Barrow-in-Furness

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0:00:03 > 0:00:07They say Barrow-in-Furness is the place where the lakes meet the sea.

0:00:07 > 0:00:11And it's that natural beauty which has inspired artists and writers.

0:00:11 > 0:00:15Today, Flog It! comes from that stunning Cumbrian town.

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Standing here on Barrow's doorstep, in the beautiful Lake District,

0:00:42 > 0:00:45it's not hard to see why this magnificent landscape

0:00:45 > 0:00:47has fired up the imagination of writers

0:00:47 > 0:00:50such as William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.

0:00:50 > 0:00:54Later on in the programme, I'll be coming back here to find out

0:00:54 > 0:01:00more about another children's author whose most famous books were inspired by this stunning scenery.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06But first, it's back to school.

0:01:06 > 0:01:10And this time we're at St Bernard's Catholic High School in Barrow.

0:01:10 > 0:01:13What a massive turnout we've got here today, and they're all here to flog it!

0:01:13 > 0:01:18Helping our two experts out are behind-the-scenes valuers Anthony and Alison.

0:01:18 > 0:01:22They're always with us, rifling through the boxes on the outside.

0:01:22 > 0:01:26But I think it's time we got everybody inside and got the show on the road.

0:01:29 > 0:01:34Today's form captains Anita Manning and David Barby

0:01:34 > 0:01:37are hoping to turn these... into lots of this.

0:01:37 > 0:01:41And to help her on her way, Anita's found some divine inspiration.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Kath, what a charming little figure group.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49Madonna and Child.

0:01:49 > 0:01:51But tell me, where did you get it?

0:01:51 > 0:01:54I bought it from a friend, about 20 years ago.

0:01:54 > 0:01:58She had a little junk antique shop and I bought it for £1, I think.

0:01:58 > 0:02:01- A pound?- A pound! One pound.

0:02:01 > 0:02:03Tell me what drew you to it.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Just the sweet face and the baby.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09I like babies. And the texture is lovely, isn't it?

0:02:09 > 0:02:11The pottery.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13Do you like pottery?

0:02:13 > 0:02:14Are you a collector?

0:02:14 > 0:02:17I am a potoholic, I think.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Weak-willed when there's pots. - You're weak-willed?

0:02:21 > 0:02:26Let's have a look, first of all, at the back stamp.

0:02:28 > 0:02:32If we look here, we see Lenci mark here.

0:02:32 > 0:02:38This factory was started in Turin in 1919

0:02:38 > 0:02:40by Elena Konig,

0:02:40 > 0:02:45who became known as Madame Lenci.

0:02:45 > 0:02:51In the mid-1920s, they started making ceramic figures.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53Yes...

0:02:53 > 0:02:56What you have are two ends of the spectrum.

0:02:56 > 0:03:02You have Lenci, wonderful Art Deco nudes.

0:03:02 > 0:03:09And you have sweet little, almost religious, pieces, little Madonnas and Child.

0:03:09 > 0:03:16- Now, the Art Deco pieces are probably the pieces which will make the most money.- Yes.

0:03:16 > 0:03:22But people like the factory and this is a lovely little piece.

0:03:22 > 0:03:26Let's put an estimate of 80-120 with that.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29- That's great.- Are you happy with that?- Yes, lovely.

0:03:29 > 0:03:3580-120, with a reserve of, say, £80 with a wee bit of discretion.

0:03:35 > 0:03:37Yeah. That's lovely, Anita. Thank you.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Let's go for it.- Thank you.

0:03:43 > 0:03:45I love this piece of pottery.

0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Good.- And Stephanie, I want to know two things from you.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51First of all, why on earth are you selling it?

0:03:51 > 0:03:53And where did it come from?

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, first of all, if you came to my house,

0:03:55 > 0:03:59you would see in my kitchen on the wall, a New Zealand-ometer.

0:03:59 > 0:04:00What's that?

0:04:00 > 0:04:05My New Zealand-ometer is charting bits of money that I put into it,

0:04:05 > 0:04:08because I am desperate to go to New Zealand in July this year.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10Why July this year?

0:04:10 > 0:04:13I've got a new little grandson being born in a fortnight

0:04:13 > 0:04:16and I haven't seen my little granddaughter out there

0:04:16 > 0:04:18for almost two and a half years.

0:04:18 > 0:04:20She was six weeks when I last saw her.

0:04:20 > 0:04:24- So she's never seen you?- Well, she calls me her virtual grandma.

0:04:24 > 0:04:26So this is going to be sold for that reason.

0:04:26 > 0:04:30I think that's very commendable. Where did it come from?

0:04:30 > 0:04:33It came from my parents, from my mother.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36My mother loved, in about the 1950s, 1960s,

0:04:36 > 0:04:38going round the old farm sales.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41This is nice and early.

0:04:41 > 0:04:44And when I look at it, it's in Creamware body.

0:04:44 > 0:04:45It's pottery.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48Produced in Staffordshire,

0:04:48 > 0:04:51- probably towards the end of the 18th century.- Right.

0:04:51 > 0:04:55- The 18th century? - 18th century.- Gosh.

0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Probably round about 1770-1780. - Goodness me.

0:04:58 > 0:05:04What I like about it are these sponged and run glazes.

0:05:04 > 0:05:09This is at the beginning of potting where they used coloured glazing.

0:05:09 > 0:05:11Now these were made as a novelty.

0:05:11 > 0:05:14Initially based on silver examples

0:05:14 > 0:05:16that dated much earlier in the 18th century.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18And silver examples were milk jugs.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21So you took the lid off,

0:05:21 > 0:05:25you put the milk in there, and as a novelty,

0:05:25 > 0:05:27you poured the milk out of the mouth at teatime.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30And just to make certain that the milk was there,

0:05:30 > 0:05:33you have a little calf down below nuzzling the udders.

0:05:35 > 0:05:40The whole thing falls into that sort of category of early porcelain,

0:05:40 > 0:05:42early pottery development.

0:05:42 > 0:05:44Now, let's think in terms of money.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48I know how much I like it,

0:05:48 > 0:05:51and if I was at auction, I would put a bid in for it.

0:05:51 > 0:05:54I think, if it goes out to auction, allowing for the damage,

0:05:54 > 0:05:59that's all this section here and also the horn,

0:05:59 > 0:06:04I think it's going to realise round about £150 - £200.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06That would be wonderful.

0:06:06 > 0:06:10I think we should fix the reserve, if you don't mind, at £130.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12That sounds fine.

0:06:12 > 0:06:14Absolutely fine. Thank you.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Don't go marking up on that chart, £130.- Not yet!

0:06:17 > 0:06:21- But I can almost guarantee we're going to sell it at that sort of level.- Excellent.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Thank you very much.

0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Stephanie, thank you very much for bringing it along and making my day. - Thank you.

0:06:32 > 0:06:34Jean, welcome to Flog It!.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36It's lovely to have you along.

0:06:36 > 0:06:42- Thank you.- I love the Art Nouveau period and I love jewellery.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46And this is just my type of thing.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49Tell me, where did you get them?

0:06:49 > 0:06:51It was in my grandmother's jewellery box.

0:06:51 > 0:06:56And, on her death, it was left in her will to me.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Have you ever worn them?- No.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01Do you like them, Jean?

0:07:01 > 0:07:04Yes. It is nice. But it's not the sort of thing I would wear.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06- It's not your style?- No.

0:07:06 > 0:07:10Let's have a closer look because I think they're absolutely lovely

0:07:10 > 0:07:11and I would wear them.

0:07:11 > 0:07:17Now, these are dated from the early 1900s to maybe about 1920.

0:07:17 > 0:07:23We have the wonderful, sinuous shapes of the Art Nouveau period.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26We have an enamel drop there,

0:07:26 > 0:07:33a column of enamel here and another little enamel droplet in the chain.

0:07:33 > 0:07:34These are lovely.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38We have these wonderful blues and greens. And I love blues and greens.

0:07:38 > 0:07:44Let's turn it round because the back is very interesting.

0:07:44 > 0:07:49On the back, we will see the initials CH.

0:07:49 > 0:07:53And these are the initials for Charles Horner.

0:07:53 > 0:07:57Now, Horner was one of the most prestigious

0:07:57 > 0:08:02silver and jewellery makers at the turn of the century.

0:08:03 > 0:08:10I would put an estimate of £100 to £150.

0:08:11 > 0:08:17Perhaps a reserve of around about £90. Do you feel happy about that?

0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Yes, I do.- So we'll go for it?- Yes.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22I think they're absolutely lovely and I think they'll sail away.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25Thank you so much for bringing them along.

0:08:29 > 0:08:33While Anita is having a rummage, David has found a glint of gold.

0:08:33 > 0:08:36Hilary, why do you want to sell this lump of gold?

0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Well...- Are times hard?

0:08:39 > 0:08:40Very. I'm a pensioner!

0:08:40 > 0:08:43No, I never wear it now.

0:08:43 > 0:08:47- I used to wear it for ladies' evenings.- Is it too bold?

0:08:47 > 0:08:50No, because I am bold and dramatic,

0:08:50 > 0:08:53but I haven't now the cause to wear it.

0:08:53 > 0:08:56It is basically a gentleman's piece of jewellery.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59I think so. I think so, yes.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Because, in effect, although you've got it as a necklace here,

0:09:02 > 0:09:04it is a double albert, is it not?

0:09:04 > 0:09:06Yes, it is.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08So we'd have a watch at one end,

0:09:08 > 0:09:13and the other end maybe attached to a fob or something like that

0:09:13 > 0:09:14to keep it in the other pocket.

0:09:14 > 0:09:21And then this wonderful fob here, with the £2 gold coin on it.

0:09:21 > 0:09:25Unfortunately, the coin value as a coin has gone,

0:09:25 > 0:09:29because it has been used as a piece of jewellery.

0:09:29 > 0:09:31In other words, it's had this section soldered on to it,

0:09:31 > 0:09:36so we can only look at that as a solid lump of metal.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Ah.- But it's gold.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40What are you gonna do with the money?

0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'm going to put it towards a ring that I can wear,

0:09:43 > 0:09:45- instead of putting that in the drawer.- OK.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48- So what is your birth stone?- Garnet.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51I'm a Capricorn. I'm an old goat.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53Oh, right, right.

0:09:53 > 0:09:56Well, I'm an old bull!

0:09:56 > 0:09:58Taurus.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02I think this will go for something in the region of about £400 - £500.

0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Really? - Yes, that sort of price range.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09But we need to put a sensible reserve

0:10:09 > 0:10:12to take account of the fact that the market fluctuates in gold,

0:10:12 > 0:10:15so I think we'll be looking at round about 360.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18Reserve. Would you be happy at that sort of level?

0:10:18 > 0:10:21Oh, yes I would. Although I love it, I would.

0:10:21 > 0:10:26- OK. Will that buy you a garnet and diamond ring?- Yes, it would.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Is that what you're looking for?- Yes.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30It would give me a lot of pleasure.

0:10:33 > 0:10:37What a fabulous start to the day. We found some wonderful items

0:10:37 > 0:10:41and right now it's time to up the tempo and put those valuations to the test.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45While we make our way over to the Kendal salerooms, here's a reminder

0:10:45 > 0:10:49of the items that are going to go under the hammer and hopefully earn our owners a small fortune.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52Bought for just a pound, Kathleen's hoping to turn

0:10:52 > 0:10:56her passion for pottery into a profit with the sale

0:10:56 > 0:10:57of her Madonna and Child.

0:10:57 > 0:11:02I'm a potoholic, I think. Weak-willed when there's pots about.

0:11:02 > 0:11:06Hilary wants to swap her masculine fob chain and coin for something more feminine.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09A ring bejewelled with her birthstone.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11- So, what is your birth stone?- Garnet.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14- I'm a Capricorn, I'm an old goat. - Well, I'm an old bull!

0:11:14 > 0:11:20And they may not be to Jean's taste, but Anita simply loved her two beautiful Art Nouveau pendants.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22With one Charles Horner,

0:11:22 > 0:11:27they should have no trouble making the £100 to £150 estimate.

0:11:27 > 0:11:32David's extremely confident that Stephanie's mother's creamer

0:11:32 > 0:11:35will boost her New Zealand-ometer by around £130.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37Let's see if he's right.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Don't go marking up on that chart, £130.- Not yet.

0:11:40 > 0:11:45- I can almost guarantee we are going to sell it at that level.- Excellent.

0:11:45 > 0:11:50And there's plenty more fun to come later when David and I get our very own special rewards.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52You're my Father Christmas!

0:11:52 > 0:11:55I can't believe it!

0:12:05 > 0:12:09Before all that excitement, I've taken a trip to the Lake District

0:12:09 > 0:12:12to fully enjoy its magnificent natural beauty,

0:12:12 > 0:12:15which has been a muse to poets and authors alike

0:12:15 > 0:12:19and a magnet to many landscape artists over the years.

0:12:22 > 0:12:26And you can certainly see why, can't you? Just look at that!

0:12:26 > 0:12:30It also proved to be the inspiration for one particular children's author.

0:12:30 > 0:12:36It was the memories of childhood holidays spent here and also a pair of Turkish slippers

0:12:36 > 0:12:41that led him to write a series of books that transformed children's adventure stories.

0:12:44 > 0:12:48Arthur Ransome started writing Swallows And Amazons in 1929.

0:12:48 > 0:12:51It was published the following year.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54It told the story of the Walker children - John,

0:12:54 > 0:12:58Susan, Titty and Roger - and their holiday by the lake.

0:12:58 > 0:13:01In the book, the Walkers meet local youngsters on an island in the lake

0:13:01 > 0:13:05and they have a series of sailing and camping adventures,

0:13:05 > 0:13:08which weave imaginative tales of pirates and exploring

0:13:08 > 0:13:10into everyday life of the lake.

0:13:13 > 0:13:18Ransome went on to write another 11 similar adventure stories,

0:13:18 > 0:13:22confirming him as one of the foremost children's authors of his day.

0:13:22 > 0:13:28The story of how he wrote that first book is as compelling as any of the Walker children's adventures.

0:13:34 > 0:13:40Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and spent three months every summer holiday in the Lakes.

0:13:40 > 0:13:42He was a boarder at Old College in Windermere,

0:13:42 > 0:13:46where his short-sightedness marked him out as a failure.

0:13:46 > 0:13:49For him, the holidays were a refuge.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52Ransome always wanted to be an author,

0:13:52 > 0:13:55but he began his writing career as an essayist and biographer.

0:13:55 > 0:13:59He later made a living as a war reporter and foreign correspondent.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02But the draw of the Lakes called him back, and in 1924

0:14:02 > 0:14:05he returned with his wife, Evgenia.

0:14:05 > 0:14:08They met and fell in love while he covered the Russian Revolution

0:14:08 > 0:14:10for the Manchester Guardian.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14Exhausted from the upheaval of the Revolution,

0:14:14 > 0:14:16they settled into a quiet life here at Low Ludderburn.

0:14:16 > 0:14:19Arthur began writing a fishing column.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23I have come to his former home to meet up with author and member

0:14:23 > 0:14:26of the Arthur Ransome Society Diane James to learn more.

0:14:26 > 0:14:30He certainly had an interesting life, but what sort of man

0:14:30 > 0:14:32was Ransome when he arrived here in the early 1920s?

0:14:32 > 0:14:37He was 40 and would have been a very happy man to actually be getting back here

0:14:37 > 0:14:41after essentially living almost in exile for 10 years.

0:14:41 > 0:14:45Did he ever dream that he would be a successful author at the age of 40?

0:14:45 > 0:14:50Well, his hope, ever since childhood, had been to write books.

0:14:50 > 0:14:52He didn't begin Swallows And Amazons

0:14:52 > 0:14:55until he had been here five years, so he was 45 by then.

0:14:55 > 0:14:59So, in a sense it was a make-or-break moment.

0:14:59 > 0:15:04He desperately wanted to get away from journalism and write children's books.

0:15:07 > 0:15:11And his inspiration came in 1928 in an unexpected form,

0:15:11 > 0:15:15when his old friend, artist and author WG Collingwood,

0:15:15 > 0:15:19introduced Ransome to his grandchildren who were spending the summer with him.

0:15:19 > 0:15:22The ensuing friendship with these children

0:15:22 > 0:15:26had a profound effect on Ransome's life.

0:15:26 > 0:15:29He took them fishing and helped teach them to sail

0:15:29 > 0:15:33just as their grandfather had taught him, all those years before.

0:15:33 > 0:15:37He even bought them two sailing boats, Swallow and Mavis.

0:15:37 > 0:15:43Months later, when the children's visit ended, they came here to Uncle Arthur's workroom

0:15:43 > 0:15:48where they presented him with a goodbye gift, a pair of Turkish slippers.

0:15:51 > 0:15:54In return, Ransome decided to write a story for them,

0:15:54 > 0:15:59to remind them of their holiday, and he wrote that story in this very room.

0:15:59 > 0:16:01And it was Swallows and Amazons.

0:16:09 > 0:16:14And when it was finished he decided to dedicate it to, and it says here,

0:16:14 > 0:16:19"The six for whom it was written, in exchange for a pair of slippers."

0:16:26 > 0:16:29Let's talk about Swallows and Amazons. Tell me about the story.

0:16:29 > 0:16:33Essentially it's a fairly simple story.

0:16:33 > 0:16:36Four children who are here on holiday borrow a boat from a local farmer

0:16:36 > 0:16:40and go and set up camp on one of the islands in the lake.

0:16:40 > 0:16:45They meet two girls, Nancy and Peggy Blackett, who are the Amazon pirates,

0:16:45 > 0:16:50and they have a contest, or war, if you like, as to which can capture the other's boat.

0:16:50 > 0:16:53The Swallows win, so Captain John becomes the Commodore of the fleet.

0:16:53 > 0:17:00It was the first of a series of 12, all of them very successful and very well loved.

0:17:00 > 0:17:04Can you sum up what you think the most enduring appeal of the books is?

0:17:04 > 0:17:10One of the reasons it has been such a success is that Ransome was an inclusive writer.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13Children feel that they are right there in the stories.

0:17:13 > 0:17:16You feel you are by the camp fire or in the boat.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19Do you know, I want to be in a book now. I want to go on an adventure.

0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Thank you so much for talking to us today.- Thank you.

0:17:24 > 0:17:30Ransome's inspiration came from the beauty and the magic of this stunning scenery.

0:17:30 > 0:17:33And his skill in weaving that into the exciting adventure stories

0:17:33 > 0:17:38has ensured the Swallows and Amazons books have never been out of print.

0:17:42 > 0:17:48Taking turns on the rostrum today are auctioneers Kevin Kendal and David Brookes

0:17:48 > 0:17:51We've got something for the ladies. We've got two items of silver jewellery

0:17:51 > 0:17:53and one is stamped Charles Horner.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55Real quality. They belong to Jean.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58They were your grandmother's, weren't they?

0:17:58 > 0:18:00- Yes.- So, she gave them to you?

0:18:00 > 0:18:02- They were left in the will to me.- OK.

0:18:02 > 0:18:03We'll get £100 to £150?

0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Should do that. - It's got to do that, hasn't it?

0:18:06 > 0:18:09The Charles Horner, I think, is the bulk of that.

0:18:09 > 0:18:10- Yeah?- Yes.

0:18:10 > 0:18:13Fingers crossed, we could be in the money.

0:18:13 > 0:18:16It's all down to the bidders now. Here we go.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18It's up to this lot in Kendal. It's going now.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20Lot 441.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22Two Art Nouveau pendants here.

0:18:22 > 0:18:26Silver ones, including the Charles Horner.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28What can I ask then, for a start?

0:18:28 > 0:18:30Two very stylish pieces.

0:18:30 > 0:18:34150 somewhere, surely? 150?

0:18:34 > 0:18:36Start me £100.

0:18:36 > 0:18:3870, yes? £70 bid. 80.

0:18:38 > 0:18:42£90 now. 90 bid. 90 bid, £90.

0:18:42 > 0:18:45100 bid at the back. 110, 120?

0:18:45 > 0:18:47120 now? 120, 130?

0:18:47 > 0:18:49A determined lady at the back.

0:18:49 > 0:18:53140, 150. 160. 170. 180. 190.

0:18:53 > 0:18:56200. 220. 220.

0:18:56 > 0:18:58My bid is 220, seated.

0:18:58 > 0:19:00220. 220.

0:19:00 > 0:19:04You're out at the very back? I sell seated then, at 220.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Yeah!- See, the ladies loved it.

0:19:06 > 0:19:09It was the ladies bidding, doing all the bidding as well.

0:19:09 > 0:19:12Well done, Jean. Well done, Anita.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14That's marvellous.

0:19:14 > 0:19:16- What did you do for a living? - I was a carer.

0:19:16 > 0:19:18But you're giving it all up, having a rest.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21Yes, and I'm shortly due to retire.

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Well, enjoy it, won't you?

0:19:23 > 0:19:28You've certainly worked hard all your life, because that is hard work, 24/7, being a carer, isn't it?

0:19:28 > 0:19:30- Yes.- But it is rewarding.

0:19:34 > 0:19:36I have to show you this. Look at that.

0:19:36 > 0:19:39It is none other than Arthur Ransome's fishing rod.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41You know he was a keen fisherman.

0:19:41 > 0:19:44He probably had a dozen rods or so in his collection.

0:19:44 > 0:19:47This has got provenance and I believe it was made by him.

0:19:47 > 0:19:50It's of painted copper and as you can see,

0:19:50 > 0:19:51it is very home-made.

0:19:51 > 0:19:54It's up for sale with a valuation of £100-£150,

0:19:54 > 0:19:57so we will keep an eye on this later on in the show.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08Could it be heads or tails? We are going to find out.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10There's a £2 coin going under the hammer.

0:20:10 > 0:20:12It's heavy and has a wonderful chain that belongs to Hilary.

0:20:12 > 0:20:15Who does look fabulous, absolutely fabulous.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18You look like you belong on the stage.

0:20:18 > 0:20:22Oh! That was from my grandmother's side. She was on the stage.

0:20:22 > 0:20:23You've got it, girl!

0:20:23 > 0:20:28- Let's talk about the value. Top end £500?- Yes.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31It depends on the gold value at the time of auction.

0:20:31 > 0:20:32It's quite high at the moment,

0:20:32 > 0:20:36so I have every expectation of being able to meet that figure.

0:20:36 > 0:20:37Particularly at the reserve.

0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Fingers crossed.- Fingers crossed.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Here we go. We are going to find out. This is it.- Ooh, thank you.

0:20:42 > 0:20:48Lot number 470 now is the 1902 £2 gold coin.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51I have interest. I'll have to start the bidding.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53With me at £400.

0:20:53 > 0:20:58420, 440, 460, 480, 500. 520.

0:20:58 > 0:21:02540, 560, 580, 590, with me now.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04600 bid in the room.

0:21:04 > 0:21:06600 bid in the room. 600 bid.

0:21:06 > 0:21:09600 bid, 600 bid, 620.

0:21:09 > 0:21:13620 with the lady now. 620, 620.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15620, the lady's bid and I sell away, all done at 620.

0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Great!- 620, Hilary, that's fantastic!

0:21:21 > 0:21:26- That's more than we thought, isn't it?- Yes.- Isn't that lovely?

0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Gosh, what are you gonna do with all that money?- Well, I've spent it.

0:21:30 > 0:21:35- Have you? Have you really? - Mm. Yes, on my ring.

0:21:35 > 0:21:38I part exchanged my other ring for this one

0:21:38 > 0:21:41and then what I got from there, I will put to it as well.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44You were quite confident in selling, weren't you?

0:21:44 > 0:21:46I'm thrilled.

0:21:46 > 0:21:49It's just like Father Christmas has come, isn't it?

0:21:49 > 0:21:52You're my Father Christmas!

0:21:52 > 0:21:53He is!

0:21:53 > 0:21:55You're my Father Christmas!

0:22:03 > 0:22:06Remember the fishing rod we were talking about earlier?

0:22:06 > 0:22:08It's coming up now. Arthur Ransome's rod. Listen.

0:22:08 > 0:22:11Interesting local lot here, lot 284.

0:22:11 > 0:22:14£100 for this, please? 100?

0:22:14 > 0:22:16Start me somewhere near, please, £80.

0:22:16 > 0:22:20I know it's not much of a rod, but the provenance, unbelievable!

0:22:20 > 0:22:23A gentleman's bid of £80 now. A gentleman's bid of £80.

0:22:23 > 0:22:25Are you bidding? 85. 90, now, 95.

0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Lovely thing to have. - £90. Selling....

0:22:28 > 0:22:29£90. Lower end of the estimate,

0:22:29 > 0:22:33but I think someone's bought a piece of history there.

0:22:33 > 0:22:34It's great.

0:22:38 > 0:22:41Kath, I really like the figurine Madonna and Child.

0:22:41 > 0:22:45Sometimes it's difficult to sell something with a religious connection.

0:22:45 > 0:22:47I know why you've gone £80-£120.

0:22:47 > 0:22:51That's why I have estimated low, but Lenci is highly desirable.

0:22:51 > 0:22:54Why are you selling?

0:22:54 > 0:22:56I'm downsizing.

0:22:56 > 0:22:57It's not that big!

0:22:57 > 0:23:00How much did you pay for this?

0:23:00 > 0:23:04- £1.- Where did you get it?- Just off a friend who had a junk shop.

0:23:04 > 0:23:06She's got a good eye.

0:23:06 > 0:23:07She has got a good eye.

0:23:07 > 0:23:10Let's see what we can turn that £1 into, shall we?

0:23:10 > 0:23:12Let's find out. Good luck both of you.

0:23:12 > 0:23:16The Lenci figurine, Madonna and Child.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19With me at 130. 140.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21150. Commissions are out.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23150 in the room now. In the room at 150.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25- 160 on the phone.- They like it.

0:23:25 > 0:23:27170 on the internet.

0:23:27 > 0:23:29180 on the internet.

0:23:29 > 0:23:32190 on the internet.

0:23:32 > 0:23:34200 on the internet. 220 on the internet.

0:23:34 > 0:23:38Anyone want to bid 230? 230 on the phone.

0:23:38 > 0:23:41- 240, please.- 240 on the internet.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43260 now on the internet.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Wow!- 260 on the internet. Any advance?

0:23:45 > 0:23:47- 280.- 280 on the internet.- 300.

0:23:47 > 0:23:49300 on the internet.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51- 320.- 320 on the internet.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54I didn't know if I should part with her either.

0:23:54 > 0:23:58360 on the internet.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Two people seriously want this. - 380 on the internet.

0:24:01 > 0:24:04- £380. Any advance?- 400.

0:24:04 > 0:24:05400 now on the internet.

0:24:05 > 0:24:07450.

0:24:07 > 0:24:10£450 now on the internet.

0:24:10 > 0:24:14£450 on the internet now. Selling, if no further bid, at £450...

0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Yes!- £450, Kath!

0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Great!- You got it for a pound!

0:24:21 > 0:24:25You can't imagine that, can you?

0:24:25 > 0:24:29The name pulled through and the style and the quality.

0:24:29 > 0:24:32Lenci is always good quality.

0:24:32 > 0:24:37It has wonderful style. The nudes get four-figure sums, high sums.

0:24:37 > 0:24:40I felt that with the Madonna we should keep it low.

0:24:40 > 0:24:44Religious figures don't tend to sell well. What are you going to put that towards?

0:24:44 > 0:24:46I think I'll go on holiday.

0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well, save it for a rainy day and have a good old think.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51Thank you so much for coming.

0:24:57 > 0:25:00Right, now for my favourite lot of the day.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03I am absolutely in love with this little cow creamer.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05It belongs to Stephanie. It was valued by David.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's been in your family a long time.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10We've got a value of £150 - £200 on this.

0:25:10 > 0:25:14We had a chat to the auctioneer earlier. I was bigging this up.

0:25:14 > 0:25:17He said yes, he agreed with the valuation plus a little bit more.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20I was saying I want to see £300 - £400.

0:25:20 > 0:25:24Let's find out, shall we, what the bidders here in Kendal think.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26I'm sure this is gonna fly away.

0:25:26 > 0:25:27We come now to lot 700,

0:25:27 > 0:25:31which is the rather sweet 18th century cow creamer.

0:25:31 > 0:25:35Come on, we've built this up big time, let's see it sell big time.

0:25:35 > 0:25:38Commissioned bids all over the place. I'm going to start the bidding

0:25:38 > 0:25:43with me, at a fairly lowly figure but quite a nice figure, of £130.

0:25:43 > 0:25:44Modest.

0:25:44 > 0:25:49140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190.

0:25:49 > 0:25:52Commission's out, 200 in the room now.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55220 on the phone, I'll come back to you, 240.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57260. 280.

0:25:57 > 0:26:00300.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02320.

0:26:02 > 0:26:03340.

0:26:03 > 0:26:05360.

0:26:05 > 0:26:06380.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08- 400.- I can't believe this.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11450, we jump to. 500.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Oh, my goodness! - 550 now on the phone.

0:26:14 > 0:26:16600.

0:26:17 > 0:26:20650 on the phone.

0:26:20 > 0:26:22650. I'll take 680.

0:26:22 > 0:26:24700 if you like.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27- 680, in the room. - £680 - they love it!

0:26:27 > 0:26:29700, new phone.

0:26:29 > 0:26:31Different phone at 700.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34- That's got the air fare sorted. - 720, is that? 720.

0:26:34 > 0:26:37750.

0:26:37 > 0:26:41I can't wait to go now. I'm going. I'm on my way.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43Yes, 780, 800.

0:26:43 > 0:26:44Let's go to the 50s again.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47800 on the other phone. 850? 850.

0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Mum would be loving this, if she could see it.- She's listening.

0:26:50 > 0:26:52She's listening.

0:26:52 > 0:26:541000, is it?

0:26:54 > 0:26:55950.

0:26:55 > 0:26:58- I can't believe it. - £1,000 on this phone.

0:26:58 > 0:27:001,100?

0:27:00 > 0:27:03Yes, 1,100.

0:27:03 > 0:27:041,200, on this phone.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08This is my mother's gift to me.

0:27:08 > 0:27:10You're making me cry now!

0:27:10 > 0:27:111,400.

0:27:11 > 0:27:121,400.

0:27:12 > 0:27:141,500.

0:27:14 > 0:27:161,600.

0:27:16 > 0:27:18It was a come-and-buy-me, David(!)

0:27:18 > 0:27:201,700.

0:27:20 > 0:27:231,800.

0:27:25 > 0:27:291,800 on the second phone.

0:27:29 > 0:27:31At 1,800. Any interest?

0:27:31 > 0:27:38At 1,800 on the second phone, make no mistake, at £1,800, and selling...

0:27:39 > 0:27:41- £1,800!- I can't believe it.

0:27:41 > 0:27:43£1,800.

0:27:43 > 0:27:45Oh, that was really good!

0:27:45 > 0:27:49- I can't believe it. Well done, you! - Unbelievable!

0:27:49 > 0:27:51- £1,800.- Thank you.

0:27:52 > 0:27:54That's got you there, hasn't it?

0:27:54 > 0:27:58It's got me there. It's just made it just so simple for me.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00What's your grandson's name?

0:28:00 > 0:28:02- George.- George.- Lovely George.

0:28:02 > 0:28:05- He'll have some of that as well. - That was wonderful.

0:28:05 > 0:28:10- Enjoy it, won't you?- I will just go and have the most wonderful time.

0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Thank you all. - I feel quite emotional.

0:28:12 > 0:28:15This has been the most wonderful day here in Kendal.

0:28:15 > 0:28:18We've thoroughly enjoyed it. We thoroughly enjoyed being here.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21I hope you've enjoyed watching today's show.

0:28:21 > 0:28:24There's plenty more surprises to come, but for now, it's cheerio.

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