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If you're looking for something spicy, you'll get it on today's show. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:13 | |
Where am I? Manchester's curry mile, of course. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
But before I get stuck into some of the local fodder, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
let's see what the people of Manchester will bring along to our valuation day in Oldham. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:24 | |
Where I'm walking right now, this very street, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
was part of the original road from Manchester to Huddersfield. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
It's the oldest part of Oldham. It was originally known as Cuckstool Pit. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
Somewhere along it, it contained a very large pool of stagnant water. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:19 | |
Where, apparently, they used to dunk the heads of women into, | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
when their chattering was considered to be a menace to the town. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
Believe me. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
But there won't be any of that sort of behaviour going on here today... | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
Because today, it's going to be a particularly organised | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
and delightful show, because it's all about the girls. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
Yes! | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
Our fragrant experts, bringing their own special feminine touch | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
to the show, are the lovely Kate Bliss and Anita Manning. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
-Joyce and Peter, welcome along to "Flog It!". -Thank you. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
Do you know what this is? | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
-Yes, a Moorcroft. -A Moorcroft. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
A Moorcroft vase, yup. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
Very popular on "Flog It!". | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
And no wonder because it's a wonderful item, | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
wonderful quality, wonderful colour. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
Tell me, who does it belong to? | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
-It belongs to me. -Where did you get it, Joyce? | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
An aunt left it to me. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
I admired it, because of the colours, from me being very young. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
And I was quite surprised... | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
when she died, she left it me. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
I didn't give it much thought, really. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
-Do you like it, Joyce? -I do like it, I do like it. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
But it doesn't match anything that, that I've got, because I, I have a lot of cut glass. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
OK, let's look at this piece of Moorcroft. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
It's a very nice shape, baluster shape. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
It's a very popular pattern, it's pansies. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
William Moorcroft started his own factory in 1913. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:03 | |
Before that he had worked for James McIntyre and Company. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
And when he set up on his own, he developed this wonderful style of pottery. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:15 | |
And the Moorcroft factory is still going today, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
and it is still selling well. It is a quality item | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
and people will always love it. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
If we look underneath, at the back stamp, | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
we have the embossed mark of Moorcroft. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
We can see the Moorcroft signature, we have Made in England. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:39 | |
Now, we know from this information here, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
that this little vase was made between 1928 and 1940. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:48 | |
So, it's not a very early vase. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
Price? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
The bigger pieces, the earlier pieces, achieve a much higher price. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
This vase, I would say... | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
I would like to put it in at £100-150. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
If there are Moorcroft collectors in the rooms, on that day, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
-it may go higher than the top estimate. -Right. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
We could perhaps put a reserve of £80. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
But that's just really to protect it, just in case. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:22 | |
Now, is that enough to give you a romantic night out? | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
-Bit left over... -You're easy pleased. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
Is it drinks all round? Is this a drinks display cabinet? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
Well, Paul and I know what it is. In fact, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
it's a cabinet gramophone player. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
So, tell me about it's history. How did you come by this? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
It belonged to relatives of mine, which I always admired it, when I used to visit. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:55 | |
-As a young nipper. -As a young nipper. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
-And when they passed on, they left it to me. -How long have you had this? | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
I've had it about 30 years now. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
30 odd years? Wow. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
Where's it been, in the house? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
Well, partly in the house | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
but it's been... spent last nine years in the garage. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
-Right, OK. OK, well, at least you've got a dry garage. -Yes. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
Because there's no sign of any damp. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
It's so typical of the late Edwardian period. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
It's almost, got a serpentine front. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
It's like a waterfall cascading down. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
It's got a nice bit of stringing, which has been done by the maker. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
That's professionally done. That's not professionally done, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
that's done by one loving previous owner, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
that was quite handy with a chisel and a gouge. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
And it's got its original handles, which is nice, so... | 0:05:40 | 0:05:45 | |
All fixtures and fittings are here and it's in good condition. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
And it's virtue is the fact that it's still working. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Because many have survived, but they're not working. Value? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
It is such a hard thing to value. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
It's not the carpentry and the cabinet making which has got a great deal of value, or interest, here. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
But the mechanics of the thing, and the history of the gramophone record. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
From the wax cylinder right through to the iPod of today. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
There's good social history. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
And I think young kids should be able to look at something | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
like this and say, well, that was going on, you know, in the 1930s. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:20 | |
And that's what everybody had in their house, and they would have had one of these. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
These were quite affordable. What do you think it's worth? | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Well, I would think, £60. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
I think we can, hopefully, double that. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
That's what I'd like. I'd like to put it into auction, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
give it the classic 80-120, put a reserve of £60. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
Because you don't want to give it away. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
-No. -You don't want to give this away. OK, Paul, take it away. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
Obviously that's the brake. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
-That's the brake. -Let's see what we're playing. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
It's called Little Darling, and on the other side it's Yes, Tonight Josephine. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:56 | |
I think we'll go for Little Darling. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
And I'll open the doors, so we can have full volume. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
Because this is your volume control. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
For maximum volume, there's your speaker. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
And to put the volume down slightly, just close the doors fractionally. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-So, here we go, full volume, here goes, ready? -Yes. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
Needle on and it should... RECORD CRACKLES | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
It sounds like we're in an air raid. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
RECORD PLAYS | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
Terry, let's play at wee motors. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
I've seen a lot of toys, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
and I have not seen anything in as good condition as this is. | 0:07:54 | 0:08:01 | |
Did you not play with this when you were a wee boy? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
Not a lot. It seemed old fashioned at the time, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
so I was playing with more modern cars. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
How did you come by it? Where did you get it from? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
It was a pass-me-down. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
It came down through the family or friends. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
As I say, it seemed old fashioned, and just got put aside. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
-And left there? -Yeah. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
What we have here really is a little car, which was made by Schuco. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
Now, Schuco were a German toy company | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
and they were known for the quality of their toys. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:40 | |
And this is a very nice little set. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
We see on the back of the box, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
how to play the game. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
And these little pegs in the box | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
would form the boundaries of the course, the race course. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:57 | |
This steering wheel here... | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
-Would this go on top? -Yes, it's... | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
it connects up with the green one, so you can, you can steer it round the course. I've never done it. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
Right, you've never done it. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
It's certainly a smashing idea. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
And I like the way that we have a change of gears through the windscreen here. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
You've kept them for a long time, Terry. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
Why do you want to sell them, now? | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
I'm being told to clear out some of the things. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
We have too much. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
She who must be obeyed has told you to get rid of all your own toys! | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
Well, estimate on them, I would say for both of them, | 0:09:32 | 0:09:38 | |
if we put say 60-80, 70-90. In that region. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -I'm sure they'll fly away. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
-Do you want to put a fixed reserve on? -No, no. -No, no? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
Well, we'll put it in at 60-80. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
And we'll want the auctioneer to sell it with some discretion. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
But I'm sure there will be collectors. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
-I know it's a boy's toy, but do you think I could...? -Please do, please do. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
Shall we wind it up and see what happens? | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
Yes, that's lovely. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
I could say specially for lady drivers, but I better not. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
Wow, what a stunning necklace! | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
That's the nicest bit of jewellery I've seen all day, | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
but for quite a while, as well. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
-So, this is yours, presumably? -It is, yes. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
So, where did it come from? | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
It was left to me by my godmother. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
I've had it for about ten years now. I've never worn it. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
You've never worn it? | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
-Not even once? -No. -Why not? Jewellery's for wearing, you know. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:48 | |
Oh, it is. I have offered it to people to wear on wedding days and special occasions. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
But, no, it's always been declined. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
So, it hasn't actually been worn since you had it? | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
Since your godmother passed it to you? | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
No, and I don't think my godmother would have worn it for a long time. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
Gosh! Well, it's actually... It's quite a heavy piece to wear, I should imagine, isn't it? | 0:11:04 | 0:11:09 | |
You've got a lot of stone in there. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
The stones, of course, are amethyst and citrine, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
placed alternately here and graduated, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
working up to this large amethyst at the bottom. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
And the stone's quality depends, really, on the saturation of the colour. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:24 | |
And the very pure lemony form of citrine | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
is perhaps the rarest example, and the most expensive. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:31 | |
And the amethyst, that has a very deep saturated colour also, | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
is one of the most desirable stones. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
And here they're a beautiful colour, aren't they? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
Especially arranged like this. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
They're cut in the oval cut and set in an open setting, | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
to let as much light pass through them as possible. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
And I think what we have here is a silver-gilt mount. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I can tell that by the colour. I think that's what it is. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
A little replacement catch here, but I think the necklace itself | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
is Victorian in date, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:01 | |
somewhere between 1860, 1880, something like that. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:06 | |
-So, quite a bit of age to it. -It is. Older than what I thought. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
So, what about value, Helen? Have you any idea at all? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
No, because I thought it was, sort of, earlier, you know, 1900s. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:19 | |
-It's older than I thought. -Right. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
Well, I think, at auction, today, a lovely set such as this | 0:12:21 | 0:12:27 | |
is probably going to be, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
realistically, somewhere between £400-£600. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:33 | |
But it's worth it, it's worth it. It's beautiful. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
-It is beautiful, isn't it? So, you're quite happy you want to sell it? -Yes. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
-Yes, she says, final answer. -Yes. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
OK, well, we'll whisk it away from you then. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
I'm sure we'll get a good jewellery buyer, if not a private person, who falls in love with this. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
-Because I think it is stunning, isn't it? -Yes, it is. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
-Thank you very much for bringing it along. -Thank you. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
We're heading off to the auction with our first batch of items. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
Moorcroft always attracts healthy interest, but how accurate is Anita's valuation of the pansy vase? | 0:13:02 | 0:13:08 | |
I'm hoping to rock the house with the gramophone belonging to Paul. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
And I love the retro Schuco cars valued by Anita, | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
which should put the bidders in a spin. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
And finally, Kate couldn't resist the glamour of the necklace. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
This one should definitely shine. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
And our sale venue today is the Calder Valley Auction Rooms, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
in West Yorkshire, where Ian is on the rostrum. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:38 | |
Well, it's here to sell. There's absolutely no reserve and it's my favourite lot of the day. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:45 | |
It's the boxed Schuco cars belonging to Terry here. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
Why, why, why are you selling these? | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
These are wonderful and they're in mint condition. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
I've not played with them for a long, long time. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
We can see that. Yeah, we can see that. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
When you say there's no reserve, I'm sorry, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
but I did come and see the auctioneer and put a reserve on. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-Oh, you did? And what's the fixed reserve now? -60. -I don't blame you. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
I mean, it was always going to sell. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
I think that's fair enough. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
But I think that it might be just, for your own piece of mind, because these will find the market value. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
They're in good condition. They're highly collectable and lovely little objects. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:22 | |
770. The boxed Schuco... | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
green car, and one other. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
And, of course, in lovely condition. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:31 | |
And I'd like to open the bidding at 50. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
50? 40, then? | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
40, sir, well done. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
40, at 40, and 5. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
50, and 5, | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
60 and 5, | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
70 and 5, 80. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
80 bid here. Anybody else, now? | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
At 80, it's absolute mint condition. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
80, 5 anywhere? Then at 80, we're going at 80, and 5. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
-Good, good, good. -Yes! -85, 90. -Another bidder, fresh legs. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
90 and 5? 95, have we all settled at £95? | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
First and last time at £95 then. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:11 | |
Yes. Nearly did the 100, but we did it, thank goodness for that. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
-That's very good. -Yes. -Are you happy? -Yes, very happy. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
What are you going to do with the money? | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
-Go on a cruise. -Go on a cruise! | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
The family's going out tomorrow... | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
Are you? A day out. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
-Well, an evening out. -Ah, lovely. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
That was a cracking little lot, wasn't it? Put a smile on my face. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
Ah, I'd love to be the owner of that thing. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
Remember that Edwardian gramophone? Let's hope it makes sweet music right now, Paul. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:46 | |
-Yeah, let's hope so. -I'm scared. This is the first item of furniture today. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
It's a cracking piece. I mean, it is something from the bygone era, and it's well worth 80-120. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:57 | |
So, it's here to sell. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
Well, I hope there's some enthusiasm here today. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
Yeah, so do I. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
-You're not looking forward to taking it home. -No, no, I'm not. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
You don't want to put it back in that garage. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
Edwardian inlaid mahogany cabinet gramophone. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:14 | |
50? 40? | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
30, anywhere? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:17 | |
30 bid, 30. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
30, 30 and 5. At 35, at 40? | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
40 and 5? At 45, 50 | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
and 5. At 55, 55. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
Any further bids at 55? | 0:16:30 | 0:16:31 | |
At 55 we're not quite there, | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
ladies and gentlemen. At 55. Do I see 60? | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Then at 55, 60, £60. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
Here on my right at 60. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
We're in the market at 60. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:43 | |
Are there any further bids? | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
At 60. Buyer 74. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
It's just goes to show, no-one's buying this sort of thing. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
And that is a classic investment, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
you should be buying it now, because it's at a give-away price. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
Keep it for 20 years and, you never know, it'd be probably be worth £300-£400. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
There's a big romantic night out waiting for Peter and Joyce... | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
-if, if we can get top money for the Moorcroft vase. -That's right. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:21 | |
What would we like to see? | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
-How much is a big romantic night out? -Oh, I don't know. -150? Theatre, restaurant. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:28 | |
-Yeah, something like that. -Cab home. -Yes. -Maybe a hotel for one night. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:33 | |
Might be, might be. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
-Oh, dear. -The pressure's on then. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
Moorcroft, great name, quality. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
There's lots of Moorcroft in this sale, so it will bring the buyers in. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
-Yes. -This is a nice piece. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
588. Moorcroft baluster vase, with pansy decoration. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
588 is the lot number. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
What am I going to bid on this, 100, 80? | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
Open me at 50? | 0:17:57 | 0:17:58 | |
Thank you, 50, 60. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
£60, is 70 there? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
70, 8 if you like? | 0:18:02 | 0:18:03 | |
At 80, at 80. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
-Here we go. -100, and 10, 120. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
130, 140? | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
At 140 I'm bid. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
At 140, 150 a fresh bid, thank you. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
150? 150 now. Are we all done? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
At £150, then, the back of the room? | 0:18:19 | 0:18:24 | |
-Yes. -Yes. -Hammer's gone down, top end of the estimate. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
-Thank you very much. -That is a romantic night-out. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
-You can do something with that, can't you, yeah? -Yes, yes. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
A lot of money riding on this. It's good to see you again, Helen. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
Who are you with? | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
-Paul, my husband. -Paul, your husband. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
Oh, bodyguard on the way home. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:47 | |
£400-£600, Kate. Lovely necklace, had a chat | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
to the auctioneer about this. He thinks it could do well. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
It's a really good solid piece. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
The stones are beautiful. They're beautifully set. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
It looks quite contemporary, it doesn't look Victorian. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
I still think it's very wearable today. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
Well, we're going to find out. It's going under the hammer. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
801. The fine 9-carat gold necklace, | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
set with 13 oval cut amethysts and 12 citrine stones. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
Lovely piece of jewellery there, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
for both young and old. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
Lot 801. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:19 | |
Who'd like to open me at 300? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
200 then, 200? Thank you. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
200, at 200. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:24 | |
At 220, 220? | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
220, 240. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
-240, 260. -It's going up. -260, at 260. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
At 280, at 300. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:32 | |
320, 340, | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
360, 380, | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
400 and 20, 440. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
At 440 bid, at 440. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
Are there any further bids? | 0:19:44 | 0:19:45 | |
At 440 on my right, first and last time. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
440 then, your bid, sir. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
Yes, we're going to settle for that. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
£440, it's gone. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
I know. I'm a little bit sad, but I never wore it | 0:19:59 | 0:20:04 | |
and I have amethyst, so... | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
And I wear these. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:08 | |
It's said the Curry Mile here in Manchester, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
has the greatest concentration of South Asian restaurants anywhere outside the Indian subcontinent. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:29 | |
And whether that's true, it's got more than anywhere else in the UK. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
Tens of thousands of diners, every week, come here to enjoy a massive | 0:20:32 | 0:20:38 | |
range of dishes, from India to Pakistan and Bangladesh. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:43 | |
The word curry isn't even used in India. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
In Britain today, it describes any dish with a hot, spicy sauce. | 0:20:54 | 0:21:00 | |
And the British have certainly had a love affair with Indian food for centuries... | 0:21:00 | 0:21:05 | |
adopting Indian spices into their cuisine, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
from as early as the 1700s. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
The restaurants here opened up in response to demand, from the influx | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
of Asian residents who arrived in Britain during the 1950s. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:20 | |
They brought their own style, colour and culture. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
And Manchester's own celebrity chef, Azam Ahmad. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
who grew up around here, is keen for me to sample some local flavours. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:31 | |
Azam, there's an incredible atmosphere here. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
-We're here during the day but at night it's... -Buzzing. -Electric. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
-Because they're all cooking and prepping, you can smell all the flavours. -Yes. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:44 | |
-Are some of the early restaurants still here since the 60s? -There are. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
There's one that specialised in doing sweets, because, you'd find that a lot of the older generation used to | 0:21:48 | 0:21:54 | |
think that it was wasting of money, to go out to a restaurant to eat. So, they'd eat at home. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:59 | |
But things that they couldn't do at home, like the sweets and things, they'd buy here. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
And what's happened is, some of the traditional sweet houses started to do snacks like samosas and pakoras. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:09 | |
So, originally the sweet houses were here first? | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
They were here first. Yeah. And then you'd get, maybe they'd make one curry for that day. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:19 | |
And it'd sell, and different people would say, "Oh, can I have some of that?" | 0:22:19 | 0:22:24 | |
So, slowly it evolved from there. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
Did you, did you witness this evolution? | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
-Were you a Manchester lad? -I'm born and bred. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
So, as a teenager, you saw all this happening? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
Younger than that, because I'd come here with my mum and dad. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
Is there a variation in dishes from the Bangladesh to the Sri Lankan to the Indian? | 0:22:36 | 0:22:41 | |
Of course. I mean, that's always... Different chefs cooking different styles. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
Bangladeshi more fish and rice dishes, | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
Punjabi-style love their meat and they'd have lots of lamb. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
And each suburb and so forth, they'll have their speciality to that region. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:57 | |
-Bit like European food. -Exactly. I'm vegetarian, and we're going to cook later. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
I'm going to make you something really special. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
But I'll not tell you exactly. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
But I'm going to do you a fusion twist of some Asian cuisine, with a bit of modern flavours. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:12 | |
I'm looking forward to that. Shall we take a look at some of the sweet delis? | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
Sure, come on. I'll take you across to one of the oldest in Manchester. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
The colours and the scents in here are incredible. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
But I'm keen to get on with our main course. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
So we're borrowing the Shere Khan restaurant where Azam | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
can demonstrate his fusion style of cooking. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
Giving a modern twist to classic Indian dishes. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
We're going to make you something really nice and exciting. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
I'll use asparagus, as it's one of your favourites. And pineapple, yeah? | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
-Yes. -Fresh pineapple, asparagus, going to make you a sauce/vegetable dish. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
Going to start you off with a little bit of oil. Tell me when to stop. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
-About there. -Yeah, that's perfect. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
-Oh, you've done this before. -I love cooking. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
-There you go. -So, how did you get into cooking? | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
We're actually a family of doctors. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
And I didn't really fancy much education when I was at school. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
And my mum was always worried, "What's he going to do?" | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
And one day when I said, "I want to be a chef." | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
She said, "Great, at least my son won't starve." | 0:24:28 | 0:24:32 | |
So, since then, I've gone into this and I've enjoyed it. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
Did you train obviously as an English chef, then, in Continental food? | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
I did. I went into English and French cuisine, and from there developed different tastes around Europe. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:45 | |
Even Cantonese and Italian cooking. You like hot stuff, I believe? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:50 | |
I do, I love cooking with chillies. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
I never wash my hands afterwards. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
So, when I'm sort of wiping my brow, it gets in my eyes. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
-Ah, dangerous. Don't do that. -OK. -We're leaving the seeds in. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
So, it's going to be really quite hot? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
No, no, no, not quite that strong. It'll compliment the taste. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
We're going to soften that up. At the same time that's softening up, we're going to add you some red tomato. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:14 | |
Are the red chillies stronger than the green ones? Or is that just a myth? | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
No, they are, because they've ripened. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
Colour looks fantastic. What's that? | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
Mango juice. We're using that as our stock because, instead of using... because you're vegetarian | 0:25:23 | 0:25:29 | |
we're not using any chicken stock or anything. Just keep stirring that in. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:34 | |
-Little bit of seasoning? -Little bit of seasoning. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
So, you're reducing the sauce down. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
You're almost separating most of your stock. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
You're going to add in your asparagus. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
-Just a couple of minutes with the asparagus? -Yes, and your pineapple goes in there. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:50 | |
That's looking nice. We're going to add some coriander to your sauce. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
-Smells delicious. -Can you see what we've done? | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
We've turned off the heat, and then we've added in the coriander. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
-So it doesn't burn too quickly. -I tell you, you've done this before. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
I have, yeah. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
We've got for you here, some pilau rice. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
And we've got some browned onions, | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
and some cashew nuts, and we're just going... | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
-I love cashew nuts. -Pass you that over, | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
and we're going to put your asparagus on the side there, the pineapple and your sauce. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:24 | |
It's the presentation, it's so hard to do. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
-You're going to do perfect. -I'm not, I'm not. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
So, is this the dish you're going to make for your wife on your next anniversary? | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
Well, I hope so. I hope so. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
Try and put the asparagus on top. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
-Oh, on top? Laying on top, like little solders. -That's fine. -OK, OK, OK. -Yeah, that's perfect. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
-You're doing well there. -One more? | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
Yeah, go on. Now, the other thing that we can do with your sauce, because it's so rich... | 0:26:47 | 0:26:52 | |
serving it as a garnish for some nice vegetable samosas. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
That's quite nice, because sometimes they can be quite dry. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
-Ainsley would be proud of you. -He would. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
-Yes, definitely. -Look at that. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
Two very quick, wonderful dishes. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:09 | |
While I'm standing admiring my first dish, Azam is getting on with some spicy vegetable bhajis. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:14 | |
We chop the asparagus stalks, some okra, aubergine and onion. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
And mix the vegetables up in a batter, | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
before deep frying them for several minutes. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
Well, here it is. Here's all our hard work, and we're going to enjoy this. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:37 | |
Believe me, this is so easy to do, and thank you so much, Azam, for showing us. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
-Your welcome, my pleasure. -While we tuck into this, | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
you are going straight back to join our experts at the valuation day. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
Come on, let's go and sit down. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Florence, we have had Troika on "Flog It!" before. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
But these are two quite different items. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
Both from St Ives in Cornwall. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
Tell me, where did you actually get them from? | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
I bought them, from a shop, in Cornwall. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
We used to always go on our holidays there, when the children were small. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:22 | |
-And when the holiday was finished, on a Friday... -Yes? | 0:28:22 | 0:28:27 | |
..if we had any money left, | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
my husband used to say, "Go and buy yourself a vase," you see. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:33 | |
So, that's what I used to do. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
Oh, lovely. So, how long ago was that? | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
I can't remember the exact year, but it was somewhere in the 60s. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:44 | |
Well, what a great holiday souvenir. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
Because of course, the Troika market has taken off in recent years. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:51 | |
And it's become a very collectable market in itself. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
And I think, that's for a number of reasons, but partly because | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
the factory only produced pieces in a very limited time period. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
Started in 1963 but it actually closed in 1983. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:09 | |
So, there were only really 20 years of production and after that, that was it. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
Yeah, they don't do any more. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
They don't, no, they don't. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:17 | |
So, you've got, really, what are known as limited pieces. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
And every piece was unique, really, to a certain extent. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
And it's interesting what an impact | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
that the pottery had on you at the time. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
Because it was very different from anything that studio potters were doing at the time. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
It's, it's typically Troika, you can see immediately. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
Because it uses the blues, and the browns and the green glazes, that they used so often. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:44 | |
They used influences from the Aztec culture, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
and they say that the Cornish landscape had a, had a bearing. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
It's quite a bleak landscape, particularly in Northern Cornwall, | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
where the tin mining was. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
-Yes, it is. -And so we got quite, sort of, simple and sometimes quite striking geometric shapes. | 0:29:56 | 0:30:01 | |
This almost looks like a face, doesn't it? | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
On this side, or a mask. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:05 | |
Perhaps you can see the Aztec influence coming in there. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
This one is perhaps a little more conservative in design. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
It reminds me of some of the pieces that they produced for Heal's, that were retailed by Heal's in London. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:17 | |
But this one, I don't know whether you noticed, | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
has a whacking great big crack down the inside. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
You can just see that, down there. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
That's going to affect the value. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
So, can you remember what you paid for them all that time ago? | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
I should think it was somewhere around about £10. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
Or even under, because that were about all we had left. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:41 | |
Well, this one, I'm afraid, is going to be affected by the crack. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:45 | |
-I would say... -Yeah, I can understand that. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
I would put it at perhaps £20, even. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
Whereas this one is a really good substantial piece. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:55 | |
It's got everything that people like about Troika. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
And I think you're going to certainly be looking at between £100 and £150. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:03 | |
So, what do you think about that? | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
I think that's really good. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
I don't think it's a bad return. It's a pretty good investment. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
No, it's quite all right, that. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
This is a fairly straight forward, home-made, kind of item, Hilary. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:27 | |
Can you tell me anything about it? | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
I believe it was made by a German prisoner of war, in Sicily. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:36 | |
And it was brought back by an Irish man, who was just an ordinary soldier there. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:42 | |
So, he must have been working at the prisoner of war camp. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:47 | |
And it was given to him by the prisoner who made it. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
And that's all I know. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:52 | |
That's all, yeah. Well, what we have really, is a little bit of history. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:57 | |
And the value of it lies in that interest. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
It may have been that the chap who made this little aeroplane, | 0:32:02 | 0:32:07 | |
was a pilot. And had been shot down. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
Yes, yes, that sounds like that. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
And to fill his time, he's made this item. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:15 | |
It's made of aluminium, it's made from an aeroplane. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
One of our other boy experts have identified it as a Stuka, | 0:32:18 | 0:32:25 | |
which I believe was a dive bomber. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
And we have on the wings here, Sicily and 1944. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:34 | |
So, it was towards the end of the war. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
It's telling us a wee story, Hilary. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
There is a market for this type of item, | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
that were made by prisoners of war. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
They were in the main very simple items, home-made, hand-crafted. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:54 | |
They had very little in the way of materials, either to make | 0:32:54 | 0:32:58 | |
the items with, or any tools were often rudimentary. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:03 | |
So, simple items, but they do tell a story. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
And I rather like the idea that your Irishman may have been friends | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
with the young German pilot, at that point. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -Value on it? | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
I would say we could put it in at say 20-25. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:23 | |
It's really just a figure plucked out. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
It depends on the day, if we do have some interest from the auction. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:31 | |
I don't know if you want to put a reserve on it or? | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
No, no reserve on it. And let's hope that it makes two figures anyway. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:40 | |
Sheila, this is the only bit of silver I've seen so far today. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
-Oh, really? -I think it's great to have it here today. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
Is this a family piece? | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
Yes, it belonged to my mother. And she got it from an elderly lady that we used to visit. | 0:33:56 | 0:34:01 | |
And my mother eventually handed it on to me. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
Let's open it up. Because although it's got a beautifully | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
engraved outside, it is actually rather nice inside as well, isn't it? | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
-Yes. -It's got a leather interior. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
It is, as you can see quite clearly, | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
a card case with a space here for cards. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
But then it's got this lovely aide de memoir as well, | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
and what's known as an ivory leaf inset. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
And the little pencil to write on the ivory. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:30 | |
Yes. One thing I regret about that is, that when we first had it, | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
there was an address on the ivory leaf and unfortunately I cleaned it off. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:41 | |
-I do wish I hadn't. -Oh, that's a shame, because it's almost part of it's history. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
-That's right. -Social history. Interesting. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
Well, of course, this would have been owned, by somebody really quite well-to-do, in the Victorian period. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:54 | |
-She was a quite, well-to-do lady, I think, and came from London, and she got some nice things. -Right. | 0:34:54 | 0:35:00 | |
Have you found the hallmark on it? | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
-No. -On pieces like this, which are elaborately engraved, it's quite difficult. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
But it is quite clearly there, and if I just get my little glass on it. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
-Oh, my goodness! -We can see, clearly, it's English silver and it's assayed | 0:35:11 | 0:35:16 | |
in Birmingham, despite your lady coming from London. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:20 | |
And the date letter's 1898. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
So it's right at the end of that Victorian period. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
But the other thing I can tell you, is that it has the maker's initials on it. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
JG. And I think I'm right in thinking it's possibly | 0:35:29 | 0:35:33 | |
by J Glosser, who was working at that time in Birmingham. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
And those are his initials. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
So, we can tell quite a bit about it. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
So, what about value? | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
Never thought about it, because I've never really thought about getting rid of it. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:48 | |
But, it's... as they say on "Flog It!" so often... | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
stuck in a drawer, and I think it's time it moved on. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
Well, it's in lovely condition, I think, the first thing is to say. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
The cartouche is vacant, it's not engraved. So, a buyer could personalise it, if they wanted to. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:05 | |
And the leather interior is still in beautiful condition. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
-Yes, yes. -So, it is something that somebody could use today, if they wanted to. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
Apart from it being a lovely little cabinet piece for a collector. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
I think, in today's market, that should realise £70-£100. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
Yes. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
-Are you happy with that? -I think I am. -You think you are? | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
-Yes. -Quite sure? Well, if you like, we can set a reserve. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
I would suggest putting it at the lower end of the estimate. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
So, a reserve of 70, and then just in case the right person | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
isn't there and it doesn't sell, then you can simply take it home. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
-Yes, that would be all right. -OK. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
Kate and Anita have found some more choice items to sell at auction. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
First are the ever popular Troika vases, | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
born and bred in my adopted home county of Cornwall. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
Then there's the fascinating story of the home-made Stuka plane, | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
and it's anybody's guess whether it will take off. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
Sheila's delightful card case is a quality item, and I think it might do rather well. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:01 | |
If I said, "Proper job, my handsome," you'd certainly know what I was talking about. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:08 | |
In the antiques trade here, it's a little bit of Troika, belonging to Florence. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
-We've got two items. And you've brought in your granddaughter? -Yes. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
-What's your name? -Andrea. -Andrea, this could be your inheritance... -I hope so. -..going under the hammer. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:22 | |
-Two cracking pieces of Troika caught your eye. -Well, one has got a crack. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:26 | |
It has. Slightly damaged, yes. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
But, nevertheless, always does well. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
Good pieces as well. Why are you flogging these? | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
Well, they've been on a shelf in the pantry for years. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:39 | |
And I just... when you were coming to Oldham, I thought... | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
-Bring them along. -Yeah. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
Do you like Troika, Andrea? | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
I love the pieces, because I remember them as being... | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
a little girl, we had holidays to St Ives, from being a dot. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
-So, I remember them being at my grandma's. -Lots and lots of happy memories. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:57 | |
-Really pretty. -Ah, well, let's hope we put a big smile on your face now, as these go under the hammer. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:02 | |
And let's hope we get that top end, £150. Fingers crossed, everyone? | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
Here we go, this is it. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
Large Troika vase and the cylindrical vase to go with it. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:13 | |
Who'd like to open the bidding at £80? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
60 for the 2? 60, thank you, sir. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
60, at 60, and 70. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
I've 70, 80, | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
90, 100. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:22 | |
100, 105... 105? | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
110, 115, 120. 120 and 5, | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
130 and 5, | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
140 and 5, 150 and 5. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
155, right at the back, 155. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:36 | |
160, a fresh bid. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
Fresh bid wins at 160, are you all done? | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
-160 then. Thank you. -£160! | 0:38:43 | 0:38:47 | |
Florence and Andrea, that's great news, isn't it? | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
That could be a trip down to Cornwall for you. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
-It could. -Couldn't it? Down to St Ives. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
Because it'll be going towards my next holiday. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
Which will be hopefully in Cornwall? | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
-Could be. -Could be. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
Ah, Kate, that's a great result. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
You could say, you could say, "Proper job." | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
-Proper job. -Proper job. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:08 | |
Well, this next lot deserves to be on some gentleman's desk. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
It's Hilary's Stuka dive bomber. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
And it's wonderfully crafted out of aluminium. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
I love it, I love the story behind it as well. It's got some history. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
And it's got the look, hasn't it? It really has. I can see what you saw in it, Anita. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:28 | |
Well, the Stuka is the classic dive bomber. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
And people are interested in World War memorabilia. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
Now, who knows the price of it? | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
-It's not... -It's speculative, this one, isn't it? | 0:39:38 | 0:39:42 | |
Aluminium model of a Stuka fighter plane. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:45 | |
What do I bid on this, 30? 20, 20? | 0:39:45 | 0:39:49 | |
20, I'm bid, thank you. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:50 | |
20, 22.50? | 0:39:50 | 0:39:51 | |
22.50, 25, | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
7.50, 30, | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
2.50, 35. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
-Come on. -7.50, 40, | 0:39:57 | 0:40:01 | |
2.50, 45, 7.50, 50. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:05 | |
At 50 here on my left, at £50. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:08 | |
Have you all done at 50? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:09 | |
We're selling at £50 then. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
£50. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
-Brilliant. -That's good, isn't it? | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
Looking at that brought back lots of memories for me. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
-Because I actually made one of those. -Were you there? -No, no, no. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
I've actually made an Airfix model, almost to the same proportion and size. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
And I remember painting it up when I was a school boy. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
Next up, the Victorian silver card case, belonging to Sheila, who is an old friend of "Flog It!". | 0:40:36 | 0:40:43 | |
How many times have you been on the show? | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
Ten, if you don't count the two auctions. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
-Incredible! -It's because she's got so many nice things. -You have, you have, actually. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
Well, we've got a cigarette... It's not a cigarette... | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
it's a card case, isn't it? | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
Why are you flogging this one? | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
Well, like everybody else, | 0:41:01 | 0:41:03 | |
I'm tired of cleaning silver, and it was stuck in a drawer. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
And "Flog It!" was in town, so... | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
Well, you came to the right expert. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
-Good Birmingham maker? -It is a good Birmingham maker. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
We haven't had much under the hammer yet today. So, we don't know how many of the buyers are here. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:19 | |
This is the first item of silver out. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
The nice thing about this is, the ivory memoir... | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
aide memoir... inside. Just makes it a little bit more special. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
-And the little pencil, as well, is still there. -That's right. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
640, the silver card case with a leather interior. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:36 | |
Birmingham, 1898. Nice condition. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
What am I bid on this? 100, 80? | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
40 to start, 40, 40, 30? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:45 | |
Thank you, £30, £30 | 0:41:45 | 0:41:46 | |
35, 35, 40, 45. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
50 and 5, 60 and 5, 70? | 0:41:48 | 0:41:54 | |
-Yes. -70 on my right there. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
And 5, a fresh bid, 75 and 80, sir? | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
80, 85, | 0:41:58 | 0:42:00 | |
-90, 95. -They like it. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
95, second row, and 100 here. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
105, 105, | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
110, 115, | 0:42:06 | 0:42:09 | |
120, one more? | 0:42:09 | 0:42:11 | |
125, 130. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
£130 second row. 135? | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
135, 140, | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
140, 145, 150. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
At 150 here on my left. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
At £150... and a fresh bid, and 5. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:27 | |
160, and 5, | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
170 and 5, 180. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
180, then, lady's bid of £180. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:37 | |
-Good result, this one. -I think that's a fantastic price. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
-Amazing. -It exceeded my expectations... | 0:42:41 | 0:42:43 | |
-Well, it's quite an orderly one. -It's got a lot of things going for it. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
The condition was super, a good period piece. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
-It was complete as well. -Exactly. -Yes. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:51 | |
Sheila, I'm sure there's going to be an 11th time, I can feel it. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:56 | |
There certainly was a great buzz in the sale room today. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
And this lot, they're the lucky ones. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
They're paying for the things that they've purchased. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:08 | |
The highlight of the day, for me, had to be Sheila's cigarette case, selling for a whopping £180. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:14 | |
Well over it's original estimate. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
I hope you've enjoyed today's show. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
So, until the next time, it's cheerio. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:21 | |
For more information about "Flog It!" | 0:43:25 | 0:43:30 | |
including how the programme was made, | 0:43:30 | 0:43:32 | |
visit the website at bbc.co.uk/lifestyle | 0:43:32 | 0:43:37 | |
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