0:00:02 > 0:00:04CROWD ROARS
0:00:04 > 0:00:06A game of two halves where skills are put to the test,
0:00:06 > 0:00:11but there's always the danger of an own-goal, but I'm not talking about football,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13this is Flog It! Today we're in Sunderland.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Everybody knows the rules of football but this is how Flog It! works.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45We arrange valuation days like this around the country
0:00:45 > 0:00:48where you bring your antiques and collectables along.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Today we're at the Stadium of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club
0:00:52 > 0:00:54but we're coming to a town near you soon.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00Everyone who comes is guaranteed to get a valuation by one of our team of experts
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- and today's star players are Anita Manning...- Wonderful!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- ..and Adam Partridge. - They still work.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20And at half-time we'll bring a selection of the best items we find in our valuation day
0:01:20 > 0:01:22here to the Boldon Auction Galleries,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and let's hope we get the back of the net!
0:01:25 > 0:01:30I'll also be going back in time to the roots of Sunderland's industrial heritage.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38But first, let's get down to the business of the day
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and Adam's found something grotesque!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Elizabeth, welcome to Flog It!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Hi.- And may I call you Elizabeth?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- You can call me Betty. - Oh, really!- Yeah.- That's nice.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- I don't wanna be over-familiar! - No, no, everyone calls me Betty.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54You've brought in a beautiful biscuit barrel.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Why would you want to sell something so lovely?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Who would want to keep biscuits in that... I ask you!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- You don't keep your biscuits in there?- No, no.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04How did you come to own it?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06A friend of mine gave it to me full of golf tees.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- I was more interested in the golf tees.- You're a golfer?- Yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Do you still play?- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You've brought this in today, presumably to flog it?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Yes, to get rid of.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- And why is that?- I'm in the last round of having a clear-out.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Just say it, you don't like it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23I don't like it, no. Do you?
0:02:23 > 0:02:28I don't mind it, I don't think I'd buy it,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31but it's grotesque in a good way, I would say.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34It's a type of Majolica really, art pottery,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37from what looks like the end of the 19th century.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41It's a funny colour really, a monkey with a frog on the top
0:02:41 > 0:02:46and a couple of salamander down the side, including a headless one.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Yes, yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And there's a fair bit of damage around the lid
0:02:51 > 0:02:55where people have been grabbing the biscuits with too much eagerness
0:02:55 > 0:02:58then banging the lid back on.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I'll leave the lid off for a minute, so we can have a look underneath
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and there we have the mark there, Salopian,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08which is the name of the art pottery there made in Shropshire
0:03:08 > 0:03:12and it was an art pottery founded at the end of the 19th century,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16mainly run and designed by a chap called J A Harthorn,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18that's what the JAH stands for.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's a form of earthenware with a lead glaze.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It's a form of Majolica
0:03:23 > 0:03:27and you rarely see anything in that medium that isn't damaged,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30because it's quite a brittle, vulnerable substance
0:03:30 > 0:03:34that's easily damaged, you're having a clear-out, you don't like it,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38at least you're being honest, and what do you think it's gonna make?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I don't know. I was hoping you would say £2,000 or £3,000
0:03:42 > 0:03:44but I'm not even gonna say £200 or £300!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Probably 20 quid, 30 quid!
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Yeah, £30 to £50 was the estimate, I thought.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53We've got the matter of a reserve to put on it.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Do you want it back, or do you not mind whatever it makes?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- No.- But if it makes a tenner, worst case, would you be unhappy?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah, I'd be unhappy at £10.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03There you go! What about £20?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05£20, we'll put it at £20.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We will be at the auction together, fingers crossed
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- and hopefully the monkey, frog, and salamanders will find a new home to rest in.- Fine, thank you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Vera, welcome to Flog It!
0:04:25 > 0:04:30I'm always delighted to see jewellery along at our valuation days.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I love these little lockets.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Tell me, where did you get them?
0:04:35 > 0:04:41When I was a teenager, our next-door neighbour's mother used to visit periodically and she used to give
0:04:41 > 0:04:47me a little gift when she came, and this time, she said, "I don't think I'll come any more,"
0:04:47 > 0:04:50cos she was quite old, and said, "I don't think I can travel."
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And that was the last gift she gave me.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55But I've never worn them. I like them a lot.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Perhaps not the type of thing that a teenage girl would want to wear.- Yes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04You wanted maybe something a bit bigger and more extravagant.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Because these are quiet statements.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Let's have a look at them.
0:05:09 > 0:05:16This little one here, it's a little gold-mounted, rock crystal locket.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20It's a Victorian...turn of the century, really,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23late Victorian/early Edwardian style.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28We would be able to take away the back part
0:05:28 > 0:05:32and put in a little bit of hair or a photograph or something.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Very pretty, very quiet, very understated.
0:05:36 > 0:05:44But this one here is my favourite, and they say that diamonds are a girl's best friend,
0:05:44 > 0:05:50and what we have are nice rose-cut diamonds.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Your auctioneer will measure how much we have
0:05:55 > 0:06:01in carats of diamonds, and hopefully he'll put that in the catalogue.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04These are very pretty,
0:06:04 > 0:06:10but this one is the item which has the best value.
0:06:10 > 0:06:18But also, it has that wonderful fin de siecle look about it.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's charming of its period.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Price-wise, I would say if we estimate...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27I would put them together as one lot,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31because I think they'll help one another.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37I think probably I would like to estimate them £100 to £150.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Would you be happy to sell them at that?- Yes, with a reserve of 100.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44We'll put a reserve of £100 on them.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They certainly deserve that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Let's hope we have a good result at the auction.- I hope so. - Thank you for bringing them along.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Fred, this is an absolutely delightful crayon study, it really is. Tell me a little bit about it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Well, I got it for my uncle who acquired it from my auntie
0:07:10 > 0:07:14who worked in service for a long time and retired in 1964
0:07:14 > 0:07:20and the family she worked for bought her a house to end her days
0:07:20 > 0:07:23and she died in 1976 and when she was moving in,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27my dad and my uncle went down to help her move into the house
0:07:27 > 0:07:30and there was lots of stuff in the house.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33This was one piece my uncle quite liked and asked if we could keep it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35So have you had this on the wall, at all?
0:07:35 > 0:07:40No. About ten years ago I did some research on it
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and since then it's been wrapped up in the wardrobe.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Just kept in the wardrobe!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49You should have put this on the wall because it's absolutely stunning!
0:07:49 > 0:07:56- I know.- Tell me about it. I know you've done some research, and it is in fact a study.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58By Arthur Hughes who was one of
0:07:58 > 0:08:01the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists outside of the brotherhood.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You know your stuff, don't you?!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Basically he did five studies for The Heavenly Stair
0:08:06 > 0:08:10which was in the Russell Cotes Museum in Bournemouth, and this was one of them.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Let me take this off and have a look.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'll just put that on the floor.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I know he was a big fan of Millet,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18he was a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelite.
0:08:18 > 0:08:25London artist, and born 1832, he died in Kew in 1915, yeah.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Well, it's a monogram isn't it, it's not signed.- No.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30It's definitely Arthur Ford Hughes
0:08:30 > 0:08:33and the draftsmanship is second to none, it really is.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I think studies are a great way of owning a piece of art if you can't afford the real thing,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41and there's something so understated
0:08:41 > 0:08:45about the sort of crayon and charcoal,
0:08:45 > 0:08:52and this was done possibly in about two minutes flat, sort of...
0:08:52 > 0:08:57that's about right, but let's do another one nearby, very quickly!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I'd like to see it
0:09:00 > 0:09:02realise around about £400 in auction,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04that's my gut feeling.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Can we put it into auction with a value of £300 to £400 on it,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and sort of... would you be happy with that?
0:09:10 > 0:09:16- Yeah, I'd be happy with that. - Protect it with a fixed reserve of £300.- Yes.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Are you sure?- Positive!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- See you in the auction room. - Thanks very much.
0:09:29 > 0:09:36Tim, this little item is just right up my street!
0:09:36 > 0:09:37I thought it might be, actually!
0:09:37 > 0:09:44And what makes it so interesting is this text here...
0:09:44 > 0:09:46"votes for women",
0:09:46 > 0:09:49and I love this little dog's expression.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I mean, is he saying "votes for women?" or "votes for women!"
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I think the latter!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It's a wonderful piece of memorabilia
0:10:01 > 0:10:05from the Women's Suffrage Movement
0:10:05 > 0:10:11and there is a great market for this part of British history,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14for this part of women's history.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Tell me, where did you get it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:20I inherited it when my mother died and I know for a fact that
0:10:20 > 0:10:24she bought that in a flea market in Whitley Bay in the 1970s.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Now isn't that interesting, because in the 1960s and '70s,
0:10:29 > 0:10:36they again had this wave of the women's movement, women's lib, and she bought it at that time.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Do you think she was influenced by that time?
0:10:40 > 0:10:44I don't necessarily think so but I think it probably would remind her
0:10:44 > 0:10:47of her childhood and her upbringing, but she did like animals as well.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Oh, yeah. - So it could be one of two things.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Interestingly enough, this little dog would have been made in Germany.
0:10:54 > 0:11:01Now if we examine it, we don't find any back stamp, we don't find any marking on it.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07It would have been cheaply and mass-produced, sent over to Britain
0:11:07 > 0:11:12and possibly sold for fundraising for the Suffrage Movement.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Now, Tim, if I'm looking to date this little item,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21the Women's Suffrage Movement started officially...1897,
0:11:21 > 0:11:27and women got the vote in 1918,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29so this little item
0:11:29 > 0:11:32would have been made between 1897
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and well before the start of the First World War,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38so we can put it in the date
0:11:38 > 0:11:41around about the turn of the century,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43and I think that this will go
0:11:43 > 0:11:49to a collector of suffrage memorabilia.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55- Right.- I would estimate it between £150 and £200.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Let's hope we get plenty of votes for this little dog!
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Votes for that little dog, I hope so, Anita!
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Elizabeth and her friend have brought something along to set Adam's toes a-tapping.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15It's really good to see musical instruments on the programme.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18This looks like a very nice example of a concertina.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Some people call them an accordion, that's wrong.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Some people call them a squeeze box. Now, whose is this?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It was an old lady who I looked after,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29and became a very good friend.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33And after she died I had to get rid of it, out of her house.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- You cleared the whole house?- Yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36How long have you had it?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- About 30 years. - OK. Where does it live?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- In the garage.- The garage. Right.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- You've never used it? Never played it?- No, never.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- How about you, Julie? What's your involvement? - I'm just the neighbour.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Friend?- Oh, yes.- Yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It's through Julie that I'm here today.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Well done, Julie, because the value of these things can very immensely.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Concertinas are quite in-demand, on the whole.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Before we go into that, I'll just show you the box. Leather case.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And inside, you've got the makers, Wheatstone of London,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11and this is Wilkinson and Co, of Sunderland, retailers.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15So actually, this has probably been in Sunderland all its life.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Retailed in Sunderland, and stayed here, but a London-made thing.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I'll put that to one side.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Because it's blocking my light.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The concertina is an air-based instrument, but it also works on reeds.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30If you unscrew all these tiny little screws around the side,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34this will lift off and you will see an arrangement of little reeds.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40And on here, you see a serial number - 26546.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I've been on to the Wheatstone archives.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I know a chap who's very clever with concertinas.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51We have worked out that it was made on the 19th November, 1914.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I can be that specific. Which is fascinating.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58To get it that close to an actual day on which it was completed,
0:13:58 > 0:14:0419th November, 1914, a lot was happening in the world then, wasn't it?
0:14:04 > 0:14:09- Goodness, yes.- Would you believe how much that cost in 1914?
0:14:09 > 0:14:1226 Guineas. That's a lot of money.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Don't you think?- In 1914, yes.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Have you ever had it valued before?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- It's never been out of the case all the time I've had it. - Never showed it to anyone?- No.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- So, it's all down to Julie that you brought it along today.- Yes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26What about a value? What do you reckon?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- I've got no idea.- Really?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29None whatsoever.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Give me a figure.- I couldn't.- Julie?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- £50.- Good start.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39- I wouldn't even have guessed 50 because I have no idea.- OK.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40How does 500 sound?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Wow!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45How about 1000?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47That's more realistic.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Is it?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51If I'm going to be conservative, which is always my way,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I think if we put a reserve of £800, that's sensible.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58And an estimate of 800 - 1200.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04That is going to get everybody chasing this, thinking they're going to buy it for £1,000.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08What we say is, it's going to be a bloodbath. They're all going to be chasing it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And hopefully, we're all going to be jumping for joy when it makes the
0:15:11 > 0:15:14best part of £2,000, I would have thought, in the auction.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- I wish I could play it.- So do I!
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Unfortunately, I'm not going to get any meaningful noise...out of it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26But at least I've managed to annoy the people filming on the other table!
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Thanks for coming today.- Thank you.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39# The ships were wood way back in the past
0:15:39 > 0:15:42# When sails made clipper ships go fast
0:15:42 > 0:15:45# And oak was wood to make them last
0:15:45 > 0:15:47# They'd keels of Sunderland oak, me boys,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50# Keels of Sunderland oak. #
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Sunderland has a long and rich history of shipbuilding dating as far back as 1346.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03But what's not so well known is its equally important boat building heritage.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06There have been little boatyards scattered all up and down the banks
0:16:06 > 0:16:09of the River Wear for the last 600 years,
0:16:09 > 0:16:15building everything from wooden fishing vessels to motor launches and lifeboats for the Royal Navy.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19And like its larger shipbuilding cousin, the wooden boatbuilding
0:16:19 > 0:16:24industry has played a key role in Sunderland's nautical history.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Side by side, these two industries prospered for centuries.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34But by the 1950s, modern materials such as plastics and fibreglass,
0:16:34 > 0:16:40saw the traditional craft of wooden boatbuilding all but die out along the River Wear.
0:16:40 > 0:16:47A similar fate was soon to befall the shipbuilding industry, when the last yards closed in 1988.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54The Maritime Heritage Centre was started by a group of volunteers
0:16:54 > 0:16:56determined to preserve the city's nautical history.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01The yards may have gone, but the skills of wooden boatbuilders haven't.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Well, not while 72-year-old Derek Rowal, one of the last surviving
0:17:05 > 0:17:08boatbuilders on Wearside, is still practising his craft.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What drew you to boatbuilding in the first place?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Well, it was an accident really.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23When I left school I wanted to be a cabinet maker.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27I thought cabinet making was the bee's knees.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And of course I got into a cabinet yard just down the road here.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35And I realised that all the furniture was made by machinery downstairs,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37and upstairs they just assembled it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43So I left there and went to the local youth employment centre.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46She says, "I think you might like this, it's boatbuilding."
0:17:46 > 0:17:51So when I went round the boatyard and seen the trees and smelt the timber,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53and the men were working with tools on the benches...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55The linseed oil, the paint, the putty...
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I fell in love with it straightaway. It was absolutely fantastic.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- I was right in me element. - I bet you were.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So you've always been a boatbuilder?
0:18:02 > 0:18:09Well, I served me time from '52 to '58. And of course in them days you had to do National Service.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13And when I came out of National Service, you were supposed to
0:18:13 > 0:18:16have been taken on for six months, but the boatyard was closing down.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19But lucky enough, one of the yards had a cobble smashed up.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Which is an old fishing boat, an old working boat?- Exactly.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- You've got one down there, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Well, I've actually built one of those, a clinker-built vessel just like that,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32with my dad, when I was about 19 down in Cornwall.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Brilliant.- Yeah, so I know all about the hard work.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38It's obviously a scale model, but of who?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- This is the Venerable, she was a flagship at the Battle of Camperdown. - So we're talking late 18th Century?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Yeah, when we were fighting the Dutch.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53There was a local lad from Sunderland who was able seaman on the boat.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55During the battle, the colours were shot down.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- In those days, if your colours come down, you'd give in.- Yeah.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03So he had climbed up and nailed the colours to the mast.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Came down, the colours were knocked down again.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09When he climbed up a second time, he was shot in the cheek
0:19:09 > 0:19:13and he still went up and nailed the colours to the mast.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15They won the battle, and after they came home,
0:19:15 > 0:19:21the king invited him down to London and gave him a pension of £36 a year.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Gosh.- So when he came out of the Navy, he was a pretty wealthy man.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28He was a brave man as well. He deserved it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31So this is the reason why we decided to build this.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38What's the next project for the Heritage Centre? What are you working on?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43When we get this finished, we're going to work on the Willdora. It was a Dunkirk veteran.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49- She's down the docks. If you wish, you can come down and I'll show you. - I'd love to. I'll follow you.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Willdora was one of hundreds of small boats which set sail to France
0:19:56 > 0:20:01as the German army drove all the allied forces back to the Normandy coast in the summer of 1940.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Despite being badly damaged by shellfire, during the evacuation,
0:20:06 > 0:20:11she was credited with saving 200 servicemen from the Dunkirk beaches.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15After the war she went back to fishing, and was later sold as a pleasure craft.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Years later, she was spotted, sunk, in Sunderland's South Dock.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33How did you come by her?
0:20:33 > 0:20:38One of our trustees bought it off one of the people on the Tyne
0:20:38 > 0:20:43who left her two or three years and found it too big to handle himself.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47And he was going to sell it, so we suggested we would buy it off him.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51The reason she's out the water now is because she's taking more water in
0:20:51 > 0:20:57and she had to be pumped out daily, we had to keep the pumps manned, so that she didn't go down.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01And that's why she's out here now. Ready for the work.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- She is in a bad way. You've got a lot of work to do.- Oh, yes.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08When we get all this top side off here
0:21:08 > 0:21:13she's got a lot of deck beams what's got to be replaced and also
0:21:13 > 0:21:19something that has been missed out, her two beam shelves, have got to come off, which is a big job.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23And that's just what we've seen up till now - we'll need to get down and examine it.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25What plans have you for her, once she's finished?
0:21:25 > 0:21:31We'll just take her to all the various venues where they have historic ships of this nature
0:21:31 > 0:21:36and sail her round, you know, for people to see.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Wonderful feeling, isn't it, to think this vessel saved so many lives?
0:21:40 > 0:21:45- Yes, yes.- You'd be glad to see this in 1940, wouldn't you?- I bet, I bet.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Keeping our past alive is what Derek and his colleagues are all about.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53And it's great to see such an important part of Sunderland's
0:21:53 > 0:21:59industrial past being so carefully preserved for future generations.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11It's half-time at our valuation day and while we head off to the sale room,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15here's a quick action replay of our choices.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Elizabeth really doesn't like her Majolica biscuit barrel
0:22:19 > 0:22:20in the shape of a monkey's head
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and doesn't think it's fit for purpose!
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Who would want to keep biscuits in that, I ask you!
0:22:26 > 0:22:29These delicate lockets were given to Vera as a teenager
0:22:29 > 0:22:30by her next-door neighbour
0:22:30 > 0:22:33and although she likes them she's never worn them.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38But I absolutely loved this delightful crayon study
0:22:38 > 0:22:40of Arthur Hughes' The Heavenly Stair
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and I'm sure it will do well at auction.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Is Tim's little suffrage souvenir dog really a woman's best friend?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Anita's not sure!
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I mean, is he saying, "votes for women?" or "votes for women!"?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57I think the latter!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Elizabeth inherited her concertina from a friend 30 years ago,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06but it's laid forgotten in a garage ever since.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Although we've left the Stadium of Light, play now continues
0:23:10 > 0:23:12at the Boldon Auction Galleries,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15where our experts hope to score with their valuations,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18and the man overseeing the proceedings today
0:23:18 > 0:23:20is auctioneer Giles Hodges,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22but before he takes to the rostrum,
0:23:22 > 0:23:27he's got some news about my estimate on Fred's picture.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32This lot belongs to Fred and not for much longer.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36It's a little crayon study by Arthur Hughes of The Heavenly Stair
0:23:36 > 0:23:39and I've put £300 to £400 on it
0:23:39 > 0:23:41but I know on a really good day
0:23:41 > 0:23:44it should, fingers crossed, double that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45I think you're right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50I think if we're going to be a little bit picky with it,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- I think unfortunately the colour of the grain...- It's the brown paper.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Yeah, it doesn't quite help.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59The only misgiving that I would have would be the paper.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I think the quality of the drawing is phenomenal;
0:24:02 > 0:24:06pre-sale interest, not only...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09we've actually had international interest from America,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11from Canada as well,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13so I think again good conservative estimate
0:24:13 > 0:24:16we should have no problem whatsoever.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18So there's been lots and lots of interest?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Come on, put your neck on the block!
0:24:22 > 0:24:27I'm gonna go for around the £600ish mark,
0:24:27 > 0:24:32maybe a little bit more if we can gain some firm bids
0:24:32 > 0:24:35but pre-sale, yeah, around the £500,£600 mark.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38All good stuff, isn't it? I can't wait to see it go under the hammer.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40It's just made my day looking at this.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45But before we see if the international bidders are here,
0:24:45 > 0:24:46we have something more modest.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Betty's monkey head biscuit barrel, at £30 to £50.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- And you say this has got to go? - Got to go!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's definitely got to go because it's so ugly.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58That's why it's so pretty and beautiful
0:24:58 > 0:25:02and I know why Adam gravitated towards it because it's unusual.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- I like ugly things. - I like ugly things as well.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06I like Martin Brothers' ware.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Well, it's a similar grotesque thing, isn't it,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I mean grotesque in a good way.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It is damaged, ugly, but I think it's gonna do all right.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- It's a good talking point, isn't it? You see, it is so unusual!- Yes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21I was saying to Adam it's against the run of the mill when you look at Doulton
0:25:21 > 0:25:25and you look at Clarice Cliff and things like that and it stands out,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and it wants to be talked about,
0:25:27 > 0:25:31and the fact it was full of golf tees is even more amusing, isn't it, really!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Lot five, the Salopianware biscuit barrel.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I've got two commission bids.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37£20 starts me.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40At £20 and I'll take the 2.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43At £20. 2 anybody?
0:25:43 > 0:25:4622, 25, 28...
0:25:46 > 0:25:47We're off, Elizabeth!
0:25:47 > 0:25:48£30 still with me.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52£30 and we're away at 30.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- That's OK.- That's not bad.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Bottom estimate.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Yeah, so that is a few golf balls.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I'll either get three good ones or...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03a couple of dozen cheap ones at the supermarket!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Or get a snorkel and dive for your own at the bottom of the lake!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I've been looking forward to this, I'm a dog lover,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18and all dog lovers should buy this one.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21It's a Suffragette Movement dog ornament.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Will we get that sort of £150 for it? That's what I'm hoping.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Yeah, I'm hoping that it will go there,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31but it's not an item of quality...
0:26:31 > 0:26:34it's value is in its collectability,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and hopefully some rarity values will...
0:26:37 > 0:26:40It does put a great smile on your face!
0:26:40 > 0:26:41It's a nice little hound.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Oh, it's gorgeous, and I'm sure this little dog will find a new home.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47We're gonna find out now, here we go.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49We've got the Suffragette Movement
0:26:49 > 0:26:51continental porcelain dog...
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Sums up lots of social history. - It does!
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I'm bid £100 to start it.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00100, 110, 120.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03At 120, on the commission at 120.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- 130...- It's sold.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Upstairs the bid.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09At 130. Anybody to my left?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11140 anybody?
0:27:11 > 0:27:16At £130 it's the last chance at 130.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18- Brilliant!- Dead on the reserve.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- We were just there.- Spot on!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Just there!- That was good, Well done, Peter.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24What an expert, marvellous!
0:27:30 > 0:27:33How are you feeling, Elizabeth?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35A little nervous.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37You shouldn't be, don't need to be.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43- I was so excited when I saw that? - Were you? I know you were. - I had to fight him for it.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45And Giles was really excited.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- What's your prediction?- 1800.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I'll go a bit higher, then.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Two grand?- I'll go two grand.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Just see what happens.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56How exciting is that, Elizabeth?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- Very.- And you had no idea. - None whatsoever.- Here we go.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04So, we are on to Lot 245
0:28:04 > 0:28:08which is the Wheatstone and Company concertina.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13A huge amount of interest.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I have telephone bids. Are we all on?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18There's a few telephone lines.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19I love these lots.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24And we start it at...
0:28:24 > 0:28:261500, and away.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Get in!
0:28:29 > 0:28:321600, 1700...
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- Less nervous now?- Yes.- ..1800, 1900.
0:28:36 > 0:28:392000, 21.
0:28:39 > 0:28:4322. Tom's phone at 22.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Incredible.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51- Anybody else? At 22.- It's gone quiet.- Everyone's very still.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- At 2200. The internet is out as well...- £2,200.- At £2,200.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02We're all done at 2,200.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Thank you very much.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05- That is a brilliant result. - Excellent.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Absolutely brilliant. Elizabeth, thank you for bringing that in.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11It has given us so much pleasure.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14And a lot of excitement, which we have all appreciated watching.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Next up, it's Vera's locket. Since the valuation day, she's decided to up the reserve.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22£80. Anybody on the net?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Vera, we've got your lockets that your next door neighbour gave to you.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Fingers crossed we get the top end of Anita's estimate.- Very sweet.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32They are gorgeous, aren't they? We'll find out now.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37We have a lovely little lot, the small heart-shaped lockets.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39I have a phone on my left.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I've got two commissioned bids.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- That's good. - And I'm starting it at 180.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Excellent!
0:29:47 > 0:29:49That was just plucked out of the air, wasn't it?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52260, 280, 300...
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- SHE GASPS - 320.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- On the phone at 320.- That's a shock. - What?!- 340 anybody?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02At £320, are we all done?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05At 320...!
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Come on! £320!
0:30:09 > 0:30:11We were expecting 150, weren't we?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13The jewellery buyers were here, Paul.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Jewellery is strong at the moment.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Jewellery is really, really strong.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20There's commission to pay, but what will you do with it?
0:30:20 > 0:30:25Some of it's going to my grandchildren, and then I'll treat myself and my partner.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Oh, you've got to treat yourself, haven't you?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- Good luck.- Thanks.- What a shock!
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Now it's my favourite item of the whole day.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I think it's the best thing in the auction.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48It's the crayon study by Arthur Hughes and it belongs to Fred
0:30:48 > 0:30:50and possibly for not much longer.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53I think you've got five more minutes to own it.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55We're only a few lots away.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Will you be sorry to see it go?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Yeah, it's a little bit of an emotional thing,
0:31:01 > 0:31:05it was owned by my uncle and he was my father since my dad died when I was three,
0:31:05 > 0:31:11but he was set to sell it and when Flog It! came to town,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15I thought this was the time for him to have one of his wishes, so...
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I think the time is right, definitely, for finding a buyer
0:31:18 > 0:31:19as it's caused a bit of a stir,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23so let's watch, shall we, and just enjoy this. Here we go.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27We have the chalk pastel monogrammed Arthur Hughes.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Lovely study of The Heavenly Stair, circa 1880,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34it bears label to reverse.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35I've got two bids
0:31:35 > 0:31:39and I'm starting it at £400.
0:31:39 > 0:31:4120 anybody?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45£400, 20 now, at 420,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48450, 480, 500.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52At £500, 20 anybody now?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55At £500. The internet is out.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57At £500.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Sold it, £500. That's a good result. - That's good.- That's a good result.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- Happy?- Oh, yes, yes.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Lovely thing, lovely thing. That'll give someone so much pleasure.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10It's one of the things that if I'd come out to buy,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I would have bought. Thank you so much for bringing it in.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Thank you.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22And coming up later, can this Art Deco wall mount
0:32:22 > 0:32:26bring a happy ending to a young love story?
0:32:26 > 0:32:32She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend, who she went out with when she was 13.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- And they have found each other again after 17 years!- Yes.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Oh, that's wonderful!
0:32:45 > 0:32:51History can come alive in many ways here at the Beamish Open Air Museum west of Sunderland.
0:32:51 > 0:32:57It lives through period buildings and costumed staff with a passion for their heritage.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00These living communities transport you back into the lives
0:33:00 > 0:33:06of ordinary working people in North East England in the 19th and early 20th century.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11No depiction of the North East's history would be complete without a colliery
0:33:11 > 0:33:16and walking through the streets of this 1913 mining village is really just like stepping back in time.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Coal was king. It fired the furnaces which made the iron which in turn
0:33:25 > 0:33:29built the ships that exported the coal, so the whole region prospered.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38The Great Northern Coalfield was at its peak of production in 1913
0:33:38 > 0:33:41with some 250,000 men and boys producing
0:33:41 > 0:33:45more than 56 million tons of coal each year.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52A miner worked an eight-hour shift with only one day off a fortnight.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54It was a hard, dangerous life.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Roof-falls, fires and explosions were constant threats.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Though the wages were comparatively high, without a main breadwinner, life could be tough
0:34:03 > 0:34:07'and women had to find ingenious ways of making ends meet.'
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- Hello.- Hello.- Can I join you? - Yes, of course.- What's your name?
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- Jessica.- And what are you making? - A "clippie" or a "proggymat",
0:34:20 > 0:34:27as they're called in this part of the world, and it's a way to use all the old worn-out material.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- And that's the end product? - It certainly is.- That's lovely.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- How long would that take? - It'd take a few months.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Do you make these to supplement your income?- I do indeed, yes.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41I'm a widow, unfortunately, husband was killed down the pit in a mining disaster.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Luckily, I've got a son of 12 who's above ground at the pit - can't go underground till he's 14 -
0:34:46 > 0:34:51but I'm obviously making mats to help, you know, supplement the income
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- and taking in washing, delivering babies...- Gosh!
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Laying people out, anything to bring some money in.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- You work hard?- Definitely. - I'll leave you to do it.- Thank you.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Although dangerous, the mining industry was vital in transforming
0:35:07 > 0:35:10the economy and the landscape of the area.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20But nowhere is this region's growth and prosperity reflected more than at the Beamish market town.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25Towns in the North East grew rapidly from the 1870s, with some seeing
0:35:25 > 0:35:28considerable improvements in sanitation and housing.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32At number three, there's even a dentist's surgery.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Dentistry was a relatively new profession in 1913
0:35:39 > 0:35:43and often practised in a dentist's own home.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47And around this time, motor cars were becoming more common,
0:35:47 > 0:35:52as they were now being manufactured on production lines in England for the first time.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57Beamish Motor & Cycle Works is typical of a town garage.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- Hello.- Hello, good morning.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Pleased to meet you. How long have you been here?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Well, quite a few years. My father had it before myself,
0:36:06 > 0:36:11it was originally a stables and then, as the first motor car went trundling past our doors here,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15we thought we'd make a bit of money, so we started selling petrol in cans
0:36:15 > 0:36:20and tyres and oil and it's from there gradually that
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- the motor business took over from the horses.- Moving with the times.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Yes, gradually, and as cars became slightly cheaper, then obviously the business grew and grew and grew.
0:36:30 > 0:36:36It's 1913, what do your customers complain about most about the motor car? What keeps breaking down?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38LAUGHTER
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- What's your chief complaint? - That will be the tyres, I suppose.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46The tyres, the pneumatic tyres keep coming off their rims, they keep bursting.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50We vulcanise the tyres here and keep them going, but they are very, very expensive.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55- A reasonably cheap tyre will be in the region of £5.- Gosh, that's still a lot of money.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58A lot of money then. Four of them, £20.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Every 3 or 4,000 miles, another tyre.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- OK, and how about a service? - Well, servicing is cheap.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08For three guineas, you can get 12 services in a year,
0:37:08 > 0:37:13we'll drain the oil, we'll clean the oil, we'll put the oil through our filters,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16we'll then put it back in, obviously, then we grease things,
0:37:16 > 0:37:20make sure everything's OK and look for any faults that need repairing.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Usually, we find one or two.- Great. I'll bring my car here. Thank you.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Thank you very much indeed. - I love your garage!
0:37:28 > 0:37:33It's been a fascinating day. Before I leave, I want to catch up with Richard Evans from the museum.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36And what better place to do that than in the pub?
0:37:40 > 0:37:45Richard, I've thoroughly enjoyed my day here and it's quite fitting that we've ended up in the pub,
0:37:45 > 0:37:49but it's a great way of understanding history,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52you know, how our grandparents would have lived back then.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55That's right. It's that really fascinating moment where
0:37:55 > 0:37:59the past meets the present and it's that connection to the past
0:37:59 > 0:38:03and really the stories of the people from the past that we focus on.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05It's called "The Living Museum of the North",
0:38:05 > 0:38:09because we try and bring it alive, so people can connect to it.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14So all the buildings are original, they've been taken apart bit by bit and put back together again?
0:38:14 > 0:38:18That's right. Often, they were at risk of demolition
0:38:18 > 0:38:21or had past their working life, if you like,
0:38:21 > 0:38:26and this particular pub comes from Bishop Auckland, Newcastle Breweries, and it was taken down
0:38:26 > 0:38:31and, with their support, actually brought here and, as you say, reconstructed on the site.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37- So where did this idea spring from? Because it's the first, isn't it, "living" museum, so to speak?- Yes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41It started really in the Fifties, when, with the closure of a lot of
0:38:41 > 0:38:44the heavy industries in the region, a lot of objects were being lost,
0:38:44 > 0:38:48really important objects, particularly for the North East,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52and really to save those objects, the original founder of the museum,
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Frank Atkinson, started shoving them in sheds before the museum existed.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Hoarding them up for that day? - Hoarding them up. He had plans...
0:39:00 > 0:39:05- He had vision!- He had vision, and together with all of the local authorities in the North East,
0:39:05 > 0:39:09this piece of land was bought and then the stories of the people of the region,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13for their people as they saw it, the museum was founded back in 1970.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Fantastic development, and I love the way the staff wear uniforms.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20I know you don't wear this daily attire.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Not every day!- Why did you want that?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26It is about the detail and detail of the costume.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30We have our own costume department. It's very important to us
0:39:30 > 0:39:33that people connect with the objects and with the history of the region
0:39:33 > 0:39:38not through the object, but through the people that can bring it to life,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- so it's a working, living, dynamic museum.- Yes.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46It's the human to human contact that we find people connect to, then the objects and stories behind them.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51Especially as you've got traditional skills passed on - all your staff have learnt these skills.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54That's right. We have an apprentice, for instance,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58learning about our historic trams and how to keep them going in the future.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Long may it continue! Thank you.- Thanks very much.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I'm gonna order a pint now.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- Could I have a pint of your very best, please?- Yes, sir.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11What I really admire about museums like Beamish is the way it brings history alive
0:40:11 > 0:40:15in such a personal way and not only is there a great sense of connection
0:40:15 > 0:40:20to our past, but also an insight into daily life all those years ago.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Cheers.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Back at the valuation day in Sunderland, Anita's
0:40:33 > 0:40:37found a beautiful face and a spot of romance.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Sandra, welcome to Flog It!
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- and thank you for bringing along this wonderful item.- Thank you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48I love the 1930s and I love the Art Deco period
0:40:48 > 0:40:53and I think that this type of thing is just down my street.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59These wall masks were made by Beswick, which is a wonderful factory.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04They made animals, entertaining and humorous figures and so on
0:41:04 > 0:41:10- and for the more romantics of us, this type of thing.- I see.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Tell me, where did you get it?
0:41:12 > 0:41:17It was my grandmother's and, er, then it passed on to my mother
0:41:17 > 0:41:21and then it came to me and I've passed it on to my daughter.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- So it's come through the family? - It has.- That's so nice.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27- So it now belongs to? - To my daughter.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Why does she want to sell it?
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Well, she's moving away and she's gonna set up home.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Is it romance that's, er...? - It is.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend who she went out with when she was 13,
0:41:43 > 0:41:48and 17 years ago that was, and they've now got back together.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Aw, isn't that lovely?!
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- After 17 years!- 17 years! - How did they become separated in the first place?
0:41:55 > 0:42:03We moved away. Of course, she was only 13, so she had to come with us, and we moved down to Somerset
0:42:03 > 0:42:07and he lived in Congleton, so it was too far. They were both young, so...
0:42:07 > 0:42:13- And they have found each other again, after 17 years!- Yes.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14- That's wonderful!- Yes.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- So they've got to get as much dosh as they can together...- They have.
0:42:18 > 0:42:24- ..to set up house.- That's right. - And we're hoping that this Beswick wall mask will make some money.
0:42:24 > 0:42:31- Hopefully.- I find these things very popular, people like them and they are a wee bit romantic.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- Yes.- So it's fitting that we should sell it. If we look round
0:42:35 > 0:42:42at the back here, we can see the back stamp for Beswick.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Estimate, it's not going to get a huge amount of money,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51and five or six years ago, it may have made a little more.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55I would put an estimate of perhaps £60 to £80 on it.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- That's very good.- We'll put a reserve on it of perhaps £50.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Are you happy with that? - I am, thank you.- Let's try
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- and make some money for the young lovers.- That's wonderful, thank you.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Mr Leslie, I've always been interested in quirky objects.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Don't look at me when you say that! - LAUGHTER
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- I was talking about what you brought in!- Oh, sorry!
0:43:25 > 0:43:28A lot of people will be thinking, "What on earth is that?"
0:43:28 > 0:43:33when they're watching and, obviously, we know what it is. Shall we tell them?
0:43:33 > 0:43:38- Yes.- OK.- Go on!- I would catalogue them as early 19th-century
0:43:38 > 0:43:43mahogany and brass peat bellows, mechanical bellows.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- Yes.- There they are. You turn the handle here, I'll do it carefully,
0:43:46 > 0:43:50and can you feel a draught coming out of the end?
0:43:50 > 0:43:51- Very slightly.- Very slightly.
0:43:51 > 0:43:57- And, of course, you give it a good wind-up and that's how to get it going.- Yes.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- They date to around 1820, I would have thought.- I would think so.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04- Where did you get them from?- I bought them once when I was on holiday.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07- I can't remember exactly where. - In this country, presumably?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- In this country, somewhere down south.- A while ago?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Oh, quite a lot of years ago, yes.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15- A long time ago?- A long time ago.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17I'm sure you don't remember what they cost you?
0:44:17 > 0:44:20I can't remember, but probably £20 or £30.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24- I mean, the values of these have fluctuated over the years.- Yes.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27At the moment, I had some in my sale last week,
0:44:27 > 0:44:30made about £100.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34I would put the old £80 to £120 estimate on them and an £80 reserve.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- Does that sound OK with you? - That does, yes.- Excellent.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- Let's get them out and we'll find a new home for them.- Yes, good idea.
0:44:45 > 0:44:51And over at another valuation table, Anita has found something to remind her of home.
0:44:51 > 0:44:57Anthony, Iris, these are wonderful vases, they're in perfect condition.
0:44:57 > 0:45:02- Do you know what they are?- Yes. They're Wemyss Ware.
0:45:02 > 0:45:08You're absolutely right! I am so pleased to see
0:45:08 > 0:45:14this wonderful pair of Scottish vases down in Sunderland today.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Tell me, where did you get them?
0:45:17 > 0:45:21They were a wedding gift from a friend.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23All right. Did you like them, Iris?
0:45:23 > 0:45:27Yes. At the moment, they're not our style.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29They're not your style?
0:45:29 > 0:45:34If we lift it up, we have the impressed mark for Wemyss here
0:45:34 > 0:45:40and this mark, "T Goode & Co", is the retailer.
0:45:40 > 0:45:47Now, Wemyss Ware came from the factory of Robert Heron
0:45:47 > 0:45:51and his factory was in Kirkcaldy in Perthshire.
0:45:51 > 0:45:57Now did you know that they were Wemyss, that they were perhaps worth a couple of bob?
0:45:57 > 0:46:02- Well, not at the time we didn't, no. - Did you like them, Anthony?
0:46:02 > 0:46:07Yes, but I liked them more as I began to learn more about them.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11Because it sounds to me like the pair of you must have been
0:46:11 > 0:46:15very underwhelmed when you unwrapped them, am I right?
0:46:15 > 0:46:19- Yes.- Yes, yes, it's not what we expected.
0:46:19 > 0:46:26Wemyss Ware is easily damaged, because it was fired at very low temperatures.
0:46:26 > 0:46:32Now fired at these low temperatures enabled the painters of Wemyss
0:46:32 > 0:46:37to do this wonderful, free-flowing naturalistic
0:46:37 > 0:46:41painting on their items and these are interesting.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45They're not a pair, they are two separate vases.
0:46:45 > 0:46:52We have one with plums on them and the other one, Iris, we have irises,
0:46:52 > 0:46:58- which I'm sure was in your friend's mind when they bought them for you. - That may have been the link there.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02So, you've had them for how many years?
0:47:02 > 0:47:0447 years.
0:47:04 > 0:47:0647 years!
0:47:06 > 0:47:12Well, the estimate I would put on these wonderful vases
0:47:12 > 0:47:16would be in the region of £400 to £600.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21- Would you be happy with that estimate?- Yes, very pleased, yes. - I'd be very pleased with that.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I think we'll put a firm reserve of £400 on them.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27- That's fine.- Fine, yeah.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30And let's hope that they go much further!
0:47:30 > 0:47:33- Thank you very much, thank you. - We hope so!
0:47:39 > 0:47:41- Hi, Joanne.- Hello.- How are you doing?
0:47:41 > 0:47:44- Fine, thanks. - Thanks for coming to Flog It!
0:47:44 > 0:47:48I see you've brought quite an interesting maritime watercolour.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51What can you tell me about it? Where did you get it from?
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I inherited it. It came from my mother-in-law.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Her husband bought it years and years ago.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00It used to be on the wall in the bedroom,
0:48:00 > 0:48:04but unfortunately when he passed away, she put it into storage.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08This is by a well-known maritime artist, William Birchall.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Dated 1915. His dates...
0:48:11 > 0:48:15I'm just sneaking downwards cos I've written them on my leg.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18I'm not that much of an expert.
0:48:18 > 0:48:251884 to 1941. So this is painted when he was about 30, 31 years old.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28It's his typical subject. He was quite prolific.
0:48:28 > 0:48:33He was a maritime painter. He did numerous shipping scenes.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38I'm going to whip it off the stand now so we can see the back because I believe there's a title on the back.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43"Night..." What does that say?
0:48:43 > 0:48:45- Night Cruise? - "Night Cruise, Bellona."
0:48:45 > 0:48:48Presumably Bellona's one of the names of the ships.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52"And Torpedo Boats 35 and 36."
0:48:52 > 0:48:54So this is a World War I thing, isn't it?
0:48:54 > 0:48:561915.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Why have you decided to flog it?
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Because it's just been stuck on the top of a unit since I got it.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04- So you don't have it on display?- No.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07- Anyone else like it in the family? - No.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Any idea what it's worth, yourself?
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Not really, no.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16As I say, he's got a good track record.
0:49:16 > 0:49:22When we're valuing art, it's all about the artist, when they operated and what they make at auction,
0:49:22 > 0:49:27and these are things we can look up in various books, even online now.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31He's quite an easy artist to value because he painted a lot and they've appeared a lot,
0:49:31 > 0:49:38so we've got loads of records of his, and they vary from 60 to even 400 or 500 for the very big fancy ones.
0:49:38 > 0:49:44I'd put this one at our usual favourite, 80 to 120, which I think is fairly accurate for it.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47- How does that sound? - That sounds great.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52If we tuck in a reserve at 75 just to protect it, because I think it must be worth around that.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Yes, that sounds great.
0:49:55 > 0:50:01Well, that's it, the final whistle's blown on our valuations and here's what we're taking to auction.
0:50:01 > 0:50:06It's young love that's making Sandra sell her daughter's Art Deco Beswick wall mount.
0:50:06 > 0:50:11She's moving away and she's gonna set up home.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Is it romance that's...?
0:50:13 > 0:50:18It is. She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend.
0:50:18 > 0:50:25Mr Leslie's early 19th-century brass and mahogany peat bellows caught Adam's eye for the unusual.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28I've always been interested in quirky objects.
0:50:28 > 0:50:32- Don't look at me when you say that! - LAUGHTER
0:50:32 > 0:50:36And after 47 years, it's time to go for the Wemyss vases,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39given to Anthony and Iris on their wedding day.
0:50:39 > 0:50:45Joanne's maritime watercolour has been gathering dust since she inherited it from her mother-in-law.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Now she's hoping it will make waves at auction.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54Well, the experts have had their say, but will the bidders agree?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56It's time to find out.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Going under the hammer right now we've got a maritime watercolour by William Birchall
0:51:00 > 0:51:04with a valuation of £80-120 put on by Adam, our expert.
0:51:04 > 0:51:11It belongs to Joanne here, who since has done a bit of research and has changed the estimate, haven't you?
0:51:11 > 0:51:16- Oh, dear...- Tell me all about this, because I don't know, nor does Adam.
0:51:16 > 0:51:23I did a bit of internet research and I also did some digging around in some old paperwork in the house.
0:51:23 > 0:51:28I found it had originally been valued at £300-500 in probate.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31Well we've got to move a mountain here now. It's all down to Giles.
0:51:31 > 0:51:35The problem with internet research sometimes, when you see the prices
0:51:35 > 0:51:38and you don't know about condition, size, subject, etc.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41- There are a number of factors. - Definitely.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Here we go. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck both of you.
0:51:44 > 0:51:51The signed William Birchall, dated 1915, titled 'Our Defenders'.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53I'm bid 100 to start it.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56At £100... 120,
0:51:56 > 0:52:00140, 160... 180...
0:52:00 > 0:52:02At 180... 200.
0:52:02 > 0:52:07Seated in the middle of the room. I'll take 10 from anybody else now.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10At £200, it's seated in the middle.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14At £200 for the last time... 200!
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Yes! £200, brilliant.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- I think you're both right, do you know that?- Handshake?
0:52:21 > 0:52:22Both right.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Next up, two Scottish vases belonging to Iris and Anthony here.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38- Now, they were a wedding present, weren't they?- Yes.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42- Is that a bad omen, Anita, to sell a wedding present?- I don't think so.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46- No, cos we're still married! - LAUGHTER
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Why are you selling them?
0:52:48 > 0:52:53Well, they've been locked in a safe and they don't see the light of day, so we thought...
0:52:53 > 0:52:56You didn't like them really, did you?
0:52:56 > 0:53:01We did like them, but we thought they were too valuable to display them.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Well, they are valuable. We've got £400 to £600 on these.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- You're very nervous, aren't you? - I am!
0:53:06 > 0:53:11First auction...and it's packed! Let's just hope there's two or three people that push the price up.
0:53:11 > 0:53:18- Fingers crossed!- That's what it's about - people getting carried away, excited and bidding like mad!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- We hope so.- That's what it's about! That's what it's about!
0:53:21 > 0:53:23We're gonna find out right now. Here we go.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Lot number 80 - we have the two Wemyss Ware
0:53:27 > 0:53:32tapering vases, one with the plums, one with the irises.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Again, numerous bids.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38I'm gonna start straight in, off the commission, at £420.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41- Yes!- 420. At 420.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4540 now. At £420. 40 anybody?
0:53:45 > 0:53:51- Come on, more though!- At £420, the maiden bid will get it.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56At £420, all done at 420...
0:53:57 > 0:54:02- That was short and sweet, wasn't it? - Yeah.- Well, we got the reserve.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03We're over the reserve, so.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06I'm really happy, really, really happy.
0:54:06 > 0:54:12There is commission to pay here, but what are you going to put the money towards?
0:54:12 > 0:54:18- We haven't any specific reason. - You should have a nice romantic treat for yourselves.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22- Because it was a wedding present, let's face it.- Yes, it was.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26- Treat yourselves.- Yes, we will do. We'll enjoy it, Paul!
0:54:35 > 0:54:38- This was a classic antique-dealer's lot.- Proper thing.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43- In an antique shop, you always saw one of those in the window. - Yeah, mechanical bellows.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47- It's just a lovely tactile thing. - Fingers crossed!- Fingers crossed!
0:54:47 > 0:54:53You know how it works, don't you, we need people getting carried away and bidding madly. Here we go.
0:54:53 > 0:54:57The pair of Georgian 19th-century peat bellows
0:54:57 > 0:55:00and I'm straight in, I've got two commission bids
0:55:00 > 0:55:04and I'm on commission at £70. Five anybody?
0:55:04 > 0:55:09At £70. Is there a fiver? At £70 and all done.
0:55:09 > 0:55:14- 75 anybody? At £70... - It should be worth more.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- At £70 and we're away at 70. - GAVEL BANGS
0:55:18 > 0:55:21He sold it just under the bottom end of the estimate
0:55:21 > 0:55:25- and under the reserve.- No problem. - Oh, well, it's gone.- Yes.
0:55:25 > 0:55:31- It blew us away a bit.- Sadly, that seems to be a sign of the times with traditional artefacts like that.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34I think anything made of brass, it has to be cleaned.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37You've hit the nail on the head there, actually.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40People don't like cleaning and polishing things any more.
0:55:40 > 0:55:45That was gorgeous. Thank you. We had so much pleasure looking at that and hearing all about it.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- It was brilliant. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57Next up, the Art Deco Beswick wall mount.
0:55:57 > 0:56:02Now our valuation days do get very, very busy and, sometimes, you have to wait 4-5 hours,
0:56:02 > 0:56:04- and that's exactly what Sarah had to do, didn't you?- Yes.
0:56:04 > 0:56:10You were with Mum and just as we were going to film you, you were next in line, you had to nip off!
0:56:10 > 0:56:14- Yeah.- So you missed the filming of the valuation day, that's where we saw Mum,
0:56:14 > 0:56:18but it is yours, this wall mount, so thank goodness Mum was there!
0:56:18 > 0:56:21You love this wall mount, it's your thing?
0:56:21 > 0:56:27It's a wonderful image, it's in Beswick, it's Art Deco, I love that period.
0:56:27 > 0:56:32- Will we get £80, will we get £100? - I'm hoping for the top estimate, anyway.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35- Why are you selling this, Sarah? - Because I'm moving down south.
0:56:35 > 0:56:40- Oh, are you? Where are you going? - Cheshire.- Oh, are you?! Why, work?
0:56:40 > 0:56:44No, I've just got back together with my first ever boyfriend, so.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Aw, that's true romance, isn't it?
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- So you're upping sticks?- Yeah.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53- And you thought maybe he won't like that Beswick wall mount!- No!
0:56:53 > 0:56:58- Some things have got to go, but it's helping for the move obviously for the costs.- Yes.
0:56:58 > 0:57:03- OK. Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?- OK.- Fingers crossed we get that top end. Here we go.
0:57:03 > 0:57:09Lot number 20, we've got the 1930s Art Deco Beswick plaque of the lady.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12- I wouldn't take it with me either! - LAUGHTER
0:57:12 > 0:57:17- I've got four commission bids again. - Wow!- Start it at £90.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- Yes!- We're there!
0:57:19 > 0:57:2595. 100. 105, front row.
0:57:25 > 0:57:30110, 115, 120, 125...
0:57:30 > 0:57:37- They love it!- ..130, 135, 140, 145, 145 downstairs.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40150 back in, 155.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43Stood at the back at 155.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45All done to the left as well?
0:57:45 > 0:57:47- At £155 and we're away. - GAVEL BANGS
0:57:47 > 0:57:53- Yes! £155! You've gotta be pleased with that, haven't you?- Very, yeah!
0:57:53 > 0:57:55Gosh, brilliant!
0:57:55 > 0:58:01- And they loved it! - It's amazing, isn't it, what people do spend money on, it really is.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04I wouldn't have bought it, but there you go!
0:58:04 > 0:58:07- Good luck with the move. - Thank you.- Good luck with the move.
0:58:12 > 0:58:17It doesn't get much better. What a terrific day we've had here at the Boldon Auction Galleries.
0:58:17 > 0:58:22All credit to Giles on the rostrum there, he's done us proud, and so have our experts.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26Keep watching the show. We love making it. Until next time, cheerio.
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