0:00:02 > 0:00:05Spend, spend, spend...that's what I love to do, go shopping.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Edinburgh is home to the oldest department store in the world - Jenners, here.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14But shopping is definitely out of the question today, because it's all about selling. Flog It is in town.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Edinburgh truly is a remarkable place.
0:00:50 > 0:00:5316,000 buildings are listed as architecturally
0:00:53 > 0:00:57or historically important, and the whole city is a World Heritage site.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And what really makes Edinburgh special
0:01:00 > 0:01:05is its breathtaking landscape, set amongst volcanic hills.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Our home for today is Our Dynamic Earth, this striking building you can see behind me.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13It's at the foot of those volcanic hills,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17but thankfully they haven't erupted for 350 million years, so...
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I think we're safe today. Well, the volcano may be dormant, but we can't
0:01:22 > 0:01:25say the same for our experts, Adam Partridge and James Lewis.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30They're like coiled springs, so let's set them loose with the first valuation.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Now, Janet, I have to say, when I first saw you in the queue with this plate, I loved it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40But one thing I was not expecting and that was to turn it over and
0:01:40 > 0:01:46see that it was by Royal Worcester, because this is a classic piece
0:01:46 > 0:01:49of arts and crafts, art nouveau design.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It's just such a mishmash of styles.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57We've got almost Japanese influence here with the bamboo lattice border,
0:01:57 > 0:02:04then you've got these arts and crafts flower heads, then you've got these art nouveau scrolling tendrils.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10And you've got these great budgies in the middle of it! Really odd, but tell me, how did it come to be here?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It's always been referred to at home as the budgie plate.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18It was my granny's and she used it for bread,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20but after she went to stay with my mother,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23it was hung on the wall,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27and after my mother died, it got put in a cupboard and that's where
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- it's been for the last eight years. - Really?
0:02:30 > 0:02:37Well, I should think, when it was fashionable, from 1880 to 1900, this would have been certainly not
0:02:37 > 0:02:42in the cupboard but out on proud display, because it's by Royal Worcester, one of the
0:02:42 > 0:02:47leading factories, and if we look at the mark on the back, we've done this so many times on Flog It,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48but look at the dots.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51The first one put on in 1891.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Five of them.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57So 1891, '92, '93, '94, '95.
0:02:57 > 0:03:011895. And also we've got a painter's initials, there.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06It's not somebody I know. It's not one of the major Royal Worcester
0:03:06 > 0:03:10artists, but this now comes under two different collecting fields.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12There are those people that collect Royal Worcester,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17but there are also those people that collect anything to do with budgies.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Yeah! Those are the budgie collectors and breeders in the UK.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23What do you think it's worth?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I have no idea. To me it's a plate.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33- Do you know, to be honest, I don't know either!- That's two of us, then. - I've never seen one, but I love it.
0:03:33 > 0:03:39But you always have to be careful that when you love something, you don't go over the top.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44But a lovely thing, and I think if we put an estimate of £40 to £60 on it, I think we should be about there.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Very good. - If it makes more, I'll be thrilled.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50So will I!
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- So on that basis, are you happy to send it off to auction? - Very happy.- Lovely.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Because I don't want it to be in the cupboard for the rest of its life.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58No, it's great! It shouldn't be in the cupboard.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Somebody will really love that. Let's see what it does.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Hello, Marjorie.- Hello.- I'm Adam.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Pleased to meet you. - Pleased to meet you too.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15I always find it quite sad sometimes when people are selling medals.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Are these family medals? - They were my grandfather's medals.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22And can I ask why you've brought them along to Flog It today?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- There's nobody else in the family to leave them to.- Right.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28It's just my brother and I. Neither of us are married, so...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Well, that makes a little more sense.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33When people have children and grandchildren and everything
0:04:33 > 0:04:36else, you think, "What a shame that the family history's going,"
0:04:36 > 0:04:39but now I can understand it a bit more.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42So they're going to be named along the side to your grandfather, there?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yes, it should be P Kerr or Peter Kerr.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Gunner P Kerr.- Yes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49There we are. RA. Royal Artillery.
0:04:49 > 0:04:56- Yes.- There we are. So this is the war medal and the victory medal from the First World War.- Right.
0:04:56 > 0:05:03- The 1914-1918 war, and this one is known as the Mons Angel.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Little bronze plaque there, which depicts these French soldiers with their
0:05:08 > 0:05:13bayonets drawn, and you can see on the bottom "Victoire De La Marne",
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- which is 1914. And you can see the French flag on the side.- Yes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Now, they're all fairly ordinary items to the collectors, so that's
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- why we're going to suggest selling them as a group.- That's fine.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- Estimate would suggest £50 to £80 on them.- Yes.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- I think they should make that. Maybe more.- Good.- I think we should put a reserve of 50 on.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- That's fine, yes.- Because we don't want them going for 20 quid.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- No.- Because everybody's going to be unhappy then.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42So, do you collect anything else?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- I collect thimbles. - I had a feeling you were a collector.- A collector of thimbles.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- What's the term for a thimble collector?- A digitabulist.- A digitabulist?
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- Digitabulist.- How many thimbles do you have?- About 1,000.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- 1,000?- And I never use them and I can't sew!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Why thimbles? Because they're small and pretty?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Because they were small and pretty and somebody bought me one.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07The first one, I think, was Charles and Diana's wedding.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- OK.- And children of a friend bought them for me. - So it's only been 20 years or so
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- you've been collecting them? - Yes.- 1,000 in 20 years.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17I belong to a thimble club as well, so I buy from them.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Just ceramic or silver, gold? - Oh, silver. I've got one made
0:06:20 > 0:06:24out of Edinburgh rock, I've got a KGB thimble,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I've got one made out of salmon skin, crystal, wood.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- So you've got pretty much an example of every known type of thimble?- Yes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Very good. So £50 to £80.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Not a lot of money, but I bet I can guess where it might go.- Oh.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- More thimbles?- No!- No?- No.- OK.- No, I'm going to New York
0:06:45 > 0:06:50just before Christmas for Macy's sale. So some of it will go to that.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- I shouldn't have presumed, should I?- Some of it'll go there. The rest will go to my brother.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Oh, of course. Yes. You must...- Keep him sweet.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- ..split it with your brother. - Yes.- Because he might be watching. - He probably will be!
0:07:06 > 0:07:13Lynn, coming here to Edinburgh, I was expecting to see Scottish provincial silver, Wemyss pottery.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Just about the last thing on the list was a bit of Meissen porcelain. So tell me, what's it doing here?
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Well, I was left it in my parents' will when they died
0:07:23 > 0:07:31and I've had it now since about 1979, and because I've got a small house,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34it usually just stays in the cupboard under lock and key.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40So is this part of a collection or is it a one-off that your parents had?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45Oh, no. My mother collected china and she collected china in all forms.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Older china,
0:07:47 > 0:07:53little tiny cups from various countries that she visited.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Oh. So is this something that you think she brought back when she was visiting Germany?
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- I think so, yes. Probably, yes. - Because what we're looking at here is...
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Well, they were called tea or coffee for one, but they were also called cabaret sets, and sometimes
0:08:07 > 0:08:12you'd expect to see just one cup and saucer, but if you give it a bit
0:08:12 > 0:08:16of a move around, there is room for two, which would have been a cabaret set.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21So this was probably made around 1950, 1960.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25It could be 1930s at the earliest, really.
0:08:25 > 0:08:32But this style was continuously produced from about 1760, 1770,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35all the way through into the 20th century.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41Now, the Meissen mark is probably the most famous mark of all porcelain factories.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42If we turn it over,
0:08:42 > 0:08:48there we have the famous under-glazed blue swords of Meissen.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And people pick up a piece of porcelain
0:08:50 > 0:08:54and turn it over and see those and assume instantly that it's Meissen.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58But that is also the most copied of marks.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04So you see this mark not only on Meissen porcelain but on Paris porcelain from France,
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Samson porcelain from France, and also Staffordshire did it,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Minton porcelain from England used the crossed swords mark.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16One of the ways of confirming it's Meissen is to see these
0:09:16 > 0:09:21impressed marks together with the blue swords. And it's a great set.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26It's in good order. We've got a little tiny chip there, but really that's nothing to work about.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- That was there when I got the set. - It looks as if it's been there for a long time.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- Yes.- But it's pretty.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It does have a limited demand.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40We're always saying how out of fashion tea and coffee services are, but when it comes to something
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- like this, that would just look so pretty on the side, wouldn't it?- Yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48It's not necessarily a useful thing - it's more of a decorative object now.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Yes.- And there is a market for them.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56A little set like that at auction, I should think if we put an estimate of £70 to £100 on it,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00it should make that. If it makes over 100, 120, then we've done very, very well.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Shall we put 70 on it as a reserve?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Yes.- Let's do that. Sure you want to sell it?- Yes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- Yeah? Let's take it to auction and see how we do.- Thank you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14And we're about to do just that, so let's have another look
0:10:14 > 0:10:17at all the items that are going under the hammer.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20James loves this unusual Royal Worcester plate.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Let's hope the bidders do too, and Janet's budgie flies away today.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Marjorie wants the sale of these First World War medals to provide
0:10:28 > 0:10:32her with plenty of spending money for her shopping trip to the Big Apple.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35And tea sets aren't the most fashionable right now,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38but it only takes a couple of bidders to push the price up,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41so it could be a refreshing result for Lynn.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44For today's sale, we've nipped down the road to Rosewell,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47just south of Edinburgh, to Thomson Roddick Auction Rooms.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51This is a wonderful old auction house. It did have a different past.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56It is an antique within itself and it's just had a new facelift.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Our auctioneer is Sybelle Thomson, who's leading the proceedings,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03and the first item to go under the hammer is the Royal Worcester.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07The Royal Worcester plate with the budgie design on it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13It belongs to Janet. We've got the plate. We don't have Janet but we've got her sister, Helen. I like this.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- I really like this.- Two budgies.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- Was this Grandma's?- Yes, it was. Yes.- And this got divided up between the two of you.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Yes. I can remember it hanging on the living room wall at my mum's house but, you know,
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- she never did anything with it, but my granny used to put bread on it. - Ah!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Right, we've got £40 to £60, James.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- It's not a lot of money, is it? - It's not a lot, but it's hand-painted,
0:11:35 > 0:11:41it's got a bit of transfer-printing there, but it's a lovely design. It's just a very acquired taste.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- Yeah. The budgies will sell it!- I hope so.- Of course they will. Let's give it the tweetment.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Here we go. This is it.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49284, Royal Worcester.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52And I can start this at £20. 20 bid.
0:11:52 > 0:11:5820 bid. 20 bid. 25, 30, five, 40, five, 45.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Any advance on 45?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02For Worcester at £45.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- It's gone down. £45, Helen.- Yes. - That's OK.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- That's fine.- You're happy with that, aren't you?- I'm quite happy, yes. - You looked slightly worried, there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- No, no, no. No point it lying in a drawer, is there?- Exactly, no.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Get it out there and flog it. That's what it's all about, isn't it? If you don't want it.- Yes, exactly.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Right, it's Marjorie's turn now.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29We've got a Royal Artillery medal and that plaque.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- Yes.- It was your grandfather's.- It was.- We've got a top-end estimate put on by Adam, our expert, at £80.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Could we do any more on that?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Probably not, but these have all got a certain book value in a way,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44so I think probably fairly accurate.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- I'm touching wood, here! - It's sort of an academic piece, really, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- Yeah, interesting, but not especially valuable, I don't think. - OK. OK. Well, fingers crossed.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Yes.- This is it.- Everything crossed! - This is the moment we've been waiting for, isn't it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Yes.- Right, here we go.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Various bids on this and we start them at £35.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0735, 38, 40, five, 50, five, 55.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Anyone going on at 55? For the medals at £55?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Who am I missing?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Selling to the gentleman at 55.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- At £55.- Hammer's going down.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- £55.- Good.- That's OK, isn't it?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Yes, yes.- That's good.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25No major surprise, but it's pretty much what we thought.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- And that's supper out, really, isn't it?- Well, yes.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- It's not a lot of shopping.- No. Well, it'll go towards it. It'll go towards it.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It's Lynn's little Meissen tea set.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I like this. It's quite cute.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47It's not like a big, big tea set, more like a little trio, but there are four or five pieces.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- And it was your mum's, wasn't it? - Yes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- They never used it?- No, no, no.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- And you've never used it?- No.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- The condition is immaculate.- Yes.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- And we've got £70 to £100 on this? - Yes.- It's in the 18th-century style.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- It does have the look. - But 20th century.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- But 20th century.- If we were talking about 19th century, it'd be mid-hundreds.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10If we were talking about 18th century, it would be thousands.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Yes.- But it's still a really lovely-quality lot.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Yes. Good luck, Lynn.- Thank you.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Hopefully we can get you the top end. This is it.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19The Meissen coffee set.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24I've lots of bids on this and I'm starting at £200. 200? 200?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26200? 200?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29200? 200? Who's going on at 200?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- That is more like it!- Wonderful!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34200? 200? Selling all the time at 200.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Any advance on 200? 220, 240.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40240? 240?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Selling on commission at £240.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Yes! Gosh, straight in at £200.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Very good, eh?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- That's what I call a very good result.- That is fantastic.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- I'm really pleased.- Thank you very much.- So, there's commission to pay.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00It's 15%. They deduct that from the cheque that they send you in the post.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02So what will you put that towards?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I'll put it towards a holiday to Vancouver.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- To Canada, to Vancouver?- Yes.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Have you family out there?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Yes, I've got my brother and his wife and his children.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. - So that'll really help.- A family reunion Canada.- Very nice.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- It's great to see you, Lynn. - Thank you very much. - What a good result!
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Well, some good results there. We're now halfway through our auction.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35We're coming back here later on in the show, so don't go away.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40But we've just seen how this place has worked as an auction room, but it hasn't always been that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43For years, it was run in the style of a Gothenburg pub.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47To understand what that means and why, we've got to go back in time.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Now, the story starts deep underground, where thousands
0:16:03 > 0:16:06of people risked their lives searching for Scotland's black diamonds.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Now, that's coal to you and me.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Coalmining has existed in this part of Scotland since the 13th century.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18With the Industrial Revolution, demand for this valuable resource rocketed.
0:16:18 > 0:16:25The small mines in the area were failing to keep up, and the industry was about to go super-size.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29The Lady Victoria Colliery is now home to the Scottish Mining Museum.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34It was sunk in the early 1890s by the Lothian Coal Company.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39It was the first of Scotland's super-pits and it was to prove innovative in many ways.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51New technologies, including the use of steel pit props and electricity for power and light,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54made it the greatest mine of its age.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58In its lifetime, it produced a record 40 million tonnes of coal,
0:16:58 > 0:17:04and all of that was hauled up the 500m shaft by the largest winding engine in Scotland.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15But perhaps the best innovation of all came with the Lothian Coal Company's treatment of its workers.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Founder Archibald Hood believed that a happy worker was a productive worker, and raising their living
0:17:20 > 0:17:25standards was just as important as improving their working conditions.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30So he set about building the model village for his workforce and here at Newtongrange,
0:17:30 > 0:17:35each miner was given good housing, complete with its own front and back gardens,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37so they got some outside space.
0:17:37 > 0:17:45It was a pioneering scheme. And it wasn't just housing. There was a welfare park,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49bowling green, a picture house and even a pub, the Dean Tavern.
0:17:49 > 0:17:56Now, the pub is called a Gothenburg, which meant it was run like a trust and all of the profits it made were
0:17:56 > 0:18:02used to benefit the local community, and the name came from the town in Sweden where the system originated.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08Archibald Hood introduced many other Gothenburgs to villages in the surrounding area too.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13'It all sounds great, but things aren't always as good as they seem, and local historian Ian MacDougall
0:18:13 > 0:18:20'is here to explain why and tell me about the notorious colliery manager who was in charge of it all.'
0:18:20 > 0:18:23So what was life like back in the early 20th century,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26working for the Lothian Mine Company here in Newtongrange?
0:18:26 > 0:18:31Well, very hard, as it was for all miners, whichever company they worked for in that period.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37A very dangerous job indeed, with serious accidents, almost daily occurrences,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39fatalities.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- I want to know all about this guy, the manager.- Mungo Mackay.
0:18:43 > 0:18:50Well, he was a tall man, 6ft tall, a very commanding presence.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56He apparently carried a walking stick about with him, always, and used it on occasions to enforce...
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Administer a little bit of force.
0:18:58 > 0:19:05Well, he was in control of most of the pits of the Lothian Coal Company
0:19:05 > 0:19:09from the 1890s until virtually his death.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14He controlled the miners not only down the pit, but the miners and their families in the houses that
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- the Lothian Coal Company provided for them.- But at least these miners had houses.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22They were given accommodation, with little back gardens.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25So life was OK at points?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Well, in that way, yes.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33But they were tied houses, so as long as you had the job, as you say, you could have the house.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35If you lost your job, you also lost the house.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- So it kept you in work, so you didn't want to argue against Mungo.- Exactly.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Otherwise you'd make your wife and kids homeless.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45That's right. It was another means by which he was able to control the miners, both down the pit...
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Sort of more like that, really, under the thumb, so to speak.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Did he have anything to do with his pub?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Very much. The Dean Tavern, the pub we're sitting in here,
0:19:55 > 0:20:00was founded by the Lothian Coal Company in 1899.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03So you couldn't even come here for a drink, after a hard day's work?!
0:20:03 > 0:20:08You would be very wary, unless they were numbered among his informers and spies.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- You'd be very wary.- Because he was always spying on them?
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Well, this was one of the bases, the old miners said, of his great power
0:20:16 > 0:20:18in the village and in the pit.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23He used, they thought, about half a dozen men.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Sneaks, yeah.- They listened.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30For instance, if a miner came to the Dean Tavern on a Saturday night
0:20:30 > 0:20:35and met his friends and had a drink or two and got a bit merry,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40and went home and his wife was waiting for him, a bit disgruntled,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44as Burns put it, "nursing her wrath to keep it warm,"
0:20:44 > 0:20:47and an argument ensued between husband and wife,
0:20:47 > 0:20:54and one of Mungo's spies happened to live next door or was passing in the street
0:20:54 > 0:20:56the miner would be reported.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00He was summoned up to the green table and told if he didn't behave himself
0:21:00 > 0:21:04in his house with his wife, he'd be put out. He'd be evicted.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08And there were examples of miners and their wives and children
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- being evicted onto the street by Mungo Mackay.- Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21'There was another side to him.'
0:21:21 > 0:21:26He was unanimously considered to be an outstandingly able mining engineer,
0:21:26 > 0:21:31probably the most able mining engineer in Scotland in his generation.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34So he was a good thing for the mine? He made it a profit?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35He certainly did, yes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Lady Victoria Pit,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41which was the main one of the Lothian Coal Company, here in Newtongrange,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45was an extremely profitable, well-run pit, and he saw to that.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Mungo is long gone and the Lady Victoria no longer a working pit,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56but the Dean Tavern is still here,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59it's still at the centre of the community today
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and it's still run as a Gothenburg pub.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Sadly, most of the others didn't survive.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14We'll return to the mining town of Rosewell later
0:22:14 > 0:22:17but for now, Adam's spotted something quite unusual.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- Welcome to Flog It. What's your name?- Fay.- Fay?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23And what's that short for?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Euphemia.- Euphemia! That's an unusual name, isn't it?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Yes, it is. - Is that a Greek-derived name?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Well, I was told it was Greek,
0:22:32 > 0:22:36and my father's brother married a Greek girl
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- and that's what her name was.- OK.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Euphemia. - But you want me to call you Fay?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42- Fay.- OK.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45You've brought along something that I've never seen before.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Where did you get this bowling ball decanter from?- Singapore.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Right. And when did you get it?
0:22:50 > 0:22:521968.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Right. So would you like to demonstrate what it does?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02You take the top off,
0:23:02 > 0:23:03there's a drinks set,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- then you take the decanter out. - And then it plays.- And it plays.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10What's the song that it's playing?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12TINKLY MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It's 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning,' isn't it?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Put that back in and that stops it playing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Have you ever used it?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- No.- No! It's not the sort of thing you'd use. Do you play bowls?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I used to, in Singapore.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Right. Did you live in Singapore?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31My husband was in the RAF.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- Right, OK. I bet it brings back some memories, doesn't it?- It does.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40It's the place where I adopted my son, in Singapore.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- He's here today, isn't he? - He's here.- He's a nice boy.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I met him as well.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49We came home here in 1971
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- and I fell pregnant with my daughter that I have now.- Oh, really?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I was told I couldnae have any children.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Oh, that's lovely.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00So there are a lot of memories associated, aren't there?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- I hope you've got other things that remind you of those times. - Oh, yes, a lot.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- So selling this doesn't mean it's forgotten about.- That's right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- So you're having a clear-out?- I am,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14because my family doesn't want them, so what's the use of keeping them?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Well, it's good fun, isn't it? It's a quirky object.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21More and more people are interested in 20th-century novelty stuff.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- I don't know it's going to make a lot, really. - I'm not bothered about that.- OK.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- But we'll put it in the auction. - I'm just happy to meet you lot.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Ah! Excellent!
0:24:32 > 0:24:35We'll put an estimate of £20 to £40, shall we?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- Lovely.- We'll put no reserve on it, let it go, and hopefully...
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- It'll get a good home. - ..we'll get a good home for it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I'll see you again at the auction and we'll stand there together
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and hope it bowls them over.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Thanks for coming to Flog It.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Jeanette, have you come far today?
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Just about six miles. Not far.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- Oh, not too far.- No.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Well, if you had come a long way, and you were in the 19th century,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- this is the sort of thing that you'd bring with you.- Oh, right.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10It's basically a lady's or a gentleman's travelling companion.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13It would have come in probably a leather case,
0:25:13 > 0:25:18or a shagreen or shark skin case, to protect this rosewood.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22And it's beautifully fitted with little jars and covers
0:25:22 > 0:25:24that would be silver plated to start with.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28This would be for face powder and ointments and creams
0:25:28 > 0:25:31but also here, we've got two inkwells.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34One for black ink and one for red ink.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37And under there, pen compartment,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40gaps here for scissors and nail buffers and that sort of thing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43And in here, for your letters and papers.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I'm sure you've seen it, but at the side we always have
0:25:46 > 0:25:51- a little secret compartment there to keep your jewellery in as well.- Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55So how did you come to have it? Is it a family piece?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59It was given to me by my mum's friend. When her mother-in-law died,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00she was clearing out her house
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and she said, "You pick anything you like."
0:26:03 > 0:26:06This was something that I saw and I immediately liked,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08and thought, "No, I would like to keep that."
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I've had it for about 20 years now,
0:26:10 > 0:26:14and it just sits on a shelf and stores buttons and things like that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- Oh, really? So you have at least been using it.- Yes.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Not very practical, I'm afraid.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23You could just never use it today, could you?
0:26:23 > 0:26:27The little mother-of-pearl section on the top there
0:26:27 > 0:26:29was to engrave your name or initials.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34We call it rosewood because of the smell when the tree was cut down.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36This is a South American tree
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- and when they cut through the wood it smells of roses.- Oh, right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41That's why it's called rosewood.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Not, as many people think, from rose bushes in the back garden!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47But there we are.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Date-wise, it's about 1840, 1850.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Really? I never realised it was as old as that.- Very early Victorian.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59- Very plain, very standard in form, but a good, practical object.- Yes.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01So, what do you think it's worth?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'd probably have thought about 150.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Ooh, I'm going to disappoint you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- That's all right.- 50.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Really?- Yeah.- Yeah.- But it does just show, though, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14It does just show that antiques are affordable.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18For something of that age, what a thing to buy.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20It's not in good condition, either.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It needs a polish. We've got bits of veneer missing at the front here,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- but other than that it's not bad. - Mm-hmm.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Saying it's 150 years old, it's not bad.- Yeah.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33So £50 to £70 as an estimate.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- If it makes more than that, great. - Yeah.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- But I don't think it'll make your 150.- Not bothered about that.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Are you sure?- Yeah, absolutely. - Still want to flog it?- Yes, yes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Let's take it along and see how we do.- OK!
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Can you guess what it is? It's got form. It's got sculptural form.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Take a closer look.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You can just make out it's an elephant.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- Yes.- That's exactly what it is. Are you a modernist?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05No, I'm a bit old-fashioned, really.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06- You're a traditionalist?- Yes.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- You like your proper antiques. - Yes, I do.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Right, OK. So, do you know what this is?
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Yes, it was a promotion by Nairn Williamson of Fife, early 70s.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- 73.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24And the elephant was chosen, really, for its sculptural form
0:28:24 > 0:28:26and also because it can retain a lot of information.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29And that's where the information is, inside there,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32because lots of documents were kept in there.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I think it's absolutely stunning.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40This was designed by the British artist Eduardo Paolozzi.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43In fact he's Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's for the Nairn Flooring Company.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- That's correct.- Cushion floor.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52- Yes.- And plastic flooring.- And armour flooring as well.- Yes, you're right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54It was very popular in the 70s,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58everybody had to have that sort of flooring in their kitchen, in a way.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01This was for the reps to have, really.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03The reps kept their paperwork in there.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It's made of the same material that was used in the flooring
0:29:08 > 0:29:10but when you look at it, for me,
0:29:10 > 0:29:17that really does sum up that sort of cubic block work of the 60s.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20You know, the late 60s? The brutal architecture of the South Bank.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22You know, when you see the South Bank?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- Yeah.- And you see the architecture, that drab grey.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27But that really appeals to me.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30That really does appeal to me, and I love this little elephant.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34I really do. Problem is, we've got some damage there, haven't we?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Yes, we have.- Just there. Let me take that bit off.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40So how did the trunk get broken?
0:29:40 > 0:29:46We used to handle it by lifting it by the trunk and we used to keep our bank books in there.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51And it used to just sit on a unit and you just picked it up, and through time it just got broken.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53You picked it up by the trunk?
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Yes.- That's the kind of thing I would do, though, so I can't get annoyed with you.- No.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00These were freebies, really. The reps had them.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03That's really good, look. I've turned it upside down.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07You can see a signature there, just at the bottom, there.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- This is number 244 out of a limited range of 3,000.- Yeah.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Which is striked into the base. I think it's fantastic.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19The fact that it's limited edition will add to the value of it.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Right.- Unfortunately...
0:30:22 > 0:30:28- The trunk's not...- The trunk's damaged. That will detract from its provenance and its value.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Have you any idea what this is worth?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I said to my wife, "If it's a couple of hundred pounds, it's always something."
0:30:35 > 0:30:38It's been sitting in the attic for 31 years.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- 31 years!- Yes.- Gosh!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44It's not going to be everybody's cup of tea. What does the wife think?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47She doesn't like it at all. She never has.
0:30:47 > 0:30:53I can put up with it but, as I say, it's been up in the attic for so many years now.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59- I'll be as well getting rid of it before any more damage happens to it, actually.- Yeah.
0:30:59 > 0:31:05Well, I think we could put it into auction with a value of 200 to 300 quite easily.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I think it is quite rare. I don't know how many have survived.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12I know the Victoria and Albert Museum have one example.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- That's right. - So it's in good company, isn't it?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Oh, it is.- I think it's great.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I really do think it's great.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21It's one of the quirkiest things I've seen on Flog It!
0:31:21 > 0:31:26It's definitely good, contemporary 20th-century modern and I think that's the way
0:31:26 > 0:31:30the antiques and art market is going right now. That's where the big money's spent.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Let's hope big money's spent on this little elephant, Bill. - We'll just have to wait and see.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37We'll find out later on in the show, that's for sure.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Good day to you, George.- Good day. - How are you doing?- Fine. Very well.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Good. You've brought this lovely gold pencil. What can you tell us about it?
0:31:49 > 0:31:54Well, it was given to me by a friend that I used to care for for about
0:31:54 > 0:32:0120 years, and he had told me he'd received it in 1950 as a present.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Well, that sounds absolutely right, judging by the design of the pen and
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- the case and everything else, it dates to about the 1950s.- Yeah.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13That's right. You've got a nine carat gold pen with this engine-turned
0:32:13 > 0:32:18decoration, and it was retailed by the famous firm Mappin & Webb.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Yes.- So that was a nice thing to give to you, wasn't it?- Yes, it was.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24And have you used it since?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27No, I've never used it at all. I've just had it lying in the drawer.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30It's not the sort of thing you use on a daily basis, is it?
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- No.- But it's the sort of thing that every gentleman should have, if they've got everything else.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36"What else shall I get?"
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- "What shall we get him for Christmas?" "How about a gold pencil?"- Uh-huh.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46It's quite interesting and nice. When you get that out, it propels.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50You turn the end and there the lead comes out.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Any idea what it might be worth?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Well, I maybe think about 50.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- 50 quid?- 50 quid.- Good guess.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Pretty good guess. I would think it should make £50 or £60.
0:33:02 > 0:33:09Gold prices are quite strong and also, it's still quite popular in the current gift market.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12So that's the sort of price we'd put it at. And why are you selling it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Just because it's never used and it just lies there and I thought I may as well sell it now.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Not doing much good in a drawer, is it?
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- No.- And would you have anything in particular you'd spend the money on?
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- I'd just maybe put it towards a holiday.- Oh, yeah?- That's right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Anywhere in particular? Where do you like going?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Well, I don't go abroad now but I think maybe just
0:33:35 > 0:33:37down south somewhere, you know?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- OK.- I've friends in Marazion.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- In where?- In Cornwall.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- Oh, right.- In Penzance. Marazion.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45OK. So you could go there?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- I could go there.- Very good. Would you like to put a reserve on it?
0:33:48 > 0:33:52- I think I'll put a reserve on it, yes.- What do you think we should put?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56At what price would you rather stick it back in the drawer?
0:33:56 > 0:33:57- Oh, well...- 40?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Yes, I think so. Yes. - Shall we stick 40?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- If it doesn't make that, it's worth keeping.- That's right.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Let's hope, if it makes 50 or 60, we'll both be right, won't we?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- That's fine. - And that's a lovely feeling.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10So thanks for coming along.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Thank you very much.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17It's auction time again and here's our remaining lots.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Fay brought this bowling ball all the way back from Singapore.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Will it hit its target and achieve a strike today?
0:34:24 > 0:34:29Jeanette's travelling compendium has also covered its fair share of miles over the years
0:34:29 > 0:34:33and with no reserve on it, it'll definitely be journeying onwards.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36No-one's going to be able to ignore Paolozzi's elephant in the auction
0:34:36 > 0:34:42room but will the damaged trunk ruin Bill's chances of a good sale?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45And will George's nine carat gold pencil
0:34:45 > 0:34:49propel its way to a golden price?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Just before the auction starts, I'm keen to hear what auctioneer
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Sybelle Thomson thinks of Eduardo Paolozzi's thoroughly modern elephant
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Gosh, my eyes lit up when this walked in.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Well, it didn't actually walk in by itself, Sybelle.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Bill brought this along. It's a shame about the damage on the trunk.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I said, "How did that happen?" and he said he used to
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- carry it around by the trunk. - Oh, dear! What a shame.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14- Yeah.- But, oh, it's a great piece.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17And very rare.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21But how many have survived, I don't know. I've said £300.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25But I think a lot won't have survived, because it was produced by Nairn's Lino in Kirkcaldy.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28It was a publicity thing. They gave them away.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32And the reps would have given them away and the people would have probably thought...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- What a funny-looking elephant.- Yeah.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37So I think it'll do well. And he is in the news a lot at the moment.
0:35:37 > 0:35:44Yes. Well, obviously, the exhibition at Edinburgh, the big gallery there, and local boy.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Wonder if the gallery's got one.
0:35:47 > 0:35:53I bet they have. Do you know, I think, at the end of the sale, we'll know how many have survived.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Because the bidding will dictate that and tell us, won't it?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58There's been a lot of interest off the internet.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- Has there been much?- Yeah, we've got a couple of phone bids booked and
0:36:02 > 0:36:05one or two private collectors who collect his work are interested.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09So, £600 to £800, possibly?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Possibly. I'm quietly confident. - Good.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23If you love bowling you will love this next lot.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27It's that lovely little decanter. It belongs to Euphemia, here,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and Kevin. Good to see you again.
0:36:29 > 0:36:35Now, you are mad keen on bowling, or you were, won't you?
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- Yes.- Yes!- I was sponsored by Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes in Singapore.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42So you were pretty good?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You were pretty good, I'd say, wasn't she, Kevin?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I think she was, yes.- Yeah. - I've got medals as well.- Have you?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Yeah.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Adam, red hot on the skittles, there.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Yeah. Distinguished company.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Mmm. I'm useless at that. Absolutely useless.- Are you?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01The ball goes all over the place.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03But we've got a valuation of £20 to £40.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Yes, I think we're on the right lines. It's a novelty item.- Yeah.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I can't see it being worth a fortune but it would be nice if it...
0:37:09 > 0:37:12I think it's so kitsch, it's fantastic.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14It's such a nice surprise.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Yes.- You don't know what'll happen. - That's right.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19We don't know what'll happen right now, but we'll find out.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21It's going under the hammer now.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23178a, the Japanese bowler's decanter.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Rather unusual, with the musical movement.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28And I've bids on this and we're starting at 12 bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3012 bid. 12 bid. 12 bid. 12 bid.
0:37:30 > 0:37:3815, 18, 20, two, five, eight, 30, two, five, eight,
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- 40, two. 42. 42.- Well, this is good!
0:37:42 > 0:37:4342. 45.
0:37:43 > 0:37:4745. 45. Anyone else want in at 45?
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- At £45.- Yes!
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Good.- Oh, the skittle's down, there.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Adam said that it would be about that.- He did, didn't he?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00He knows his onions, Adam does.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- There was no reserve, was there? - No, that's right.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04It had to go. Let it roll.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Let it roll! Roll with it.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09That's really good, isn't it? What are you going to do with the £45?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- I'm putting it to the Heart Foundation.- The Heart Foundation?
0:38:12 > 0:38:17- I've had problems with my heart so I'm putting it to the Heart Foundation.- That's really nice.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21I wish people who bought stuff from charity shops and profited on it would do the same.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26Oh, there's a lot of sick kids in Edinburgh Hospital as well.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- You're very kind lady, aren't you? - Yeah.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- Isn't she, Kevin?- Yes. - I've done the can-can for sick kids.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- And got £600.- You did the can-can?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Didn't I do the can-can?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Yes, you did.- # Duh duh duh duh... #
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Shall we have a...? - I cannae do it now!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43You can't!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Jeanette, I like this little travelling compendium.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Lady's or gent's. Not a great deal of money but it's all there.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- Yeah, it's got a few faults but with a bit of love and care, it could have a great colour.- Yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Let's hope we get that top end, plus a little bit more, shall we?
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- That would be nice, yes. - That's what we want. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Rosewood travelling compendium.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15£50 for this? 50? 30?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Come on. It's got the decorator's look, hasn't it?
0:39:17 > 0:39:2340, five, 50, five, 60, five, 70, five, 80.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25£80. On my right at £80.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Any advance on 80? At £80.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31James, you're so right.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32- The top end, there.- That's fine.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- That was a steady climb, wasn't it? - Good.- Someone's now got a useful bit of storage.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Another button box.- Yes, absolutely. That was great.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- There's commission to pay but at least there's a bit of money in it.- That's fine.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46It'll do a couple of good lunches.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58I've been joined by George and Adam. We've got that gold Mappin & Webb pencil going under the hammer.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- You've had this for 20 years.- Yes.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Now it's time to let it go and flog it.- That's right, yes.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Let's hope we get the top end of Adam's estimate, yeah?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Were you happy with the estimate? - Yes.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11It should do the £60 to £90-odd, shouldn't it, Adam?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- Well... Certainly 50 or 60, anyway. - 50 or 60.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Yeah, I would have thought so. - Nine carat gold?- Yeah.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17It's going under the hammer now.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Let's do it! Come on, let's do it!
0:40:19 > 0:40:2320. 20 bid. 25, 30, five, 40, five, 50.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27£50. Any advance on £50?
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Yes! It's gone down. Just, just got it in estimate there, £50.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- Happy with that?- Yes, quite happy.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- Yes.- Sure?- Yes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- £10 above reserve, so it means there were two bidders.- Yeah.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- So at least we got a fair result. - Yeah.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49It's a packed saleroom, Bill.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- You've had the little elephant now 31 years?- Yes.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- I think it's time to flog, don't you?- Yes.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59We're going to do that right now. I had a quick chat to Sybelle and she loved it as well.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03It's iconic. It belongs here in Scotland and she said she's got a couple of phone bids.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- Has she?- Yes.- That's good.- Yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Shame about the damage, though.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Sybelle has been auctioning all day.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13She's taking a rest right now but on the rostrum we've got
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- her colleague, Willie Smith, so we'll leave it up to Willie to do the honours, shall we?- OK.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19And knock the hammer down on this.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- This is it.- Now we're coming on to lot 457a,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26the Nairn elephant sculpture document holder by Paolozzi.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29It's a very nice item. There's quite a lot of interest in it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31We're starting the bidding at £240.
0:41:31 > 0:41:39- Ooh, good!- Any advance on? 260, 280, 300, 320 beside me, 340.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41340 on commission, here.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Any advance on £340 for it?
0:41:43 > 0:41:48360 beside me. Any advance on £360? On the telephone at 360.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Oh, come on. Push the telephone.
0:41:49 > 0:41:56380, 400, 420, 440, 460,
0:41:56 > 0:42:02480, 500, 550, 600,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05650, 700.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07This is more like it, isn't it?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Yeah.- 750, 800. - Don't you just love auctions?
0:42:10 > 0:42:14850, 900, 950.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Oh, we're going to get the 1,000! - 950 this side on the telephone.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Are you bidding on the other side? 950 beside me on the telephone.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23All done at 950. 950.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24Bill! I think...
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Gosh, you must be so happy, surely?
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Yes. That'll pay for the new washing machine.- The new washing machine?
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Plus something else, hopefully?
0:42:31 > 0:42:35We've had our holiday this year so it will go towards next year's holiday.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37OK. There's a bit of commission. It's 15% here.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39That's how the auction room earns their money
0:42:39 > 0:42:43and their wages but nevertheless, that's a great result, isn't it?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- It really is. - Very pleased with that, yes.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Sadly, after all that excitement, we're at the end of our show.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58As you can see, the auction's still going on behind me
0:42:58 > 0:43:04but all our owners have gone home, and they've gone home happy because we've sold absolutely everything.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09And the highlight for me was Bill and his elephant, making a staggering £950.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13That is where the smart money is today, in 20th-century modern.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18If you've got anything like that, we'd love to see you at our next valuation day.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20So until the next time, it's cheerio.
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