0:00:03 > 0:00:07This seaside town was just a tiny village of 100 people
0:00:07 > 0:00:09back in the early part of the 19th century,
0:00:09 > 0:00:14but it soon grew into a popular Victorian seaside destination.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18It now boasts a population of 70,000 people.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19So, where are we?
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Well, Flog It! today comes from Weston-super-Mare.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Behind me is the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54the heart and soul of the seafront.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Later on in the programme, I shall be returning here
0:00:56 > 0:00:58to find out how the Grand Pier
0:00:58 > 0:01:00used to look like this.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06Now, sadly, it looks like that, but hopefully, it will rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17But right now, I've got this massive great big queue to contend with
0:01:17 > 0:01:21outside the Winter Gardens and they're all laden with antiques and collectables,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25hoping they're going to be one of the lucky ones chosen for the Flog It! auction,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- where they'll earn a small fortune. Are you ready for this?- Yes!
0:01:33 > 0:01:38There are hundreds of people here at the Winter Gardens today, waiting for valuations.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44And eager to find a gem are experts Anita Manning...
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- And a wee hanky. - ..and Michael Baggott.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49They couldn't be any cheaper.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Well, everybody's now safely seated inside, they're all happy,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00it's a packed house and it looks like Michael has already spotted something.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Let's take a closer look at what he's looking at.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Marianne, thank you for bringing this lovely brooch along today.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- My pleasure.- I'm surprised you're not tempted to wear it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19It's a bit dated and heavy for my choice.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Yes. Where does it come from?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It comes from my mother-in-law.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- Oh, my word.- And when she died, it was given to me
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- and, um...- Did you wear it at all?
0:02:31 > 0:02:36No, I haven't. I haven't. I tried to begin with, but it's just not me.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40If there was one word to describe this brooch it would be "Victorian".
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Yes.- Possibly not in the most flattering sense.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49It's typical of jewellery that's made towards the 1860, 1880 period.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Right.- They tend to be manufactured in Birmingham.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It is unmarked,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- but it's certainly low-carat gold. - Right.
0:02:58 > 0:03:05It's probably nine carat, that's then dipped in an acid bath and with nine carat gold, there's a
0:03:05 > 0:03:12high copper content and if you dip it in acid, it eats away all the copper on the surface and leaves pure gold.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Oh, right.- So it has the appearance of a higher carat of gold.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Right.- The Victorians were nothing if not ingenious.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19That's quite clever, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24It was probably made in Birmingham and all these little separate scrolls
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- that look so finely hand-chased were done in a huge machine.- Really?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- A large fly press and kerchunk, kerchunk.- Even that far back?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Even that far back. Oh, the fly press goes back to the early 17th century.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Good heavens.- And all these little pieces would have been
0:03:40 > 0:03:45soldered together and they've had a plain piece of gold
0:03:45 > 0:03:48set to the back and it's set in the centre with a citrine,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50which is a lovely faceted stone,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53a lovely colour of stone as well, and very popular at that date.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Any idea what it might be worth?- No.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I would imagine at auction that's between £70 and £100 pounds.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Right.- And, you know, you would protect it with a reserve of £70,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08because I don't think you'd want to sell it for any less.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- I'd prefer not to.- No.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- It would be criminal to sell it for any less, really.- Right.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Hopefully, it will sparkle in the auction.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- We'll give it a go.- Thank you.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Thank you for bringing it.- Thank you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That's just fabulous.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I've been doing a bit of digging around myself.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29You never know what's been gathering dust in people's attics.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31What have you got?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Old photographs. - Is it cigarette cards?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Yeah.- Senior Service Cigarette Album. Did you collect them?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- My mother did.- Your mother did.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42You've got a table. What have you got?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Hey, look at that! Is it the same cards?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45No, I don't think so.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Do you two know each other? - No, we've never seen each other.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I bought these at a charity auction 20 years ago.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55You've got quite a few in there as well. And you've got quite a few.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Britain from the air.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Look at that. Well, the bad news is the value's just gone down,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03if there's lots about!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06As I keep searching for that rare beauty,
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Anita looks like she's found something
0:05:07 > 0:05:11that's captured her imagination.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Bill, why are you selling these pots?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18These two pots have been in the house... We bought the house - Mary,
0:05:18 > 0:05:23my wife, and I - we bought the house from her father and there were
0:05:23 > 0:05:25various bits and pieces in the house
0:05:25 > 0:05:29and these two pots were amongst the pieces that were there.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33When Mary saw the advert that this was on here,
0:05:33 > 0:05:40she decided to go up in the loft and get down her pieces of Royal Doulton.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43She said they're better going to someone that's going
0:05:43 > 0:05:45to make use of them, rather than be up in the loft.
0:05:45 > 0:05:52Well, they've probably been there since the 1920s or 1930s,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- because that's when these pots date from.- Really?
0:05:54 > 0:06:00Yeah. I mean, Doulton is a factory which always produced
0:06:00 > 0:06:03good-quality porcelain and stoneware
0:06:03 > 0:06:08and these pots are a part of that wonderful Doulton tradition.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15If we look at them, we can see that they are transfer printed
0:06:15 > 0:06:19and not hand-painted, so you would have had a transfer here.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Nice pair.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Good condition.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Not bad period.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32I would put an estimate of...60 to £80,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- that's £30 apiece.- Right. - £30 apiece.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42But just to give us that safety net, we, perhaps, should put, say,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- £50 reserve on them. - Sell them as a pair?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48We'll sell both of them together. Uh-huh.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- A pair is always better than two single ones.- Right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Do you think you would be happy with that price?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- My wife had quoted to me that she would be happy with that sort of a price.- Is she the boss?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04She's the boss regarding these two.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Yeah.- Most of the time, actually.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08That's absolutely fine. Great.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Thank you for coming to Flog It! - Thank you very much.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Brian, you've made me smile. I'm in love with this two-gallon measure.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Did you have any connections with the brewery?
0:07:25 > 0:07:32None at all, but I did actually go at the time when they were retiring,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36about 1968, and I bought it from one of the partners.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- Did you get both measuring jugs? - No, no. This is from my wife's side of the family.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46It has always been used as a vase but I think it's some sort of grain measure.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47It is a grain or hop measure, yes.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I never realised that they did hallmarked wood.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Yes. You can see just there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- There's the mark of King George. - Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- You see the crown and a G?- Yes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02And it's got..."Bedford"...
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- ..on the bottom hoop. - I don't know what the significance of "Bedford" is.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- I think it came from Bedford.- Ah.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The civic Bedford, not the Duke of Bedford.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18It's been coopered very well in these lovely bands. Very nice.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Any idea of value on that?
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Not really.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26It's been with us so long, we don't really think of it in those terms.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Well, it's been your vase, hasn't it?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I think, because it has got the crown stamped in
0:08:32 > 0:08:37and the G and we've got these lovely, heavy, coopered rings,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I'm hoping that'll realise about £100 to £120 at auction.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Right. I'd be quite happy with that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- But it's this one, now this is your one.- Yes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50You managed to buy this off the guy
0:08:50 > 0:08:53from the firm in Birmingham when it was shutting down.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Yes.- And is that the chap?- Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Edward James, and on the day I bought it,
0:09:01 > 0:09:07this Edward James was in the premises and he said it was a two-gallon jug
0:09:07 > 0:09:13and he wanted £2 for each gallon so it cost £4.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It cost you £4. Isn't that lovely?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Proportionately and architecturally, that stands really, really well.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And I think your
0:09:23 > 0:09:25£2 a gallon
0:09:25 > 0:09:28could today translate into
0:09:28 > 0:09:30£100 a gallon.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33That would be rather nice.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I think we could get £200 for this.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- I'm quite happy to see someone else enjoy it.- OK.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Rodney, welcome to Flog It!
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and thank you for bringing along this nice little group here.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Thank you, Anita. - Tell me, where did you get them?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Well, from my father and then obviously from his father.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02It was my grandfather they belonged to in the first place.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06They've just been in a drawer for many years and they're just there.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09My children don't want them, so we thought we'd bring them along
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and see if they were worth anything.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Well, thank you for bringing them along.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Let's have a closer look.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20The first thing is this Victorian watch chain,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22or Albert.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Secondly,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28we have the silver pocket watch and, thirdly,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32a nice little pair of nine-carat gold cuff links.
0:10:32 > 0:10:38Now, the thing that draws me first is the watch chain here
0:10:38 > 0:10:43and I've had a wee look at that. Each of the links
0:10:43 > 0:10:47is hallmarked, so it's a gold chain.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And we have this little fob here,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53with the carnelian stone in it, so it's a nice little lot.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Your pocket watch is not really compatible with the chain.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04The chain is a gold chain, nine-carat gold, the watch is silver
0:11:04 > 0:11:05and it's hallmarked.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10If we open it from the back, we will see the silver hallmark there.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12We have a little lion mark.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16This would maybe have been your grandfather's everyday watch
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and he would have had a gold watch to go with that
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- for high days and holidays.- Right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28With this little lot is cuff links. Again, they are
0:11:28 > 0:11:30hallmarked in nine-carat gold
0:11:30 > 0:11:34and I would imagine that they would come from probably the 1930s.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38This little area of machined pattern here
0:11:38 > 0:11:41has a wee Art Deco look about it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Now, Rodney, I would put this wee lot together.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- Yes.- It makes it interesting to have three parts of it
0:11:50 > 0:11:55and I would estimate it in the region of 150-250.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Would you be happy to put it into auction at that?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Yes, very much. Yes. Yes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The gold is high just now so it's a good time to sell gold.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07We'll put a firm reserve of 150 on it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Oh, right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12If we sell it, what are you going to do with the money?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14We'll split it between our two grandchildren.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Ah.- Tyler and Emily.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19And what age are they?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Tyler's seven and Emily's one. - Thank you for bringing them along.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Thank you, Anita. Thank you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Some interesting items, so here's what we're taking to auction.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Marianne will be glad to see her inherited brooch sell.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39It's a bit dated and heavy for my choice.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Bill and his wife inherited this pair of Royal Doulton bowls
0:12:43 > 0:12:47with their house, but now it's time to find them a new home.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49My two choices were Brian's measuring jugs,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52one made from wood and the other from copper.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55When he bought the copper jug from a brewery,
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Brian paid just a few pounds.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And I think your £2 a gallon
0:13:00 > 0:13:04could today translate into £100 a gallon.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06'Let's hope I'm proved right.'
0:13:06 > 0:13:10And Rodney inherited his collection from his grandfather
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and wants to pass the money down to his grandchildren.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16So let's find out if the kids will be in for a real treat or not.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23We've popped up the road to the village of Kenn,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26just outside the seaside town of Clevedon, for today's sale
0:13:26 > 0:13:30and this is where all the action is taking place - the Clevedon Salerooms.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35And I think it's just about to start so let's get inside.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45And today's auctioneer is Marc Burridge, so let's hope he can bring home some good prices.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47The first of our lots
0:13:47 > 0:13:54is Marianne's Victorian brooch and Michael put an estimate of 70 to £100 on it.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57It's a real fashion thing, brooches.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58They are, yes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01They are. And we have found in the past on Flog It!
0:14:01 > 0:14:03that they either fly away or they're really hard to sell.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Or they struggle. I mean, today, I don't think I've seen anybody wearing a brooch.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- No.- So they can be difficult things.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15What you want, because yours was in such a lovely condition, is a collector.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- Whether it goes today is, as you say, Paul, they sometimes fly... - It's a fashion accessory thing.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- ..sometimes they're left flat. - Well, look...
0:14:22 > 0:14:26We've got a packed saleroom. 50% of the occupants are women, fingers crossed.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30OK, Marianne, it's going under the hammer now.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Lot 620, Victorian, citrine-set brooch.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Nicely-engraved decoration there.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Lot 620, what can we say? 50 with me and 5.
0:14:40 > 0:14:435 and 60 and 5 and 70 and 5 and 80...
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Good. We've sold it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:4880, 80, 80 with you. 80, 80, 80 with you.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53At £75, the bid's in the room, selling on £75 then.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Yes. It's good.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58The brooch-wearers or the collectors were here.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02It could be a brooch-wearing collector but I haven't seen one.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03- That was a good result.- Yes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07There's commission to pay with it but there's a bit of spending money for you.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I'm just relieved it's gone!
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Oh, this next lot's nice.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Great name, great size, two jardinieres, Royal Doulton.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25They belong to William and we need all the money to go towards a special holiday.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Why are you selling these two lovely jardinieres?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30They belong to my wife, actually, but...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- She doesn't like them? - They've been in the loft.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37She never ever... Since we moved in, they've been in the loft
0:15:37 > 0:15:41and it's just the fact that when we saw you were down here, we came down.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Good chance to get on telly, as well.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Yes, so we brought them down.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Is she here today?- She is but she won't come on the television.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Well, she's giving you moral support anyway.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- These are very nice. - Oh, they're so sweet.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Charming.- You get a lot of value for your money, really.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Yes, well, you have two of them, a pair.
0:15:59 > 0:16:06- Yeah.- Which is always good. They're functional items, good factory and idyllic little rural scenes.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Very charming. - Good value for money as well.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Right, they're going under the hammer now.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Lot 320, a pair of Royal Doulton series jardinieres.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16£50 I'm starting.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18And 5. Who's got 60?
0:16:18 > 0:16:235, 70, 5, 80, 5, 90, 5, 100, now 10.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25In the room on £100.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And 10? And 10? And 10?
0:16:28 > 0:16:29That's more like it.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31And 10? Are you all done on £100? Selling on 100 then.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Yes.- Oh, it's good to round it up at the very end.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Yes, yes.- £100. Put that into the kitty.- Yeah.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Can you...? Where is she? Where is your wife?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Yes, she's just there, grinning.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46There is commission but that's something towards that trip.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Yes, oh, quite. We were expecting... No, it's very good.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Right, now it's my turn to be the expert
0:16:58 > 0:17:03and I'm joined by Brian and we've got two wonderful measuring jugs with great history as well.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05It's nice to have that connection.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06They've both been used in their time.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Yes, yes. I particularly like the little walnut one.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I think that's cute and it's so tactile.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I haven't seen a lot of interest on the copper one but I'm sure it'll sell itself.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19We've revised the estimate slightly, we've brought
0:17:19 > 0:17:25the estimate slightly down, lower, and hopefully, fingers crossed,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28these are going to sell well.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Oh, I hope so.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34And lot 40 there is the hardwood dry measuring jug.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Here we go, Brian, this is our lot.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Lot number 40. Interest here.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43At 35, £40 on the book, 45 on the book...
0:17:43 > 0:17:4450 on the book with me,
0:17:44 > 0:17:485, 5, 5 now, 55, 55, 55,
0:17:48 > 0:17:5055, 55 in the room,
0:17:50 > 0:17:5460 on the book, 5 with you, 5 bid, 70 on the book...
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- It's a struggle, isn't it? - At £70. Anyone else, 5?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01All done at £70 then.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04£70 and he sold it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Just. I know we had a reserve of 80
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and I think he's used his own discretion there.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13He might make the difference up but it's gone at £70
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- I don't mind.- And you don't mind.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17No. I'm happy that someone else has got it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20That was right on our lower end of the estimate.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Oh, well, one down, one more to go.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Let's hope we have a bit of luck.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29Many thanks. Lot 60 is a two-gallon measure there,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33from the cellars of James Ltd
0:18:33 > 0:18:38in Birmingham, with a souvenir brochure from the same company.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Lot 60, what can we say there?
0:18:40 > 0:18:4370, 80, £90 with me, give me 100.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48100, 100, thank you, 10 with me.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Selling at 110 with me, give me 20, will you?- Come on, please.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56120, will you? 120, will you? All done then at £110.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Commission buyer.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Yes, we've just sold that one.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Gosh, things are close today.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05£110, which makes a total, with the two lots, of £180
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and all the money's going to the charity...
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- Send A Cow...- To Africa. Brian, thank you so much for coming in.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Thank you very much. Very enjoyable.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Rodney, these were your grandfather's...
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Yes.- We're looking at £150-£250.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- That's right.- And the trade are here today so things are selling well.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The gold's selling. Fingers crossed.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Yes, fingers crossed.- Because the scrap value's right up there now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Everybody seems to be putting their money into gold rather than into the banks.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Yeah. Credit crunch.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Exactly. Well, let's find out what sort of credit crunch
0:19:44 > 0:19:47is going on here in Clevedon, shall we? This is it.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Lot 640, it's in the catalogue there,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54it's the gold Albert with the fob et cetera.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57They're all in the catalogue there, what can we say?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59200 I'm bid, now 10.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02210, 20, 30.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Straight in at the top.- Yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- 250, 60, 70. 270, 270, 270... - Excellent.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09270, 80, 90.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13300. 320.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Yeah. 310, now 20.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22320. It's in the room at £310 then.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24That was a good result, £310.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26There's commission to pay here
0:20:26 > 0:20:28but what are you going to spend the money on?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Well, it's going to be split between my grandchildren.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Yes, it was a family thing.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36But now it will be split between three grandchildren.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39When we were thinking of selling it, it was only two.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45So now there's a third one from last Saturday, so that's round about £100 each, I suppose.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48That was a brilliant result for Rodney and his grandchildren,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52but don't go away, as there are plenty more surprising results
0:20:52 > 0:20:55when we return later to the auction rooms.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Not in my wildest dreams. That's wonderful.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Well, that's the excitement of auctions, you never know what's going to happen.
0:21:06 > 0:21:12Well, I've left the auction behind for a little while and I've popped out to indulge in a wonderfully
0:21:12 > 0:21:15nostalgic experience, one that very nearly died out.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Welcome to the Curzon Community Cinema here in the heart of Clevedon.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Now this is one of the oldest continually running cinemas still operating in the world.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31But in 1995, it nearly disappeared and it was due to follow in the path of so many other doomed
0:21:31 > 0:21:35independent cinemas if it hadn't have been for the people for Clevedon.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42The Curzon had a special place in the hearts of so many of the people in the community that
0:21:42 > 0:21:46a large group of them got together to save the cinema.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Hence in 1996, it became the Curzon Community Cinema.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54In doing so, it's guaranteed a cinema is on this site for
0:21:54 > 0:21:59many more years to come so I think I should cough up my £5.50. Hi, there.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Hello, thank you. Bye.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Thank you.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Where's my ticket?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Well, I wasn't expecting this! It's fantastic!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's like a throwback to the 1920s.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31It has all the trappings of a traditional picture house.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Well, I've got my popcorn and my traditional cinema ticket.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46We've got these incredible 1920s surroundings.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52I'm starting to see what the people in Clevedon saw in this little gem and why they wanted to save it.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01The first cinema building erected on this site was named The Picture House
0:23:01 > 0:23:07and it was the brainchild of Victor Cox, a local sculptor and monumental stone mason.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12The grand opening of The Picture House took place on 20th April, 1912,
0:23:12 > 0:23:17at 7.00pm and the cinema was packed to capacity with many people being turned away.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23Since its opening night about 100 years ago, The Picture House has gone through many reincarnations
0:23:23 > 0:23:28but the most crucial moment in its history came in 1995,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31when as a cinema, it was on the verge of closure.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Gareth, it's a pleasure to meet you.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37You're the Director of the Curzon Community Cinema here in the heart
0:23:37 > 0:23:41of Clevedon and I'm so pleased they saved this place.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Why do you think it was so important to keep the cinema open?
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Well, I think a venue like this can provide a real focal point, not just for a community but
0:23:49 > 0:23:56also because it's a link to the whole heritage of cinema and to the picture houses from the golden age
0:23:56 > 0:24:00of cinemas in the '20s and '30s. So we have people in Clevedon
0:24:00 > 0:24:07who have been coming here for decades and have now been able to introduce their children and even grandchildren
0:24:07 > 0:24:10to go into a traditional cinema in their home town.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14How did the people of the community go about saving the cinema?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Well, when they heard that the company who owned the building had
0:24:18 > 0:24:25gone into receivership, John Webber and a group of like-minded people basically formed a registered charity
0:24:25 > 0:24:30with the aim of buying the building and keeping it running as a cinema for the benefit of the community.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35So there was a great deal of publicity in the local press,
0:24:35 > 0:24:41there were public meetings held here in the cinema, which had people spilling out of the doors.
0:24:41 > 0:24:47A lot of people put money in to try and raise the money to keep it going as a going concern.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51One of the things that first struck me when I came in was the relaxed experience.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Is that a policy that you want to maintain?
0:24:54 > 0:24:59We certainly try to keep a friendly atmosphere and to give people a warm welcome,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04whereas I think a lot of the bigger cinemas have this...
0:25:04 > 0:25:10People have this feeling that they're slightly impersonal places, whereas we try very hard
0:25:10 > 0:25:15to make this a kind of unique place to visit, one that's very much at the heart of the community.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And it's a trip into nostalgia as well, isn't it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21You've got the old cinema tickets, you've got the organ, you've got...
0:25:21 > 0:25:24just awesome embossed walls.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27They look like Moroccan red leather! I know they're not!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Most of the auditorium that we're sitting in now
0:25:31 > 0:25:35dates back to 1920, although there has been a cinema on this site since 1912,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37so we're nearly 100 years old.
0:25:37 > 0:25:44But I mean, the embossed metal panels are a big part of the reason why we gained listed building status.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46What I'd love to do is have a wander around.
0:25:46 > 0:25:52I know there's some interesting things up there but at least show me the projection booth and backstage.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- Can I do that?- Yeah, of course.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- I'll follow you.- All right.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Here we are in the projection room, the nerve centre.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I guess this is the most important room in the cinema, really.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15It is, yes. For anyone wanting to watch a film, it certainly would be.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20- So the pressure's on the projectionist?- Absolutely. - How does the film arrive?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Well, we have two main projectors here.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I mean, we have one which is your 35mm projector,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29which is essentially how film has basically been shown for
0:26:29 > 0:26:34the last 100 odd years and on a 35 mm traditional print, it comes in a big box like this.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- So a courier drops this off? - A courier drops this off.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40And it costs a lot of money, that, I would imagine!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44It comes in up to six to eight separate reels.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46So that's the standard 35mm format.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48There is an option now, isn't there?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52There is. We do also have here a digital projector and the film
0:26:52 > 0:26:57comes in a rather different format for this. I've just got one here.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59This is kind of state of the art kit now, isn't it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:04It is yes, so I mean this is Che Part Two, which we ran last week.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06So this is the whole movie in that little case.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The whole movie in this little case and it comes on a hard drive,
0:27:09 > 0:27:14so what happens is, we put this into the server on the digital projector,
0:27:14 > 0:27:19we download the film and then we can show it on the digi-projector as many times as we've got the licence for.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23So it's a lot cleaner, a lot simpler and easier to use?
0:27:23 > 0:27:30It doesn't have the wear and tear that you can get on 35mm prints and it is a lot easier to operate.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It's so simple, even I can do it!
0:27:33 > 0:27:38There's some other treats here, I know. I know there's definitely a balcony.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- I'd love to see that.- There is a balcony but we're going to go
0:27:41 > 0:27:45from something that is very modern to something that's a little bit older.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Well, here we are in the auditorium, up in the gods, so to speak.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Why is that false ceiling still there, or why did they put it there in the first place?
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Well, they put it in there in the early '70s and at the time,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05it was really a perfectly sensible economic decision, unfortunately.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07So, out of sight, out of mind!
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Well, I mean it was at an era when cinema attendances were just dropping through the floor.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16I mean, it's a really big space to heat as you can imagine, so at the time it just made sense that it was
0:28:16 > 0:28:20easier to run the cinema without the balcony in operation, unfortunately.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23This is great up here! What a space!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- It is!- Look at that!
0:28:25 > 0:28:27That ceiling!
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It looks like you've got space for about, what 100 seats, a bit more, maybe?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35A little bit more I think, certainly at the time.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36You could fill these!
0:28:36 > 0:28:39With the right film, we could absolutely fill it, yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Would you contemplate sort of having
0:28:42 > 0:28:45luxury seats up here, wider ones or something like that?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I think, yes. I think we quite possibly would.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51I mean, I do sometimes meet older people in Clevedon,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54who reminisce about sitting up here when they were kids.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58But the fabric of the building is here, it's intact and it can be achieved.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03The roof above the ceiling is about 80 years old now
0:29:03 > 0:29:07and it is leaking in several places, so we are working on
0:29:07 > 0:29:11a fund-raising drive to patch up the worst of the leaks.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14The first priority has to be to make sure the fabric of the building is
0:29:14 > 0:29:17safe and sound for the next three generations.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20You're doing a fantastic job, you and your team.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Thank you for sharing a bit of time with me and showing me around.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24My pleasure.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34This cinema obviously holds a very special place in the hearts of
0:29:34 > 0:29:42the people of Clevedon and after visiting the Curzon Community Cinema today, I understand why.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46It's great to see an old picture house like this going from strength
0:29:46 > 0:29:51to strength, run by the very people that depend on it.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05And there's still a full house back at the Winter Gardens and Anita has
0:30:05 > 0:30:08found a piece of Poole Pottery nearly as tall as her!
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Jane, I always love to see Poole Pottery on Flog It,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17it's one of my favourites.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Now, tell me, does this belong to you?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22No, actually, it belongs to my parents.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26They bought it in about, I think, 1969.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29My brothers and I were deemed old enough and responsible enough
0:30:29 > 0:30:32to be left on our own and they went on their first holiday on their own,
0:30:32 > 0:30:36from having children, and they went to Weymouth and they went to Poole Pottery.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- And they brought this back?- Yeah.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Did you behave yourself when they were away?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42I did, but my brothers didn't.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44So it belongs to your mum and dad?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Yes.- Do they know that you've got this vase here today?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50My father said it was OK. Checked with Mum, and they said it's OK.
0:30:50 > 0:30:57Excellent, excellent. This vase is similar to the design
0:30:57 > 0:31:00on the earlier pieces from the 1930s
0:31:00 > 0:31:06and it also has the embossed mark on it, which the earlier pieces had.
0:31:06 > 0:31:12Can you see the embossed mark here, but the later pieces like this
0:31:12 > 0:31:19had a less heavy pattern and perhaps slightly muted colours.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23I love them, I think that Poole
0:31:23 > 0:31:29has painterly qualities, artistic qualities and design qualities.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35It's always made a wonderful product and it is still doing so today.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Price-wise, Poole has gone off a little bit
0:31:40 > 0:31:45in the last couple of years. 1930s stuff was very popular
0:31:45 > 0:31:49and doing very well, but it's come down a wee bitty, a wee bitty.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53I would put an estimate of £30 to £50.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59Jane, we both like this vase, but tell me, why are you selling it?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Well, my daughter and I knew that Flog It
0:32:01 > 0:32:04was coming to Weston-super-Mare, we live in North Devon.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09I don't have anything that's worth anything and I knew my parents had this, and we wanted to come
0:32:09 > 0:32:11to Flog It, we love Flog It and so here we are.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13And here you are part of the Flog It experience.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Indeed, indeed.- Which is wonderful fun, wonderful fun.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20It is a great day, we've had a great day.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Ian, I'm a little shame-faced with my - I shall cover it up -
0:32:32 > 0:32:35my horrible battery-operated digital watch
0:32:35 > 0:32:37cos you've brought in this stunner.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- Yes.- Can you tell me, where did you get it from?
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Well, it was left to my wife in some effects.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- Oh, right.- And I have been wearing it occasionally.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50It is a beautiful timepiece but the one disadvantage
0:32:50 > 0:32:53is having to wind it and inevitably, of course,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56you forget and it can make you late for appointments.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Which is not good, is it? It's not good.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Well, you are going to have to be more disciplined in your winding
0:33:02 > 0:33:04or get a battery-operated one.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I have resorted to one, that's why I'm offering it today.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- I'm afraid we do. It's shocking, isn't it?- Yes.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15I would be tempted to wear this on a daily basis, were it mine. It's a stunning watch.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Have you any idea when or where it was made?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Well, I've seen from the sign inside
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- that it was from Universal of Geneva.- Right.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29And about ten years ago, I looked up their website
0:33:29 > 0:33:34and found this model in a catalogue of about 1937.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36It was pictured there.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Well, that's tremendously useful and the joy of this,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42because I love watches that do things,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45and you can tell immediately by those two lugs
0:33:45 > 0:33:47that it's not an ordinary watch.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52So if we press the first one and we watch this black enamelled hand here,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55one would imagine that your horse was running down the track
0:33:55 > 0:33:58and you were waiting to see how long it would do a furlong
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and then it's past the post and stop,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03and then you've got the reading.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- And then, of course, this second button, after you've pressed it, is to reset...- Yeah.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09And I think that's tremendous fun.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14- I hate to use the expression "boy's toy" but it does fall into that category.- Yes.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Why have you decided to part with it now?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Well, I think for the reasons I mentioned. It's, um...
0:34:20 > 0:34:28You do have the disadvantage of having to remember to wind it up regularly, so I've reverted
0:34:28 > 0:34:31to the modern option, with batteries and what have you.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Well, I think it's a stunning watch.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Any idea of the value?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41I don't know. 150? 250?
0:34:41 > 0:34:47I think you're in the right ballpark but I think you're being conservative. Which is good news.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50I think we should pop that into the sale.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55- I think the saleroom estimate should be 250 to £350.- OK.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- After all, it is a multi-functional, 18-carat gold, gent's Swiss wristwatch.- It is, yes.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04And when you say that, it doesn't sound a lot of money for it.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08I think if we give the auctioneer a small amount of discretion
0:35:08 > 0:35:10and put the reserve fixed at £230.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Yes, I'd be very happy with that.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16I think there should be people fighting over it in the saleroom.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Let's hope so.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Ann, what a charming little cottage scene we have here.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Can you tell me, where did you get it?
0:35:29 > 0:35:34I looked after an elderly lady, she was about 90, 93 or something,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37and she left it to me when she died.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- That's very nice. Have you had it on the wall?- Yes, I have.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42What's it doing in here today, then?
0:35:42 > 0:35:49Well, we're changing to a... Downsizing our house.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- Yes. - It doesn't go with the decor now.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55When I look at a picture,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57the front of it first of all,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59but I always look at the back
0:35:59 > 0:36:02because very often the back of a picture
0:36:02 > 0:36:05can tell us a lot more about it.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08And here we see that we have a subject -
0:36:08 > 0:36:14a mill cottage at Dinasmowdy, North Wales.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20That's giving us a little help in trying to identify it.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25If you look at the picture as an item on its own,
0:36:25 > 0:36:30we can see some distress in the canvas here.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33The paint has separated from the canvas
0:36:33 > 0:36:36but the scene has a lot of charm.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Ann, I would estimate this picture between 150 and 250.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Would you be happy to sell it at that?
0:36:45 > 0:36:49My husband wanted to sell it at no lower than 200.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Uh-huh. He wants a reserve of 200?
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- Yes.- Well, I think we should give it a punt, we should give it a try.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Lovely.- We shall see what happens.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Thank you, Anita.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Peter, thank you for bringing along
0:37:08 > 0:37:11these two marvellous, interesting items.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Before I tell you about them, can you tell me where you got them?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I was working in Dublin about 30 years ago
0:37:17 > 0:37:21and there was an antiques shop in the suburbs
0:37:21 > 0:37:24and we were passing by, and we bought them.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27A difficult question when anyone's bought from an antiques shop -
0:37:27 > 0:37:28were they expensive things?
0:37:28 > 0:37:33No. I can vaguely remember that the bottle was 30 punts,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- which, I think, was about £25 at the time.- Oh, marvellous.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41And that was less, but I can't remember what the actual amount was.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43My wife liked the scent bottle
0:37:43 > 0:37:46and that just looked an interesting item.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49So, really, you bought them for the best reasons?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Yeah.- Which is not a maker's mark or anything?- No.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- You just liked the object.- Indeed. Well, let's look at this first.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58This is an English, silver-mounted
0:37:58 > 0:38:00toilet bottle, or scent flask,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03and you get them in various sizes like this.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07You can have a round one, sort of this large, with silver casing on it.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10What's interesting is if we open it up...
0:38:12 > 0:38:14What a long stopper!
0:38:14 > 0:38:16That's the longest one I've seen.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18That's quite impressive.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23So that, to a scent-bottle collector, is a very nice feature
0:38:23 > 0:38:27because you can imagine how tremendously fragile that is,
0:38:27 > 0:38:32and how easily it's chipped, broken or simply misplaced.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35We've got a set of hallmarks here and we've got the maker's mark,
0:38:35 > 0:38:40which is J, G and S, which is John Gloster & Sons.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44We've got the Birmingham anchor and the date letter for 1913.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48This, to my mind, is actually the better of the two pieces,
0:38:48 > 0:38:50even though it cost you slightly less.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I mean, it's... Anyone can see it's a gorgeous magnifier
0:38:53 > 0:38:56and it's the sort of thing you would have found
0:38:56 > 0:38:58on a very wealthy gentleman's desk,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- possibly to peruse the paper if his eyesight was failing...- Yes.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05..or to admire objets d'art.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10Now there are some marks here on the handle.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Well, this is a tricky area
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- because it's French.- Oh.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Now if I tell you there is one standard reference work
0:39:18 > 0:39:20on English hallmarks,
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- one big book you can buy that has most of the hallmarks in it...- Yes.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30I've got 25 books on French hallmarks and I'm still going...
0:39:30 > 0:39:34- Right.- Stylistically, it dates
0:39:34 > 0:39:40anywhere from 1870 up to 1900 and it's marvellous quality.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45- So now we really get down to the thorny question of price.- Yes.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49That, because the engraving's so crisp
0:39:49 > 0:39:52and it's got that very unusual internal stopper,
0:39:52 > 0:39:58even though that's worn, that's £40-£60 all day long.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01That's a very intriguing thing.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I'll say, for the purposes of today,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06it's £60-£100 but it wouldn't surprise me
0:40:06 > 0:40:11if you went into a posh Bond Street shop and it was a couple of hundred.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Because the quality's that good.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- Yeah.- So I think we should put these together
0:40:16 > 0:40:18because they're both charming and interesting items.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Put an estimate of £100-£150 and maybe put a reserve
0:40:22 > 0:40:24of sort of £90 on them, just to protect them.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- Yes, that's fine.- If you're happy, we'll place them into the sale.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30But why have you decided to part with them?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Well, we've had them for 30-plus years.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38They're moved around, backwards and forwards, on a little table
0:40:38 > 0:40:43and we looked at them and we thought, "Well, it's time."
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Time. Time to go.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Yes.- Time to go before the stopper gets damaged.- Exactly, yes.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Thank you for bringing them in
0:40:50 > 0:40:52and I hope they do really well at the sale.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Before we see our next batch of antiques go off to auction,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I've popped out from the Winter Gardens
0:41:20 > 0:41:25to take a look at this remarkable Edwardian structure, the Grand Pier,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28which had a long and fascinating history of entertainment
0:41:28 > 0:41:32here in Weston-super-Mare. But just take a look at this.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35This was where the pavilion once stood.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42On July 28th in 2008, masses of people looked on in horror
0:41:42 > 0:41:45as an electrical fault reduced this pavilion to ashes
0:41:45 > 0:41:47in just over an hour.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04But it wasn't the first tragedy to hit this iconic structure.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07The first Grand Pier opened in 1904
0:42:07 > 0:42:10and a fabulous pavilion stood at the end.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15With a tower in each corner, it was a visually-enticing building.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Weston's Grand Pier was one of the last great pleasure pavilions
0:42:18 > 0:42:22to be constructed at the end of a frantic period of pier building
0:42:22 > 0:42:25across Britain's seaside resorts.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29When it opened, it boasted a fabulous 2,000-seater theatre
0:42:29 > 0:42:33which hosted entertainments from opera and ballet,
0:42:33 > 0:42:34right up to boxing matches.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38The pier also boasted its own bandstand and visitors enjoyed
0:42:38 > 0:42:42promenading and even roller-skating up the boardwalk.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51But tragedy struck Weston's cherished Grand Pier in 1930.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54It was completely destroyed by fire.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58But it wasn't the end of it, though. Three years later, it rose again,
0:42:58 > 0:43:02only to be destroyed by a second fire some 70 years later.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05So what will happen to the next pier
0:43:05 > 0:43:08and will Weston ever be the same without a Grand Pier?
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Well, I've come to talk to a chap called Mike Davies,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13who's got piers in his blood.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Mike is a member of the National Pier Society
0:43:16 > 0:43:19and is a local Weston-super-Mare boy.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22So you must have lots of childhood memories of this pier,
0:43:22 > 0:43:23the Grand Pier?
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Yes, and most of them, funnily enough, are underneath the pier,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30as I used to go underneath to see if I could find any coins
0:43:30 > 0:43:32that had fallen through the cracks.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34I don't blame you. Did you earn much?
0:43:34 > 0:43:38No, not a lot but it was a bit of fun in the school holidays, you know.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Yes. This structure has been with you all your life, lots of memories.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Very much so. You drive past it every day and it's now...
0:43:44 > 0:43:45It's terrible to see.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47- It's now looking like this.- Yes.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Let's just talk about the history of the pier -
0:43:52 > 0:43:55what did this mean for the Victorians and the Edwardians?
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Well, it was basically the fact you could walk on water,
0:43:58 > 0:44:00this was the most important thing.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03People, the Victorians, used to love promenading.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Yes, very much so.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08And if they could walk on the pier,
0:44:08 > 0:44:10as I say, walking on the water was fantastic,
0:44:10 > 0:44:13and just taking the sea air as well,
0:44:13 > 0:44:16that was what Weston was renowned for.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21After the 1930 fire, talk me through the latest of the pavilions,
0:44:21 > 0:44:23the one that's just burnt down.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Well, that one had four towers, like the one that burned down,
0:44:26 > 0:44:31but it was a real, total amusement arcade.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32We had, um...
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- Ghost trains, dodgem cars. - The ghost trains.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Yeah, What The Butler Saw - it was a bit risque.
0:44:37 > 0:44:42It was all that kind of thing, it was just pure entertainment.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45And it was great for the town.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51The most recent fire on the Grand Pier, in 2008, was an inferno
0:44:51 > 0:44:54which destroyed the pavilion in little more than an hour.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58I find it truly amazing that any artefacts have survived the fire
0:44:58 > 0:45:02at all but Mike Davis and I are off to visit the North Somerset Museum
0:45:02 > 0:45:06in Weston-super-Mare where they are currently holding an exhibition about the fire.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19Looking at all the charred remains, the heat must have been intense.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21It was. It was 1,000 degrees, according to the firemen,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23and I mean, nothing can survive that.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26No. It's no wonder it went up so quickly.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Yeah, well, it was a wooden building, let's face it.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31It was wood and it had a lot of white plastic on it
0:45:31 > 0:45:34which goes whoosh when it gets to a certain temperature.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36They couldn't do anything to save it, unfortunately.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50The day that the fire happened,
0:45:50 > 0:45:53I said that as far as I was concerned,
0:45:53 > 0:45:55it had taken the super out of Weston-super-Mare
0:45:55 > 0:45:59and I don't think that'll come back until we get another pier.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01When you drive along the seafront, it's not right.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05No, it isn't. You're so used to passing what's been an iconic symbol
0:46:05 > 0:46:07slap-bang in the middle of the seafront
0:46:07 > 0:46:09and all of a sudden it's not there.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12What effect has this had on the local economy?
0:46:12 > 0:46:16The effect has been quite devastating.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19So many people came to Weston.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Not just the kids to play on the go-karts
0:46:21 > 0:46:23and a spell on the slot machines,
0:46:23 > 0:46:25but you'd get Mum and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa... .
0:46:25 > 0:46:28It's the memories, they come back to relive them.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Yeah. Also, everybody likes walking up and down the pier.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34It's walking on water, which is what it's all about.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40- Well, it's clearly important that the Grand Pier gets rebuilt. - Definitely.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I know it's going to happen.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47Tell me about the planning process and how the plans were accepted.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51The planning process, as far as I'm aware, everything is going through.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55We should see the pier opened by 2010.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57And what about the design itself?
0:46:57 > 0:47:00How was it picked? Because I know there was a committee,
0:47:00 > 0:47:02all the people of Weston had their say.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Yeah, there was a show at the Winter Gardens,
0:47:04 > 0:47:09the same place where the "Flog It!" programme was being filmed,
0:47:09 > 0:47:13and they had a shortlist of six and this one was the one
0:47:13 > 0:47:16that was chosen by the general public and the owners.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- It had the most votes.- Yes.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20One of the most important factors
0:47:20 > 0:47:23is the fact that we're keeping the four pillars.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28The pier that burned down in 1930, that had four towers. The one that's
0:47:28 > 0:47:31just gone had four towers and the new one's got four towers.
0:47:31 > 0:47:36It's going to be a larger building but it's going to be great.
0:47:36 > 0:47:37Did you vote for that one?
0:47:37 > 0:47:41- Yes. That was the one.- It's a winner. - Yes, it is, definitely.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58Well, it's really encouraging to see the proposed plans of the new Grand Pier.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01They're taking the very best of the old designs
0:48:01 > 0:48:04and marrying it with new architectural elements.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07I can't wait for Weston's pier to be restored to its former glory
0:48:07 > 0:48:10so I can come back in the near future and have another visit.
0:48:20 > 0:48:25It's time for our final visit to the auction room and here's what we're selling.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29Peter's scent bottle and magnifying glass
0:48:29 > 0:48:31will be going under the hammer.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Ann is downsizing, so her Victorian painting has to go.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40Also, Jane's parents have had their Poole Pottery vase since 1969,
0:48:40 > 0:48:45but now it's off to auction, so Jane can enjoy the Flog It experience.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Ian feels it's time to sell his watch
0:48:47 > 0:48:50and update to something a bit more modern.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52The one disadvantage is having to wind it
0:48:52 > 0:48:55and inevitably, of course, you forget.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Let's head to the Clevedon Auction Rooms.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06Before the sale gets underway, let's go inside
0:49:06 > 0:49:10and have a quick chat with today's auctioneer.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13What does Marc Burridge think of Ian's wristwatch?
0:49:15 > 0:49:18You could say time is definitely up for Ian's wristwatch.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22Cracking thing, it really is. Swiss movement, 18-carat gold.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24It was left to his wife,
0:49:24 > 0:49:28and they don't wear it, it's a bit too precious,
0:49:28 > 0:49:33and we've got a value of £250 to £350 on this.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36What more can I say, really? It's very desirable, a lot of interest
0:49:36 > 0:49:40in vintage watches in auctions now and they're selling very well.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42The kind of thing you'd like to wear?
0:49:42 > 0:49:45I would certainly be quite pleased to wear that one.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47- At £250?- At £250, yes.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Is that what you think?
0:49:49 > 0:49:52I think this is going to do much better.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56- What do you think?- I see this making £500, £600, maybe £700.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01It's a good collectable watch, a good maker, in working order.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03- Yeah, it keeps good time as well. - Yeah.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Watch this watch fly, that's all I can say.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08I can't wait for you to do your stuff,
0:50:08 > 0:50:11- and hopefully, we'll get that £700.- Yeah.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Wise words from a seasoned auctioneer there.
0:50:13 > 0:50:18Exciting stuff. Let's get straight on to the action, shall we?
0:50:25 > 0:50:30Well, Jane, the reason you bought the Poole Pottery along is because you wanted to be on Flog It.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- We did.- You've made it. - Yes, I have, I have.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38And now we've just got to find out whether you'll get the £30 or the £50. I hope it's the top end.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41- So do I, cos I've already spent it. - Have you? On what?- On what?
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- I bought the chair I was sitting on. - You haven't, have you?- Have.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Beautiful Edwardian folding chair and the lady that was selling it
0:50:48 > 0:50:51actually came up and said, "I've sold that and it was really loved,"
0:50:51 > 0:50:54- and we'll really love it. - How much did you pay for it?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56- £35.- Brilliant!
0:50:56 > 0:50:59And I've also bought a cheese dome and I paid £18 for that.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03- Right, the pressure's on.- So I think I've already spent it. Absolutely!
0:51:03 > 0:51:07Lot 400, the large Poole Pottery vase.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Monogrammed for Alan White.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12- I'm starving, darling. - Yeah, are you?
0:51:12 > 0:51:14How can you think of food at a moment like this?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17What can we say, give me £30 to start then.
0:51:17 > 0:51:23Nice large Poole vase there, £30. £25 I have, I'll take 8 now, 8,
0:51:23 > 0:51:29and 30 here, 30 and 5, 5, 5, 35, 35, 5, 5, at £30 only in the room.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32- We've done it!- I've paid for the chair!- 35 anyone else?
0:51:32 > 0:51:37Are you all done at £30? And I'm selling, make no mistake on the 30.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38- The hammer's gone down.- Done it!
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- That's a fair exchange. - Yes, absolutely.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Poole Pottery for an Edwardian chair.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46And two wonderful days out, absolutely wonderful days out. Thank you so much.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Thanks for being such a great sport, Jane.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51- And thank you, Anita.- You were wonderful.- Thank you very much.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Useful things, though, magnifying glasses.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Absolutely. That's where the value of this lot lies
0:52:04 > 0:52:06cos it's a wonderful desk accessory.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- Yes.- I think the glass needs slightly polishing.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- But that's easy to sort. - But the quality's there.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15And it's French silver as well, which is a higher standard than ours
0:52:15 > 0:52:18and it's something people don't tend to go for at sales
0:52:18 > 0:52:21but hopefully they will. Hopefully...
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Peter, we could be looking at the top end of the estimate.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Will we get that sort of 120, 130...?
0:52:27 > 0:52:29I'd be really disappointed if we didn't.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- Yeah.- Because I could...
0:52:31 > 0:52:34I think the magnifying glass alone is £100.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Put your fingers in your ears.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39If it was in a gallery in London and the glass was done,
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I wouldn't expect to see it go for less than maybe 250.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46- So work needs to be done on this. - But it's quality, isn't it?
0:52:46 > 0:52:48And you've got that wonderful scent bottle as well.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50- It should fly.- Hopefully.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Lot 300,
0:52:52 > 0:52:56it's a French silver-frame magnifying glass there.
0:52:56 > 0:53:0370, 80, 90... Difficult here. Two bids at £120. Bid twice.
0:53:03 > 0:53:08Who's got 130? 130.
0:53:08 > 0:53:12120 bid twice, 130, 130.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16And 5, I've taken a fiver from the book.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18125, who's got 130?
0:53:18 > 0:53:20Selling on £125 now.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22Sold it, he's sold it.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25A very quiet hammer, but crack, that's gone.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- £125.- That's the top end.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30You'd have been disappointed if it had gone for less.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Obviously, at least two people thought it was worth 120!
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Something now for fine art lovers.
0:53:41 > 0:53:46I like this. It's a little mill scene, North Wales, oil on canvas,
0:53:46 > 0:53:50and it belongs to Ann, and I think for not much longer.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54We've got a valuation of £200-£250. It caught Anita's eyes.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Yes, and it's by Jacobi
0:53:57 > 0:54:00and this scene is very typical of what he was doing.
0:54:00 > 0:54:06It's of North Wales, but I think it will have a market in this saleroom and in this area.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09It's an idyllic rural scene.
0:54:09 > 0:54:14It's English, romantic, a lot of artistic licence because maybe all the flowers
0:54:14 > 0:54:18weren't on the cottage, but let's see what the bidders of the West Country think.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21It's going under the hammer now, this is it.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26120. Oil on canvas by M Jacobi.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Welsh scene there, what can we say?
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Signed and titled, everything you should need.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34What can you say for that one? Give me £100 here, thank you.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35110, 120 I need.
0:54:35 > 0:54:42120, 120, 120, 120, 130, 140...
0:54:42 > 0:54:46- We're off.- 140, 50, 60. 160 now.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48160, 70, 80.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52180, 180, 180 in the room, 190 now.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54190. Anyone else?
0:54:54 > 0:54:57- It's sold, it's sold.- Yeah, yeah.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59200 sat down. And 10.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01210, 210, 220.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04220, 230.
0:55:04 > 0:55:09230, 230. The bid remains sat down at £220 then.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Hammer's gone then.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15- It was sticky for a moment there, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18It's a bit of a roller-coaster ride today.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20- Happy with that?- Yes, yes.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Yeah. What are you going to put the money towards?
0:55:22 > 0:55:24It's going into a holiday pot.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- Oh, are you?- Yes.- Where are you saving up to go to, do you know?
0:55:27 > 0:55:30- We're going to Florida.- Lovely.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Ian, time's nearly up for your watch. It's just about to go under the hammer,
0:55:40 > 0:55:42in fact, in a couple of lots' time.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44We've got quite excited about this
0:55:44 > 0:55:49because we've got an initial valuation of £250 to £350 put on by Michael.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52We had a chat to the auctioneer before the sale started.
0:55:52 > 0:55:57He's agreed with your valuation and he's not changed it in the catalogue but he did say...
0:55:57 > 0:55:59He thinks it's a come-hither estimate.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Yeah, he did say it could do £600.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Well, I've done a bit of research after the valuation day
0:56:04 > 0:56:06and I've seen them make £400, £500, £600
0:56:06 > 0:56:10so I agree with him, but it's no harm to put these things in low.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- Yes.- And let the market decide.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16- But I don't think it'll make £1,000.- No.- I could be wrong.
0:56:16 > 0:56:17Lot 680,
0:56:17 > 0:56:23it's a gent's compact Universal 18-carat gold wristwatch.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27A handsome wristwatch there. What can we say?
0:56:27 > 0:56:32Starting with me at 400, 450, 500, 550 on the book...
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Started well on the top end.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36600, 650, 700,
0:56:36 > 0:56:43750, 850, 900, 950, 1,000, will you?
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- It's on the book at £950.- Wonderful!
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Any advance? I'll take 980.
0:56:48 > 0:56:54With me then, selling at £950, commission buyer.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58That's what they thought of it. £950, Ian.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01That's beyond my wildest dreams. That's wonderful.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03That is brilliant. When I said they don't make £1,000,
0:57:03 > 0:57:05it was quite close to it, wasn't it?
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I was technically right!
0:57:07 > 0:57:11But I'm so pleased. It deserved to make every penny of that.
0:57:11 > 0:57:15Oh, gosh, that was a wonderful, classic moment, wasn't it?
0:57:15 > 0:57:16We're all going, "Come on, come on!"
0:57:16 > 0:57:18There is commission to pay.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21What are you going to spend that on? £900 or so.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23It will go into the holiday pot.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Where are you thinking of?
0:57:25 > 0:57:26Well, I like to do bird watching,
0:57:26 > 0:57:28so I'll possibly go over to Norfolk
0:57:28 > 0:57:32or I might have a walking holiday in Italy or something like that.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34But I'll use it to my enjoyment.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Yes. It's one of the nicest things we've ever had on this show
0:57:37 > 0:57:39and thank you, Ian, for coming in.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41I hope you've enjoyed watching today's show.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44We've enjoyed being here down in Clevedon.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46If you've got anything like that,
0:57:46 > 0:57:48we'd love to see you at our valuation days.
0:57:48 > 0:57:52Check the details in your local press because we're coming to an area near you very soon.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55So from Clevedon, from all of us here, cheerio.
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