0:00:05 > 0:00:09Today's programme is coming from the sunny south-west.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Welcome to Flog It! from glorious Devon.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51We're at the historic Pannier Market in the heart of Tavistock today
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and all these Devonians are really keen to find out
0:00:54 > 0:00:56what all of their items are worth,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59so let's find out who's first at the tables.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And scrutinising your family treasures today
0:01:04 > 0:01:06are Charlie Ross and Philip Sewell.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10First up is Philip,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13who has been charmed by an unusual piece of bronze.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- Bill, how are you doing?- Fine. - Where have you come with our little chap? Where's he come from?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Well, it's very hard to say.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It belongs to my... or belonged to my mother and father.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Yes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29And I've certainly known it for 60 odd years.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Don't like it?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I think it's...unusual.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I didn't ask that. I said, do you like it?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Well, yes, he's fun.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43What prompted you to consider selling it?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Because I've never seen anything quite like it before.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Well, it's in the style of a man called Bergman.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52It's what we call a cold painted bronze
0:01:52 > 0:01:56and I think it sort of dates from the turn of the last century,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59and he did a lot of these subjects,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Arabic subjects, Eastern subjects, men with carpets, You see quite a lot of these.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08If you can imagine an oil painting, the hardest thing to paint are hands and feet.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I imagine that must transcend into modelling,
0:02:10 > 0:02:16cos if you look here, I think his hands are a bit out of proportion to the rest of his body.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19If you turn it over on the back, we can't see any mark for Bergman,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22but I think it's definitely in his style.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24You know, it's got his stamp to it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27The other interesting thing is you sell these prayer mats at auction
0:02:27 > 0:02:33and this is an example of exactly what a prayer mat does and it's exactly what it looks like.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36In terms of value they're quite collectable.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41There's a fair demand at the moment for these sort of Eastern topics and subjects
0:02:41 > 0:02:47and I would think at auction we can put a sensible estimate of one to two hundred pounds on it.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Certainly a reserve of no less than £100.- Yes.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- If you have a little luck, it might top that top estimate. How does that sound?- Well, that sounds fine.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Yeah? I'm really glad your curiosity got the better of you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Mimi and Alan, an interesting mix here.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17Perhaps we'll deal with the boxes first because they amuse me and they might amuse the viewers.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- OK.- In so much as they've got BBC stickers all over them,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- and they are sound recordings from programmes.- Yeah, sound effects.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I can only imagine they've been stolen. Where did you get them from?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It wasn't me.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- I bought a box load of records from an auction...- Yeah.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40- ..a few years ago and they caught my eye because I like quirky things and I thought that was quirky.- Yeah.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Have you listened to any of them? - I haven't. I don't have a 78 player.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47But there was one particular one that took my eye there
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- which is sound recordings used on Murder On The Nile.- Yeah.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55And I'm just particularly amused by a selection here.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58"Arabic noises.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00"Anchor chains.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03"Ships paddles.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05"Rifle shots.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08"Beat of Tom-Toms and singing."
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- I'd love to hear them. - I can imagine the person there actually making the sounds.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And "Jackal." Anyway, someone's going to really enjoy those.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Perhaps the BBC will buy them back in case they do the programme again.
0:04:19 > 0:04:26Leaving those on one side, you've got a tremendous collection of slides here,
0:04:26 > 0:04:31actually magic lantern slides, dating I would think from Edwardian times.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Late Victorian, Edwardian times. 1900, 1910.- OK.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- They are, looking at the boxes here, French.- Mmm hmm.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41And they are all sorts of different subjects.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43How did you get them?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Again, a box lot at an auction. - Right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I was after some magic lantern slides that were of Snow White.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56- Yeah?- And they happened to be in this box lot along with the Snow White magic lantern slides.- I see.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- So you kept the Snow White.- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- And have you got a magic lantern? - No.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- So you just hold them up to the light do you?- Yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Yes.- What's your particular love with Snow White?
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- Well, it's to do with sort of early animation stuff.- Yeah?
0:05:10 > 0:05:17Walt Disney did Snow White and Mimi happened to see these and knowing about my interest in animation,
0:05:17 > 0:05:23she got these and she gave me the Snow White things, but we still had these.
0:05:23 > 0:05:29- Right.- And some of these perhaps relate to newspaper cartoon characters
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- because in the early years of the century right up until the 1920s... - Yeah.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40..every newspaper had these things to encourage the children who would then say to their parents,
0:05:40 > 0:05:46- "Please can we have the Daily Whatever to get hold of the cartoon strip."- Yeah, yeah. Interesting.
0:05:46 > 0:05:53And I think this is probably one such slide, showing rabbits in various poses.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- There's one particularly interesting one here which is quite obviously First World War battle ships.- Mmm.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I think you alluded to the fact it might be the Battle of Jutland.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Yes.- Or something like that. There is just great ones.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09There's sort of children's cartoons here.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15The chap riding a pig and a girl on a bicycle and two chaps having a scrap.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Value. I think those are fantastic fun,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21but of no significant value.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26If the auctioneers are going to publish an estimate, £50 to £80, something like that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- Mmm.- Yeah.- Sell without reserve? - I'm happy with that.- Happy?- Yeah. - Then we'll have fun on auction time.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- The great thing, these are going to go to somebody with a projector who's going to love them.- Yes.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Phyllis and Lavinia, you're not sisters are you?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- No.- Sisters-in-law?
0:06:49 > 0:06:54- That's right.- Yes. So how come you jointly own all of this Majolica?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Well, they were left to my mother and we split them between us.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01So you have one urn with base each.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Yes.- And one small plaque each. - That's right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07So you've both agreed to sell here today then?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- You want to put them into auction. - We would like to, yes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12So why do you want to get rid of your half?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Because my children absolutely hate them.- They hate it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Yes, they do and I'm not very keen.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- And what about you? - The same.- Same?- Yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Which one's yours, Phyllis?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Um that one. - This one.- And this one, yes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29There's a little bit of damage on the lizard's tail here.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yes, there is. Not made a very good job of it really.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33No, but at least it's obvious.
0:07:33 > 0:07:40- You're not trying to deceive anybody so that can be done professionally and well hidden.- Yes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43But they are cracking, aren't they?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Well, they are so typical of Majolica.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- That's what you expect to see.- Yes.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's an earthenware vessel
0:07:50 > 0:07:58coloured with so many bright interesting glazes of naturalistic form all over the jug.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02You've sort of got pond weed and all kind of algae and moss
0:08:02 > 0:08:09which is a great habitat for all of these wonderful creatures, frogs and lizards, newts, bugs.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But just look at those handles.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17The modelling is so naturalistic, it's so lifelike.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- And they've even got the lizard's sort of skin. Can you see?- Yes.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24They've got little tiny scales put on there.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27When the clay was wet they've pushed bits of cloth on there
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- and picked up the undulations of the thread.- Yes.- Just to get that texture of scales.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- How did they actually do this? Is it shredded?- No, it's just...
0:08:38 > 0:08:46- it's rolled out pieces of clay, and then chopped with a knife, tiny little pieces.- Is it really?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48But it's the modelling in the creatures that is so lovely.
0:08:48 > 0:08:55I'm going to have a look at the backs a minute. You can see "Portugal"...
0:08:55 > 0:09:01- Yes.- ..stamped on the back. Now, this indicates to me that it's around 1900, 1910.- Right.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Because the earlier ones weren't stamped Portugal.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Right, let's talk about value.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11I'd like to split the two lots. I think the two plaques will sell separately in one lot.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Right.- With a valuation of two to three hundred pounds.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Mmm-hmm.- But I can see them doing the 300 quite easily.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- Yeah.- And the two jugs I'd like to put in the sale with a valuation of £300 to £500
0:09:25 > 0:09:32- and I'm hoping they'll easily do the 500.- Yes, that's fine.- We'll put a fixed reserve of £300 for the pair.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Yeah.- Are you happy with that?- Yes. - Yes.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40- And a fixed reserve of £200 for the little plaques.- Right. Yes.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45It's a striking collection, absolutely striking, and let's hope they're kept together.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- How are you doing? - Fine, thank you.- Yes. - Terry, this is your powder compact?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Not my powder compact, Philip, no.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It was my grandmother's on my father's side.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- That is a huge relief. - That is with me as well.- Yeah, but this is now yours?- It is.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- And why do you want to sell this? - I no longer use it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12I used it for a while, but then I went onto the compressed powder.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Compressed powder. You'll appreciate I don't use make up that much.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Well, not in public, clearly.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- Why do you both want to sell it? - Well, it's just sitting indoors doing nothing.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26It was passed to the daughter. She wouldn't have any use for it or even appreciate it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Really?- Not now. Which is a shame. - I think it's lovely.- It is, yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35And the thing about it is, you know, that is just pure its time isn't it?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- Yes.- It's pure Deco. - Let's just have a look. It's Mappin & Webb.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Yeah.- You know, one of the best names there is.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Marked for 1936. Enamelled.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51You've got a lovely little compact mirror in here.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57- The only problems with it is, you know a lot of people think that porcelain's really fragile.- Mmm.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- But things that are enamelled are really fragile as well.- They are.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- And this has been perhaps dropped. - Dropped.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10- In someone's bag.- Yeah.- Or dropped on a table and we've got a chip to the enamel there and another there.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- That one is not that bad because when it's...- You don't notice that.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19..closed the clasp covers it, but that nonetheless is going to detract a little bit from its value.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I think these are going to become quite collectable
0:11:22 > 0:11:29- and this is where antiques are great value for money because you imagine going to Mappin & Webb today...- Yes.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32..and buying a silver enamel compact.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- How many hundreds of pounds would that cost you?- Yes, yeah.- Thousands.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I think this is probably £40 to £60.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Mmm-hmm. Yeah.- We'll put a fixed reserve on it of £30 for you.- Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:48That's what it's worth, but I think whoever gets that at auction will have a real good buy.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- You happy with that?- Yes. - Very happy with that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Let's hope it does well. - Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02We were hoping for a good start to the day and oh, boy, have we found one?
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Philip and Charlie have been working flat out, we've got some cracking items and I don't know about you,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10but I can't wait to find out how these do when they go to auction.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15I think Philip is right on the money with this unusual piece.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Even if it's not a Bergman, it'll create a lot of interest.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25Out of the archive and into the saleroom again for Myral and Alan's ancient vinyl records.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28And equally elderly are the slides.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Let's hope the bidders are there.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35I know Lavinia and Phyllis thought these pieces of Majolica were hideous,
0:12:35 > 0:12:41but I think they're unique and wonderful. I wonder what reception they'll get in the saleroom.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Terence and Ann's compact by Mappin & Webb is a name to conjure with
0:12:45 > 0:12:49and it's why I have a feeling it might do rather well.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And we're hoping for the very best prices here today
0:13:00 > 0:13:03at Eldreds Auction Rooms just outside of Plymouth.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And on the rostrum today is auctioneer Anthony Eldred
0:13:08 > 0:13:12and he's been taking a good look at our Majolica.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18I don't know what you think, Anthony, but I love these. The more creepy crawlies, the better.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22They belong to Phyllis and Lavinia and I'm going to put them into the sale,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- if that's all right with you, as two lots.- Right.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30The wine jugs, the ewers on their own bases, three to five hundred,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33and the two little plaques, two to three hundred.
0:13:33 > 0:13:40- What do you think of that?- Well, I'm at the opposite end of the scale. I don't like them at all, personally,
0:13:40 > 0:13:41but I can appreciate them for what they are
0:13:41 > 0:13:45and I think you're absolutely right to put them in as two separate lots.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48How can you not like something like that? Look at the handles.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, I would say the opposite. How can you possibly like them?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Really? You just don't like them. - They're grotesque.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55No, I can appreciate them, but they're not something I'd want on my sideboard.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59But they're very typical of this sort of thing
0:13:59 > 0:14:04coming out of Portugal very late in the 19th Century.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Have many people been looking at them on auction preview day?
0:14:07 > 0:14:13- Lots of interest?- Well, I'd like to say yes, but not yet. But I'm sure there will be interest.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14They'll come out of the woodwork.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21- Do you think I'll get the top end of the estimate?- With the ewers, I think you will get the top end.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27- The plates, a little bit of damage on them so I think that's going to effect the issue, but maybe.- Yeah.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Well, fingers crossed there's going to be lots of interest later on.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Well, we'll have to wait and see, but I'm sticking to my guns.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Now, how about that bronze?
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- We don't know if it is Bergman. We had a good look.- Yeah. - It's the quality though.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47It's a great cold painted bronze and it's worth every penny of that one to two hundred.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Yes.- Might be Bergman's son, you never know, but it is that quality
0:14:51 > 0:14:57and I think this could do £250-350. That's what I'm hoping, fingers crossed.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I think that it will make its money.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- Yeah.- And the real thing is, that's the flavour of the month, that's what people want to buy.- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- The days of the copper warming pan are long gone.- Yes, exactly.
0:15:07 > 0:15:14- That's what they want.- It's going under the hammer. Let's hope this astral carpet flies across Dartmoor.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Our next lot - 143.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22It's a cold painted bronze figure of an Arab kneeling on a prayer mat.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24There is it, and several bidders.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I am bid £120 against you all in the room at 120.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Come on, a bit more than that.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32140, 150,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35160, 170, 180.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37At £180, still against you all.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41190, 200. At £200.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Are you done then at £200?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Yes. £200. Top end of the estimate.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49- Very good.- You'll take that won't you, Bill?- Yes.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51What are you going to put that towards?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- I've got nine grandchildren.- Gosh. - And two christenings coming up.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Wow.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Next up the magic lantern slides.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11We've got Alan, but unfortunately the wife, Mimi, where is she?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- She's missing. - Well, yes, she took off.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15She's in the States. She's visiting her parents.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20OK. I know you're a big fan of animation and this was a present to you, wasn't it?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Yes. It was a surprise for me and she...
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It did surprise me as well!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Why do you want to sell them?
0:16:29 > 0:16:35Because I've got the best ones. She saved the one or two for me and these are what's left.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Yeah. What are we looking at? £50 to £80? Not a great deal of money.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44No. Hopefully, they'll make 80, and goodness knows about the records, the BBC records.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Yes, the recordings.- I'm not even sure we're allowed to sell them.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50We're going to find out.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Next is lot 207. It's some BBC 78rpm records of sound effects
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and some magic lantern slides.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00There they are and £20 bid for those. Against you all at 20.
0:17:00 > 0:17:045, 30, 5, 40, 5, 48, 50.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08At £50 at the very back. At £50.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11At 50 then. Are you all done at £50?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Sell at 50. Quite sure at £50?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Yes. Spot on. £50.- About right.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- Well, well done. - Happy?- Yes. Yes.- £50.- Yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31It's now Ann and Terry's turn to flog their item off and it's a lovely silver compact.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Great name, Mappin & Webb. We're looking at £40 to £60 on this.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Right.- It was your mother's.- My grandmother's.- Your grandmother's.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Handed down through the family and I've just spotted a little flag on the lapel there.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Kernow. That's the flag of Cornwall, isn't it?- Spot on.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Got to do a proper job now.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I feel quite the foreigner here.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- It's nice. A good name.- We'll do well.- I think they'll sell it.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Let's hope we get that £60. Good luck, you two.- Thank you.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01It's going under the hammer now.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Next is lot 452.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08It's a Deco-style compact, there it is, and I'm bid £30 for it.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Against you at 32, if you want it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15At 32, 5, 8, 40. 2, 5, 8. At £48.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18At 48 then. 50 if you want it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- Fresh bidding at two. 55, 58. - That's good.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And 60 now. And two.
0:18:24 > 0:18:2765, 68.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30At £68 then, all done.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Good.- Good. - I've got to say, well done, Philip.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- That's a good valuation. That's lunch out for you two.- Well done.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- My pleasure.- Thank you very much.
0:18:45 > 0:18:52Lavinia and Phyllis, it's great to see you again and I've got to say don't they look absolutely splendid.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55We've got the Palissyware just about to go under the hammer.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57We've split it into two lots.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Yes.- And first up is the two little ewers, the wine ewers on separate bases. OK?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So what's going through your minds? Any regrets?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- No. None at all.- Get rid. - Just glad to get rid of them.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13OK, OK. Let's just hope we get top end, shall we? It's going under the hammer now.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15On next lot - 248.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19This is a pair of Palissy style Portuguese lid ewers. There they are.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24Several bids for them. I am bid £380.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- Against you all at £380. £380. - Straight in.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29390, 400.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32And 10. 420, 430, 440,
0:19:32 > 0:19:38450, 460, 470, 480, 490, 500.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- And 10, 520, 530 there. - Ah, how brilliant.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46540. At £540, fresh bidding.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50At £540 then. Quite sure at 540.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Yes.- That's lovely.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57One lot down, one more to go. We've got £540 so far.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Here's the second.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Next is lot 254.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's two Palissy Portuguese dishes again.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And a lot of bids again.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14- I'm bid £230. Against you all at 230.- Right, we're in.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20Five if you want them. 35 and 240, 250, 260, 270.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24At 270 then, in front of me. At £270.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Are you all done then at £270?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30That was short and sweet.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I was a bit frightened for a moment, but we got £270.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36So that's not bad. That's nearly the top end of the estimate.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42Let's add those together and I make that, what is it, £810.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Very good.- Not bad, is it? - No, it's very exciting.- Happy?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- Yes, very happy.- Yes.- You've got to be!- Glad to get rid of them.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11If you think celebrities are just a modern TV invention, then think again.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16I'm in Endsleigh Gardens near Tavistock in Devon.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22I'm surrounded by the creation of one of England's trendiest landscape gardeners from almost 200 years ago.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The sixth Duke of Bedford built this marvellous home here in the early 19th Century
0:21:26 > 0:21:31and he commissioned architect Sir Jeffrey Wyattville to lay out the surrounding gardens.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36The problem was, Sir Jeffrey wasn't really up to the job.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44Enter Humphry Repton, self-taught landscape gardener and the darling of the landed aristocracy.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49His fashionable picturesque style graced stately homes throughout the country
0:21:49 > 0:21:56and the duke now summoned him to sprinkle some horticultural magic over Ainsley.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Repton was only too happy to oblige.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05Although Humphry Repton had suffered a carriage accident, he wasn't put off his latest commission.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09He'd arrive on site in a wheelchair and set about his work.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Being a practical man, he soon discovered that Wyattville's layout
0:22:13 > 0:22:19was a bit too dangerous and rugged for the Duke of Bedford's children to play in.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23So Repton went to work.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27One of the main problems was the steep drop between the house and the river
0:22:27 > 0:22:31so he fenced it off and created a beautiful terrace.
0:22:31 > 0:22:38The icing on the cake was this little gem in the corner which was one of Repton's trademarks.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43This shell grotto is the reward
0:22:43 > 0:22:50that the adults and children alike got when they reached the end of the terrace. What a surprise.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56It's built of stone and granite, but it's been clad in seashells, crystals and minerals alike.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02Highly exotic for the day and it's also a not-so-subtle reminder
0:23:02 > 0:23:08that your hosts are far richer and more worldly travelled than you are.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Another Humphry Repton trademark was his famous red book,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22so-called because they were bound in a Moroccan red leather,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25each made for a particular client, this one for the Duke of Bedford.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30And it is the original brochure for the before and after shot.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34If you look at this, you can see what it looked like with Wyattville's designs.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Very precarious and quite dangerous for children to play on that terrace
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and you turn this leaf and it shows you what it looks like
0:23:41 > 0:23:43with Humphry Repton's design,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46a wonderful safe terrace, a promenade to walk along.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50And each picture is a work of art within itself.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55And packaging his work like this to give to the client certainly was good for business.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Humphry Repton's tastes were for something more eventful,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05more rustic, a style called picturesque.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07This meant making the most of the natural setting.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10For example, by redirecting streams like this,
0:24:10 > 0:24:16so they cascaded down the hillside, creating an informal rural idyll.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23However, Endsleigh House gardens over the years gradually fell into disrepair
0:24:23 > 0:24:28and it is only fairly recently that they have been restored to their former glory.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31So what's it like to do the gardening in a place like this?
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- Let's find out from head gardener Simon Wood. Hi, Simon.- Hello.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- Thanks for talking to us. - That's OK.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- We're in the rock garden, aren't we?- We are.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- What was it like before you got your hands on this?- Very overgrown.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Everything was still here, you just couldn't see it.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50So what makes this unmistakably a Repton garden?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52What do you look for in Humphry Repton's designs?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Repton tended to look at the wider landscape
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and use the natural beauty that's abundant here.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Incredible. And how do you get the water to sort of this level?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Is it sort of pumped up? - No, no. Everything is naturally fed through gravity.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11- It's taken off the main stream.- Yeah. - It runs into various sediment tanks
0:25:11 > 0:25:16and is then channelled throughout the garden into various features that we see today.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Well, let's wander down there and take a look.- Certainly.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Gosh, look at this. When you think of most rockeries, Simon,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27they're normally about knee high, but this is absolutely massive!
0:25:27 > 0:25:34- It must have taken a lot of guys back then in Humphry Repton's team to manhandle these.- A huge amount.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- They were all brought in by block and tackle, horse and cart.- Local stone?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Local, but also imported from around the world.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- Yeah.- So a huge amount of work involved in getting them here.- Yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Oh, there is light at the end of the tunnel, Simon.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- And look at the view you get greeted with. My word.- It's beautiful.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- It's absolutely stunning! - It really is beautiful.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02- What's that building there with the thatched roof? - The dairy. The old dairy.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07'This has never been a working dairy, it was simply constructed
0:26:07 > 0:26:12'to fit in with Repton's vision of an informal garden.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15'Repton even suggested that a peasant dwelling
0:26:15 > 0:26:18'be built on an island in the grounds,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22'so that a wisp of smoke from its chimney could animate the scene.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25'Nothing was too much for the Duke of Bedford.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29'Every morning, when he was in residence, a servant would row over to the island,
0:26:29 > 0:26:34'open up the empty cottage and simply light a fire, all for the Duke's delight.'
0:26:35 > 0:26:39I'm beginning to understand what Humphry Repton was all about now.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'm just surrounded by it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46- Well, exactly. I mean, behind us, you can see a perfect example - plenty of moving water.- Mm-hm.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Here at Endsleigh, we've got lovely steep valley sides,
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- plenty of bedrock, it was all about the natural feel. - I like the scale of the buildings.
0:26:54 > 0:27:01- Like little follies, especially the cottages.- All designed to be viewed and they worked,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04but it was just making everything so picturesque.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Endsleigh's been described as the most complete example of picturesque-style planting.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12And it was Repton's last major undertaking.
0:27:12 > 0:27:18- I'd like to think all he'd learned throughout his...- Is here.- ..working career was used here at Endsleigh.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Yeah, he saved the best for last. - That's it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Isn't it wonderful that these superb gardens
0:27:34 > 0:27:38have now been reinstated to their former glory?
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Endsleigh House is a fantastic hotel so you can come here at your leisure
0:27:42 > 0:27:48and enjoy these tranquil surroundings, but for us, it's straight back to the valuation day.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00It's still busy here in Tavistock and Charles has come up roses.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Shirley, beautiful plates, lovely decoration.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Where did you get them from?
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Um, they were given to me as a Christmas present about ten years ago.- Right.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- They were in a display cabinet.- Yes.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16And when I moved house, I didn't have room for the display cabinet.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22- Right.- So the plates came out and I don't really want them any more.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25There is no point in having this if you can't look at them.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- That's true, yeah. - Do you know who they're made by?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Cauldon.- Cauldon. And I thought they'd be Coalport or Worcester,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35some really top quality manufacturer.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Cauldon is good, but I would say they're sort of the top of league division two.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Now these are hand painted, these floral scenes.- Right, yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45And if you look, there's a signature.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49They're all painted by a man called Pope - S Pope.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- Well, I've never actually noticed that before.- Have you not?- No.- No.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- So each plate has a value on its own.- OK.- Not just the fact that you have a collection.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- And very much obviously done for display purposes.- Right.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- You would never dream of putting cod and chips on these.- No.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09There's another fascinating thing on the back which you may have looked at and may not have done.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13I'll turn mine over, um, and Cauldon, England there,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15but have you noticed another name on the back?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Not that I took any notice of it, no.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Marvellous name - Bailey, Banks and Biddle -
0:29:21 > 0:29:24sounds like an old firm of London solicitors, but it's not.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company, Philadelphia.- Oh, really?
0:29:27 > 0:29:33So these were made on commission for a company in Philadelphia,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36exported to Philadelphia and sold there,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40then subsequently found their way back to England.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41What about age?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- I haven't got a clue. Not a clue.- No. No.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50This Cauldon mark would date them from...
0:29:50 > 0:29:551895 to 1920, so let's for the sake of argument call them 1910.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- OK.- Edwardian.- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Um, the only thing I would say against them is they are old-fashioned scenes.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Oh, I agree, yes.- You know, floral decoration like this is,
0:30:05 > 0:30:10although these perhaps aren't quite Victorian, very much have a Victorian flavour.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16- Uh-huh.- And we are steering away from the very, very ornate.- Mm-hm.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Have you ever had them insured? - No.- No.- No.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Have you got a clue about value? - No.- No clue?- Not at all.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I think they're worth between...
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- 150 to 250, that sort of order. - Oh, really?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- We ought to put a reserve price on. - Yeah.- We shouldn't give them away.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- No. So what reserve would you put on it?- I think I would say to the auctioneer £150.- OK.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Bit of discretion. If he got within a pitch and a putt of that, let them go.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Yes.- Happy with that?- I am.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- Jackie, how are you doing?- I'm fine, thank you.- Are you a local lass?
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- No. I moved here from Oxford. - From Oxford?- Yes.- Did you buy this down here or bring it with you?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I brought it with me. I bought it at Didcot Railway Station.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- Oh, right. When?- 30 years ago. There's a museum at the...
0:31:06 > 0:31:10There used to be a museum at the train station and that's where I bought it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- They reproduce a lot of these signs. - Yes, but they didn't so much then.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I don't think they were quite so sought after.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22No. And this is published by British Railways western region.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- I think this is absolutely lovely. - So do I. I still like it.- So...
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Let's talk nitty gritty here.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- This is a British Railways poster. - Mmm.- Pretty sure it's an original.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38"Teignmouth is Devon", so it's promoting the Devon countryside.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Travelling by train.- Yeah.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46- We've got the artist's name here, but I can't quite work that out. - I've never been able to read that.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50And we've got this wonderful scene here of the girl bathers,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53of the promenade being lit up.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57We've got these wonderful cliffs on the background and I think...
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- The colour of the sea.- It's just brilliant. Why did you buy it?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- It's just a lovely scene. - Why do you want to sell it now?
0:32:02 > 0:32:07Well, I've had it for 30 years and I just think really it's time for a change.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10These things are very, very sought after.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I think this is a great subject, we're in Devon,
0:32:13 > 0:32:18- it's going to be sold in Devon, um, I can't think of a better place to sell it.- No, that's right.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- I think we need to put an estimate on it of £100-£200.- Right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25And we'll put a fixed reserve of £100 on it.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- And I would just hope that it does really, really well.- OK.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39John, Hillary, lovely to see you
0:32:39 > 0:32:45and I am so enthusiastic about this fabulous collection of postcards.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The historical content, the condition,
0:32:48 > 0:32:53the numbers and the story behind them. John, enlighten us.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56My father's elder brother...
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Yeah?- ..who was born in 1888...
0:32:59 > 0:33:04- Yeah?- Joined the Royal Navy and while he was
0:33:04 > 0:33:11serving on board HMS Lord Raglan must have visited Newfoundland.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Um, he bought them and sent them home to his parents.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Right. I think we've only found one that's actually written in.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22- That's right. - So whether he put them in envelopes or whether he took them back,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25kept them and then took them when he got home.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29- But he had a tragic end, I believe?- Yes, he was, um...
0:33:29 > 0:33:32The Lord Raglan was torpedoed.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Torpedoed?- Yes, in the Bosphorus.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- Right.- And he was killed in 1918.
0:33:38 > 0:33:411918? And he was born in 1888.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- Yes.- So he died at 30.- That's right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47So he really collected these, we can date these postcards, can't we?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- Yes.- Pretty accurately.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55Most of these are probably bought between, let us say, 1910 and 1914.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59And incidentally, by way of proof, I suppose,
0:33:59 > 0:34:03the one we've found that has got writing on it is dated I think 1910.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05- That's it.- From Newfoundland.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09And it's quite poignant to read the story.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12And Swan to Mrs Swan. Are you a Swan?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- Yes.- Yeah.- "Dear mother and father, just to let you know
0:34:16 > 0:34:21"that I am getting on all right and I hope you are all the same at home.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24"This is a very nice postcard.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29"You will see Willy, that's Willy, between two..."
0:34:29 > 0:34:31It says coad fish, C-O-A-D.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35I thought that means cod fish, but they don't make cod that size.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- I shouldn't think so.- Maybe then. They've all been caught.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42You'd have fish and chips for the rest of your life! Amazing.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44And the fish either side of him.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46"All from your loving son."
0:34:46 > 0:34:52And that's, gosh, eight years before he died.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55As a matter of interest, we've got people there,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58girls from the West Indies, there's somebody I see,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03the St Lucian belle and the founders of Newfoundland.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07We've got some North American Indians here.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Bear's Tooth, he looks a severe sort of chap.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14You wouldn't want to come across him would you? Be instantly scalped.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17What made you bring them along to Flog It! today?
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- I did.- Oh, you did?- Yes. Well, I suggested it, put it that way.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- Yeah. Well, you wanted it turned into some money?- No, I just...
0:35:25 > 0:35:30- Mainly because I get them out about every five years and have a revision of them.- Yes. Yes.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35- How many have we got here?- Well, there's 80...- Six albums.- Yes.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37And there's 80 per album.
0:35:37 > 0:35:4080 per album and they're full. That's 480 cards.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Well, I tell you, I think the collection's worth £400-£600,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and we'll put a reserve of 400.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50And if the top bid is 390, well, so be it.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54You can take them home again and have your look every five years.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56But I'm pretty confident they'll do well.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02And before we go off to auction, let's remind ourselves of what we're selling.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Shirley's Edwardian hand-painted plates have travelled from America.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09I hope they get a big reception in the auction rooms.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Jackie's found a bit of a bargain with her railway poster.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Given its local interest, this should steam away with a good price in the auction.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20John and Hillary's impressive collection of postcards
0:36:20 > 0:36:26is a fascinating record of social history from the early 1900s and deserves a more regular airing.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41Back at Eldreds, Anthony has taken a shine to the railway poster.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45This says it all, "Come to glorious Devon." It belongs to Jackie.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50- Now she bought this about 30-odd years ago from a museum in Didcot and paid £10 for it.- £10.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Yes. Philip, our expert, has put a valuation of £100 to £200 on this.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58- It's going to breeze that, surely. - Yeah, I think it will.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02It's a realistic estimate, um, but we have had conversation
0:37:02 > 0:37:08with the vendor since and she's decided to put £200 on it and I don't argue with that.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14- No.- I think that's achievable. You know, the estimate has risen now to £200-£300.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- I don't blame her, actually. - Yeah. No, I'd give £200 for it.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- Is this something you like, actually, Anthony?- I do like it. - Would you buy this?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25No, I wouldn't, because I think it needs to go into a hotel.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Yes.- Or a restaurant where it is, in Teignmouth.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Yeah. We're in the right area, plenty of hotels around,
0:37:31 > 0:37:36- so I think that'll be quite hot and a lot of people bidding on that. - Yeah, I think they will be.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42That sounds promising. Now, about those plates.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- When you think about it, six plates, but it's six pieces of art, isn't it?- That's right.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55They are all hand painted by Pope, made for a company in Philadelphia.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Yeah. - Which is quite unusual.- Mmm.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04We've got £150 to £250 on these. If they were something different like Coalport, what would they be like?
0:38:04 > 0:38:09If they were Coalport, I think they'd be more £500, I really do. Five or six hundred pounds.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14- Well, we're going to find out what they're worth. I think you're right. - Oh, these are them now?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Yeah, they're going under the hammer right now. This is it.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Next, lot 436.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Six Cauldon porcelain plates,
0:38:22 > 0:38:25each one differently painted. There they are.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28£110 I'm bid for them, against you all at 110.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33- At 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 70, 180.- Oh.- Wow.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39At 180 now. All done then at £180 I'll sell them.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- Yes.- That's it. - Blink and you'll miss that.- Gosh.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- He ran that up really quickly! - That was very quick.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- £180, so you were spot on.- Yeah. - Well, I'm pleased with that.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49- Happy with that?- Yes, I am.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Jackie, that poster inspired many people to come down here on holiday.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- I'm sure it did. - It's got the look and I know why Philip fell in love with it.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06It really is, it just sums up that period, doesn't it?
0:39:06 > 0:39:10What I want to know is, why do you want to flog this?
0:39:10 > 0:39:15I've had it for 30 years, so I've enjoyed it for a long while really.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- I thought it was time for it to go somewhere else. - Been on the wall? Yes.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I know whose wall it'd like to go on. Philip, you're not allowed to buy.
0:39:22 > 0:39:29- It's a really nice thing and that railway memorabilia is collectable from two points of view.- Yes.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33One from that, one from the Art Deco period, and I think it'll go really well.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Well, you originally said at the valuation day £100-£200.- Yeah.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- You've had a chat to Anthony. - Yes.- You've upped the ante.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- I'm afraid so.- He told us before the sale started, we've got a valuation now of £200-£300.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49- But I don't blame you, nor does he. - I think it'll make its money. - It's got to.- It'll make its money.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- I thought so.- It'll steam ahead for that £300. It's got to! - It's quite unusual.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Yes, yes.- It was the steam ahead I was wincing at.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Next is lot 16.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01It's a British Railways advertising poster.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04There it is, a good local one, Teignmouth in Devon.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07A lot of bids again. I'm bid £220.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Straight in.- Straight in at 220. - At £220. 30 if you want it.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14At 220 then. 230, 240.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19- This is good. - 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24Can't see you now. At £300 by the door then, at £300. Quite sure then?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26At £300, I'll sell it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- We're on the right tracks there. - Oh, you are awful, Paul.- £300.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33That is, that's...
0:40:33 > 0:40:37I've got to tell you this. We were looking at it before the sale started
0:40:37 > 0:40:42- and Charlie Ross came along and said that man in it's modelled on me.- Yeah, he was wrong.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Hillary and John, what a collection.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57We've got six albums with 480 postcards. Lots of social history.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- You've had these for 25 years? You get them out every five years to look at them.- That's it.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- John does.- Thank goodness you got them out to bring them to the valuation day.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- They caught your eye, Charlie.- Yes. - So much social history in them.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- The condition on the Newfoundland ones is pretty spectacular. - Virtually mint condition.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- And I think you're bang on with £400-£600.- Yeah.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20I really do. I really do. And I'd like to see the 600-plus mark.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Well, we would like to, but... - LAUGHTER
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- More the merrier. - Why are you getting rid of them?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Because he only gets the albums out every five years?- I think so.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33The thing is, he has so many things that he doesn't want to get rid of.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- He's like a magpie.- Oh, definitely. - He's not Mr Swan, he's a magpie.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Definitely. I'm the opposite.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- Well, good luck, OK.- Thank you. - Going under the hammer now.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Next is lot 74.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51It's a collection of approximately 480 postcards.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Topographical, Newfoundland, all sorts there.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56America, Australia. Several bids.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- I'm bid £410 for them. - Oh, straight in.
0:41:59 > 0:42:07- Well, that's a good start. - 420, 430, 440, 450, 460, 470, 480.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- This is more like it.- 490, 500.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Lots of interest. There's three or four people after this.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18530, 540, 550, 560, 570,
0:42:18 > 0:42:23- 580, 590, 600. And 20.- Oh.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26£620 seated. 640 now.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31660, 670, 680, 690 now.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34700. And 20.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38740 seated here.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44At £740, then. Quite sure at 740?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- GAVEL BANGS - Crack. That is a sold sound. £740.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- I just can't believe it.- Hillary, what's going through your mind?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Pretty good.- I really don't know!
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Tell him to get rid of the rest of the stuff he's got.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00We have coins, he has coins. Ah, not coins, medals as well.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- What are you going to put that money towards?- Well...- Future holidays.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Yeah, I don't blame you.- Yes.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10I don't blame you. If you've got any postcards like that lying around
0:43:10 > 0:43:13just bring them in, because we'll value them, we'll flog them.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- Yeah.- I'm going back into your garage after the sale.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Sadly, we've run out of time from Eldreds in Plymouth.
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