0:00:03 > 0:00:07For the last 37 years, an extraordinary event has taken place
0:00:07 > 0:00:09every winter on this very beach.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Yes, on Boxing Day, hundreds of bathers turn up
0:00:13 > 0:00:16to brave the elements and have a dip in the freezing cold sea.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Where else could Flog It be, but in Tenby.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55The crazy Boxing Day swimmers brave the freezing water here in Tenby
0:00:55 > 0:00:58to raise money for good causes and the organisers
0:00:58 > 0:01:01reward all those taking part with a commemorative medal.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And there's also a prize for the best fancy dress.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07But mostly, people just enjoy taking part.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Tenby - well, it's that sort of town.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15And the same spirit has brought all these people out here today
0:01:15 > 0:01:18to join the Flog It queue outside De Vallance,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20the community centre, in the heart of Tenby.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Taking the plunge today with their valuations
0:01:23 > 0:01:25are our experts Philip Serrell and Charlie Ross.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Now, will they sink or will they swim? What do you reckon?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Swim.- Swim. Yes, of course they will.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Right now, it's time to get the doors open and get this massive queue inside.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42First to the table is Philip with what can only be described as a gift.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Brenda, how you doing?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Very well, thank you.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Now, I think this is really, really interesting.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I've got one of these at home that was my grandfather's.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55They're always known as Queen Mary's gift box, aren't they?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Yes.- But they're not really Queen Mary's cos they are...?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Princess Mary.- Right. And I'm going to let you tell me all about it now,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04so you're going to become the Flog It expert
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- and I'll sit here and listen. - The ambition of my life!
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Come on, then.- Well, this box was given to me by an elderly gentleman
0:02:11 > 0:02:15about 25 years ago, cos he knew I collected tins
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and I've got dozens of them and then I opened it up
0:02:18 > 0:02:23and inside was the original contents with the card from Princess Mary
0:02:23 > 0:02:29to the troops, which said, "With all best wishes
0:02:29 > 0:02:33"for a happy Christmas and a victorious new year."
0:02:33 > 0:02:34And this was in 1914.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38And then there was the original tobacco...
0:02:38 > 0:02:40and the cigarettes...
0:02:41 > 0:02:45..and the badge with "Victory" written on it. Yeah.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47So, let me just take one of these...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Lord above!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Look at that, eh?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55There's no health warning on those, is there?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57No, and it's got Princess Mary's stamp on it.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01It's got Princess Mary's monogram just there, hasn't it?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05And let's just see what else it's got in there.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Have you seen that?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Yeah.- Isn't that just lovely?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- That's Princess Mary. - Her photograph seated.- Yeah.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Let me just shut the box up so we can just still see this cover.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What we see in the sale room today is normally just that, isn't it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- Yes.- Cos these contents have long since gone.- Yes.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27And the thing that I always think is really really sad
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- is they make little or no money. - No, I know.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Mind you, there were thousands of them distributed, weren't there?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- Yeah, but I mean how many Beswick horses were there made?- Yeah.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- You know?- That's true.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43And that, without the contents
0:03:43 > 0:03:45in an auction's probably, what, £5 or £10?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Yes. Something like that.- And no more than that. And for people
0:03:48 > 0:03:51who've lost family in the First World War,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I think they ought to be worth a whole load more than it is.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Why are you selling it?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Well, I've got so many hundreds of tins
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and the house we're in now,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03you can't display them like we used to be able to
0:04:03 > 0:04:08and I saw Flog It was coming and thought I'd find something quirky.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10You'd take it to Flog It and Flog It.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Yeah. I don't know how many people have seen one with the contents.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17No. And that's the key thing, cos the fact that you've got all of this.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I just think that's absolutely lovely
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and I think at auction this is going to make between 20 and £40.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- And I think that you need a reserve on it at £15.- Yeah.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30I think if someone's got 20 quid at the auction,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- they've got a real bit of history there, haven't they?- Yeah.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And so, well done you, for bringing it in.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Some museum might buy it. - Let's live in hope.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39- Let's live in hope.- I don't know.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Carol, I spotted this across the room.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53You were sitting there holding this and I almost ran over to see you
0:04:53 > 0:04:56because I got so excited about it. I think it's a splendid object,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- rather wacky and wonderful. - Strange looking.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- How did you come by it? - Well, my mum bought it.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- It must have been a jumble sale, or some kind of sale.- Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And then, when she passed away, my son had it...
0:05:08 > 0:05:11but he's a bit of a coward, so...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- he sent mother today. - Did he come with you?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- He's outside, I think. - But he wants to sell it?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Yes.- Do you know anything about it other than what you see?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23No, nothing at all. We didn't even know what it was used for,
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- or anything.- No.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It's a French word. It's an epergne.
0:05:27 > 0:05:33French word for a central table display. Normally, they're glass.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37You see trumpet shaped vases,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41in a holder and they're quite often cranberry glass, Vaseline glass.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45This - I have never seen a combination of
0:05:45 > 0:05:47death and flowers!
0:05:47 > 0:05:49This is, after all, a fighter plane,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54from obviously the First World War and it's even got some working parts.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- That goes round. And the rudder works, as well.- Yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03And it's dated 1919, so we know when it was made.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Yeah.- Right at the end of the war.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09The vases come out
0:06:09 > 0:06:12and you see it's got that sort of yellowy look, brass look...
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- I think, originally, it was silver plated.- It's been well brassoed.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18It's been well cleaned to such an extent
0:06:18 > 0:06:22that there is no silver plate left on that, whatsoever.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25But I think it's beautifully modelled
0:06:25 > 0:06:30and I think it would be hugely collectable for the right person.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Why does he want to sell it? - It's just stuck in the cupboard.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It's no good in the cupboard. He doesn't like it, presumably.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37My mum had it out when she had it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- You've no idea what it might be worth.- Nothing at all.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43But, on the other hand, if I told you it was worth £3,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- you probably wouldn't want to sell it.- No.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Did he say, "Mum, I'll sell this provided it makes so much?"
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- Yes. Yes.- Did he?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Yeah.- And what did he say?
0:06:51 > 0:06:57- Well, will it be worth us going to the auction?- Which is what?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- 30, we'd say it would cost. - 30?- Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I think it's worth £200 or £300.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Oh, I think he'd sell it for that. Definitely.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- I think we ought to put a reserve on it.- Right.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13If we say £200 to 300 and put a fixed reserve of £100 on it,
0:07:13 > 0:07:17so the auctioneer mustn't sell it, under any circumstances, below that.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Right.- And hopefully I'm proved right and it is worth £200 to 300.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Right. That's fine.- Do you think that's fair enough?- Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26I think a collector's going to have to have this.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- I have never seen anything like it before.- I haven't.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I've never seen an epergne as a plane.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I shouldn't think anybody else has.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Francis, thank you for bringing in one of my favourite items.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- No problem. - I'm a tea caddy collector.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Are you? - I've got half a dozen at home.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Oh, my goodness. Now I know where this is going!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- No, it's not going to my house, unfortunately.- Oh, OK.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- How long have you had this? - I've owned it for a few years.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00My mother died in 2001, I think it was, and I inherited it then.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03But I think it's been in the family for some time.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Oh, that's nice.- Yeah.- But you don't want it, you don't use it?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Well, I'm a collector of other things, Paul,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12and there's only sufficient room in one's house for various things.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Do you live in Tenby, by the sea? - I live in Tenby, by the sea. Yeah.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18You've got a sort of naval theme going on there, a sailing theme.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Well, yeah, there's not many of us old matelos left, you know.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Let's have a look at this. Now, this is a lovely, lovely example.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I think the inside is more striking and prettier than the outside.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Yes, it is. You're right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Architecturally, there's a lot more interesting caddies on the market,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38but look at that. Three compartments on the inside.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40And lovely colouring.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Cuban mahogany. Brought back from the West Indies.- Yep.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I absolutely adore mahogany
0:08:47 > 0:08:52because if you select the grain properly and cut across the grain,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54you get this wonderful flame figuring,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58which you can see they've achieved on the front face... coming up...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- and on the top face.- Yep.- And of course, on both sides, as well.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Made in London, do you think?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Possibly. Yes. It looks like a typical Regency piece.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11- This is a George III - 1805, 1810, something like that.- OK.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14These were very very popular from the 17th century onwards.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- Tea was brought back from the colonies from India.- Right.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It was such a valuable commodity,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23only the real rich people could afford this.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Hence, most caddies had a lock on them
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- to stop the servants from pinching the tea.- Right.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Little ivory finials that you can lift the lids off.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36These would have been lined with a foil paper, to keep the tea fresh.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Yes.- It's lost its lining. Two of these lids have a camber on them.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41They do, don't they?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44But that can be sorted out by a restorer.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47This compartment would have been a green tea and one for black tea.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51This would be an exotic blend or you could make your own mixture.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- I see.- And the word caddy basically comes from the Malay word catty,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59which is a weight of tea and it was always sold in a certain weight.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- So that's where we get the word caddy from. - I've never heard that before.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I think it's really, really nice. And I don't think this is
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- going to sell to a purist tea caddy collector.- No. No.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12He's going to be after something slightly more different,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16but as a treen box, I think it's definitely going to sell.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Right.- Now, let's get down to the value.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22With the lid sorted out and with the original foil linings,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26we'd be looking in the region of £200 to £300.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Right. OK. Yep.- So I think we should put this into auction,
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- with a value of around 100 to £130. - Fair enough.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Put a reserve on at £100,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40but we've got to pitch it at the lower end because of the damage.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Right. Right. No problem.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Let's go with it.- Let's Flog It.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Are you a bit of a drinker, Flo?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Well, I like a drink.- I don't suppose your favourite tipple is?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- No. It's not Guinness. - What do you drink then?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- I drink cider.- Oh, gawd, that's fighting talk, that is!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Oh, I don't drink a lot of it, but I like a cider.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- How much, Flo?- If I go out for an evening, I have about three halves.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Are you sure that's not pints? - Not pints, no.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19I'll let you off, then. Where d'you get these from then, Flo?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Well, it was a Guinness rep that we were friendly with.- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28- And he gave them to us in the mid-1970s.- Yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30And we read were collectables.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Yeah.- So we thought we'd come and...
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Time to get them gone.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Time to get them gone. - Well, the man who invented this
0:11:38 > 0:11:41"My Goodness - My Guinness" campaign was Gilroy.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45And he sort of invented the posters and the caricatures
0:11:45 > 0:11:47in the 1920s and '30s
0:11:47 > 0:11:51and these are by Carlton Ware.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I think these are probably Wade.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57And they're all based upon that Guinness advertising theme,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- but what have you done with them? - I don't know.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I reckon, Flo, you packed these after your three halves of cider,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05cos we've got...
0:12:05 > 0:12:09that's broken off there, this poor chappie's got two broken legs.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Our kangaroo, he's not going to hear a thing, is he?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16We've got a chip down here.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Not quite sure what's happened on the back, there.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Then we've got our Wellington boot and the turtle that I think's lovely.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Yes. The turtle is nice, isn't it? - Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29They'd all be lovely, Flo, but you've played football with them!
0:12:30 > 0:12:36If these were in perfect order, you could well have £150, £250 here...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39but you haven't and that's because condition is everything.
0:12:39 > 0:12:46I think that you've got probably £30 to £50 worth.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48We'll put a fixed reserve on them of £30.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53The thing is, you know, they're going to be properly catalogued. They'll be in the catalogue.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58They'll be on the internet, and people who collect Guinness memorabilia, they'll be there...
0:12:58 > 0:13:05- but really, take these two away and you've got sort of buy two, get five free, here.- Yes. Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Well, let's hope they do really well at the auction for you,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- and it's been lovely to meet you. - And you.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- If they do well, can I have a cider with you.- Yes, certainly.- Good girl.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Let's just have a final reminder of what's on its way
0:13:19 > 0:13:21to the auction room, starting with Phillip's find,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Princess Mary's gift box with all its original contents.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It's a real little time capsule.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32The silver biplane epergne is yet another reminder of a bygone era.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Hopefully, the overzealous cleaning
0:13:33 > 0:13:36won't have rubbed off too much of its value.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I love Francis' Cuban mahogany tea caddy,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41but the condition may hold it back.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45"My goodness," is all I can say about the damage on five
0:13:45 > 0:13:48of the little Guinness miniatures, but hopefully,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51the tortoise and the Wellington boot will save the day.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Well, we've left Tenby and the coast behind us and we've travelled inland
0:14:00 > 0:14:04to Carmarthen, to today's auction room. Peter Francis Auctioneers.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06And it's known locally as The Curiosity
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and I think, here comes a real curiosity now.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10In fact...
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Hello. No, it's not. That's today's auctioneer, Nigel Hodson.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18That's what I call arriving in style. It's good to see you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23The Princess Mary gift box is also a bit of a curiosity,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26so let's see what Nigel makes of it.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31We've seen these on the show before. Princess Mary gift boxes.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34It belongs to Brenda and she is a box collector, but I think she wants to sell this one.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I do think though, Phillip's put a come and buy me
0:14:37 > 0:14:40on this, he's put 20 to £40 and I think it's worth £60.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I reckon you could be right.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The really nice thing about this, as I'm sure you know, Paul,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48is that as we very often see them in the sales,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51they're just an empty box that has been used as a tobacco box
0:14:51 > 0:14:54by the soldier, after he's smoked the original tobacco
0:14:54 > 0:14:56and cigarettes that was inside.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59There you have the original tobacco and cigarettes
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and also, the card from Princess Mary.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Yes.- I always find them really poignant, to be honest.- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09And the First World War is nearly 100 years ago.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I reckon it's potentially an area of collecting in the future.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I really do. And just as an interest...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Oh, look at that.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- There is another one. - I've just met a collector.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Here's one I prepared earlier.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- This is yours, is it?- This is mine.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Something that I bought in the 1970s when I first started work
0:15:27 > 0:15:31in the sale room. I thought it was wonderful that mine, too,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33had the original tobacco and cigarettes.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36One or two of the cigarettes have been smoked.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Mine also has the little card in its envelope.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I remember being horrified when,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46having seen it as part of a job that we were dealing with,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I sort of set my heart on buying it in the sale
0:15:48 > 0:15:52and in 1974, or whatever it was, I had to part with £16 for it
0:15:52 > 0:15:56which was an awful lot of money when I was earning about £10 a week at the time.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58But it's been a prize possession ever since.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01So £20 is very cheap.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I think, well, either that or I paid a king's ransom for mine,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07one or the other, but this has got pretty much the original,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10as you can see, the original gilded finish.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14There is a slight problem with this as it's got a split in the corner,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17which I noticed when I was looking at it for somebody.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Are tin collectors that fussy?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It was one of the questions that was particularly asked
0:16:22 > 0:16:25by somebody who was enquiring about this item before the weekend.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Hence the 20 to £40 which he's picked up.- Yes.- It's going to sell.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I reckon it will sell. No problem.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39This is all very casual, which is quite fitting, really,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43because we're going with the flow and we've just been joined by Flo.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46We've got that wonderful Guinness memorabilia, Carlton Ware and Wade.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50We all love Guinness memorabilia and I certainly hope the bidders here
0:16:50 > 0:16:53in the sale room do and we get a top buy for this today.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Good luck. It's going under the hammer and the auctioneer's selling over there.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01The collection of various Guinness advertising figures.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04What do I say? £50 away for the lot. £50 for the Carlton Ware.
0:17:04 > 0:17:0620 to go, then.
0:17:06 > 0:17:0820. 20's on the front row.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11At £20 I'm bid. At £20. At 20 only. Five.
0:17:11 > 0:17:1525. 30. At 30 on the front. £30 is here.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18At 30 on the front row. Five do you want now?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Here, at £30 only, no more.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Selling.- Short and sweet.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22£30 only.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Sold them. They've gone. £30. - Have they?
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Yeah. Went within estimate.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Lower end.
0:17:29 > 0:17:3120 halves of cider, Flo, isn't it?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Yes. I don't mind about that.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36It's not down to the money.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40No, it's down to the wonderful people like Flo here.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51If you're looking for something unusual and out of the ordinary,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54you're watching the right show.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Carol, we've got this gorgeous little epergne of yours and
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I totally agree with Charlie on the valuation of £200 to £300, you know.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04I think it's a hugely collectable item, in the right hands.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Whether the right people will be here today... fingers crossed.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11That's what auctions are about.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- They are a bit scary, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17It's time to batten down the hatches and weather the storm here.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20We're going to put this under the hammer now.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I think this is great and if it doesn't sell,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27it's the wrong auction, the wrong day. There's another auction, OK?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- This is it.- A very unusual epergne which is a first for me.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I've never seen an epergne modelled as a biplane.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35This is such fun.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39First World War biplane with trumpets coming out the fuselage.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- How mad is that? - What do I say for it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43In your hands, it's an unusual thing.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Never seen the like. What's it worth? £200 away to put me in.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- 200 to put me in. - He's got no bids on the book.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51100 to start me. For the epergne.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- 100 to start me.- Oh, come on.
0:18:54 > 0:18:5850 for it. 50, the lady in the corner. At 50.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Can't believe this.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02At 60 here. 60. 70. 80.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06At 80. 90. At 90. The lady in the corner at £90.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Oh, have we got a discretion on this?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Do I see 100 now? In your hands at £90.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13A lady's bid in the room. All done.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16In the corner then, at £90 only.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- He has.- We sold it at £90.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21100 reserve on it.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23He used a bit of discretion.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I think that's not enough.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- It wasn't exactly chocks away, was it?- No. It wasn't exactly.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- It didn't fly, did it?- No.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36No. Do you know, for me, it just put a smile on your face
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and they're the kind of things you should invest in.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It reminds me of The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machine,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45that wonderful wacky movie. It's gone. OK. It's gone. We've got £90.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Right now, we have a change of auctioneer
0:19:49 > 0:19:53and Jeff Thomas is now on the rostrum.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Up for grabs now, a Regency tea caddy. It's quality.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Belongs to Francis. We've got a valuation of around £130.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03A fixed reserve at 100. It's the first of the caddies.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07There's several here in the sale, so we're testing the market right now.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Oh, right. We're pioneers. - There's a lot of people here
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I hope they're not sitting on their hands and they're here
0:20:12 > 0:20:16to wave them to buy this. It's going under the hammer now.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Lot 470. Early 19th century mahogany tea caddy.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22As shown there, catalogue number of 470.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Start me on this one, what, £100?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Let's hope it's a worthwhile day out from Tenby.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Well, I hope so. I've dressed up for it, Paul.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34£50 away. £30. 30 only bid. At 30, I got 30.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Come on. He's struggling.
0:20:36 > 0:20:3830. 40. 50. 60.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40At 60. £60.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42£70 is it? At 60. Gentleman's bid, here, 60.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46At 60. 70. At 70. £70 bid.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51At 70. At £70. 80, is it now? At £70, are you all done then?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53At £70.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57He didn't sell it. He's put the hammer down and he didn't sell it.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59£70. Well, I'm pleased he didn't sell it for £70
0:20:59 > 0:21:02cos we want 100 quid for it, really.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Yes. I'll be guided by you. Yeah.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- It was worth that. - Well, there we are.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I don't know. It's a full room. They just don't want tea caddies.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Luck of the draw, isn't it? - Yes. I'm really sorry.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Never mind, Paul. It's been fun.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Next up, I've been joined by Brenda
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and Phillip, our expert and we've got the Princess Mary 1914
0:21:25 > 0:21:29commemoration gift to the soldiers in the First World War,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34with a cheeky little valuation by Phillip. 30, 40, hopefully £50?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It had, though, to be fair, it had some damage to the tin, didn't it?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- It was cracked.- You look too close, your eye's too good!
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I didn't spot that. Nigel spotted that.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Don't go telling all these other people here about it now.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- Dear me!- But we think it could do the top end of the estimate.- Good.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- 40, 50, £60. That's what we want. - We do.- Up there. 60 odd.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- It's going under the hammer now. Good luck, Brenda.- Thank you.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02This is one of the First World War period gilded brass tobacco boxes
0:22:02 > 0:22:06that you come across quite regularly in sales, but unusually
0:22:06 > 0:22:11with this one, it contains the block of tobacco and the cigarettes,
0:22:11 > 0:22:12which originally came with it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16This is one, he obviously wasn't a smoker, so very politically correct.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Nice for the collector to have all the bits and pieces inside. Lot 425.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Some interest from collectors with me and I can start the bidding...
0:22:24 > 0:22:26two bids very close together, in fact,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I can start the bidding at 50.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Fantastic. - That's a real good price, isn't it?
0:22:31 > 0:22:3660 in the room now. At £55 I'm bid. With me at £55.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Against you all, then. At £55. Is there 60 in the room?
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Are you done then? To sell? Against you all, then. At £55.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Yes. That hammer's gone down. That's good.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Do you know, I mean, buying into a piece of social history for £55
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and you get something like that, I think that's really special.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Thank you very much.- Thank you so much, as well.- Thank you.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09When I think of romanticised Wales, I'm imagining rolling green hills
0:23:09 > 0:23:14and wonderful stone built workshops isolated in the countryside,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17with possibly beams of sunlight sort of glittering in
0:23:17 > 0:23:19on a lone artisan working inside there...
0:23:19 > 0:23:23using hand tools, working with his hands, creating something
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and hopefully listening to the sound of a gentle strumming harp.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32However, here in the village of Llandysul, near Carmarthen,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35a mini industrial revolution has taken place.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37The old handicrafts have been replaced
0:23:37 > 0:23:40by computers and technology, transforming the art of harpmaking.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And it's all down to a small community of workers.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The project is called Telynau Teifi and it's spearheading
0:23:51 > 0:23:55the mechanisation of harpmaking, creating employment
0:23:55 > 0:24:00and harnessing the skills and enthusiasm of young local people.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The scheme is the brain child of Allan Shiers, who began making harps
0:24:03 > 0:24:06as an artisan, 30 years ago.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Tell me a little bit about harps. It's such an unusual instrument
0:24:11 > 0:24:14to be involved with. How did that happen?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I worked for a chap called John Weston Thomas,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21who resurrected the craft of harpmaking in Wales, cos prior to that, it had died out.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I worked for five years and stayed in contact with him
0:24:24 > 0:24:27when I went to teach at the Welsh Instrument School.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31So, his harps were the ones to have for anybody that was into Celtic music?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- Yeah.- What was it like to make your very first complete harp?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- Can you remember that day? - Yeah, I can.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38John Thomas and I worked together.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40We said we'd make two halves in parallel,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43so he could keep an eye on me and then at the end,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46the people came to play them and they were just
0:24:46 > 0:24:49equal to each other and that was quite a moment.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53He always said that eventually, the pupil should exceed the master
0:24:53 > 0:24:56or the master has failed, which is daunting cos he was a great chap.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59And then, he's died now, but we've gone on to make concert harps
0:24:59 > 0:25:03which he never did, so we're taking that on to the next generation
0:25:03 > 0:25:05and expanding what we do.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08What's the difference between a concert harp
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and one of the standard harps?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14If you thought of, say, a mode of transport as being a bicycle and a motor car, they're both very...
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- as different as that. - Appropriate for different needs, but the complexity of parts
0:25:18 > 0:25:21is about 2,000 moving parts in a concert harp,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24but far less in a folk harp or a Celtic harp.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27How long would it take you to normally build a Celtic harp?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30By hand, it would be about six or eight weeks.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33And then a concert harp, about a year.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I remember thinking "Crumbs, I've spent...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39"however many weeks making that harp and somebody's actually paid for it."
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- And that must be a nice feeling. - Well, when they play it,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45when the harp sings for the first time,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47it's quite a special moment, really.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55At my age, you start thinking, "Hang on, how can we pass this on
0:25:55 > 0:25:57"to the next generation before I lose my skills."
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The best way to do it, I felt, was to actually make it into
0:26:00 > 0:26:03a community business, if we could, involving the local authority.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Bought an old school,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09so we built it into a team of people, rather than an individual.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11The question was how you did it,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14how you actually changed from a craft into a community business,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17a one-man band to seven or eight people
0:26:17 > 0:26:20and then the way that you communicated those skills
0:26:20 > 0:26:24using appropriate technology to take away the drudgery,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and free you up to do the creative stuff. That's the bottom line,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30does it frees you up to be creative? I think that's the best way.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36These youngsters coming in have been brought up with computers
0:26:36 > 0:26:38and they'll be using skills I don't have
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and that's great cos it's a cross-fertilization.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45I need them and they need me and that makes the team more balanced.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Do you think there might be a danger that
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- all the old ways might be replaced?- I don't think so.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I think the quality of the wood and the soundboard
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and the acoustics, are still very human
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and even though we've done something on a machine,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00it still has to be hand finished and toleranced and fitted,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04so all the machines do is break the donkey work down.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12We have people who are a bit like I was when I was 16,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Anxious to learn
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and get the thrill of actually turning stuff into things.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- And then when it's played, what a reward!- Yes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I think that's human nature. That doesn't change with age.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I still get the same buzz, but for me, it's nice to see
0:27:26 > 0:27:29one of the lads who's done something, sit back and I know exactly
0:27:29 > 0:27:33what's going through his mind and that's very creative.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36If a 16 or 20-year-old can do that, there's a chance this will survive.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Do you think the definitive harp has been made yet?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50No. I wouldn't keep struggling, I think,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and the harp, to some extent, is still in its infancy.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati violins, that's the absolute,
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I don't think we've got there with the harp and that's exciting.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12The work of Allan Shiers' Telynau Teifi community
0:28:12 > 0:28:13is certainly ongoing.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Not only are they embracing new technology to improve the instrument,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20but they're also closely working with Cardiff University
0:28:20 > 0:28:22to improve the instrument's sound.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26You can definitely say the future of this stunning instrument
0:28:26 > 0:28:27is in safe hands.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Back to the valuation day now,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44and Phillip has found yet another piece of militaria.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48- And Karen, how are you? - I'm OK, thank you.- Good.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51I think these are absolutely lovely. Tell me all about them.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54They were given by my grandfather
0:28:54 > 0:28:57to my grandmother at the beginning of the Second World War.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Was your grandfather in the Second World War?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I don't believe he was in the Second World War.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- I know he was in the First World War.- Right.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08But whether they'd had a regimental function, I'm not sure.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- Do you know which regiment he was in? - Royal Artillery.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- And these are the colours of? - The Royal Artillery.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- And this is the emblem of? - The Royal Artillery.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I'm told by our soundman who reckons he was in the Royal Artillery,
0:29:19 > 0:29:20they are the senior regiment.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- Right.- So, that's a bit special, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I think these are lovely quality, actually.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28And your grandfather was Alex.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- Yeah.- And your granny was Alice.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34- Yep. That's it.- So, this is just a little lipstick compact,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37with this lovely enamel decoration round it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I would think this is silver, but it's not hallmarked.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43And you've got to put it back just right, haven't you, otherwise
0:29:43 > 0:29:47your motif doesn't match or line up properly.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51And this is a little powder compact and if we just have a look inside,
0:29:51 > 0:29:55this is silver and it'll be hallmarked...
0:29:55 > 0:29:59they're going to love me here cos I'm going to get powder everywhere.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Do you want me to hold that?
0:30:01 > 0:30:05And this is a hallmark and this is by the Goldsmith & Silversmith's Co,
0:30:05 > 0:30:07which is like one of the best hallmarks you can get,
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- I think this is absolutely lovely. Let's put it back together.- Yep.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19That's just marvellous. Can I ask you something, here?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21These are not hugely valuable.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25I think we put an auction estimate of 60 to £90 on them
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- and a reserve of 50.- Yeah. - Why are you selling them?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I think...my mother and I have looked at them
0:30:31 > 0:30:34and we think, if we... We're not inclined to use them
0:30:34 > 0:30:37and we just think maybe somebody that either collects compacts
0:30:37 > 0:30:40or collects royal artillery we'd maybe rather
0:30:40 > 0:30:43see somebody really like them and display them.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Rather than have them in a cupboard or a drawer,
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- You want to share them...- Yeah. - ..let someone else have them.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54The bizarre part about antiques today is that I think if you wanted to go
0:30:54 > 0:30:58and replace those new, they might cost you £500 or £600.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- You can add a nought on the end. - Yeah.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- But ladies don't use these, do they? - No.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Well, on that note, we'll put it into the auction and hope
0:31:06 > 0:31:08that the good ladies of Carmarthen,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11not only have a royal artillery connection, but they do use...
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- Compacts.- Compacts.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Yeah. That'll be great.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- Now, Gerald, you are on a mission today, aren't you?- Quite right.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- You have been sent here.- Yes.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I've been ordered to sell these.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- By your wife.- By my wife.- She didn't want to come along, herself?
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- No. She's cooking.- She's cooking.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38How long have you been married?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Oh, 50 years, I suppose.- 50 years!
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- You suppose.- Well...
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Seems like 50.- No. I'm not going to say that!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48In case that does come up.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I said it. I'll get away with it. Do you know what they are?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54I didn't until I was told today.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- You've been told they're Stourbridge glass.- Stourbridge glass. Yes.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59So where did they come from?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Well, my wife bought them in a boot fair.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- Did she?- A few years ago. Yeah.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Do you know what she paid for them? - No, I don't.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- She probably wouldn't admit it. - Possibly not.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13But she liked them, I know.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I think the great thing about these, Stourbridge factory
0:32:16 > 0:32:20was really the only factory near Birmingham, making this sort of
0:32:20 > 0:32:22quality glass, late 19th century,
0:32:22 > 0:32:27- 1880, 1890, so they've done 100 years.- That's going back a bit.- Yeah.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30And to be perfect is good, isn't it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Extraordinary. I can't see any damage in these at all.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35They're double overlay and unusually,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38you have this lemon yellow over the white interior.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Extra quality, if you like,
0:32:41 > 0:32:46with these wonderful castellated tops that are crimped as acanthus leaf
0:32:46 > 0:32:50round the tops and they are perfect.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- Not even a chip I've seen. - Amazing, isn't it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- Phenomenal.- Yeah. - With similar bases.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Pinched through the middle here,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01round the waist and the feet are perfect, as well.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06I suppose, if one had any criticism, it would be
0:33:06 > 0:33:10the colour wouldn't necessarily suit everybody.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12No. They like red, don't they?
0:33:12 > 0:33:17I think if you were to say that these were in cranberry glass,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19crumbs, I think you'd be doubling the value,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- not that we've said the value, yet.- No.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25So, there's got to be some sort of value attached to these
0:33:25 > 0:33:29otherwise you'd be taking them home to the missus, wouldn't you?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Oh, yes. I'd be in trouble, otherwise.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37- Would she be happy with £50, do you think?- Not really.- Not really.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I think we could estimate these at 100 to 150.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I wouldn't want to see the reserve at much more than 75.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- That would be fine.- Do you think that'll get her over the bar?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49I think I could get away with that.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52We'll do that. Thank you very much for bringing them along.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54- That's all right. - We just hope the auctioneers
0:33:54 > 0:33:56keep them in the same condition they're in at the moment.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- Oh, yes. That's a point. - We'll instruct them to.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Thank you, Gerald.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- Is your name really Dai Morgan? - It is, yes.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14- I've never met a Welshman called Dai Morgan.- True Welshman, Pembrokeshire born and bred.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16What do you do around here, Dai?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I work for a waste management company in Pembroke.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- What else do you do?- I'm the head doorman here at the De Valance.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Head doorman here!
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- You haven't had any trouble with the BBC, have you?- No.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- No, not yet.- But is that your job to, sort of, eject people?- Yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32That must be a tough old job.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- No. I actually love it. - Really.- I love it.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- Frighten me to death, that would. - No. It's good.- Is it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- You get to meet loads of different people.- I should say you do!
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- Where's this come from then?- This is my girlfriend's grandfather's.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- And she wants to sell it.- Her mum does.- Why does she want to sell it?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I'm not too sure.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Just time to go.- Yeah.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Basically, gathering dust.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57- Do you know what it is?- It's a Rolex watch.- You're absolutely right.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Let's jut have a look at it. If we open up the front here,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05you can see that the big hand has actually been replaced at some time.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06Yes. I was told that.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10But, otherwise, the face appears to be in not bad order, at all.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14If we turn it over and look at the back,
0:35:14 > 0:35:15we can actually see
0:35:15 > 0:35:17on the wheel here is indeed...
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- The word Rolex.- ..the word Rolex.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- Those magic words.- Yep.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And it's also got Rolex written on the case and W&D,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- who were in fact quite well known case manufacturers for Rolex.- Right.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32And we've got import marks, I think, for somewhere between 1915 and 1920,
0:35:32 > 0:35:36so we can say that this is probably just before the First World War.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Oh, right.- Would that tie in with what you know about it?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Yes. Yeah. He actually - my girlfriend's grandad -
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- he actually swapped it with a colleague in the war.- Really.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- Yeah.- Do you know, I love watches.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50And I was looking through a watch catalogue the other day
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- and I think a Rolex made £62,000. - Very nice.- It wasn't one like this.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- No.- This was a 1970s Rolex.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02And a lot of people buy Rolex, they don't want the simple old-fashioned Rolex
0:36:02 > 0:36:05where it doesn't say Rolex on the face.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08It's almost like, if I've got one, I want everybody to know it.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13- Yeah.- I think this is a pure collector's item.- Right.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17I think at auction, you'd put an estimate on it of £100 to £200.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20I think we'd put a fixed reserve of £80.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- How does that sound to you? - That's fine. Yeah.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- It's cheap for a Rolex, isn't it?- It seems cheap and for the age as well.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Absolutely right.- You never know, might be lucky on the day.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Well, that's a great philosophical attitude to take towards auctions,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- but fingers crossed.- Yep.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39Time to take another look at our lots as they head off to the sale room in Carmarthen.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42The collectors will love the lipstick and powder compact,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44with the Royal Artillery insignia.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48The time has come to see what the bidders make of
0:36:48 > 0:36:50the pre First World War Rolex watch.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53And finally, lemon yellow may not be to everybody's taste,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56but the Stourbridge glass vases are in perfect condition
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and they're real quality.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Gerald's Staffordshire glass vases.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Nice pair. Good quality.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- I'm not sure about the lemon colour, personally.- Nor me.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19He got them in a boot fair. I don't know how much for,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23but Charlie's put a valuation of 100 to £150 on them.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Ouch, I would say to that,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27but perhaps Charlie knows more about them than I do.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29I'm not keen on this sort of glass, at all.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Perhaps the lemon colour is why they're worth the money.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35But I think we might struggle to make that sort of money.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- I hope I'm proved wrong. - Obviously no interest, so far?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Not that I've had any dealings with.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44No. No. Not that I've noticed. No. No. I've tried to avoid them.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- I shouldn't say that, really, but there you go.- Look. Fingers crossed.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Either you like canary yellow or you don't.- And we don't.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54I think we might be on a sticky wicket with this one.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02For you, sir.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05We're just about to sell your silver compact.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- It is a family heirloom.- It is, yes.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- Any regrets, cos it was your grandparents?- No, not really.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13We're too concerned that, because it's got enamel on it,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16it would get damaged if we used it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I totally agree with what Phillip said. He said to me earlier...
0:38:19 > 0:38:21you can imagine this down the Burlington Arcade,
0:38:21 > 0:38:24it would be twice as much money if not three times.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28I mean, it's so individual, it's so cleverly put together, as well.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- I think it's a really lovely stylish thing.- Well, good luck.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Thanks very much. - It's going under the hammer now.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Let's just hope this family heirloom brings you lots of money.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Here we go.- Lot 350...
0:38:40 > 0:38:42is the silver compact.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Octagonal form. Engine turned decoration.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Interesting for me, it's got the insignia of the Royal Artillery,
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- which was my father's regiment, there we are.- Best buy it then!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53On the book at £50.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Get in there!
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Bid's at 50. May I say 60 now.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5960, the lady behind us. 60. 70 at the very back.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0280 on my right. 90 at the very back.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03100 on the right.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05At £100 I'm bid. With you, madam, at £100.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07That's good.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09At £100 I'm bid. May I say 110?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11With you, madam, on my right.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Selling then. All happy?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14For £100.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- Good result.- They'll either give it to someone who's in the same regiment
0:39:18 > 0:39:22or they'll wonder what the hell they're ever going to do with it!
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- It's gone.- It's gone.- It's gone. £100. Happy?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Yeah. Definitely.- OK.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38Coming up next, we've got the pair of Stourbridge glass lemon coloured vases.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42How can you forget those? Well, I've been waiting for this little moment.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I'm pleased to be joined by Gerald, their owner.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47We've got a valuation of £100 to £150.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51We had a chat to the auctioneer before the sale started, Charles.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Don't tell me.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57It's the colour. We just didn't like the colour.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00I think Nigel and I both agreed with each other
0:40:00 > 0:40:02that they just might struggle at that sort of money,
0:40:02 > 0:40:06but we don't know. I mean, it's not our field, the speciality.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Condition...perfect. - Perfect condition.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12That's going for them. Size... perfect. Pair... yes.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Great. Colour...
0:40:14 > 0:40:16not so good. Just not so good.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19If you had to choose a colour, this would be the last colour
0:40:19 > 0:40:22you would choose in the world, but never mind.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25We're going to find out exactly who buys them and who pays what
0:40:25 > 0:40:28right now because they're going under the hammer.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Pair of canary yellow Stourbridge glass vases.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36There you are. What do you say for those? What are they worth?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- He's not sounding enthusiastic, is he?- No.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39100 for those?
0:40:39 > 0:40:4150 to get on then, surely?
0:40:41 > 0:40:4350. Opening bid £50 away for them?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Please.- 20? Bad as that? Oh, dear.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50At 20's all I'm bid. A seated bid at 20. 30 here.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52At 30. 40. 50.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Well, done. 60. We're nearly there.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56£50 is all bid. At 50.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58At 50. May I say 60? No more?
0:40:58 > 0:41:01At £50 is all we have. No more?
0:41:01 > 0:41:04At £50, not to be sold there I'm afraid.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Gerald, it's not our day.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08It was that lemon, wasn't it? That lemon colour.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Gerald, couple of bids short.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- Yeah. Pity we didn't put them pink.- Yes.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17A cranberry would definitely sell. So sorry they've got to go home.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Never mind. It's one of those things.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- Yeah.- Another sale another day, as you say.- We tried our best.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- Couldn't do better.- No.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Right now, we're going to find out
0:41:34 > 0:41:37who's going to give us £100 or £200 for Dai's Rolex watch.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40You could say time's up really, couldn't you?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42We'll find out in about one lot time.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Yeah. I don't want to be doing time.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Quality, though and I think the name Rolex will help sell this.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I like it cos it's subtle, it doesn't blaze out Rolex.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Yeah. Not sort of big logos of Rolex all over it.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Well, Dai, let's hope we get that top end.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02It is time to find out right now what's going on with that one. This is it.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07404, the little early 20th century Rolex silver wrist watch.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Interest here with me. - Oh, that's good.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12£100 is what I have here with me.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- At 100. 120 on the settle.- 120 now.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- 140. 160.- Still bidding.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20180 I've got. 180.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22200 bidding away at the back now.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- 210 is all I have. At 210.- 210.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29220 is now in the room. At 220 in the room. 220.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31At 220 in the room. 220. Any more?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- That's good. That's good. - That's ridiculous!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35£220.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Fantastic. That's quality.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Rolex is a quality watch.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42£220, less a bit of commission.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You went to see a spiritualist a few days ago, didn't you?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- I did, yes.- Did they predict that?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- No.- No.- They didn't. No.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Well, what can I say? What a great day we've had.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Our owners have gone home happy. Big smiles on their face.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05This is my spiritual home, Wales.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08It started off in Tenby by the coast.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09It's ended up in Carmarthen,
0:43:09 > 0:43:12in a wonderful auction room, surrounded by Welsh oak.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14It doesn't get much better.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18I hope you've enjoyed today's show, so until the next time, cheerio.
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