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We've got a great crowd here of eager, boisterous owners. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
All enjoying the sunshine, aren't you? Yes! | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
We've got the first signs of some interesting items, we've got a pair of likely-looking experts. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:18 | |
Welcome to Flog It! | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Today, we're in the historic town of Derby. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
This was once a Roman town, and then later it became a major Viking and Saxon settlement. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:06 | |
And one of the city's most historic and famous buildings is this, Derby Cathedral. Look at it! | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
And it has one of the tallest towers in the country. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
Yet despite that, it's the smallest Anglican cathedral in England. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
But there's no time for sightseeing today. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
The queue is on its way in, and I'm desperate to see what they've got. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
Well, this is our venue for today, the Grand Hall in Derby's Assembly Rooms. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
And I've already found some wonderful items, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
as have our crack team of experts, Philip Serrell and Michael Baggot. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
They're eager to get started, so let's get things under way. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
-Joan, how are you doing? -Fine, thank you. -So, tell me about these, then. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Back in the '70s, I was working | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
at the British military hospital in Nepal. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
-So were you a nurse, doctor...? -I was a nurse. -You were nursing. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
I was out there partly as a midwife on the female ward, but as a general nurse, as well. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:09 | |
And you clearly loved it. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
I saw things medically that I'll never see again. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
-I'm not sure - is that good or bad? -Depends on your tummy. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
Oh, no, no, no, we won't go there, we won't go there! | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Did you join up to do your nursing, or did you join up to see the world? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
I joined up to broaden my medical base. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:29 | |
-And you did that. -Certainly did. Yeah. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Because you were seeing your varicose veins and your hernias and... | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
Ooh, careful, careful. People at home haven't eaten yet, y'know! | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
Let's have a look at these. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
So, out in Nepal you bought these stones. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
I bought the stones | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
thinking, "When I get back to Hong Kong, I'll have them made | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
"into jewellery that I'll wear as a memento." | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
And I did wear them for a long while, but they've now | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
been put away in the safe and they don't come out now, I'm afraid. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
So we've got | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
a little amethyst necklace here | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
-on a gold chain, and then we've got our amethyst earrings here. -Yes. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
And again, a gold set. And these are little peridots, aren't they? | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
-Little peridots, yes. -One thing intrigues me with this, right? | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
-Because I think the value of these, I would recommend that we sell these as one lot. -OK. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
And I think that we can look at an auction estimate of £60 to £90. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:24 | |
We'll put a reserve on them of £60. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
One thing that just interests me is that when we started this conversation, you said, "When I | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
-"was in Nepal, I bought some things there because I wanted to have some memories of my time there." -Mm. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:36 | |
-And now you don't. -But I've still got the silver items. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
Ah, right, OK. I'll let you off. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
I hope someone goes to the auction | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
-and I hope that someone buys them who will really enjoy them and perhaps who will wear them. -Mm. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:50 | |
That would be absolutely brilliant, so let's keep our fingers | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
-crossed and let's hope that they do well at the auction for you. -Lovely. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
Cath, you've made my day. You've brought me a piece of silver. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
-Oh, right! -Can you tell me where you got it from? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
This came from my mother-in-law, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
who's now died, and it was always in a cabinet in her house. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
I don't know | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
where it came from. I know now it's always been in her house for as long as I've known her. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:26 | |
And then, when she died and we split up the goods and chattels, we ended up with the cup. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:32 | |
Do you think it had a family connection going back, or...? | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
I thought the initials on it were MW, and I think there was | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
a connection with a family called Wall, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
but I don't think the initials are actually MW when you really study it. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
These script initials are usually very difficult to read, but I think it's HMJ. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:54 | |
Those initials don't mean anything. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
I've destroyed the family story! | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
On the other side we've got a lovely - as we should have - clear set of hallmarks, and we've got the maker's | 0:05:01 | 0:05:06 | |
mark, which is SG over EW, which is Samuel Godby and Edward Wiggin. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:12 | |
-Right. -We've got the lion passant that tells us it's sterling silver. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
Right. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:17 | |
We've got the leopard's head crowned which tells us it was assayed in London. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:23 | |
-And we've got the date letter, which is a lower-case r, which is for 1792. -Wow! | 0:05:23 | 0:05:30 | |
-And the last mark is the duty mark. -Right. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
That was simply to show that the duty, at this time sixpence an ounce, had been paid on this cup. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:41 | |
And it's a lovely, typical two-handled loving cup. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:45 | |
And these were actually hollow, these handles, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
-which is why it's not the heaviest thing in the world. -Yeah. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
And we've got a little - there we go - | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
a little hole just there... | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
-Oh, yes! -..on the underside of the handle, and that's so when this | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
hollow piece of metal is soldered to the body, there's something for the hot air, which expands, to escape... | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
I hadn't noticed those. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
-..otherwise the handle would split. -Yeah. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
It's a very nice thing. On the other side | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
there's a dent there, and if you feel that with your fingers, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:22 | |
-that's quite thick. If you go down and feel that, that's a little bit thin. -Oh, it is! | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
And what's happened there is you've probably had the original | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
crest or initials of the first person that owned this cup, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
and then they've decided to sell it, and so their initials have been | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
taken off, left a thin patch, which you couldn't re-engrave over. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
-So what do you do? You go to the other side and engrave there. -I didn't realise that. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
That and the fact that one of the handles has popped off... | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
-Mm! -..is about the only thing against it. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
As a piece of Georgian silver, it's got a value. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
Any idea of what that might be? | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
I haven't. No. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
Because it's a standard form and because it needs a tiny little | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
bit of work, it should be £200 to £300 all day long in the saleroom. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
So we can put it in for that and put a fixed reserve of £200 on it. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
-Oh, right! -I imagine James - because we're going to James's auction house | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
in Derby - will be delighted to see it and have it in his sale. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
-Right. And would you get the silver polish at work on it before the sale? -Clean it up? | 0:07:19 | 0:07:25 | |
-People do ask me, "Should I clean my silver before going to auction?" Absolutely not. -No. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:30 | |
That colour, that sort of grey-blue, shows you that it's been in private | 0:07:30 | 0:07:35 | |
hands for about forty or 50 years untouched, and that's what all the collectors and dealers want to see. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:41 | |
-Oh, right! -So that will help it, if anything. -Right. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
-But we'll pop it into the auction and hope it does really well for you, Cath. -Oh, thank you very much! | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
Who am I talking to? Mother and daughter. What was your name? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
-Muriel. -Muriel. And...? -Felicity. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
Felicity. Right, OK. Well, you're holding this little doll. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
It's got a nice bisque head, actually, but I think it's quite ugly. This was yours, wasn't it? | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
Yes. It used to go on the Christmas tree when I was a child. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
-Did it not frighten you? -No! | 0:08:11 | 0:08:12 | |
My sister and I thought the pinnacle of Christmas was to put the fairy on the top of the tree. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:18 | |
-We thought it was lovely. -Well, it is a purpose-built fairy. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
It's got little wings on the back, hasn't it? | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
You've got the wand, haven't you? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
-We have, but the little star has come off. -OK. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
And it used to be fixed in her hand. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
I don't know, I think it was sewn onto her hand. I'm not sure. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
So, when did you inherit this? | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
-I've probably had it about five or ten years. -Ooh, no, longer than that. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
Since my children were little. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
Right, OK. So it got passed along, and you thought, "Right, OK, I'm going to decorate the tree for | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
"the first time," and you put it at the top of the tree... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
-Yes, my children didn't like it. -I bet they freaked out. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:49 | |
-They think it's a bit ghoulish. -Do you know, I do as well! | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
If I was six years old and I got up early in the morning Christmas morning and I came downstairs | 0:08:53 | 0:08:58 | |
to open my presents, and as I looked up and saw her at the top of the tree, I'd run a mile! | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
-I'd go back to bed and hide under the sheet. -Yes, with her strange eyes blinking at you... | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
-You don't like it, do you? -I don't really like it. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
She's never actually been on top of the tree any Christmas. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
No. I don't blame you. I think she's lovely. She's got a porcelain head. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
I mean, I like the idea. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
Composite arms and legs. They articulate. She needs dental work, that's for sure! Look at her teeth. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:24 | |
-Dreadful! -That's really scary. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
The fact that the eyes are articulative and they move as well | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
and flutter, really, really does spook me. But she's in fact German. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
She's 1920s, and she does have a value and she is collectable for a doll collector, believe it or not. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:39 | |
But the value's round £40 to £60, and it's not a lot of money. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
But I think, because this has been in your family three generations and hopefully it'll pass on again, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:49 | |
I think its social history is worth more. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
-So she can come out once a year. -Yeah. That's it! -For a few minutes! | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
Peter and Chris, good of you to come to Flog It! What made you come? | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
Just because we follow the programme and this has been in the loft and it's been the bane of the wife. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:16 | |
-She's wanted to get rid of it. -Why? | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
-Just in the way. -Is this yours? -It's mine. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
-You want to get rid of his childhood. -Yeah. -How could she? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
-Oh, easy. -Easy! | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
She thought it might make some money. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
-Really? -Yeah. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
One thing that always intrigues me about these toys... | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
I mean, this is what? | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
50 to 60 years old? | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
I'd say 60. I'm 63 so I was bought it when I was about five or six. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
So 1950-ish? | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
-Yes. -For something that's 50 to 60 years old it doesn't look like it's been played with. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:53 | |
Well, it has. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:54 | |
-Various bits are broken. -Sh! | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
Don't say that! | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
-They've been paginated. -Exactly. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
But it still looks... If we look at this train unit here, it's a Hornby train. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:11 | |
It's London and North Eastern Railway, isn't it? | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
-Mm. -These were produced in the livery of the various railway companies. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
And it's clockwork. Does it work? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
-I believe so. -Ready to catch your end? | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
Ready? If I send it round there I want you to stop it. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
-It's got reverse on it, hasn't it? -Yes. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
I want you to prove that reverse works. Ready? | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Right. Stop it. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
Push that in. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
There we go. Look at that. Brilliant. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
-Why would you let her bully you into selling it? -It's just taking up space in the loft. -No grandsons? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:51 | |
Yes, we've got grandchildren but they don't know anything about it. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
It's my son Andy who played with it a little bit but he wasn't allowed to play with it. | 0:11:55 | 0:12:01 | |
My mum wouldn't let him play with it because it was | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
mine effectively. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
That's probably why it's been kept in such good condition. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
I think it's a great thing. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
Any idea what it's worth? | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
No, not really. £50, £60. Something like that, I would have thought. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:18 | |
I think you're spot-on, really. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
We can put an estimate of £60 to £90 and we'll put a reserve on it of 50. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
-Happy with that? -Very happy. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
We'll set off down the line. We hope it's not the end of the line. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
We'll go to the auction and get going. Here we go. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
Right, full steam ahead to the auction room. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
Let's have a quick reminder of what's on board. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
With the stones from Nepal and the chains from Hong Kong, Joan's | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
earring and pendant set is certainly exotic but will the bidders be allured by the taste of the Orient? | 0:12:45 | 0:12:51 | |
Cath may have fallen out of love with her loving cup, but being solid | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
silver and with a good pedigree, it should do well at auction. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Finally, this Hornby rail set got Philip's piston going | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
but will there be a wad of cash at the end of the line? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
We're back on familiar territory. This is Bamfords auction house in the heart of Derby | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
and it's also home to our very own James Lewis who's gonna be on the rostrum flogging all our lots. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:22 | |
Philip, Pete, good luck. The Hornby train set, a lovely box set. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
It's just about to go under the hammer. Any regrets? | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-No. -A sad goodbye? -Not at all. Let somebody else enjoy it. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Let's hope we get £90. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
-It would be nice. -It has been played with. It's been used. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
Been looked after though. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
Yes. But collectors are fussy people. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
This could go through the sky, we don't know. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
-It would be nice. -It would be. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
If we don't get derailed I don't mind. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
It's going under the hammer now so good luck both of you. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
Hornby trains. The 201 tank goods set etc. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:08 | |
I can start bidding here at £45. 45, 50. 50 anywhere? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
At £45. And 50. 50 and five. 60. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
At 55 has it. 60 now? | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
60 anywhere? At 55 I'm selling. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:20 | |
£60 in the third row. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
Selling at 60. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
At £60, sir. Five anywhere? At 60. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
All the bidding very close indeed. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
It's gone now, £60, a good result. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
We're chuffed. Choo-choo! | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
-You're taking the kids away. -The grandkids away to Majorca to their uncle Andy's. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
I thought the Andes were in America. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
No. On the end of your armies! | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
I love this next lot. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
It's a two-handled loving cup and belongs to Cath. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:00 | |
We got the cup but we don't have Cath. We do have her son and daughter-in-law. What's your name? | 0:15:00 | 0:15:06 | |
-Martin. -And? -Charlie. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
Thank you for being here. Where's Mum? | 0:15:08 | 0:15:09 | |
-On holiday in Siberia. -Is she? On the phone later, then. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
Hopefully with some good news. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
-Hopefully. -We've got a fixed reserve at £200. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
We're looking at 200-300. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
A nice domestic piece of Georgian silver. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
That's what they make, so hopefully there'll be someone here, a member of the trade, happy to pay that. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:28 | |
A packed house. We'll find out any second. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
It can't go for a penny under, can it? | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
-No. -Strict instructions. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
Fixed reserve. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
Mum will bash you! Let's not upset her. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
Let's hope it sells at the top end. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
-Good luck. -George III loving cup. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
Wonderful colour to it. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
1792 and two bids on it. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
-£190 bid. -Just short. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
190, I can let it go just, I think. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
190. 200? 200 is it? At 190 with me, do I see 200? | 0:15:58 | 0:16:03 | |
He'll use his discretion. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
190. It says firm. Do you want me to use discretion? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-Up to you. -No. -No? At 190, all done. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
Oh, that was just so close. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
We got strict instructions to stick to the reserve. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
Yeah. If that was what Mum wants. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
Bearing in mind you do have to pay commission so you will be losing a bit more money as well. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:26 | |
Joan's earrings and necklace are up next with a value of £60-£90. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
Joan, you're well travelled because the stone was bought in Nepal. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
-Yes, in the '70s. -The whole thing was mounted | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
in Hong Kong. Now we're flogging it here in Derby. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
I never thought I'd hear you ask a lady if she was well travelled. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
-What's wrong with that? -You can't say that to a lady. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
They'll sell and sell well. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:57 | |
-They should do. -Really well. -Quality. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
Let's find out what they do. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:02 | |
-Going under the hammer now. -Lot 590 is a nine carat gold pendant, | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
necklace, conforming earrings, set with the purple and green amethysts. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
I can start the bidding here at £50. And five do I see? | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
At 55. 55, yes. 55 and 60. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
60 now. 60 standing. 60 and five? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
65. 70. At £65. At 65. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
-£65. -Very good. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
That's OK, isn't it? Mid-estimate. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
-Happy with that. -Yes. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
What will you spend that money on? | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
I've got guttering needs repairing. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
Stop the leaking. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
You've got to get your down pipes sorted. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
Well, that's it. You've just seen our first batch of antiques has gone under the hammer. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
We are coming back here later on in the show but right now I'm going | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
to nip up the road and visit a great British icon. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
First, I've got to hail a cab. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
I've climbed aboard this taxi and we're heading off to the famous brewing town | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
of Burton-on-Trent. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
Here's a few clues as to what I'm going to see. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
A quarter of all British people take this on holiday with them. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
Travel writer and author Bill Bryson once described it as having | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
the visual properties of industrial lubricant. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
It was a sort of standard part of the ration packs for soldiers during the First World War. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
Have you guessed what it is yet? | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
Of course you have! It's Marmite. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
Marmite, that tangy savoury spread. You either love it or hate it. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
That famous black jar with the yellow lid, it's so quintessentially British. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:54 | |
Marmite was first developed and produced here in Burton in 1902. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
But its connection with the town is more than just coincidence. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:04 | |
The first person I'm here to see today is head of production, Mark. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
-Hi. -Hi. -Pleased to meet you. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
It's all going on in there. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
I want to know the ingredients for Marmite or is it secret? | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
There are some secrets. The main ingredient is brewer's yeast. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
We collect it from all over the UK and that is the main ingredient that goes into making Marmite | 0:19:18 | 0:19:24 | |
but there are some little bits of tweaking that we do with the product at the end of the process. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
I'm afraid that is top secret and you'll never know that secret. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
That's obviously hence the connection to Burton and the brewing industry. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:36 | |
Is this the only Marmite factory in the world? | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
It's not. There are two, one in South Africa and this one in the UK. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
We are supplying everywhere in the world except for South Africa for Marmite. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
Just standing here talking to you for a couple of minutes is making me feel rather angry. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
The smell in there is absolutely delicious. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
It's nice, isn't it? Yeah. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:55 | |
Well, here's a pallet ready to be loaded up on to a lorry. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
This one, my word, it's going all the way to Canada. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
Well, good luck, Marmite! | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
The factory here produces 4,000 tonnes of the stuff each year, | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
that's enough to fill 25 million little jars. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
And it's the black glass with the yellow lid, and I've got one here, that makes this product so iconic. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:25 | |
But how did it come to be this way? | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
I was keen to learn more about Marmite's history. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
And how the brand has evolved and changed through the decades. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
I was meeting up with packaging and brand expert Robert Opie. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
Robert, thank you so much for bringing in, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
well, it's a very small part of your collection, I know you've outgrown the house now, haven't you? | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
Yeah, very much so, and now there is actually a museum | 0:20:43 | 0:20:47 | |
in Notting Hill in London where you can come and see a lot of this. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
-Full of thousands of products. -Thousands and thousands of products! | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
What I want to know today is, just talk me through a little bit of the potted history of Marmite. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
Right, well, in fact the story goes a bit further than 1902, when Marmite arrived. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:03 | |
You can go back to Justin Von Liebig, a great German scientist who | 0:21:03 | 0:21:08 | |
discovered you could extract meat from a cow and put it into a jar. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:13 | |
And he produced Liebig's Extract of Meat, which was on sale in this country in the 1860s. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:21 | |
And at the same time he was also working out, | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
how can I make brewer's yeast into something which was nourishing? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
And he did actually find a solution to that. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
So where does the name come from? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:33 | |
Well, Marmite is actually French, marmite, and it's French for a stewpot or stockpot. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:40 | |
And there it is on the front of a label, it is essentially the trade mark. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
And it has stood the testament all the way through this wonderful history, there it has remained. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
And you see the early pots, these straight-sided pots. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
Now, I don't actually have one of the first pots in my collection. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
I'm still looking. Somebody, please send me one. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
But you can see what it should look like | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
from the advertisements, thankfully the advertisements give you the clue. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:04 | |
That's how it was right up until 1925, when suddenly they | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
decided, OK, we're gonna do something a bit more special. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:09 | |
Now this new wondrous pot arrived in its own box, | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
and of course then the box became the firm favourite, it gave you something really exciting inside it. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:20 | |
-Where do you find all this? -Do you know, you have to keep on looking, | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
they turn up in people's homes, in shops, all kinds of different places. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
I've heard of Oxo cubes, I've seen them, I never knew there were Marmite cubes. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
No, well, Oxo cubes arrived in 1910, and towards the end of the 1930s, the Marmite cube arrived. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:41 | |
And you find these wonderful tins - elegant, aren't they? | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
The trick, though, is to find the contents as well. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:46 | |
And actually in this one you still have the original cubes in there. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:52 | |
How long was that in production? | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
Not that long because the war arrived in 1939, and that dished it altogether. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
We've had the same shaped bottle since the 1920s, has it been the same ever since? | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
Well, pretty well, yes, but there was a moment in the mid-'70s, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
between '74 and '76, when there was a big bottle shortage | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
and the manufacturers couldn't get the right shape, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
so they had to go into something a bit more standard, shall we say, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:17 | |
and ended up with just the straight-sided ones. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
It really has stood the test of time, have there been any recent changes at all? | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
Well, I suppose the one that really upset the Marmite lovers | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
was when the traditional tin lid went into plastic. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
We get so familiar with these things, | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
and it didn't feel right to have a plastic lid. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
I discovered people scooping out from the old jars into the traditional ones. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:43 | |
So that was a traumatic moment. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:44 | |
And recently they've brought out some sort of new flavours, like Guinness. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
Yes, well, that was fun, wasn't it? There's nothing like experimenting, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
particularly if you connect two great brands together, what fun. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
And now you've got the convenience of squeezing it onto your toast. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
It's not the same, is it? | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
Well, I think the next generation will get used to that, | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
and I think we're now in the squeezy generation, aren't we? | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
Well, you are a brand expert. Does Marmite really stand out as one of the most iconic? | 0:24:09 | 0:24:14 | |
Undoubtedly, it is one of the classic brands, it's got one of the classic | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
designs that stood the test of time, it's up there with the leaders. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
It's the whole story of a product, and the whole story of a culture, it's part of all our lives, we've | 0:24:22 | 0:24:29 | |
grown up with these amazing brands, and they become part of our lives, we do actually love them. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
Well, it's been fascinating to learn a bit more about Marmite's iconic brand. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
Who'd have thought a handful of brewer's yeast would give us one of the country's best-loved spreads? | 0:24:47 | 0:24:52 | |
Let's hope that little black pot with a yellow lid is around for at least another 100 years. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:57 | |
Right now it's time for me to join up with our experts back at the valuation day. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:02 | |
Janet, I hope your mantelpiece isn't bare from bringing these in today to us. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
No, they're not on my mantelpiece. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
They're super things, can you tell me where did you get them from? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
-I've had the Naples vases since 1971. -Right. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:26 | |
And they were given to me partly in memory of a friend who died. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
I see, a lovely remembrance. And where did the little pots come from? | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
They came from another dear friend of mine who died unfortunately some years later, | 0:25:34 | 0:25:41 | |
when she did a swap for some childhood plates in the Victorian age. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:46 | |
Oh, the little Victorian ones, splendid. Let's have a look, | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
they're lovely little hand-painted vases and hopefully there's a mark on every bit of China that we see. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:56 | |
And it's Limoges Art China, France, which basically tells us all we need to know about them. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:01 | |
I imagine they date to around 1910, 1920. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
And it's nice to have a small pair, the gilding's slickly worn there. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
But these you describe as your Naples vases, but often in ceramics you will | 0:26:09 | 0:26:14 | |
get different factories imitating wares, and they're certainly Naples style, | 0:26:14 | 0:26:20 | |
which is characterised by these flamboyant over-the-top colours | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
and this bas relief decoration around the front. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
-And it's entirely Grecian and Roman in feel. -Oh, it is Roman in style? | 0:26:27 | 0:26:32 | |
-Absolutely. So, Naples style... -But they're not my style, really. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
They're not everybody's taste, are they? They're a little bit full-on. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
But, erm, they are very interesting. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
The one thing I would say is that we've got an exposed rim here, with no glaze on it. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:50 | |
-That would suggest that originally that both had little covers. -I've never had the stoppers. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
No, well, it tends to be that if one gets broken, the other gets put away in a drawer so they look the same. | 0:26:54 | 0:27:00 | |
And then of course they're separated and lost forever. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
You say they're not on your mantelpiece, are they on display at all? | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
They are actually on the sideboard, amongst a lot of other things! | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
So you've got a forest of China! | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
You won't miss a couple of trees out of the forest. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
They're attractive things. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:17 | |
The market for them has declined a little bit in recent years. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
Yes, I realise that. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
Everybody wants Poole Pottery, they want Troika and they want Clarice Cliff. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:27 | |
And they've moved away from the more traditional areas. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
But still these have a nice decorative feel. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
Did you have any idea what they might be worth? | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
Well, I wasn't really sure what they were worth. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
-Right, it's not fortunes, I'm afraid. -No, I didn't think it was. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
I think the small pair of Limoges vases are worth between £30 and £50. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:48 | |
-Is that...? -With the wear and the fact that they're not the very best Limoges quality. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:53 | |
But certainly they would appeal to someone, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
and we could put a fixed reserve of £30 on those. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
The Naples vases are a bit bigger, a bit more imposing. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:03 | |
Even lacking the covers, I think £50-£100 for those. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
-Oh, lovely. -It's a broad estimate because missing their covers, we're not entirely sure what they'll make. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:13 | |
But if we put a fixed reserve of £50 on those as well, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
-would you be happy for us to put them into the auction for you? -Yes. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
Splendid, well, we'll do that, and hope that we have French and Italian collectors on the telephone! | 0:28:18 | 0:28:24 | |
-Thank you so much for bringing them in, Janet. -Thank you. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
-Colin, how are you doing? -I'm fine, how's yourself? | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
-Yeah, pretty good. And this is your collection? -It's part of it. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
Just one word, really, Colin - why? | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
Engineering. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
-One word, that one. -And that's it? | 0:28:47 | 0:28:51 | |
-Yeah. -And it started you off collecting razor blades, razors and shaving accoutrements? -It did. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:57 | |
I'm not quite sure they're valuable but they're just great bits of social history. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:02 | |
You've got this razor here, and the blades are all labelled, | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
No flies on me, clearly one for every day of the week. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
And this one here, it all sort of takes apart, so the brush, the badger's brush fits in there, | 0:29:13 | 0:29:18 | |
top screws on there, that then goes on to there, | 0:29:18 | 0:29:22 | |
-and this unscrews and drops into there. Brilliant, isn't it? -It's excellent. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:26 | |
And this is absolutely lethal, this thing here, look. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:30 | |
It's a Bakelite case... | 0:29:30 | 0:29:33 | |
Would that ever hurt? | 0:29:33 | 0:29:34 | |
Possibly! | 0:29:36 | 0:29:38 | |
-I've never tried it. -Haven't you? -No. You can. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
No, it's actually comes as a huge relief to, that, to me, Colin. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
I mean, you've got everything here, haven't you? | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
You've even got this little | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
lady's one here. I'm not sure what ladies would do with it. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:54 | |
No, we won't go there. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:55 | |
Where do you get razor blades for that from? | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
-Out of the box. -They're in there? | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
-It's a lady's boudoir razor. -So if she wanted to shave her boudoir... -I've no idea. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:06 | |
-Oh, right. -There's a road we don't want to go down. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
I'll swiftly put it back in the box then. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
Dear me. How long have you spent collecting these? | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
1975 I started with the first Rolls razor which I found in a little antique shop. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:20 | |
-What did you pay for that? -Er, £2. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
-£2. -It's beautiful though. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
-Beautiful? -What a piece of engineering. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
-Have you ever thought about counselling? -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
This is only part of your collection, isn't it? | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
-It is. -How many are there in total? | 0:30:33 | 0:30:35 | |
-I would think 40 to 50. -40 to 50. Why are you selling them? | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
They've been in the loft space now for quite a long time. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
I've not added to it because they seem to be getting rarer, | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
because people throw them away sooner than save them. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
So, I thought, they might go to another home. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
Somebody who wants a starter kit for the same thing. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:54 | |
In terms of value I haven't, truthfully, | 0:30:54 | 0:30:58 | |
got a clue what they're gonna make, really. I think they're interesting. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:03 | |
I do think they're a bit of a... | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
let's just say a narrow market. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
-Yes. -Do you want to sell them? | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
-They've got to go? -They've just got to go. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
-Whatever they make they've got to go? -Yeah. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
Let's put a £20 to £40 come-buy-me estimate on them and I think | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
that some of the ones you've got I think they'll sell and sell well. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:22 | |
It ought to go well as a collection for someone but I'm just not sure | 0:31:22 | 0:31:26 | |
-how many shaver collectors there are out there in the world. -Right. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
-What we really want is Mr Gillette at the sale. -This is true. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
-Bidding against Mr Wilkinson. -Yep. -Right, that'll do then. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:38 | |
Absolutely fantastic, this is what I wanted to see here today in Derby, something with local interest. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:49 | |
-Look at it, it's written all over it, Maurice. -It is. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
-Thank you very much for bringing it in. And Aileen, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:56 | |
A station wall clock. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
I'd say this is around circa 1880, the late Victorian period. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:02 | |
What I want to know is its story. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:05 | |
How did you come by this? | 0:32:05 | 0:32:08 | |
Well my uncle got it off the station when they pulled the station down. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:13 | |
-Yeah. -That was some 50 years ago and, of course, with him working as | 0:32:13 | 0:32:19 | |
an engineer in the offices close by for the railway, | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
the different chaps they got clocks, signs... | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
-you know waiting room signs. -All the memorabilia. -That's right. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:30 | |
-Which is big business, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:31 | |
-It really is, it's very collectible. -Because everything had got to go. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
-Oh, it's lovely and I bet it keeps beautiful time. -It does, yeah. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
Fusee movement, you see. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
Every weekend I wind it up and give it a polish. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
-Eight days? -Eight days, yeah. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
And you have no trouble with it. You know, it just ticks away. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:52 | |
I've got to ask, Aileen, why do you want to sell it? | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
-Well we thought we could do something with the money. -OK. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
-Something else we might like to do. -What would you like to do with the money? | 0:32:59 | 0:33:03 | |
Well I'd like to purchase a new television. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
-A new telly, a big flat screen one, I guess. -Then we can see Flog It! Clearer! | 0:33:05 | 0:33:10 | |
Well let's just take a closer look at the movement, shall we? | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
There we go. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
They made 'em simple in those days. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:18 | |
-Oh, yes. -Look at that. -Do you want me to move that for you? | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
Yeah. That's nice, let's just take a quick look at this. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:24 | |
That's access to the... | 0:33:27 | 0:33:29 | |
That's access to the movement. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
That's access to the pendulum. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
Yes, to adjust the pendulum and here's the pendulum. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
Great and you've got the key, fantastic! | 0:33:36 | 0:33:40 | |
OK, now let's have a look at the movement. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
The condition's fantastic, isn't it? | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
-It is. -You've looked after this, haven't you? -Oh yes. -There you go. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:46 | |
There's the fusee movement. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:49 | |
That actually regulates... | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
..perfectly. I can put this near my microphone and you'll hear this. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:56 | |
RAPID TICKING | 0:33:56 | 0:34:00 | |
There's nothing wrong with that. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:01 | |
It's absolutely lovely and here is the pendulum. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:06 | |
That is your fine adjustment. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:10 | |
-That's right. -I won't touch it because you've obviously | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
-worked this. -It's spot on. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
You can move that up or move that down to slow the clock down or speed it up so that it keeps good time. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:20 | |
Well, I would like to think this would fetch, in auction, around £600. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:26 | |
Hopefully a little bit more on a good day with two people bidding against each other. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:31 | |
To get to that sort of figure I've got to say to you we really need | 0:34:31 | 0:34:36 | |
-to catalogue it at 400 to 600 if that's OK with you. -That's fine. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:41 | |
Is that all right? | 0:34:41 | 0:34:43 | |
How about a fixed reserve at 400? | 0:34:43 | 0:34:45 | |
-Yes. -Yeah, because I don't want this clock to go for a penny less. -No. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:50 | |
Right, my next question is... | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
Can you make the auction in a month's time? | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
-I don't think we can, we're booked on holiday. -Oh, you're going away, where are you going? | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
We're going to north Devon. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:00 | |
Oh, are you. For a couple of weeks or a week? | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
-Two weeks. -Oh, lovely. -Yes, yes. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
Off on your holidays. Look, I'll tell you what, | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
I'll be there | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
for you. It's in good hands and I'll let you know exactly how it's doing. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
-Oh, that's nice. -Fingers crossed we're gonna get that £600, you're | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
gonna get your telly and you'll also have a fantastic holiday. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
Thank you very much for taking that trouble for us. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
It's auction time again and here's a quick reminder of what's going under the hammer. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
Two pairs of matching vases was more than enough to catch Michael's eye. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
They've been entered as two different lots, so which pair do you think is gonna make the most? | 0:35:31 | 0:35:37 | |
Colin's collection of razor blades has to be unique, making valuing it | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
practically impossible but with no reserve, it's going to go. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:46 | |
Maurice and Aileen's wall clock is without question my favourite item of the day. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:51 | |
Beautifully made and with that key local interest, I hope it makes the | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
top end but nothing is guaranteed when it comes to auction. | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
Well it's back to our auction but before we get things under way with a second lot of lots | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
I wanted to grab auctioneer, James Lewis, to get his point of view on that lovely station wall clock. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:10 | |
James, a bit of local interest. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
Yes, I have to say, it doesn't get any easier than this, a clock from Derby. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
When Maurice walked in with this I thought, "Yes, that's the clock." | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
It's the right size, it'll suit anybody's kitchen. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
It is late Victorian. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:24 | |
-His uncle got this when the station was shutting 50 years ago so it's got a lot of history for him. -Yeah. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:29 | |
I had to prise it off him with a £400-£600 estimate and he was rather hoping for £800. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:36 | |
I think 800 is steep. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
I think you've got it absolutely spot on. We've sold an awful lot of these. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
I mean, Derby is the hub of the railway industry of the whole UK. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:47 | |
Not only that, we made more clocks for the railway industry here than | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
anywhere else, so we sell these week in, week out, week in, week out. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:55 | |
If we can't sell this there's something seriously wrong but I think your estimate is absolutely spot on. | 0:36:55 | 0:37:03 | |
Well let's hope we get the £600, fingers crossed. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
I gather, Janet, you're selling these Naples vases because they're gathering dust. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:19 | |
Well, I've got to downsize because I might have to go into a home. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
-Oh, no. -I'm getting too old. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
Well we're all getting a bit old, aren't we? | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
Every second of every day, unfortunately. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:29 | |
Do you like the vases? | 0:37:29 | 0:37:31 | |
-Ask me another question. -OK. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
-Are they well made? -Yes. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
-Ask me another question. -Will we get the top end of your estimate? -Erm... | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
They're not really my cup of tea but I was given them 40 years ago. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:43 | |
They're not Michael's cup of tea, or mine but I tell you what, | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
someone will absolutely love them and they'll be in this room today. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
Lot 760, the pair of vases... | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
Sadly lacking their covers but still a good shape to them. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:58 | |
And £50 for them, please. 50? | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
-£50? -£50, come on. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
40 bid, 40 and 5 now. 40 and 5... | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
5 and 50. 50 and 5... 55 and 60. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
-Oh gosh. -£55, all done? | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
At £55 it's with you. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
-We've sold them! -We've sold them, oh good. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
£55, Janet. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:17 | |
-That's great, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
We've got those two Limoges vases. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
-Yes. -What will we get, top end, come on? | 0:38:25 | 0:38:27 | |
I think £40 is a fair price for them. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
Happy if we get 40? | 0:38:30 | 0:38:31 | |
-Yes. -We'd like a bit more but we'll settle for 40. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
-Whatever we can get for them. -OK. This is it, good luck. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
The pair of Limoges ovoid ewers. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:40 | |
Nicely decorated, two bids on them, one of 25, one higher. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
£30 starts it. 30 and 32 do I see? | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
32, 35, 38 and 40... 42, 45... | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
at 42 at the back. 45 now? | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
At £42... 45 anywhere? | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
At 42 and selling. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
-Yes. -Yes, good. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
-£42. -We hoped for 40. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
-You did. -And £2 to spare. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:06 | |
-Jolly good. -That's great, isn't it? | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
Well we're at the cutting edge because | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
we've got Colin's razor blades with accessories going under the hammer with a valuation of £20 to £40. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:23 | |
Who knows! | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
-No reserve? -Well I'm not actually sure | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
what these are worth since we don't sell too many razor blades. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
-No. -It's a cut-throat business. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
Yeah. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:34 | |
Somebody's gonna buy them but I have to say I don't know why. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:40 | |
No and you're gonna say it's gonna be a close shave. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
-It's going to be a very close shave. -The shaving memorabilia... | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
The collection of razors, where shall we start that, £20 for it. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
£20... 15 if you like. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
£15... 10 then. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
Who wants it at £10? Anybody want those? £10. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
James, you could do with that. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
Yeah, I could do with them, couldn't I? | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
Anybody want them? They're out of fashion. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
-Clearly. -That's the problem. Anybody want them? | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
£5... | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
I think this is gonna be a Flog It lowest ever. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
£5 anywhere? | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
£5 in the corner at 5, shall we see 6 somewhere? | 0:40:14 | 0:40:18 | |
Give him some competition. 6... at £5 to the left. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
All done and selling at £5, are you sure, is that OK? | 0:40:21 | 0:40:25 | |
-Are you all right with that? -Yes. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:27 | |
£5 in the corner. Anywhere else? | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
-You're happy though, aren't you? -I'm happy they've gone. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
They've gone to a collector, hopefully. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
Hopefully they have, yeah. Somebody who'll start a collection now, who knows. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:38 | |
-Are you gonna collect anything else, are you gonna buy anything else? -No. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
-Definitely not. -Definitely not. That's the end of that. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
Thank the Lord for that! | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
Time is now up for Maurice and Aileen's station wall clock. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:55 | |
We've got the clock, we haven't got the couple | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
they're on holiday but we've got Lorraine, the daughter. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
-Good to see you. -Thank you. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:02 | |
Did you see this little clock as a child in the house? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
-Yeah, it was always there. -Yeah. -It was always there. -Kept good time. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
Yeah, kept you awake when you slept downstairs. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:12 | |
What did you say to them when you realised they were gonna flog this? | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
-Were you a bit upset? -They didn't tell me straightaway. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
They waited until I noticed. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
Then I went, "Oh, right." | 0:41:20 | 0:41:22 | |
You noticed the missing space on the wall and went, "Mum..." | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
"Where has it gone?" | 0:41:25 | 0:41:26 | |
I know they've been decorating. I thought they'd taken it down for decorating. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:31 | |
I guess they need the money, they want to move on. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
We're looking for £400 to £600 and it's going under the hammer. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
-Yes. -OK? Now... | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
The circular dial station timepiece... | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
This is a great lot. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
And, a lot of interest. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
-One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11 bids on it. -Gosh. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:53 | |
-That's a lot. -The list goes on. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
Loads of them and I'll start it at the lower end of the estimate at 400 and see how we go. | 0:41:55 | 0:42:00 | |
At £400 and 20 do I see? At 400, 420 in the room. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:05 | |
420, 440, 460, 480, 500... | 0:42:05 | 0:42:10 | |
500 standing, at 520 seated. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
550, 580, 600, 620, 650, 680, 700, 720, 750... | 0:42:13 | 0:42:20 | |
-Crikey! -This is great. -800... -This is really good. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
850, 900, 950... Yes? | 0:42:23 | 0:42:28 | |
Go on. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
It's the best one I've ever seen. It's worth it. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
920 if it helps you. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:35 | |
-At 900 standing... -Oh, we're on £900. Here... | 0:42:35 | 0:42:38 | |
920 or 50? 920, 950? | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
950, well done. 980? | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
980... 1,000, round it up? | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
Sure? 980, on the phone at 980. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
1,000 do I see? | 0:42:51 | 0:42:54 | |
Anybody else? | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
Yes! Crack, that is a sold sound. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
£980, Maurice is gonna be so pleased. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:01 | |
That's gonna make their holiday. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 | |
-It will. -Get on the phone straightaway. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
-Yes, I will. -Thanks for being a great stand-in. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:08 | |
Yours. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:09 | |
There's not a profit in that. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Well, that's it, it's all over for our owners. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
As you can see the auction is still going on around me, people are | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
bidding as I'm speaking but I've got to say what a cracking day it was. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:23 | |
I wish Maurice could have been here. | 0:43:23 | 0:43:24 | |
He's on holiday in the West Country but his little clock sold for a staggering £980. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:30 | |
You can definitely say time is up and sadly it is for us as well today. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:34 | |
So, until the next time, it's cheerio. | 0:43:34 | 0:43:37 | |
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