0:00:05 > 0:00:10Today Flog It has come north to Lancashire to a boom town of the Industrial Revolution,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14where cotton became king. Welcome to Blackburn.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Textiles have been manufactured in Blackburn since the 13th century.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43First it was wool and linen, but by the 1700s it was cotton.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49And with it Blackburn grew from a small market town to become a cotton-weaving world capital.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55In the good times, Blackburn's cotton industry also led to a building boom in the town,
0:00:55 > 0:01:01including in 1905, King George's Hall, our location for today's valuations.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09And hoping to weave their magic today are Michael Baggott and Adam Partridge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15I think it's time to get the doors open, get this massive crowd inside and see what these two have spotted.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27And once inside, Adam has spotted a man who is a good spotter himself.
0:01:27 > 0:01:35- Morning, Steve.- Morning. - How are you?- Fine, thank you.- You're a bargain hunter.- I try to be.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- You have a companion who goes with you.- My 7-year-old granddaughter.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Did she spot this one?- No, but she's spotted others in the past.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- This is a car boot find.- It is, yes.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51I find that amazing because anybody knows about Clarice Cliff.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Everybody knows about it.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Even if you don't know anything about antiques, if you say, "Tell me about antiques,"
0:02:00 > 0:02:03they say, "Clarice Cliff!"
0:02:03 > 0:02:09- Yet you still found that. Tell me where you got it.- Local car boot sale. Sunday morning, 10 o'clock.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14- So that's been out for three hours, probably.- Correct, yes.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- How much was it?- It was £1 cash.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19No!
0:02:19 > 0:02:23And we've been banging on about Clarice Cliff for 10 years or more.
0:02:23 > 0:02:31Well, that's amazing. It's not your most valuable piece, but is clearly worth more than £1.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37This is a piece of 1930s Clarice Cliff pottery. It's that painted geometric design
0:02:37 > 0:02:40from the Bizarre range.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Don't really need to tell the viewer too much about Clarice Cliff.
0:02:44 > 0:02:51The whole world knows about it, apart from that person at the car boot and the hundreds who walked by.
0:02:51 > 0:02:58That must have been waiting for you. Had your name written all over it. What do you think it will make?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- £50? £100?- Right. I think you're right. I was thinking £50-£80.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Put it in at a realistic level and let them fight over it.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- £50 is 50 times your money. - That's right.- Less commission.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17Steve, thanks very much for coming. I look forward to the auction. Over 100 quid'll be a great result.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Thanks.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30Ann, Alison, thank you for bringing in this wonderful mirror. Who does it belong to?
0:03:30 > 0:03:37It belonged to my mother, who died a few months ago. It's part of the estate that we're selling off.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Then we can share it out.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43You either love it or hate it. Do you know what style it is?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Is it Art Nouveau or Art Deco?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50You're very close. You were just one away.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55It's Arts and Crafts. That movement comes in about 1870
0:03:55 > 0:04:01and goes through to about 1900, 1910, when this mirror dates from.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's typified by this beaten finish.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10Now this looks as if it was all wrought delicately by hand and hammer.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Actually, they had machines to do it!
0:04:15 > 0:04:19They made the shape and put it under the hammering machine.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24That's basically told by the fact that it isn't uneven.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28It's a very even planishing. What would have been hand-made
0:04:28 > 0:04:35are these little panels. You see these on absolutely loads of Arts and Crafts mirrors.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38They're called Ruskin pottery.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42It was really a cheap alternative to using semi-precious stones.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48And you could get different colours, glazes and sizes. Whatever you required for your mirror.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53And it's really untouched. So it was your mother's.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- Did she particularly go for this sort of thing?- No, they had all sorts of antiques.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Loved antiques. Always at auctions. - A vast amount of things.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Always out buying whatever took their fancy.- Yes.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12- It's the best way to do it. - They didn't specialise. Whatever they thought was beautiful.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17So one day they thought, "We'll have that."
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Any idea of the value of it?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24No, some years ago a lady did offer my mother £400,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- but I don't know...- Crikey. - That was what my mum said to me.
0:05:28 > 0:05:35- That must have been a very committed collector.- Right. - She probably has been.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41I think what we really need to do is pitch this, let's say, £120-£200.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46- Let's put a fixed reserve of £120 on it.- Yes, I want a reserve on it.
0:05:46 > 0:05:54And let's hope... Let's hope that lady isn't committed and she'll be at the auction!
0:05:58 > 0:06:04Renee and Harry, thank you for coming in and bringing in a piece of regional furniture.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09This is a lovely Macclesfield chair, dating from the late 18th century.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16- I expect you've sat on it for quite a long time.- Yes. A few people have sat on it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22- It's a good bit of kit, isn't it, Harry?- Yeah.- This will last another couple of hundred years.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I'm nearly as old as that chair!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- How old are you, Harry?- Guess.
0:06:29 > 0:06:3072.
0:06:30 > 0:06:3372?! I wish I was.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- How old are you? - I wish I was.- 82?- 93.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42- 93?!- Yeah.- Are you really 93? What did you use to do for a living?
0:06:42 > 0:06:48- Antiques.- Did you?- Antique furniture.- You were in the trade. You know what I'm talking about.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I dealt a lot in Portobello.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- He has the gift of the gab! - He has, too!
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- So why do you want to sell this? - To be quite honest, I'm so afraid of it getting damaged.
0:07:01 > 0:07:08- Where I had it before, people used to sit on it.- Yeah. - And I'd go, "Oh, that chair..."
0:07:08 > 0:07:15- If you lean back a little bit... - I don't want it to get damaged. So I took it upstairs.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- There is a little bit of damage. - I know that. - I'll just point out a couple.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25I'll start with the fact that it has been what we call re-toed.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- That would have come right down to there.- Yes.- In the 18th century.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36But over the next 100 years, it's worn so much that somebody has glued a block on here.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- The Victorians have done that. It wasn't done recently.- No.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46- But it has taken a lot of wear and tear.- Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Also, looking at the top rail,
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- can you see?- A little crack. - It's got a nasty split in it which has been screwed.- Together.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- I see that.- It's screwed twice.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Yeah, yeah.- So, unfortunately, it has devalued it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- I noticed. It's obvious. - What I love about this
0:08:07 > 0:08:12is this one rail has had so many people's feet on it
0:08:12 > 0:08:15it's completely worn flat in sections.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20This is a flattened bobbin turning, like a bobbin in a loom.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- Yes, yes.- In the mills.- I see.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30I think if we get this into auction, we should put £100-£200 on it with a reserve at £100.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- OK.- If you say so, yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39- Can I expect to see you at the auction?- We can try. - If I'm still alive by then!
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Don't forget.- It's only a month. - We're only a few weeks away.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- So you're Dorothy.- I'm Dorothy. - Who's this fella?
0:08:55 > 0:09:02- This is Derek, my husband. - Hello, Derek.- Hi.- How long have you been married?- 45 years.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Have you got nicknames?- No!
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- He sometimes calls me Dolly! - Dolly?- He sometimes calls me Dolly.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15- And have you got a name for her? - No, I just think she's lovely.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Well, I do, I do.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Yeah. She's very striking. - Very tactile, isn't she?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- Some areas have been rubbed more than others!- My son!
0:09:27 > 0:09:33- Is it your son's piece?- Yes, it is. - Where did he get it from? - A car boot.- Did he really?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- How long ago?- A couple of years. - And how much for?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- £25.- £25.- Yeah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47- Goodness me. It's probably worth that in weight alone.- It is! I've carried it!
0:09:47 > 0:09:51It's a big bronze figure of this reclining maiden.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- She's rather nice, isn't she?- Yes.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- She's not signed anywhere, is she? - Not that we know of.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- I don't know if she's a great age. - Does age make all that difference?
0:10:03 > 0:10:09A name makes a difference and age will. I haven't seen reproductions of this figure, though, so...
0:10:09 > 0:10:15She's certainly 20th century, but to be more specific than that is going to be quite tricky.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21- Why has he decided to sell it now? - I think he might have gone off females!
0:10:21 > 0:10:26He's out fishing now. That's why he's not here.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Right, he's out fishing. So he's gone from females to fish.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36Does he have a high expectation? Does he think it's worth an awful lot?
0:10:36 > 0:10:43He did think it was worth... that it was worth in the region of £500 or something like that.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49Well, it's certainly worth more than he paid for it, but £500 would be really going some.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55- You never know with an auction. All it takes is two people to fall in love with it.- Yeah.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00You never know. But I'd be more conservative and suggest £100-£200.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06We'll put a reserve of £100. It must be... SHE must be worth £100.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- Mm, lovely. Thank you very much.- It's a pleasure. See you at the auction.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13You will, yes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:21You could say we're now up and running. While we make our way to the auction room,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26here's a quick reminder of all the items going under the hammer. Or the "bear" essentials.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28BEAR GROWLS
0:11:28 > 0:11:32It wasn't so much a growl as a gasp of disbelief
0:11:32 > 0:11:36for Adam as he hears what Steve paid for this.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Tell me, how much was it? - £1 cash.- No!
0:11:41 > 0:11:46And Michael was also shocked when he heard what was offered
0:11:46 > 0:11:49for Ann and Alison's Arts and Crafts mirror.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Some years ago a lady did offer my mother £400, but I don't know...
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- Crikey. - That was what my mum said to me.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59£120-£200 is Michael's estimate.
0:12:01 > 0:12:08I'm hoping Renee and Harry's Macclesfield ladder-back chair will climb up to £100-£200.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14And, finally, Dorothy and Derek have struggled in with their son's statue, our second car-boot find.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22We'll soon find out what the bidders make of all our owners' items
0:12:22 > 0:12:25as I cross into Yorkshire.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Our auction is housed in a former mill for spinning cotton waste
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and it's now recycling antiques.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38I've spotted something. It's this 19th-century tin oval tray.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's beautiful. If I pick this up I can show you this. Look at that.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48You're not just buying a tray. You're buying an oil painting. That's beautifully painted by hand.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52This is circa 1820, 1830. It's a hunting scene.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58It's not that PC. I don't particularly like it, but it's beautifully executed
0:12:58 > 0:13:01and price guided at £40-£60.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05There's a bit of wear here and the gilding's lost its colour.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11In perfect condition, it's £500-£700. I want to follow this through later in the sale.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17I've a feeling this could do a couple of hundred pounds easily.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21It may even go to £300. I'd like it to because that's what it's worth.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Auctioneer Ian Peace is today's Master of Ceremonies. First up is the copper mirror.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35I've been joined by Ann and Alison. We're just about to put that mirror under the hammer.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38We've got Michael Baggott here.
0:13:38 > 0:13:45- Is this a true reflection on the value - £120-£200?- It's beautiful and in the perfect place.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- It's got the look. - It might fly away.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Fingers crossed for the top end.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56The next lot, 323, is the Arts and Crafts period
0:13:56 > 0:13:58oval copper bevelled mirror.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Turquoise stones. What am I bid?
0:14:02 > 0:14:0480? 60, thank you. £60.
0:14:04 > 0:14:0670. At 80. £80.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09At 80. And 90.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- £90.- Come on, we're nearly there.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14At £90. 95 there.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16100. And 5.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- At 105. Are we all done?- No!- 110.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25- In the fifth row at 110. All done?- Ohhh...- And 15 here. 120.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Anybody else now? 120.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32At £120. Are we all done at 120, then?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36All credit to that man on the rostrum.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40He worked some magic. That really was struggling.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- I nearly bid myself! - I was like that!
0:14:49 > 0:14:55My turn to be the expert now. Some wonderful regional furniture. It dates back to the 18th century.
0:14:55 > 0:15:01It's that gorgeous chair. And it belongs to this lovely couple, Renee and Harry.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- You all right?- Thank you. - It's great to see you.
0:15:05 > 0:15:12- You really put a smile on my face on the valuation day. - I'm always looking at your photo!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- What's he been up to? Getting up to mischief?- Always!
0:15:16 > 0:15:22- Always in trouble. - We keep a strict eye on him. - ..Making love, he said!
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- Right! Enough of that now.- Oh... - We'll talk about that later.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Here we go. We're looking for £100-£200.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40The antique Macclesfield ladder-back chair with rush seat.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42There we are.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45100, may I say? 80? 60, thank you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49£60. 70. 80. Are we all done at £80?
0:15:49 > 0:15:55At £80, then. We're not quite there at £80.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's so useful and nobody's appreciating it today.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03Everyone was sitting on their hands. And that's a nice example.
0:16:03 > 0:16:10- Can I take that back today?- Yes. - Do I have to wait to the end? - We'll get it in the car for you.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Next is the extraordinary car-boot bargain,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15the £1 Clarice Cliff vase.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Steve, it's great to see you again. You've brought your wife, Carol.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28He's got great eyes, hasn't he? My word! This is about to make a lot of money, I think.
0:16:28 > 0:16:34It was bought for £1. Can we get £50-£80? Fingers crossed.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40It's on the internet. All the Clarice Cliff hunters are out there. Going under the hammer now.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44The small Clarice Cliff Bizarre bud vase. 362.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Being shown.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Open this at £50? £50?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52£50. 60, do I see? 60 over there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:5570 on commission. 80. 90.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57100. And 10. 120.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02130 on the phone. Anybody else now...? 140.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04150. 160.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06170. 180.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12£180 in the room. At £180...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Yes! £180! And that was bought for £1.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Remember that tray we looked at? The oval 19th-century one?
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- Let's watch this.- The hunting scene. That's an interesting piece.
0:17:28 > 0:17:3150 in the doorway. £50. 60. 70.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- It's worth an awful lot more. - 100. 110. 120.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- 130.- More like it now.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41150. 60. 170.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- Catalogued at £40-£60.- 190. 200.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47210. 220. 230.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51240. 250. 260.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53270. 280. 290.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- That's better, isn't it? - And 10. 320.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59330. 340.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Great.- 350. 360.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05370. £370.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07£370 in the room. Going for 370.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Fantastic. That takes it to about £420 with commission.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18That's a good price. No-one got that cheap.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25But our next item was definitely bought on the cheap!
0:18:25 > 0:18:32Hopefully, you'll be on the phone to your son later on saying that £25 has been turned into
0:18:32 > 0:18:37the top end of Adam's estimate, £200. Fingers crossed. Here we go.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41The bronze model of a nude girl with sabre.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46I'm opening this at £100 on a commission bid. 110. 120.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- 130. 140.- Brilliant. - 150. 160. 170.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53170. 180. 190. 200.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55And 10. 220.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58230. 240, sir. 240.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01250. 260. 270.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03280. 290. 300.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And 10. 320. 330.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08340. 350.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- 360.- This is great.- 370. 380. 390.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15400. And 10. 420. 430.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18440. 450. 460. 470.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I can't believe that.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26At £480. Have you all done? At 480, then.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31£25 purchase at a car boot.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- You've got to get on the phone! - I will!
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Sadly, we're coming to the end of another show.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46It's all over for our owners. We've had a bit of a mixed day,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50but that's auctions for you. You win some, you lose some.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54If you've got anything you want to sell, we would love to see you.
0:19:54 > 0:20:00Come to one of our valuation days and you could be on the show. Until the next time, cheerio.
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