0:00:02 > 0:00:06I'm in the oldest part of this bustling Gloucestershire town.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10There's been a market in this area from around the 1500s.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Today, it's still named after the buildings that stored the meat - The Shambles.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Welcome to "Flog It!" from Stroud.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Today, The Shambles forms the centre of Stroud.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It provides a wonderful meeting place
0:00:43 > 0:00:46for artists and Bohemian types alike,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50who hang out in the many art galleries, cafes and bookshops.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54And hoping to be inspired and get their creative juices flowing,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58are today's experts Kate Bliss and James Lewis,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03who are already working the crowd here at today's venue, the Subscription Rooms.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09This grand building is no stranger to crowds,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11built for leisure and entertainment.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14It's still doing so after 150 years.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15So, as people take their seats,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17let's head over to Kate,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22who's already entertaining the idea of taking something special to auction.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24This is a rather splendid teapot, isn't it?
0:01:24 > 0:01:30- It's very interesting. It's been in my eyesight for many years.- Has it?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34One of my first memories, as a young child,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36polishing the silver.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41And it particularly appealed to me because of the signs of the Zodiac.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44As a child, do you recognise those as the signs of the Zodiac?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- I recognise them as being mystical animals.- Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51And it's probably pushed me in a direction
0:01:51 > 0:01:56of being interested in natural history - animals, plants.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- Right. So, this had quite a bearing on your interests as a boy.- It has, really.- And your life, really.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07It has really because I've looked at these on many occasions
0:02:07 > 0:02:11and realise they're not animals which you'd find in nature
0:02:11 > 0:02:16but they are animals which have some mystical value.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18If you go through them, here we are.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We have the fish for Pisces.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- We have the lion for Leo. - That is so.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29We have the scorpion there for Scorpio.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31And they are indeed the signs of the Zodiac.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36The date letter, that letter F, is for 1876.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So, why the signs of the Zodiac?
0:02:38 > 0:02:46- The Victorians were people of very strict morals.- That's right. - Very God-fearing, really.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49You see, the Victorians also loved the exotic.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52They loved the magical and the mystical.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- They loved fairies and goblins. - I can understand.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The signs of the Zodiac work into that very well.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- What a fun thing!- Indeed, yes.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06I'd like to say, at auction we would certainly be looking at £100 to £150 if you want to sell.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11I'm sure it will pull in interest from far afield.
0:03:11 > 0:03:18- If it could go to someone who's a collector and can enjoy it, so much the better.- Ah, excellent!
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Miriam, for me, a day at "Flog It!" wouldn't be a good day without seeing a tea caddy.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32One of the things I love about a caddy is you can tell
0:03:32 > 0:03:35it's never been through the hands of the trade.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39It's never been repolished, it's never been recleaned, it's never been altered.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- I love that about it. - It was inherited from my father.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46He died about seven years ago.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50And he probably had it from his second wife, whose name
0:03:50 > 0:03:57was Wakefield, because I've found a W on the escutcheon there on the front.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59So, I suspect with the W
0:03:59 > 0:04:02that it probably came from my stepmother's family
0:04:02 > 0:04:05rather than from my own.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08It's a piece that dates back quite a long way.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13- So, 1800, 1805, somewhere around there.- Quite early then, yes.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It is. 200 years old.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21If we look inside, here we've got one compartment for green tea, one compartment for black tea.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24And, if we just open that...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27That hasn't been used for tea for a long time, has it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31No. I've never used it for tea and I don't think my father did, either.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35When this was made, 200 years ago, you wouldn't drink tea just
0:04:35 > 0:04:39at the table, out of a mug, it would be fine porcelain.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45The whole tea ceremony would be at a table, known as a tea table, especially for tea drinking.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48This sort of caddy, being tortoiseshell, it's had a few problems.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Probably only one problem really, in its lifetime.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It seems to have been dropped on this corner.
0:04:54 > 0:05:02And, tortoiseshell collectors are very bothered about the panels and the condition of the panel.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07I'm very glad to say that you can't buy tortoiseshell today, it's totally illegal.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11And, whatever this is repaired with, will be what we call a breaker's piece,
0:05:11 > 0:05:16something that is like this but not in such good condition.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So, if they've got another tea caddy with a back panel that is good,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23they will take a section out and replace that section.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Of course it's quite an expensive job to replace.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32If it was perfect, I think that would have a hammer price of about £1,000.
0:05:32 > 0:05:39I think, to get it repaired and restored, is going to be say, £400.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43If we put an auction estimate of £500 to £800,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47put a reserve of £500 and don't let it go below that,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50let's hope we can celebrate with something stronger than tea.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Stephen, a fine pair of oils.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I want to know all about them.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Well, I've owned these oils for about two years, Paul.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07They came into my possession when my mum downsized -
0:06:07 > 0:06:09moved to live with my sister in Ireland.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I was going to say, this is not a Stroud accent.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- No, that's right. - What part of Ireland?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I lived originally in the north of Ireland, Paul.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18That's where these came from.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I can't attribute them to anybody at the moment.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Looking at them stylistically, it's loose, it's impressionistic.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's almost like the Newlyn School - the late 1880s.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30You've got artists like Stanhope Forbes,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32painting sort of our vernacular history
0:06:32 > 0:06:36with localised clothing, very much like the fishermen's wives.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I need to do a little bit of research on this.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40You didn't paint the frames, did you?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43My late father did to match his decor, I'm afraid.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45You can't blame your dad, can you?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52It doesn't matter about the frames. They can be sorted out. They can be reframed and reglazed.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59The problem is, there should have been a mount, separating the oil from the glass.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I'm taking the weight of the picture underneath the frame.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05If I just release my fingers from the back, watch!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Oh, yes!- Can you see?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10It's starting to stick on the glass.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Not just there but if I move up there, there, there, there.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- All over. - So there's some damage really, Paul.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19There's a lot of damage on both of them.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- I think she's got the look.- Yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- It's a shame. This one's more damaged than that one.- Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Because it's probably the more attractive painting, isn't it?- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31If they were in good condition,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- you'd be looking at £400 to £600 for the pair.- Right.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36They need money spending on them.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's going to cost a couple of hundred pounds.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Right.- Therefore, I think, if we put these into auction,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45we're going to ask around £200 to £300.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- OK. That's fine.- For the pair. Your mum obviously liked them.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- She's kept them a long time. - She did. She'll really enjoy seeing them on TV.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- What's her name?- Betty.- Betty?- Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Let's hope we make Betty's day. - Thanks very much.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09What a fabulous, impressive tureen that is. Tell me about it.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Basically, I came by it in the mid-'60s.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I bought it at a contents auction.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I paid £40 for it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18I got rather carried away.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- In the mid-'60s.- In the mid-'60s.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- My goodness!- It was a week's wages. - Was it really?- Yes, it was.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28It is so neo-classical in its style. very delicate shape - very feminine.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Lots of ovals. There's not a straight line there.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35That could only be maybe three or four periods in history.
0:08:35 > 0:08:41The neo-classical fashion and movement started around 1770-1780.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46It was during those wonderful excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum
0:08:46 > 0:08:51and they were discovering these wonderful shapes that were around 2,000 years earlier.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Any time you see these husks, swags and festoons - these little
0:08:55 > 0:08:59oval roundels, known as patera, tied with ribbons at the top.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02That's a classic piece of design from this period.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04What you would often have in the 18th century was,
0:09:04 > 0:09:10services like this in silver and silver plate, actually copying the interior of the dining room.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14The decorations and the swags on the walls would be on the ceiling,
0:09:14 > 0:09:19on the walls, on the carpet, and then again on the silver service they'd be serving the food from.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Now, value.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24A week's wage in the 1960s.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30I guess a week's wage today is going to be a few hundred pounds - £200, £300, £400.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- It's not going to make that. - No.- So, I'm afraid, investment-wise, it hasn't been a great one.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38But you've enjoyed it and it's been useful over the years.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43So, I guess today, if we put that into an auction, I'd expect it to make £100 to £150.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Are you happy with that? - Yes, very happy.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Now, these rooms where we are today are quite important in the history of your family, aren't they?
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Yes, they are. My grandfather and grandmother met here at a dance. - Did they really?
0:10:02 > 0:10:06They then eloped to Reading and now I've come back to live in Stroud area.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11- And it all started here? - It all started here.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Tell me about this lovely snuff box that you've brought in today.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18It always sat on my parents' chest of drawers in the bedroom,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and they kept little knick-knacks, I can't remember exactly the contents,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24but it was never snuff, I know that.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Right.- And I inherited it and it was sitting on my chest of drawers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I think it's a charming little box, I have to say.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35If we take a look more closely,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39the lid fits very neatly on and it is, of course, made of paper mache.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Rather beautifully pressed with this sort of ribbed border here,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47on the outside, to frame the painted subject in the centre.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50It's a very well-known subject, of course,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52the portrait of the woodcutter or the woodman.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57There he is, smoking his pipe of tobacco.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01This one dates from the late 19th century, I would say it's Victorian.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05It's beautifully painted in a very sort of primitive style, if you like.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08And a very collectible object.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Is it a print or a painting?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- It is a painting. - Oh!- It is a painting, yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17So, what sort of value would you put on it?
0:11:17 > 0:11:22We didn't think it was worth anything. We thought we'd bring something down to "Flog It!".
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- You didn't have high hopes. - No, we've not got high hopes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28If it pays for the car park we'll be happy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Well, I think it might just pay for the car park.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I would put an auction estimate of anything from £60 to 100.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Oh, I see, good Lord! I'm amazed.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40You might find a collector who falls in love with that.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Yes. You've made my day.- Good! - You've made my birthday.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Your birthday! It's not your birthday today, is it? - I'm afraid so, yes.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Well, very many happy returns.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51It's very well worth it. Thank you very much.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Well, happy birthday, Hugh.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57And with your snuff box on board, we have our items heading off to auction.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00But first, I'm off to the country to find out about a man
0:12:00 > 0:12:03whose discovery changed the face of medicine.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11So, why am I standing by a row of cows in Gloucestershire?
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Well, back in the 1700s, these animals gave one local man the answer
0:12:15 > 0:12:23of how to protect generations of people against one of the most horrific diseases ever - smallpox.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27In 18th century England, smallpox was one of the biggest killers.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32This incurable disease wiped out large numbers of the world's population.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35It started with flu-like symptoms, followed by a rash,
0:12:35 > 0:12:36developing into blisters
0:12:36 > 0:12:39that covered and disfigured the whole body.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43There was no effective treatment once infection had taken hold
0:12:43 > 0:12:48and the result was deafness, blindness and almost certain death.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59But it was here, at this house in Berkeley, that Edward Jenner, a humble country doctor,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02was to discover a breakthrough that could purge the world
0:13:02 > 0:13:05of this killer disease and change medical history for good.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09All he needed was the world to listen.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17To understand why Jenner took on this killer disease, we need to go back to when he was a child.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21The way to protect against smallpox back then was to infect the young
0:13:21 > 0:13:26with the smallpox virus and hope they developed immunity, if they survived.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I caught up with Sarah Parker, the curator of the Jenner Museum,
0:13:30 > 0:13:35to find out more about this strange practice called variolation.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41What happened to Jenner and the other children when he was aged eight?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Jenner was orphaned, sadly,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48at the age of five, and he was sent to boarding school locally in Wotton-under-Edge.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51At the age of eight, he and his other fellow pupils were
0:13:51 > 0:13:56locked in a barn and purged, bled and starved,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00in preparation for this medical procedure called variolation.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- How long was this for? - It was for around about two weeks.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08It was a really horrible procedure but not everybody could afford this technique.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11In actual fact, he was one of the lucky ones, believe it or not.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Psychologically, that's damaging for an eight year-old?- Terrifying. He didn't have his parents.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18He was away from home.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21He was systematically given this live smallpox from somebody who
0:14:21 > 0:14:25got it in the village and then left to see whether it developed.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Even if they had survived, they could have been blinded,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33they could have been deaf, had problems with their joints, such as arthritis.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39It really was not just a disfiguring disease, potentially fatal, but generally horrific.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- But he was one of the lucky ones. - He was.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46He did develop smallpox, which was the intention, but he didn't get it very badly.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50He was determined, throughout his life, to come up with a better procedure so that
0:14:50 > 0:14:54other children wouldn't have to go through this terrible experience.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03After completing his training to be a physician in London, Edward Jenner returned to this house.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08It was here that he started the bulk of his research into smallpox.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13It was in this study, after years of research, Jenner finally thought
0:15:13 > 0:15:17he'd found the answer and it lay right on his rural doorstep.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21He had observed that many of the local milkmaids often developed
0:15:21 > 0:15:25a non life-threatening disease called cowpox.
0:15:25 > 0:15:32He believed there might be some truth in the folklore that cowpox provides some immunity to smallpox.
0:15:32 > 0:15:38On 14th May, 1796, Jenner put his theory to the ultimate test.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44He infected eight-year-old James Phipps with cowpox and then gave him a dose of smallpox.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47The result was, it produced no effect.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Phipps was successfully inoculated.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Jenner knew he was on to something.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Jenner followed up this experiment with many others, which confirmed
0:15:57 > 0:16:02his theory, that cowpox did indeed protect against smallpox.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05This was the beginning of vaccination.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08So we've got a vaccination against the disease.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Why didn't people start to use it?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Well, it's like most things.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15People were resistant to change, as they are today.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Edward Jenner strived for 25 years before he actually came up
0:16:19 > 0:16:22with his theory and his vaccination experiment.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Variolation, which was the established medical procedure at the time in this country,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30was a very lucrative
0:16:30 > 0:16:33and also very established procedure. The medical establishment -
0:16:33 > 0:16:39the medical elite particularly - were definitely not willing to change.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43They weren't particularly receptive to Jenner and his ideas.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44He must have been so frustrated.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46He was extremely frustrated, yes.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52He was a man who just was trying to make a better medical procedure for everybody.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54He wasn't trying to make money out of it.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Therefore, trying to get his ideas across against a huge backlash of opinion.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05Many people thought that if you were to give somebody an animal-derived substance like cowpox,
0:17:05 > 0:17:11you would grow horns and udders and other cow-like features, which sounds ridiculous today.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Other people thought that, well, maybe you'd die of another disease.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19There would be a population explosion and mass starvation.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22The church weren't particularly happy for it to happen.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Everybody was against it. How did he make that break?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- He obviously needed somebody to champion this.- That's right. Yes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35Luckily, he also had a house in Cheltenham, which... It was a spa town. It was the 18th century.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Lots of the elite were there. - Exactly. Because he was a doctor,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42he met lots of influential people, who became his friends.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Not least the 5th Earl of Berkeley, at Berkeley Castle.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50If it wasn't for his friends, the aristocratic lords and ladies of the day,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55he perhaps would never have got his idea off the ground. They really championed him.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01Strong support was all Jenner needed for his reputation to be sealed worldwide.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04He had succeeded against all the opposition.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10In 1853, vaccination with the cowpox virus was made compulsory in this country.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16While Jenner's ground-breaking discovery saved millions of lives,
0:18:16 > 0:18:24the disease ravaged the poorer communities throughout the world, with 50 million new cases each year.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30It wasn't until 1967 that the World Health Organisation instigated a mass vaccination programme.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35In 1980, this disease was finally declared dead.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39It still remains the only disease to be eradicated from the world
0:18:39 > 0:18:44in its entirety, thanks largely to the pioneering work of Edward Jenner.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Nestling in the beautiful countryside, just outside of Cirencester,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56is today's auction room, Moore, Allen and Innocent,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01where the valuations of Kate, James and myself are going to be put to the test.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And here's a reminder of what we're taking.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Kate was intrigued by the silver astrological teapot
0:19:07 > 0:19:11and she predicted it fetching £100 to £150.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14But will the stars foresee a windfall for Bill?
0:19:17 > 0:19:23- The silver-plated tureen caused Glynn to be a big spender in his youth.- I paid £40 for it.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- I got rather carried away. - In the mid-'60s?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Oh, my goodness. - It was a week's wages.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34So, it needs to make the top end of James's £100 to £150 estimate.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Hugh had low expectations for his snuff box and was
0:19:37 > 0:19:43so pleased with Kate's £60 to £100 valuation.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47And Steven's oils have crossed the Irish Sea from Northern Ireland.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Finally, that Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy, belonging to Miriam,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55that James fell in love with.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59And the man wielding the gavel is auctioneer Philip Allwood.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06Time for tea, according to Bill, because he's selling his silver teapot. We got £100 to £150 on this.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Why have you decided to sell?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Well, we don't use it and, as a young child,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- I used to have the job of polishing it.- Oh!
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And I think now, my wife has polished it enough.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It's a good job she hasn't polished it too much so it's worn.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It's still in lovely condition.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Silver is up in value. People are investing in precious metal.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Hopefully they're going to do it, right here, right now. It's going under the hammer.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- I only wish it was gold.- Oh, yes!
0:20:33 > 0:20:35You can't have everything.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Lot number 244.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's a nice little teapot.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Glasgow, 1876, with the signs of the Zodiac.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And I can start you here at £100.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51At 100, I have for it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Sold straight away.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Right on the reserve.- 110. 120. 130.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57140. 150. 160.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00170. The book's out at 170. 180 now.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03At 180 on my right now. At 180.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05190 anywhere? At £180.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10All sure then at £180?
0:21:10 > 0:21:11It's gone, Bill.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Top end of the estimate and a little bit more.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- No more cups of tea. - No more cups of tea!
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Not many people use a pot anymore anyway, not even a china one.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I do. I love my teapot.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I wish it was silver but it's not solid silver.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36That's why we've got a value of £100 to £150. And it's Glynn's and I think this is style.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- If it was real silver, would you be keeping it?- Yes!
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I can see what you saw in it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Hopefully, there are half a dozen people who will think the same.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Good luck. It's going under the hammer now.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Lot 294 is the silver-plated vegetable tureen,
0:21:52 > 0:21:53in the Adam manner.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56A very classy looking piece this - good-looking piece.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Where are you going to be for that? I can start you at 110.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00At 110 I have.
0:22:00 > 0:22:06- A good-looking piece at 110. 120. 130. 140. 150. 160.- It was a looker.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08170. 180. The book's out at 180.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12190 now. At £180. On my left now.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17At 180. 190 anywhere? At 180.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Well, how about that? I knew it would sell. What a looker!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29We've got £60 to £100 on your snuff box.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I love the naive painting.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That's what's going to sell this.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36It's such a nice thing. When you hold them they're so tactile.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- They are, yes.- Where have you had this in the house?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40They've been sitting on a chest of drawers.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44It was on my parents' and then on my chest of drawers.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46We just keep odds and ends in it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48We never thought it was a snuff box.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51At least you had it on display and you've cherished it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54That's what it's all about with little items like this.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I love snuff boxes. Love them. Lots of history.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00It's really an area of small antiques which has kept its value, I think.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Let's find out what the bidders in Cirencester think, shall we? It's going under the hammer.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Lot number 274 is the papier-mache snuff box,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12decorated with the woodsman.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15There we go, the woodsman there and who'll start me?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Should be 100 really. Start me 50?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20£30. 30 I'm bid. At £30.
0:23:20 > 0:23:235 if you like now. At £30.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25At £30, a nice little snuff box. £30 only.
0:23:25 > 0:23:295. 40. 5.
0:23:29 > 0:23:3150. At £50. On the book here, at 50.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34At £50. It's selling here at £50.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37At £50. 5 anywhere? At £50.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39You all sure? Selling here on the book.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41At £50. Are you all done?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42It's gone.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It's a good little treasure, that.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Perhaps I should have kept it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Next up, something for all you fine art lovers.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56It's my turn to be the expert.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00It's a pair of oil paintings, possibly Irish.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04They belong to Stephen. We've got £200 to £300 on this.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08A little bit of damage. The paint's pulling off, sticking to the glass.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- I know Dad, bless him, touched the frames up, didn't he?- Yes.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15With paint he found knocking around the house.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- That's the kind of thing we do, isn't it?- That's right.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Your mum will be pleased, won't she? - She will.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24She'll be watching right now. Betty, I hope you're enjoying this moment.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Stephen is flying the flag for you, OK.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29They're going under the hammer, right now.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35Lot number 322 is the Irish School portraits there
0:24:35 > 0:24:38of the young boy and girl.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42I can start you at 180. At 180 I have.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- That's our fixed reserve. - 190 now. At 180, 190.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49200. 220. 240. 260.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52At 260. 280 now. At 260.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55280 on the phone, if you like.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59At 280. 300. At 300. 320 to me now.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03At 300. 320 on the phone. At 320.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07340 now. At 320. It's on the phone.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11At 320. 340. In the room again, 340.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13360, if you like.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15At 340, right in front of me now.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20- At £340.- It's great value. - Sure? At 340.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23That's good, that's a good result.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- There's a lot of work to do on those.- Sure.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28That's good for you. You don't have to do it.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32That's good. I'm glad they're going to somebody that'll treasure them.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35And I hope Mum's enjoyed this moment as well.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37The money's going to Mum, isn't it?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Yes, yes. We'll be making sure she's taken care of.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Oh, bless! He's a good lad, isn't he?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Miriam, this is definitely the best lot in the sale.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- It's my favourite item.- Really?
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Regency tea caddy. We've got £500 to £800 riding on this. I had a chat to the auctioneer
0:26:01 > 0:26:04and I said, "Come on, top end, plus a little bit more".
0:26:04 > 0:26:07He kind of went, "Yes". He didn't put his neck on the block.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11So, why do you want to sell this? It's so gorgeous! Why?
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Well, I don't know. It was a bit grubby when I first had it, actually.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It wasn't until just recently I cleaned it up.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I must say I thought it looked nicer.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Hopefully we'll get 800 plus.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25800 is what I think. I'm hoping it will make 800.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26- Really? That's good.- Top end.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Fingers crossed.- Well, yeah.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Good luck. Enjoy this moment. - I shall.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33We can't talk anymore. This is it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:39Lot number 196 is the Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- There we go. Nice little piece there.- Good luck.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Thank you.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Good-looking piece.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I can start here on the book
0:26:48 > 0:26:54at £440. At 440.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I'll take 460, if you like now.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58At 440. 460.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00480.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03500. 520.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05540. 560.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09580. 600.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12At 600. 620 now. At £600.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15620, can I say anywhere? 620.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18640. 660. The book's out at 660.
0:27:18 > 0:27:25At £660. 680 anywhere now? At 660.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Done.- That's OK.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- That's fine.- Well, that's... - It got over mid-estimate.
0:27:31 > 0:27:38You've got 15% to pay on top of that so that has made £780. That's fine.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41You've got a bit of commission to pay, the odd 15%.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- What are you going to put your money towards? - Well, we're going on a holiday to...
0:27:45 > 0:27:49We're going on a cruise up the Baltic to St Petersburg.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55- Oh, lovely!- I'm going to put a bit of money towards that.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- That was a gorgeous item.- It was.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- Yeah.- Lovely! My favourite thing.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Well, that's it. It's all over for our owners but the auction's still going -
0:28:09 > 0:28:11it's going on outside.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14What a cracking day we've had here. Our experts are on the money.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Phillip Allwood did us proud - a great auctioneer.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20All I can say is, I can't wait to come back.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23So, until the next time, it's cheerio.
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