21It is really about life.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Are you going to do a living person soon?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Yeah, I am doing Dickie Bird, actually.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31He's almost a caricature of himself. So, it's very much like my work,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35what I'm doing with the cricket jumpers round and everything else.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37So, it's going to be an affectionate portrait.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40And he's alive, so I can measure him.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- You can get him here. - I have to be quick, he's 75.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Let's just talk about William Webb Ellis, for a moment.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Imagine you get the commission. What goes through your mind first?
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Do you do a sketch or do you do a small study?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Well, this is the kind of maquette.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02It's what we call a maquette, which is a three dimensional sketch.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It hasn't got to be seen as a replica.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10You know, this is not exactly what the sculpture is going to look like.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11It's to work out the pose.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Just a study really. - It's basically a quick study.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18So, from the time you had the idea, and produced the little maquette,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21to when you finished that, how long did that take?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Well, not all that long. Maybe two month to make the figure.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I mean, it sounds a long time but...
0:28:26 > 0:28:29It's a lot of work though, isn't it?
0:28:29 > 0:28:33It's a lot of work, and you've got clients coming up and looking.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It changed several times.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38If you're doing a running figure, how do you capture that?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41You've got to move it around and make it work for you.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Are you very critical of your work?
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Any artist worth their salt should be.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49It's a curse and a gift.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I cannot put the modelling tools down.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Don't! Please, don't stop!
0:28:52 > 0:28:56You're giving so many thousands out there so much joy and happiness.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- Oh, thanks.- You are bringing them sunshine. Thank you very much.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Back at the valuation day, Philip has found a couple of ladies
0:29:09 > 0:29:13who also have something to smile about.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Judith and Doris, how are you both, all right?- Fine, thanks.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17- Fine, thank you.- Local girls?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- Yup.- We are. - Barnsley lasses?- That's right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Why have two Barnsley lasses
0:29:22 > 0:29:26got a watercolour from Surrey, and a watercolour from Hampshire?
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Because they're my sister in law's.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- So, you brought them here for her today?- Yes, we have.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Unfortunately she's disabled, so she can't get herself.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37They've been handed down
0:29:37 > 0:29:42from her grandmother, to her mother, and eventually to her.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45So, Janet, your sister-in-law, doesn't like these?
0:29:45 > 0:29:46- Oh, she loves them.- She loves them.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49She loves them? So, why is she selling them?
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Her mother was an antiques dealer. And she's had to go into a home.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Unfortunately, Janet's inherited rather a lot of the antiques.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- So, basically, something's got to go. - Something's got to go.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Oh, yes, oh, yes.- Do you like them? - I do. I think they're pretty.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08They're a bit out of grace and favour at the moment.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Yes, all right. Had the sky been a little bit different, more blue,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- I think it would have been... - More blue?- Yes.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Do you think that's because that's the way it's been painted?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20No, I think it's because it's faded. It's been in the sun.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Can't tell you much, Doris, can I, eh? I think you're spot on.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27And if you just have a look at this one here, look.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30And that looks as though it's been in the damp.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Do you want to come and sit here?
0:30:31 > 0:30:33HE CHUCKLES
0:30:33 > 0:30:36You're spot on. This has been in the damp.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39There's nothing much you can do about that, other than repainting it.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42It's affected the paper, you know,
0:30:42 > 0:30:46we've got these sort of autumnal themes here, and the clouds are
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- almost the same colour as the trees, aren't they?- Yeah, uh-huh.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52It's a real shame, because they're lovely pictures.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55You've got this shepherd and shepherdess.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57It's signed here by the artist, Fred Hines.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02Fred Hines was a Victorian artist, who was quite active from about 1875,
0:31:02 > 0:31:06through to the first, sort of, ten, 20 years of the 20th century.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09And a well recorded artist. But the problem you've got...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- It's quite simple to value something in good order, right?- Yeah.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17But when you've got to start valuing something in bad order, right?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20And really, I mean, that does just hit you, doesn't it?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Yeah, it does spoil, yes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25So, what you've got to do is you've got to pitch them
0:31:25 > 0:31:28at a price that is almost, "Come and buy me."
0:31:28 > 0:31:31That makes them attractive to someone in the sale room.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36I think that you should estimate them at between £100-£200 for the two.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40I think you should put a fixed reserve on the two at £80, all right?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43On that basis, do you think Janet would be happy to sell them?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Yes.- Well, yes, they do want to get them out of the way.
0:31:46 > 0:31:52I mean, we've sort of crammed everything in every nook and cranny we could, haven't we?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Let's just hope that the estimate that I put on them,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58really does, sort of captivate a bit of interest.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Somebody might say, "Yes, they are pretty, I like them and I'll buy."
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope they do well.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I'd love them to do well for you.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12I've seen these before.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It's majolica, it's from Stoke on Trent, from the potteries.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Caroline, tell me about it?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20As far as we know, it's come down through the family.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23My grandmother's aunt, originally, we think, bought it new
0:32:23 > 0:32:25and passed it down through the family.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- Really? So, you've inherited this? - Yes.- Have you any kids?
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I have. One daughter, but being a single parent...
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- OK, yeah, it's got to go. You need the money.- Unfortunately, yes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- Yeah. Do you like it?- I don't like it at all, unfortunately.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43It makes it easier to sell if you don't like it, doesn't it?
0:32:43 > 0:32:47I can appreciate the works of it, but it wouldn't suit my house.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Me neither.- It's a strawberry dish, or a strawberry bowl.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- This one dates to around about 1870, 1880.- Really?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Yeah, late Victorian piece,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59and so fashionable as a centre piece during the day.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01It's so typical of majolica.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03It's got that lovely high lustre glaze to it
0:33:03 > 0:33:06and those wonderful bright vivid hues of,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08as you can see, blues, greens and pinks.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10But, the key to the value...
0:33:10 > 0:33:14George Jones always initialled his wares.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18What he modelled, he initialled, with a G and a J.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Which he would have signed, right up until 1873.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Now, unfortunately, that's not on the base.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29- Nevertheless, it still would be catalogued as George Jones.- Right.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- If you could trace those numbers, do you see those serial numbers?- Yes.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36That will tell you exactly what month and what year this was made,
0:33:36 > 0:33:37and possibly, who by.
0:33:37 > 0:33:43- But I'm pretty sure our auctioneer in Sheffield is going to catalogue that as George Jones majolica.- Yup.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Purely because of the detail in the carving, the undercuts, the way the birds...
0:33:47 > 0:33:50You can see right through the wing, through the tails,
0:33:50 > 0:33:53through the legs and underneath the strawberry leaf.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55It's a lovely example of a strawberry bowl.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Value wise, can I... I'm going to upset you now, Caroline.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- No, don't.- Because this has peaked. It peaked a couple of years ago.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08If it was absolutely in mint condition, in its heyday, couple of years ago... £3,000.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10SHE LAUGHS
0:34:10 > 0:34:14But I can point out the damage, look, there's some damage on the foot there.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16And look at the wing tips, you see that?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19There's only one wing that's survived.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24I think, because of the damage, and the lack of interest in majolica at the moment,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26we'd be quite safe to say £500-£800.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Still, in that condition? - Yeah, surprising, isn't it?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Goodness me, yeah, very. That would be fantastic.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38- Really, really good.- And the money's going to come in very, very handy. - Very useful, very useful.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Tricia, thank you for bringing this beautiful little ring in.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55I mean, it is little. Is it something that you have ever worn?
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- I've only put it on my small finger a couple of times, because it is so small.- It's tiny, isn't it?- Tis.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02So, where did it come from?
0:35:02 > 0:35:07It was passed down to me through my mother's side, by one of her aunts.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Right, right.- I think it was her engagement ring,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12but I'm not sure how old it is, or how much it's worth.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16No, well, she must have had the smallest hands in the world.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Well, if we have a look at it,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20under the lens...
0:35:21 > 0:35:26There is a faint mark on it, which is probably going to be nine or 18 carat.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30But that's worn away and there's a little bit of engraving,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34which is NK and the date 25.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Which is probably part of an inscription, but unfortunately the rest has worn away.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42But the nice thing about it are these three lovely diamonds.
0:35:42 > 0:35:49And it's a typical ring that you will find anywhere from about 1910, up to about 1920, 1925.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54Where you have five and three stones. It was fashionable for the period.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58And even though the ring itself is very small, the diamonds are quite sizeable.
0:35:58 > 0:36:04You've got about a quarter of a carat on these two small stones, and the central one's just over.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07So, you've got about three quarters of a carat of diamonds.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10So, that's quite nice. Have you ever had it valued before?
0:36:10 > 0:36:15- No? Well, it's a family thing...- I've had it in a drawer for 30 years.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Well, you know, the small size, isn't it?
0:36:17 > 0:36:21There's not a lot you can do with it. Hopefully, if it goes to auction,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24someone will size it and it will fit on a larger finger.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27But that's always a tricky and expensive process to do.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Good thing is that diamonds are really popular at the moment.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33And people don't seem to be able to get enough of it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I think it's bling, is what they call it.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39They have a thing for bling, and this certainly is.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44- At auction, I think we'd put it in at £400-£600.- Right.
0:36:44 > 0:36:50And we'd probably have a shade of discretion on the reserve, but not a great deal. Probably sort of 10%.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53It should do really well because it's flavour of the month at the moment.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56If you're happy to put it into auction, we'll do that.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59But why have you decided to sell it now?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Well, my daughter's moved to Australia, and I'd love to go and visit her.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06She's moved out there, so it would go towards that.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Which would be more use than sitting in a drawer.- Yes.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Well, I hope we'll get you part of the way to Australia,
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- if not all the way to Australia. Thank you so much for bringing it in. - Thank you.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Well, it's time to pay another visit to the auction room.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24Will the signed watercolours be let down by the fact that they're not local scenes?
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Majolica's not really my thing, but I can certainly appreciate the quality of this piece.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I've a feeling it's going to do great things at the sale.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35And finally, another true quality item.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Tricia's diamond ring is a real gem, with an estimate of £400-£600.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Something for all you fine art lovers.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Two watercolours, it's Hampshire and Surrey, brought in by Judith and Doris here.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00And, I've got to say, Doris, you look stunning.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- Thank you.- You really do. It's good to see you again.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- Getting excited?- No, it doesn't do.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Oh, it doesn't do, does it?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- I like that. - It doesn't do.- Oh, it doesn't do.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Have to blame Philip. He's roped you in on this.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15£100-£200. I like them.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19I really like them. They're a long way from home. I wish we were down in Surrey.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23You'd make a bit more money. Art travels well, so fingers crossed.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Fred Hines, a pair, signed, quality.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28£200 for the pair.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30200.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34The bidding has started at 60, we'll start at the bottom.
0:38:34 > 0:38:3965, 70, 5, 80, 5, must be 90 elsewhere?
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Must be 90. 90, 5, 100.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47110, 120, 130, 140?
0:38:47 > 0:38:48130 central bidder.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Anybody else for 140?
0:38:51 > 0:38:56Anybody else for 140? Get your bids in quick. All done at 130.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Bid now or lose them.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Yes! £130, Judith, that is fantastic.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Whose were they, by the way?
0:39:05 > 0:39:06- Well, my sister in law's.- OK.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Unfortunately she's wheelchair-bound.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11So, we brought them to the auction for her.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Ah, and what's her name?- Janet.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Janet. Well, Janet, I hope you're watching right now.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18There's £130 coming your way.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Right now, something for the ladies. We've got a diamond ring.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28It belongs to Tricia - hopefully for not much longer.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31But we do need £400-£600. But you rate this, so...
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I rate it. It's a nice ring.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36If you had to buy it in a shop, it would be £700-£800.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40It's good value for somebody and we have got discretion on the reserve.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- So, hopefully, we'll do it. - Tricia, why are you selling this?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Are you wearing diamonds right now? You are.- I am, yes.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48It's just not my style.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50It was a great-aunt's, so I didn't...
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- It's not really what I would wear. - OK, not a sad moment, then?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- No.- No, just get rid.- Yes.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Lot number 250.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00The three-stone diamond ring,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04brilliant cut stones in a claw setting. £300 is your start price.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07£300, I've got starters.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Anybody fancy 320? 320 I'm looking for.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Lovely ring, 320.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16You can alter the size.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20320, 340, 360...
0:40:20 > 0:40:22360 is it?
0:40:22 > 0:40:26345 but I've got to go 350. It's going to be 360 now.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Got to be 360, it's on reserve.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33With me at 350. All done with me at 350.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Any more interest anywhere?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37All done at 350.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Not quite sold, that one. If you want to see me after...
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Oh! What are you going to do?
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- Oh, I'll just take it back and... - Try another day?- Definitely.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51The person in the room seemed really interested around our reserve figure.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- And just wouldn't go the £10 more. So, possibly...- The auctioneer.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- The auctioneer can do something with him.- OK.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01He might come to the auctioneer and say, could you sell it to me for 345?
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- And it's as good as selling it for 360.- Exactly, yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09If he's not interested, don't re-enter it into another sale here.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- No.- Because it's done the rounds. People would have seen it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Hang onto it for six months, put it in a different saleroom.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24This is what's up next.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27And it's made the front page of the catalogue, Caroline.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29The George Jones majolica strawberry dish.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- I'm feeling a bit nervous, aren't you?- Very.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Starting to wobble, but this is what auctions are all about.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38If you've never experienced an auction, you've got to go for the thrill.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43- Now, we've got £500-£800 on this. - Yes.- Condition's against it. But some people might not be put off.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47The 19th century majolica strawberry dish, by George Jones.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Be aware of the condition but it's still a beauty.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56Major interest on the commissions force me to start this lot at £820.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00It's got to do four figures now, hasn't it? Come on.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Anybody fancy 850? 850?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05850, 880, 900,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07920, 950...
0:42:09 > 0:42:13I'm out. Anybody else for 980?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15980 I'm looking for.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18950 on the phone.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20All done at 950?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Isn't that a good sound?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Oh, God!
0:42:28 > 0:42:31£950.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- Wow.- You shaking?
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Yeah.- So am I, actually.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- It's a nice feeling, isn't it?- Yeah. - It's a nice feeling.- Shocked!
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Who are you with here? Got some moral support? - Yes, my dad and my step mum.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Where are they, over there? - Yeah, over there.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Waving like mad. Well, they'll look after you.- Thank you.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52What are you going to put £950 towards?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Oh, a holiday for my daughter and then the rest in the bank, I think.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57- Sensible.- Yes.- Sensible.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Thank you so much.- Oh, that's OK.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Thank you. That's what it's all about.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04I hope you've enjoyed watching today's show.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07We thoroughly enjoyed it. If you have anything to flog,
0:43:07 > 0:43:11bring it along to a valuation day and we'll see you on Flog It!
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