0:00:02 > 0:00:07Welcome to Flog It!, the show where our team of experts value your antiques and collectibles.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12- Would you be happy to sell them at that?- Yes.- You'd be delighted to sell them at that.- Yes, I would.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17And if you like what you hear then we'll whisk you and your items off to auction.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- What are you going to do with all of that?- Spend.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- Spend, spend, spend.- In a word, spend it.- That's what I like.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Today, Flog It! is in the northwest county of Cheshire just south of Manchester.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51We're in an area known as the Golden Triangle, made up of three
0:00:51 > 0:00:56affluent towns, Alderley Edge, Prestbury, and Wilmslow.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And the area is well known for its famous footballers
0:01:00 > 0:01:02and TV soap stars for local residents.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And of course with locals like that around it's no wonder the area is
0:01:05 > 0:01:08peppered with fabulous bars, restaurants, and boutiques.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14I'm keeping my fingers crossed today that some of the rich and famous may turn up at the valuation day.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18We may even see a Ming vase or a Faberge egg.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24And this is where we're hunting for treasures today, the Wilmslow Leisure Centre.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Helping me out are our two experts,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Anita Manning and James Lewis, working hard already.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I've got a great crowd around me here, all hoping
0:01:33 > 0:01:37they've got something worth, well, possibly half a million. Have they?
0:01:37 > 0:01:38We don't know, we'll find out.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43If you're happy with the valuations these guys are going to give you, what are you going to do?
0:01:43 > 0:01:44- ALL:- Flog It!- Exactly.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Well, my watch now says 9:30; your clock says, oh, 6:00!
0:01:48 > 0:01:52But I think it's time we got everyone to the blue tablecloth and let's see what we've got.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Now everybody's seated inside,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01we can get the show under way and it looks like James has already spotted something.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Let's take a closer look.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08I think St Bernard dogs are famous for going and rescuing people in the wet and windy weather, aren't they?
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- Yes.- And the cold. Unfortunately they haven't got a nice big keg of rum around their neck.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15They are St Bernards, aren't they?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Well, I've always they were, yes.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Are they something that's been in the family a long time?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Yes, they used to belong to my grandmother.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Ever since... oh, probably five or six year old,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I always remember them and always saying that I wanted them.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- Yeah.- Well, she passed away when I was about 13 or 14.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37They then went on to my parents who then have given them to me.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Well, nobody particularly likes them in the family except for myself,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45so they're always stuck up in the loft wrapped away.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- You're allowed something out of you like, surely?- No.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Dust gatherers, I'm told. So... - It's a hard life.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So I've brought them along because you always wonder whether they are
0:02:54 > 0:02:59worth anything or are they just cheap porcelain dogs that people used to buy.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Well, let's have a look for you, see what we can find out.
0:03:02 > 0:03:09These would have been made in Staffordshire between 1850 and 1880, something around there.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14The coats are moulded, and if we have a look down the centre of the dog
0:03:14 > 0:03:20you see a mould line, and that's where the dog has been made in a mould
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and the two halves have been put together.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25The eyes have been...
0:03:25 > 0:03:27set in, they're glass eyes,
0:03:27 > 0:03:33and they're similar to the little eyes that you had on dolls of the same period.
0:03:33 > 0:03:40The decoration is sprayed on rather than hand painted, which gives this quite a soft look.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43When we're talking about pairs of Staffordshire dogs,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47the ones we think about are the pairs of Staffordshire spaniels
0:03:47 > 0:03:50that my grandmother, my great-aunt in Wales,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54all had them on the hearth, and they're worth very little.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58These, they were cheaply produced in their day
0:03:58 > 0:04:00and they're not hugely valuable now.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I've got a suspicion that you don't actually want to sell these, do you?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08No, not really. But my partner, she just doesn't like them.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15Wouldn't she like them, having been shown all over 30 countries all over the world, millions of people?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- I would hope so. - They'd be the famous family dogs then.- They would be. Yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I'm thinking about coming at this from a slightly different perspective.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25I think they're worth £30 to £50.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31- So if they sold for 60, they've done really, really well and they've made more than they're worth.- Yes.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36So the theory is if they sell for £60 then great, they've done really well.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- If they don't sell at £60, then great because you've got them back.- Yep.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And hopefully, having been on telly, she'll allow you to put them out.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45They will be on the hearth then for everybody to see.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- So we'll have to put 60 to 100 on them.- OK.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52At this rate, they might make 200 and make me look really silly.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53One would hope so, yes.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Welcome to Flog It!, and it's an absolute delight to see this
0:05:08 > 0:05:12smashing Victorian Albert and pocket watch.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Where did you get them?
0:05:14 > 0:05:20It was left to me by an elderly gentleman that I was very close to,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and I believe that it belonged to his father.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- Right. And you've brought a photograph along today. - That's correct, yes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Do you wear these when you're going on a night out, Bill? - Certainly not, no.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Not your style? Not your style, though they are very desirable.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- This watch here is what we call a half hunter.- Right.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46And that's because the front plate here has the inner half removed
0:05:46 > 0:05:49and the little glass panel put in,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54and it means that you can tell the time without opening your watch.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- Yeah, just the glass.- It's very simple, it's just an easy device.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05This is what we call an Albert, which is a watch chain,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and as we can see in the photograph,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09this would be attached to a buttonhole.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14We have two clips here, one possibly for your watch and another one for a little fob.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19- Here, this little fob here looks like a football medal, Bill.- Hmm.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Do you know anything about that, did this gentleman have anything to do with football?
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Only that he was an ardent fan of Bolton Wanderers,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and did go watching them an awful lot.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35And there is a little trophy on the coin there,
0:06:35 > 0:06:40and Bolton Wanderers first won the FA Cup in the '20s.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- Yes. So this would be a commemorative fob for that time. - I would think so, yes.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Because this Albert would date from maybe the 1880s
0:06:50 > 0:06:54right up to 1910, 1920.
0:06:54 > 0:07:01In the '30s, pocket watches went out of fashion and were replaced by wristwatches.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07So we've got a very nice item here, it's in very good condition and the weight is good.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10This is a good time to sell this type of item, Bill,
0:07:10 > 0:07:15because the gold metal price is high,
0:07:15 > 0:07:22and what that is doing is pulling up the price of items made of gold.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- On your Albert and watch, I would put them as one lot.- Uh-huh.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- And I would estimate them £200 to £300.- Right.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Would you be happy to sell them at that?- I would, yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- Thank you for bringing them along, it's always nice to see good items.- Thank you.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- I'll see you at the auction. - You certainly will.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48While our experts are busy at the tables,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I'm sort of diving in and out of the queue and I've just bumped into somebody
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- who's carrying something rather interesting. What's your name?- Tregony.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- That's a place in Cornwall, isn't it?- It is.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- It is a little village.- Yes, indeed. - Where's this from then?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Well, an old chap gave it to me.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Knowing that I do a lot of animal rescue work, he thought it might come in handy.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- I've always thought that it was something like a cat carrier but I don't know.- It's not.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- It's a First World War messenger pigeon carrier.- Is it?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Yes. It's a rare little thing and it's a bygone.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- And this would have saved somebody's life, you never know.- No.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25A few pigeons like this would have got a message across to somebody and
0:08:25 > 0:08:28hopefully done a bit for the war effort.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I think you should hang on to this because to put it into auction,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34we've got to put a value on it of around £15 to £20.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I don't think it's going to get that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- No.- It's a bit too tatty.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Yes, well my husband said it was a case of either flog it or bin it, but I think I'll keep hold of it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45It's too good to bin, isn't it?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- It's too good to bin. You could clean it up.- Right.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50But I don't know how you could use it in the house.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- Dried flowers sticking out of it? - Yeah, you've got to be creative.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57You could put dried flowers, but isn't that fascinating?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01That's the great thing about valuation day, you never know what's going to turn up.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Thank you very much. - Wonderful meeting you as well, and your lovely Cornish name.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Sheila, about half an hour, 45 minutes ago, one of the off-screen valuers came over and said,
0:09:17 > 0:09:23"James look, some marbles, Victorian ones, they're interesting, aren't they?" I said, "Oh, yes."
0:09:23 > 0:09:26All I can tell you, they're marbles.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I haven't got a clue what you do with them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34The reason I got them out was because Paul Martin went to the Marble Museum in Devon.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Martin! Paul Martin, where is he?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Marbles.- You've been to a marble museum, I hear?- Yes, I have.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- I need to watch Flog It!, tell me about these.- They're Victorian marbles, aren't they?- Which ones?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48These swirly ones here.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- What are these?- They're slightly earlier, early 1800s.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- So they're nearly 200 years old? - Yeah, you've got a nice little collection there.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- And there's three ways to flick a marble and I've forgotten which is which now.- You must remember one.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Someone was doing this earlier.- Yes. Yeah...- How on earth does that work?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10I'm not sure, you flick it from...like that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Oh, I've not seen that before.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Whoop... WHOOP!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16THEY LAUGH
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Oh, dear, it's gone.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well, I've learned something.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I used to play things like shove penny at school, but never marbles.
0:10:26 > 0:10:33They're handmade but they're never spherical because there's a part of the top there,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and a little pontil at the bottom, and where the pontil's snapped off,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41they're ground down, so do you see they're slightly off...
0:10:41 > 0:10:44off circular from that side.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Yeah, they're flatter there than they are there.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And there is a really good market for them.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I have sold them at auction before and they always do quite well,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56but normally you would put them into a specialist toy sale.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00It's the toy buyers that tend to go for them rather than the glass buyers.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Have you ever played with them? - No.- Did you play with them as a kid?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07No, I bought them when my children were little from school fetes,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11and I liked them so much I thought it was a shame to play with them
0:11:11 > 0:11:13so they've been in the cupboard ever since.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Your kids never played with them?- No.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- You are mean.- I know. They played with the ones that were ordinary ones like that.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Did they know you had these?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25No.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28So, what are they worth...? Erm...
0:11:28 > 0:11:31if we look at how many of these we've got.
0:11:31 > 0:11:39OK, I reckon we've got £25-£30 worth there, another ten there, £35 to £45.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Very good.- Is that all right? - That's fine.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What did it cost you at the school fete?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Pennies.- Pennies.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46You've done all right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51I have to say I wasn't expecting to be talking about marbles today.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54No, and I want to lose mine now!
0:12:00 > 0:12:05We've found some cracking items this morning and now it's time to put our valuations to the test,
0:12:05 > 0:12:10and this is where we're doing it, courtesy of Adam Partridge Auctioneers and Valuers,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12near Congleton, south of Wilmslow.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15The auction is about to start so I'm going to go inside and catch up with our owners
0:12:15 > 0:12:20cos they'll be feeling nervous, and leave you with a quick rundown of all the items
0:12:20 > 0:12:22we're putting under the hammer.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Pete is sending his inherited St Bernard dogs off to auction as his partner isn't keen on them,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30but I don't think Pete will be crying if they don't sell.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Will the bidders fall in love with Bill's Victorian half hunter watch and Albert chain?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Anita thinks they could do well.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41And finally, Sheila bought her marbles from a school fete.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I know these'll hit the spot. She's bound to get a good
0:12:44 > 0:12:48return for her money as she only paid pennies for them.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54And now it's time to find out, as Sheila's marbles are first to roll under the hammer,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and auctioneer Adam Partridge is already in full swing.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Someone who's definitely not losing their marbles is Sheila
0:13:00 > 0:13:02because she's selling them right now and right here.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07We've got a collection of Victorian marbles, haven't we, and we've put £30 to £50 on them.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- Since the valuation day you've now put a reserve on them.- Yes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15You feel you didn't want them to go for nothing?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- No.- I don't blame you in a way, was James talking into no reserve?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Yes.- That old auctioneer's trick?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- I was trying.- Fingers crossed anyway. - What was the reserve?
0:13:24 > 0:13:30- We've got £25, haven't we, on these? - Cor... Nah, should be fine, shouldn't it?- It should roll away.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33We're going to find out in just a moment, here it is now.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Lovely lot now, lot number 40, around 79 marbles.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Victorian and other marbles,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and we've got a range of interest as well.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Ooh, ooh, ooh.- I'm bid £35.- Yay!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Straight in.- 45... 55, 60 bid...
0:13:46 > 0:13:48At £60, any more... five, 70...five,
0:13:48 > 0:13:53- 80... £80...- Fantastic. - That's brilliant.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55£80 there... Only £1 each, £80...
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Any advance now, £80 and selling at £80.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00- Fantastic.- That's good.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Didn't need that reserve, did we? - No.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Do you know that shows how important it is
0:14:05 > 0:14:07to put it into the right sale, he's got toys everywhere.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- It is the best sale to put them in, they've done it brilliantly. - Well, done, Sheila.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Thank you.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Wow, we've got off to a brilliant start and Sheila's made a fantastic return on her marbles.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25Now let's see if James can do as well with his valuation of Pete's St Bernard dogs.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Well, so far so good, and now this brings us to the dogs, yes, the pottery dogs,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34the two St Bernard ones, which James valued but brought along here by Pete.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Now you had your eye on these, didn't you, as a nipper?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Yeah. Nobody else in the family likes them but me.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43So I've now decided to sell them.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47They are nice dogs, they're great dogs, obviously a lot cheaper than
0:14:47 > 0:14:49real St Bernards, we'll put it that way.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- We had a deal, didn't we?- We did.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53That if they don't sell, they've got to have them on display.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- So in a way, we're hoping they won't sell.- Yeah.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Let's see if they go walkies.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Next lot is number 303,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02pair of Victorian pottery models of St Bernard dogs.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04What do we say for those, £100...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06£50 then, £50 the St Bernards...
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Bid me 50.- Come on.- Start with 50...
0:15:10 > 0:15:13£50, the St Bernard dogs.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Who'll start me 30 then?
0:15:15 > 0:15:1830 I've got, £30... and five now, £35...
0:15:18 > 0:15:22and 40, and five...
0:15:22 > 0:15:24and 50...
0:15:24 > 0:15:28No, I'm afraid they're going to have to be passed.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- They're going home. - Well, done. Congratulations!
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Brilliant news.- I'm so pleased they're staying in the family.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Really pleased, has he lost a bet? Excellent, well done.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40You've got to be pleased.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Well, I am. I don't think the missus will be but that's another matter.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Going under the hammer we've got a Victorian gold pocket watch with a fantastic Albert chain,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- and I think the value's in this chain, Bill, don't you?- Certainly.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Let's hope we get your top end, Anita, because you loved this chain.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04The chain was good, a double Albert, and the people will like that.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09We'll find out exactly what this lot think right now cos it's going under the hammer, good luck.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Next lot is 644, it's a 9-carat gold Albert chain,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15with a fob as well.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Over 36 grams in weight here, it comes with a gold-plated
0:16:18 > 0:16:22half hunter watch and interest starts with 200...
0:16:22 > 0:16:27210, take 20... 220, 230... 240, 250... 260 bid, 260...
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Any advance, at £260...
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Are you all done at 260? Anyone else now?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34At 260, you're out on line we're selling in the room, at £260...
0:16:34 > 0:16:39All done now, and selling at 260.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40I think we're all smiling.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- We're all smiling.- Excellent.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I'm so happy for you, it's such a good result.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Well, that concludes our first visit to the auction room today,
0:16:55 > 0:17:00we are coming back later on in the show so don't go away because there will be one or two surprises.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And later at the valuation day, we'll meet Linda, a lovely lady
0:17:03 > 0:17:07but, tut tut tut, I don't think she's been watching Flog It! often enough.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- Me and my husband were tidying the house out.- So this might have gone to the charity shop?
0:17:12 > 0:17:18Until this neighbour said it was Troika, and we're like, "Ooh, what's Troika?"
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Thank goodness Linda has antique-savvy friends to look out for her.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25But before I go back to the valuation day to join up with our experts
0:17:25 > 0:17:28to find some more antiques to go under the hammer,
0:17:28 > 0:17:34I'm popping in to nearby Manchester to check out the most glorious Edwardian building.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47We've all heard that phrase, haven't we, "they don't build them like they used to"?
0:17:47 > 0:17:52What I'm referring to is this magnificent, striking, Edwardian building, just look at it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55What I love about this is the fact that its location
0:17:55 > 0:17:58is in a typical part of suburbia of Manchester -
0:17:58 > 0:18:02ordinary buildings, some new builds as well, but when you look at that facade,
0:18:02 > 0:18:08in it's brick and terracotta sort of fashion, you think "Wow, what was that built for?"
0:18:08 > 0:18:12We're about a mile and a half from the centre of Manchester and this extraordinary building
0:18:12 > 0:18:14is called Victoria Baths.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18It was created with the intention of keeping the locals clean and fit.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24It was built by Manchester Council and completed in 1906 at a cost of around £60,000,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28which was a lot of money, today's equivalent is around £4 million.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I couldn't imagine a public swimming baths being built to this specification today, could you?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34It's absolutely magnificent!
0:18:34 > 0:18:37In its day, this build had no expense spared on it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42In fact the Lord Mayor at the opening ceremony of Victoria Baths actually said
0:18:42 > 0:18:46this is a water palace that every citizen of Manchester could be proud of.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49And do you know what, he was right, wasn't he?
0:18:49 > 0:18:55Sadly, the baths aren't open to the public any more, they closed in 1993 due to spiralling running costs.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59But the good news is a trust was set up to preserve this fine building,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03and I've been told the inside is as sumptuous as the exterior
0:19:03 > 0:19:08and I've been lucky enough to have my own private tour today by trust member Gill Wright,
0:19:08 > 0:19:12so I'm going to get inside and soak up this architectural dream.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Gill, hello.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Welcome to Victoria Baths. - Thank you for inviting me.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I tell you what, the exterior facade is setting me up for I don't what, but I want a big surprise.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Well, you've come to a beautiful building.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- The first thing that strikes me is there's three entrances, why? - That's right.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Well, Victoria Baths was built in three sections
0:19:31 > 0:19:36and there's three distinct parts of the building with an entrance for the Males, First Class,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39the Males, Second Class, and then the Females.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- When you say Males, First Class? - That was the men and boys who could afford to pay more for their swim.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- They got a better size pool?- They got the most ornate entrance hall, the one we're in now.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- They got the largest swimming pool, and we think they also got the freshest water as well.- Did they?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57It's said that the water was put into the first-class pool, pumped out, filtered, aerated
0:19:57 > 0:20:02put into the second-class pool, pumped out, filtered, aerated and put into the females pool.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- No,- really? That's what they say.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Gosh, I can't wait for my tour.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Do I have to pay to go through the turnstiles?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Do you want to see the rest of the building?- I'd love to.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I'll follow you, Gill.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16It's got the wow factor.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Is it usual for every Edwardian public swimming pool to have this spec of build?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Well, councils were very proud of their public provision often,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34in terms of things like baths and washhouses, because it was about improving public health.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37But it was unusual to have a building so ornate as this.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41You see in the level of opulence that was usually put into things like town halls,
0:20:41 > 0:20:45here in a public baths, so it is a pretty unique building.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48So where are we now, Gill?
0:20:48 > 0:20:54- Originally this used to be the area that housed the First Class Males wash baths.- OK.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01So as you come in, there's rows and rows of baths along here?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05That's right, separate cubicles, each one with their own bathtub.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I would come in here in the first-class bath.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- I could run my own bath, could I? - That's right.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Unlike the second-class customers who had their water controlled by
0:21:13 > 0:21:16the attendant, so you only got one fill and that was probably it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Of course, providing baths was a really important function of the building.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25We think of it as a swimming pool, and indeed it was for swimming, but providing ordinary private baths
0:21:25 > 0:21:29was an important function at a time when hardly anyone had bathrooms in their own homes.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35And even up to the 1960s, there were something like 20,000 houses in Manchester didn't have bathrooms
0:21:35 > 0:21:42then, so it was still an important public facility in terms of bathing right up until the 1960s and '70s.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Can you imagine having a bath here in this room?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47It would be very luxurious, better than you'd have in your own home.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Not just a physical cleansing, it'd be more of a spiritual one.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- I mean just look at the place, it's like a temple.- Definitely.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02So which pool is this?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04This one's the Females pool.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06This is quite a decent size.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Well, it is, actually. In 1906, it was quite unusual to give the women
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and girls a full 25-yard pool, but that's what we've got here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It is narrower than the second-class and the first-class, only 30-foot wide,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20but it's the full competition length of 25 yards.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Not a well known fact but Britain lead the way in the development of competitive swimming
0:22:24 > 0:22:28in the early 20th century, and here at Manchester, because we had a gala pool
0:22:28 > 0:22:31with good spectator seating, it put Manchester in a position
0:22:31 > 0:22:36where it could host very important national and international swimming events.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40But also, in the winter months they would drain the gala pool and floor it over,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and it would be used as a venue for things such as dances.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Dances were very popular here for many years.- Oh, lovely!
0:22:45 > 0:22:51And many people in Manchester still remember the dances that were held here in the early 1950s.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57They also used the dance floor to play bowls on, indoor bowls.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Well, they certainly made great use of the space, didn't they?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I would imagine just coming here would feel like a really special event.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- You mentioned Turkish Baths, can we go have a look at those?- Yes.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18We're coming through into the Turkish Bath Suite.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23The Turkish Baths has a suite of rooms and what's interesting to think is although we call
0:23:23 > 0:23:26them Turkish Baths in Britain, technically they're Roman Baths.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29They're heated with hot air and this is the tepidarium,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34which is warm, then there's the caladarium, which is hot, and the laconicum, which is even hotter.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36So it's rising levels of dry heat.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- So you swap between the three of them?- You work your way up.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43People have their own way of taking a Turkish bath but quite often you work your way up.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45You certainly wouldn't go straight into the hot room.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Yes, let's go there.- Go and see the rest of the hot rooms?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57So this is the rest room.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Yes, it's often the most ornate of the rooms, the most decorated
0:24:00 > 0:24:04room of the Turkish Bath Suite, and certainly you can see that here.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08What would it have been furnished with, reclining chairs?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Yes, or even beds. There were cubicles at the side with beds in,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14because at the end of the session you come in here to cool off
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and get your body used to normal temperatures again,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18but you're in a really, really relaxed state.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23It was a case to lie down and people would often fall asleep, even in middle of the day.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26But there'd also be attendants who would come and offer you tea and scones.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- Doesn't it sound wonderful? - You're certainly being looked after when you take a Turkish Bath.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35I love the stained-glass windows as well, it catches the light beautifully here.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37They really are unique.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43We were very lucky, the glass was very intact, so most of the glass you see is the original period glass
0:24:43 > 0:24:46but they've been completely re-leaded and new window frames,
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- and really brought them back to their former glory. - You've done a terrific job.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54We're really pleased with restoration phase one, and it makes us even more determined to go on
0:24:54 > 0:24:59and restore the rest of the building and to get the Turkish Bath Suite back in public use.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01And that's good because that was what the building was for,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04wasn't it, for the public to enjoy it every day.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Absolutely, it was built for the public good and we want it restored for the public good.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Long may it continue, Gill, thank you so much.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Thank you very much for coming. - You've put a smile on my face.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Well, we're back at the valuation day here at the Wilmslow Leisure Centre,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and as you can see there's still hundreds of people down there.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36There's no rest for our experts. Let's join up with them and see how they're getting on.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Linda, some people love Troika, some people hate it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51I love it and I'm delighted to see this collection here today.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Tell me, where did you get it?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56It was my uncle's.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01He died a couple of months ago and me and my husband were tidying the house out
0:26:01 > 0:26:06and we didn't even know what Troika was until his next-door neighbour came in.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10We were packaging it up to send to the Animal Shelter charity shop.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- So this might have gone to the charity shop?- Mm-hm.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Until this neighbour said it was Troika, and we're like "Ooh, what's Troika?"
0:26:18 > 0:26:25And then she came round and said you know it may be valuable or whatever, so we decided to keep it.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32Excuse me for mentioning this but there's a smell of turpentine off that one!
0:26:32 > 0:26:40Well, my husband was actually using that one to put the paintbrushes in to clean them each night.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41So that's why it's got a smell to it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Don't tell me any more, don't tell me any more. I- know.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Let's have a look at the objects because I love them and I find them very interesting.
0:26:50 > 0:26:57Troika of course started in the 1960s, it was a sculptor, an architect, and a potter.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- They made these objects in St Ives in Cornwall.- Right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:08The pottery only produced items from 1963 to the early 1980s,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11so it was a short period.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16The first of the items made in St Ives were monochrome,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19they were white, they were grey, they were black,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21and they weren't too popular.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24In the 1970s they moved to Newlyn.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30- Right.- And they started to sell in Heals, Selfridges, and Liberty's.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34These were prestigious outlets and they started to develop
0:27:34 > 0:27:39this colour range and it became very, very popular.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44We have a variety of shapes here and if we look at them,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47we have this Celtic cross here.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Now many of the Troika designs were based on Celtic myths, Celtic shapes,
0:27:52 > 0:27:58- Celtic sculptures, and this is good example.- Yes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04This one, it's called a slab vase, and if we look at it,
0:28:04 > 0:28:10we see that's it's probably been influenced by the craggy landscapes
0:28:10 > 0:28:15of Cornwall, the rocks, the gravels, the mines, and so on.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19This one is a cube vase,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and this probably a little marmalade pot,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and we have an ashtray here.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31It's quite a nice collection from the 1970's range and would have sold to the tourist.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37I would put an estimate of them cumulatively between £200 and £300.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- Would you be happy to sell them at that?- Yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41You'd be delighted to sell them at that!
0:28:41 > 0:28:43To sell them at that, yes, I would!
0:28:43 > 0:28:48We'll put a reserve of say £150, they'll do better than that,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- the reserve's really only to protect them.- Right, OK.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56£200 to £300, reserve of 150,
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- and you'll be glad to see them out of your house.- I will!
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- But thank you for bringing them along.- You're welcome.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- because I love them.- You buy them!
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Fine tone for such a small body.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Does it work?- It does.- Does it?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Well, we'll see what we can do.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Good luck today.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Bill, great to see you.- Thank you. - This wasn't destined for Flog It?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- No.- This was destined for somewhere else, are you going to admit where?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Yes, I admit I was going to take it to tip.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Why on earth would you take this to the tip?
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Just got fed up with it and lost all interest in it.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Well, let's have a look at what it is.
0:29:41 > 0:29:49It's a George IV, so that's 1820 to 1830, could be almost William IV 1830-1835, tea table.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54They often came in pairs; one was baize-lined for playing cards,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57the other one, if you open it up,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00plain mahogany for drinking tea.
0:30:00 > 0:30:06Although it's not in the best of conditions at the moment, it's still, in my opinion, worth restoring.
0:30:06 > 0:30:13We've got this quite a deep frieze and here is the bracket carved in the form of an acanthus leaf.
0:30:13 > 0:30:20Then look at the quality of the veneer going down here, it's rich, it's wonderfully tight grain,
0:30:20 > 0:30:27and it's quality mahogany you'd get on the back of a violin, so often called fiddle-back mahogany.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Then we have this rectangular dished sockle
0:30:31 > 0:30:37and these wonderful hairy paw feet, I think they're lovely.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42So this is a piece of furniture that has been around for almost 200 years
0:30:42 > 0:30:45and for me, it would be a crying shame to see it on the tip.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48What did you pay for it 40 years ago, do you remember?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50£45.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- Did you? That was a lot of money then, that was a week or two's wages, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57I don't think you'll get an average week or two's wages for it today.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02The top is suffering from what we call smiling.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07It's warped and buckled, but if that was steamed
0:31:07 > 0:31:12with a big heavy weight, you clamp it in the middle,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- that could be put back.- Right. - You've got bits of veneer missing from the corners,
0:31:16 > 0:31:23and it isn't as saleable and as fashionable as it once was, but these things come back.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27I always say that if something's out of fashion, it's just about to come back.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Yes.- And this, I think, will be a fashionable object again very soon.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33But at the moment,
0:31:33 > 0:31:37£100 to £150, something like that,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40but goodness me, it's better than on a skip, isn't it?
0:31:40 > 0:31:41It is, yes, a lot better.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45- You don't want it back do you?- No. - So zero reserve, let's just sell it.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Yep.- See how it goes.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Welcome to Flog It, and you've brought an interesting
0:32:01 > 0:32:04wee lot of silver objects for us to look at today.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Tell me, where did you get them?
0:32:06 > 0:32:09These two are my husband's and he inherited them from his father
0:32:09 > 0:32:13when he died, and that I inherited from my mum,
0:32:13 > 0:32:18and it belonged either to my grandmother or my great-aunt.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- So it's come from two separate sides of the family?- Yes.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I think this is a sort of feminine thing,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and I think these boxes are a wee bit masculine.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Absolutely, I agree with you there.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Let's look at what we have.
0:32:30 > 0:32:36We have two vesta boxes, and a vesta box is a container for matches
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- and often has an abrasive strip to strike your matches.- Right.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46This one here was made in Birmingham, 1902,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50and on the front here we have the Bond of Empire,
0:32:50 > 0:32:55which may have had something to do with Chamberlain
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- and what was happening at the time.- Ah, right.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01This one here quite different,
0:33:01 > 0:33:07it's Continental and quite possibly French, it does have a French feel,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11where we have two little cherubs in a garden,
0:33:11 > 0:33:18but my favourite piece is this silver Art Deco compact.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24Again it was made in Birmingham, and it's from 1921, which was
0:33:24 > 0:33:29- just at the beginning of the Art Deco period.- Right.
0:33:29 > 0:33:36It's machined silver with this wonderful Art Deco geometric motif,
0:33:36 > 0:33:41and it reminds me of cinema, the Odeon, America,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45glamour, and so on and so forth.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49So it's quite a varied but an exciting wee lot.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Tell me, have you any idea of value on these little boxes?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56I have no idea, but at a guess I would think these
0:33:56 > 0:34:01would be worth about £10 a piece and that one maybe £20 to £25.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04You're not bad at this!
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Don't think I'll make a living at it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:13Auction valuation I would say perhaps, if we put it in at...
0:34:13 > 0:34:1850 to 80, would you be happy to sell them at that?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Yes, very happy.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Very happy?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Well, let's hope we get the higher estimate.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- That would be good.- Thank you so much for bringing them along.
0:34:28 > 0:34:35I love these objects, particularly that compact, and I'm sure they'll do very well at the auction.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Well, thank you for helping me value them!
0:34:38 > 0:34:44'It's now time for our final trip to the auction room but before we see our items go under the hammer,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47'I caught up with Adam Partridge, today's auctioneer,
0:34:47 > 0:34:51'to see what he thought about Anita's valuation of the Troika collection,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53'which we saw just a few minutes ago.'
0:34:53 > 0:34:57OK, we've got some Troika brought in by Linda.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00It belonged to her uncle and she wants to sell this,
0:35:00 > 0:35:05and it was originally valued at £200 to £300 for the whole lot, but I know you've split them.
0:35:05 > 0:35:11Yes. Well, of course, I've split them into three, being that one, that one, and that one.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Yeah, and that's a good little starter's level really.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- Entry-level collection. - Then you get interested, you learn a bit more about the artist.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Yeah, and you trade those in to get one of those.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Exactly, that's what it's all about, always trade upwards. I like this a lot.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26This is the rare piece, the Celtic Cross design.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I've sold so much Troika over the years, you've seen a lot of it,
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- have you seen one of these before? - No.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- OK, it's that rare.- I think it's going to make £300 to £500 probably.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40This is the next best, smooth-sided slab vase, so that one I've put in 60 to 80,
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- because that makes that the 200 to 300 already.- Sure.- But I think it'll make more than that.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Yeah, that'll do about 140, won't it?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Yeah, should do over 100, and then these should do 100.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- Easily.- Your common one's there, the cube planter with no feet, the ashtray, and the marmalade pot.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I'm very excited about these, it reminds me of home.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03I think you should get on the rostrum now and, as they say where I come from,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- do a proper job, my handsome. - D'rectly. - D'rectly, yeah you've got it!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09'I think Adam was right to split Linda's Troika into three lots,
0:36:09 > 0:36:11'and we'll soon see if they stir up any interest
0:36:11 > 0:36:12'in the auction room later on.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17'Joining Linda's Troika is Jan's collection of inherited silver,
0:36:17 > 0:36:19'two vesta cases and a compact.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22'And finally, Bill's tea table is going under the hammer.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26'James convinced Bill to put it into the sale with no reserve,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28'but anything it makes will be a bonus,
0:36:28 > 0:36:29'because it was heading for the tip.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32'Let's find out now how it fares.'
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Well, good luck, Bill, that's all I can say. You deserve it.- Thank you.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42I've just been having a chat to Bill and we've been saying the whole world right now is going on about
0:36:42 > 0:36:46recycling, you know, but the antiques trade have been doing this all their lives.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50There's nothing greener, is there, than buying and selling antiques,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53especially wood because you can't grow the trees fast enough.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54- You can't.- So good on you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59You bought this table 40-odd years ago, it's early Victorian, it's Cuban mahogany.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- It's going to sell, we've got a value of £100 to £150 on it, and I know you've got no reserve.- No.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Because you were going to throw it. - Throw away.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10But someone else would have picked that out of the skip and got it for nothing,
0:37:10 > 0:37:14so at least you're making them pay for it today. OK, good luck.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1775 is a Victorian mahogany tea table with a rectangular swivel top,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21the usual type Victorian mahogany tea table, I am bid £100 in...
0:37:21 > 0:37:23take ten on £100, take ten now on £100...
0:37:23 > 0:37:27any advance on the tea table at £100, ten...
0:37:27 > 0:37:30120, 130... no, 120 here...
0:37:30 > 0:37:35- selling now 120, all done 120... I need 130, 140... 150.- Late legs.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38160... 170, one more it's yours...
0:37:38 > 0:37:42160 here, he's going to think I've run him up, bid another one,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44160 here, 170 if you want...
0:37:44 > 0:37:47at 160, cos he accused me when he left the bid, at 170...
0:37:47 > 0:37:50thank you very much, I'm very grateful
0:37:50 > 0:37:53and so are our contributors, 170 right at the back now...
0:37:53 > 0:37:54170 and we sell.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56You won't regret it.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Great.- £170.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01That's a good result, and a good estimate, James.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Yeah, I'm very pleased with that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07That's a lot of mahogany, you couldn't make that table for probably £1,500 today.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08Great value.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Well done.- Thank you.- Well done, go and buy some more antiques now.
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Right now it's Janet's turn,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25and we've got a small collection of silver just about to go under the hammer.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28There's three little items in this lot, a couple of vestas
0:38:28 > 0:38:31and a powder compact, which Anita put a value on of £50 to £80.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35It's a great time right now to sell precious metal, silver or gold,
0:38:35 > 0:38:41the prices are well up at the moment, it's just over £9 an ounce scrap value.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Not bad.- So it puts the price of the antiques up as well,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46and I there's a lot of silver bids today so good luck.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Lot 510 is an Art Deco-style silver compact,
0:38:49 > 0:38:53also an Edwardian vesta case and a Continental vesta case.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Three in the lot, 510 is the number.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Start me £50... £50 this lot, 30 bid...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02five now, at £9... five, 40...
0:39:02 > 0:39:04five, 50... 45, take 50 somewhere...
0:39:04 > 0:39:07at 45, 50 anywhere...
0:39:07 > 0:39:09at 45.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Come on.- Take a 50 surely.
0:39:14 > 0:39:1945 it is then... at 45, well there's the trouble with a fixed reserve.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I can't believe that it didn't sell.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Do you know, we were £5 short,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- because with a fixed, you put a fixed £50 reserve.- Yes.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27If you'd used a bit of discretion...
0:39:27 > 0:39:30It would have gone, yes. Never mind.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32But you wanted £50, didn't you?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34I think it was probably worth that.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Ever so sorry, we tried our hardest.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41You tried your hardest. Maybe we'll try it in another auction.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Yes, you could, or you could have a word with Adam afterwards and see
0:39:45 > 0:39:49who the bidder was at £45 and if you do change your mind, he'll sell it at £45 for you.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Oh, he can do that?- Yes, he can.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55'That was a disappointing result for Jan's collection of silver.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00'Let's hope Anita has better luck with her valuation of Linda's Troika.'
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Well, so far so good, but right now I feel like I'm back in Cornwall,
0:40:04 > 0:40:06that's because I'm surrounded by Troika,
0:40:06 > 0:40:10and I've just been joined by Linda who's brought in this fabulous collection.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Now originally we've had all these five items as one lot,
0:40:13 > 0:40:17valued by Anita, but Adam has split them up into three lots.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21I'm delighted with that. He is an auctioneer after my own heart.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27Yes, which means more money for Linda, definitely!
0:40:27 > 0:40:30And you didn't know what you had, did you?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- No, not at all. - You'd never heard of Troika?
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- No.- And we've been banging on about it for the last nine years or so.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42- Anyway, right OK, this is the good news. We do see a lot of it.- Mmm.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- But we haven't seen the Celtic Cross ever before.- Right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Now that's quite rare, very unusual.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Let's find out what they think of it, shall we, in Cheshire.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Here we go, it's going under the hammer, good luck.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57OK, we've got some Troika now,
0:40:57 > 0:41:01245 is a Troika Pottery Celtic Cross vase.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Interesting and rare vase this one, Lot 245,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05decorated by Simone Kilburn.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Will they want it?
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Bidding starts here 180... 190, bid take 200...
0:41:10 > 0:41:11at 190 bid, 190... 200, and ten...
0:41:11 > 0:41:16220, 230... 240, 250... 260, your bid is at 270...
0:41:16 > 0:41:21280, 290... 300, 320...
0:41:21 > 0:41:24I like it, 340, 320 on the phone...
0:41:24 > 0:41:26320, any advance on this cross vase here...
0:41:26 > 0:41:30320, are you all finished now...
0:41:30 > 0:41:33320, on the phone this time 320.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- Yes!- OK, we're hoping at around £100 for the next lot,
0:41:37 > 0:41:38that's the top end.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43246 is a Troika Pottery slab vase this time, with smooth sides.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44- This is very nice.- Right.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47I've got two bids of 90... is there 95.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I'd like to see this do 150, 160.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Take 100... 110, 120... 130, 140...
0:41:52 > 0:41:55150, 160...
0:41:55 > 0:41:57170, 180...
0:41:59 > 0:42:02190, 180 on the phone... Any advance on this one 180, all done...
0:42:02 > 0:42:04same buyer on the phone at £180.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Yes!
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- I should be keeping count of all this.- Isn't that wonderful?
0:42:12 > 0:42:13This is a good little group as well.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15We're looking for £100 on this group.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Three in the lot, Lot 247, and I've got 150...
0:42:20 > 0:42:23160 here, is there 170? 16-... 170, 180... 190.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- Condition was so good on these pieces.- 200 on the phone...
0:42:26 > 0:42:29£200 this time, 200 all done...
0:42:29 > 0:42:34210, 220... 230, 240... 250, 260...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36270.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39This is the start of a very good collection for somebody.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40- Would be, yeah.- 290...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43I'm glad somebody will have the pleasure of it
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- because I just didn't appreciate it really.- 300...
0:42:46 > 0:42:52320, £300 on the phone now... 300 with the same buyer again, £300...
0:42:52 > 0:42:55all done on these three pieces at £300.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Yes!
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Well done that man on the rostrum, he did us proud.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Do you know everybody in Cornwall will be going,
0:43:02 > 0:43:03proper job, Adam, proper job?
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Linda, guess how much that is. - I don't know.
0:43:06 > 0:43:13£800. £800 and hopefully all that will be going down to Cornwall.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- Oh, good.- What will you do with all of that?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17- Spend it!- Spend, spend, spend.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- In a word, spend it. - That's what I like.
0:43:19 > 0:43:24I hope you've enjoyed watching the show, we've had a fabulous time here in Cheshire.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27There are more surprises to come on Flog It so keep watching, won't you.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30But until then, it's cheerio from all of us. Bye-bye.
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