0:00:02 > 0:00:06I'm in the oldest part of this bustling Gloucestershire town.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10There's been a market in this area from around the 1500s.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15Today, it's still named after the buildings that stored the meat - The Shambles.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Welcome to Flog It! from Stroud.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Today, The Shambles forms the centre of Stroud.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It provides a wonderful meeting place
0:00:43 > 0:00:46for artists and Bohemian types alike,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50who hang out in the many art galleries, cafes and bookshops.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54And hoping to be inspired and get their creative juices flowing,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58are today's experts Kate Bliss and James Lewis,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03who are already working the crowd here at today's venue, the Subscription Rooms.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Later on in the show, I'll find out what part these girls played
0:01:10 > 0:01:13in Edward Jenner's plans to end smallpox.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Right now it's back to business at Stroud Subscription Rooms.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19This grand building is no stranger to crowds,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21built for leisure and entertainment.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It's still doing so after 150 years.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27So, as people take their seats, let's head over to Kate,
0:01:27 > 0:01:32who's already entertaining the idea of taking something special to auction.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35This is a rather splendid teapot, isn't it?
0:01:35 > 0:01:41- It's very interesting. It's been in my eyesight for many years.- Has it?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45One of my first memories, as a young child,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49polishing the silver, and this was one of the items.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It particularly appealed to me
0:01:52 > 0:01:57because of the signs of the Zodiac all round the circumference.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01As a child, did you recognise those as the signs of the Zodiac?
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- I recognise them as being animals - mystical animals.- Yes.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09And it's probably pushed me in a direction
0:02:09 > 0:02:14of being interested in natural history - animals, plants.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- Right. So, this had quite a bearing on your interests as a boy.- It has, really.- And your life really.
0:02:20 > 0:02:26It has really because I've looked at these on many occasions
0:02:26 > 0:02:31and realise they're not animals which you'd find in nature
0:02:31 > 0:02:34but they are animals which have some mystical value.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37If you go through them, here we are.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40We have the fish for Pisces.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43We have the lion for Leo.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- That is so.- We have the scorpion there for Scorpio.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50And they are indeed the signs of the Zodiac.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55The date letter, that letter F, is for 1876.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So, why the signs of the Zodiac?
0:02:57 > 0:03:05- The Victorians were people of very strict morals.- That's right. - very God-fearing really.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08You see, the Victorians also loved the exotic.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11They loved the magical and the mystical.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- They loved fairies and goblins. - I can understand.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18The signs of the Zodiac work into that very well.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24Of course, there was a whole following of reading tea leaves - something a little bit exciting.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh yes, I remember as a child,
0:03:26 > 0:03:31all my aunts and uncles looking at the bottom of a tea cup.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36I think that goes rather well with the signs of the Zodiac here.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It ties into that mystical way of thinking
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and gives it almost a sort of magical purpose, if you like.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46As you pour out your tea, you're also pouring out
0:03:46 > 0:03:50the threads of the life, which may or may not be able to be read.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- What a fun thing!- Indeed, yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I'd like to say, conservatively at auction,
0:03:55 > 0:04:00we would certainly be looking at £100 to £150 if you want to sell.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I'm sure it will pull in interest from far afield.
0:04:04 > 0:04:11- If it could go to someone who's a collector and can enjoy it, so much the better.- Ah, excellent!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Richard, you obviously are
0:04:21 > 0:04:22a passionate collector
0:04:22 > 0:04:24and you know as much about this as I do, probably.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Go for it. Tell me about what you do and buy and what you love.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33I collect a certain piece of porcelain - period of porcelain,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37and then after a few years, once I've had my enjoyment out of it,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I sell it on and go on to a different era,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42continental porcelain or English and just vary it,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and try to learn about it then sell it on again.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46So, how many bits of this have you got?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- When I was at my peak, I probably had close to 80 pieces. - Of Worcester?- Yeah, 80 pieces.
0:04:51 > 0:04:5318th century Worcester. How old are you?
0:04:53 > 0:04:5523.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I've been dealing in porcelain for about six years.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00So, since you were 17.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04While your mates were doing their newspaper rounds, you're dealing in porcelain.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Getting round boot sales to find the old bargain.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10We're looking at two pieces here that are both Worcester,
0:05:10 > 0:05:15both fairly local, and all made around 1770 to 1780.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20That is the mark we always associate with Worcester of this period - the crescent mark.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23And, er, fence pattern.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Do you know about the Chinese fences, the reason they're twisted?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- No. Enlighten me. - OK. In China if you're being chased by an evil spirit,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34the only way you can get away from an evil spirit is to run across a zigzag bridge.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Evil spirits can only run in straight lines. Did you know that?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- No, I didn't. - You've learnt that as well.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43But that's the reason why they're in a zigzag.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46It's good luck and it's to protect them against evil spirits.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49With all this knowledge, are you an auctioneer?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Do you want to be an auctioneer? What do you want to do?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54At the moment, I just try and live and be happy.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58At the moment, I'm currently playing poker for a living.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Poker! Right. OK.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06When I win a lot, I'll invest a third or a half of it into porcelain.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I know it's not going to devalue.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12If I ever need the money for any reason, I've got it there.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- What did you pay for them, do you remember?- Not a great deal.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- About £60 to £70 for the two of them. - For the two?- Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I think you've done well. If you don't make a profit out of that,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24there's something seriously wrong.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29If they were mine, I'd want to see them put into two different lots,
0:06:29 > 0:06:34so the coffee cup and saucer, an estimate of £40 to £60,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36and the tea bowl and saucer, £40 to £60 as well.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40They've got minor little nicks out of them but very, very minor.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45So, 80 to 120 for the two, should show at least the £30 to £40 profit for you.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46What'll you put the money towards?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It will probably go to my Chinese collection, which I'm building.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I think the Chinese market, at the moment,
0:06:54 > 0:06:55is the most buoyant out of anything.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Let's and see how we do. - All right, great.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Stephen, a fine pair of oils.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07I want to know all about them.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Well, I've owned these oils for about two years, Paul.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14They came into my possession when my mum downsized -
0:07:14 > 0:07:16moved to live with my sister in Ireland.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I was going to say, this is not a Stroud accent.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- No, that's right. - What part of Ireland?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I lived originally in the north of Ireland, Paul.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25That's where these came from.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I can't attribute them to anybody at the moment.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Looking at them stylistically, it's loose, it's impressionistic.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34It's almost like the Newlyn School - the late 1880s.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37You've got artists like Stanhope Forbes,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40painting sort of our vernacular history
0:07:40 > 0:07:44with localised clothing, very much like the fishermen's wives.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Hopefully, this is a young girl from Northern Ireland with traditional Irish linen.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I need to do a little bit of research on this.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54You didn't paint the frames, did you?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57My late father did to match his decor, I'm afraid,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- which may not have been a good decision.- Would they have been an ebonised, sort of black?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I believe they were black originally, Paul.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06You can't blame your dad, can you?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
0:08:09 > 0:08:15It doesn't matter about the frames. They can be sorted out. They can be reframed and reglazed.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20The problem is, there should have been a mount, separating the oil from the glass.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24If I show you, I'm taking the weight of the picture underneath the frame.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28If I just release my fingers from the back, watch!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Oh, yes!- Can you see?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33It's starting to stick on the glass.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Not just there but if I move up there, there, there, there.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- All over. - So there's some damage really, Paul.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42There's a lot of damage on both of them.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I think she's got the look.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- It's a shame. This one's more damaged than that one.- Yes.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Because it's probably the more attractive painting, isn't it?- Yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57- If ever you're trying to sell an oil painting or a watercolour, the best subject is always a woman.- Right.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Because when you look up at the wall you want a smile on your face.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04You want to enjoy what you're looking at.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Obviously, a beautiful woman
0:09:06 > 0:09:09is better to look at than
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- a young lad like this with a rather sort of remorse face.- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15If they were in good condition,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- you'd be looking at £400 to £600 for the pair.- Right.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21They are in poor condition, they need money spending on them.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It's going to cost a couple of hundred pounds.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Right.- Therefore, I think, if we put these into auction,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30we're going to ask around £200 to £300.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- OK. That's fine.- For the pair. Your mum obviously liked them.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39- She's kept them a long time. - She did. She'll really enjoy seeing them on TV.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- What's her name?- Betty.- Betty?- Yes.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Let's hope we make Betty's day. - Thanks very much.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Now, these rooms where we are today are quite important in the history of your family, aren't they?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Yes, they are. My grandfather and grandmother met here at a dance. - Did they really?
0:10:01 > 0:10:06They then eloped to Reading and now I've come back to live in Stroud area.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- And it all started here? - It started here. Yes
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Tell me about this lovely snuff box that you've brought in today.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17It always sat on my parent's chest of drawers in the bedroom,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22and they kept little knick-knacks, I can't remember exactly the contents,
0:10:22 > 0:10:23but it was never snuff, I know that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- Right.- And I inherited it and it was sitting on my chest of drawers.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34And we thought, well, what can we bring to flog and my wife picked it up and said, "What about this?"
0:10:34 > 0:10:39- And so we did.- I think it's a charming little box, I have to say.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42If we take a look more closely,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46the lid fits very neatly on and it is, of course, made of paper mache.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Rather beautifully pressed with this sort of ribbed border here,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54on the outside, to frame the painted subject in the centre.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57It's a very well-known subject, of course,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59the portrait of the woodcutter or the woodman.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03There he is, smoking his pipe of tobacco.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08This one dates from the late 19th century, I would say it's Victorian.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12The history of snuff goes right back to Elizabethan times
0:11:12 > 0:11:18and was a very popular thing to snort and chew in the 18th century,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23and was only phased out really by tobacco in the 19th century.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27It's beautifully painted in a very sort of primitive style, if you like.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30And a very collectible object.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Is it a print or a painting?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- It is a painting. - Oh!- It is a painting, yes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40So, what sort of value would you put on it?
0:11:40 > 0:11:44We didn't think it was worth anything. We thought we'd bring something down to Flog It.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- You didn't have high hopes. - No, we've not got high hopes.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50If it pays for the car park we'll be happy.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Well, I think it might just pay for the car park.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I would put an auction estimate of anything from £60 to 100.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Oh, I see, good Lord! I'm amazed.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02You might find a collector who falls in love with that.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Yes. You've made my day.- Good! - You've made my birthday.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Your birthday! It's not your birthday today, is it? - I'm afraid so, yes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Well, very many happy returns.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13It's a very well worth it. Thank you very much.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Well, happy birthday, Hugh.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20And with your snuff box on board, we have our first four items heading off to auction.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Kate was intrigued by the silver astrological teapot
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and she predicted it fetching £100 to £150.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31But will the stars foresee a windfall for Bill?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Richard is a budding porcelain dealer.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- What did you pay for it? - Not a great deal. Probably about £60 for the two of them.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45For the two! If you don't make a profit out of that, there's something seriously wrong.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49So, has he got it right with these two stylish Worcester pieces?
0:12:49 > 0:12:56Hugh had low expectations for his snuff box and was so pleased with Kate's £60 to £100 valuation.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And Steven's oils have crossed the Irish Sea from Northern Ireland.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- You didn't paint the frames, did you?- My late father did to match his decor, I'm afraid.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Oh well, you can't blame your dad, can you, really?
0:13:08 > 0:13:14Despite his dad's handiwork, fingers crossed they will find fortune at auction for his mum, Betty.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Nestling in the beautiful countryside, just outside of Cirencester,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25is today's auction room, Moore, Allen and Innocent,
0:13:25 > 0:13:30where the valuations of Kate, James and myself are going to be put to the test.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34And the man wielding the gavel is auctioneer, Billy Pullwood.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40I haven't got a day job. I'm just an auctioneer. 180 now.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46Time for tea, according to Bill, because he's selling his silver teapot. We got £100 to £150 on this.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Why have you decided to sell?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Well, we don't use it and, as a young child,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- I used to have the job of polishing it.- Oh!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59And I think now, my wife has polished it enough.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03It's a good job she hasn't polished it too much so it's worn.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It's still in lovely condition.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Silver is up in value. People are investing in precious metal.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Hopefully they're going to do it, right here, right now. It's going under the hammer.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- I only wish it was gold.- Oh, yes!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16You can't have everything.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Lot number 244.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22It's a nice little teapot.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Glasgow, 1876, with the signs of the Zodiac.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30And I can start you here at £100.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31At 100, I have for it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Sold straight away.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- Right on the reserve.- 110. 120. 130.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38140. 150. 160.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41170. The book's out at 170. 180 now.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44At 180 on my right now. At 180.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46190 anywhere? At £180.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51All sure then at £180?
0:14:51 > 0:14:52It's gone, Bill.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Top end of the estimate
0:14:53 > 0:14:55and a little bit more.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- No more cups of tea. - No more cups of tea!
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Not many people use a pot any more anyway, not even a china one.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I do. I love my teapot.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I've just been joined by Richard and I think you're going to see him, in future,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16on your TV sets as one of our experts, at least on the Antiques Roadshow.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19You really do know your porcelain, your Royal Worcester.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And believe it or not, you're selling these items,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25which I've now split into two lots, because you want to invest into...
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Chinese, oriental porcelain.- Yep.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- That's a minefield, isn't it? - It is, yeah.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Three days ago, I was in Hong Kong. There's a road called Hollywood Road.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38They have all the fine, Chinese porcelain. It is a minefield.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43A little birdie said you weren't on porcelain research,
0:15:43 > 0:15:44you were there for the Rugby Sevens.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I was there for the Rugby Sevens, absolutely.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Rugby's my main passion, antiques come somewhere behind!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Good luck to both of you.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Here we go. It's going under the hammer now. First lot.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58And lot number 120
0:15:58 > 0:16:01is the Worcester blue and white coffee cup and saucer.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07Fence pattern there. I can start you on the book here at £30.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- At 30, I have. At £30.- 40?
0:16:09 > 0:16:115 anywhere? At £30.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Nice piece of Worcester. At 35. 40.
0:16:15 > 0:16:185. 50. 5. 60.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- This is good.- With me here, at 60.
0:16:20 > 0:16:235 anywhere now? At £60.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Are you all sure?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26- Great.- Good result.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28£60 for the first lot.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Here's the second.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Lot 130 is the Worcester blue and white tea bowl,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34the fence pattern one again.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38I can start you here on the book at 35.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40At £35 I have for it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:4340 now. At £35. 40 anywhere?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46At 35. 40. 5.
0:16:46 > 0:16:4950. 5. At 55. With me now, 60 now.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52At £55. 60 anywhere now then?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54At 55. Are you all sure?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It's selling here at £55.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59The hammer's gone down. Brilliant.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04£55. Great valuation, James. You've got to be happy.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Yeah, I'm pleased, that's good.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14We've got £60 to £100 on your snuff box.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I love the naive painting.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19That's what's going to sell this.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22It's such a nice thing. When you hold them they're so tactile.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- They are, yes.- Where have you had this in the house?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27They've been sitting on a chest of drawers.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It was on my parents' and then on my chest of drawers.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32We just keep odds and ends in it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34We never thought it was a snuff box.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37At least you had it on display and you've cherished it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40That's what it's all about with little items like this.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I love snuff boxes. Love them. Lots of history.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46It's really an area of small antiques which has kept its value, I think.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Let's find out what the bidders in Cirencester think, shall we? It's going under the hammer.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Lot number 274 is the papier-mache snuff box,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58decorated with the woodsman.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00There we go, the woodsman there and who'll start me?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Should be 100 really. Start me 50?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06£30. 30 I'm bid. At £30.
0:18:06 > 0:18:085 if you like now. At £30.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11At £30, a nice little snuff box. £30 only.
0:18:11 > 0:18:145. 40. 5.
0:18:14 > 0:18:1750. At £50. On the book here, at 50.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19At £50. It's selling here at £50.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22At £50. 5 anywhere? At £50.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24You all sure? Selling here on the book.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26At £50. Are you all done?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It's gone.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It's a good little treasure, that.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Perhaps I should have kept it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Next up, something for all you fine art lovers.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42It's my turn to be the expert.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46It's a pair of oil paintings, possibly Irish.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49They belong to Stephen. We've got £200 to £300 on this.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54A little bit of damage. The paint's pulling off, sticking to the glass.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- I know Dad, bless him, touched the frames up, didn't he?- Yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01With paint he found knocking around the house.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- That's the kind of thing we do, isn't it?- That's right.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Your mum will be pleased, won't she? - She will.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10She'll be watching right now. Betty, I hope you're enjoying this moment.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Stephen is flying the flag for you, OK.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15They're going under the hammer, right now.
0:19:15 > 0:19:21Lot number 322 is the Irish School portraits there
0:19:21 > 0:19:23of the young boy and girl.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27I can start you at 180. At 180 I have.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29That's our fixed reserve.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30190 now. At 180, 190.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35200. 220. 240. 260.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37At 260. 280 now. At 260.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40280 on the phone, if you like.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45At 280. 300. At 300. 320 to me now.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49At 300. 320 on the phone. At 320.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53340 now. At 320. It's on the phone.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57At 320. 340. In the room again, 340.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59360, if you like.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00At 340, right in front of me now.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06At £340. Are you sure? At 340.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09That's good, that's a good result.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- There's a lot of work to do on those.- Sure.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14That's good for you. You don't have to do it.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18That's good. I'm glad they're going to somebody that'll treasure them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And I hope mum's enjoyed this moment as well.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22The money's going to mum, isn't it?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Yes, yes. We'll be making sure she's taken care of.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Oh, bless! He's a good lad, isn't he?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33We'll be back in the auction room for more excitement later on
0:20:33 > 0:20:36but first, I'm off to the country to find out about a man
0:20:36 > 0:20:40whose discovery changed the face of medicine.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47So, why am I standing by a row of cows in Gloucestershire?
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Well, back in the 1700s, these animals gave one local man the answer
0:20:52 > 0:20:58of how to protect generations of people against one of the most horrific diseases ever - smallpox.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04In 18th century England, smallpox was one of the biggest killers.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08This incurable disease wiped out large numbers of the world's population.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12It started with flu-like symptoms, followed by a rash,
0:21:12 > 0:21:13developing into blisters
0:21:13 > 0:21:16that covered and disfigured the whole body.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19There was no effective treatment once infection had taken hold
0:21:19 > 0:21:24and the result was deafness, blindness and almost certain death.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35But it was here, at this house in Berkeley, that Edward Jenner, a humble country doctor,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38was to discover a breakthrough that could purge the world
0:21:38 > 0:21:42of this killer disease and change medical history for good.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45All he needed was the world to listen.
0:21:47 > 0:21:53To understand why Jenner took on this killer disease, we need to go back to when he was a child.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57The way to protect against smallpox back then was to infect the young
0:21:57 > 0:22:02with the smallpox virus and hope they developed immunity, if they survived.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06I caught up with Sarah Parker, the curator of the Jenner Museum,
0:22:06 > 0:22:11to find out more about this strange practice called variolation.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17What happened to Jenner and the other children when he was aged eight?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Jenner was orphaned, sadly,
0:22:19 > 0:22:24at the age of five, and he was sent to boarding school locally in Wotton-under-Edge.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27At the age of eight, he and his other fellow pupils were
0:22:27 > 0:22:32locked in a barn and purged, bled and starved,
0:22:32 > 0:22:37in preparation for this medical procedure called variolation.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- How long was this for? - It was for around about two weeks.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44It was a really horrible procedure but not everybody could afford this technique.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48In actual fact, he was one of the lucky ones, believe it or not.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53- Psychologically, that's damaging for an eight year-old?- Terrifying. He didn't have his parents.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54He was away from home.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58He was systematically given this live smallpox from somebody who
0:22:58 > 0:23:02got it in the village and then left to see whether it developed.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Even if they had survived, they could have been blinded,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09they could have been deaf, had problems with their joints, such as arthritis.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15It really was not just a disfiguring disease, potentially fatal, but generally horrific.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- But he was one of the lucky ones. - He was.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22He did develop smallpox, which was the intention, but he didn't get it very badly.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27He was determined, throughout his life, to come up with a better procedure
0:23:27 > 0:23:32so that other children wouldn't have to go through this terrible experience.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40After completing his training to be a physician in London, Edward Jenner returned to this house.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46It was here that he started the bulk of his research into smallpox.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It was in this study, after years of research, Jenner finally thought
0:23:49 > 0:23:54he'd found the answer and it lay right on his rural doorstep.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58He had observed that many of the local milkmaids often developed
0:23:58 > 0:24:01a non life-threatening disease called cowpox.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07He believed there might be some truth in the folklore that cowpox provides some immunity to smallpox.
0:24:07 > 0:24:14On 14th May, 1796, Jenner put his theory to the ultimate test.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20He infected eight-year-old James Phipps with cowpox and then gave him a dose of smallpox.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23The result was, it produced no effect.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Phipps was successfully inoculated.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Jenner knew he was on to something.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Jenner followed up this experiment with many others, which confirmed
0:24:33 > 0:24:38his theory, that cowpox did indeed protect against smallpox.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41This was the beginning of vaccination.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44So we've got a vaccination against the disease.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Why didn't people start to use it?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well, it's like most things.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52People were resistant to change, as they are today.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Edward Jenner strived for 25 years before he actually came up with
0:24:56 > 0:24:59his theory and his vaccination experiment.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Variolation, which was the established medical procedure at the time in this country,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06was a very lucrative
0:25:06 > 0:25:10and also very established procedure. The medical establishment -
0:25:10 > 0:25:15the medical elite particularly - were definitely not willing to change.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19They weren't particularly receptive to Jenner and his ideas.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21He must have been so frustrated.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23He was extremely frustrated, yes.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28He was a man who just was trying to make a better medical procedure for everybody.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30He wasn't trying to make money out of it.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Therefore, trying to get his ideas across against a huge backlash of opinion.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42Many people thought that if you were to give somebody an animal derived substance like cowpox,
0:25:42 > 0:25:48you would grow horns and udders and other cow-like features, which sounds ridiculous today.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Other people thought that, well, maybe you'd die of another disease.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55There would be a population explosion and mass starvation.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The church weren't particularly happy for it to happen.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Everybody was against it. How did he make that break?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- He obviously needed somebody to champion this.- That's right. Yes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Luckily, he also had a house in Cheltenham which, it was a spa town. It was the 18th century.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- Lots of the elite were there. - Exactly. Because he was a doctor,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18he met lots of influential people, who became his friends.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Not least the 5th Earl of Berkeley, at Berkeley Castle.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26If it wasn't for his friends, the aristocratic lords and ladies of the day,
0:26:26 > 0:26:31he perhaps would never have got his idea off the ground. They really championed him.
0:26:31 > 0:26:38Strong support was all Jenner needed for his reputation to be sealed worldwide.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41He had succeeded against all the opposition.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46In 1853, vaccination with the cowpox virus was made compulsory in this country.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54While Jenner's ground-breaking discovery saved millions of lives,
0:26:54 > 0:27:00the disease ravaged the poorer communities throughout the world, with 50 million new cases each year.
0:27:00 > 0:27:07It wasn't until 1967 that the World Health Organisation instigated a mass vaccination programme.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11In 1980, this disease was finally declared dead.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15It still remains the only disease to be eradicated from the world in
0:27:15 > 0:27:20its entirety, thanks largely to the pioneering work of Edward Jenner.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Despite Jenner's new found fame, he remained working here as a country doctor in Berkeley.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35He used this small summerhouse, at the bottom of his back garden, to give free vaccinations to the poor.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40It was his way of giving something back to the community that inspired him.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56And now it's time to get back to the Subscription Rooms in Stroud
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and find the next three items to take off to auction.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00I think we may have got one.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11Glynn, what a fabulous, impressive tureen that is. Tell me about it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Basically, I came by it in the mid-'60s.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I bought it at a contents auction.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I paid £40 for it.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21I got rather carried away.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- In the mid-'60s.- In the mid-'60s.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- My goodness!- It was a week's wages.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Was it really?- Yes, it was. It's got no real value to us as such.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33It's just a...it's just a pot,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37filled with pills and receipts and all that sort of thing and that was about it.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42We heard you were coming to Stroud so we thought we'd clean it up and bring it across here.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- It's had a polish specially.- Yes!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Well done. It is so neo-classical in its style.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51That urnular shape - very delicate shape - very feminine.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Lots of ovals. There's not a straight line there.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59That could only be maybe three or four periods in history.
0:28:59 > 0:29:06The neo-classical fashion and movement started around 1770-1780.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10It was during those wonderful excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum
0:29:10 > 0:29:15and they were discovering these wonderful shapes that were around 2,000 years earlier.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Any time you see these husks, swags and festoons - these little
0:29:19 > 0:29:23oval roundels, known as patera, tied with ribbons at the top.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27That's a classic, classic piece of design from this period.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30What you would often have in the 18th century was,
0:29:30 > 0:29:35services like this in silver and silver plate, actually copying the interior of the dining room.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39The decorations and the swags on the walls would be on the ceiling,
0:29:39 > 0:29:44on the walls, on the carpet, and then again on the silver service they'd be serving the food from.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- It would have looked fantastic out on the table.- It certainly would.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Now, value.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53A week's wage in the 1960s.
0:29:53 > 0:29:59I guess a week's wage today is going to be a few hundred pounds - £200, £300, £400.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04- It's not going to make that.- No. - So, I'm afraid, investment-wise, it hasn't been a great one.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07But you've enjoyed it and it's been useful over the years.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12So, I guess today, if we put that into an auction, I'd expect it to make £100 to £150.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- Are you happy with that?- Yes, very happy.- Let's take it along.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Now, I've got a little two-year-old at home that would be rather taken with your pussycat.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Tell me, where did you get her from?
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Cheltenham Antiques Fair one Sunday afternoon.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Right. Why did she catch your eye?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Well, I used to foster cats for the Cats Protection League, so I love cats.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- I just thought she was rather cute, yes.- How long ago did you buy her?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Between five and six years ago.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49OK, so a little while ago. Can I ask what you paid for her?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Can you remember? - Well, £40.- £40, OK.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Well, she is, of course - I'm sure you've seen the label -
0:30:55 > 0:31:01she is made by the Chiltern factory, a well-known British toy manufacturer.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06The factory was started actually in 1908 in Buckinghamshire, and
0:31:06 > 0:31:12and the name of the factory was given to it by the Chiltern Hills in the area.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14But, it then developed.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16At first, they only produced dolls.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22Then the first bear was made - the first teddy bear - in 1915, known as Master Teddy.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27From then on, it developed small, soft toys and bears.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30But a little pussycat, or even a kitten,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34maybe, I think. It's just a little bit different, isn't it?
0:31:34 > 0:31:37A little bit different from your average bear.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42I rather like her. She's got these beautiful, blue, glass eyes.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46She's almost got a little bit of a Siamese look to her, hasn't she?
0:31:46 > 0:31:51And, I would say, synthetic fur, rather than mohair,
0:31:51 > 0:31:55which would have been used in the '20s and '30s,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58particularly for the teddy bears and soft toys.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02We've just got a few little moth holes there, rather like the silk.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Otherwise, she's in very good order.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10She's got that almost startled look that kittens have, which I think is quite charming.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14So, you paid £40.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18I would say, at auction today, that's probably about fair.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22The thing about an auction is that you never know,
0:32:22 > 0:32:26if two people rather like her, it can push the price up.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29So, my estimate would be £40 to £60.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33We could put a £40 reserve on it, if that's all right with you.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34- That's fine, yes.- Is that OK?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- That's fine, Kate. - Why do you want to sell her now?
0:32:37 > 0:32:43She's wrapped up in some bubble-wrap in an airtight container because I don't want her to deteriorate.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I think, "Well, that's a shame."
0:32:45 > 0:32:48What about the grandchildren, won't they like her?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52I think they prefer the more modern cuddly toys, really.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57That's the thing about antique toys, if you like. Not that she is quite antique but...
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I think some of them are a bit scary - the older ones.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03That's quite sweet. In a way I shall be sorry.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05I think, today, of course, we get worried,
0:33:05 > 0:33:10well, I certainly do, with my children, about glass eyes, when you give it to a little one,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- all the safety precautions you have to have these days, which they didn't have then.- No.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19- Nevertheless, I think she's super and I'm sure we can find her a good home.- OK, thanks.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31Miriam, for me, a day at Flog It wouldn't be a good day without seeing a tea caddy.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33I love them. I collect them.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36About six years ago, I started writing a book on them
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- and I'm still nowhere even near finished.- Really?!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42One of the things I love about a caddy like this is you can tell
0:33:42 > 0:33:45it's never been through the hands of the trade.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49It's never been repolished, it's never been recleaned, it's never been altered.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54It was inherited from my father.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56He died about seven years ago.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00And he probably had it from his second wife, whose name
0:34:00 > 0:34:07was Wakefield, because I've found a W on the escutcheon there on the front.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08- Oh, yeah.- So,
0:34:08 > 0:34:14I suspect with the W that it probably came from my stepmother's family
0:34:14 > 0:34:16rather than from my own.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19It's a piece that dates back quite a long way.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25- So, 1800, 1805, somewhere around there.- Quite early then, yes.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27It is. 200 years old.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32If we look inside, here we've got one compartment for green tea, one compartment for black tea.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36And, if we just open that...
0:34:36 > 0:34:40That hasn't been used for tea for a long time, has it?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44No. I've never used it for tea and I don't think my father did, either.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48When this was made 200 years ago, you wouldn't drink tea just at
0:34:48 > 0:34:51the table, out of a mug, it would be fine porcelain.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56The servant would bring the tea caddy to the lady of the house, who would unlock it,
0:34:56 > 0:35:00blend the tea, lock the tea caddy away again and it would go back.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06The whole tea ceremony would be at a table, known as a tea table, especially for tea drinking.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09The whole thing was all about the tea.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Of course, if you've been a Flog It watcher, you will know that tea
0:35:13 > 0:35:17in the Georgian period is actually more expensive per gram than gold.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- Really?!- It was incredibly expensive.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25This sort of caddy, being tortoiseshell, it's had a few problems.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Probably only one problem really, in its lifetime.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33It seems to have been dropped on this corner.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38And tortoiseshell collectors are very bothered about the panels and the condition of the panel.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43I'm very glad to say that you can't buy tortoiseshell today, it's totally illegal.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46And, whatever this is repaired with,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49will be what we call a breakers piece,
0:35:49 > 0:35:52something that is like this but not in such good condition.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57So, if they've got another tea caddy with a back panel that is good,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00they will take a section out and replace that section.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Of course it's quite an expensive job to replace.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05If it was perfect,
0:36:05 > 0:36:10I think that would have a hammer price of about £1,000.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15I think, to get it repaired and restored, is going to be say, £400.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19If we put an auction estimate of £500 to £800,
0:36:19 > 0:36:23put a reserve of £500 and don't let it go below that,
0:36:23 > 0:36:28- let's hope we can celebrate with something stronger than tea. - A very good idea.
0:36:28 > 0:36:34So, now it's time for our final trip to the auction room and here's a reminder of what we're taking.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40First, the silver plated tureen that caused Glynn to be a big spender in his youth.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43I paid £40 for it. I got rather carried away.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46In the mid-'60s? Oh, my goodness.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47It was a week's wages.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52So he needs to make the top end of James's £100-£150 estimate.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58And Rita is very attached to that toy cat, made by the Chiltern factory.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03It would have to be a lot more than the £40 she paid for her to part with it.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Finally, that Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy, belonging to Miriam,
0:37:08 > 0:37:09that James fell in love with.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Before the sale got under way, I caught up with auctioneer Philip Allwood,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17to see if he was an excited about the tea caddy as we were.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24I like this a lot - Miriam's tea caddy. Regency, tortoiseshell, as you know.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26£500 to £800 put on by James Lewis.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- He is a bit of a tea caddy fanatic. Collects them, I believe.- Does he?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Yeah, and it's been in the family quite a long time.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36She's had it seven years. Her father gave it to her.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41I wouldn't disagree with anything regarding the attribution or the value.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Good looking example, fairly standard.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50Just a couple of things that are wrong with it - a little chip on the ivory there.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It can be sorted out though.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Exactly! Nothing disastrous.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56But, a good-looking piece in good colour.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59I see no problem getting that sort of money.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05I'd like to see this do the top end of the estimate and a little bit more. It's all down to you.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06It'll be fine.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12Well, we'll soon find out but first, Glynn is hoping to say goodbye to his tureen.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15I wish it was silver but it's not solid silver.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21That's why we've got a value of £100 to £150. And it's Glynn's and I think this is style.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- If it was real silver, would you be keeping it?- Yes!
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I can see what you saw in it.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Hopefully, there are half a dozen people who will think the same.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Good luck. It's going under the hammer now.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Lot 294 is the silver-plated vegetable tureen,
0:38:37 > 0:38:38in the Adam manner.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41A very classy-looking piece this - good-looking piece.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Where are you going to be for that? I can start you at 110.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46At 110 I have.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- A good-looking piece at 110. 120. 130. 140. 150. 160.- It was a looker.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53170. 180. The book's out at 180.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57190 now. At £180. On my left now.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01At 180. 190 anywhere? At 180.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Well, how about that? I knew it would sell. What a looker!
0:39:05 > 0:39:08It had everything going for it.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I'm hoping there are lots of cat lovers in the saleroom right now.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20I've just been joined by Rita and we've got the little synthetic fur pussycat,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23hopefully with the purr-fect valuation put on by Kate.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26I know you do like the little cat and we had a reserve of £40
0:39:26 > 0:39:32but Rita has now upped it to 50.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- Well, he's special.- Yes, he is.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Yeah.- I almost had second thoughts about it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I don't mind if I take it home.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44We're going to find out, aren't we? It's going under the hammer now.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49Lot number 217 is the Chilterns Hygienic Toys cat -
0:39:49 > 0:39:51the gold plush cat.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Nice little piece there.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Good condition. Where are you going to be for that? Who'll start me?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Start me 50. 30 to get on then.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03At 20 I'm bid only, then. At £20.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Five if you like. £20. At five.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09At £25 for the cat. At £25. At 30.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Five. At 35. 40 now.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15At £35. At £35. 40 anywhere?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17At £35. Are you sure now?
0:40:17 > 0:40:21At £35. Are you all done at 35?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23He's going home, Rita.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25There's a big smile on your face.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I think it's ended up quite well, Kate.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33- I'm so pleased.- It will be good if all our clients were that pleased if things didn't sell.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I'm really pleased.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- If you do want to sell it in the future...- I don't think I will.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I'll put it down to a Flog It! moment.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Yeah. Give him a name as well.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- I will.- A specialist toy sale is probably the place to get more.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I shan't sell it, I promise you.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- It means too much. - It does now.- Yeah, of course it does.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Miriam, this is definitely the best lot in the sale.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- It's my favourite item.- Really?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Regency tea caddy. We've got £500-£800 riding on this. I had a chat to the auctioneer
0:41:07 > 0:41:11and I said, "Come on, top end, plus a little bit more".
0:41:11 > 0:41:13He went, "Yes". He didn't put his neck on the block.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18So, why do you want to sell this? It's so gorgeous! Why?
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Well, I don't know. It was a bit grubby when I first had it, actually.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24It wasn't until just recently I cleaned it up.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I must say I thought it looked nicer.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Hopefully we'll get 800 plus.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31800 is what I think. I'm hoping it will make 800.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- Really? That's good.- Top end.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Fingers crossed.- Well, yeah.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- Good luck. Enjoy this moment. - I shall.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39We can't talk anymore. This is it.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45Lot number 196 is the Regency tortoiseshell tea caddy.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- There we go. Nice little piece there.- Good luck.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Thank you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Good-looking piece.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I can start here on the book
0:41:55 > 0:42:01at £440. At 440.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02I'll take 460, if you like now.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04At 440. 460.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07480.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10500. 520.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12540. 560.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16580. 600.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19At 600. 620 now. At £600.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22620, can I say anywhere? 620.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24640. 660. The book's out at 660.
0:42:24 > 0:42:32At £660. 680 anywhere now? At 660.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- Done.- That's OK.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- That's fine.- Well, that's... - It got over mid-estimate.
0:42:37 > 0:42:44You've got 15% to pay on top of that so that has made £780. That's fine.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48You've got a bit of commission to pay, the odd 15%.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- What are you going to put your money towards? - Well, we're going on a holiday to...
0:42:52 > 0:42:56We're going on a cruise up the Baltic to St Petersburg.
0:42:56 > 0:43:02- Oh, lovely!- I'm going to put a bit of money towards that.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- That was a gorgeous item.- It was.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Yeah.- Lovely! My favourite thing.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Well, that's it. It's all over for our owners but the auction's still going -
0:43:15 > 0:43:17it's going on outside.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21What a cracking day we've had here. Our experts are on the money.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Phillip Allwood did us proud - a great auctioneer.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26All I can say is, I can't wait to come back.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29So, until the next time, it's cheerio.
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