0:00:02 > 0:00:06Each place we visit has a whole host of these,
0:00:06 > 0:00:12but the town we're in today has many blue plaques commemorating some rather unusual firsts.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Today, Flog It is in Oldham.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Oldham is the place where Winston Churchill was
0:00:49 > 0:00:52first elected as an MP and up there is the blue plaque to prove it.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01And this plaque marks the place where the very first British chip was cooked.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Well, we've got no blue plaque to welcome us here today, but hopefully the Queen Elizabeth Hall
0:01:10 > 0:01:13will mark our presence with a massive turnout
0:01:13 > 0:01:17and some marvellous items, so let's go inside and find out.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Now, I wonder who's going to be first to find a memorable item.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Our experts giving the valuations are Anita Manning and Kate Bliss.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28And it looks like Anita has beaten Kate to it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Kat, I'm always delighted to see a bonny bit of Maling walking through the door.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Tell me, where did you get it?
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Well, my great auntie left this for me when she died
0:01:40 > 0:01:42and I've brought it here today
0:01:42 > 0:01:45because I'm getting married and I'm saving every penny.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Oh, right, so if we sell that, that will go to the wedding?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- It will. It will.- It could be your auntie's wedding present to you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Absolutely.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57That's what I'm hoping for. So we need about ten grand.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Oh, right!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Not going to get that.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02But it could be a start.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Absolutely. Yes.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- When did it come to you? - In about 2004.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11I went with my uncle to have a look around her flat
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and I were allowed to choose something
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and at the time I really liked pink and it really stood out for me
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and I chose it because I liked it and then I've had it
0:02:21 > 0:02:25in my mum's house for the past three years and now I've moved out of there
0:02:25 > 0:02:26and it doesn't really go in the...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Does your fiance like it?
0:02:29 > 0:02:34If I took that to me new place with him, I think I'd be divorced before we married...to be honest.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Now, do you know anything about Maling?- No.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- To be honest, I don't know anything. I just know I really like it, it's pretty.- Right.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Now, Maling was a very popular factory.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50It was in Newcastle and Tyne and it had been there for about 200 years.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Right.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Initially they made domestic wares and so on
0:02:55 > 0:02:57and then they started making
0:02:57 > 0:03:00more decorative objects in the 1930s
0:03:00 > 0:03:06and they made very pleasing things like this little dressing-table set.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- The base of a piece of porcelain or pottery tells us a lot.- Right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14And if we look at this little candlestick
0:03:14 > 0:03:17we will see here the mark for Maling.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Established 1762, so the Maling factory
0:03:21 > 0:03:24has been going for a long, long time.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- Wow.- And if you see this motif here, it's called the Maling thumbprint.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33It looks as if someone has made the pattern
0:03:33 > 0:03:35by putting a thumb mark on it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Right.- So, time to sell it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Yes.- Now, I would like to put this into auction at £40 to £60.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- Right.- Would you be happy for that to make a start...
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Oh, definitely.- ..on the wedding pot?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- I'm so excited for that. That sounds fantastic. - Well, let's put it into auction.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Estimate 40 to 60
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and we'll put a reserve of, say, £40,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01with a little bit of discretion.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05And we hope there'll be a lot of Maling collectors there on the day.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- The money will go towards the wedding. When are you getting married?- 2009, in autumn.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Well, you've got plenty of time to save up lots and lots and lots and lots of dosh.- Yes.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- It'll start the saving off nicely. - Good. Good.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Sheila, we've got two items of silver here,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31but they are actually very different.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Did they both come from the same place?- Oh, no.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- One of them, that's a family piece. - Right. The spoon?- Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42The little box I bought myself at an antique fair many years ago.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Can't remember quite how many.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Right. OK. And what do you like about it particularly?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49It looks very French.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54It's a nice little design and just a pleasing little object.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- It is, isn't it?- Yes.- It's a sweet little piece. You're exactly right.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01It is French and, if we have a closer look at it,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04it's got the French mark on the bottom here.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- Yes.- It's late 19th century in date.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Yes.- And it's rather nice quality.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12It's quite heavy. There's quite a lot of silver in that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15The thing I've noticed is that on the back we've got engraved -
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I don't know whether you've noticed this -
0:05:17 > 0:05:23- it says Lenoir 14 Rue Royale. - Which is Paris.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Which would be Paris. And a very upmarket quartier of Paris.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32So, a nice address. Lenoir would be the retailers, in fact,
0:05:32 > 0:05:37which is rather nice having that engraved on the back. Rue Royale.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And then on the front, if we turn it over, the decoration is actually
0:05:40 > 0:05:43beautifully cast and we've got a little basket of flowers,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46or a jardiniere, as it's known as,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49and this rather nice almost rope-twist border,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51which is cast into the lid.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57- Yes.- So, everything really is a sign of good-quality silversmithing.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59So, that's the first piece.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Let's look at the caddy spoon.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06It's a lovely piece of 18th-century English silver.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09If we turn it over we can see the initials here...
0:06:09 > 0:06:12IT. This is for John Taylor, who was working at that time,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- who was quite sought after.- Yes.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So that would certainly help it in ordinary circumstances.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24- Probably ought to be between £60 and £80. However, unfortunately...- Yes.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26we have a little bit of damage...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Damage?- ..which you have to look quite carefully to spot.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Can you see, if you look at the front, the handle is
0:06:33 > 0:06:35just slightly skew-whiff there.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- I can now you mention it. - Just slightly off-centre,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and what we have here is a little repair.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Now, unfortunately, Sheila,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45that's going to bring the price down quite dramatically,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- because for a collector that is a bit like the kiss of death.- Yes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Instead of being £60 to £80,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54it's probably going to be nearer sort of £15, £20.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Oh, dear. What a difference.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58So, as a little lot together, because I think the box is
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- very commercial and certainly very pretty, isn't it...- Yes.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05..I think we'd probably be looking between £50 and £70.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Would you be happy with that? - Oh, I think so.- Good.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Margaret, it's a great display cabinet. Is this yours?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20It's something my mum inherited, yes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Can you remember seeing this as a little girl, full of china?
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Yes, I do. I do. Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So how long have you had this?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33My brother's had it, but he's moved into a small flat so he's no room.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So he's given it to you, has he?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Yes, and I've not really got any room for it either,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42so we thought we'd see if somebody else would like it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Now, if I hold that up,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47this is the pediment with a mirror that's been inset.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It needs little dowels. There's a couple of holes that are missing.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Have you got them?- No, I haven't. - And the dowels will just sit in
0:07:54 > 0:07:55and stop that from falling over.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- That's a bit precarious like that so I'm going to drop it down.- Right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Architecturally, you can actually see
0:08:01 > 0:08:04that arch, with the mirror inset, echoes the door.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08You can see that when you stand back. It's made of mahogany,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- which is a lovely exotic hardwood.- Yes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And it's got some lovely stringing inlay.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Can you see this... in a chevron pattern?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Yes.- That's been inlaid in ebony with some boxwood
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and there's some satinwood, look, running down there.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25But if you look at that closely, go on, take a close look...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- that's not inlaid. - I thought it was painted on.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- It's a transfer. - Oh, a transfer. Oh, right.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Clever, isn't it? It looks quite good.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- And then it's just heavily varnished over.- Oh, right.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41This is Sheridan Revival. It's an Edwardian piece of furniture,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44but unfortunately this is sort of late. this is 1920s to '30s,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48where you've got that sort of almost Glasgow school coming in, you know.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51There's fashions coming in of the period
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and this is slightly echoed with this.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55- Any idea of value?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- I haven't.- Well, I think if we put it into auction,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01we'll put a value of £100 to £200.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Oh, right.- It's a useful cabinet. It's a good size.- Yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I think whoever buys this probably won't use it
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- with the pediment on the top...- Right.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- It looks nice without it.- It looks better without it, doesn't it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It was made for it, but I think it looks much better without it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- But we'll sell it with it on top. - Give somebody the choice.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It's pretty. And you've obviously had the memories
0:09:22 > 0:09:24of seeing it full of china...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Yes.- ..at Mum's and Gran's.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'm sorry in a way that I haven't got room for it.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32So, OK, this is the interesting thing. You're going to sell it,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36but obviously it was left to you and your brother, so who's going to get the money?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Are you going to split it?- Probably. We've not discussed it, actually.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Does he know you're flogging it? - Yes, he does.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Hopefully we'll see him at the auction.- He helped me bring it here.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Oh, did he?- Yes.- God bless him. Thank you for bringing it in, cos we love seeing furniture on Flog It.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52We don't get enough and I know it's hard for people to carry it in
0:09:52 > 0:09:56but if you make the effort it really does look great, doesn't it?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58It makes the room, and I'm so pleased.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I love it. It's nice to touch. It's very tactile. I love my wood.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04One to two hundred. Hopefully get the top end.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Thank you.- See you at the auction. - Thank you very much.
0:10:13 > 0:10:20Linda. John Ditchfield, a Lancashire lad, contemporary glass artist.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Are you a fan of his? - Yes. Most definitely.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24He does very good work.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Very nice individual pieces but very good quality.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Pieces of art, really.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33You know, they're all individual
0:10:33 > 0:10:35and some of the designs are really fabulous.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Do you have many pieces?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I've got a few. I've got about seven pieces of his.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47I've got a couple of vases and mushrooms and that sort of thing.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Yeah. And he often has that... a little silver animal
0:10:51 > 0:10:55on top of his paperweights, or the mushrooms.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59The mushrooms I've got, one's got a dragonfly, one's got a frog.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- And then there's a spider.- Yeah. - And they're all silver, those.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06They're very popular pieces of art glass,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09which is of today, of the modern day.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Yes.- And people love collecting it.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18Now, if we look at this one, it has the iridescent finish,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21which we're looking for in a piece of John Ditchfield.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27We have these flowing heart shapes, they're like melting sweeties.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31But I'm looking at it and thinking that it's a wee bit crude.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34It's very crude. There's no way a piece like that
0:11:34 > 0:11:36would get out of the factory now
0:11:36 > 0:11:39and I definitely think it's an experimental piece.
0:11:39 > 0:11:45Well, that's what I think, because of the irregularities.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Yeah.- It adds a wee bit of interest for me
0:11:47 > 0:11:50and I think you thought that when you bought it as well.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Well, to think that that's perhaps how he started off, with these designs
0:11:55 > 0:11:59with the iridescent, and then to have gone on to what he's doing now.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- There's quite a massive difference. - Tell me, where did you buy that?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I bought it at a summer fair.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- How much did you pay for it?- £5.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Oh, you've got an eye for a bargain.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Yes.- Did the people who were selling it know that it was Ditchfield?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I don't think they knew who Ditchfield was or anything,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and when I saw it I thought, "It's so crude, is it Ditchfield?"
0:12:20 > 0:12:24but then, yes, it's got all the tell-tale signs...
0:12:24 > 0:12:28as well as the signature... but it has got all the tell-tale signs.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31So this became part of your collection?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Yes. I put it in with the other things, but it actually stands out.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40It doesn't actually sort of blend in with the rest of my collection because it's so different.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42And is this the reason that you want to sell it?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Someone else who perhaps has early pieces would love it
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and it would fit into their collection.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Well, I think you're absolutely right.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54You know your own collection best.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59It's quite difficult to give an accurate estimate on this vase,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03but I think to put it in at 30 to 50.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07It would be a conservative estimate but it would be an estimate at least
0:13:07 > 0:13:10would give it a chance to go further.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Yes.- Would you be happy with the vase going in at that price?
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Yes, it would be OK, but I would like to put a reserve on it of 30.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I wouldn't let it go for less than that.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- If it doesn't get 30, take it back home again.- Yes, I will.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- It'll go back in my collection.- Thank you very much for bringing it along.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:46Well, out of the hundreds of items we've seen here so far, our experts have now selected their first lots.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51And, as regular viewers will know, it's now time to go to the saleroom, and here are the chosen four.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The sale of Catherine's dressing-table set
0:13:54 > 0:13:56isn't going to pay for her wedding
0:13:56 > 0:13:59but it might make enough money for at least a bouquet or two.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Sheila's two pieces of silver could make between £50 and £70.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Fingers crossed the little bit of damage doesn't put the bidders off.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It's always great to see furniture on the show
0:14:09 > 0:14:12and I really hope Margaret gets a good price for her cabinet.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15And the John Ditchfield vase was a real find at £5.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I'm sure it will make more than that when it goes under the hammer.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Here at Calder Valley Auction Rooms, there's just enough time
0:14:27 > 0:14:30before the sale starts to view all the lots that are up for sale
0:14:30 > 0:14:33and all of our items are out on display
0:14:33 > 0:14:37and it looks like they're attracting lots of interest already.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40And today the man doing all the flogging is auctioneer Ian Peace.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Well, all the money's going towards a wedding, and congratulations.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Catherine is getting married.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Pressure's on. £40 to £60 for the dressing-table Malin set.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Yes.- I love Malin.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Anita, will we get the top end?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Malin has gone off a little bit.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06The more ordinary wares are not getting as high as they were getting maybe two years ago
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- but this is very pretty. - It's a bit different.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14And we have four pieces there, so I'm hoping that we'll get the bottom estimate, at least.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Let's find out. Here we go.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20A four-piece Malin pink-lustre dressing-table set. Opening at £20.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23At 20. Malin. 20 I'm bid.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- We're in.- Thank you. £20. £20. And five. 25.
0:15:26 > 0:15:2830. At £30. At £30 now.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32At 30. And five in the room. 35. 35.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34£40 on the phone.
0:15:34 > 0:15:3545.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Catches the light beautifully there.- So it's 45.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Got you in the room at 45.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44He said no on the phone at 50 so you're still in, £45.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Have you all done at 45, then?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Hammer's gone down. £45.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52It was within estimate. We got it right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Just didn't get the top end but it's gone and it's money towards the big day.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm pleased. I'm just glad it's gone.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04I didn't want to take it home. I've parted with it now...so I'm happy.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13We've just been joined by Sheila and next up it's the little French box.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The little tiny silver box, with caddy spoon.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Family heirloom?
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Yes. The caddy spoon was, but the French silver box I bought
0:16:23 > 0:16:27with the housekeeping money, or what was left of it, about 30 years ago.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- Oh, bless.- You sound like my mother. Always spending the housekeeping on silver.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Let's find out. Here we go.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Now, lot 653 is the French silver snuff box
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and it's also goes with the silver caddy spoon.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Open me at £30. £30 I'm bid. Thank you, ma'am.
0:16:43 > 0:16:4530. And five. 35. 40.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I have 40. And five. 50.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And five. 60.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Look at that lady down there. Very keen.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54I have 70 on my right.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59- 70. And five.- Amazing!- Well, we've sold it now, haven't we?
0:16:59 > 0:17:0285. 85. 90.
0:17:02 > 0:17:0495. £95.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08At £95. 100. And five. 110.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10115. 120.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And five. 130. And five.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17135. It's been back at £135.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Are you all done? 135.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- £135, Sheila.- Absolutely marvellous.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Isn't that great? It was quality.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Thank you for spotting it, Kate.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35Well, I'm just wondering whether the buyer spotted that little repair. I think that's a pretty good price.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Question is, what are you going to spend all the money on? That's what we want to know.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44I think the most important thing is, I've got my computer in a terrible knot.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49I'm no good at computers so I think I shall have to spend money on getting a man in to see...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- To sort the computer out. - To sort the computer out.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Well, with all that, it's a good job it made such a good price.- Yes.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10We've got a value of £100 to £200 on this Edwardian display cabinet and it's worth every single penny.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I just hope this lot realise it.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Was Mum's, wasn't it?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Well, Mum inherited it, yes, off her foster aunt.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23I had a chat to the auctioneer before the sale and he said that he has regular buyers
0:18:23 > 0:18:27in Edwardian shipping furniture, but they haven't turned up.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31I'm just hoping it struggles through and gets that £100 mark,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- because the last thing you want to do is put it in the car, isn't it? - Mm.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38If it doesn't sell, I think we have a word with Ian,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- he could store it and put it in his next sale.- That'll be fine.
0:18:41 > 0:18:47And hopefully the guys that buy all the shipping furniture will buy that and ship it abroad.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It'll probably end up in Australia or South Africa...
0:18:50 > 0:18:51and having a good life, yes.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Yes. A long way to go. - Exactly, but long may it live.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Let's find out if it's going to sell in the room, shall we? Here we go.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Lot 744 is the mahogany china display cabinet being shown now.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05£100. 80 to start.
0:19:05 > 0:19:0860. £60 start. 60.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11£60 there. 60. And 70.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15At £70. Anybody else now at £70?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18At £70. Are we all done at £70?
0:19:18 > 0:19:23At 70, I regret we're not in the market at £70.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Anybody else now at £70?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Oh, well. I think we leave it here.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- It's not going back in the car. It's too much of a struggle.- Another day. - Another day. Back in this room.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36When the weather's better.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- I'm so sorry.- Oh, that's all right. - I'm so sorry, Margaret. - It's not your fault.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Linda, we're going to find out right now. It's that John Ditchfield vase.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55£30 to £50.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59You collect these and you're a bit of an expert on John Ditchfield,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01so why are you selling this one, if you collect them?
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Well, it's an interesting piece and I think that...
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I collect...sort of... a lot of the more modern things.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I like his old stuff but I think someone who collects
0:20:13 > 0:20:17particularly his old pieces would be quite interested in this.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- OK.- Well, although John Ditchfield wares are modern,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23they have become collectable
0:20:23 > 0:20:25and they're coming into the salerooms,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28people like them and they're doing well.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Is this the new thing?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- Could this replace Troika and Whitefrairs on Flog It? - Very well could.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38You heard it here first from our expert, Anita Manning.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Get out there and get buying it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42It's all down to you now.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Well, look, good luck, both of you.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Let's hope there's a big profit in this.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Let's go down to the hammer now.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52A John Ditchfield glass vase. Here we are.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55666. What am I bid on this?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57£50, ladies and gentlemen. 50. 40.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- 40. Thank you. £40.- Yes! Linda, straight in at £40.
0:21:02 > 0:21:0445. 50.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08And five. At 55. 60. At £60 on my right.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Any advances? 65, sir. £65. 70.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Ooh.- I have £70 here.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It is the new thing.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Are we all done? At £70, then.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19In the room at £70.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22First and last time.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The hammer's gone down, £5 into £70.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27That's very good, isn't it?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Remember the name. John Ditchfield.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Go out and buy it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- That was wonderful. - That was excellent.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Now, as you know, I've got a passion for all things that are made of wood, so I've come to Hebden Bridge,
0:21:44 > 0:21:51which is just down the road from the auction room, to see this block of wood, this lovely bit of beech here,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56turned into something rather unusual, yet, very traditional for this part of the country.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Any ideas what it is? Well, here's a clue.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03In the late 19th and early 20th century,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07clogs were worn by coal miners and cotton mill workers.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12They were the preferred footwear because they were long-lasting, comfortable and cheap.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18# Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side
0:22:18 > 0:22:22# Said hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... #
0:22:22 > 0:22:23I'm here at Walkley Clogs,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27one of the few remaining producers of this traditional footwear.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Through determination and hard work,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33the craft of clog making is still thriving in this area.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38And the woman responsible for keeping it alive and kicking is Sue Jones.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Hi, Sue. Hello.- Hi. - Pleased to meet you.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Pleased to meet you, too. - Thanks for letting us film here. It's a proper hive of industry.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- It is.- So how many people work here, then?- Right.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51There's five of us altogether, but we all do various jobs.
0:22:51 > 0:22:57Our clogs, obviously, as you can see, are wood and leather, so we will start off the sole process.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59We have huge planks of wood which we cut up into blocks.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Very much like my little one here.- That's right.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06And then they're turned on profile lathes,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09sanded, waxed and then the leather process which is...
0:23:09 > 0:23:11all the leathers here.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I do the stitching depending on what styles are wanted.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And then it goes to the clog maker who nails the uppers onto the finished sole.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Can we go and have a look at the process?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I'm going to take my block with me cos I'm a tree lover,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27whether it's living or felled.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Come this way then and I'll show you the process.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34The wooden soles are the first to be made,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38shaped from a spinning metal template in five minutes flat.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42That's incredibly quick. That's so fast.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Thank you very much.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52A very valuable member of the team is Arthur.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55He definitely knows a thing or two about clog making.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Hiya.- Hello. Pleased to meet you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Pleased to meet you. - Can you turn it off?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I've got two more soles for you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I see you're sanding down on the belt sander.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Yeah. That's right.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- How long have you been working here? - 70 years.
0:24:14 > 0:24:1670 years! How old are you now?
0:24:16 > 0:24:2084. I started at 14.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- And you're still working here every day.- Only two days a week now.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- I can see you're wearing clogs.- Yes. - Have you always worn them?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yes. I've always worn clogs. Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33They're extremely comfortable. Would you wear anything else nowadays?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I've never had anything wrong with my feet.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39They always say that clogs are good for your feet and they keep the shape of your feet.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Very healthy. They support the arch, don't they?- That's right.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48So, as a skilled man, once you did your apprenticeship, what was your first week's wage packet?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Well, it was fourpence ha'penny an hour
0:24:51 > 0:24:55and, for a full week, it was 17/6.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Was that good money then?
0:24:57 > 0:25:03Yes, it was. Because when I left school, jobs weren't easy to come by
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and I thought myself lucky to get a job really.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09And here you are, still working away.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- That's right. Yes. - Keeps you fit, though, doesn't it?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17- I'm going to take this one. The one that you finished sanding.- Right.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23- Wish me luck.- Yes. All the best.- And I'll leave you to it. OK. Bye bye.
0:25:23 > 0:25:29Once the soles are shaped and ready, the next stage is the cutting of the leather uppers.
0:25:29 > 0:25:35Each clog is made of four separate leather parts which then need to be stitched together.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- You need that bit, as well. - Thanks, Rose.- Thank you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- Hi, Sue.- Hi.- It's good to see the boss getting hands on here.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Oh, I work very hard, believe me.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Rose has just given me the uppers.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- Oh, right. Yeah.- And I can see you're working on a set there.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Yes. These are for you.- OK.- Yep.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'm enjoying this. I should get a job here really, shouldn't I?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Won't pay as much as what you're paid now, though!
0:26:06 > 0:26:13- If I pass you these, then you can take them over to Alan for the next step.- Thanks, Sue.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Alan, that's looking very good. I've got my uppers with me.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30I know you're working on some now. You've already put the eyelets in.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34- That's correct. I've stretched the upper over the last.- Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36And I'm now nailing it on.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- Can I have a go?- You certainly can, Paul.- All right.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I've got an apron here.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45This one's seen some use.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48And there are your nails.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53Why are you using different nails here to the ones you've used there? Is that purely decoration?
0:26:53 > 0:26:57It is, yeah. Some people specify steel nails all around.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- This is quite a therapeutic little job, isn't it?- It is.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- All done.- I can see that this is quite a lengthy process, isn't it?
0:27:08 > 0:27:12I mean, that will take me about probably...
0:27:12 > 0:27:16half an hour to go around but I'm sure you can do that a lot quicker.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19That's fantastic. Look. You can actually see what that's like now.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24That's brilliant. I've actually seen the clog evolve.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I'll pass that back to you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- And when you finish that, I think I'm going to buy the pair and take them home and wear them.- Jolly good.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35# I'm walking, yes, indeed
0:27:35 > 0:27:37# I'm talking, 'bout you and me
0:27:37 > 0:27:40# I'm hoping that you'll come back to me. #
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Well, you could say I'm all booted and suited.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49So it's back to the bags and boxes to join up with our experts at the valuation day.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Christine, it's great to have you with us cos you've got a special association with the programme.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10Well, I do. I run a fan site for Paul and Flog It on the internet.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- That's great. - Members all over the world.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- Fantastic. And you're an avid collector, aren't you?- I am.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19These aren't my major collection.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Right. What's your major collection then?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- Salt and peppers.- Right.- 2,000.
0:28:22 > 0:28:282,000! We'll have to have a look at those next time. But what have we got here?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We've got some plastic jewellery.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I love plastic jewellery.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Plastic brooches. Mostly, though, I've got bangles and rings.- Right.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40But these are by a very special lady. Lea Stein.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44That's right. And what do you know about Lea Stein?
0:28:44 > 0:28:48- Only that she was from Paris. - That's right.- She's still around.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54Her husband worked in plastics and she experimented, I think magically,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58with the colours and the effects that only plastic can give you.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03I think you're absolutely right and it was quite a special partnership
0:29:03 > 0:29:06because Lea Stein was born in 1931 in Paris,
0:29:06 > 0:29:13and it was in the '60s through to the '80s really that she developed jewellery design
0:29:13 > 0:29:20and her husband with the knowledge of plastics and the industry helped her with the practicalities of it.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26And, in fact, when she was working from the '60s to the '80s, she was very little known outside Paris
0:29:26 > 0:29:31and it's only recently that she's gained, really, international recognition as a jewellery designer.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35And she developed, as I'm sure you know, bangles and bracelets and...
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- I have a bangle.- You have a bangle.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41But it was the pins, the brooches that she's best known for
0:29:41 > 0:29:46and, as I'm sure you know, lots of different designs -
0:29:46 > 0:29:53- animals, insects, portraits. I think she did an Elvis Presley lookalike. - Yes. There's a sort of...
0:29:53 > 0:29:55That's right. Yes.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I have a bowler hat with the walking stick and a swallow.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Why do you want to sell these two, in particular?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I'd like to... they are the most common one.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I'd like to replace them with something less common.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Right. So what will you be looking out for?- A ladybird.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12That is unusual.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14So, what about value?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18You probably know just as well as I do. Where did you get these from?
0:30:18 > 0:30:24I bought them from a flea market. I paid around 40 for that one.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26And £12 for that one.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Right. That was a very good buy.
0:30:28 > 0:30:36Well, I think retail, the fairly common design as I say, the cat, is probably going to be 40, £45.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40At auction, we've got to bring it slightly down and I would say
0:30:40 > 0:30:45- these ought to be anywhere between 20 and £40 each at auction.- Yes.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50So, if you're happy with that, we'll put them in with that estimate
0:30:50 > 0:30:55and hope that we've got a real collector there like yourself who's prepared to give a good price.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- I'd like that.- It's always nice to see good costume jewellery
0:31:00 > 0:31:04because it's a market that's ever growing. And she's a great name.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07She is.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- Maria, does this wee chap have a name?- It doesn't, no.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Tell me, where did you get him?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26It's a piece that was bought for my husband when he was born.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31It was given by a family friend. He was born in 1969
0:31:31 > 0:31:36and I believe that these started to be made in the '60s.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39So you've had to take on the dog...
0:31:39 > 0:31:41when you took on your husband.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- I did. Yeah.- Do you like this one? - I don't. I'm not fond of it at all.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- Well, Maria, plenty of people will be fond of it.- Yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55Now, this dog was produced by Beswick,
0:31:55 > 0:31:59commissioned by Dulux, the paint makers,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- and if we turn our dog round, we can see the Beswick back stamp here.- Yeah.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Beswick were very good at animals. - Yeah.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12We have a very good factor there. We have a very good factory there.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- The second factor is he's an advertising figure.- Yeah.
0:32:16 > 0:32:22Dulux commissioned Beswick to design and produce this dog
0:32:22 > 0:32:28and he would have sat in the shop window to advertise the paint.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Who could resist a wee face like that?
0:32:31 > 0:32:36So you're appealing to the Beswick collectors and you're also appealing
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- to those people who collect advertising items.- Right. OK.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42So, quite a nice item here.
0:32:42 > 0:32:48I would estimate him in the region of £200-£300.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Gosh, yes...
0:32:52 > 0:32:56By the way, have you consulted your husband?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58He does know I'm here today!
0:32:58 > 0:33:04He knows you're here. And is he quite happy that this goes to auction?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- He's happy for him to be sold. Yeah. - OK.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10And will you share in the takings?
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Yeah, in some way I will. We're hoping if we are able to sell him
0:33:15 > 0:33:20that the proceeds might go towards a piece of original art work for the house.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- You might see something at the auction.- We might do.- Yep.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Well, I think the dog will do well.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32We'll put a reserve of £200 on him. Estimate of £200-£300.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- I'm sure he'll do very well and you'll be very pleased.- Thank you.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49- Meg, hello.- Hello.- Hi. And you've brought your friend, Ann, along.- Hello.- Hello.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Have you come for moral support? - I have. Yes.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Some very colourful pottery here. Where did this come from?
0:33:55 > 0:34:00They belonged to a great aunt of mine who was also my godmother
0:34:00 > 0:34:04and they'd just been passed through the family since the 1930s.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Do you know what factory they are?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Clarice Cliff. - They are Clarice Cliff.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13But, it's not perhaps immediately obvious that they're Clarice Cliff.
0:34:13 > 0:34:21One of the things I like about them is the pattern. It's quite an unusual pattern for Clarice Cliff.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26If we turn the bowl over, we can see her signature, just as it should be, on the bottom.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31Clarice Cliff. And the word Bizarre. Do you know what that relates to?
0:34:31 > 0:34:36I just know a lot of Clarice Cliff pieces have the Bizarre on but I don't know the significance, really.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Well, it's actually the name given to a range of her work.
0:34:39 > 0:34:46One of the earliest ranges in fact - it was launched in 1928 - which usually used very bright colours.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51Some colours really quite outrageous, which is what makes this quite unusual.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56And the thing that really strikes me about it is this beautiful powder blue colour.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02It's called blue cafe au lait, the ground here that we see, which really makes it striking,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05combined particularly, I think, with the pink.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08It's known as Japan pattern.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13That's what it's called, particularly on the plates, you can see a pagoda here.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19Obviously, very Japanese and this tree, also, has a Japanese look about it.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25It's set in landscape and the way she's composed the landscape also has a Japanese feel about it.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28So, it's quite interesting.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30So, Meg, what about value?
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- Any ideas?- Not really.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36No, because it is an unusual pattern and I haven't seen it before.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37OK. What about you, Ann?
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Have you done any secret research?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Well, I thought they were worth a bit more.
0:35:41 > 0:35:48As Meg said, they're unusual, so I was looking at 250 for that and about 100 for the two plates.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- OK. Right. You're optimistic, aren't you?- I am, aren't I?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54She needs a new bathroom, you know.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Well, I'm going to be a little bit conservative.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00It's a great pattern and I mean, the shape is nice as well
0:36:00 > 0:36:03but it's the pattern that's really going to pull collectors.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- But plates, we've only got two. - Yeah.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08They probably would have been a set of six or larger.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- So it would have been part of a much larger dinner service and we've only got a small section here.- Right.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15So that does affect the value quite a bit.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19So I'm going to say, conservatively, £100-200 at auction.
0:36:19 > 0:36:26- I certainly would hope you'll get the upper end of that but that will get buyers interested.- Yeah.
0:36:26 > 0:36:33- But I really hope we reach the 200 or even more.- Right.- I think it's super. I love that powder blue.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Yes. It is nice. Yes. Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Two cat brooches could be the perfect thing for any feline loving bidder.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Christine.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52I hope Maria sells the Beswick dog so she can get the art work she really wants.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55And finally, Clarice Cliff is an old Flog It favourite.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58I hope this piece does as well as the others have in the past.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Calling all cat lovers, we have two Lea Stein little cat brooches, which Kate fell in love with.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12You don't like them, so I guess you're not an animal lover, are you?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Oh, I am.- Oh, are you. Dogs?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Dogs and not cats.- I do like cats.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19But not cat brooches.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- OK.- I don't want to walk round with one on my chest.- No.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26They're a bit big, aren't they? They look like they belong to the '70s.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- I think you have to wear them with the right thing.- Colourful gear.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33One of them's very bright.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38Nevertheless, they're just about to go under the hammer.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Let's hope it's purrfect.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43And the next lot. Lot 536.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47The Lea Stein Paris plastic brooches in the form of cats. Rather pretty.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49What am I bid on these? Lot 536.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52£50. 40. 20 to open. £20.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- 20 I'm bid. Thank you.- We're in.- £20.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- And five. 30.- Oh, yes.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59There's interest here, Kate.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01And five. 40 sir. 40.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03And five. 50.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05And 50. And five.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Oh.- I have 55 in the second row.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10£55. Are we all finished?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13At £55 then, first and last time.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Yes. Great result, there.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Definitely cat lovers.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20£55, less a bit of commission.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- That's good.- That's very good. - That'll buy me a bug.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Back to the markets to buy a brooch, or something like that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Good for you.- That lady buyer looked very determined down there.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- I don't think she was going to give up.- Good.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- Well, I'm coming shopping with you next time to the flea market.- Yes.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48How much is that doggie in the window?
0:38:48 > 0:38:53Or should I say at Calder Valley? Well, we're going to find out.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59I love this little Dulux dog. He's quality. He's brilliant.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02His condition is wonderful.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07His coat is glossy. His nose is wet.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10He should get a first.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Best of breed. Here we go. Good luck.- Thank you.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Lot 523. Large Beswick advertising model of an old English sheepdog.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20This was issued 1964 to 1972.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24£100 I have. £100. I have £100.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I have 100. 120. 140. 160.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30180. At £180.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33At £180. Any further advance on 180?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35At 180. At £200. £200.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- There's another bid coming here. - At £200. 210 if you like. 210.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Well, done. 210. At £210. We're in the market and selling at £210.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Any further advances. At £210 then.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51It's gone. £210 the hammer went down.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I was expecting 300 plus.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57But you're happy cos you're not a dog lover, are you?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00And you didn't like that little Dulux dog.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Cat lover, you see.- Yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04OK. £210 less a bit for commission.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06What's that going to go towards?
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Hopefully, a piece of art work for the house that we've just moved into.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Oh, brilliant.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Contemporary or sort of fancy?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15More contemporary I think, yeah.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17There's plenty for sale here.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Yeah. I'll keep looking.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Meg's Clarice Cliff is just about to go under the hammer
0:40:31 > 0:40:35and I've been joined by Ann and Kate, our lovely expert here.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37So, you two, best friends...
0:40:37 > 0:40:39guess for how long?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- I know it's quite a long time. How long is it?- Near on 40 years.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4540 odd years. Did you meet at school then?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47No. Meg's from Northern Ireland.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49I'm from County Wexford.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53We're involved with the Irish community in Manchester, so we met really through that.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59- Friends.- And you've been best friends ever since, for 40 years. That's a cracking long time.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Well, you like Clarice Cliff but you don't mind flogging this.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- They're just taking up room at the moment.- Ann, do you like this?
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Not really but I can see, you know, the value in it because the design is different.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14There's not a lot of that design around. So fingers crossed.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20Let's see what this lot think right now, shall we? It's going under the hammer. Here we go.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Right. The Clarice Cliff salad bowl and two matching octagonal plates.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28What am I bid for this lot, ladies and gentlemen? 100, shall we say 180?
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Open me at £50. £50.
0:41:29 > 0:41:3150 I'm bid. I have 50. At 60.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36At 70. At 80. £80. At £80. 90 bid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38£90.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I've £90. 100. 100.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42At 100 on my right. Anybody else?
0:41:42 > 0:41:46110 there. 110. 120. 130. 140.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- This is more like it.- I was a bit worried there for a moment.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- Yeah. Mid estimate now.- 150.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55160.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57170. 180.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Clarice Cliff never lets us down, does it?
0:42:00 > 0:42:05- 210? Yeah.- 210. 220.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Keep going, Meg.- 230. 240.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- 250. Yeah.- 250. 260.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14That phone bidder's pretty determined.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16290. 300.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18310? Yeah.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23- And ten. 320.- Yeah.- 330.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Oh, don't they love Clarice Cliff? - Don't they.
0:42:25 > 0:42:32360. At £360, are we all done at £360 then, on the phone?
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Brilliant.- That is a good result.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36That's a great result.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41- You two girls are going to have a jolly afternoon, aren't you?- Yes.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43- You're set up for one now.- We are.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46What's £360 going towards, less a bit of commission?
0:42:46 > 0:42:53Well, I've recently had a new granddaughter, so hopefully, a lot will go on her.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Treat yourself to lunch out as well.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- We might. - You might. I'm sure you two will.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Trouble.- No doubt.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16Well, the auction's over and what a super day we've had here in West Yorkshire.
0:43:16 > 0:43:23The highlight of the day had to be Meg and Ann going home with £360 to spend on themselves.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Clarice Cliff, well, it never lets us down, does it? It always does the job.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32I hope you've enjoyed today's show, so until next time, it's cheerio.
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