0:00:05 > 0:00:08It's been invaded by the Romans, the Saxons and the Danes.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11It's also outlived the plague and leprosy.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14But can Derby survive Flog It? We'll see.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49When it comes to antiques, Derby's reputation is formidable.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Since 1750, local craftsmen have been producing porcelain.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59140 years later, that porcelain won the Royal Seal of Approval from Queen Victoria.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03To this very day, Royal Crown Derby remains highly collectable.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07But will we find any Crown Derby at today's venue, the Assembly Rooms?
0:01:07 > 0:01:11The queue is on its way in, so let's see what the people have got.
0:01:11 > 0:01:17It looks like we could be in for great day. No sign of any Crown Derby yet though.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Here at the Derby Assembly Rooms,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23our experts are leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for treasures.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Experts Michael Baggott and Mr Philip Serrell
0:01:26 > 0:01:30are already on the scent and if they flush it out, we'll flog it!
0:01:30 > 0:01:35First up is Michael, who's been intrigued by what looks like a jewellery box.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Rosy, Jane, I love the promise of an unopened box.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41So let's have a look and see what we've got here.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48Wonderful. I don't think the original box, but a beautiful little gold, aquamarine and sea pearl brooch.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51So tell me who does the pendant belong to?
0:01:51 > 0:01:52It belongs to me.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55And it was my great granddad's.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Did it skip you? Did you say...?
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Yes, my mum's had it for years in a cupboard and she gave it to Rosy.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Fantastic thing to be given. No chain, but have you ever worn it, or tried to put it on a chain?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10No. It's been in the box for years.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Not your taste?- No.- It's strange how jewellery goes in fashion.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20At the moment, everyone wants bold, 1950s, modernist jewels, Art Deco.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23It's moved away from this fine Art Nouveau work,
0:02:23 > 0:02:29which is a tremendous shame, because look at the amount of time and care that has been taken to make that.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Those little aquamarines didn't cost a lot
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and the sea pearls were a matter of a few pennies each,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37but the quality of manufacture...
0:02:37 > 0:02:38And there, just in the top corner,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40we've got a little pad stamp for nine carats.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45It would have been too fragile to mark this with any assay office marks.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50You'd have just obliterated it. So they've just thickened it up there so it will take the impression.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Any idea how old it is?- I don't know.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- No.- Well, it's Art Nouveau, it falls into that period
0:02:56 > 0:03:02from 1890 up to about 1905, with commercial production into 1910.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09I think this is about 1900, so obviously going back to your great aunt.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11That would fit in nicely. It's a lovely thing.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Any idea of the value of it?
0:03:13 > 0:03:20- None at all.- Well, it might surprise you, might shock you, but I think in the region of £80 to £120.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- That's good. - Was that what you were expecting?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Oh, yeah!
0:03:25 > 0:03:29When something is made of gold and gem stones, you expect it to be wildly valuable.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So you sort have to temper your expectations.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36As you say, it's been locked away in a cupboard.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41So if we put a fixed reserve of £80 on it, and it makes that or hopefully
0:03:41 > 0:03:45makes the top end - keep our fingers crossed - what are your plans for the money?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48My mum needs a new car, so I'll probably put it towards that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51It might buy a couple of tyres. We'll see what happens on the day.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Thank you so much for bringing it in. - Thank you.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Peter, I like this.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04This caught my eye from over there.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- Thank you.- I like slightly Impressionistic 20th-century moderns,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11slightly loose, that kind of thing. And this fits the bill.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Tell me about it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- My mother in Germany.- You're German?
0:04:16 > 0:04:21My mother-in-law, they had a bit of money, but to turn the money into something more valuable,
0:04:21 > 0:04:26because the German mark was losing value, so they bought the pictures.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- OK.- They knew pictures are better...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- A better investment. - A better investment.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And of course she died
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and the picture is now left for my wife and me.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- And my wife died two months ago. - I'm sorry to hear that.- Yes,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47so I'm left by myself and so what can I do with the pictures?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49OK. Well, let's talk about this one.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52For me, it's got everything going for it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's got the right colours, it's quite loose and it's a good size.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Hoff Muller...
0:04:57 > 0:05:01we've got a bit of information on the back here, which is quite nice.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04It's in its original frame, isn't it?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Yes, it is. - You can see it's been signed.
0:05:06 > 0:05:0930th October, 1932.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Hoff Muller.- Hoff Muller.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- And there's the English translation. - That's the English translation.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Autumn on Uppersea near Bernau?
0:05:18 > 0:05:19- So that's in Austria?- Yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21The condition's good as well.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24A lot of people go, "It's not my cup of tea,"
0:05:24 > 0:05:28art is so subjective. But I like it and I wish I could paint like that.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'd be proud of doing something like that.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Thank you.- I did look him up ten minutes ago in the book.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Hoff Muller does have form.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37There is a price guide.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42He's had about ten works of art, oils on canvas, put up for sale
0:05:42 > 0:05:49in auction and they have all varied from around 300 to 500 euros. I don't know
0:05:49 > 0:05:53if he's more popular in Germany, but he was a poster painter
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and his prints sell for quite a lot of money.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Looking at the way he paints,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- you can see, he paints like a poster painter, can't you?- Yes.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05It needs more information to go with it to make the whole story full.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Nevertheless, we can put it into auction,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- if you'd like to sell it. Would you like to sell it?- Yes. I would.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15We could put this into auction with a value of about £70 to £100.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Hopefully it will get just a bit above that. Would that be OK?- Yes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- Hopefully it might end up back in Germany with a collector.- Might do.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Well, we'll find out.- Thank you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33So here we've got Lady and the Tramp.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Not lady and the tramp, but Lady and the Tramp!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Lady and the Tramp.- Now, you said that, not me!
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- That's right!- Cos these are from the Walt Disney film, aren't they?
0:06:42 > 0:06:49- Yes.- How did you come by these? - At a garden party, I either won them or got them for a small amount.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50How long ago was this?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- This was 20 years.- So mid 1980s?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Yes.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Right. Cos they're from Lady and the Tramp, which is Walt Disney,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- and Lady and the Tramp would be what, mid-70s?- I don't know.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- They are by Wade.- Yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Little Wade whimsies and little Wade Lady and the Tramp figures that we normally associate
0:07:10 > 0:07:13are very tiny and these are the blown-up versions.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16So that is Dashy the Daschund and which one is this one?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We think that's Trusty. He is a Bloodhound, isn't he?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22He's a Bloodhound, absolutely.
0:07:22 > 0:07:28These things were mass produced and weren't intended to be great quality like Derby, Worcester or whatever.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30So why do you want to sell them?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33They're on a window sill at the moment.
0:07:33 > 0:07:40Or they were, but we put them into a cupboard, because we thought the value of them, in a window sill,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43if a grandchild knocks them off, they won't be worth anything.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Absolutely right. - So we thought, well, let's dispose.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50You know, five years ago, I think these things were probably worth more than they are now.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53But the advent of the internet and people selling these things
0:07:53 > 0:08:00has meant that it flushes more of them out and the days of high prices for these, in my view, is gone.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Now, we've looked at some auction records this morning and
0:08:05 > 0:08:10we've found some figures that, three to four years ago,
0:08:10 > 0:08:15these two might have made between £200 and £300.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17But I think those days have gone.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22If you've got something that's a bit of a kitsch market, which sort of goes up and down on a fad
0:08:22 > 0:08:29or a fashion, which I believe these are, then prices of those can fluctuate greatly.
0:08:29 > 0:08:37It's my view that at auction you need to estimate these at £80 to £120.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Now, if you have a real result,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41it might be
0:08:41 > 0:08:45that they might go and make £150 to £200.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50I think you might just struggle with them and our 80 to 120 is a good estimate.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55You know, the valuation of something, really, is what somebody's prepared to pay for it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59So when we go to Bamford sale room, my guess is we'll find out what these
0:08:59 > 0:09:02are worth. And I imagine that we'll all be wrong!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Thank you very much for coming.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- We'll see you at Bamford's. - OK. Thank you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11We'll be coming back to more valuations a little later in the show.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Before that, let's see how our first three items do at auction.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Firstly, there was the little gold and aquamarine brooch that Michael fell for.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22But will the price be right for Rosy?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26This painting by German artist Hoff Muller certainly caught my eye.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I hope it makes a good price for Peter.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Finally, Philip may have doted on the dog figurines,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36but will the bidders be bitten by their charms?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39For today's auction we're staying in the heart of Derby.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45But before things get going, I grabbed a quick chat with auctioneer and Flog It regular, James Lewis.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49We've got a couple of hounds for you and it's not Philip or Michael,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52it is in fact two lovely Wade figures.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53They're far prettier!
0:09:53 > 0:09:59They belong to Cedric and Jean and Philip has put £80 to £120.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02It's the name, they're very collectable and they're dogs.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Wade made these blow up figures for a number of years.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10The little miniature Wade whimsies sell every time. They're very easy to sell.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14It's a mad world when 18th-century porcelain can be very difficult,
0:10:14 > 0:10:19and you get something like this from a cartoon that sells week in, week out, without any problem.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- 20th-century collectables. That is where the market is. - Childhood memories as well.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28And there is a book price, so people feel safe buying things like this.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Dalton figures, isn't it? Flick to the page, look it up, Beswick hunting sets, all the same thing.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I have to say, I actually quite like them,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39and I think Philip's got a secret love for them as well.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42He's a hound dog!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Top end? - Yes, I hope they'll make top end.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48It's what I'd have put on, typical auctioneer's estimate, £80 to £120.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I hope they'll make a bit more. I like those a lot.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02Next under the hammer is Jane's gold and aquamarine brooch. It's been in the family for a long time.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- How can you bear to part with it? - It's been in a drawer for years...
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- It's the answer we always get. - The usual answer.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11There's no point keeping things in drawers. Move them on
0:11:11 > 0:11:16- and get something you want with the money.- Yeah, spend the money. Did you ever wear it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Nobody wore it, that I know of.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- You don't want to keep it in the family. Kids don't want it? - No, they're not interested.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Let's flog it. That's what we're here for.- Absolutely.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Let's put it under the hammer right now. This is it, good luck.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Art Nouveau nine-carat gold pendant
0:11:32 > 0:11:34set with aquamarines and sea pearls.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38And start the bidding, we've got a single bid on it, £60. And five now.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40£60. 5. 70. 5.
0:11:40 > 0:11:4475. 80 and 5. 85. 90.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Against the commission at £85. 90 now.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50At 85. 90 behind?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52No. At 85. Lady standing, at £85.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Do I see 90? With you at 85.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- That's a good result. - That's a fair price.- £85, Jane.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It's better than putting it
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- in a drawer, at least you've got the money to spend.- Thank you very much.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Spend it on something you're not going to put in a drawer!
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Me and my daughter are going to spend it between us.- There you go.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22It's my turn to be the expert. We've got the wonderful, slightly loose, Impressionistic
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Hoff Muller oil painting and it belongs to Peter here.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28We've got a value of around £70 to £100.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I'm hoping for the top end. Fingers crossed.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36This is the first picture in the sale going under the hammer, so we're testing the water, really.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39But I know we need top dollar, because the money's going towards
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- your wife's headstone, who passed away recently.- Yes. I'd be very grateful.
0:12:44 > 0:12:50- What have you been up to in the last few month since we saw you at the valuation?- Not much.
0:12:50 > 0:12:58- Just organising things? - Organising, yes, and preparing some more things to go for auction.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00OK. Well, good luck, this is it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Hoff Muller, a super picture, that one.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Really has got a good look about it.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Dated 1932, two bids on it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10One at £55, one higher. £60 starts. And five now.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12At £60 and five do I see?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Five. 70. Five?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19It's with me, it's against you. £70 with me and five do I see?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21At 70, all done at £70.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24These are the moments I dread in an auction room.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25We give a valuation
0:13:25 > 0:13:27at what we think is a good pitch
0:13:27 > 0:13:31and hopefully people bid against each other and work the bid up.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33But there was only two bids left.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- It can't be helped.- But we got it away and that's a start.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41It's an honest start. Thank you so much for coming in.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It's your turn next! We've got the Wade figures.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55- Cedric and Jean, great to see you again. Who is the dog lover? - I am.- They were yours, were they?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Why are you flogging them now?
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I thought someone might like them for their collection as they're rare.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04We've got a value of £80 to £120, Philip.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I had a quick chat to James the auctioneer before the sale
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and he chuckled and said, this is so typical, these things are selling so well,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15compared to anything, let's say, 18th-century porcelain.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Nonsense, really. - It is crazy, absolutely crazy.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21But there are collectors that want this kind of thing.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- You sell them at your sale room? - Absolutely.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29The pair of Wade Disney blow-up figures, Lady and the Tramp.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30We've got three bids,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34£70 starts them. 70. 80 now?
0:14:34 > 0:14:3780 do I see? 80. 90? 100. And 10.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Look at the price of these!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42At 120. 130. New place. 140. 150.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45150. 160. 170?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48170, shakes his head at 170.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Are you sure? At 160, it's here.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54All done at 160. 165 if you like.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57At £160, are we all done?
0:14:57 > 0:15:01The hammer's gone down at £160.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Can you remember buying them?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Yes.- What did you pay for them?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I got them from a white elephant stall
0:15:10 > 0:15:13in a garden party and it was about 20 years ago.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15And what did you pay for them?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- I can't remember. - About a pound, I would think.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- A couple of quid. What a good investment!- I bet it wasn't £160, that's for sure!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27If you've got any Wade figures like that, hang on to them or put them into an auction,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30because they're making top money right now.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41For most of us, a wood like this one in Derbyshire
0:15:41 > 0:15:43is a place where we come for a pleasant walk for the day,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47maybe with the dog, embrace nature and see a lot of wildlife
0:15:47 > 0:15:51and hopefully have a nice picnic and then at the end of the day go home.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55There's not many of us would think of spending the night here,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59especially without a tent, let alone go foraging for food.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07But there is one man who does exactly that, and his name is Dave Watson,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11and he teaches bushcraft skills here at Spring Wood, and he's promised to show me
0:16:11 > 0:16:17how I can live in this environment with just the things that surround me.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Dave! It's great to meet you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Hi.- What's your dog called?- Jess.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28She's beautiful, a collie, how lovely.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32So what are the key ingredients I need to survive in the woods?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Well, you need to have a shelter, you need a fire.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Yeah, keep warm.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Some water and some food.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41So everything is here around us right now?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Yes. A bit like learning a language, you've got to understand how to interpret it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- It's all here.- And you've got to know where to look?- That's right.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53OK, I see you've got some A-frames there. Shall we start
0:16:53 > 0:16:56by looking at how to build the home? OK.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Here's one that was done yesterday by a bunch of schoolchildren.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06About an hour's work there with obviously lots of them, so perhaps two or three hours for yourself.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Looks nice and cosy, that will keep you warm, so we've got a home established there.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13That's obviously the start of it, the superstructure.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- It is, it's very important. - Let's have a look at that.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21So what we've got here is a strong ridge pole,
0:17:21 > 0:17:25which we've just stuffed into the ground to find like buffer.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30We've got two strong branches, and they're propping it up.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Next, you want some poles to make the frame.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Shall I give you a hand? What happens here?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39OK, thick end at the bottom
0:17:39 > 0:17:43and then just find a place where it naturally lays.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- So now we need to weather-proof it. - That's right.- Next stage.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54So we need a few more branches to form like an anchorage, and then we get bundles of bracken,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59fronds pointing down, and then it really is a thatch.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And this, if it's done well, really keeps the weather out.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05That looks nice and cosy. So we've got our home built.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09The next thing is to build a fire in front of it so we can keep warm.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Yes, but for the method we are going to use today, we are going to need some string.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19String is another invaluable tool that the woods can provide.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Stinging nettles supply the fibres needed to produce a cord.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28The nettles are first stripped, revealing the strong internal fibres.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30They're then dried out over a number of hours.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34These fibres are then bound using a simple twisting technique.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37One of the many uses for this natural string is to create a bow.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41OK, here's one that I made last year.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44This has been used for making several fires.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Hopefully it'll do another one for us today.- What's the next stage?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Well, we've got string, we've got a bit of hazel, which is like a universal drill.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57We get that on, a stone as a bearing block.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59That pushes the pressure down.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02It could be a hard bit of wood.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08Then we need something to catch the coal, so we've got a slip of bark.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12So put the drill in place and then start off slowly,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15making sure it all sort of works.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17And look at that.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20That's very quick! I didn't think it would be that quick.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Well, I can make it last longer if you want.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27No!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I love the smell. Oh, that's wonderful.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34We've wafted it, it continues to smoke, so we know we've got a coal,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and then we take the base away,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41let the oxygen feed into this,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and then this is going to get bigger and hotter, so I'm not rushing.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Then we've got some dry grass,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49in the centre of which I've got some fine tinder,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51a bit of rosebay willowherb.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53We've formed it very much into the nest,
0:19:53 > 0:19:58and then we take this precious ruby, drop that into the centre.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Fold it over.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Some long, drawn out blows.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Fire!- Exactly!
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- And there we go. - Oh, dear, look at that.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22And then you get fine sticks placed on there.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If the flames look like they're dying down, we can...
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Get the oxygen in there.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34That is really good, Dave.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38We've got a great fire going to keep warm. What we need now is some food.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43Dave assures me that in this stretch of woods alone there are enough nutrients to sustain us.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47And taking a brief stroll from our shelter, we came across just some
0:20:47 > 0:20:50of the wood's edible plants and wild foods.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Even more important is knowing what to avoid.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Plants like this, the foxglove. - It's poisonous, isn't it?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Deadly, so you do need to know what you're talking about.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03To highlight what a great diversity of wild foods can be found here,
0:21:03 > 0:21:08we headed back to camp, where Dave had prepared some other plants.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Well, the fire looks good, Dave. It has picked up now.- Yes.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15We've talked about what sort of foods are available,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19and you went on a forage this morning before I arrived.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- What have you got? - Well, I've got a few treats.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23We've got some of those berries.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26We've got some redcurrant, which is out,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and that's lovely and sweet.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Have one of those.- Thank you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Oh, that's beautiful.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35What are those?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Well, this is ear fungus.- Urgh!
0:21:38 > 0:21:42It's quite pleasant, when you chop it up, stir fry it, this is great.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- You can't eat it raw like that. - Well, you can.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's like rubber, is it? Ear fungus - where does that come from, a tree?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Yes, it comes from elder, mostly.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- Yeah.- We've also got some of the wild garlic, the ramsons,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and that grows abundantly in places.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Lovely! That's gorgeous.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What else is in there?
0:22:04 > 0:22:11- We've also got some horns, or the shoots of the reedmace, and this is good food.- Can you eat that raw?
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- It's not a good idea, because it comes from a pond.- Oh, right.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19So, it's good to make sure you can neutralise all of the bacteria.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22So it's best sort of chopped up and cooked.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26It's all about knowledge. The more knowledge you've got, the easier it is to survive.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32The more time you put into honing your skills, the less effort it is to do whatever task you want to do.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Point out the difference between survival and bushcraft.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Well, on the surface a lot of skills may fit the same,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42but the root of them is quite different.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46So, in survival you're fighting against the situation,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48to get to a better place.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52With bushcraft, you're working with your situation.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I can see you love what you doing
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and it must be wonderful passing on this knowledge to all people
0:22:58 > 0:23:01from all walks of life, kids, city people,
0:23:01 > 0:23:05they come here and they develop a new personality, basically.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07That's what makes me tick.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Yes, I can see that.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Yeah, I recommend it to anybody, even if it's just for the day.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Come and learn a bit about bushcraft skills.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Thanks so much.- Pleasure.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We're back to our valuation day at the Derby Assembly Rooms,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and there's plenty more people to see, so let's get things going.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Sheila, thank you for bringing this very intricate drawing along today.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- Can you tell me, how did you come by it?- As far as can I remember,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I found it in a box of bits under a stall at a book fair several years ago.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47I think I paid about £2 for it or something.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49But it's been stuck in a drawer ever since.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Flog it!
0:23:51 > 0:23:56You've got a tremendously good eye if you can pick that out of a box at book fair.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59To all intents and purposes, I thought it was a book illustration,
0:23:59 > 0:24:04and it well may be a drawing for an illustration that was put into production.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10It's that diminutive size and we've got it here, two fantastic tigers
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and this wonderful exotic landscape that I don't think really exists.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18We've got it signed here by AT Elves.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- I'll be honest, that's not an artist that I...- Or is it Elwes?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Now you're testing me. Let's have a look.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Yes, it is, you're absolutely right, Elwes,
0:24:28 > 0:24:34and it's not an artist I have come across before, but he is obviously a very gifted individual to do this
0:24:34 > 0:24:38very fine work, simply with a pen, to give such a realistic effect.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40How can you tell it is an original?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You can see under a lens that it's fine penwork and not an engraving.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It's really, for a minor artist,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49too much trouble to go to forge something
0:24:49 > 0:24:53that might only be worth, as you paid for it, £2 at the time.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58I think if somebody offered that to me for £500 to £1,000 and it was by a major artist,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02and I had nothing to back it up, I would be slightly suspicious,
0:25:02 > 0:25:06but the value is an indicator, at least in this case,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09of its genuineness as an original pen and ink washed drawing.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12It suffers on a couple of points, though.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Because it's monochrome
0:25:15 > 0:25:20and because it's diminutive in size and has that look of a book illustration,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23it is not the most commercial thing in the world.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26But it's a very pleasing subject matter,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29and I can't believe that anyone that saw the work that went into it
0:25:29 > 0:25:34could value it at less than say £30 or £50.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36So, a good return on your £2 but...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Well, yes. - Why have you decided to sell it now?
0:25:39 > 0:25:46Well, I was coming to Flog It and to be legal, I have to bring something that I'm willing to sell,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47so that's it.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51So you brought this fellow. Well, I'm delighted that you did.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think if you're happy with that and we put a fixed reserve of £30 on it,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58you don't want to sell it for any less than that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I don't want to sell it for less than £30, no,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03there's an awful lot of work in there,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07- and if it's underappreciated, OK, I'll keep it.- Absolutely.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11We'll give it a go at auction, and hopefully two people that love it as much as we do will be there.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Thank you so much for bringing it in. - Thank you, Michael.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- Jo, this is a sweet little bracelet. - Yes, I've had it since I was 21.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Not very long, then.- Flatterer!
0:26:26 > 0:26:29So, it was a 21st birthday present.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Yes, but it was the only chain,
0:26:32 > 0:26:38- which was half of my father's fob chain.- Fascinating, so you got half.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- Yes.- Who got the other half?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- My sister, for her 21st.- That's quite novel and quite inventive,
0:26:44 > 0:26:49but I think that's quite sad, because it was chopped off... well, you haven't.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54But then what is it worth to us as a watch chain, as two girls?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58I don't know, I've got no answer for you, but...
0:26:58 > 0:27:03At least we could do something with it, which as a full length of chain we couldn't do anything with.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08I just think in days gone past, our ancestors, bless their cotton socks, they split up silver tea sets,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10by giving somebody the jug,
0:27:10 > 0:27:17- somebody the tea pot and sugar bowl, and I think it's sad.- It is sad.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22It's sad when things get split up, I also think it devalues them,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25because it isn't how it started out life.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But in this instance, I can see where you coming from.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33What I find fascinating, is that charm bracelets were very much of thing of yore.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Oh, 1970s.- 1970s.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Everybody wanted one. - You had to have...
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Every time you got some money, you went to jeweller and got another little attachment.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And they were like the Rolls-Royce.
0:27:44 > 0:27:51So a gold charm bracelet in the '70s, that was right up there with the flock wall paper, that was the best.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So, why do you want to sell it?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56They're old fashioned now.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00There has been a piece of jewellery, they're very noisy to wear.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Clank-clank.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Also, the sharp edges pull on your clothing and pull threads of your clothing.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09That's why I've never worn one.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Well, gold is very much at a premium at the moment,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16and I think we can estimate this all day long at £120 to £180.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20It might go and make you £200.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23It depends where the gold price is on the day of the sale.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25We'll put a fixed reserve on it of £120.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27What are you going to do with the money?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I have got some guttering that needs repairing.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Guttering?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34You see, what I think...
0:28:34 > 0:28:39I won't tell you what to do here, but what I think would be really good if this makes £150,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43if you can somehow manage to keep a bit of that £150 away from your guttering,
0:28:43 > 0:28:47just buy something to replace the 21st birthday present that you had.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50So 120-180, you're happy to sell it?
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- That's fine.- All the sentiment in world won't dissuade you not to. - Not when I don't wear it, no.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- I think you're probably right, really. Let's hope it sells well. - Good.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Claire, thank you for bringing these wonderful pieces of jewellery along.
0:29:08 > 0:29:14- Can you tell me where you got them from?- Yes, this was left to me by my grandmother 20 years ago,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18and this one with was left to me by my great aunt.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23- Fantastic. Were they ladies that wore a lot of jewellery? - Oh, yes, in their day, yes.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- So these will have seen a lot of use. - I think so, yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28If we look at the ring first,
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- if your grandmother was wearing it, that would be around 1900, 1910?- Yes.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Which is absolutely right for the period of the ring.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41We've only got a little 18 carat stamp there, that's fairly normal.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47The one thing that immediately strikes me as being wrong about it is the central stone,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51because you have got this fabulous diamond, probably set into silver,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54so it makes the diamonds very white,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57and I would expect to see an opal there,
0:29:57 > 0:30:01especially that shape, but we've got a rather plain bit of turquoise.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03But that was her favourite colour,
0:30:03 > 0:30:08so either she bought it because of that, or she had that put in.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13I have a feeling Granny was about mischief and she changed that.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Probably, yes. - Unfortunately, whoever has done it
0:30:16 > 0:30:19has ripped off a little bit of the mount just there.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21It's almost imperceptible. That's a pretty ring, though.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- If we move on to Great Auntie's watch?- Great Aunt Kit.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31Did Great Aunt Kit have the smallest wrists in the world?
0:30:31 > 0:30:36She must have, yes. I know it looks small, but I can just about fasten it.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- You can't!- I have, I've just tried. - Oh, my word.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Well, that's phenomenonal.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46But if you need a testament as to why people were a bit smaller in the '20s, you've got that.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49This is a fabulous cocktail watch, very Art Deco.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54You've got these very Odeonesque angular borders, and its parve set with little diamond chips,
0:30:54 > 0:31:00and what's nice is you've got diamonds set all the way round, which is really extravagant.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Set in platinum, which was a favoured metal in the '20s and '30s.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I would be very surprised if that dated very much later than 1925.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13So, why don't you wear them today?
0:31:13 > 0:31:19Well, I don't wear many people wear many cocktail watches now, and the ring just isn't me.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Don't they have any tremendous sentimental attachments for you?
0:31:22 > 0:31:27Well, yes, they do, but I have been left some other pieces which I do wear.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30And there's no-one else that would look after them or they could be passed to?
0:31:30 > 0:31:35No, it's just very big on your hands.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- If they've got no real sentimental value...- Not really, no.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40The best thing, to pop them into the sales.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43So, any ideas of values of them?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Well, I was hoping about £500.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Right, right.
0:31:47 > 0:31:54I think had Granny not whipped the opal out and put a bit of turquoise in, that would not be a problem.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Someone's got to have bit of vision
0:31:56 > 0:32:00and see they see it in auction, and imagine it with a different stone set into it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05I think we would be safe at £400 to £600 for that.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10The cocktail watch, because it is so small, the bracelet will need some work doing to it.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13That is not an inexpensive thing,
0:32:13 > 0:32:19so I think we're probably £300 to £500 for that as it stands.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- But a fixed reserve of 400 and 300, if you're happy with that.- Yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27We'll put them into the sale and hope some very sophisticated, elegant,
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Art Deco loving lady with incredibly small wrists comes along to the sale.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- OK.- Thank you very much for bringing them in.- OK, thank you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Well, that's the last of today's valuations,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39but before we head off to auction room,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42here is a quick reminder of what we have seen.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Sheila brought in this delicate illustration,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49but how will it do with Michael's valuation of £30 to £50?
0:32:49 > 0:32:55Joan was given this bracelet from her father's fob chain, and Philip's hoping it will make top end.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Claire treated us to a double valuation.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Firstly, there was the petite but stunning Art Deco cocktail watch
0:33:01 > 0:33:05and finally that striking diamond ring with the replacement stone.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Welcome back to the auction room.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Flog It regular James Lewis is on the rostrum, and the sale's under way.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Earlier on, one of our lots had caught James' eye, unfortunately not for the right reasons.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Well, they say diamonds are a girl's best friend.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Well, it's a good job, because more than half of our bidders here are women.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29A good 70%?
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Probably 60, 65.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34This belongs to Claire, before you go ahead.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37You're just about to say, "I have to say..." I'm dreading this!
0:33:37 > 0:33:41It's an 18 carat diamond set in silver, it belongs to Claire, it's too big for her.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45It was her grandmother's, so it's been in the family a long time,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48and Michael has put £400 to £600 on this.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Well, I've known Michael since university days, we go back a long way,
0:33:52 > 0:33:54and he is a fantastic jewellery valuer.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I disagree with him here, I think he has gone too over the top.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- It is not "pretty" pretty. - It's not a very commercial ring.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- It's been altered.- It has been altered, it is 18 carat, set in platinum not silver,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08but that's the case with most of these rings.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Imagine that with a beautiful sapphire or an emerald or ruby.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14That would be a good-looking ring.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18There's a really ugly clump of turquoise in the middle of this
0:34:18 > 0:34:22that looks as if it has nothing to do with the ring whatsoever.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25The diamonds on the outside are a lovely colour.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26But at the end of the day £400 to £600,
0:34:26 > 0:34:30it's a lot of money for a ring with a lump of pale blue turquoise in it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Too much, I think.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- What would you have put on this if it came into the room? - I would have put way less on it!
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- Two to three?- We took this to specialist jewellery sale that we had in Matlock,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43and it was on view there and I asked all the people to look at this,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46it's not in this sale, but we have got it in a sale coming.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49And I've got a lot of bids on it, but there was not a single one above £300.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51I think it's gonna struggle, I'm afraid.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Bad news on that one, but I'll try my best.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55It sounds like it's going struggle.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58We've heard what Michael said, now we've heard what James has said.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02You've probably made your own minds up what it is worth. We're going to find out what the bidders think.
0:35:02 > 0:35:09- It's now up to you to get on the rostrum and fingers crossed, work some magic.- I'll try.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Sheila and Michael, good luck.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19We're just about to put the book illustration under the hammer.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22We're looking for £30 to £50.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Yes!- I take it you both lived a some stage in the same postcode area?
0:35:26 > 0:35:30We were both born in the same area of Sutton Coldfield.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- About a mile apart?- Yep.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34But many years apart.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37You we can always tell one another when you've born in the same area.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- How is that?- If I told you, I would have to kill you, Paul.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Like the Masons' handshake for Sutton Coldfielders.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46You look fantastic, Sheila.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- You put us to shame. - Stunning. Well, absolutely.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Thank you, I wore it out shopping yesterday and somebody said you look nice, so I said, "That's it."
0:35:54 > 0:35:56That's the outfit for Flog It.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59That's the outfit to wear. Let's hope it brings you good luck.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02We need the top end of the estimate for this little book etching.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Pen and ink book sketch.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09I've got one bid and one bid only, and £30 takes it.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13At 30 and two do I see? At 30 and two anywhere.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15At 30, all done.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- That was quick, Sheila.- At £30 with, anywhere else? Just take it.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Hammer's gone down, in and out.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I think that was very fair for what it was.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26It was a little pen and ink sketch,
0:36:26 > 0:36:30and sometimes you can come to an auction like this
0:36:30 > 0:36:33and find 50 or 60 in a folio for £40 to £60.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37I know you found it very well and bought it cheaply,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39which was eagle-eyed of you.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Sheila has a cracking eye.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42You've got a good eye.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You know you have, I can see.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Everyone from Sutton Coldfield has, Paul.
0:36:51 > 0:36:57Well, this is where we bring out our lucky charm, it's Joan's lucky charm made out of an old watch fob.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00We're looking at £120 to £180?
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- Yes.- Let's hope we get that top end, because those watch fobs fetch good money.
0:37:04 > 0:37:11I've got a distinct feeling that this '60s and '70s vintage and retro stuff are the next things that take off.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13This could be a Flog It trend-setting moment.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- OK.- Watch.- Watch this space, and start investing.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Listen to Philip.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21No, don't! Oh, do, do, do!
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Why are you selling this?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Well, it's '70s, which I don't wear.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28OK, so it's out of fashion.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32It's chunky, noisy, the charms pull the threads on your clothing.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34But bling's in now.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- But it spoils your clothes.- OK!
0:37:36 > 0:37:39It's going under the hammer now. This is it.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Nine carat gold charm bracelet
0:37:41 > 0:37:45with the sovereign and five bids, 140, 160...
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Yes.
0:37:46 > 0:37:53- Get in there.- And two of them are identical at the top at £255.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55So, 260 do I see?
0:37:55 > 0:38:00All the bidding on the absentee form at £255, anywhere else?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03260, lady in the centre takes it. Against them all.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06£260!
0:38:06 > 0:38:08£271.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Crumbs. - Do you think she is going to wear it?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15James put the hammer down with conviction, £260.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17That is a surprise, isn't it?
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- It is.- It's the fob chains, as you say, very collectable, everyone wants them.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24The price of gold as well.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Yes, it is, yeah. What are you going to put that money towards?
0:38:28 > 0:38:33It was a 21st present from my parents, so I feel a bit guilty getting rid of it,
0:38:33 > 0:38:38so I'm going to buy another piece of jewellery that can I wear and can display,
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- and my father would agree with that. - Lovely. Well, well done.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Next under the hammer is Claire's Art Deco watch.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53We've got a valuation of £300 to £500,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56we do have the watch, it's going under hammer.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Unfortunately Claire can't be with us, but we do have Michael, £300 to £500.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- It's got to be worth that.- I've never seen anything like it before.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Usually you get them with diamonds around the bezel and you get a black strap.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- But you've got diamonds half the way down the strap, which is fantastic. - It catches your eye.
0:39:12 > 0:39:18And I have seen one last week go in a sale for 550 that didn't have as many diamonds in it.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- That's a good sign!- So let's hope it hits that top figure.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27The ladies' Art Deco diamond and platinum cocktail watch.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Very pretty lot, this one, circa 1920, 1925.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34The glass is cracked, but other than that it is a fantastic watch,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36don't let it put you off, easy thing to repair.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41And £210 bid, at £220. At 210 with, 220 do I see?.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43At 210, 220?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46220, yes, 220, 240, 260.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49240 with, 250 if you like.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51240 with me.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54It's not going sell at 240.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- Unbelievable. - At 240, are you all sure?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59At 240...no, that's not sold.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I won't be getting on the phone to Claire straightaway.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05No, I'll have to do it, won't I?
0:40:05 > 0:40:09But if it goes in another specialist sale, another day,
0:40:09 > 0:40:15because maybe the fact that it is such an esoteric thing has put a few people off.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Yes, it needs a specialist jewellery sale, this is a general auction, and it didn't find a bidder.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22It's disappointing not to see Claire's cocktail watch go.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28Now there's double pressure on that diamond ring, and remember, the forecast isn't good.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Right, OK, it's time to put Claire's ring under hammer, the one with the turquoise stone.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35You saw Michael talk about it at the valuation day.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39You've just seen James talk about it in his auction preview chat.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Was he unkind about it?
0:40:41 > 0:40:46No, James said he's known you for years and year and everything you say is spot-on.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51- Stop there.- I agree with him, cos you're a purist at heart and I love that about you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- He said...- Too dear.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58He did say... He said 200 to 300, rather than 300 to 400.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00As you know, we've got off-screen valuers,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03and we did have our jewellery specialist there on the day.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- John.- And my initial feeling about the ring...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07It's been replaced, the stone.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11That horrible turquoise in the middle was about £200.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15But he confidently told me the diamonds were worth £500, so we put it in at four to six.
0:41:15 > 0:41:22But the trouble is, it needs a member of the jewellery trade to see it to buy and to replace the stones.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28- And that's a costly process. - And I can't see any members of the jewellery trade.- No, not today.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Hang on, let me have a good look, Michael.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- No, no. Fingers crossed. - You've heard from Michael as well,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38you've probably got your own opinion what is going to happen,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41but watch this, cos it might be totally different, this is it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44This 18 carat diamond and turquoise ring,
0:41:44 > 0:41:47lovely coloured diamonds, good early ring,
0:41:47 > 0:41:49and lots and lots of interest in it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53I can start the bidding at £220.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55220, 230?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57That's James and me right.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59250? 250. 280? 280.
0:41:59 > 0:42:06280, 300? 300 with me. 300, 320?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- 300 with me, 320? 350, 380. - We've sold it.- Goodness.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18390, 400. 390... One more, go on!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Come on. - I'll buy you a coffee later!
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Come on. £400... £400, well done!
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- He's doing his best, isn't he? - He's sold it.- At £400, 410 do I see?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30At 400 and selling at £400. Anybody else?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Well done, Michael. £400!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Well done, John! After I'd just said that.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- Miracles can happen.- John Kelly was right, he does know his diamonds.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41I'll trust him from now on forever.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- And I can't wait to get on the phone and tell Claire as well.- Superb.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Well, that's it, another Flog It auction,
0:42:53 > 0:42:57we've come to the end of our day, and it was a tough day.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00James Lewis did exceptionally well on the rostrum.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Some things didn't sell, but maybe just maybe they just weren't meant to.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08I hope you've enjoyed the show today, so until the next time, it's cheerio.
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