0:00:02 > 0:00:04Today Flog It is in Bury St Edmunds.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Now, I've checked the address...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09this should be the place for today's valuations.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Gosh, it looks a bit too small, if you want my opinion.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Well, this is the Nutshell,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56allegedly the smallest pub in the country.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00It's cute and quaint and very tiny.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Not much good for valuation day, is it?
0:01:02 > 0:01:08The most people they've ever squeezed in here is 102 plus a dog called Bob.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10That's the record.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12But somewhere in this town there's a massive queue
0:01:12 > 0:01:16waiting for me and they're all wanting their antiques valued.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Well, this is more like it.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Look at this. Welcome to the Athenaeum in Bury St Edmunds,
0:01:28 > 0:01:33and it looks like our experts, David Barby and Adam Partridge are hard at work.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Adam is first up and it looks as though he's found someone to share a drink with.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41So you're Gordon and I'm Adam,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and is there any Gordon's gin in here?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- No.- There would have been at one point.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- I think so.- What can you tell me about this object.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- A real antique.- Well, it was given me by an ex-employer when she retired.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- OK. What were you working as? - I was working as a stud groom.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01A stud groom. Near Newmarket?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04On a thoroughbred stud, right.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Did you know it was anything or did you think, "Oh, thanks"?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Well, no I didn't know much about it really.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Were you pleased to receive it? - I was.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16But I was looking through an old antiques magazine
0:02:16 > 0:02:22- and a photograph of that very one was in this magazine.- The very one.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25So therefore I regarded it as a reform flask.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Sometimes these are called reform flasks, but those are generally
0:02:29 > 0:02:33the ones that have political figures and judges and things like that,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37but what all this is about is to fill with liquor
0:02:37 > 0:02:43and have a secretive drink in those days when it was illicit to do so.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So it's the equivalent of having a brown paper bag
0:02:46 > 0:02:49round a bottle of cheap lager nowadays, isn't it?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51And you just have a sly swig out of what
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- appears to be a decorative figure.- That's right, yeah.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So it dates from the mid-nineteenth century.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02And we've got a maker's mark on the reverse, Oldfield & Co.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Not a very well-known name, Oldfield & Co.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- So why are you selling it then? - Cos coins are more attractive than...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- OK, you'd rather have the money... - Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- ..than have that.- Yeah. - What's it worth?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You seem to have done a bit of research on it.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- It's got to be worth £100. - You're right.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Because on the... I've seen reform flasks
0:03:24 > 0:03:26which perhaps are better quality than this.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29They can go up to as much as £400.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Yes. Depending on the political figures and their rarity.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34This is quite an obscure item.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Oldfield and Co aren't very well known about.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39There are other examples that have come up,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43but I think £100 is a good guesstimate, really.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- We could put that as a reserve, is that what you want?- Yes, please.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48So if we put estimate of £100 - 150.
0:03:48 > 0:03:55- Reserve of £100 and hopefully we'll find somebody with the spirit to take it on.- All right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Tell me,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04where did you get this from?
0:04:04 > 0:04:10I used to help out in an antique shop, around 21 years ago and the owner gave it to me.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I decided I'd get rid of it because we don't have the space.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18He must have thought a lot of you, because this is a delightful piece.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Yes, he did... and of my husband.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21He used to help out too.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Did you use this as an inkstand? - Oh, no, no.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Just on the side. - Yeah, just as an ornament.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This is quite a nice piece. Made as a souvenir.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33This was in the Loire area of Brittany
0:04:33 > 0:04:37where they did a lot of pottery. And we call this pottery faience.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43And they decorated it with scenes of a domestic life.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Costumes of that area of Brittany.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49This one's quite nice because it has this wide
0:04:49 > 0:04:54space for putting your pens and it's got these two compartments
0:04:54 > 0:04:56there for ink and are they...
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Oh, yes, they are separate.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Oh, that's good. That's rather nice. I like that.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03So you could wash those out.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09You could have one for red and one for blue,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- and what would you put in the top here?- Quills?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I think you'd put stamps. Because we're talking about
0:05:14 > 0:05:19a period when this was made when a postal system was in operation.
0:05:19 > 0:05:26So this one on the back says, "Henriot Quimper, France, 80."
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- I think that may refer to the pattern number, not the year.- Yeah.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35To have France on it would mean it would have to have been made after 1891
0:05:35 > 0:05:38which was when the McKinley Tarriff came into force.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44That was American legislation that stated anything made abroad
0:05:44 > 0:05:46had to have a place of origin on it
0:05:46 > 0:05:49before it could be imported into America.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So that would date it to the end of the nineteenth century.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Right. Just think in terms of price on this one, have you any idea yourself?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- I would have thought about £50. - £50.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Even though it's got this damage here it's still going to command interest,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06because people do like this.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10It's colourful. I think you're bang on with the price.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I think probably about £60-£80.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- If you stick by the £50 reserve, I think we should achieve that.- Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- So you're happy to go ahead. - Quite happy with that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I'm longing to ask you. What are you going to do with that money?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Go for a day's racing, I think.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- You like the gee-gees.- Yes.- Right.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- Let's hope we make enough money there to put on a gee-gee.- Yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Harry, this is fantastic.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46It's one of the best things I've seen for a long, long time.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I want to know how long you've had this and where it's come from.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Well, it's been in my bungalow, recently. But I've had it 58 years.
0:06:54 > 0:06:5658 years, OK.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And before that, that was my grandfather's.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Can you remember this as a young lad?- Yes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06And you must have thought, "Tell me all about this.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- "Can I have a look?" Don't you think it's amazing?- I do.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- It must have taken hours... - I haven't seen nothing like it before.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16..to do. It's absolutely brilliant.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20This is definitely late Victorian, round about 1880, 1890.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Look at the work that's gone into it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Lots and lots of seashells, cowries, conches,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31bivalves, hundreds of them that have made the tiling on the roof.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- Yes.- You look at the veranda and it's absolutely full of sand.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Little particles that have been glued on everywhere.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Yeah.- You've got sea sponge.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- It's completely out of scale, isn't it?- It is.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49There's some big chickens down there, which are bigger than the little people.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Yes!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And it's in its original glass case, which is leaded at the side.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59I can see you've Sellotaped it all together.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Yeah. Some air came in there and the other side
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and the rest has deteriorated, as the shells are coming off of it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yes. It's starting to deteriorate.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09The case needs looking at.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Do you know, I just noticed.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I just noticed in the window they've got little net curtains.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Yes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:23It's brilliant. The turrets, as well. Do you know, I love this.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24What do you think of the value?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Come on, how much?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Two to three hundred. - Has someone told you that?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- No, no. Nobody told me. - Well, you're spot on.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Spot on. I'd like to put it to auction with a value of two to three hundred.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Why do you want to sell it?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Well, as I say, I'm in a bungalow that's deteriorating
0:08:43 > 0:08:47and someone else might have the pleasure of looking after it.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Won't you be sad?- No.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Well, I think this is going to find a home with a collector.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It could go in a museum of curios, that's for sure.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Yes. I'd rather see it like that than deteriorating and break right up.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- It's a little villa to die for.- That's right.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- We'll put it in at two to three and hopefully, fingers crossed. - It'll go up.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Yes, right. You know the spiel.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Yes, I know.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Good morning, Stephanie.- Morning.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Very nice pair of vases. Where did you get these from?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I got them from my mother-in-law
0:09:28 > 0:09:32who inherited them from my husband's grandmother.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34So they've passed down the family.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Yes.- How long do you reckon you can trace them back for.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Possibly 80 - 90 years.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Interesting.- And then I took them because I really liked them.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Had them in my house for a while.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Nearly lost one of them.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49How was that?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51We were having a barbecue and a bird flew in the house.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55My brother chased it, and as he chased it, it knocked one
0:09:55 > 0:09:59of the vases and he caught the vase and the bird flew out the window.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00- Really?- Still only one.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Flying catch.- Yes, yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You liked them because you've had them on display.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- And then I went off them. - Why?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- I don't know really.- Right. OK.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Well, they're quite easy to date and to describe
0:10:12 > 0:10:16because on the bottom they've got the mark there,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20which is W&R, Stoke-on-Trent and Florida.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Yeah.- So, this W&R
0:10:22 > 0:10:24stands for Wiltshaw and Robinson.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- You may not have heard of them. - I haven't.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- But you will have heard of Carlton Ware.- Yes, I have.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Later, these became Carlton Ware.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36This is the first mark of Wiltshaw and Robinson when they opened in 1890.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40So these are one of the first things that came out of that factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- OK.- Florida is just the name of the pattern. - Oh, is it? Oh, right, OK.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Yes. They've never been to Florida.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50I was going to say, it doesn't resemble a Florida I would put on.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54No, it's not the thing you immediately think, "Oh, look, Florida."
0:10:54 > 0:10:58It's just making them sound a bit more exotic than they really are.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01It doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- This style was very much done at the end of the 19th century.- Yes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Royal Worcester, one of the best factories, they did a lot of this
0:11:07 > 0:11:13cream background, known as the blush ivory ground with flowers on the top and gilding,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- so this was more affordable Royal Worcester.- Yeah.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- It's more a printed design, so they're not very valuable.- Oh, OK.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- You want to sell them, don't you? - I do, because they're not me.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28We haven't got a lot of room to keep stuff that I don't like so.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- No, they're no good in the loft, are they?- No, not really.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34So value-wise, any idea?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- A fiver, then I won't be disappointed.- Stick a nought on it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40About £50? Oh, that's not bad.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43£50. Something like that. £50-80 estimate,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- reserve of £40 so they don't go for less.- No, that's fine.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48And let's see what happens with them.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- OK.- I'm not going to ask what you'll do with the money,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54because they'll just cover your travel expenses.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Yes, petrol.- But I look forward to seeing you at the auction.- Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Now we're ready with our first four items to go under the hammer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07And I hope Gordon's spirit flask makes him some money.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09He knows his stuff and he's looking for at least £100.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15the French inkstand looks like a real bargain at £60 to £80.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Fingers crossed the bidders think so too.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I love this shell house.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It's one of the quirkiest things we've seen on Flog It!
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Trust the Victorians to produce something so curious.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28And it's time for Stephanie to sell her vases.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31They've been in the loft where no-one can appreciate them.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39We've left Bury St Edmunds and travelled to the pretty market town of Diss, in Norfolk,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42where we plan to flog all our items at TW Gaze auction rooms
0:12:42 > 0:12:45and the sale room is that side of the water,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48so let's get over there and find out what's happening.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Today's chief auctioneer is the lovely Elizabeth Talbot
0:12:55 > 0:12:59and it looks like Harry's shell house has caught her eye too.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- What a lovely Victorian... - It is fantastic.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06A real Victorian folly and so rare these days.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09The Victorians loved shells and they employed them
0:13:09 > 0:13:12in all sorts of ornamentation, as you well know.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16And that's all very well except that as a material they're very fragile
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and delicate and also they have been around as objects
0:13:20 > 0:13:23long enough for them to go in and out of fashion so a lot have been thrown away.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26But to find such a large example and such one...
0:13:26 > 0:13:29it's not just a cottage, it's a very intricate design.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Yes, it's beautiful. A lot of time, a lot of energy and patience.- Yes.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36have been put into that, so very labour intense.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38It's been in his family three generations.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43- Has it, really? Has it really? - This kind of kit really doesn't come to the market too often.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47No, it doesn't. Certainly, as I say, not as lavish and extraordinary.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I love the fencing on the outside and the gate post.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55With coral and seaweed. It's got everything going for it. I put £200-300 on it.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00I think that's very, very fair. Very, very fair. I think...
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and it's in its original case, it's a joy.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06And it is definitely a piece to go to somebody who loves it
0:14:06 > 0:14:10and understands it and there are some very keen collectors again,
0:14:10 > 0:14:15for Victoriana and shell products, but this is exceptional. I think it's lovely.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19So thank you for bringing it cos I'm excited.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32The spirit flask with £100-150 on belongs to Gordon and I don't think for much longer.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34It's a proper antique, isn't it?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Don't see many of them and it's immaculate...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- It's condition is immaculate. - It is, yeah.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Why do you want to sell this, anyway?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Nobody else in my family are interested.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Or doesn't understand about it.- No.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Proper antique.- Spirit flask.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Do you drink spirits, Gordon?- I do.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Straight from the bottle, not from the flask.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I wouldn't say that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57What are you implying?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Totally medicinal, you know?
0:15:01 > 0:15:02What's your tipple of choice?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Pardon?- What's your chosen tipple.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Drop of scotch.- Drop of scotch.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Anyway, chaps, it's quality and it's in immaculate condition.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Good luck. - Salt glaze reform flask.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Square depicting old Tom sitting precariously on his barrel there.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23I start here at £55. £55 is bid at 55 now.
0:15:23 > 0:15:2655 now, where's 60?
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- 60, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5.- That's better.
0:15:31 > 0:15:3590, 5, 95 with me at 95,
0:15:35 > 0:15:41now I'll take 100, 100 is bid, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47At £150, are you all done at 150?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50That hammer's gone down. We like that sound.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Good solid sold sound. 150, Gordon.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Top end of the estimate. - Yeah.- Perfect.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00What are you going to do with 150 quid. There is a bit of commission to pay.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- I'm going to count it. - You're going to count it...
0:16:03 > 0:16:04make sure it's all there.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Next up, we've got the ink stand at £60-80 and it's good to see you again, Liz.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Who have you brought? - My mother, Margaret.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Hello, pleased to meet you. Classic inkstand.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Typical French.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Good, decorative item.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27It is. And that type of pottery has been going on almost for two centuries.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29This one's probably turn of the last century.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Why do you want sell this, anyway?
0:16:31 > 0:16:37- Basically, I haven't got the room and I've got four cats diving about the house.- Are you a cat lover?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39My daughter is, anyhow.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- Yeah, oh, yeah. - Well, look good luck.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Let's hope we get top end of the money.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Quimper monochrome triple inkstand there.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Comprehensive inkwell. Start me at 50.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57£50 there. £30 I'll take.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59You've all gone quiet. Come on.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02£30... a lot for the money there at £30, anybody want it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- 20 the hand only. Starting at 20, 22, 25,- Right, now we're in.
0:17:07 > 0:17:1028, 30, 2, 35, 38,
0:17:10 > 0:17:1438 40 - new bidder, 40 bid now, where's 2?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- At £40 only.- Come on.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19£40 is a good piece for only £40.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Are you all done?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Didn't sell.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Didn't sell.- We taped it in with the reserve which is the best thing
0:17:26 > 0:17:29we could have done because there was no interest here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I wouldn't have sold it for £40.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Really.- It's worth twice that, really.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Yes, yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Harry, it's good to meet up with you again.- Thank you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You made my day back at the valuation day six weeks ago.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Oh, you did. Harry walked in with this.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Look at this. Here's your shell house.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57I just hope someone's prepared to shell out £2 - 300 today.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I'd like to see it do more than that, but you don't know with auctions.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03No, you don't. That's true.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06What have you been doing in the last few weeks since we saw you.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Just in the garden, growing vegetables.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Yeah, do you like doing that? - Yes.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Right, this is now the moment of truth.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Lot 325 is next.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21The fine, unusual and very rare Victorian model
0:18:21 > 0:18:23of a cottage is made entirely of shells.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29There in the back corner on the side there, lot 325 and I start at £100.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31£100 I have.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35At £100 only, wave if I miss you, it's a rarity, this.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36at £100 where's 110?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38120, 130,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42140, 150, 160,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- 170, 180... - Come on, we're getting there.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47..190, 200, are you sure?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Back with me at £200 now.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54At £200 only, 210, 220,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58220 now with me at 220.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Are you all done at 220?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Gone.- That was easy. I'm satisfied.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Yeah. I was expecting a little more but nevertheless
0:19:06 > 0:19:08we pitched it at two to three, didn't we?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Yes, we put a reserve on for £200.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Are you happy now with it? - I'm happy.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- You're gonna say goodbye to it. - That's very nice.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19It's got a bit more Sellotape wrapped round it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I see it. Yes, that's right.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Hey, it's gradually falling apart.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Harry, it's been a pleasure to meet you.- And you.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- Get back to the garden. Few hundred quid in your pocket. - Yes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Taking the rostrum for this next lot is auctioneer, Steve Stockton.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- It's good to see you again.- Thank you.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Pair of vases from Stoke-on-Trent. Late 19th century...£50-80.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Early Carlton Ware.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Should do a bit more as pair?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Well, I think that's fairly accurate.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Is it? He's sticking by his guns.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- He's a cheeky chap, really. - Yeah.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You're not giving anything away here.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I sometimes put my neck on the line.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Well, I am, I'm saying it's right.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01We have a pair of W&R Florida pattern vases.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Slot 490 and I have two bids on the sheet.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Going to start that £42 do I see 5?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14£42 now where's 5? 45, 48, 50, 55,
0:20:14 > 0:20:1755 with me, do I see 60?
0:20:17 > 0:20:2355 with me on commission, do I see 60? Any advance on £55?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- £55, Stephanie.- That's good.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- That's all right.- You were right.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- Stuck to your guns.- Yeah.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31We've got to give you that one, then.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- That's good. - That put a big smile on your face.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41You were first in the valuation day, weren't you? You were. Got up really early for that?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45It was my sister-in-law that dragged me along because I have to hold my hands up.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Never seen the program.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But she dragged me along because of you, I think.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I wasn't quite sure why when I got there...
0:20:54 > 0:20:58..she's just got back from Egypt and she's not well, so couldn't make it.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Well, send her my love. - I will, I will. Yes, OK.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Thank you so much for coming in. - Thank you.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05You can send her home with one of these.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- I carry it with me to remind me of him, but you can have it.- Thank you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Could he sign it at the back.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Just to her, not me.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Now imagine living in a beautiful old house
0:21:25 > 0:21:28in the countryside just like this one.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30A dream come true for most of us.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34But what happens when things start to go wrong with it?
0:21:34 > 0:21:40For Paula Sunshine, a problem with her house turned into a real mission in life, believe me.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And it also unearthed some hidden passions.
0:21:47 > 0:21:53Eleven years ago, Paula and her husband bought this five hundred year old timber-framed house.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Soon after, they found it had terrible damp problem,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59but they could find nobody to help them sort it out,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03so Paula literally took matters into her own hands
0:22:03 > 0:22:06and has spent the last decade sorting out its problems
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and returning this house to its former glory.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13And I'm here to find out how she set about doing it.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20Paula learnt many traditional skills from bricklaying to lime plastering,
0:22:20 > 0:22:25but the one I'm here to find out about is wattle and daub, an age old form of wall panelling
0:22:25 > 0:22:28which, in Paula's house, had been destroyed by damp.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Paula, I love what you've done to the house. It's absolutely stunning.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36You've got that whole theme running throughout as well. Love the decor.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40We talk about wattle and daub. Look at these uprights.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41These would have been in-filled.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Yes. In fact, you can still see the ledges here, but these
0:22:44 > 0:22:48ledges are missing their wattles, which are the upright ones.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Which would be, what, local willow? - Hazel. Hazel rods.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Hazel material.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- Tied on.- And then you plaster on top of that with your render?
0:22:57 > 0:23:03You'll do one side and then you come round and daub the other one.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Wattle and daub panels do perform a function.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11They're lungs of the building, so when you get rain water entering into render cracks,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13which everybody does, they may not know about it,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17but it's happening inside the walls,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20that soaks into the wattle and daub and then evaporates through the panel.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22And it's all very invisible.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27You don't see it happening, but it allows that moisture to dissipate and dry out.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- And can we have a go at that? - You can.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Now?- Shall we?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Right, Paula. I guess the main ingredient is the clay.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Where do you get this from?
0:23:46 > 0:23:51- Usually, the local farmer. I try and get it as local as possible, because that.- Transporting it, yes.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Also that's what they would have done originally.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58All the ponds that you see next to old buildings, tend to have been
0:23:58 > 0:24:01made by the extraction of the clay to do the wattle and daub.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06That'll do.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- And you tread that in?- That's right.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Jump in, squash it down.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15It's quite therapeutic isn't it, really?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It is quite satisfying.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It's quite interesting, these days,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22to find a material that is so simple
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- and can actually be used to build houses with.- Yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Then we add some of this straw.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33What will the straw do to this? Help it bind together?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Yes, it actually bulks up the mix,
0:24:35 > 0:24:40better insulation and also stops it from breaking up as it dries.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44So you put the straw in like that, and tread it in.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Keeps you fit, doesn't it?- It does.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Bit more water.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Bit more water, make it really sloppy.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55That's it.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59So just explain the two differences - the wattle and the daub.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03The wattle is the bit, the hazel bit,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06or you can have oak and the daub is what I'm standing in.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- The magical mix. - You've got to turn over now.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Are you ready for this.- Which is the clay and straw and water.- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I teach homeowners and I sometimes go on site and teach builders.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Passing on this kind of information is so important, it really is.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's a very expensive thing to have done.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- It's labour intensive. - Very.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I mean, you can see I can only do...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30to make up the daub and to wattle up a panel,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34about my height and size it takes a day.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39So it would be very expensive to have 100 panels in your house repaired.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42So people tend to say, "I'll go and learn how to do it."
0:25:42 > 0:25:44One more bit of treading then.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Yes.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- I hear you've got a nice gooey mix there now.- All right.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I think...
0:25:52 > 0:25:55You give that a turn and it's ready to use.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00That's it.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Put it in the wheelbarrow and we'll get daubing.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- Heavy.- Yes, it is, isn't it?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Waste not want not.- Ah.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Every bit is precious.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15OK.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- We've got two panels here. - We have.- They look a bit different.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29That is what you were explaining inside?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32That's right. And that method's peculiar to East Anglia,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36whereas down the south of the country
0:26:36 > 0:26:39you get this sort of woven panel.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Mainly, because they have very wide panels
0:26:41 > 0:26:44and once they go over a certain width you can't really
0:26:44 > 0:26:48do this tied method because it becomes too flexible
0:26:48 > 0:26:50whereas the woven method is much more rigid.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53When you're doing a woven panel, it has to be green hazel, that is,
0:26:53 > 0:26:58it's cut and then used fresh, whereas with these they can be as old as the hills, really.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00I've even used really ancient hazel.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- Is that because as they start to dry out they get rigid, they're not pliable.- Yes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06You need to be able to bend them.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Well, I'm feeling quite pliable. We're now going to
0:27:10 > 0:27:14put some plaster... put our daub on, should I say.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15And your rubber gloves.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Which I've got in my pocket. Right, here we go.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23OK. So, you've literally got to put it in by hand
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- and you just force it in.- Yes.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29There's no way you could pick that out with a trowel and plaster it on.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34If you get children to do it, they roll it up into balls and throw it from quite a distance.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- And it sticks like hell on there. - Effective Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I can start anywhere really?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Anywhere you like.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42It's jolly good fun, actually.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Oh, this is serious stuff, but it does feel really childish.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- That doesn't look too bad now, Paula, does it? - No, it's very good.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10How long will it take you to finish your house?
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Well, I'm 44 now and I'm hoping by the time I'm 50
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I will have done it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Put your feet up and take it easy.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22You've preserved something for future generations to see.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24- That's what it's all about. - It is.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I thoroughly enjoyed myself here. You know that?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I'm proud of this. I really am.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32- You deserve a cup of tea. - My mud wall.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Fantastic. Unfortunately, I've got to get back to my day job
0:28:36 > 0:28:39and get back to the valuation day and see what's turning up.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42So better wash up.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Thanks so much, again. - Right. Pleasure.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Pat, this is an intriguing collection of memories.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Of stars, of sports and theatre.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07How did you come by them?
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Well, my father collected some for me.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14He knew quite a lot of theatricals and I met quite a few.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Right. So where...what did your father do? Was he in the theatre?
0:29:18 > 0:29:25No. He was a chemist and an optician in Blackpool in the Emporium.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28He used to get a lot of the ladies come in and say,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31"Freddie, darling, have you got anything for me this week?"
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It was during the war and rationing.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Make-up was short, yes.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Right.- He knew so many.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Hence, all these autographs.- Yes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43This is a wonderful collection. Absolutely marvellous collection.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46I've quickly gone through it and put some little markers in.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49The first one that I love is Freddie Mills, the boxer.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- Yes.- And he's got RAF. Did he box for the RAF?
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- Yes, I think he did.- And he was in the RAF, wasn't he?- Yes.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58So this was probably taken when he was...
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Before he became one of the champions.- Exactly.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Then, this I find fascinating.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Because here are two characters with table tennis bats.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- What do you know about these? - Alec Brooks and Victor Barna.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Victor Barna was a lovely man.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21He was Hungarian and he was eighteen times world champion table tennis.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25And the one I love because I used to go ballroom dancing, is Joe Loss.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Yes, he was brilliant. - He was good, wasn't he?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32There we have a much younger version of Joe Loss and this is his orchestra.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- Look, it says, "In The Mood."- Oh.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- That was his opening tune, wasn't it? - I've got the record.- Have you?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- Have you really?- Yes.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46And then here, must be your pride of place,
0:30:46 > 0:30:51Bing Crosby and he's just signed it, "Sincerely, Bing."
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- Yes.- Where did you get this?
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Friends got me that one.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Bing Crosby came over to entertain the American forces.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- Because you must have been young when you got these. - I was still at school.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05You've got a lovely collection.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10We've got to talk in mercenary terms about money.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Why do you want to get rid of these?
0:31:12 > 0:31:17It doesn't mean anything to my children, it's before their time
0:31:17 > 0:31:21and I thought somebody else could get pleasure from it.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26There are so many albums. Not repeated exactly the same with all these artists.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28You've got a nice selection,
0:31:28 > 0:31:31but I wouldn't put this more than £80 to £100, that price range.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Fine.- So we'll put it up for sale?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Yes, please.- All these memories. - I know.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38I can't take them with me when I go, can I?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40But you can spend the money!
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Thank you very much. It's been so enjoyable talking to you
0:31:45 > 0:31:49and reliving the experiences that you've had.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- Thank you very much. - Do you go to the auction?
0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Yes.- Oh, well, I have an autograph, a photograph of you. - Thank you very much.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06- Cathy.- Hello there.- Nice hat.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Thank you.- Welcome to Flog It! - Thank you.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Why would you like to sell a beautiful object like that?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16With central heating instead of live fires,
0:32:16 > 0:32:17and it's not doing it any good,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20so it's been in our pantry for the last three years.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22There's a good reason - living in a pantry.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Where did you get it from?
0:32:24 > 0:32:29It came to my mum from a great aunt about 20 years ago
0:32:29 > 0:32:31and I know it's beautiful,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35but it just sat on the sideboard for a lot of years.
0:32:35 > 0:32:42It's a very nice example, a good, large size early to mid-19th century tea caddy.
0:32:42 > 0:32:48In rosewood, edged in boxwood and cross banded along the top in rosewood as well.
0:32:48 > 0:32:55Beautiful object with these gilt metal claw feet on it and of course,
0:32:55 > 0:33:02for tea, so you'll see the two divisions there,
0:33:02 > 0:33:05you'd have had green tea one side, black tea the other.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09And a sugar bowl in the middle.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11But this is the wrong sugar bowl.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15This is from your local Chinese takeaway, or...
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Well, it came with the box.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18It sits in there, so why not,
0:33:18 > 0:33:23but it shows where the glass bowl originally would have been.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25So very nice object indeed.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28A lot of collectors for tea caddies nowadays
0:33:28 > 0:33:31and this is a good, large example of that sarcophagus form.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34A bit of a funereal look to it almost, isn't it? Casket.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38I like the way it goes up rather than...
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- A very pleasing object to the eye, isn't it?- Yes.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Any idea what it might be worth? - No idea.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47We sell quite a lot of these, so they're not hard to value,
0:33:47 > 0:33:51but I would think it should make 120 to 180 at auction
0:33:51 > 0:33:57and hopefully a bit more, that's probably slightly conservative.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00If we put a reserve of 100, if it doesn't make 100, it should go home.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- I'll pop it back in the pantry. - If it doesn't make 100.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05But it is a lovely example.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Would you put the money towards anything in particular?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Um, probably just take Dad out for a meal.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Not another hat, then?- No, no, I've got quite enough.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Rosemary, lovely to see you again after...how many years?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Oh, it must be about 40 years since we first knew each other.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Because we used to go to the same youth club.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- Yes.- Great fun in those days.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- We had a lovely time, - Absolutely wonderful.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42And the parties, the parties at my parent's house.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47Yes. It was all so enjoyable. It seems like an alien world.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- When you look at today, yeah. - Dear oh, dear.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Why are you getting rid of these?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56They're my husband's.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00They belonged to my mother-in-law who died and she wanted him to have them
0:35:00 > 0:35:03but he doesn't like them and nobody else in the family likes them,
0:35:03 > 0:35:05so I thought I'd come along and see.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Surely they have sentimental value. - He says not.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I used to collect Staffordshire when I was young.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15I had a huge collection and I've told people many times
0:35:15 > 0:35:19- about how they lasted about three months when I got married.- Yes.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23I like these because they're fairly late-nineteenth century.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Yes.- But I like them because of their sponged work.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29So if you look at Judy, because they're Punch and Judy, this one here.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35They have all this stencilled and sponged decoration all the way around the hat
0:35:35 > 0:35:37and on her dress which is quite good.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42And when we look at Mr Punch, we've got sponge decoration on his hat.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- It is so unusual to find them with their original bonnet and hat.- Really?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Yeah. So this is quite nice.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52I notice that Mr Punch has had the comb on his hat
0:35:52 > 0:35:55has been off but it's glued back and it's an old repair.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I don't mind that. I don't mind that.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- It's all part of his character.- Well, yes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01I have seen these before.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Because Staffordshire market, it's not gone in decline,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08but it's not in demand as it was a few years ago,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10or when I started collecting forty years ago.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Forty...a long time ago, yes. - A long time ago.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Um, so I think if I look at these and put a value on them,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- I'm going to say about £60 to £80.- Right, yes.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24If we put these up for sale ten years ago, you'd have got treble that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Just shows the fluctuation of fashion and demand.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28But that's just it, isn't it?
0:36:28 > 0:36:33We've moved house and we have nowhere at all to put them
0:36:33 > 0:36:36they're on top of the wardrobe so this is a good opportunity...
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- Well, I think Punch and Judy deserve a better place than the top of the wardrobe.- They do, don't they? Yes.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46- Perhaps some cottage in this area and they'd look very good on a dresser.- Yes.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Let's hope when we go to Diss,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51that somebody's going to be there that appreciates what we've got in front of us.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- Thank you. - Rosemary, lovely seeing you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Nice to see you again. - Thank you very much.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Another three valuations under our belt.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06So here are three lots heading off to auction.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Although Patricia's autograph book holds many fond memories for her,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12she's ready to let it go.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Unless you're a collector, what do you do with a tea caddy?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Let's hope someone in the sale room has a bright idea.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22And the problem with inheriting antiques is that they're not always to our taste,
0:37:22 > 0:37:26so the best thing for Rosemary to do with her Toby jugs is to flog them.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Next up, Patricia's autograph book.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37We had a chat to the auctioneer just before the sale started and we think it's a good trade lot.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- It might get bought to be split up. - I think so.
0:37:40 > 0:37:45The value's in a few of the autographs and photographs and less in some.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- There are two records now which were brought in this morning?- Oh.
0:37:48 > 0:37:55- Bing Crosby to go with his autograph and I brought Joe Loss In the Mood.- In the Mood.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00Let's hope this lot in Diss are certainly in the mood to buy this.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Good luck, both of you.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03And to lot 370.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07A fabulous lot, this. An autograph book containing a signed black
0:38:07 > 0:38:10and white photographs with two 78 records by Bing Crosby
0:38:10 > 0:38:13and Joe Loss. So an interesting mixed lot there.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Some very good names and I'm going to start,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I've got commission interest at £55.
0:38:18 > 0:38:2055 is a good start.
0:38:20 > 0:38:28£55 now, where's 60? 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 I'm at. 80 now where's 5?
0:38:28 > 0:38:3385 on the telephone, £90, 95.
0:38:33 > 0:38:3795 now on the telephone, 95 on the telephone, do I see 100?
0:38:37 > 0:38:41It's £95. I can sell for 95.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43A fine collection at £95.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Yes, the hammer's gone down. £95.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Lots of memories there.- Yes, I know.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54I was only a teenager.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Admiring all the big stars.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Blackpool must have been in its heyday back then.- It was lovely.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Mind you, it was during the war and there were loads of airmen.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04All wanted to have a good time.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Yeah. I used to dance with them.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09See, that was my war work I was still at school,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13but that was my war work, entertainment and dancing.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Thank you for sharing those memories with us.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20And 95 quid. Well, that will get you up to Blackpool
0:39:20 > 0:39:22to have a day trip out, wouldn't it really?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Pay for the petrol, wouldn't it?
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Elizabeth is now back to auction off our final couple of lots.
0:39:32 > 0:39:38Next up, Cathy's tea caddy. We've got the tea caddy, Cathy can't be with us,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41but we do have her dad, Howie, who's also wearing a very interesting hat.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43We thought you might be Cathy's dad.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Everybody know me in the area.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- So where is Cathy today? - She's still at work.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52She's looking after an elderly woman.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- She's just a live-in carer.- OK.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00And she goes from site to site all over the place, all over Britain, more or less.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Oh, right. - We'll be in Oxford next.- Gosh.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Oh, nice rewarding work, anyway.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Send her our regards and hopefully we can send her lots of money after the show.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13- Be nice.- We're looking at £120, £180 for this tea caddy. Bit of quality.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- You know your wood. What do you say.? - I like it.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- Will it sell?- Yes. It will.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Lot 150 is a 19th century rosewood tea caddy of sarcophagus form, there.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26As on this one here, I start at £55. That's a lovely period piece.
0:40:26 > 0:40:3160, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5, 85 with me,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34at 85, 90, 5, 100 and I'm out.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37100 now the front bid at 100, I'll take 10.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41£100, am I missing anybody at £100?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It's gone. We had a reserve of £100.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45That saves me carting it home.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48That saves you carting it home. It's only that big.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Someone got that quite cheaply. - Mmm. Nice box.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55At least we had a reserve on it. Otherwise who knows?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Yeah. That's auctions for you.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Sometimes you can pick up a bargain.
0:41:04 > 0:41:10Now we're going to find out if that's the way to do it, as we reunite two old...
0:41:10 > 0:41:13CARTOON VOICE: That's the way to do it.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15As we reunite two old friends,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Rosemary and David, because you go back a long way, don't you?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Oh, yes. Don't tell how many years.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I won't tell.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25School chums. Anyhow, we've got Punch and Judy, haven't we?
0:41:25 > 0:41:30Two Toby jugs, valuation round about £50 we're hoping for.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Yeah, yeah. Staffordshire's taken a plunge,
0:41:33 > 0:41:39but these are good mantelpiece ornaments or dresser ornamentations.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Hopefully, they're different.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42A bit of country furniture.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46We've got that going for it and we've also got the fact
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- that they are a Punch and Judy so there's lots of takers for that out there.- That's right.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51So good luck, both of you.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I know you've had a good natter.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57It just seems like yesterday, that's the beauty of old friends isn't it, really?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59What was he like as a youngster?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I don't think he's changed very much at all.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Any scandal?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Not that I can think of. - I thought you
0:42:10 > 0:42:12were going to say, "Not that I can mention."
0:42:12 > 0:42:15We'll leave that then. It's going under the hammer now.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17This is it. Good luck, Rosemary.
0:42:17 > 0:42:23Lot 110 now, the pair of late 19th century Toby jugs of Punch and Judy.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I say £50 on the pair.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It's good to find them still together at 50.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- That's true.- 30 I'll take.
0:42:30 > 0:42:3330's bid, thank you. 30 I have.
0:42:33 > 0:42:4030, 32, 35, 38, 40, 2, 45, 48, 50.
0:42:40 > 0:42:4650 at the corner, 50 I'll take 5, 55 new bidder, 60, 5, 70.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Oh, this is more like it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- Oh, this is, yeah.- 70 still the corner at 70 now, where's 5 again?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56At £70 on Punch and Judy at £70, all done?
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- £70.- Oh, great. - Brilliant, brilliant.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- That's fantastic. - I'm really pleased.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04That's well over the estimate.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Thank you, David.- By ten pounds.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Well, I think you can carry on having your chat and have a cup of coffee or something.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17That's a good idea. Come on.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19School friends.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29Well, another auction over, and sadly no high flyers, but plenty of satisfied sellers.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I've got to say our experts really did have their work cut out.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34It's been a pleasure here in Diss
0:43:34 > 0:43:39and we all can't wait to come back, so till the next time, it's cheerio from Flog It!
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