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Like many Lancashire towns, Oldham was all about textile and production in the 19th century. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:36 | |
At the height of the industrial revolution, there were a whopping 360 mills here, | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
making it the centre of cotton-spinning in the entire world. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
It doesn't have quite the same international status today but maybe we can put it back on the map. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:50 | |
Just look at this big crowd who have turned out with their treasures and trophies for us to value, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:56 | |
and Anita Manning and Kate Bliss are already hard at work. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Well, it's all quiet inside the Queen Elizabeth Hall right now, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
but any moment the doors are gonna be open | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
and our crowd will flood through - I can hear them coming right now. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Here they come. There's lots of excitement and anticipation | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
as the first few reach the Flog It! blue tablecloths. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
I feel we're gonna be in for a very busy day. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Sheila, this is a very interesting little brooch. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
I think it's absolutely gorgeous. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
In fact I think it might just suit my jacket! | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
Absolutely. It looks lovely, yes. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Can you tell me anything about it? | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
-Where did you get it? -I actually got it in an adjacent town's car boot sale, within the last 12 months. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:55 | |
It was just lying there on the stall. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
Apparently there had been a lot of really good stuff | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
They said, "You've missed it all." | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
That was just there, it was £4. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
£4. That's not a lot of money. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
-Indeed, no. -Well, do you know where it comes from? | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
No. I thought at first it might be Russian... | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
-Because of the enamel work? -Yes. -I can see where you're coming from. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
And then I looked at what's on the box and I thought, "That's not Russian", so... a bit puzzled. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:21 | |
It's Scandinavian. It's Norwegian, and if we look on the back | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
we can see the initials for Marius Hammer. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
We have an "M" and a little hammer and we have the mark "930", | 0:02:32 | 0:02:38 | |
which is the silver mark. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
It's slightly better than sterling silver. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
The Norwegians and Swedish were wonderful with the enamelled work | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
and this is representing that type of work. Have you ever worn it? | 0:02:48 | 0:02:53 | |
-No, it's a little bit too big for me, really... -It's a wee bit fanciful. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
And it's a little bit ostentatious. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
-So a little fanciful for today's taste? -Yes. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
But at the same time it would be of interest to the collector | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
and it is a collector who would buy this type of thing. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
What sort of date would it be? | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
Well, it's early 20th century, up to maybe '20s or '30s, | 0:03:11 | 0:03:17 | |
so the estimate I would put on it, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
considering that it's a very finely crafted piece... | 0:03:21 | 0:03:26 | |
We have a maker's name, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
it's in the original box, and that type of thing is popular just now. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:34 | |
Taking all these factors into account, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
I would estimate it 80-120. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:42 | |
-Now, would you be happy to sell it at that price? -Yes. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
I'd never wear it. I'd never wear it. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
So it was quite a good investment for £4! | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
It certainly was, wasn't it? | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
Well, shall we put a reserve on it? | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
I think so, just to protect it. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
We'll put a reserve of £80, the lower estimate, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
and I'm sure it will do very well. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
I find that enamelled and cloisonne works are doing very well just now. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
-Kevin, I've been itching to have a go with this all day! -Right. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
Tell me, was this yours when you were a little boy? | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
Yes. My parents bought it for me when I was... | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
in the '60s, probably, when I was about 12 years old. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
James Bond was around at the time and I liked James Bond, of course, | 0:04:28 | 0:04:33 | |
and I liked cars, because I was a kid and so, yes. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
This must have been quite some present when you were 12 years old. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
It is the ultimate, isn't it? | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Corgis came out in 1956, I think, released by Mettoy | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
and became really very popular with young boys particularly, because of their moving parts. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:52 | |
You could open the windows, they had things you could do with them, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
so of course they released a range relating to TV programmes and films. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
The DB5, 007's vehicle, in gold, was really quite something. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
-It was. -So, talk me through all these moving bits | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
because wasn't this really was the ultimate car? | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
Right. I'll put the old glasses on... the age... | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
You press the little exhaust pipes at the back | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
and the bulletproof screen pops up | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
then you press this little button here | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
-and the machine guns and... -At the front. -..look, they've come out. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
And then very carefully you press this one, and I'll just put my hand over because... | 0:05:26 | 0:05:32 | |
-Oh, there he goes! -The roof pops up and a man comes out and there he is. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:37 | |
-That's brilliant. -There's your little bits. -And he would fly out if we let him, wouldn't he? | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
He would. If you want to scrabble on the floor, you can make him fly out. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
But the downside for collectors with all these moving parts | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
-was that things went missing so easily. -Yeah. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
And this little ejector man, not very big, would often fly out | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
-and get lost and that would be the end of that. -That's right. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
But you have kept him, here he is, and...this is also the really exciting bit, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
we've got top secret-documents underneath, haven't we, because in the box we should have... | 0:06:04 | 0:06:10 | |
the... | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
instructions, and here we go. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
You've kept them. There they are. Look at that! | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
They look as if they've hardly been touched, inside there. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
And inside there is a spare little man. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
I can feel him. There he is. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
Excellent. So it's just as it should be. So, what about value? | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
I mean, as a collector yourself, do you have any idea? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
Not really, no, because I haven't got too many old toys | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
and you can't get accurate valuations if you go around to some of the dealers | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
because they want them for themselves. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
Well, I'm gonna be conservative. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
I think is going to go well in our fine art sale for you, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
but I'm going to say roughly between £70 and £100. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:56 | |
I think if two people really want it for their collection, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
it could make more than that, but that sort of estimate is gonna tempt the buyers and it should do well. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:04 | |
-It's quite a few quid more than my mum and dad paid! -I bet it is! | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
Barbara, it's a great example of a field telescope. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
Tell me, what are you doing owning a wonderful scientific instrument like this? | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
It's my father-in-law's. It were fetched back from the War... | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
-Oh, really? He used it in the war? -Well, he must have, yes, I think so. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
Gosh. He must have thought a lot of it to carry it all the way back, | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
-because a lot of these just got left by the wayside. -Yes. -Where did he see action? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:42 | |
Well, he was all over, but I believe he came down at Norway... | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
-He was shot down, was he? -Yes, and the Norwegian people looked after him, | 0:07:46 | 0:07:51 | |
and then he came home after. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
It's a boy's toy, isn't it, really? | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
-Yes. -And it actually does work, because I can just see there, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
I can check out the exit sign and it is crystal clear. Have you used this? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
Oh, yes, we have used it a few times, but it's that heavy... | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
-It is heavy, isn't it? -Yes, it's hard to use. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
-If you're looking... -I'll use your shoulder as a tripod! | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
Do you really want to sell this? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
-Yes. -Because there's a nice story, though. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
Oh, yes, but the children don't want it and it's just a shame being stuck in the cupboard really, | 0:08:19 | 0:08:25 | |
so you know that's why I've fetched it along. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
-Are you not gonna stargaze any more? -No, no, no. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Or check out the neighbours and see what's... a bit of curtain-twitching...! | 0:08:30 | 0:08:35 | |
-"What's going on over there?"! -No, no, no. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
OK. Value-wise, | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
the good news for you is it's signed, "Dallmeyer, London, 1915." | 0:08:40 | 0:08:47 | |
The bad news is this... | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
-One stress fracture in the brass. Can you see that? -Yes. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
-It's about an inch long. -Yes. -That's a shame. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
That devalues it, because people that collect scientific instruments are purists, believe me. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:00 | |
Everything has to be accurate. They're very, very fussy collectors. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
I'd like to put it into auction with the typical auctioneer's cliche, 80-120. It's gonna sell for that. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:10 | |
I was rather hoping this would do around the £160 mark cos it's a great London maker, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:16 | |
-but unfortunately... -That little chip. -That stress in the brass... | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
But I reckon we stand a chance of getting 80-120. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
-Right. That's fine. -I really do. I like it, and it's usable. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
It's great. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
-Hello, Lois. -Hello. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
I've pounced on you this morning | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
because I'm a bit of a sucker for baby plates, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
and you've got a really charming example with a matching little mug. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
Where did these come from? | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
It came from my aunt. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
When my son was born he was quite ill | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
and my aunt was telling an old man that she looked after about him | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
-and he gave her this cup and plate from my son. -What a lovely present! | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
So, have you ever used them? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
No, no. It's just been wrapped up and put in the loft. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
Right. Well, do you know anything about the design? | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
No, just that people do collect the Mabel Lucie Attwells, that's all. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:18 | |
That's right. Well, that's the name that we look for, actually, | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
one of the names we look for, with baby plates and related wares. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
You're right, they've become quite collectable. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
In recent years, a whole market has opened up | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
and there are two things that make them commercial. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
Firstly the manufacturer of the porcelain or pottery, | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
and secondly the design. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
Now let's just have a look at the factory, | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
and if we turn this over we can see we've got the name "Shelley" on the bottom here, | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
so we know it's a very well-known British manufacturer. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
Shelley was well-known for producing a whole range of utilitarian wares, | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
-and we can feel that this plate, as most are, is very heavy, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
It was made to last with toddlers throwing things around the place. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
This is pottery, but if we look at the matching mug, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
we can see this is quite fine, and it's made of porcelain. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
If I run my hands...hold it up to the light you can see my fingers through it | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
and that's actually quite fine china, but let's look at the design, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
cos that's the other thing that makes these commercial. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
What do you think of it? | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
It's really cute, and the little saying on it is really... | 0:11:22 | 0:11:26 | |
It's lovely, isn't it? Very often we have nursery rhymes illustrated | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
but here we have a little verse... | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
Isn't that sweet? It's charming for any child, and what we've got here | 0:11:38 | 0:11:43 | |
is a design that is probably taken from a children's book | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
because Mabel Lucie Attwell was known | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
in her time as a fantastic children's illustrator of books, | 0:11:51 | 0:11:56 | |
and her designs were taken from the books and applied to children's wares being made at the time, | 0:11:56 | 0:12:03 | |
and this probably has come from one of her annuals or one of her books. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
Well, one thing about your example, both the bowl here and the mug, | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
I don't think, Lois, I've seen an example in such amazing condition. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
So often they were used and became, if they weren't chipped or cracked, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:23 | |
then the transfer printing was scratched, | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
and this is just as-new, and the little mug as well, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
so that is going to be really important for collectors and will help it, price-wise. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
I would put them obviously in the same lot, they're matching items, | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
and probably a conservative value at auction, I would say, £30-£50. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
-Yes. -Does that sound good? -That sounds good. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
-Excellent. Well, I would hope that we get a very good price for you. -Yes, thank you. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:49 | |
We've seen all kinds of goodies at the tables today | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
and now it's time to whisk some items off to the saleroom. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
This stylish Norwegian brooch was going for a song at a car-boot sale, | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
and could prove a real gem for Sheila. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
Kate's sure the James Bond car with all its gadgets will be licensed to thrill in the sale room. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:09 | |
I see no ships | 0:13:09 | 0:13:10 | |
but I hope a sharp-eyed dealer will spot this telescope | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
with so much history attached to it, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
and can we tempt a doting parent to splash out | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
on this Mabel Lucie Attwell plate and mug? | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
Let's find out. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
We've certainly got a roomful of bidders here at the Calder Valley Auction Rooms just outside Halifax | 0:13:25 | 0:13:31 | |
-and let's hope they're all here to spend some money... Aren't you? -Yeah! | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
And our man on the rostrum today is auctioneer Ian Peace. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
Something that's just come out of the loft is Lois's little baby plate and mug, | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
the Shelley, the little set, and someone that should know about baby plates and mugs is Kate here. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:54 | |
Your little girl must be going through the terrible twos right now, is she? | 0:13:54 | 0:13:59 | |
Almost, almost! She's got attitude, I think. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
-Ooh! And another one on the way! -I know! | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
-Fancy buying this one, then? -I wish I was allowed to! It is really... | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
I had forgotten what super condition this is in. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
That's the one thing you don't see very often with baby plates. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
Surely it's got to do more than £30-£50? Kate, come on, let's pray for £60, £70. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:22 | |
I would hope it would get top estimate, anyway, fingers crossed. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
Lot number ten, this Shelley Mabel Lucie Attwell baby's plate and mug, | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
very nice. £30 shall we say, 30, 20, 20 I'm bid, I'll go fives. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:34 | |
At 20, at 20, and 25, 25, 30, and 5, 40 and 5, 50 and 5, 60. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:42 | |
At £60. Any further bids at £60? | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
-Not bad. Come on! -At £60... at £60 and 5, at 65, 70 and 5, 80... | 0:14:45 | 0:14:50 | |
That's more like it, isn't it? | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
£80. Are we done? £80. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
-Well done! -You were right! | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
Well, done, but condition, condition, condition... | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
that's what it's all about. So, £80. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
That's not bad, is it? What are you gonna spend that on, then? | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
Probably a meal out with my son. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
-Is he here today? -Yes, he is. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
I can see why. You're dressed perfectly for a meal out. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
A slap-up lunch somewhere. Great result there. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
I didn't think it would do that much, I have to say. It's a great result. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
Yeah, it's brilliant, that. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
-Thanks very much. -They're here to buy. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
Right now it's my turn and next up it's the four-draw telescope. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Barbara, I've got my eye on you, and this lot! Hopefully they'll bid on this. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:36 | |
I'm feeling a little bit nervous, though. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
Condition is against it, as we said on the day, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
but we've got a discretion of £60 and I'm sure it's gonna find a home. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
It's got to! It's real quality... | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
he said! | 0:15:47 | 0:15:48 | |
Brass and leather four-draw fold telescope, a London maker. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
Do I get an opening bid of £50? | 0:15:54 | 0:15:55 | |
40 anywhere, £40 for the telescope? | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
40 I have there. £40. £40 and 5, at £45, at £50, £55. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:04 | |
Anybody else now at £55? | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
It's a named telescope, a London maker, at £55. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
Any further bids at 55? | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
Are we all done at £55? Going to sell at 55. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
Are there any further advances? | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
At £55 then... | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
He did sell it. Yeah, £60 discretion we had, so he's used it. We just, | 0:16:21 | 0:16:27 | |
just got that away! | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
That was close, that was really close! | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
-Well, it sold! -We were one pound in our limit for our 10% discretion on £60. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:43 | |
-I'm sorry it didn't get the top end but we got it away, didn't we? -Yes. -Just... | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
Right, are we connected? 5, 30, 40 and 5, 50 and 5. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:54 | |
Anyone fancy an Aston Martin DB5? | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
You gotta be right here right now for this one. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
It belongs to Kevin, not for much longer. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
We've got a valuation of £70-£100. Why are you flogging this? | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
Nobody to leave it to. Maybe it should be somebody else's memory now. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
Yeah. A collector will buy this one, and pay top money for it. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
It's one owner, very low mileage! | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
757, a boxed Corgi toy, James Bond Aston Martin DB5. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
It's got its instructions, its driver, it's all there. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
What am I bid for 757, ladies and gentlemen? | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
Open me at £50, £50, 40 then, 40 I'm bid. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:38 | |
-Thank you. £40. -Oh, gosh! Come on! | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
And 5, 50 and 5, 55, 60, and 5. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
At £65, 70 at £70. Anybody else? | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
75, sir, 80 and 5, 90 and 5, 100. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:56 | |
£100 I'm bid. Anybody else? | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
£100. It's all there. At £100. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
At £100 front row... | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
-Gosh, Kate, you were right! -The market has changed. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
Well, yeah, but I do think someone's got a bargain. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
-I do too, yeah. -I really do. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
Never mind. I mean, for a car like that, in that sort of condition | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
needs a specialist toy sale, then you've got a worldwide market, but you're right, 100 quid. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:24 | |
Well, it's a couple more diecasts! | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
Sheila, hopefully we'll make you lots of money right now... | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
-A million! -It's a packed room. I don't know about that! | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
This is a 20th-century brooch, it's definitely worth £80-£120. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
-How much did you pay for it? -I paid four, I think. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
Well done! | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
Where are these car-boot sales? | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
Well, I think it was a lady not really knowing what she was selling, you know, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
because I'd missed most of the stuff at the stall and that had been left behind. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
A lot of people don't know the value of 20th-century modern, and it's really making big money right now. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:08 | |
Are you an every-sort-of-weekend car booter, or just sort of a fair-weather one? | 0:19:08 | 0:19:13 | |
A fair-weather one. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:14 | |
-You've gotta be hard as nails, haven't you, to get up very early in the morning? -Yeah. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
-Do you do boot sales at all? -No, no. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-They see you coming, don't they? They wouldn't sell to Anita! -I'm too busy standing at a rostrum! | 0:19:22 | 0:19:28 | |
731, a cased silver and enamel brooch by Maris Hammer, | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
with filigree jots. There we are, | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
original case. What am I bid for this? | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Shall we say 100, 80, 50, £50? | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
50 I'm bid there, £50, 60, and 70, at 80, 90, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:46 | |
100 and 10, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:54 | |
£180 I'm bid. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
At £180 on my left there, at £180. Are we all done? | 0:19:57 | 0:20:03 | |
180... | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
Yes! £180! You see! | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
A lot of people don't know the value of 20th-century modern. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
-It's like darts! 180! -You didn't think it would sell? | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
Oh, I didn't, did I? | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Oh, ye of little faith! | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
Right now it's time for a trip down memory lane, | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
to a police station in the heart of Manchester where time has stood still. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
These cells and courtroom have seen plenty of action in the past 100 years | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
and they're about to see a bit more action right now, with a character you just might recognise. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:42 | |
MUSIC: Theme from "Dixon Of Dock Green". | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
Working the beat, you know, is very funny sometimes, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
and my inspector only recently he arrested a man | 0:21:10 | 0:21:15 | |
who was a very dodgy character. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
Listen, there's some misunderstanding. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
-We can work this out. -You've had your say. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
It's my turn now. Sergeant, Policewoman 1 and I | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
were on three beat outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall when I saw this man acting suspiciously. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:31 | |
-I wasn't acting suspiciously. -No, let me get my say in. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
He's got a sack, he's got items in here which are valuable, and when I questioned him about them, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:38 | |
-he said, "People have given them to me". -I've heard a lot of fairy tales | 0:21:38 | 0:21:43 | |
-in my career, but that is a load of rubbish. -It's not. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
People giving you their ancient antiques. How much is that worth? | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
Well, the pair, possibly around £200-£300. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
They're not gonna give you stuff like that. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
Well, they trust me! I'm with the BBC. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
Well, I don't trust you. What's your name? | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Don't laugh at me! | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
Stand up straight as well, leaning all over the counter. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
Listen, it's been a long day. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-Yes, it has for me, too. -People are waiting for me... | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
-And it's gonna be a long night for you now. -Why? What do you mean by that? | 0:22:13 | 0:22:17 | |
You're gonna stay in the cells until the morning, then it's straight to court. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
-No, you've got this all wrong, I tell you. -Put him in cell number 1, please. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:25 | |
Listen, listen, this is a complete mistake! | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
-..to the officer. -This is not right. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
You've got this all wrong... | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
This is Flog It!, not Dixon Of Dock Green. Let me use the phone... | 0:22:34 | 0:22:39 | |
-HE SIGHS -Let me out! | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
'If you can't stand the suspense, | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
'you can find out what happens when I come up before the beak | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
'a little later on, but what I'm really doing here at the Greater Manchester Police Museum | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
'is finding out more about crime and punishment in the city since this station was built in 1879. | 0:22:53 | 0:23:01 | |
'Back then, there was a great deal of poverty in Manchester. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
'The main crimes at the time were theft, fighting and being drunk and disorderly. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
'In that year, a staggering 23,000 people were arrested or summonsed | 0:23:09 | 0:23:13 | |
'by Manchester Police, almost 5% of the city's population. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:19 | |
'So the police were kept pretty busy, | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
'but now I'm going to get my own back on my arresting officer | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
'and interrogate Dennis Wood who joined the force here in 1950.' | 0:23:25 | 0:23:31 | |
So, paint the picture. What was it like back then when you first started? | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
Well, it hadn't changed much from very early Victorian times in that we were all on beats | 0:23:34 | 0:23:40 | |
walking about small areas with lots of policemen all over the place. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:46 | |
All the criminals used to complain there were too many of us | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
and they couldn't get round the corner without being knocked off. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
But what about back in Victorian England in the 1870s, what was going on then? | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
If you think about this station and its position in 1879, | 0:23:57 | 0:24:03 | |
over my shoulder here were warehouses and office blocks and banks, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:09 | |
in other words all the things you would find in a highly commercial city like Manchester. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:16 | |
For about two miles as a belt around the city | 0:24:16 | 0:24:22 | |
were hovels of houses, only one up and one down when some of them had 20 souls living in them. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:29 | |
Most of them were thieves and prostitutes and certainly drunkards | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
and this place became a bastion between that and a warring tribe | 0:24:34 | 0:24:40 | |
who every day used to come across into this city, stealing and boozing | 0:24:40 | 0:24:46 | |
and there was a lot of pickpocketing going on in those days. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
Lots of businessmen were about and they tended to wear gold guard watches in their waistcoat | 0:24:50 | 0:24:59 | |
and the women were very adept at coming behind them and lifting those out, and off they went with them. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:05 | |
There were gangs about, of course, just as there are today. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
They didn't have guns, but they used to garrotte people. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
They used to pass a rope around their throat from behind | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
and squeeze until the person gave up all his valuables, so it was just, in a way, | 0:25:17 | 0:25:24 | |
as precarious to be out at night in the city in those days, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:29 | |
in the early days of the police station, as it is today. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
Well, we're absolutely surrounded by so much police memorabilia, and it is so collectable nowadays. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:56 | |
Talk me through some of the items that would have been used during Victorian England, | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
right up to the time when you left the services. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
Yes, well these items were used right through Victorian times | 0:26:04 | 0:26:09 | |
-and in my service, probably till about 1970, or later. -The truncheon hasn't changed much. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:17 | |
That was the truncheon, or the staff, or the lie detector as they used to call it, | 0:26:17 | 0:26:23 | |
and that went down a long pocket in the trousers, right to the bottom, down there. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:29 | |
-It just left that strap in view. -And you would have used this, yes? | 0:26:29 | 0:26:34 | |
Well, yes, if required, but the only thing is, if you use it, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:39 | |
you've only got one hand free, but if it was a serious matter where somebody was threatening... | 0:26:39 | 0:26:45 | |
With a knife or something... | 0:26:45 | 0:26:46 | |
Then I would let my thumb drip down into the leather strap there, and out it would come | 0:26:46 | 0:26:53 | |
and it would all be wrapped up so that nobody could take it off me, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
because there was always that danger that somebody might. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
-Quick off the draw, that! -Oh, yes! -Had a lot of practice? -Like a Wild West sheriff. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
So that was the truncheon. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
Then everybody had a whistle and if you were in any trouble... | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
-of course in the absence of radios, then you would blow that... -WAVERING WHISTLE | 0:27:12 | 0:27:17 | |
..much louder, and officers on the adjoining beat would hear and allegedly come rushing to your help, | 0:27:17 | 0:27:24 | |
but very often they would peep round the corner, see the situation and sneak off into the dark somewhere. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:30 | |
They wouldn't, would they(?) They'd run to your aid! | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
-Lots of handcuffs. -Handcuffs weren't used by police officers on their beats. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:38 | |
They were quite good and strong | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
but really only for use when you already had somebody in custody. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:47 | |
If you only had that, and you captured a burglar and he was struggling to get away... | 0:27:47 | 0:27:53 | |
You couldn't get those on him. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
No, you'd have to ask him if he wouldn't mind waiting. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
So what would you do if you caught a burglar quickly? | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
Well, if you needed to at all, you had these things, with snaps, | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
and those went onto the man's wrist and you were able to twist his arm right up behind his head. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:11 | |
And those two little fellows were digging into a mass of nerves and little bones. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:18 | |
-Well, it's a good job I wasn't marched in with that on. -Yes! | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
'All rise.' | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
This is Paul Martin, who was found in possession of a collection of antiques, your Worship. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:39 | |
Thank you, Mr Davenport. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
Mr Martin, would you like to tell the court what you propose to do with this collection of antiques? | 0:28:41 | 0:28:46 | |
Yes, your Honour. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
It was my intention to flog it. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
Well, it turns out in the end that Mr Martin was in fact genuine, | 0:28:52 | 0:28:57 | |
and he was selling antiques on behalf of other people. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:02 | |
It only goes to show | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
that you can never judge a book by its cover. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:09 | |
Good evening, all. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:11 | |
Well, I think I just about got away with that one! | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
Now let's see how things are going back at the valuation day. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
Gary, this is a very sweet little item. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
Now when I was outside and I passed you in the queue, what did you say to me? | 0:29:29 | 0:29:34 | |
I told you I wasn't getting down on one knee when I showed it you! | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
Well, I'm very glad that you did show it to me. I like it a lot. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
What we have here | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
is a little Victorian mourning ring. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
It's in 18-carat gold, so it's a high-carat gold | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
and we have some very beautiful enamel work round the band with gold lettering, "In memory of..." | 0:29:53 | 0:30:01 | |
and we if we look at the inside we can see the hallmarks for 18-carat gold. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:06 | |
As well as the hallmark, we have an inscription which tells us a little more about it. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:14 | |
Now this ring is in memory of Tim Smith | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
and this type of thing was worn by, say, widows or whatever | 0:30:19 | 0:30:26 | |
and behind this little glass panel at the front here we have a little piece of hair. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:31 | |
Tell me, where did you get it? | 0:30:31 | 0:30:33 | |
I bought it off the Internet for a present for my wife. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
Aah! How much did you pay for it? | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
-About £50. -Aha. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:40 | |
And did your wife like it? | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
No. She said it was a bit creepy because it had the man's hair in it! | 0:30:42 | 0:30:47 | |
Well, this is very interesting. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
-I think that £50 is a very small price to pay for something of that quality... -Oh, yeah? | 0:30:49 | 0:30:58 | |
If you had to buy the equivalent quality in 18-carat gold today, | 0:30:58 | 0:31:02 | |
you'd be paying a lot of money. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:04 | |
But the thing is, people are slightly worried about the mourning aspect of it. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:12 | |
Now, in Victorian times, after the death of Queen Victoria's husband, Albert, | 0:31:12 | 0:31:18 | |
mourning became very fashionable and they're highly collectable just now. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:25 | |
-I'd like to put it into auction, say between £50 and £80. -Yeah. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:31 | |
We may make your money back, but I think if you really do want to get rid of it, | 0:31:31 | 0:31:38 | |
I'd like to get the reserve down to about £40-£45. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
-Yeah, that would be fine. -Would that it be OK? | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
-So, your wife doesn't like it? -No. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
She's told you to get rid of it? | 0:31:47 | 0:31:48 | |
-Yep. -You've brought it to me... | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
-Yeah. -And we're gonna flog it! | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
Freda, I love little leather cases and leather boxes. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
-You never quite know what you're going to find inside. What have we here? -Two miniatures... | 0:32:04 | 0:32:08 | |
-a lady and a man. -Let's have a little look. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
Let's open them up... | 0:32:11 | 0:32:13 | |
and see. Ah, yes. Well, they certainly look like a pair, | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
they're mounted in matching Moroccan leather cases, beautifully. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:22 | |
Where do they come from? | 0:32:22 | 0:32:23 | |
Well, We bought them off David Dickinson at Dickinson's Galleries in Manchester. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
Did you really? My husband did. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
He bought them as a present for me because I like miniatures, | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-so we've had them 25 years at least, I should say. -Gosh. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:36 | |
Have you got a collection of miniatures? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
-These are the only two. -But he knew you particularly liked them? -Yeah. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:43 | |
I like anything really small... | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
I particularly like miniatures, but I've just got the two. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
Let's have a closer look. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:49 | |
We can tell quite a bit about costume, the lady particularly. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
It really is quite flamboyant, I would say quite Bohemian... | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
-Yeah, quite sort of... -Theatrical... -Sort of oriental? -Yes, almost. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:03 | |
It has got that sort of oriental influence, hasn't it? Certainly the Paisley design shawl. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
They look to me to be certainly early 19th-century in date. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:12 | |
If you look at these lovely pendant earrings, | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
they would suggest almost Regency period, early 19th century, | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
-and it's almost got a Turkish look about it, hasn't it? -Definitely. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
That headgear and really rich materials and colours used... | 0:33:21 | 0:33:26 | |
-They're lovely colours. -That blue is particularly nice. -It is. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:30 | |
Let's look at the gentleman, the pair to her, if you like. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
-He's quite conservative in comparison... -Yes. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
..in his blue velvet jacket. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:39 | |
But the face, again, is really nicely painted, | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
the detail of his mouth and his complexion, | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
beautifully done and set off against this lovely plum-coloured velvet. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:51 | |
Can you remember what your husband paid for them all that time ago? | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
I've actually got the receipt, but unfortunately forgot to bring it. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:58 | |
-Right. -I know they were £75 each.. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
-Right... -..then, you know. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:02 | |
That's quite a lot of money 25 years ago. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:05 | |
Well, I didn't realise until... | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
a couple of days ago that that's what he paid for them, | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
because he gave me the receipt, which I hadn't seen before. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
-Well, I can't tell you that they've gone up hugely... -No, no... | 0:34:12 | 0:34:16 | |
..in value over that time, but the market for miniatures is still very buoyant | 0:34:16 | 0:34:22 | |
and these are certainly commercial, | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
particularly our theatrical lady here. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
-I would like to think that you ought to get £200-£300 at auction for the pair. -Lovely. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:32 | |
They ought to make £100 each. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
-I'm gonna be cautious and put an estimate of £150-£250 on them. -Yes. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:38 | |
-That will draw the buyers, if you're happy with that... -Yes, I am. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
I certainly think they should make £200... | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
-That would be nice. -If you're happy, we could put a reserve at £150... -Yes, please. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
So you won't lose any money, certainly, that's a safety net. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:52 | |
-I won't lose anything... they were a present! -No, exactly! | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
Marian, I am always delighted | 0:35:00 | 0:35:04 | |
to have some Royal Worcester on Flog It! | 0:35:04 | 0:35:09 | |
I think that it's a wonderful factory, started in the 1720s, | 0:35:09 | 0:35:15 | |
always made the best of porcelain, | 0:35:15 | 0:35:20 | |
noted for its skilled craftsmanship | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
and these little figures are a wonderful example of that. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
Do YOU like them, Marian? | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
Not particularly. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
I know they're... | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
in their own way they're nice, but they're not my style. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
-Where did you get them? -They were a gift, a thank-you. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
How long have you had them? | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
Seven years, about seven to eight years I've had them, and I've never had them on show. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:50 | |
I called them John and Mary | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
and then I wrapped them up in a towel and put them in a suitcase. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:55 | |
Poor wee John and Mary! | 0:35:55 | 0:35:57 | |
Let's have a look at them a wee bit closer. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:01 | |
Now we have a boy and girl figure here. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:05 | |
If we look, the underneath of the figure will tell us quite a lot. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
We see the Worcester mark here, and this little "A" | 0:36:08 | 0:36:14 | |
tells us that these figures were made in 1890. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:20 | |
This set of figures here...1388... | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
tells us that this was the pattern number | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
and we have the registration mark on the bottom so we've got quite a lot of information on the base. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:36 | |
And the other good thing, we have the modeller's signature on these, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:41 | |
and he was Hadley, one of the better-known Worcester modellers. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:49 | |
The style is... | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
it's in the style of Kate Greenaway and the effect is a blush ivory. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:58 | |
So we have got quite a lot here in these two little figures. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:04 | |
I would estimate them in the region of £300-£500. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:10 | |
Would you be happy to sell them at that? | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
-Yeah, yeah, I would, yeah. -Well, let's get them along to the auction. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:17 | |
I'm sure they'll be very well fancied. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
I hope my estimate is very conservative and they will do much better. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:26 | |
We'll put a reserve of £300 on them just to protect them, but I'm sure they will sail away at that. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:32 | |
We're off to the saleroom again, and looking for joy, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
not tears, when Gary's mourning ring goes under the hammer. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
Let's hope it's more popular with the bidders than it was with his wife! | 0:37:40 | 0:37:44 | |
Small is beautiful, but we're hoping for big things | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
from the charming miniatures brought in by Freda, | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
and finally, the Royal Worcester figures | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
which have a quaint, old-fashioned charm | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
and are still very popular with collectors. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
-Poor old Gary! He went out to buy his wife a ring, as a surprise, didn't you? -Yep. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:03 | |
£50 it cost you. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:04 | |
A Victorian mourning ring, which is just about to go under the hammer. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:09 | |
You took it home to your wife as a lovely surprise and she went, | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
-"Gary, I'm not wearing that!" Isn't that awful! -I know! | 0:38:12 | 0:38:17 | |
We get such a tough time for not surprising our wives | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
and treating them, and when you do, what happens? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
You just get told off. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
"Flog it", she said, "flog it", so hopefully we've got to get £50 back. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:31 | |
It is so cheap, Paul, but this is a ring that will probably become | 0:38:31 | 0:38:35 | |
part of a collection rather than wearing... | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
People are a wee bit wary of wearing what...mourning rings! | 0:38:38 | 0:38:44 | |
-What you'd like to say is "dead people's rings"! -Yes, but I mean it is a bargain for £50 | 0:38:44 | 0:38:51 | |
because it's 18-carat gold, and it's in mint condition. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
562, the Victorian hallmarked 18-carat gold mourning ring. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
What am I bid on this? £50, 40, 30 to open? | 0:38:59 | 0:39:03 | |
20, thank you. £20 and 5, and 25, 30, £30 and 5, | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
at £35, at 35, and 40 here and 5. At 45 over there, at £45. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:16 | |
Any further bids? 50, well done. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
-Yeah. -And 5.... | 0:39:18 | 0:39:20 | |
At £55 at the back of the room. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
£55. Are you done? | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
-Yes, we did it. £55. -Good, good, good. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
Less a bit of commission, that does give you your money back. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
You know what they say, don't you? | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
It's the thought that counts! | 0:39:33 | 0:39:34 | |
-Oh, yeah! -Did you remind her? -I kept quiet. -What's her name? | 0:39:34 | 0:39:37 | |
-Caroline. -Caroline! Ohhh! | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
-I kept quiet. -What are you gonna do with this money now? | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
-Give it to the boss at home. -Give it to the boss! | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
This is a cracking lot. It belongs to Freda, and not for much longer. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
Two lovely little miniatures, painted on ivory. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
Let's hope we get the top end, sort of £200, I'd like to see. They're quality, Kate. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:04 | |
They are quality. I hope we'll get there. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
I think it's the lady that's really going to attract buyers, yeah. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
Ladies always do. You don't like portraits of gentlemen. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
We've got the pair of 19th-century oval watercolour miniatures, | 0:40:13 | 0:40:16 | |
portraits of a young lady and gentleman in leather cases, | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
very clean. 705 is the lot. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
Right, shall we say £100 to open the bidding? 100. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
£100, thank you, £100, 110, 120, 130, 140 there, 140, 150, at £150. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:34 | |
At 150, the gentleman in the back there. £150. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
Any further bids? At £150 they are in market | 0:40:37 | 0:40:42 | |
and selling at £150 then, first and last time... | 0:40:42 | 0:40:46 | |
We've done it! We've done it, just. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
-150. -Yeah. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:51 | |
Brave punt. That was a good move. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
Good valuation as well, but you wanted to sell them, didn't you? | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
-Well, I did, yeah. I did. -You did... -I just, you know, for the fun of it, really. | 0:40:56 | 0:41:02 | |
-So you're happy, aren't you? -Yeah. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
What will you spend £150 on, less commission? | 0:41:04 | 0:41:06 | |
I might get a little bit of jewellery, something I can look at. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
I've been waiting for this moment for a good month now. I bet you have, as well. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:22 | |
Two Royal Worcester figures. We've got £300-£500. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
Is that the right figure? Well, we're gonna find out. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
I had a chat to Ian before the sale. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
He didn't want to stick his neck on the block, you know? | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
He said, "I don't know if there's been much interest." He was playing it quite cagey. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:38 | |
I've seen them on the show before, lots of times, haven't we? | 0:41:38 | 0:41:42 | |
Condition, fantastic. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:43 | |
Well, everything is going for these little figures. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:46 | |
Well, not all that little... they're a fair size. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
-They're a good size. -Principal maker of Worcester, Kate Greenaway style... | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
people love that type of thing. I think they should do well. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:57 | |
Pair of Royal Worcester porcelain figures, boy and girl. | 0:41:57 | 0:42:00 | |
549. Very pretty. What am I bid on these? Open me at 300. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
200 then. £200 I am bid there, £200. At £200, at 200... | 0:42:04 | 0:42:10 | |
At 210, 220, 230, 240, 250. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:14 | |
At £250, 260, 270... | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
Come on, come on, come on. We need 300... | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
At 290. At £300, 310, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:26 | |
320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400, and 10. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:36 | |
£410 over there. At £410. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
Any further advances? | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
At £410 then, they're going... | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
-Yes! -Fantastic! Spot-on estimate, Anita. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
-Thank you, Paul. -Right in the middle there. £410. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:51 | |
Yes. That's wonderful. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:52 | |
-That's brilliant, isn't it? -Are you happy? -I am, yeah. Thank you. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
Well, thank you so much for coming in, and treat yourself, like Anita said. | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
-Treat yourself, pamper yourself. -You deserve it! -I do! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:04 | |
Well, that's it... | 0:43:07 | 0:43:08 | |
it's all over, the auction is finished, the room's emptying. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
This lot are the lucky ones, | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
paying for all the items they've just purchased. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:16 | |
We've had a fun day here in West Yorkshire and I hope you've enjoyed watching today's show, | 0:43:16 | 0:43:21 | |
so until the next time, it's cheerio. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:23 | |
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