0:00:06 > 0:00:10We've got a great crowd here of eager, boisterous owners.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13All enjoying the sunshine, aren't you? Yes!
0:00:13 > 0:00:18We've got the first signs of some interesting items, we've got a pair of likely-looking experts.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Today, we're in the historic town of Derby.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06This was once a Roman town, and then later it became a major Viking and Saxon settlement.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11And one of the city's most historic and famous buildings is this, Derby Cathedral. Look at it!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15And it has one of the tallest towers in the country.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Yet despite that, it's the smallest Anglican cathedral in England.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22But there's no time for sightseeing today.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25The queue is on its way in, and I'm desperate to see what they've got.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Well, this is our venue for today, the Grand Hall in Derby's Assembly Rooms.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35And I've already found some wonderful items,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38as have our crack team of experts, Philip Serrell and Michael Baggot.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42They're eager to get started, so let's get things under way.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- Joan, how are you doing?- Fine, thank you.- So, tell me about these, then.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Back in the '70s, I was working
0:01:56 > 0:02:00at the British military hospital in Nepal.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- So were you a nurse, doctor...? - I was a nurse.- You were nursing.
0:02:02 > 0:02:09I was out there partly as a midwife on the female ward, but as a general nurse, as well.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And you clearly loved it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I saw things medically that I'll never see again.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- I'm not sure - is that good or bad? - Depends on your tummy.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Oh, no, no, no, we won't go there, we won't go there!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Did you join up to do your nursing, or did you join up to see the world?
0:02:24 > 0:02:29I joined up to broaden my medical base.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- And you did that. - Certainly did. Yeah.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Because you were seeing your varicose veins and your hernias and...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Ooh, careful, careful. People at home haven't eaten yet, y'know!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Let's have a look at these.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41So, out in Nepal you bought these stones.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I bought the stones
0:02:44 > 0:02:46thinking, "When I get back to Hong Kong, I'll have them made
0:02:46 > 0:02:49"into jewellery that I'll wear as a memento."
0:02:49 > 0:02:52And I did wear them for a long while, but they've now
0:02:52 > 0:02:56been put away in the safe and they don't come out now, I'm afraid.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58So we've got
0:02:58 > 0:03:01a little amethyst necklace here
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- on a gold chain, and then we've got our amethyst earrings here.- Yes.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09And again, a gold set. And these are little peridots, aren't they?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Little peridots, yes.- One thing intrigues me with this, right?
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- Because I think the value of these, I would recommend that we sell these as one lot.- OK.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24And I think that we can look at an auction estimate of £60 to £90.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26We'll put a reserve on them of £60.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30One thing that just interests me is that when we started this conversation, you said, "When I
0:03:30 > 0:03:36- "was in Nepal, I bought some things there because I wanted to have some memories of my time there."- Mm.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- And now you don't. - But I've still got the silver items.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Ah, right, OK. I'll let you off.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I hope someone goes to the auction
0:03:43 > 0:03:50- and I hope that someone buys them who will really enjoy them and perhaps who will wear them.- Mm.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53That would be absolutely brilliant, so let's keep our fingers
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- crossed and let's hope that they do well at the auction for you.- Lovely.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Cath, you've made my day. You've brought me a piece of silver.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Oh, right!- Can you tell me where you got it from?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14This came from my mother-in-law,
0:04:14 > 0:04:19who's now died, and it was always in a cabinet in her house.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I don't know
0:04:21 > 0:04:26where it came from. I know now it's always been in her house for as long as I've known her.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32And then, when she died and we split up the goods and chattels, we ended up with the cup.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Do you think it had a family connection going back, or...?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I thought the initials on it were MW, and I think there was
0:04:39 > 0:04:42a connection with a family called Wall,
0:04:42 > 0:04:47but I don't think the initials are actually MW when you really study it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:54These script initials are usually very difficult to read, but I think it's HMJ.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Those initials don't mean anything.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I've destroyed the family story!
0:05:01 > 0:05:06On the other side we've got a lovely - as we should have - clear set of hallmarks, and we've got the maker's
0:05:06 > 0:05:12mark, which is SG over EW, which is Samuel Godby and Edward Wiggin.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Right.- We've got the lion passant that tells us it's sterling silver.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Right.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23We've got the leopard's head crowned which tells us it was assayed in London.
0:05:23 > 0:05:30- And we've got the date letter, which is a lower-case r, which is for 1792.- Wow!
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- And the last mark is the duty mark. - Right.
0:05:34 > 0:05:41That was simply to show that the duty, at this time sixpence an ounce, had been paid on this cup.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45And it's a lovely, typical two-handled loving cup.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49And these were actually hollow, these handles,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- which is why it's not the heaviest thing in the world.- Yeah.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55And we've got a little - there we go -
0:05:55 > 0:05:57a little hole just there...
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Oh, yes!- ..on the underside of the handle, and that's so when this
0:06:01 > 0:06:06hollow piece of metal is soldered to the body, there's something for the hot air, which expands, to escape...
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I hadn't noticed those.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- ..otherwise the handle would split. - Yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16It's a very nice thing. On the other side
0:06:16 > 0:06:22there's a dent there, and if you feel that with your fingers,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- that's quite thick. If you go down and feel that, that's a little bit thin.- Oh, it is!
0:06:27 > 0:06:30And what's happened there is you've probably had the original
0:06:30 > 0:06:34crest or initials of the first person that owned this cup,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38and then they've decided to sell it, and so their initials have been
0:06:38 > 0:06:43taken off, left a thin patch, which you couldn't re-engrave over.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- So what do you do? You go to the other side and engrave there.- I didn't realise that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51That and the fact that one of the handles has popped off...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Mm!- ..is about the only thing against it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56As a piece of Georgian silver, it's got a value.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Any idea of what that might be?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I haven't. No.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Because it's a standard form and because it needs a tiny little
0:07:03 > 0:07:08bit of work, it should be £200 to £300 all day long in the saleroom.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12So we can put it in for that and put a fixed reserve of £200 on it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- Oh, right!- I imagine James - because we're going to James's auction house
0:07:16 > 0:07:19in Derby - will be delighted to see it and have it in his sale.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25- Right. And would you get the silver polish at work on it before the sale? - Clean it up?
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- People do ask me, "Should I clean my silver before going to auction?" Absolutely not.- No.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35That colour, that sort of grey-blue, shows you that it's been in private
0:07:35 > 0:07:41hands for about forty or 50 years untouched, and that's what all the collectors and dealers want to see.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Oh, right!- So that will help it, if anything.- Right.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- But we'll pop it into the auction and hope it does really well for you, Cath.- Oh, thank you very much!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Who am I talking to? Mother and daughter. What was your name?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Muriel. - Muriel. And...?- Felicity.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Felicity. Right, OK. Well, you're holding this little doll.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07It's got a nice bisque head, actually, but I think it's quite ugly. This was yours, wasn't it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Yes. It used to go on the Christmas tree when I was a child.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12- Did it not frighten you?- No!
0:08:12 > 0:08:18My sister and I thought the pinnacle of Christmas was to put the fairy on the top of the tree.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- We thought it was lovely. - Well, it is a purpose-built fairy.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23It's got little wings on the back, hasn't it?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25You've got the wand, haven't you?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- We have, but the little star has come off.- OK.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30And it used to be fixed in her hand.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I don't know, I think it was sewn onto her hand. I'm not sure.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35So, when did you inherit this?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- I've probably had it about five or ten years.- Ooh, no, longer than that.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Since my children were little.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Right, OK. So it got passed along, and you thought, "Right, OK, I'm going to decorate the tree for
0:08:45 > 0:08:48"the first time," and you put it at the top of the tree...
0:08:48 > 0:08:49- Yes, my children didn't like it. - I bet they freaked out.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- They think it's a bit ghoulish. - Do you know, I do as well!
0:08:53 > 0:08:58If I was six years old and I got up early in the morning Christmas morning and I came downstairs
0:08:58 > 0:09:03to open my presents, and as I looked up and saw her at the top of the tree, I'd run a mile!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- I'd go back to bed and hide under the sheet.- Yes, with her strange eyes blinking at you...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- You don't like it, do you? - I don't really like it.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13She's never actually been on top of the tree any Christmas.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17No. I don't blame you. I think she's lovely. She's got a porcelain head.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I mean, I like the idea.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Composite arms and legs. They articulate. She needs dental work, that's for sure! Look at her teeth.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Dreadful!- That's really scary.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29The fact that the eyes are articulative and they move as well
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and flutter, really, really does spook me. But she's in fact German.
0:09:32 > 0:09:39She's 1920s, and she does have a value and she is collectable for a doll collector, believe it or not.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42But the value's round £40 to £60, and it's not a lot of money.
0:09:42 > 0:09:49But I think, because this has been in your family three generations and hopefully it'll pass on again,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I think its social history is worth more.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- So she can come out once a year. - Yeah. That's it!- For a few minutes!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Peter and Chris, good of you to come to Flog It! What made you come?
0:10:10 > 0:10:16Just because we follow the programme and this has been in the loft and it's been the bane of the wife.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- She's wanted to get rid of it.- Why?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Just in the way.- Is this yours? - It's mine.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- You want to get rid of his childhood.- Yeah.- How could she?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Oh, easy.- Easy!
0:10:27 > 0:10:29She thought it might make some money.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Really?- Yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35One thing that always intrigues me about these toys...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I mean, this is what?
0:10:37 > 0:10:3950 to 60 years old?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44I'd say 60. I'm 63 so I was bought it when I was about five or six.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47So 1950-ish?
0:10:47 > 0:10:53- Yes.- For something that's 50 to 60 years old it doesn't look like it's been played with.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Well, it has.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Various bits are broken.- Sh!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Don't say that!
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- They've been paginated.- Exactly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:11But it still looks... If we look at this train unit here, it's a Hornby train.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It's London and North Eastern Railway, isn't it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- Mm.- These were produced in the livery of the various railway companies.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And it's clockwork. Does it work?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- I believe so. - Ready to catch your end?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Ready? If I send it round there I want you to stop it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- It's got reverse on it, hasn't it? - Yes.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I want you to prove that reverse works. Ready?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Right. Stop it.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Push that in.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45There we go. Look at that. Brilliant.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51- Why would you let her bully you into selling it?- It's just taking up space in the loft.- No grandsons?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Yes, we've got grandchildren but they don't know anything about it.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01It's my son Andy who played with it a little bit but he wasn't allowed to play with it.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04My mum wouldn't let him play with it because it was
0:12:04 > 0:12:06mine effectively.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09That's probably why it's been kept in such good condition.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I think it's a great thing.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Any idea what it's worth?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18No, not really. £50, £60. Something like that, I would have thought.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I think you're spot-on, really.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24We can put an estimate of £60 to £90 and we'll put a reserve on it of 50.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Happy with that?- Very happy.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30We'll set off down the line. We hope it's not the end of the line.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34We'll go to the auction and get going. Here we go.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Right, full steam ahead to the auction room.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Let's have a quick reminder of what's on board.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45With the stones from Nepal and the chains from Hong Kong, Joan's
0:12:45 > 0:12:51earring and pendant set is certainly exotic but will the bidders be allured by the taste of the Orient?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Cath may have fallen out of love with her loving cup, but being solid
0:12:55 > 0:12:58silver and with a good pedigree, it should do well at auction.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Finally, this Hornby rail set got Philip's piston going
0:13:02 > 0:13:04but will there be a wad of cash at the end of the line?
0:13:12 > 0:13:17We're back on familiar territory. This is Bamfords auction house in the heart of Derby
0:13:17 > 0:13:22and it's also home to our very own James Lewis who's gonna be on the rostrum flogging all our lots.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Philip, Pete, good luck. The Hornby train set, a lovely box set.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38It's just about to go under the hammer. Any regrets?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- No.- A sad goodbye?- Not at all. Let somebody else enjoy it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Let's hope we get £90.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- It would be nice.- It has been played with. It's been used.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Been looked after though.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yes. But collectors are fussy people.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55This could go through the sky, we don't know.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- It would be nice.- It would be.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00If we don't get derailed I don't mind.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03It's going under the hammer now so good luck both of you.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Hornby trains. The 201 tank goods set etc.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13I can start bidding here at £45. 45, 50. 50 anywhere?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16At £45. And 50. 50 and five. 60.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19At 55 has it. 60 now?
0:14:19 > 0:14:2060 anywhere? At 55 I'm selling.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22£60 in the third row.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Selling at 60.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26At £60, sir. Five anywhere? At 60.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29All the bidding very close indeed.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It's gone now, £60, a good result.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35We're chuffed. Choo-choo!
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- You're taking the kids away. - The grandkids away to Majorca to their uncle Andy's.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I thought the Andes were in America.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47No. On the end of your armies!
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I love this next lot.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00It's a two-handled loving cup and belongs to Cath.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06We got the cup but we don't have Cath. We do have her son and daughter-in-law. What's your name?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Martin.- And? - Charlie.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Thank you for being here. Where's Mum?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- On holiday in Siberia.- Is she? On the phone later, then.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Hopefully with some good news.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Hopefully. - We've got a fixed reserve at £200.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20We're looking at 200-300.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22A nice domestic piece of Georgian silver.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28That's what they make, so hopefully there'll be someone here, a member of the trade, happy to pay that.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31A packed house. We'll find out any second.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It can't go for a penny under, can it?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- No.- Strict instructions.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Fixed reserve.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Mum will bash you! Let's not upset her.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Let's hope it sells at the top end.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Good luck.- George III loving cup.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Wonderful colour to it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:521792 and two bids on it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- £190 bid.- Just short.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58190, I can let it go just, I think.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03190. 200? 200 is it? At 190 with me, do I see 200?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06He'll use his discretion.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08190. It says firm. Do you want me to use discretion?
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- Up to you.- No.- No? At 190, all done.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Oh, that was just so close.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19We got strict instructions to stick to the reserve.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Yeah. If that was what Mum wants.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Bearing in mind you do have to pay commission so you will be losing a bit more money as well.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Joan's earrings and necklace are up next with a value of £60-£90.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Joan, you're well travelled because the stone was bought in Nepal.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Yes, in the '70s. - The whole thing was mounted
0:16:45 > 0:16:49in Hong Kong. Now we're flogging it here in Derby.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I never thought I'd hear you ask a lady if she was well travelled.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- What's wrong with that? - You can't say that to a lady.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57They'll sell and sell well.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- They should do. - Really well.- Quality.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Let's find out what they do.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- Going under the hammer now.- Lot 590 is a nine carat gold pendant,
0:17:06 > 0:17:11necklace, conforming earrings, set with the purple and green amethysts.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I can start the bidding here at £50. And five do I see?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17At 55. 55, yes. 55 and 60.
0:17:17 > 0:17:2060 now. 60 standing. 60 and five?
0:17:20 > 0:17:2565. 70. At £65. At 65.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- £65.- Very good.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29That's OK, isn't it? Mid-estimate.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Happy with that.- Yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33What will you spend that money on?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I've got guttering needs repairing.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Stop the leaking.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40You've got to get your down pipes sorted.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Well, that's it. You've just seen our first batch of antiques has gone under the hammer.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55We are coming back here later on in the show but right now I'm going
0:17:55 > 0:17:58to nip up the road and visit a great British icon.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01First, I've got to hail a cab.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I've climbed aboard this taxi and we're heading off to the famous brewing town
0:18:11 > 0:18:13of Burton-on-Trent.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Here's a few clues as to what I'm going to see.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20A quarter of all British people take this on holiday with them.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Travel writer and author Bill Bryson once described it as having
0:18:24 > 0:18:27the visual properties of industrial lubricant.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32It was a sort of standard part of the ration packs for soldiers during the First World War.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Have you guessed what it is yet?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Of course you have! It's Marmite.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Marmite, that tangy savoury spread. You either love it or hate it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:54That famous black jar with the yellow lid, it's so quintessentially British.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Marmite was first developed and produced here in Burton in 1902.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04But its connection with the town is more than just coincidence.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08The first person I'm here to see today is head of production, Mark.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Hi.- Hi.- Pleased to meet you.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12It's all going on in there.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I want to know the ingredients for Marmite or is it secret?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18There are some secrets. The main ingredient is brewer's yeast.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24We collect it from all over the UK and that is the main ingredient that goes into making Marmite
0:19:24 > 0:19:28but there are some little bits of tweaking that we do with the product at the end of the process.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I'm afraid that is top secret and you'll never know that secret.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36That's obviously hence the connection to Burton and the brewing industry.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Is this the only Marmite factory in the world?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43It's not. There are two, one in South Africa and this one in the UK.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48We are supplying everywhere in the world except for South Africa for Marmite.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Just standing here talking to you for a couple of minutes is making me feel rather angry.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53The smell in there is absolutely delicious.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55It's nice, isn't it? Yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Well, here's a pallet ready to be loaded up on to a lorry.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09This one, my word, it's going all the way to Canada.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Well, good luck, Marmite!
0:20:12 > 0:20:15The factory here produces 4,000 tonnes of the stuff each year,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18that's enough to fill 25 million little jars.
0:20:18 > 0:20:25And it's the black glass with the yellow lid, and I've got one here, that makes this product so iconic.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27But how did it come to be this way?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I was keen to learn more about Marmite's history.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34And how the brand has evolved and changed through the decades.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I was meeting up with packaging and brand expert Robert Opie.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Robert, thank you so much for bringing in,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43well, it's a very small part of your collection, I know you've outgrown the house now, haven't you?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Yeah, very much so, and now there is actually a museum
0:20:47 > 0:20:50in Notting Hill in London where you can come and see a lot of this.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Full of thousands of products. - Thousands and thousands of products!
0:20:53 > 0:20:57What I want to know today is, just talk me through a little bit of the potted history of Marmite.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03Right, well, in fact the story goes a bit further than 1902, when Marmite arrived.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08You can go back to Justin Von Liebig, a great German scientist who
0:21:08 > 0:21:13discovered you could extract meat from a cow and put it into a jar.
0:21:13 > 0:21:21And he produced Liebig's Extract of Meat, which was on sale in this country in the 1860s.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25And at the same time he was also working out,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29how can I make brewer's yeast into something which was nourishing?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32And he did actually find a solution to that.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33So where does the name come from?
0:21:33 > 0:21:40Well, Marmite is actually French, marmite, and it's French for a stewpot or stockpot.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And there it is on the front of a label, it is essentially the trade mark.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48And it has stood the testament all the way through this wonderful history, there it has remained.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52And you see the early pots, these straight-sided pots.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Now, I don't actually have one of the first pots in my collection.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I'm still looking. Somebody, please send me one.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59But you can see what it should look like
0:21:59 > 0:22:04from the advertisements, thankfully the advertisements give you the clue.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08That's how it was right up until 1925, when suddenly they
0:22:08 > 0:22:09decided, OK, we're gonna do something a bit more special.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Now this new wondrous pot arrived in its own box,
0:22:13 > 0:22:20and of course then the box became the firm favourite, it gave you something really exciting inside it.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Where do you find all this?- Do you know, you have to keep on looking,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28they turn up in people's homes, in shops, all kinds of different places.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I've heard of Oxo cubes, I've seen them, I never knew there were Marmite cubes.
0:22:34 > 0:22:41No, well, Oxo cubes arrived in 1910, and towards the end of the 1930s, the Marmite cube arrived.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44And you find these wonderful tins - elegant, aren't they?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46The trick, though, is to find the contents as well.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52And actually in this one you still have the original cubes in there.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54How long was that in production?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Not that long because the war arrived in 1939, and that dished it altogether.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02We've had the same shaped bottle since the 1920s, has it been the same ever since?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Well, pretty well, yes, but there was a moment in the mid-'70s,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08between '74 and '76, when there was a big bottle shortage
0:23:08 > 0:23:12and the manufacturers couldn't get the right shape,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17so they had to go into something a bit more standard, shall we say,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and ended up with just the straight-sided ones.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25It really has stood the test of time, have there been any recent changes at all?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Well, I suppose the one that really upset the Marmite lovers
0:23:28 > 0:23:32was when the traditional tin lid went into plastic.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35We get so familiar with these things,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and it didn't feel right to have a plastic lid.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43I discovered people scooping out from the old jars into the traditional ones.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44So that was a traumatic moment.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48And recently they've brought out some sort of new flavours, like Guinness.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Yes, well, that was fun, wasn't it? There's nothing like experimenting,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56particularly if you connect two great brands together, what fun.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00And now you've got the convenience of squeezing it onto your toast.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02It's not the same, is it?
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Well, I think the next generation will get used to that,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and I think we're now in the squeezy generation, aren't we?
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Well, you are a brand expert. Does Marmite really stand out as one of the most iconic?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Undoubtedly, it is one of the classic brands, it's got one of the classic
0:24:17 > 0:24:22designs that stood the test of time, it's up there with the leaders.
0:24:22 > 0:24:29It's the whole story of a product, and the whole story of a culture, it's part of all our lives, we've
0:24:29 > 0:24:34grown up with these amazing brands, and they become part of our lives, we do actually love them.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Well, it's been fascinating to learn a bit more about Marmite's iconic brand.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Who'd have thought a handful of brewer's yeast would give us one of the country's best-loved spreads?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Let's hope that little black pot with a yellow lid is around for at least another 100 years.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Right now it's time for me to join up with our experts back at the valuation day.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Janet, I hope your mantelpiece isn't bare from bringing these in today to us.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17No, they're not on my mantelpiece.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20They're super things, can you tell me where did you get them from?
0:25:20 > 0:25:26- I've had the Naples vases since 1971.- Right.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31And they were given to me partly in memory of a friend who died.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I see, a lovely remembrance. And where did the little pots come from?
0:25:34 > 0:25:41They came from another dear friend of mine who died unfortunately some years later,
0:25:41 > 0:25:46when she did a swap for some childhood plates in the Victorian age.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Oh, the little Victorian ones, splendid. Let's have a look,
0:25:49 > 0:25:56they're lovely little hand-painted vases and hopefully there's a mark on every bit of China that we see.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01And it's Limoges Art China, France, which basically tells us all we need to know about them.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I imagine they date to around 1910, 1920.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09And it's nice to have a small pair, the gilding's slickly worn there.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14But these you describe as your Naples vases, but often in ceramics you will
0:26:14 > 0:26:20get different factories imitating wares, and they're certainly Naples style,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24which is characterised by these flamboyant over-the-top colours
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and this bas relief decoration around the front.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- And it's entirely Grecian and Roman in feel.- Oh, it is Roman in style?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- Absolutely. So, Naples style... - But they're not my style, really.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40They're not everybody's taste, are they? They're a little bit full-on.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43But, erm, they are very interesting.
0:26:43 > 0:26:50The one thing I would say is that we've got an exposed rim here, with no glaze on it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- That would suggest that originally that both had little covers.- I've never had the stoppers.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00No, well, it tends to be that if one gets broken, the other gets put away in a drawer so they look the same.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03And then of course they're separated and lost forever.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06You say they're not on your mantelpiece, are they on display at all?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10They are actually on the sideboard, amongst a lot of other things!
0:27:10 > 0:27:13So you've got a forest of China!
0:27:13 > 0:27:16You won't miss a couple of trees out of the forest.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17They're attractive things.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20The market for them has declined a little bit in recent years.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Yes, I realise that.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Everybody wants Poole Pottery, they want Troika and they want Clarice Cliff.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30And they've moved away from the more traditional areas.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33But still these have a nice decorative feel.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Did you have any idea what they might be worth?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Well, I wasn't really sure what they were worth.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Right, it's not fortunes, I'm afraid. - No, I didn't think it was.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48I think the small pair of Limoges vases are worth between £30 and £50.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- Is that...?- With the wear and the fact that they're not the very best Limoges quality.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56But certainly they would appeal to someone,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and we could put a fixed reserve of £30 on those.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03The Naples vases are a bit bigger, a bit more imposing.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Even lacking the covers, I think £50-£100 for those.
0:28:07 > 0:28:13- Oh, lovely.- It's a broad estimate because missing their covers, we're not entirely sure what they'll make.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16But if we put a fixed reserve of £50 on those as well,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- would you be happy for us to put them into the auction for you?- Yes.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24Splendid, well, we'll do that, and hope that we have French and Italian collectors on the telephone!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Thank you so much for bringing them in, Janet.- Thank you.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Colin, how are you doing? - I'm fine, how's yourself?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41- Yeah, pretty good. And this is your collection?- It's part of it.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Just one word, really, Colin - why?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Engineering.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- One word, that one.- And that's it?
0:28:51 > 0:28:57- Yeah.- And it started you off collecting razor blades, razors and shaving accoutrements?- It did.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02I'm not quite sure they're valuable but they're just great bits of social history.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06You've got this razor here, and the blades are all labelled,
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13No flies on me, clearly one for every day of the week.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18And this one here, it all sort of takes apart, so the brush, the badger's brush fits in there,
0:29:18 > 0:29:22top screws on there, that then goes on to there,
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- and this unscrews and drops into there. Brilliant, isn't it? - It's excellent.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30And this is absolutely lethal, this thing here, look.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33It's a Bakelite case...
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Would that ever hurt?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Possibly!
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- I've never tried it. - Haven't you?- No. You can.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44No, it's actually comes as a huge relief to, that, to me, Colin.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I mean, you've got everything here, haven't you?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50You've even got this little
0:29:50 > 0:29:54lady's one here. I'm not sure what ladies would do with it.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55No, we won't go there.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Where do you get razor blades for that from?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Out of the box.- They're in there?
0:30:01 > 0:30:06- It's a lady's boudoir razor.- So if she wanted to shave her boudoir... - I've no idea.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Oh, right.- There's a road we don't want to go down.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I'll swiftly put it back in the box then.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Dear me. How long have you spent collecting these?
0:30:14 > 0:30:201975 I started with the first Rolls razor which I found in a little antique shop.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- What did you pay for that?- Er, £2.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- £2.- It's beautiful though.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Beautiful? - What a piece of engineering.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- Have you ever thought about counselling?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33This is only part of your collection, isn't it?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- It is.- How many are there in total?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- I would think 40 to 50. - 40 to 50. Why are you selling them?
0:30:39 > 0:30:43They've been in the loft space now for quite a long time.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I've not added to it because they seem to be getting rarer,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48because people throw them away sooner than save them.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52So, I thought, they might go to another home.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Somebody who wants a starter kit for the same thing.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58In terms of value I haven't, truthfully,
0:30:58 > 0:31:03got a clue what they're gonna make, really. I think they're interesting.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I do think they're a bit of a...
0:31:05 > 0:31:08let's just say a narrow market.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- Yes.- Do you want to sell them?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- They've got to go? - They've just got to go.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- Whatever they make they've got to go? - Yeah.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Let's put a £20 to £40 come-buy-me estimate on them and I think
0:31:17 > 0:31:22that some of the ones you've got I think they'll sell and sell well.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26It ought to go well as a collection for someone but I'm just not sure
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- how many shaver collectors there are out there in the world.- Right.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- What we really want is Mr Gillette at the sale.- This is true.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- Bidding against Mr Wilkinson.- Yep. - Right, that'll do then.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49Absolutely fantastic, this is what I wanted to see here today in Derby, something with local interest.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- Look at it, it's written all over it, Maurice.- It is.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Thank you very much for bringing it in. And Aileen, isn't it?- Yes.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58A station wall clock.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02I'd say this is around circa 1880, the late Victorian period.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05What I want to know is its story.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08How did you come by this?
0:32:08 > 0:32:13Well my uncle got it off the station when they pulled the station down.
0:32:13 > 0:32:19- Yeah.- That was some 50 years ago and, of course, with him working as
0:32:19 > 0:32:23an engineer in the offices close by for the railway,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26the different chaps they got clocks, signs...
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- you know waiting room signs. - All the memorabilia.- That's right.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31- Which is big business, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- It really is, it's very collectible. - Because everything had got to go.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Oh, it's lovely and I bet it keeps beautiful time.- It does, yeah.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Fusee movement, you see.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Every weekend I wind it up and give it a polish.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- Eight days?- Eight days, yeah.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52And you have no trouble with it. You know, it just ticks away.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I've got to ask, Aileen, why do you want to sell it?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- Well we thought we could do something with the money.- OK.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Something else we might like to do. - What would you like to do with the money?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Well I'd like to purchase a new television.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10- A new telly, a big flat screen one, I guess.- Then we can see Flog It! Clearer!
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Well let's just take a closer look at the movement, shall we?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16There we go.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18They made 'em simple in those days.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Oh, yes.- Look at that. - Do you want me to move that for you?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Yeah. That's nice, let's just take a quick look at this.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29That's access to the...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31That's access to the movement.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34That's access to the pendulum.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Yes, to adjust the pendulum and here's the pendulum.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Great and you've got the key, fantastic!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42OK, now let's have a look at the movement.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44The condition's fantastic, isn't it?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- It is.- You've looked after this, haven't you?- Oh yes.- There you go.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49There's the fusee movement.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52That actually regulates...
0:33:52 > 0:33:56..perfectly. I can put this near my microphone and you'll hear this.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00RAPID TICKING
0:34:00 > 0:34:01There's nothing wrong with that.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06It's absolutely lovely and here is the pendulum.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10That is your fine adjustment.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- That's right.- I won't touch it because you've obviously
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- worked this.- It's spot on.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20You can move that up or move that down to slow the clock down or speed it up so that it keeps good time.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26Well, I would like to think this would fetch, in auction, around £600.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31Hopefully a little bit more on a good day with two people bidding against each other.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36To get to that sort of figure I've got to say to you we really need
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- to catalogue it at 400 to 600 if that's OK with you.- That's fine.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Is that all right?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45How about a fixed reserve at 400?
0:34:45 > 0:34:50- Yes.- Yeah, because I don't want this clock to go for a penny less.- No.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Right, my next question is...
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Can you make the auction in a month's time?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- I don't think we can, we're booked on holiday.- Oh, you're going away, where are you going?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00We're going to north Devon.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Oh, are you. For a couple of weeks or a week?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- Two weeks.- Oh, lovely.- Yes, yes.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Off on your holidays. Look, I'll tell you what,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I'll be there
0:35:10 > 0:35:13for you. It's in good hands and I'll let you know exactly how it's doing.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Oh, that's nice.- Fingers crossed we're gonna get that £600, you're
0:35:17 > 0:35:20gonna get your telly and you'll also have a fantastic holiday.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Thank you very much for taking that trouble for us.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It's auction time again and here's a quick reminder of what's going under the hammer.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Two pairs of matching vases was more than enough to catch Michael's eye.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37They've been entered as two different lots, so which pair do you think is gonna make the most?
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Colin's collection of razor blades has to be unique, making valuing it
0:35:41 > 0:35:46practically impossible but with no reserve, it's going to go.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51Maurice and Aileen's wall clock is without question my favourite item of the day.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Beautifully made and with that key local interest, I hope it makes the
0:35:55 > 0:36:00top end but nothing is guaranteed when it comes to auction.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Well it's back to our auction but before we get things under way with a second lot of lots
0:36:04 > 0:36:10I wanted to grab auctioneer, James Lewis, to get his point of view on that lovely station wall clock.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12James, a bit of local interest.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Yes, I have to say, it doesn't get any easier than this, a clock from Derby.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19When Maurice walked in with this I thought, "Yes, that's the clock."
0:36:19 > 0:36:22It's the right size, it'll suit anybody's kitchen.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24It is late Victorian.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- His uncle got this when the station was shutting 50 years ago so it's got a lot of history for him.- Yeah.
0:36:29 > 0:36:36I had to prise it off him with a £400-£600 estimate and he was rather hoping for £800.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38I think 800 is steep.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42I think you've got it absolutely spot on. We've sold an awful lot of these.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47I mean, Derby is the hub of the railway industry of the whole UK.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Not only that, we made more clocks for the railway industry here than
0:36:51 > 0:36:55anywhere else, so we sell these week in, week out, week in, week out.
0:36:55 > 0:37:03If we can't sell this there's something seriously wrong but I think your estimate is absolutely spot on.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Well let's hope we get the £600, fingers crossed.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19I gather, Janet, you're selling these Naples vases because they're gathering dust.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Well, I've got to downsize because I might have to go into a home.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- Oh, no.- I'm getting too old.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Well we're all getting a bit old, aren't we?
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Every second of every day, unfortunately.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Do you like the vases?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Ask me another question.- OK.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Are they well made?- Yes.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Ask me another question.- Will we get the top end of your estimate?- Erm...
0:37:38 > 0:37:43They're not really my cup of tea but I was given them 40 years ago.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46They're not Michael's cup of tea, or mine but I tell you what,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49someone will absolutely love them and they'll be in this room today.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Lot 760, the pair of vases...
0:37:53 > 0:37:58Sadly lacking their covers but still a good shape to them.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00And £50 for them, please. 50?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- £50?- £50, come on.
0:38:03 > 0:38:0540 bid, 40 and 5 now. 40 and 5...
0:38:05 > 0:38:085 and 50. 50 and 5... 55 and 60.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Oh gosh.- £55, all done?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13At £55 it's with you.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- We've sold them! - We've sold them, oh good.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17£55, Janet.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- That's great, isn't it?- Yes.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25We've got those two Limoges vases.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Yes. - What will we get, top end, come on?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I think £40 is a fair price for them.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Happy if we get 40?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- Yes.- We'd like a bit more but we'll settle for 40.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Whatever we can get for them. - OK. This is it, good luck.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40The pair of Limoges ovoid ewers.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Nicely decorated, two bids on them, one of 25, one higher.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48£30 starts it. 30 and 32 do I see?
0:38:48 > 0:38:5332, 35, 38 and 40... 42, 45...
0:38:53 > 0:38:55at 42 at the back. 45 now?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57At £42... 45 anywhere?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00At 42 and selling.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Yes.- Yes, good.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- £42.- We hoped for 40.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- You did.- And £2 to spare.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Jolly good.- That's great, isn't it?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Well we're at the cutting edge because
0:39:17 > 0:39:23we've got Colin's razor blades with accessories going under the hammer with a valuation of £20 to £40.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Who knows!
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- No reserve? - Well I'm not actually sure
0:39:27 > 0:39:31what these are worth since we don't sell too many razor blades.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- No.- It's a cut-throat business.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Yeah.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Somebody's gonna buy them but I have to say I don't know why.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42No and you're gonna say it's gonna be a close shave.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- It's going to be a very close shave. - The shaving memorabilia...
0:39:46 > 0:39:49The collection of razors, where shall we start that, £20 for it.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51£20... 15 if you like.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54£15... 10 then.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Who wants it at £10? Anybody want those? £10.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00James, you could do with that.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Yeah, I could do with them, couldn't I?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Anybody want them? They're out of fashion.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Clearly.- That's the problem. Anybody want them?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10£5...
0:40:10 > 0:40:12I think this is gonna be a Flog It lowest ever.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14£5 anywhere?
0:40:14 > 0:40:18£5 in the corner at 5, shall we see 6 somewhere?
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Give him some competition. 6... at £5 to the left.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25All done and selling at £5, are you sure, is that OK?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- Are you all right with that?- Yes.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30£5 in the corner. Anywhere else?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- You're happy though, aren't you? - I'm happy they've gone.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34They've gone to a collector, hopefully.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Hopefully they have, yeah. Somebody who'll start a collection now, who knows.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- Are you gonna collect anything else, are you gonna buy anything else?- No.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Definitely not.- Definitely not. That's the end of that.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Thank the Lord for that!
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Time is now up for Maurice and Aileen's station wall clock.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57We've got the clock, we haven't got the couple
0:40:57 > 0:41:01they're on holiday but we've got Lorraine, the daughter.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02- Good to see you.- Thank you.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Did you see this little clock as a child in the house?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Yeah, it was always there.- Yeah. - It was always there.- Kept good time.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Yeah, kept you awake when you slept downstairs.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15What did you say to them when you realised they were gonna flog this?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Were you a bit upset? - They didn't tell me straightaway.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20They waited until I noticed.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Then I went, "Oh, right."
0:41:22 > 0:41:25You noticed the missing space on the wall and went, "Mum..."
0:41:25 > 0:41:26"Where has it gone?"
0:41:26 > 0:41:31I know they've been decorating. I thought they'd taken it down for decorating.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I guess they need the money, they want to move on.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36We're looking for £400 to £600 and it's going under the hammer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- Yes.- OK? Now...
0:41:38 > 0:41:41The circular dial station timepiece...
0:41:41 > 0:41:44This is a great lot.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47And, a lot of interest.
0:41:47 > 0:41:53- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11 bids on it.- Gosh.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- That's a lot.- The list goes on.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00Loads of them and I'll start it at the lower end of the estimate at 400 and see how we go.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05At £400 and 20 do I see? At 400, 420 in the room.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10420, 440, 460, 480, 500...
0:42:10 > 0:42:13500 standing, at 520 seated.
0:42:13 > 0:42:20550, 580, 600, 620, 650, 680, 700, 720, 750...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- Crikey!- This is great. - 800...- This is really good.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28850, 900, 950... Yes?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Go on.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32It's the best one I've ever seen. It's worth it.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35920 if it helps you.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- At 900 standing... - Oh, we're on £900. Here...
0:42:38 > 0:42:41920 or 50? 920, 950?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45950, well done. 980?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48980... 1,000, round it up?
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Sure? 980, on the phone at 980.
0:42:51 > 0:42:541,000 do I see?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Anybody else?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Yes! Crack, that is a sold sound.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01£980, Maurice is gonna be so pleased.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03That's gonna make their holiday.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- It will. - Get on the phone straightaway.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- Yes, I will. - Thanks for being a great stand-in.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Yours.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11There's not a profit in that.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Well, that's it, it's all over for our owners.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19As you can see the auction is still going on around me, people are
0:43:19 > 0:43:23bidding as I'm speaking but I've got to say what a cracking day it was.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24I wish Maurice could have been here.
0:43:24 > 0:43:30He's on holiday in the West Country but his little clock sold for a staggering £980.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34You can definitely say time is up and sadly it is for us as well today.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37So, until the next time, it's cheerio.
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