0:00:02 > 0:00:04The sun is shining, we've got a fantastic crowd.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Welcome to "Flog It!" from Derby! Yes!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11One of the few cities with a Viking name
0:00:11 > 0:00:15which probably explains why some of the crowd looks like a marauding Viking horde!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Today's venue is just a stone's throw away from this,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58the beautiful and tranquil River Derwent,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01which flows right through the heart of Derby.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Derby's name originates from the Danish meaning "village of the deer"
0:01:05 > 0:01:09and "Derwent" has a Celtic origin meaning "valley" or "the river of the oaks".
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And the name of our venue today, The Grand Hall in Derby's Assembly Rooms
0:01:14 > 0:01:18where the crowd are filing in, eager to get started.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23We're joined by two great names in the antiques trade,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25experts Mr Michael Baggott
0:01:25 > 0:01:29and Philip Serrell, who's already found some interesting treasure.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Let's get things under way.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Hadrian, isn't it?- Hadrian, yes.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Are you into this antiques stuff? - Yes, I collect bits and pieces
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and have a collection.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- How did you get into it?- Watching programmes and reading books.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48- It's something I've always liked. - Flog It's made you an antiques buff?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- It's brought things to the surface. - You watch "Flog It!" how often?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Two or three times a week. Different programmes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Enjoy it?- I really do, yes.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Now then, is this something you bought a long time ago?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- A year and a half ago. - A year and a half.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Right. Talk me through the whole thing. Where did you buy it?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- From a market in Limerick. - A market?- In Limerick City.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Ireland. Is that where you're from? - That's where I'm from.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- So you're now Hadrian the Hantique, are you?- That's right.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22You bought this 18 months ago. Dare I ask how much for?
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- 18 euros.- How much is that in proper money?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30The market varies. £14.50, 15 quid.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Now then, you're the expert cos you've been watching "Flog It!".
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Yeah.- So what are the good things about that?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It's got its original matchbox inside.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Take it out and show people at home.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44It's still in good condition.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48It's got where someone lit a candle or a chandelier or something.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51You've got the romance in you! "They lit a chandelier"!
0:02:51 > 0:02:55They've left a mark on it in the wood itself.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58You don't see many with these original boxes.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- You've got a good sales pitch, Hadrian.- That's what makes it special.- Is that right?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- The missing part of the puzzle. - Is it silver?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- It's silver... - How do you know it is?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10You've got hallmarks. 1902. Birmingham.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I looked up the maker's name but I've forgotten.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16But it's Art Nouveau period style.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19He is good, isn't he? Don't you think he is? He's good.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23It's got all the signs of quality in it, too.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- It's nice.- That's what I like about it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27You've told me everything so far.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Now tell me what'll it make at auction?
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Well, I'd say 40 to £50, I'd say. I've got the matchbox as well.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37That's the thing.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39You don't have to sell it to me!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- It's the complete thing. - The complete thing.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Hadrian, you're going to go a long way!- I hope so.- I think you are.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I think that you need to estimate this at auction
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- at 20 to £40.- Yeah.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57I think we'll put your buying price of £15 as a reserve on it.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58- Yep.- And I think it'll sell.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Yep.- I think you've got a great eye. - Cheers. Thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05And I love your patter! I think this should be a career for you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- I'd like it to be.- Don't get too good, cos I'd like to keep my job!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Yeah.- And I think that you are so good, I could be out of work here!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Tell me when you hang your boots up! I'll be there.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Get out of here! Hang my boots up? What does he think he's doing?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Hadrian, let's get it sold. - No problem. Fine. Excellent.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Charlie, I can see this piece has been your pride and joy.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Has been.- You've polished it to blazes!- I have, yeah.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Where did you get it? What's the story?
0:04:39 > 0:04:45It was originally my son-in-law's. And he's an antique dealer.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50I saw it and I said, "Sam, how much is that?" He said, "Well,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55"to you, it's £450." I said, "I'll have it."
0:04:55 > 0:04:59You didn't think twice. That's the secret when you buy antiques.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You go shopping for antiques.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- If you find something that touches your soul...- Yes. - ..puts a smile on your face,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08buy it, because it'll be gone.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- It will be gone. - If you can afford it, buy it.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Because it's going to make you happy.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- And it has.- I've got to ask, why are you selling this?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Well, it's feminine and I'm not!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- It's really out of place.- It's beautiful, isn't it? Very sweet.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28It's a ladies' writing desk, a "bon heure du jour",
0:05:28 > 0:05:30which translates as "the good hour of the day".
0:05:30 > 0:05:35And this little beauty is a copy of a late 18th-century piece by Sheraton.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39It's loosely termed Sheraton revival.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I would put this as late Edwardian,
0:05:42 > 0:05:47so it's not pretending to be 18th century.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I'd put this around 1910, 1920.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53But it's absolutely stunning. It's beautifully made
0:05:53 > 0:05:58by a cabinet maker at the top of his genre. It's just perfection.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It's got a tiny leaf here which folds over
0:06:01 > 0:06:04which you can use to write on.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Now, that leather looks to me, this tawed piece of leather,
0:06:07 > 0:06:13- looks very 1960s, so that's been replaced. But it doesn't really matter.- No.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16This is not meant to be a period piece.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20But it's beautifully done. I love the way these legs taper down.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It's so neo-classical. It's got all the right elements about it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Look at the grain, how beautifully that's been chosen by the cabinet maker.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31This is all veneer.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I would say this is veneered onto an oak carcass
0:06:35 > 0:06:37because when I looked at the drawer linings
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- and looked underneath, it's all oak. Look at this.- Yeah.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44You've polished the drawer liners, haven't you?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- You've polished everywhere!- Yes.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51If anybody's watching, I think it's great to polish a piece, if you want to...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- It brings it to life. - And it makes it sing. But,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59I would advise anybody not to polish the drawer linings
0:06:59 > 0:07:01or the undersides.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It's really nice to see dry wood where it should be kept dry.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Yes.- Right. OK.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, if it was a period piece...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14..really 18th-century, we'd be looking at 6,000 to £8,000
0:07:14 > 0:07:19for something of this quality. Unfortunately, it's not, as you know.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20It's Sheraton revival.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Um, what have you in mind?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Bearing you paid 400 and... - About 1,000.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I think you're right, four figures.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35But I think we should put it into auction with a valuation of 800 to £1,200.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Hopefully get that middle estimate.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- And put a reserve on of 800, if that's OK.- Fine.- If we put it in
0:07:41 > 0:07:45at the auction at 1,000 to 1,200, we might scare people off.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Yes.- Would you be happy with that? - I'd be very, very happy.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Charlie, thank you very much. You've made my day.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Wendy, thank you for bringing this lovely wrist watch along today.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Where did you get it from?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08It was off my mum. My mum gave it to me.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Right.- And I've left it in the drawer.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Oh, no!- Yeah!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Is it not something that you wear?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19No, I don't think it's something I would wear
0:08:19 > 0:08:21so I just tucked it away and...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Just put it away safely.- Yep.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25It's not to everybody's taste
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- cos it's a very strong Art Deco style.- Right.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32I can remember from my old nan's jewellery that it's marcasite
0:08:32 > 0:08:34cos all she had were marcasite brooches,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38this little polished stone so you get a cut steel effect.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- It's a lot cheaper than doing diamonds!- Right. OK.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46If we turn it over, we should have some marks on the back.
0:08:46 > 0:08:53And it's stamped "800", which is a low-grade continental silver.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57We can't call it silver over here. We have to call it white metal.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Right. OK.- It's very nice.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04The main thing is, you get a lot of marcasite watches and jewellery
0:09:04 > 0:09:05and it's fairly commonplace.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08What you don't normally get
0:09:08 > 0:09:12is this expanding bracelet inset with little marcasites as well.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15That's a phenomenal amount of work to do that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- Each piece is articulated.- Right.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24Then you've got this super diamond-shaped bezel to the dial
0:09:24 > 0:09:26which is rather eye-catching.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32I would imagine it dates to about 1930, 1935. It might be a smidge later than that.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- Right.- That's when marcasite was popular,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38just before the second war and just slightly after.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40But it's a lovely little thing. As I say,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43it's not of great intrinsic value.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The little marcasites are probably set into silver.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Any idea of the value of it?
0:09:49 > 0:09:54No, not really, no. I've never had it valued. Only coming here today.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Absolutely. Well, as a dress watch,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00for some fashionable lady, I'm sure there's one out there, that will want it,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I think at auction between 30 and £50.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I think they'd be very happy to buy it for that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09So if we stick it into auction, put a reserve of £30 on it,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11and hope it does really well for you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- Yes, that's fine.- Splendid. Thank you for bringing it along.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Millie, how are you? - I'm fine today, thank you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Today? Not yesterday?- Not very well, no!- You must keep well.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- Lovely day, isn't it?- Gorgeous, isn't it?- Are you a collector
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- of fine china?- Yes, I'd say so. Yes.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- This is absolutely lovely. - It's very nice.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- What else do you collect? - Worcester.- Good girl!- I know!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Good girl.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Moorcroft.- Yes.- Yes. - How long have you been collecting?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- About eight years now. - What gave you the collecting bug?
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Um, I just picked up one item in an antiques shop
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and that was it. That started me off.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- It really got you. - That's it.- Great stuff.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08This is a really good quality two-handled tankard or loving cup.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12I haven't looked at it inside yet,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- but look at the calibre of that gilding. Really good.- Yes.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20If I spin that round. This yellow ground is very reminiscent
0:11:20 > 0:11:25of late - I suppose about 1800, 1820.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30And again it was reproduced about 1900, 1910.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32But this is a good bit later than that, I fear.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Wonderful panel there, floral panel. We'd better have a look at its bottom, hadn't we?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Yes. Go on, then.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41"Lynton Porcelain Company.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44"Fine English bone china, Derby."
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I don't know how old the Lynton Porcelain Company is,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- but I'd think that's very much 20th century.- You think so?- I do.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57It's lovely quality, but I don't think it's got a great age to it.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01But it is quality. Have you had it long? Is it a family piece?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- No, just two years I've had it about.- Two years.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Well, I... We're going to go to Bamfords auction room.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Mm-hmm.- And I think at auction...
0:12:11 > 0:12:16- ..I'd put an 80 to 120 estimate on it and a reserve of £60.- Yes.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19And let's hope that James Lewis at the sale room
0:12:19 > 0:12:22will do a good job for us. Where did you get it from?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Bamfords auction rooms!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Right. So you bought it off James.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- I did.- And you're going to sell it through James?- Hope so.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Sorry, James!
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'm going to ask you how much you paid for it,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38but I don't want them to know at home.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40We'll tell them at the auction. What did you pay?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Really?!- Yes!
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It's a lovely quality thing.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49You'll be all right. It's going to do really well.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- And you'll have a top day at the sale.- Lovely!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55It's time to take our first lots off to auction.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Here's a quick reminder of what's going under the hammer.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Philip and Millie are keeping its value a secret,
0:13:02 > 0:13:07but her Lynton cup is a bit of class. We'll all know what it's worth very soon.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Wendy's delicate wrist watch is perfectly formed.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13All we need is someone with a soft spot for Art Deco to pick it out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18It's clear to see Charlie's doted on his beautiful ladies' writing desk for years.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21For his sake, I hope it goes well under the hammer.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Finally, our expert-in-training Hadrian has clearly got an eye for an antique.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I'm confident his silver matchbox will light up the auction.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39From the Assembly Rooms, it's a quick hop over the Derwent
0:13:39 > 0:13:44to our auction house which is Bamfords, home to our very own James Lewis
0:13:44 > 0:13:45who'll be on the rostrum.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48This is a good sign because the car park is jam-packed
0:13:48 > 0:13:51which means the room is full of bidders,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53hopefully bidding on our lots.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Before the sale gets under way, let's have a chat to James.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It was that Lynton cup I wanted to chat about.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Does James remember it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Do you recognise this?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05No! Should I?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Well, Millie owns this, and she bought it here,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- from Bamfords...- Really? - Two years ago. Lynton Pottery,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15as you know. It's local.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- It is local. We sell a lot of it. - What price would you put on this?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22You've put me on the spot, there!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I would put an auction estimate
0:14:25 > 0:14:28of 100 to 150,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32expecting it to make 150, 170.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34She paid 150 for it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- That's fine! - And we've got 80 to 120 on it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41I knew you'd get an estimate lower than I'd put on, but it's about the same.
0:14:41 > 0:14:4580, 120. 150. Stefan Nowacki is a great local artist.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49We sell more of it here in Derby than anywhere else in the world.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52He is known as the greatest living porcelain artist.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- I never knew that. - People haven't heard of him
0:14:55 > 0:14:58outside of Derby, hardly anybody apart from the Sultan of Brunei!
0:14:58 > 0:15:04Stefan Nowacki painted the Sultan of Brunei's wedding service and still paints for him today.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- So this is a name to invest in?- It really is a fantastic investment.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Lynton is a backstreet ceramics studio
0:15:11 > 0:15:14but the quality of the artwork is second to none.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17There are very few factories left in the UK -
0:15:17 > 0:15:22you see all these major factories making people redundant, moving work overseas.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Lynton is made here in Derby and it's made to a fantastic standard.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- So it's an investment for the future.- Definitely. I'm 100% sure this is going to sell.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34At 110, 120, 130.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36£85. Look at that.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37£28.
0:15:37 > 0:15:4028. £35. Eight, anywhere?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Hadrian's putting his knowledge to the test now.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46You got this in Limerick, a little silver box.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- All his knowledge has come from... - "Flog It!".- ..watching antiques on TV.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Fantastic. That's what it's all about.- Remarkable, looking at us!
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I'm learning from guys like you. We've got 20 to £40.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I think it'll do well. James is good on his boxes.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- Excellent.- He's good. I think it'll do quite well, actually.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- You've been studying well. - It's got character.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Good for you! Going under the hammer now.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14This must be a great moment. The first of your finds.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Yes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18The Edwardian rectangular matchbox sleeve.
0:16:18 > 0:16:201902.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- And 15 bid. 18?- Straight in. - 15, 18. 18. 20. And two.
0:16:23 > 0:16:2522, 25, 28.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Good man.- £25.
0:16:27 > 0:16:3028, new place. 28 and 30. Two?
0:16:30 > 0:16:3132. 35. 38 beats it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Do you want 38? No? 35.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It's with me. Absentee bid at £35.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Anybody else?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Yes! Fantastic. You'll take that.
0:16:41 > 0:16:4335 quid. Unbelievable.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48- Very good for that price. It had plenty of character. - You've got a good eye.- Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49A good eye.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02Charlie, your writing desk is about to go under the hammer. It's the next lot.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- Yes.- Gorgeous Gillows design. The Edwardian ladies' writing desk.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I put a valuation of 800 to £1,200 on that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It should sit around there quite comfortably.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- We discussed that a month ago.- Yes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Charlie here has upped the estimate, haven't you?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23You've now put the reserve up from 800, the lower end, to 1,200 at the top end.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Why did you do that, Charlie?
0:17:24 > 0:17:30Well, I contacted the antique dealer that I bought it off
0:17:30 > 0:17:34and he said it's worth more than £1,200.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39He said, "If it doesn't sell, give me a tinkle
0:17:39 > 0:17:41"and I'll pay the £1,200 for it."
0:17:41 > 0:17:44He's going to buy it for £1,200 if it doesn't sell.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It might just struggle at the top end.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51We need to bring people in to think they're going to get a bargain.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54That's the idea of it. But I hope it sells for you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:5730 seconds, ladies and gentlemen, till we get the phone bidders.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Charlie, did you hear? James has paused the auction.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03He's waiting for two people on the phones.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Which means we've got some serious bidding going on.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09In fact, there's three porters
0:18:09 > 0:18:12holding phones up.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15The Sheraton revival satinwood desk.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Super lot. Great interior decorators' piece as well.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19So.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22We've got one, two, three, four, five, six bids on it.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25And 820. 890.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29900 and higher. But 900 starts it. At £900.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31At 900 in the room first.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33900. 950 on the phones. Phone one.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Phone one. 950.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38950. 1,000? 1,000 from any of you?
0:18:38 > 0:18:411,050. 1,050. 11?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Love it. I absolutely love it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45At 1,050. 11?
0:18:47 > 0:18:481,050.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50At 1,050. 11, do I see?
0:18:50 > 0:18:5211?
0:18:52 > 0:18:5311 I'll have to go.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5511. 1,150.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Oh, come on!- No?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02One more and you'll probably get it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09No? It's with me. I'm sorry. There was a change of reserve.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11It needs to be 1,200.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13No? I'm sorry,
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- that remains unsold. - Just, Charlie. Just unsold.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21£100 too expensive for the room.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- But your friend's going to buy it off you, is he, for 1,200?- Yes.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- OK.- So I shan't lose. In fact, I shall gain, won't I?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Yes, cos you won't pay commission on the 1,200!
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Charlie's worked it all out. There is commission to pay in auction rooms
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and it varies from sale rooms around the country.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It's normally 15%, but can go up to 20%.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45You've got to deduct those costs.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49When the cheque comes in the post, they'll deduct that 15%.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I think today, Charlie is a winner.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Wendy, I hope there's some Art Deco lovers in the crowd.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08We're just about to sell the wrist watch. It's going under the hammer.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- 30 to £50.- No money, really.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- It's been in a drawer for a long time?- Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- It's in cracking condition. It'll make a lovely present.- Indeed.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- OK.- Good luck.- Thank you! - Good luck. This is it.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The Art Deco cocktail watch,
0:20:22 > 0:20:23set with paste, but silver.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Circa 1935. A good decorative lot.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27I have one bid on it.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I can start the bidding at £30. 30 and five anywhere?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- We've sold it!- £30 and five in?
0:20:33 > 0:20:3535 the lady's bid. 40 behind.
0:20:35 > 0:20:3945? No? At £40, sir. Standing at 40. And five anywhere?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42At £40 and selling.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Gentleman's bid at £40.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Super!- Mid-estimate. Doesn't get better than that!- It doesn't!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Well, top end!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- £40.- Yes!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- You're happy, aren't you?- Yes. Yes.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04You could say this next lot is doing the rounds.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07It's Millie's loving cup. The Derby porcelain cup.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11You got it here, in this room, two years ago for 150 quid.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16- Yes.- Before the auction started, I said to James, "Can you remember this?"
0:21:16 > 0:21:21And he went, "No!" But you guys sell thousands of things each year.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Things just keep coming at you, so you do forget.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Have a few rough times, sometimes. - Yes, you do.- Do you?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29And I've made a few bad buys as well!
0:21:29 > 0:21:35The Lynton porcelain loving cup, painted by Stefan Nowacki.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I can start the bidding at £80. 80 and five, do I see? At 85.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I'll take it in the room first. 85. 90.
0:21:42 > 0:21:4595. 100? 100 standing.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- 100. 110.- Come on!- 110. 120.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49120. 130. 140?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51140 do I see?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53With you at 130. 140 anywhere?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56140. 140 front row. 140.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59150. 150 standing. 160, now?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01150 standing. 160, do I see?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02With you at 150.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Do I see 160? At 150, all done!
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Fab!- He's done it. You've got your money back!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- You've had an awful lot of pleasure for nothing!- Yes!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- She has!- More than can be said for us!- Marvellous!
0:22:15 > 0:22:21That's one way to look at it. No profit, but you've enjoyed owning it, learning about the artist.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Lots of pleasure for nothing! - That's great!
0:22:28 > 0:22:31We're now back in Derby for our next valuation.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- So it's Jill and Jenny. - Yes.- Sisters?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- No, mother and daughter!- Really? - She's my mother. I'm the daughter!
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Get out of here!
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- So. You don't like this any more. - No.- Why?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51It used to belong to my ex mother-in-law.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Ex. Sounds like a bit of history, there!- A bit, yes!
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Did she not like you? - I don't suppose she did, much!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I've moved house, moved husbands. I've got a modern house.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07- Modern husband?- Yes, so it doesn't fit in with anything any more.- OK.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Jenny, what do you think to it?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The only bit that I really like is the dog.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The rest I don't really like.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The face says it all, Jenny.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Absolutely says it all. That sort of...
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- How old do you think it is? - I don't think it'd be that old.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- I reckon...- What's "that old"?
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- 1950s?- 1950s.- It's a bit older than that.- Why?- I don't know.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34You've made my day. Does that mean anything 1950s is not "that old"?
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Ooh...- Cos I'm 1950s! Hey! Watch it!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40You could get into trouble here.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44This is 19th century and it's an engraving.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47It may well have been cut down.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50All these engravings had titles along the bottom
0:23:50 > 0:23:54and a lot of this genre was done by a man called Richard Ansdell.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I think it's interesting that we're in Derby.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Derby County Football Club - they're the Rams, aren't they?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Is that a Derby ram? I don't know. - I doubt it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- But you never know!- Looks more like a Highland ram, to me.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13But what's fascinating, and a word of warning for everybody at home,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17you go into a sale room, and they're big cavernous buildings,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and you see a picture like this and think it's really nice.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23"I'll buy that and take it home."
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- And when you get it home, it's actually a big thing, isn't it? - It's huge.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33- And it dominates your room.- That's right.- And it's dark and austere.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38If anything has changed its taste, over the last ten or 15 years,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41it's this type of thing which is out of fashion.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Exactly. Which is why I want to get rid of it!- Is it?- Yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47The fact that it doesn't fit in with anything
0:24:47 > 0:24:51and with having two daughters, and neither of them liking it,
0:24:51 > 0:24:52we can't pass it down anyway.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56So whatever we get, split it between the girls and it's pocket money.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Well, there's bad news coming.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- I know it's not worth a fortune. - Yes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- It's not even worth half a fortune! - No.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08My view is, if that came into my sale room, I'd put a 20 to £40 estimate on it.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Fair enough.- And if you really want to sell it,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13put a reserve on it of £15.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16It would cost you more than that to frame it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18What do you reckon, Jenny? Happy to see it go?
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- Yeah, I think so.- Fingers crossed. Shall we "Flog It!"?- I think so!
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Rosemary, thank you so much for bringing this wonderful box in.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Can you tell me where you acquired it?
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Well, it was my parents', down my father's side.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44And I think it may have come a long time ago.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48My aunts had an antiques shop in Leamington Spa.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Oh!- So it may well have come from there.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55But I've known it all my life, in my grandparents' house.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- It might have been something that was brought in.- It may well have been.- Interesting.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Do you know when it was made or anything about it?- No.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Let's have a look. Hopefully it will be hallmarked in some fashion.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11There's a hallmark on the lid and one on the lip.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Um... That's very interesting.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20It's got on it what we call "import" marks.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25- Oh, yeah?- In about 1880, when a piece of silver came in to this country,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and it was hallmarked, it had a small distinguishing mark
0:26:28 > 0:26:31to say it had come in and wasn't British made.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35That, for a long time, was a capital "F" for "foreign".
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Oh!- Before we knew any better. It was just foreign!- Right.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43But in 1904, each assay office had its own symbol.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45In London, that was a sun in splendour.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49But they changed that after two years
0:26:49 > 0:26:53to the Omega mark, which is sort of an upside-down horseshoe.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- I know.- And that bears that mark. - Really?- It also bears
0:26:57 > 0:26:59London marks for 1929.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04- Really.- I think that's pretty close to when it was made on the Continent.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08They made these wonderful enamel boxes. That's the joy of this.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- It's beautiful.- That tremendous Watteau-esque Arcadian scene,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15the shepherd and the shepherdess
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- in a somewhat indelicate pose! - Absolutely!
0:27:21 > 0:27:25The particular shape of this box with its incurved corners
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and this bright-cut edge lead me to believe that it's French.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Right.- This is a style of French box made from about 1910
0:27:32 > 0:27:35right through to the 1930s.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37That's absolutely right for the marks on it as well.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41And the joy is that it is perfect.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46This wonderful translucent enamel hasn't got a flake of damage,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48not even a scratch, which is just tremendous.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- So, Rosemary, any idea of the value? - None at all.
0:27:52 > 0:27:58- No idea.- As I say, these boxes are very commercial because they're just pretty,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01something that people buy because they're just pretty.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06I think at auction we'd have no trouble at 250 to £350.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11And I think happily put a fixed reserve of £250 on it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I wouldn't want it to be any less than that.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16No, it would be madness to put any less than that on it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21- Let's hope in auction it does the top end of that. - That would be very nice.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Good to see you, Robert.- Thanks. - Are you well?- Yes, thanks.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32These are brilliant! This has never been out the box!
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Never been out the box. No, it's never been opened.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- Was it yours?- It was a Christmas present when I was eight or nine.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- So you didn't think much to that, then?- I never took to it, for some reason.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49These gift sets - this is gift set number 37 - they're really, really collectible.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53But I want to talk about this, first, and come back to this.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55This is just a bit of fun, really.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00It's a Merit car kit. And that's a D-type Jaguar.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03There isn't great value attached to that
0:29:03 > 0:29:05although do you know what a real one's worth?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Quite a bit more, I would imagine!
0:29:08 > 0:29:11If that was real and you brought it in, we'd say two to four million!
0:29:11 > 0:29:16- Really?- Depending on its history. But it's not! That's just a bit of fun
0:29:16 > 0:29:18that adds to this lovely Corgi boxed set.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23I could bore you to death with this for ever cos I think it's really good fun.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I love it to bits and I'd like to own it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- Why do you want to sell it?- Well,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30it's been up in the attic for 40 years or more.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34So you opened this at Christmas or birthday in, let's say, 1963.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Did it go straight into the attic? Never got played with?
0:29:37 > 0:29:43It probably didn't go straight in the attic, but I don't think it's ever been opened.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- No, I think I was quite disappointed.- Just as well!
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Thank you!- Oh, that's very nice! What's next?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Isn't that sad?
0:29:50 > 0:29:54I think at auction, we can put an estimate -
0:29:54 > 0:29:57as I say, there isn't great value there -
0:29:57 > 0:30:00but it's fun to attach it to this being a sports racing car.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05- I think at auction we can estimate these at 150 to £250.- Yes?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07We'll put a reserve on them of 150.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I think, I think if you get some real car fans there,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16I wouldn't be surprised to see this top the £300 mark, perhaps more.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- How's that sound?- Sounds very good. - You'll race away. Absolutely.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26Our experts have now had their say so it's down to what happens in the auction room.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Let's have a quick look at what's going under the hammer.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Philip picked out this engraving belonging to Jill and Jenny.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Will the rural scene round up the bidders?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Michael was captivated by Rosemary's delightful French enamel box.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Will anyone at the auction be enamoured by its beauty? Finally,
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Robert may have never played with this immaculate Corgi set,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49so let's hope it revs up the punters.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Now back to Bamfords. In the driving seat, our very own James Lewis,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56today's auctioneer.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Remember the 19th-century engraving, it's about to go under the hammer.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02It belongs to Jill and Jenny.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06We've got the engraving, but not Jill and Jenny. They couldn't make it.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08But we've got Jill's friend Lynne here.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- How long have you been friends? - 14 years.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- How did you meet each other? - By an old, old, ex, ex, ex!
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- Say no more! The same boyfriend! - Say no more!
0:31:18 > 0:31:21What about the engraving? Would you buy it?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- No.- Give it wall space? - I wouldn't give it wall space.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30- No?- No.- Well, we've got £20, hopefully £30, Philip, on this?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33£15 reserve. Lynne's got some special instructions.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- If it doesn't sell, it's going on the skip!- To the tip!
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I don't think we'll get The Silence of the Lambs, will we?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- No.- It'll sell and do well.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Well, it'll sell!- It'll sell.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47It's got to do £30, surely. It's a good size furnishing picture.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51The English School 19th-century engraving.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54£10 is bid. 10 and 12, do I see? £10. 12 anywhere?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57At £10. Do I see 12? At ten. 12.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- We're in!- 15. 15 with the cup. 18.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01And 20. At £18,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04lady in the centre. At 18, and 20, do I see?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07At £18. 20, new place. 20 and two. 22.
0:32:07 > 0:32:1025. 25? Go on, it's worth it!
0:32:10 > 0:32:11Go on, more! More!
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- 28 and 30? One more?- More! More!- No?
0:32:14 > 0:32:17At £28. Seated at the back at 28. Are you sure?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19At £28. Are we all done?
0:32:21 > 0:32:22With you.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- Yes!- 28 quid. Right, that's a good result, Philip.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- It's a hell of a lot of print for 28 quid.- Yes.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- But it's better than £15.- Oh, yes.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34You've got to get on the phone and tell Jill it got £28.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39There's a bit of commission to pay. Bit of lunch for you as well! You can spend the money!
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Have you met Jill?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43On that note...
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I absolutely love this next lot.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57It belongs to Rosemary. Michael, our expert, put 250 to £350 on this.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- I did.- On the day. But you did like it, didn't you?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- I loved it.- It should do that any day of the week.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07But Rosemary here, what have you done? Michael doesn't know yet.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Only just whispered in my ear. - Not dropped it?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Well, I upped it to 350.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16There's a fixed reserve at £350.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Rosemary, how could you? No, if anything is going to do top end today,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- it's that lovely box.- That's what I thought.- It stands a chance.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- What would you put the money towards?- A new fishing rod.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Ooh, you go fly fishing, do you? - I do, indeed.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Good for you! I love that, too.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34It's now time to reel the bidders in.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37It's going under the hammer. Good luck.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41The early 20th-century silver and enamel cigarette case.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I've got one, two, three, four, five, six bids, seven bids...
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I think it's sold!
0:33:47 > 0:33:51..and one telephone as well. I can start the bidding
0:33:51 > 0:33:54at 190. Start it low at 190. 200, do I see?
0:33:54 > 0:33:55At 190. Two?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57200, do I see?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00200. 220. 240? 240.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02260. 280?
0:34:02 > 0:34:04280. 300. 320?
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- 310.- 310. 320 with me. 330?
0:34:11 > 0:34:12320.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17- With me at 320.- Oh, no!- Again, I'm afraid, ladies and gentlemen,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20it's a change of reserve. It's changed to 350.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Therefore, it was going to sell, but it's not now!
0:34:24 > 0:34:28You changed your reserve! Sorry, unsold!
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- Never mind!- We were close!- So close!
0:34:31 > 0:34:36I'm afraid it's going to have to be packet salmon from the supermarket!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Yes, back to the string.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- You don't mind, do you? - No, I don't mind at all.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Right, boys and their toys. Next up, the Corgi car set.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54With the kit car with it. It belongs to Robert.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58We've got 150 to £250. All credit to you for not playing with them.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01You know what collectors are like! Fussy!
0:35:01 > 0:35:03I think these will do well.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I think they'll do well.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Could we do over the top end? - We could race away!
0:35:08 > 0:35:12They could. Foot to the pedal right now.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15They're going under the hammer. This is it. Good luck.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16Corgi toys. The gift set.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20One, two, three, four, five bids on them.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23And 130 starts it. 140 now?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25130. 140 anywhere?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29At £130. 140. 150. 160.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30170? 170, sir.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32170. 180. 190.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34190. 200.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36195 if it helps you. To be fair.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38At 190 it's here. 195.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41195. 200. 205?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43200 to the left. Five, do you want? At 200.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46To the left. Sure? At £200.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Anywhere else? 205, do I see?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51At £200 and selling.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- 200.- Yes, mid-estimate. £200.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- Not a bad return on what it would have cost.- No.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Colin Chapman would have been pleased!
0:35:59 > 0:36:05There's not many Corgi sets like that one that have been left completely boxed.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Yes.- Sealed up. I think that'll go to a collector
0:36:08 > 0:36:11to sit in his collection to go back to another sale room.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- It's not going to be played with! - No!
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Thanks for bringing it in. Lots of memories for you.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21It's £200 less commission, which is 15% here.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23That's not a bad day's work!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Well, that's it. It's all over.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Sadly, we're coming to the end of our day here in Derby.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40James Lewis, on the rostrum, really worked hard for us.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43It was a tough day. Some things didn't sell,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46but maybe, just maybe, they weren't meant to sell.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Until the next time, it's cheerio!