0:00:08 > 0:00:12I only have to say to you roundabouts and concrete cows
0:00:12 > 0:00:14and most of you will know what I'm on about.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Today, Flog It is in Milton Keynes.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Mooo!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53It's hotly debated exactly how many roundabouts there are here in Milton Keynes.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Some say there's a mere 300.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Others say it's closer to 1,000.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04But whatever way you look at it, you have to look around and see there are loads of them!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06As for the concrete cows,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09they were a leaving present to Milton Keynes
0:01:09 > 0:01:13in 1978 from the American artist Liz Leyh.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16For works of art, they've had a rough time.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17A couple have been stolen.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Pranksters have painted pyjamas on them, and some have had to be rebuilt
0:01:22 > 0:01:23after they were beheaded!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26The Mona Lisa didn't have this sort of trouble!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30All of these good people have been queuing patiently outside the venue,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33the Jurys Inn, in the heart of Milton Keynes.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36They're not here to see modern sculpture.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41They're here to chew the cud with our antiques experts Anita Manning and Kate Bateman.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42It's time to get the doors open
0:01:42 > 0:01:44and see what they've got to say.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Everyone, follow me!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Inside we go.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Anita's spotted some plates. But I don't think anybody will be eating off these!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04David, Tina, welcome to Flog It.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09I'm so happy that you've brought us along these wonderful big plates.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Who do they belong to?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Me.- All right. Where did you get them, David?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I inherited them from a great aunt.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19She lived in Sweden for 40 to 50 years,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22having taught English to Swedish schoolchildren
0:02:22 > 0:02:24and got the MBE for her services.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- Ah!- So these arrived with me about 11 years ago
0:02:28 > 0:02:30in what was a living will.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I imagine they're Swiss/Italian.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Could be from the Zizino region of Switzerland
0:02:35 > 0:02:36or northern Italy
0:02:36 > 0:02:40or even a bit further south on the Italian Riviera
0:02:40 > 0:02:43around Portofino, that area.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48- You're very good, David. Are you after my job?- I like the geography of Europe.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- Tina, what did you think of them when they arrived?- I thought they were beautiful.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I still think that. If we had a high enough ceiling
0:02:56 > 0:03:01and a big enough room to put them in, then we would keep them.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07David, I think you're absolutely right in the geography.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10These are Swiss plates.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12They're from a Swiss factory.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15These would have been the type of items
0:03:15 > 0:03:18that would have been bought by people on their Grand Tour.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25- Oh, gosh.- They date from the late 1800s to the early 20th century.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28They were made over a reasonable period of time.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33We have these hand-painted scenes in the centre.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Both different scenes and probably from Switzerland.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42We have these high snow-clad mountains,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44the beautiful lakes
0:03:44 > 0:03:47and we have some little figures in boats.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50They are hand-painted. Not signed.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54They would have been done by artisans rather than artists.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56What I like best about them
0:03:56 > 0:04:00is this wonderful border.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04With these almost asymmetric bands
0:04:04 > 0:04:06of embossed flowers.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08They're big,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10they're bonny,
0:04:10 > 0:04:11they're in good condition.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17They were never fine items. They would be made in large quantities
0:04:17 > 0:04:19as souvenirs.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Production-type thing. - Production-type thing,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and they still have more quality
0:04:24 > 0:04:30than you would get from production items of today's age.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32So I would like to keep the estimate conservative.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- OK.- I would like to put them in
0:04:35 > 0:04:39with an estimate of 150 to 250.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44- That sounds fine.- I would like to put a firm reserve of 150 on them,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- with no discretion.- Right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Now, how do you feel about that? - OK. They're your plates.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- That sounds fine.- Happy?- Yes. - Both of you happy?- Yes!
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Good. Let's go for 'em. Let's flog it.- Thank you.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Next is our new girl, Kate, who's found a glamorous little sparkler.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10So, Sadie and Leah, you've brought in this lovely ring.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- What can you tell me about it? - It was my nan's ring.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18I just had it in a jewellery box. My little girl, Leah, used to play in the garden with it.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22In the garden with it? Just to take it out and pretend it's yours?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Did you ever drop it?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Lose it?- I dropped it and, um...
0:05:27 > 0:05:34- I found it.- In the garden. We had a tub of flowers.- Yeah.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- You are a lucky young lady. So you don't know much about it? - No.- You inherited it.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44OK. Well, it's a really nice ring. Art Deco.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Sort of like a dress ring.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's got lots of diamonds!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Very sparkly, as you can see, and a central oval ruby.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Date-wise it's about 1920s, 1930s.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- Have you ever had it valued?- I took it down to my local jeweller's.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04He just gave me a valuation to insure it
0:06:04 > 0:06:06between two and three.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08But he obviously said
0:06:08 > 0:06:12to take it to a proper auctioneer and let them have a look.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- So he wasn't interested in buying it.- No.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Two to three thousand for an insurance valuation is right.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20You'd normally insure it at twice the price
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- that you'd expect to get at a sale. - Yeah.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- And the problem is not a lot of people are going to be able to wear it.- That's it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- It's not something you'd pop down to the shops with.- No.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37No. Not when I found out it was... I'd assumed it was a dress ring.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I didn't assume it was real diamonds.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It didn't look like that when we first had it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45He cleaned it all up for me.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- OK. So quite surprising to see it shining.- Yes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53That's why you got to play with it! So,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56if we were to put it into a sale,
0:06:56 > 0:07:01you'd probably expect maybe an estimate of 1,200 to £1,500, something like that.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04A reserve somewhere just below that, so £900 as a reserve.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Is that the sort of figure you'd sell it for?- Yeah,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10because it's just sitting in a box.
0:07:10 > 0:07:16What would you do with the money? This is your inheritance, if they sell it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Don't want to inherit it? Rather get the money?- Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- We'll get another car. - Another car. Fair enough.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- If you're happy, we'll try and get you a new car. We'll flog it. - Lovely.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Cliff, it's great to see a drum on Flog It,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40being an ex-drummer. I have a drum kit at home and still love to play,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44but wasn't fortunate enough to have a Ringo Starr drum!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- How old were you when you got this? - About nine.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- Mid-'60s.- Mid-'60s. This is definitely '64, '66, somewhere around there.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Did it inspire you to take up drumming?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Afraid not. I was never a Beatles fan.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Rolling Stones.- Yes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Either one or the other. The Beatles were the good guys
0:08:02 > 0:08:06and the Rolling Stones were the rock'n'roll bad guys, got into trouble.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10The only use it really had was me trying to wear out Ringo's face!
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I'm pleased you didn't cos this is the original skin.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It's got the Ringo Starr signature with his little face on it,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18as you can see.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- These skins are very good, almost like professional skins.- Really?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27This is a standard 14-inch snare drum. Although this is made
0:08:27 > 0:08:30completely out of plastic,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33it is actually modelled on a metal snare drum
0:08:33 > 0:08:37which Ringo would have used. This is made by Selco in this country.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Ringo would have used a metal-shelled version, in chrome,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44with ten tuning lugs. His drum kit was a Ludwig, an American drum.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Now, what's missing on this
0:08:46 > 0:08:53- is a set of snares.- I noticed that. - Wires soldered together on a strap.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56There's about 24 of them that run the length of the drum.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00They're held on with string which goes into those two holes.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03If you do that, it tightens them up
0:09:03 > 0:09:06and pulls the snare wires onto the bottom skin
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and makes it sound as if it's a marching drum.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Military side drums. It goes...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I wish we had some drum sticks!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Tell you what, we've got some spoons.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I don't know what I can do with spoons, but...
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- See?- Very impressive.- You can actually get something out of this
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- and I think this is a good starting-off instrument. - It's a bit more than a toy.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It's more than a toy. Now, we've sold Beatles guitars on the show.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41I think one achieved around three or four hundred pounds.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Have you any idea what this is worth?- I was hoping 150 to 200, along those lines.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I could say I think you're bang on!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Pardon the pun!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52If this was in mint condition,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56if it had the stand and original sticks and those snare wires,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59museum condition, you'd be looking for 600 to £700,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Cos not many have survived. - I can imagine.- They really haven't.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08If we put this into auction, we'd put it in with a value of 200 to £400.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10A fixed reserve at 200.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Happy?- Yes, very. Very happy.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I think it's fantastic and a Beatles fan will love this,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18especially with Ringo there!
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Irene, you've brought in this truncheon. What can you tell me about it?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Just that my mother owned it.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It used to be her uncle's, many years ago.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41She just kept it and one day said, "It's something you can have."
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- And I thought, "Ooh! Nice!" - You were thrilled to have it
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- as a gift.- It was nice.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52When you were younger, you never asked questions what it was about.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- Now she's long gone, it would be nice to...- Wish you'd asked.- Yes.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- Was someone in the family a policeman?- Yeah, my mother's uncle.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- OK. And was that fairly locally? - Oh, yes.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Round Wolverton, which is in Milton Keynes.- OK.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11It's a late 19th-century policeman's truncheon.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Have a look here. It's quite nicely decorated.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17All these hand-painted things on the front.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20You've got a crown
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and a VR for Victoria Regis cipher.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And you've got constable, for a police constable,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30with a turned fruitwood handle and you have a bit of string here,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33but it would have had a leather strap for the wrist strap.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36So quite a highly decorative thing,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39as well as a highly effective thing if you're gonna hit someone!
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- Do you like it?- I think it's nice, but it's in a cupboard in a box.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47OK, so it's quite hard to display.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Sometimes they have wording on them like where it comes from.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So you'd have the county or something. This just says constable.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58But you've got the VR cipher, so it's Victorian, pre-1910.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Price-wise for auction, do you have any idea what it would go for?- No.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- No idea?- Not at all.
0:12:05 > 0:12:11I would think probably for an auction estimate, you'd put 80 to £120 on it.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- They are quite collectible.- Good. - So you want it to sell.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17What would you say to a reserve of £50?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Why not?- And an estimate of 80 to 120.- Brilliant.- Great.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- We'll see you at the sale.- Will do.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Let's refresh our memories, with a look at the first batch of items
0:12:27 > 0:12:29on their way to the auction.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34David's hand-painted plates originally came from Switzerland.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37They've got to sell today - they're too heavy to carry home!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Even Leah agrees that Kate's exquisite Art Deco diamond ring
0:12:40 > 0:12:44is much better off in a sale room than in the garden!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Beatles memorabilia sells well
0:12:48 > 0:12:51so no reason for me to bang on any more
0:12:51 > 0:12:54about the value of the Ringo Starr drum.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And the decorative Victorian policeman's truncheon
0:12:57 > 0:13:00is so beautiful, the bidders are bound to find it arresting!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Today's sale comes from the heart of Woburn
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and today's venue is the Old Town Hall.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10For years, this has been owned by Flog It favourite Charlie Ross.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14It's been taken over recently by Jasper Marsh, also an auctioneer,
0:13:14 > 0:13:19but he's using Charlie's talents today on the rostrum. Let's go inside.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25While Charlie gets ready on the rostrum,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'll have a quick chat with Jasper
0:13:27 > 0:13:30about the Ringo Starr drum.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I fell in love with this at the valuation.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It belongs to Cliff. It's a Newbeat snare drum.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It's a cracking bit of Beatles memorabilia.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You're thinking I've gone mad!
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I think this will sell for around £200, possibly more.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47We've sold the Beatles equivalent guitars,
0:13:47 > 0:13:52little aubergine and orange guitars, 1960s guitars, on the show before.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56If I recall, one went in Cardiff.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I think we put something like £90 on this little guitar. 60 to £90.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And it fetched 200 to 300, around there.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07So I'm basing my knowledge on what's gone before on the show.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12I haven't seen another one, Paul. It's more your area than mine.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Um, but it's kitschy, it's got a look,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18it's been on the internet,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20so fingers crossed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21But I'm, um...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24PAUL LAUGHS ..dubious!
0:14:24 > 0:14:29I don't blame you! All I could do is go by what we've sold before.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40We've seen plenty of these on the show, a Victorian police truncheon.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44They make cracking money if dated and in great condition.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47This one's condition is superb. We've got 80 to £120 on it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It belongs to Irene here, possibly for not much longer.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Who have you brought along? - My husband, Ed.- Hi.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Cracking, cracking item.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57How did you come across this?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It was my mother's uncle's.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I wonder if someone was in the police force in the family?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- I wish I knew.- Let's hope you're right, Kate.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10The condition, as you say, is great.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12So it should sell pretty well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16You're right, if it had been dated, or a warrant number on it.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Or name of a place.- Name of a place.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21You could attribute it to a local police station.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26- Wow, you're looking at 400 to £500. - And upwards.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Lot 577 is a Victorian constable's truncheon.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Impressed maker's mark, Parker.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39In fantastic condition. £50, I'm bid. Five.
0:15:39 > 0:15:4160. Five. 70.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Five. 80.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Five. Your bid. 85 on my left. 90. Five.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48100. And ten.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50120?
0:15:50 > 0:15:51120. 130?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56120. Your bid in the back, standing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59£120. Selling.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01At one hundred... 30.
0:16:01 > 0:16:0440. 150? 140 in the back, then.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08At £140!
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- That was like a game of table tennis!- That's really good.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17- Really nice.- What are you going to put the money towards?- A holiday.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Well, we're going to Norfolk. - We like Norfolk.- Right.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25- We take the pets with us!- What have you got?- A border collie and a dog.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30- A cat, sorry!- A collie and a cat. "Border collie and a dog"!- Sorry!
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Can't take me anywhere!
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- Congratulations.- Thank you. - Well done.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45You know those moments when I say credit to our experts, they were spot on?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Well, it could go horribly wrong now for us.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51We've got Cliff and the Ringo Starr snare drum.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54A lovely bit of retro 1960s plastic.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58But unfortunately, the auctioneer didn't agree with my valuation.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01He didn't know what planet I was on
0:17:01 > 0:17:04and he's too young to understand The Beatles.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I'm just hoping the room's full of Beatles fans. Spot any?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10There's a lot of bald heads!
0:17:11 > 0:17:15The circle Newbeat snare drum.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Circa 1964.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22A Beatles promotional drum. There it is.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Ringo Starr.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30And I'm bid £110. 120, anywhere? At 110.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32And 20.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34130. And 40.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36150 and 60. No.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38£150 now.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40160. It's not your bid.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41At 150. All done?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44At 150.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Any more bids? All done?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49At £150. One more?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Come on, one more.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Can't be done, I'm afraid, ladies and gentlemen. We move on.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58We got it to 150 in the room. Put it in a specialist music sale.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01There were no other instruments here.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Just a few old violins. - I'll take your advice.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Smashing.- Thank you. I'm really sorry it didn't sell.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Next up, two beautiful hand-painted plates.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18They're quite large, from the 1800s, and belong to Tina and David.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Great to see you. You look absolutely fabulous!
0:18:21 > 0:18:26- They've been in the family. They were your aunt's...- Great aunt's. - Lots of memories?
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- Yes.- Originally, Anita, we had a valuation of 150 to £200.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Fixed reserve at 150.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35We decided that at the valuation day.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Since then, David's done some research.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44He's put the reserve up. It's not 150 any more, it's now 250.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49These plates may well do 250 or more.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54A low estimate doesn't jeopardise the price.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- It's more of a "come and buy me". - It encourages the bidding.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Where did you do your research? How did you come by the price?
0:19:02 > 0:19:08Some of these plates, a lot smaller, are selling for 1,500 US dollars.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14- They're for sale at 1,500 dollars. - Whether they get that. - Not selling at.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You have to be really very careful.
0:19:16 > 0:19:23You think you can do the research on the internet, but it is limited for the private person.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's going under the hammer. Good luck!
0:19:25 > 0:19:27A pair of Swiss earthenware chargers,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30each centrally decorated with figures in boats
0:19:30 > 0:19:32on a lake with mountains beyond.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Within a broad band of floral panels.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The reverse each signed "Toon".
0:19:40 > 0:19:42And I'm bid
0:19:42 > 0:19:47220 to clear commissions.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48220.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50240, now? 220.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52240.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54240 here. 250.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56260. 260.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Well done.- It's on my right, now. Selling at 260.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01270 elsewhere?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05£260 to my right. All finished
0:20:05 > 0:20:09at £260. Done and selling
0:20:09 > 0:20:11at 260.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12260.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16260. Just over reserve. Well done.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Sadie and Leah, we've been waiting for this for a long time.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Is it exciting? Not only a day off school, but a day in an auction room.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Have you been in one before?- No.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34You can't see a lot at your height, but it's all going on at that end.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Charlie Ross is on the rostrum, selling all our lots.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Hopefully, this little ruby ring - we've got a value of 1,200.
0:20:41 > 0:20:47- Yes, just over 1,000.- Just over £1,000 is coming hopefully your way.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Ruby and diamond ring
0:20:50 > 0:20:51in an Art Deco mount.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Beautiful lot.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Bid 650, 700. 50.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59At 750. 800 now.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02At 800. I'll take 20 if it helps you.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Bid's at 800. And 20 now? Say now.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06At £800.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10You're all out seated at 800. And 20 is it, now?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13At £800. Any more bid?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15All done at £800.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18No more? At 800 it is.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Can't be sold, ladies and gentlemen, at £800.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27We had a fixed reserve of 900 and I'm pleased you protected it with that.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32- You don't want to give it away.- No. I don't think the jewellery dealers were here.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37It's a stand-alone piece in the room. There's no other diamonds or gems here.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- OK, we'll take it home, Leah. - It's got to go home!
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- I'm so sorry!- That's OK. Thank you, anyway.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46The good news is that, after the auction,
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Sadie accepted a private offer of £750.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54So she'll be able to buy that much-needed car after all.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Roald Dahl, what a legend! Is there anybody
0:22:04 > 0:22:06who has grown up over the last 50 years
0:22:06 > 0:22:10who can imagine their childhood without the BFG...
0:22:10 > 0:22:13James and the Giant Peach...
0:22:15 > 0:22:17..or Matilda?
0:22:19 > 0:22:24These are just some of his classic and much-loved children's stories.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34And this big blue building here couldn't be anything else but the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Amanda Concay runs the Roald Dahl foundation
0:22:36 > 0:22:41which is also based here. That's her office by the sign on the first floor.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44She can remember him reading her bedtime stories.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Sounds absolutely fascinating, so let's have a chat with her.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Let's hear Amanda tell us her story about Roald Dahl.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I grew up in the village we are now, in Great Missenden,
0:22:58 > 0:23:04and this is where Roald Dahl lived and spent most of his adult years
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and where he wrote all his children's books.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10As a child, our families were friends.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I was in the same class as his second child, Tessa.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Roald did the morning lift to school, my mother did the evening.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20We certainly stayed in each other's houses, had sleep-overs,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22so our lives were pretty interlinked.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Was he good fun to be with?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Yes, he was very imposing.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29He was very tall, six foot five,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34so he seemed a giant when you were a child and I think he hoped he was the Big Friendly Giant.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Do you have any fond memories of him?
0:23:36 > 0:23:41He always wanted to take that bit of childhood fun a bit further.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47So midnight walks are something that children talk about, and fantasise about,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49but generally they don't happen.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53But he would get us up in our pyjamas and say, "We're going for a walk."
0:23:53 > 0:23:57And he would take us down the road to this tunnel
0:23:57 > 0:23:59and he would tell a story under there.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01It could be about anything,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05the stars, witches, foxes, anything.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09So that was just completely magical and different.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12When Amanda started working at the foundation,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15she had no idea what a huge and lasting success
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Dahl's children's books would turn out to be.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Roald was the first one where there were signing sessions,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25where there were author visits,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and boy, did the kids like to meet him!
0:24:28 > 0:24:31You're not frightened of me, are you?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34They're all sort of funny and nice.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Better than the other people's books.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39The amazing thing is, for example,
0:24:39 > 0:24:45Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Penguin Books' best-selling book of all time.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48You're in publishing yourself,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51so can you sum up why he was such a successful writer?
0:24:51 > 0:24:55It is hard to say what makes somebody take off in this way,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57to become part of the popular culture.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01There's nothing old-fashioned about Roald Dahl. He's contemporary.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written over 40 years ago,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10but it still feels very contemporary.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13They're nearly all moral tales, in one way or another.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18Um, and the child is generally the hero.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24At least the good children win and the bad children get their come-uppance.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Talking of Charlie again, what happens to the horrible children?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30They all end up going down the chute.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33The Oompa-Loompas get rid of them.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36But we know Charlie is a good boy.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Nasty things happen but out of those, people either get punished
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- or good people get rewarded.- Yes.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45So out of the dark comes good.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51It's hard to think of Roald Dahl without thinking of his long-term working partnership
0:25:51 > 0:25:53with illustrator Quentin Blake.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I think The Enormous Crocodile just shows how well
0:25:56 > 0:26:01the combination of the two talents worked.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- Children can identify with that. - Here is a crocodile that eats children.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07But he has huge teeth.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13But somehow, they're funny. There's something amazing about the combination.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16In this book, Revolting Rhymes, for example,
0:26:16 > 0:26:21here's a great thing when the prince chops off Cinderella's sister's head.
0:26:21 > 0:26:27"What's all the racket?", Cindy cried. "Mind your own biz", the prince replied.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32"My prince", she thought.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34"He chops off heads."
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- That is so funny. - This is a great example, isn't it?
0:26:38 > 0:26:43- Look at her face.- Yes, her face. It's not ghoulish, it's just funny.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I can have lots of people killed
0:26:46 > 0:26:49but they won't be killed in a conventional way.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51You can't have them shot
0:26:51 > 0:26:55or chopped up or anything like that. It's just straight.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01I'm quite prepared to have them killed in the most grizzly possible way,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05like having little boys from Eton pulled out of the windows
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and eaten by giants.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Bones crunched up and everything.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Or a child falling into a chocolate-making machine
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and coming out as fudge.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22That's fine, as long as there is a whopping great laugh at the same time.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26He always said it's got to be fun. The books have to be funny.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And that came to him naturally.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32He had the whizz-popping giant
0:27:32 > 0:27:35in George's Marvellous Medicine
0:27:35 > 0:27:41where he describes the granny as having a mouth like a dog's bottom.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- That's very creative! - You only have to say that,
0:27:44 > 0:27:49you only have to say it and you laugh, but no-one else would write it. But he did.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I understand he said, or he disliked anyway,
0:27:52 > 0:27:57beards, museums and speeches.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59What would he have made of the museum downstairs?
0:27:59 > 0:28:04One has to remember he would have been 92 had he been alive now.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08He said those things when museums were quite stuffy places.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14The great thing is, we've been able to create the museum and story centre
0:28:14 > 0:28:17at a time when museums can be really good fun.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21They can be very interactive. I think you'll find when you see the museum
0:28:21 > 0:28:25that it really lives up to him and his books
0:28:25 > 0:28:26and it's a great fun place.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29So that's exactly what I did
0:28:29 > 0:28:34and Amanda was right. The children were having a scrumdiddlyumptious time.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37But the final word should be left to the great man himself
0:28:37 > 0:28:40who'd have been very at home in the museum.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46'Most adults have forgotten how children are thinking.
0:28:46 > 0:28:52'And I certainly see myself totally on the side of children.'
0:29:01 > 0:29:06Back at the valuations, Anita has found some playful Clarice Cliff.
0:29:07 > 0:29:15Clare, Clarice Cliff was one of the leading ceramicists of the 20th century.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20People either love or hate her work.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25- What do you think of it? - These, I think, are hideous, really.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28That's a word that my father described them as, "hideous".
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Indeed. Tell me, where did you get them from?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35They were given to my grandparents as a wedding gift.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I think that was in 1936.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Then my mum's always had them on the shelf in the kitchen.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44That's where I remember seeing them.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Then Mum and Dad brought them over this time last year
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and said, "Get rid of them. See what you can do with them."
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Well, if we turn them up and look at the back stamp,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57we see the magic name, Clarice Cliff.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Now, Clarice made a wide range of goods
0:30:02 > 0:30:06and some of them are more collectible than others.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11We have some very rare patterns that go into the four figures
0:30:11 > 0:30:13and are highly sought-after.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18Now, these are not the top-of-the-range Clarice Cliff.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22They're from the series "My Garden" series.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27So-called because you have this wonderful handle
0:30:27 > 0:30:30which is a band of flowers.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34A fairly common, a fairly ordinary pattern,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37it was very popular in its day.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40They were made in the 1930s.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Because they were popular, they made a large amount of them.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49So they weren't rare, and in today's market, that brings the price down.
0:30:49 > 0:30:56- I would estimate them between 100 and £150.- OK.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02About £50 each. Now, they might go a little higher
0:31:02 > 0:31:03than the bottom estimate,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07but you're not going to go to 200, £250.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I would love it to happen!
0:31:09 > 0:31:11I think my dad would, also!
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- So would you be happy to sell them? - That would be good.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17We'll put a reserve of £100 to protect them
0:31:17 > 0:31:22and we'll hope they'll be very well fancied on the day.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- I hope so.- Clare, shall we flog them?- Go for it!- Let's go for it!
0:31:33 > 0:31:38So, Steve, you've brought in this bizarre, rather large, animal.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It's an elephant and a tiger. What do you think about it?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Um, I like it. It's just gathering dust, really.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48I've had it in the loft. I inherited it from my gran,
0:31:48 > 0:31:50but I've got nowhere to display it.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55And if the little 'un knocks it off, it would be quite upsetting.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Ah, you've got a young child that might break it into pieces.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- Does your wife like it? - Yeah, she likes elephants.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07She'll be sad to see it go, but if it gets broken, she'll be even more gutted.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Do you know anything about it? The maker, or...?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14It's got on the bottom it's a Beswick. I've nothing else to go on.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I know it's from my gran's cos I've seen it since I was young.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Yes, Beswick is the mark, an English maker.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22It's fairly modern, 20th century.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26But they make quite a lot of these animal models - cows, sheep and things.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30They also do a series of wild animals, of which this is one.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35They do this model in various sizes, a small, medium and large, and this is the large.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39You've got a big bull elephant being attacked by a tiger.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42So quite a violent theme to go on your mantelpiece!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45It's really nicely modelled.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49You can see the detail in the hide of the elephant, the face on the tiger.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Also, Beswick bits always get broken off.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56So whenever I see one, I think, "It'll have a break on the trunk
0:32:56 > 0:32:59"or the tusks always come off.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01"You get chips on the legs or the ears."
0:33:01 > 0:33:04But this is remarkably good condition,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06considering it's been kept in the loft!
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- It didn't cost you anything. - No.- Any idea as to value?
0:33:09 > 0:33:15I've got no idea. As far as I'm concerned, it's more sentimental.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18There are lots of Beswick collectors out there.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21But it means nothing to them in terms of sentiment.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's, "Is it one of a number that were produced and how rare is it?"
0:33:24 > 0:33:30But the condition's great. For an auction value, you'd put 150 to £250 on it.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Better than I thought. - More than you thought?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- So for that kind of price, you'd be happy to sell it?- Yes.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39The estimate for the catalogue is 150 to 250.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I would suggest a lower reserve of £100.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47But you can make that discretionary so the auctioneer has a chance to sell it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- OK with that?- Yeah.- OK.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- So see you at the auction.- OK.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Jill, welcome to Flog It.
0:33:56 > 0:34:02And it's lovely to have that gorgeous piece of Victorian jewellery here.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Tell me, where did you get it?
0:34:04 > 0:34:08My grandmother gave it to me when I got engaged in 1974.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- Did you wear it?- I've never worn it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- Left in a drawer.- Did it belong to your grandmother?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I think so, but I don't know anything about it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- No pictures of her wearing it? - No, unfortunately.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Why haven't you worn it? Is it not to your taste?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Because I knew it was a mourning locket
0:34:26 > 0:34:30and it's big and dark-coloured. Although I knew it was beautifully made.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- So it's a bit sort of sombre.- Mmm.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36OK, let's just have a closer look at it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41The case is not marked for gold.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47Very often when a piece was made specially for someone,
0:34:47 > 0:34:51by a jeweller, if it had been commissioned,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54then they would not have hallmarked it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58But the touch of it, the colour of it, the weight of it,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02all these things indicate to me that it is gold.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05The front of it
0:35:05 > 0:35:12has this beautiful banded agate oval on it.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16And we have a gold and enamelled starburst here
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and a beautiful pearl.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21So it's a lovely thing.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23It's a quality item.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25I like it very, very much.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Let's open it
0:35:27 > 0:35:31and have a little look inside.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- Now, do you know who this... - Afraid I don't, no!
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- He's quite a sombre looking chap. - He is.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- Could he have been a boyfriend or a fiance?- I just don't know.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- You don't know?- No.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51And we have the hair whorl here,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55which is typical of mourning jewellery.
0:35:55 > 0:36:02When Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria went into mourning.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04And mourning became a fashion.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Right.- I would date it
0:36:06 > 0:36:11from about the 1860s, 1870s.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Although these aren't popular as things to wear,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18they are collectible. Price-wise,
0:36:18 > 0:36:24I would put an estimate of 120 to 180 on this locket.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Would you be happy with that estimate?- Yes.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Let's put it to sale, Jill, but we'll put a fixed reserve
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- of £120.- Yes, that sounds good.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39- Shall we sell it at that? - Yes, please.- I'm hoping it will go much higher.- Thank you.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Time to have a final look at what is on the way to the sale room.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Luckily, not everyone shares Clare's low opinion of Clarice Cliff!
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I'm sure these jugs will soothe a new owner.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59The Beswick collectors will love the condition of Steve's elephant and tiger.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01It's going to be a jungle out there!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04And the Victorian mourning locket may not be the height of fashion,
0:37:04 > 0:37:09but it's quality - and you know what I always say about quality.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15First up, those Clarice Cliff jugs.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Clare, good to see you again.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19You've brought the kids here?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I've got Joshua. He's four.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23And Rachel, who's 16 months.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Wow! First time on TV. Lovely. The jugs, do you...
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- No. Hideous.- Do you like them?
0:37:29 > 0:37:33I like Clarice Cliff. I think it's very cheering.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Yes.- It's lovely in a kitchen.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Hopefully, we'll get around 100 to £150.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- You're flogging their inheritance! - Not really!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44No? What does Rachel think, I wonder? Hey, Rachel?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Oh, she's bidding. You just bought something!
0:37:49 > 0:37:53A pair of 1930s Clarice Cliff jugs
0:37:53 > 0:37:55of cylindrical tapering form,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58each decorated with streaked orange and grey glaze
0:37:58 > 0:38:02with moulded floral loop handle.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Bid 65 to clear commission. 70 I'll take.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09At 65 for the pair. 75. 80.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Five. 90.
0:38:10 > 0:38:1290 bid. Five now?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14At 90. And five. 100.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20100 elsewhere? Bid's at 95. May I say 100, sir?
0:38:21 > 0:38:2495 is the bid, then. At 95.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27All finished at 95? 100 now?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29At 95, then.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33I'm afraid, ladies and gentlemen, we are one bid away. Not sold.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36I just don't believe that. One bid.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39We just needed a little prayer there. Rachel,
0:38:39 > 0:38:42one bid away. So close!
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- So close.- But Mum and Dad set the reserve.- They did, yes.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We've seen plenty of Beswick on the show before, but nothing like this.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00A tiger on the back of an elephant. It belongs to Steve, not for much longer.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04It's in good company. Have you seen the amount of Beswick in the room?
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- There's a lot.- I'd say there's about 300 lots there.- Yeah.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12So the collectors are gonna be here. I think they'll snap yours up.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Do you think it'll get top end? - It'd be nice if it did.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17It's unusual, not the normal thing people go for.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19But I think so, yeah.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I had a chat with the new owner of the sale room, Jasper.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26He kinda liked it. He said he wouldn't give it house room
0:39:26 > 0:39:28but it will do mid-estimate. So we're pretty safe.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33Lot 65 is a Beswick elephant and tiger.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Large group. 50 bid. Five. 60. Five.
0:39:36 > 0:39:3870. Five.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41No? At 70. Five now. 75 in two places. 80.
0:39:41 > 0:39:4480. 90, may I say? 90.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Your bid at 90.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Make no mistake, I'm selling at 90 in the front row.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Anybody make it 100? And 100 I'm bid.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55And ten, sir? Pipped at the post. 110.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57120? No? 110 your bid.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Front row. All done at £110.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Yes. Nice work, Charlie Ross.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04- £110, Steven.- Not bad.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Good, isn't it?- Yep.- Better than something collecting dust
0:40:08 > 0:40:11and breaking in a few weeks' time.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Who's getting the money?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Um, I dunno, really.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Take the girlfriend out for a meal, I suppose.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- Treat her. Something special.- She'll hold you to that! It's on camera!
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Let's hope this isn't a sad moment. It's a Victorian mourning locket.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It's Jill's and has been in the family a while.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33But you've decided to sell this now
0:40:33 > 0:40:36because you want to put the money towards a new addition.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40We've just had our first grandchild, called Isobel.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45It's easier to sell it, because this was a special present to you.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48When we got engaged, my grandmother gave me this, 33 years ago.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53A long time. It's hard to sell things people give you as presents.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59But in this case, selling it because of a new addition to the family, I think is wonderful.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02It's such a lovely thing and it's in perfect condition.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06You haven't worn it. It's been in a drawer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I think if you don't like it, it's the time to sell it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:15I think it might be to today's tastes. It's a big chunky piece.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17It's of beautiful quality.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Does that mean we'll get the top end of the estimate?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I don't know, Paul. We'll have to wait and see.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25What are you looking for secretly?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27120? 50?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29150 would be very nice.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32But the market will determine.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Fingers crossed.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37A gold, pearl and enamel pendant,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40circa 1880. Late Victorian pendant.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I can start that at 85. 90. Five.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47110. 120. 130.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49140. 150.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- 160. 170.- This is good.- 180.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53190.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55200. And 20.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57240. 260.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02280. 300.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06320. 340.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- 360.- A lot of money!- 380.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Are you taking instructions? 380.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15400? No.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18380. You're out on the stairs. 380 in the middle of the room.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21At £380. All done?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Selling at £380.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- Yes!- Excellent!- Now, quality...
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- ..always sells.- Quality. Condition.
0:42:30 > 0:42:36And I was right. I thought that it might be to today's tastes.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- And also...- A big chunky piece.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- And also a "Come and buy me..." - Well.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- "Come and buy me" valuation! - I can be a bit like that.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Excellent!- Canny lass!
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- I'm really pleased.- You've got to be pleased with that! Wow!
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I'm feeling hot over that one!
0:42:52 > 0:42:57- Lovely.- That's gonna be put towards the christening funds.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Definitely.- A bank account. - Lovely nest egg, yes.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Fantastic. Thanks for coming in.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Well done. That was marvellous! - Thank you!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Well done, Anita. What a "come and buy me" that was!
0:43:13 > 0:43:16That's it. What a great day we've had here.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18The auction's still going on behind me
0:43:18 > 0:43:21and all credit to Charlie Ross.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24He's been magnificent as have our two experts today.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28We've had a great time at Woburn. Until next time, cheerio!
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