0:00:06 > 0:00:10Today, we're in a town with a troubling case of mistaken identity.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Often thought of as a new town, it has a colourful, vivid history.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19This is Basingstoke and you're watching Flog It!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Basingstoke's history stretches back over 1,000 years.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59It has everything any self-respecting British historic town should have.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04It's even named after a fearsome Anglo-Saxon tribe, the Basingas.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10What other historic delights prevail? Well, there's a nice, straight Roman road.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16An Iron Age fort, now protecting a school, was the site of a major battle in the English Civil War.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Then came the 1960s and with the rapidly growing post-war population,
0:01:21 > 0:01:26out went the old and in came the new. Basingstoke was developed
0:01:26 > 0:01:28into the modern town we know today.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31# Girl, you really got me going
0:01:31 > 0:01:35# You got me so I don't know what I'm doing... #
0:01:35 > 0:01:42And completing your Flog It team today are proficient experts Catherine Southon and James Lewis.
0:01:42 > 0:01:49Today's venue is The Anvil. So let's hope these two have enough mettle to hammer out some cracking items.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52# Oh, yeah, you really got me now
0:01:52 > 0:01:56# You got me so I can't sleep at night, you really got me
0:01:56 > 0:02:00# You really got me, you really got me... #
0:02:01 > 0:02:07- Eileen, I love this piece. Thank you for coming along.- It's a pleasure.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Let's open this little wallet here
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and we can see
0:02:12 > 0:02:15that we have a very fragile...
0:02:16 > 0:02:18..and rather nice map.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Now, it's no ordinary map.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It's a map by Wallis's
0:02:24 > 0:02:28and it's a map of the post roads of England and Wales.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34All these little roads are the mail routes. Where did you get this from?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Actually, it belongs to my husband
0:02:36 > 0:02:40and originally, his aunt gave it to him.
0:02:40 > 0:02:47- We've had it round about 39 to 40 years.- Right.- Unfortunately, it's just been in a drawer.
0:02:47 > 0:02:53- He was not interested in maps? - Not really.- That's such a shame. I love maps and globes.
0:02:53 > 0:03:00They're so interesting. You've got a lot more counties than what we know of today.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Norfolk looks a different size and shape to what we're familiar with.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09That's what I like about globes and maps.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15As the centuries and decades progress, we find more geographical information.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21Here we've got the "British Ocean". Obviously, now we know it as the North Sea.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Once upon a time, it was the British Ocean.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29What is a pity about this is that it's not in terribly good condition.
0:03:29 > 0:03:36There are some holes here which has occurred as it's been folded up and popped into the wallet.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Now, value-wise, I would probably put around £100 to £150 on it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Would you really?- Yes. What were you hoping for?
0:03:45 > 0:03:50I had no idea at all and that's a little bit of a shock actually.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54I actually hope it would make a bit more than that.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Thank you for bringing it along. - Thank you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13Ron, of all the things that come to the Flog It tables, boxes and bits of wood like this are my favourite.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18If we look at the wood to start with, this is known as rosewood,
0:04:18 > 0:04:25made from a South American wood that smelled of roses when the tree was cut down, so it's called rosewood.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31Then into that rosewood we have the brass stringing around the outside.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Then in the centre we've got mother-of-pearl.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Those are mother-of-pearl diapers and they alternate with abalone.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44So it's quite fussy. It's quite feminine.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49It's got scrolls around the border, so it's a Victorian work box,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53probably made 1840 to 1860, somewhere around there.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- As long ago as that?- Yes. - My goodness me!
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Now, if we open it up... Look at that, fantastic.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06We now know this was a travelling box.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11Here we've got boxes and if you hold the box lid up to the light,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- you see the holes through it?- Yes.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17That's so that whatever was inside didn't go mouldy.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- So we know it was something that would've been wet.- Yes.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25So that's likely to be for the toothbrush
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and then this one... Holes again.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Yes.- For the soap.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36So, it's a good set. Now, the value...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Any ideas?- I have no ideas at all.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43I didn't know it was that old, to tell you the truth.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49The only history I know about it, I had an elderly cousin or aunt lived on the Isle of Wight.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53And she was engaged to a young soldier
0:05:53 > 0:05:59and unfortunately, he was killed in the First World War.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03And I think she left a photograph in one of these things.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07I noticed something inside the soap...
0:06:07 > 0:06:12"Lieutenant Treharne, Welsh Regiment, died of wounds."
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Was that him?- Yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:21What you should do is write down the history of that box and just put it in the soap box with that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:28It will be lovely to keep that with it and pass the story down generation to generation,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- so if you wouldn't mind doing that? - I can do that, yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I think we ought to put an estimate of £220 to £280 on it
0:06:36 > 0:06:40and just in case it's a bad day at the saleroom,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- let's put a reserve of maybe £200? - That'll be fine.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50I think it'll do jolly well. I'm very pleased you brought this box.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- June, this catches your eye.- Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05It's a showy piece. Tell me a bit about how you came by this charger.
0:07:05 > 0:07:12A friend of mine was moving from Oakley down to Torquay and she was moving into a much smaller house.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- And she was de-sizing...downsizing. - Downsizing. But I like de-sizing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21And because I collected brass,
0:07:21 > 0:07:26she gave it to me and it was in pride of place on my sitting room wall.
0:07:26 > 0:07:32- Do you know where she got it from? - I have no idea, but she originated from Cornwall.
0:07:32 > 0:07:39You've heard about the Newlyn Industrial Class which was started by John Drew MacKenzie in 1890.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44He was an artist and he felt sorry for the plight of the fishermen.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50When the weather was bad, they needed to do something, and rather than fight and get drunk,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54he thought, "I'll teach you some traditional skills.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00"They repair their boats with sheets of copper. They'll be good at working with metal."
0:08:00 > 0:08:04So he got them to hand-hammer lots of objects in copper.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08They made lots of items and supplemented their income,
0:08:08 > 0:08:13but I've looked all over this and I'm not sure if it is from Newlyn.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17After 1915, there was a big Newlyn stamp punched into it,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22and with the Keswick School, a massive stamp shaped like a diamond.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27I tend to think, because there's diamonds stylised on this broad rim,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- it makes it Keswick School. - Right.- That's my theory.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37If it was Newlyn, these would be seaweed-shaped, slightly more biomorphic
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- and maybe little bubbles like fish bubbles.- Right.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45It is so stylised. It's so of the period. I love it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I would say this is definitely 1910, 1920.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- As early as that?- Yes. It's English.
0:08:52 > 0:08:59- It's been beautifully hand-hammered and it would look really nice on a table top in a big hotel.- Yes.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01On the right piece of oak furniture.
0:09:01 > 0:09:08Value, right, OK... I wish it was stamped because then it would be worth £400 to £600.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10It's not stamped.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14I think this is gonna sell in auction for about £80 to £100,
0:09:14 > 0:09:21- but I'd like to put it into auction estimated at 60 to 100. I'm pretty sure you'll get the top end.- Great.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- Would you like a reserve on this? - I don't think so.- Just let it go?
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- I didn't think it would be as much as that.- OK.- About 30, 40, actually.
0:09:31 > 0:09:38It's pretty. I think it's worth a lot more than £40. We're gonna find out, that's for sure.
0:09:47 > 0:09:54Christine, you've brought in something that's probably the oldest thing in the room. Well done.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- Tell me all about that.- It's just a family friend who gave it to us.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02We've kept it just in a box really.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Now and again, I get it out and have a feel because it's so old.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12And to imagine the people before you who had used it is fantastic.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- Where did your friend find it?- I haven't any idea at all.- Really?- No.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21It's just something that's cropped up.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26What we're looking at there is a wonderful piece of Roman pottery.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Known as Samian Ware for this very shiny red glaze.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36And this sort of pottery was made throughout the Roman Empire
0:10:36 > 0:10:40in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th century AD.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46Something I find really interesting is this banner mark across the centre of the dish
0:10:46 > 0:10:53that's inscribed "P-R-I-S-C-U-S-E".
0:10:53 > 0:10:59"Priscuse." Strange, really. I wonder why they've put that across the centre of a bowl?
0:10:59 > 0:11:04It reminds me of a Roman oil lamp that I brought back from Turkey.
0:11:04 > 0:11:11Again round one of these brocante type stalls with bric-a-brac and wonderful bits and pieces.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16I got so excited, brought it home and it had across the back "taklit".
0:11:16 > 0:11:21I thought, "I wonder if it's a Roman site or something like that?"
0:11:21 > 0:11:27I looked it up in my Turkish book and it said, "Taklit - Turkish word for 'fake'."
0:11:27 > 0:11:31I thought, "Oh, no!" But I'm just hoping this is...
0:11:31 > 0:11:36No, I'm confident that this is a really good early piece.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42What that means, I don't know. It could be a person's name, a place.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47And all this surface damage here is exactly what you'd expect to see.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53And these chips that you get out of the glaze are typical of the damage you find
0:11:53 > 0:12:00when something has been in the ground, so I am totally convinced that that's right.
0:12:00 > 0:12:06Value? Roman stuff doesn't make a lot of money. It should make so much more than it does.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11It's greatly undervalued. We ought to estimate it at £60 to £100.
0:12:11 > 0:12:18Let's protect it with a reserve of 50. If it doesn't make that, you might as well put your soap in it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23If it's not worth £50, it's not worth selling. I'd pay £60 to £100.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37We've found some cracking items and right now it's time to put those valuations to the test.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44It's our first visit to the auction room in Winchester. Here's a quick recap of all the items we've found.
0:12:44 > 0:12:53Catherine had a special delivery with that postal road map, but will the bidders be guided to the lot?
0:12:53 > 0:12:59James spotted this fine Victorian travelling box. It should sail out of the auction room.
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Next up was this magnificent copper plate. I'm confident someone will fall in love with its rustic charm.
0:13:06 > 0:13:13And finally, it was James with a genuine Roman bowl. Let's hope there's a legion of bidders.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Our auctioneers for the day are Andrew Smith & Son.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23On the rostrum today will be the man himself, Mr Andrew Smith, and his colleague, Nick Jarrett.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28This is where we put our experts' valuations to the test.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30It's a packed room full of bidders.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Our owners are here and our antiques are ready to go under the hammer.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41One of our experts is missing. Catherine is here, but James cannot make it. He's in Derby.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46We've got a camera on him and a phone link to get his reaction.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Watch this. We're gonna sell some antiques.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53First up, Christine with that Roman bowl.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00It's unbelievable really, Roman pottery and artefacts, 200 to 400 years Anno Domini,
0:14:00 > 0:14:05and they're worth a lot less than antiques that are 100 years old.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11- Can you imagine the people that have handled it? - Yes, the stories it could tell!
0:14:11 > 0:14:16If only this saucer could speak. That's why James loved it.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- It is very tactile.- As you know, I love this Roman stuff.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25I hope it'll do well and somebody will love it as much as I do.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27This is a fantastic lot.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Lot 460, this is the Anglo-Roman bowl.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Start me at £60?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37£60 bid, thank you, and 5.
0:14:37 > 0:14:4065. 70?
0:14:40 > 0:14:44At £65 then. Any more? At £65, are you all done?
0:14:44 > 0:14:49With you, sir, at £65... 70 down here.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52And 5. 80. And 5. 90.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And 5. 100. And 10.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Good. This is more like it.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03£120 seated. I'm selling... 130 at the back. 140...?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Oh, they love it, they love it.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10At £130 with you, sir. £130. Is there any more?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Last time then...?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Good. Wow!- £130!
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Isn't that incredible? - It is, actually.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- James, what a surprise!- £130, great price, I'm so pleased with that.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29People loved it and that's gonna go to a good home.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- I hope they enjoy it.- What are you gonna put that money towards?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36I think I'll donate it to a charity.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Because it was a gift to me, that's what I'm gonna do.- Good idea.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54I like this next lot. It's a little post map of England and Wales.
0:15:54 > 0:16:01Right now, all roads lead to Itchen Stoke near Winchester where we've been joined by Elaine and Catherine.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08- Can we get £100 for this today? - I hope so.- I think we should. It's very tactile.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14- You want to pick this up, study it and not put it down.- It's great. It's got a bit of wear to it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Any regrets I'm thinking?- No. - Are you sure?- Yes.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- It's here to sell?- Yes.- Happy with the valuation?- Yes. Very much so.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Let's hope we flog it. We'll find out right now. Here we go.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Lot 101 is the late 18th century map by John Wallis.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Start me at £100? £100? £100?
0:16:35 > 0:16:3980 then? £80? 60 if you like?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42£60. £60 bid, thank you. And 5.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45At £60. 65. 70.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48And 5. 80. And 5.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- At £80 and we're selling.- Come on.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55All done at £80? Last time then at £80...?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- It was nearly 100, wasn't it? - I'm happy.- £80, we're all happy.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I would've liked a bit more. I'm a bit disappointed. I'm greedy.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- You would've bought that.- Yes. - You're not allowed to. Happy?- Yes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16- I think that's lunch out.- We're going on holiday.- Where to?- Crete.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21So we'll have a meal when we're out and say thank you to Aunt Nell.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Aunt Nell who gave it to you. And escape this rotten British weather!
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- Enjoy your holiday.- Thank you very much.- Well done, Catherine.
0:17:38 > 0:17:46I've been looking forward to this. It's been a long wait since the valuation. Lovely copper charger.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51It's not too big and it's got the look. Any second thoughts?
0:17:51 > 0:17:57- Oh, yes.- Do you want to take it back home now?- No, I want to put a reserve on it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02We'll be all right. Let's put it under the hammer. Here we go.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08Lot 720 is a large hammered and pressed copper charger.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13Let's start at £60. £60? 40 if you like? £40?
0:18:13 > 0:18:1930 then to get going? £30? Up at the top there at £30. 32. 35.
0:18:19 > 0:18:2137. 40. 42. 45.
0:18:21 > 0:18:2447. 50. And 5.
0:18:24 > 0:18:2760? 55 here. Is there 60?
0:18:27 > 0:18:32At £55. At £55 then if you're all done? Last time?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- Hammer's gone down. 55. - Could have been better.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- Yes. We did say 60 at the bottom end.- Not bad.- It's gone though.
0:18:50 > 0:18:57Ronald, it's good to see you. We're just a few lots away from selling that lovely rosewood box.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03- James put a value on it of £220 to £280. I know it means a lot to the missus.- It does.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08- She doesn't want it to go for anything less than £200. - That's right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14- The pressure is on James. What do you think of the room?- It's massive.
0:19:14 > 0:19:22There's antiques everywhere, but right now there's only one place to look and that is the rostrum.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Lot 240, the dressing case.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29A handsome case with all its fittings. 1852.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I'm starting you here with a clear bid
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- at one hundred and...fifty. - Fifty, right.- 150 I have. 160.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41170. 180. 190. 200.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- And 10.- The wife's happy. That's the main thing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48250. 260. 270. 280.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50290. 300?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53At 290. 300, is it?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And 10. 320. 330. 340.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59350. 360. 360 down here.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Come on, let's hope for 400.- 370?
0:20:02 > 0:20:07At £360 sitting here. At 360, are you done...?
0:20:07 > 0:20:12- Yes! Three hundred and sixty pounds!- Wonderful.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- You're happy, aren't you? - Well, I'm in two minds.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21I've loved it for so long. I've had it for over 40 years myself
0:20:21 > 0:20:24as a centrepiece on the sideboard.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28James, we got £100 more than your top end.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31That is fantastic. They've been hard to sell recently,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34but that is a really good price.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Well done, both of you. £360 - that's a good result.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51There can only be a few places in the world
0:20:51 > 0:20:56where a global sport and an institution can be traced back hundreds of years
0:20:56 > 0:21:03to the very place where a simple country pursuit evolved into the game we know and love today.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11For a golden period during the 18th century,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16this unlikely looking spot was the epicentre of the cricketing world.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21This is Broadhalfpenny Down near the village of Hambledon in Hampshire.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28It was here between the years of 1756 and 1796
0:21:28 > 0:21:34that the Hambledon club dominated both game and the stewardship of cricket.
0:21:37 > 0:21:44Although cricket was played in the 16th century, it was only in the 18th that it grew and developed
0:21:44 > 0:21:48and the first universal rules were established.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Much of that momentum of change flowed from this very ground.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Bob Beagley is an Honorary Vice President of the present-day club.
0:21:58 > 0:22:05Since a young man, he's taken a keen interest in the club's colourful history.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09So, Bob, put the Hambledon era into context.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14What was cricket like when the club was first established?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Well, it was a game very much as it is now.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22The equipment has changed. The bat was more of a club.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26They often say it was evolved from a shepherd's crook.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The wicket was two stumps, not three.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- Cricket originated with two stumps? - Yes, which was called the wicket.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- Could you get somebody out if it went through?- No.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44- You could be in all day long. - You could. You had to hit the stumps to get them out.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49- You gonna bowl me a couple? - Yeah, come on.- Underarm, of course!
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Of course. They were all underarm.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54OK, Bob.
0:22:57 > 0:23:04- That was a stroke of luck, really! - Beginner's luck!- Beginner's luck. Let's go to the pavilion.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Looks like there's a few guys about to have a practice.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Tell me more history of the club.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22Well, the club came into existence somewhere about 1750.
0:23:22 > 0:23:30The club at that point was mainly concerned with drinking and eating, I think.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Like cricketers today!
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Exactly the same, yeah! And a lot of gambling took place.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42They gambled vast sums of money on the outcome of a cricket match.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49They were playing a match for £500 in which John Small,
0:23:49 > 0:23:54supposed to be the best batsman in the country at the time,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57came to bat with five runs to win.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02And he was bowled three times through the middle of the stumps.
0:24:02 > 0:24:10So after the game they decided that it was best that we had a third stump.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14On a match soon after, they were playing Sussex.
0:24:14 > 0:24:21- And one of the characters from Sussex came out with a bat as wide as the stumps.- Ha!
0:24:22 > 0:24:28So Hambledon Club said, "We can't have this," so they forthwith
0:24:28 > 0:24:33decided a bat must not exceed four and a quarter inches.
0:24:33 > 0:24:40It puts a smile on your face, looking out over this ground thinking this is the very first time
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- that three stumps were used. - Incredible.- It's quite powerful.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50The history of the game played today started here on this piece of turf.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56- And I've had a go today! - You've had a go. - Albeit with this bat!
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's brilliant, really, isn't it?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Oh, lovely shot.- Yeah. - Sliced that one.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06What about the batting order? Always the same?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10No. Then, if you look at the old school sheets,
0:25:10 > 0:25:15the batting order was the Duke of So-and-so versus Lord Somebody.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20They were at the top of the order with the paid players below it.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23The best players were last.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27So you'll see somebody scored a century at number nine!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Were there many spectators?
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Gosh, yes. It was estimated in 1777 when Hambledon played All England
0:25:36 > 0:25:43- 22,000 people crowded round. - How fantastic.- But there were no boundaries in those days.- No.
0:25:43 > 0:25:50If somebody hit a ball into the crowd, there it stayed until it was found by a cricketer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57- What if you lost the ball? - Six runs were added when the fielder called, "Lost ball!"
0:25:57 > 0:26:03And six runs were added, too, if somebody stopped the ball with their top hat
0:26:03 > 0:26:07or their headgear. Sort of an obstruction.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- I love that sound.- Yeah, lovely.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14So what happened in the end? Why the demise of the club here?
0:26:14 > 0:26:20Really because of its locality. The Hambledon Club at that point had no facilities to offer
0:26:20 > 0:26:28and so a meeting was held in London and it was decided that the authority, the rules,
0:26:28 > 0:26:35would all be covered from London and the MCC, Marylebone Cricket Club, was formed
0:26:35 > 0:26:40and Lord's was chosen as its headquarters.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46Hambledon became less important and so that was the end, really.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52I guess it was important for the future of cricket, but a sad day for the local community.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Many of the local men played for Hambledon and were employed.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02- Did you ever play cricket professionally?- No.- Would you have liked to?- I'd have loved to!
0:27:02 > 0:27:07We'd all love to have played cricket professionally. What a life.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Were you a good cricketer? - No, I made a number up!
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- But it is a passion, isn't it? - Yes! Lovely.
0:27:15 > 0:27:22- What better sport and what better place to play?- Exactly! No better place than this.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42We're back in Basingstoke now and it's over to Catherine for our next valuation.
0:27:42 > 0:27:49Duncan, I think we're going to swap around positions here. You're the expert on this.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51You've done a lot of research.
0:27:51 > 0:27:57All I can tell you is that this is a super piece, something that I would love to own,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01a lovely tin-plate model of an Alfa Romeo.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05A stunning piece. Tell me where you got it from.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09It was my father's. I suspect he got it new.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14- He was born in 1913 and this is a 1924-25 car.- Right.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20- I suspect as a young teenager he was given it by my grandfather. - Right.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26And then I remember it, as a child, being in the house, although I didn't play with it a great deal.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I preferred Dinky toys. Then, when my father died, it came to me.
0:28:30 > 0:28:38I always thought about restoring it, but now being the proud grandfather of a new baby girl,
0:28:38 > 0:28:44I thought if we can flog it and perhaps use the money towards something for her
0:28:44 > 0:28:48- as she'll not play with it. - She'll certainly not.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55What do you know about the actual car? It's a beautiful model and a lovely shape as well.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59It was the epitome of racing in the '20s.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04The P2, which is what this is, came out in 1924.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10It was a brilliant car, developed with 145,000-150,000 brake horse power in those days,
0:29:10 > 0:29:15which gave it a top speed of 140 miles an hour. Not bad going.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19It is actually a clockwork toy. If we turn it over here,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22we see where you put the key in.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28- And then, presumably, press something...- I think that switched it on or off.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30That lever goes to the motor.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35- So you've never known it in working condition?- No.- Always like this.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37So you never got to play with it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:43Apart from pushing it around, no. I never wound it up.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47It is in a very poor state, but I quite like that.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51You thought about restoring it and I am so glad that you haven't.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56It shows that somebody's loved this and had a great time with it.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59What I really like is the detail.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- I love this simulated leather seats. - The crinkled effect.- Exactly.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Lovely crinkled, crackled finish.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10We think 1920s in date, probably 1925, around that.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16In perfect condition, with its box, we'd probably be looking at a couple of thousand pounds.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Collectors always want these in perfect order.
0:30:21 > 0:30:28If we move away from toy collectors and think of people who might be interested in it as a charming piece
0:30:28 > 0:30:34- we're probably looking at £300-£500. - OK.- And hope it makes more the top end of the estimate.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Then you can buy something more girlie.- That would be nice.
0:30:50 > 0:30:56Mary, thank you so much for bringing this in. It really is a classic antique.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00We often see bits of 20th-century ceramics
0:31:00 > 0:31:05and 1960s bits of Beswick and that sort of thing,
0:31:05 > 0:31:09but this is something that I love. A true antique, 200 years old.
0:31:09 > 0:31:15- Yes.- And in brilliant condition. Tell me about it. Where did you find it?
0:31:15 > 0:31:22- I can't remember. My husband and I were always out buying things, every Wednesday and Saturday.- Right.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25If we had enough money, that was it.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Where it actually came from, I can't remember.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- He did a lot of work on Wellington's Stratfield Saye House.- Your husband?
0:31:34 > 0:31:39Yes, so we got quite a lot of Wellington memorabilia.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44This is really interesting. As you know, it's inscribed
0:31:44 > 0:31:48"Lord Wellington", before he was made a duke.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52And it is inscribed, "Lord Wellington entering Paris".
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Lord Wellington became the Duke of Wellington in May, 1814,
0:31:57 > 0:32:06- but Lord Wellington entered Paris in March, 1814.- Oh, really? - Two months before he became a duke.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12So I think this is Wellington leading his army in the Napoleonic Wars.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18This really is a historical tray. The quality of the painting is nothing great, just an amateur hand,
0:32:18 > 0:32:26but it really tells a story of British and French history in the early 19th century.
0:32:26 > 0:32:34- Why aren't you keeping it? - Well, I moved house after I don't know how many years
0:32:34 > 0:32:38and my son had a lot of the things in his home,
0:32:38 > 0:32:45- and whereas I had five downstair rooms, I've now got a room and a kitchen.- Ah, OK.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48So I've got things stashed away.
0:32:48 > 0:32:55That was over the fireplace and I thought, as it's local, it might be interesting.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59OK, value. If by a good artist, it would be worth a lot.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Can't we pretend?- We could try!
0:33:03 > 0:33:08But...it's an early tray and it's early image.
0:33:08 > 0:33:15- I think an auction estimate of £100-£150, with a reserve of 100. - OK.- How's that?- That's fine.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Sure?- Positive. - Let's take it and flog it.- Right.
0:33:26 > 0:33:33Anne, welcome to Flog It. You've brought these rather interesting scientific instruments.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Tell me about this microscope. Where did you get this from?
0:33:37 > 0:33:43It's been in the family. My father brought it back from WWII when he came back,
0:33:43 > 0:33:48- but I'm not quite sure where from. - Right. You don't know what country?
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- I'm not sure about that.- Right, OK.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57When I saw this first of all, I thought it was by someone called Nachet, a French maker,
0:33:57 > 0:34:03working in the late 19th century, around 1890. But I can see that it is signed on the body tube
0:34:03 > 0:34:07by Hartnack and Praznowski.
0:34:07 > 0:34:13They were working before Nachet. They were working between 1860 and 1870 together.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18And Nachet then took over this company.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22It's a rather nice piece. Not particularly early, quite simple
0:34:22 > 0:34:28and it's known as a compound microscope, rather than a binocular one.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33A nice compound microscope. Did you ever use this?
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Oh, yes, but under supervision from my father as a youngster.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43We'd have a look at slides and put sugar under it!
0:34:43 > 0:34:48I like it because it's slightly earlier than I originally thought.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54I would probably think it would be worth around £150, around that sort of price.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59This is more interesting. Let's move on to this piece here.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04Now this here is a rather interesting microscope.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07This is a travelling microscope.
0:35:07 > 0:35:15You would have screwed this onto the case here and put this together
0:35:15 > 0:35:21by sliding this in here. That's actually your stage, where the stage clips on.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You put your slide in here.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30And then this mirror would go into here. This is slightly earlier in date.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35I'd probably say around 1840. So this one didn't come back...?
0:35:35 > 0:35:39No, that was bought for my father when he was a little boy.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44- Was your father interested in...? - Yes, with nature.- Wonderful.
0:35:44 > 0:35:51- A lot of the slides have got fly wings and all sorts on them. - Let's look at the pieces inside.
0:35:51 > 0:35:57Oh, I can see here. How lovely. He's labelled these all up. "Wing of greenfly".
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Interesting.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02"Wing of common housefly".
0:36:02 > 0:36:05You're happy to get rid of them?
0:36:05 > 0:36:12- I've got three sons and you can't really split them.- You can't. You could give each a specimen!
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Not quite the same!
0:36:14 > 0:36:20You're probably doing the right thing. They don't command as high prices as they used to.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23They have dropped slightly.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27What I would suggest is putting the two in together
0:36:27 > 0:36:33- and sell them both with an estimate of £400-£600. - Wonderful, yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39- And reserve them around 350. How does that sound?- Fine. - Happy to sell?- Fine.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Hope they find a good home.- Thanks.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46That's another three items in the bag and off to auction.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Duncan made Catherine's day with this classic toy car.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54With so much style and character, it'll drive up the price.
0:36:54 > 0:37:02Mary's tray showed Lord Wellington marching into Paris. Let's see if it attracts an army of bidders.
0:37:02 > 0:37:08And Anne's microscope made a great double act - twice the attraction for all those collectors.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14Welcome back to the auction room, just down the road from Basingstoke, near Winchester,
0:37:14 > 0:37:18where the auction is underway.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26We've got two microscopes up for grabs with a value of £400-£600.
0:37:26 > 0:37:32- They belong to Anne and were your father's.- Yes.- You've cherished these.- For a long while!
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- Time to let go now. Happy with the valuation?- Yes.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40You came to the right expert. Catherine is our science buff.
0:37:40 > 0:37:48Well, I'm just a little concerned. I'm used to putting estimates on things for specialist auctions.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53I think they might be a little bit lost here.
0:37:53 > 0:37:59- Fingers crossed that the buyers found them on the internet.- I hope so.- It's been well catalogued.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Good luck, both of you.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Lot 735 is the Victorian brass microscope.
0:38:07 > 0:38:15- A number of commission bids. So we'll start the bidding at 300. - Great.- I'm so pleased.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17We're going to sell.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Is that 320? At £300. Any more?
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- At £300. All done at £300?- No!
0:38:25 > 0:38:28At £300. Tantalisingly close.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I can't sell at that price.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35How confident were we? "Bidding starting at 300."
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- Bidding stopped at 300.- No... - Well done with the reserve.
0:38:40 > 0:38:47- They are worth that. If you are going to sell, put the same estimate on.- They're quality.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Back in the cupboard!
0:38:50 > 0:38:55It just wasn't quite there. Almost. So near, yet so far.
0:38:55 > 0:39:03Expert James Lewis can't be with us today, but he's on standby down the line from Derby.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Mary, fingers crossed. Let's hope we get that £150.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13Remember the tray with Lord Wellington and Paris.
0:39:13 > 0:39:20We've got £100-£150 on it. It is protected. You've put a reserve on it.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- We don't want to give Wellington the boot.- Very clever.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30Lot 675, this is the Regency tray. Interest in this.
0:39:30 > 0:39:36We have a commission bid. I'll start at £90. Is there 5?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39£90. 95. 100?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43At £95. 100 in the corner there.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47And 10? At £100 and selling. Is there 10?
0:39:47 > 0:39:53At £100, then. At £100 for the very last time.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- It's sold.- Surprise, surprise. - Sold at £100.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Bottom end of the estimate. Got it right, James.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- What do you think?- Very good.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12- Catherine seemed very disappointed that the microscope didn't sell.- No!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16It's another of her lots next. Could it be double trouble?
0:40:17 > 0:40:22I'm feeling quite excited. It's our favourite thing in the sale.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28It's the gorgeous 1920s tin-plate car. It belongs to Duncan, who's taking it in his stride.
0:40:28 > 0:40:34- You're really confident and cool. We've fallen in love with this. - It's a cracker.
0:40:34 > 0:40:40One of the nicest things I've seen on the show. I had a chat to Andrew the auctioneer.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44He said the condition lets it down, but it has been used a bit.
0:40:44 > 0:40:50And it's of a certain age, so it's rough round the edges, like all of us!
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- I wouldn't be selling this. - No way. It's wonderful.
0:40:55 > 0:41:01- Any second thoughts? - No, as I said, it doesn't have all those memories for me.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05I've got things of my father's that I remember very well.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- But we never played with it. - And you can cherish those.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14And this has been in a box. At least it's got four spare tyres!
0:41:14 > 0:41:18It's got the look. It's a good gentleman's toy.
0:41:18 > 0:41:25Lot 660. I'm going to start the commission bids at £800. Is there 50 in the room?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28At £800. At £800.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31850. 900.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33And 50? 1,000.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38- And 50.- Doing battle on the phones now. We've done it.- Wow!
0:41:38 > 0:41:401,150?
0:41:40 > 0:41:45At £1,100 commission bid. Is there 50? At £1,100.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49And 50. Commission bid is out. 1,200.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52And 50. 1,300.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55And 50. 1,400.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57And 50. 1,500.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02And 50. 1,600. And 50. 1,700.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04And 50. 1,800.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07And 50. 1,900.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12- And 50.- Yes! Duncan! - 2,100.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- 2,200. 2,300.- Wow!
0:42:16 > 0:42:192,400. 2,500.
0:42:20 > 0:42:222,600?
0:42:22 > 0:42:28- £2,500. On the telephone at £2,500. - Wow. I'm tingling.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33At £2,500. For the very last time.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- Sold.- That's sold!
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Thank you very much indeed.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- Thank you for bringing it in. That's made your day.- It has.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48- What will you put that towards? - As I said to Catherine, we've just had a granddaughter.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- Right.- So it will go into a fund. Can't get a better start.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- What a great start. What's her name?- Kerensa.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Lovely name!- Cornish for love.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- Proper job.- Yes.- That's beautiful.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08- I didn't realise it was that much of a corker!- What a corker!
0:43:08 > 0:43:12That's brought the show to a wonderful climax.
0:43:12 > 0:43:18If you've got anything like that, bring it along. We'd love to see you.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Join us next time for many more surprises on Flog It.
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