0:00:03 > 0:00:06Today I'm in the Northeast, in a city celebrated for its shipbuilding,
0:00:06 > 0:00:12coal mining and glass making heritage and it's also very proud about its footballing history.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Welcome to Flog It! from Sunderland.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45We're at the Stadium Of Light, home to the mighty Sunderland Football Club, also known as the Black Cats.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50This magnificent stadium is situated on the banks of the River Wear
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and it first opened its doors in 1997.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55It's the seventh home ground the club have had
0:00:55 > 0:00:59and come match day, there's room for a whopping 49,000 fans.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09And by the look of the queue, we've got a pretty good turn-out on our hands this morning.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Battling it out here at the stadium are experts Anita Manning and Adam Partridge,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18looking for the best items, but remember,
0:01:18 > 0:01:23it's all about the final score and we won't know that until the auction...
0:01:23 > 0:01:27when we might be up for a few surprising results from our star players.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Basically, an 1881 Doulton Lambeth jardiniere or planter.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Let's hope Clarice does the business one more time. Please, one more time!
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- You can just about see the R Lalique, France... - I've never noticed that.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47And it looks like Anita is going to kick off with an early star of the BBC's.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Kath, welcome to Flog It!
0:01:51 > 0:01:56and thank you for bringing along good old Muffin the Mule.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Tell me, where did you get him?
0:01:57 > 0:02:03Well, I bought him in the 1970s from a jumble sale.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He only cost me a few pence, but I love him!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08What drew you to him?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I remember him,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13you know, in the 1950s when I was a little girl,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and it's one of the few children's television programmes that I actually remember.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Seeing Muffin on top of the piano
0:02:20 > 0:02:25and Annette Mills, who was the presenter, was singing away,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- and the tune, I can still remember it in my head.- I remember it too.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Do you think we could give it a verse?
0:02:30 > 0:02:35# I love Muffin, Muffin the Mule... #
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Takes us back
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and probably dates us.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Unfortunately.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Have you had him on display?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Initially, yes, but I downsized a couple of years ago,
0:02:47 > 0:02:52as people do and now I haven't got any...any need for him now and I think we should let go.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Yeah. I mean, he's not in the best of condition, Kath.- Poor thing.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00But if you look at him - I love the articulated legs and neck
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- and he is capable of quite a lot of movement.- Yes, he is.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10He was made by Moko and again, made in the 1950s.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14In fact, when we look at him, although the body,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17or the material is still in good condition,
0:03:17 > 0:03:22there's a lot of loss on the paintwork and that will make
0:03:22 > 0:03:24a big difference to the price.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Yes.- So he has been played with...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- A lot, I think. - And that's lovely. I like that.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32He wasn't rare.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Every little child watched...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I think we had Muffin the Mule...
0:03:36 > 0:03:41- Yes.- We had Andy Pandy, we had The Woodentops,
0:03:41 > 0:03:47so it will take grown-ups back to the days when you had
0:03:47 > 0:03:50these fairly simple programmes for children.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53So, um, quite a nice item.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Not a lot of money.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Perhaps £20-£30,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- if you're lucky.- That's fine by me.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03I'd like him to have a new home.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05And if you want to...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08You know, if on a bad day there's no great interest,
0:04:08 > 0:04:13we could perhaps safeguard him with a reserve of maybe about £15.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- That sounds OK.- Really just in case there isn't a great deal...
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- He may go back home with you, but we have had fun looking at him. - Oh, good. I'm glad.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25# Everybody sing
0:04:25 > 0:04:32# We want Muffin the Mule. #
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Lillian, welcome to Flog It! Thanks for coming along.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- You're welcome. - So, three copper pots.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Firstly, where did you get them from?
0:04:39 > 0:04:44From San Mateo, California, which is just up the peninsula from San Francisco.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45When?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- In the early '70s. - In the early '70s?- Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- What were you doing out there? - I was a cook-housekeeper.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Right. And you bought these at a flea market, an auction...
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It was an auction. On my days off, I had nothing to do,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00so I would go to antique shops
0:05:00 > 0:05:02just for something to fill time in.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07- OK. Now, it was a long time ago, but do you remember what they cost? - Roughly 20.- 20.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Actually, it was roughly about 2 to the pound at that time.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Right. Well, we, as auctioneers, see lots of copper and brass every day.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21- Yes.- And unfortunately nowadays the market has gone for a lot of your traditional copper and brass,
0:05:21 > 0:05:26like your kettle and even this little one, which is quite cute, but not worth a great deal.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- No, no. Course. - So we'll move those... - It's all minimalist now.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Right. People don't want to clean them. They say - I've brought this
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- cos I don't want to clean it. - That's true.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39But this is different. This one's much more interesting.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- It looks Japanese, doesn't it? - It's oriental style, yes. - Very much so.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47It dates from the late 19th century, and this is an American-manufactured...
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- Yes.- ..piece by Gorham, marked on the bottom for Gorham.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Gorham - a quality firm, still going...
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Started in 1831 and mainly known to people nowadays for their silver -
0:05:59 > 0:06:03cutlery and glassware as well.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Again, it doesn't hold a lot of value,
0:06:05 > 0:06:09but if you think that those are worth £5 between them
0:06:09 > 0:06:13and this is worth £30-£50, then it's a big difference.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16And I think this is silver that it's decorated with.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19I think they probably are, yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23They would certainly polish up, so it would look a bit smarter.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I hope it would make £50 plus.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- They're not going to add to this, so those are going home with you now. - That's right, yes. OK.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- This one we'll put in the auction... - Lovely.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- 30-50.- That's fine.- 30 reserve.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Yes.- If it doesn't make 30...
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I take it home as well. Right, that's lovely.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I think it'll do a bit better. I hope it does.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Why are you selling them, Lillian? - To go in my travel fund.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- You're a keen traveller?- I'm going to Barcelona in September. - Are you? Excellent.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52So when I can, I go.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- I hope you have a good time. - Oh, I shall.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Val, some people like Clarice Cliff, some people hate Clarice Cliff.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I personally like it.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I love the colours and I love the vigour
0:07:10 > 0:07:14and I love the patterns of Clarice's work.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- How do you feel about it? - It's exactly the same for me.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I love the vibrant colours and it's different
0:07:21 > 0:07:25and it just shows really well in the cabinet where it sits.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- Tell me, where did you get this piece?- I bought it from the internet about four or five years ago.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- What did you pay for it? - About £100.- Uh-huh.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Do you collect Clarice Cliff?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I do, yes. I've got quite a few pieces.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39And why are you selling this piece?
0:07:39 > 0:07:45My son, when anything ever happens to me in the future,
0:07:45 > 0:07:46will probably throw this
0:07:46 > 0:07:50and everything else that's in that cabinet, in the bin,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53because he doesn't, A - like it or B - know the value of it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Uh-huh. Maybe you should tell him the value and he'd start to appreciate it a wee bit more!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So, Val, let's have a look at this wee pot.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06We have this wonderful - and I love this -
0:08:06 > 0:08:12these oranges and lemons in that really vibrant Clarice Cliff colour.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17And if we turn it round, we're looking again at this,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22it's almost like a streaky pattern there, which is repeated in the inside.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I find that quite an interesting combination,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and I like that.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29If we look at the back stamp here,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33we have the typical Clarice Cliff back stamp,
0:08:33 > 0:08:38and the pattern is Delecia, so we have all the information there.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Now, you paid £100 for that and it was only a short time ago.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Five, six years. It wouldn't have increased in value.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- We can certainly put it into auction at, say, £100-£150...- Right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55..try to get your money back.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Now, would you like to put a reserve price on it?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I think £100 reserve.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02100. Have we any discretion?
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Oh, yes, because the money I get from it, it's not for me.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11I'm going to give it to a small charity that I'm involved with.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Ah, that's excellent.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Hopefully, there are Clarice buyers on the day,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- and they will be competing for that.- Thank you.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Alice and Denise,
0:09:30 > 0:09:36you've brought in this rather nice Doulton Lambeth jardiniere, or planter.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Whose is it?- Mine.- Right.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Where did you get it from? - It was a present.- From?
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- From a lady I worked for. When she died, I could pick what I wanted.- OK.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I've always liked it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52So, in what capacity did you work for this lady?
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- Housekeeper.- Right and was that for a long time?- 25 years.- Really?- Yeah.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- So, you chose this because you always liked it.- I've always liked it and I like the colours.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04So, why are you here now?
0:10:04 > 0:10:10- Because she doesn't like it and if anything happens, it'll go to her.- Denise, you don't like it?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14I do like it, but I would rather my mum had the money.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- If she can get money for it, I'd rather her have it.- Really? - Yeah.- It's not especially valuable.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- I know.- I think that's a bit of a cop-out, Denise!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- I'd rather me mum had the money. - Yes, that's saying it the nice way.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Instead of hurting her feelings.- "I don't want to say I don't like it."
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It's not to everyone's taste.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Some people watching will like it, a lot of people won't.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Modern tastes change.- That's right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38So you've decided to put it up for Flog It?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Yes.- It's Doulton Lambeth. Doulton's a big name.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46A pottery body with this incised design all around
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and they're fairly typical with these applied mouldings.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52You see them quite often. This is quite a nice example.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I'm going to just whip it over now and show you the marks.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00There's the Doulton Lambeth mark and there's some initials under there as well.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06- Is that KD?- KD.- That would need us to look it up because there were over 100 artists and assistants,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09but that's the artist's or the decorator's mark.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Yes.- And also you've got a number there - 1881.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Now, a lot of people bring us things with numbers on the bottom and they think that's when they were made.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20In fact, they're a shape number.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25But this one is actually the date when it was made, so this was made in 1881.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32So it's basically an 1881 Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardiniere or planter. Any idea what it's worth?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36I'm reckoning up to 100. I know it's not really valuable.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Yeah. If it made over 100, I think that would be good going. - Oh, that would, uh-huh.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- My estimate would be 50-80. - Yes, I know it's not...
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Is that about what you thought? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- And I think we should put a reserve of £50 on it.- Uh-huh.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53So, if it doesn't make £50...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Yes, I still have it. - We get to keep it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Denise will have to start liking it!
0:12:02 > 0:12:08We're halfway through our day. We've been working flat out and the room is still packed full of people,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11so there's more valuations to come later on. But right now,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14let's put our theories to the test. Let's get into the auction room
0:12:14 > 0:12:18and here's a quick recap of all the items we're taking with us.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Let's hope that Muffin holds on stubbornly to the £20-£30 estimate
0:12:24 > 0:12:28by jogging memories, as he did to Anita and Kath.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- Do you think we could give it a verse? - # I love Muffin, Muffin the Mule! #
0:12:36 > 0:12:40This Gorham teapot has travelled all the way from California.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Lillian now wants to sell it so she can continue on her travels.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Clarice Cliff is always popular, so this vase should attract the bidders, who will appreciate it
0:12:50 > 0:12:52much more than Val's son.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Alice picked out this planter as a gift from her former employer,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03but her daughter doesn't like it, so now it's up for grabs.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- I do like it, but I would rather my mum had the money...- Really?- Yeah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I think that's a bit of a cop-out, Denise, isn't it?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Today's sale comes from the Boldon Auction Galleries
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and in charge of the proceedings in auctioneer Giles Hodges.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24Just before the sale starts, I'm going to have a quick chat with him, so I'd best get inside.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30I keep saying it wouldn't be Flog It! without Clarice Cliff, but it wouldn't be an auction
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- without Clarice Cliff, would it? - Very true. I have a piece in just about every single sale.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37This belongs to Val.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42We've got a value of £100-£150 on this, but it does have a little hairline crack.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It does indeed and that's the one thing that might
0:13:45 > 0:13:50- just detract from it reaching its full market potential.- Oh, really?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- I think so.- I thought it might be worth that with the little crack.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I'm not sure. The way the market is,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- people want things in as good a condition as they can get.- So this just might struggle.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- It might. - For once, Clarice just might...
0:14:05 > 0:14:09We don't want to put any dampeners on it, but it might let us down.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I'm joined by Val and Anita and next up it's the Clarice Cliff pot.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- We keep saying Clarice never lets us down, but is this the moment it goes wrong?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Hopefully not.- Oh, I hope not as well,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30but I did have a chat to Giles before the sale started.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32He pointed out a hairline crack.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Right, I didn't notice that, Paul.
0:14:34 > 0:14:41And he said, "I suspect that wasn't noticed because the value was £100-£150."
0:14:41 > 0:14:48Because of the hairline crack, he would put sort of £80-£100 on it, so we still might get the lower end
0:14:48 > 0:14:52or someone might not notice the hairline crack and pay top end for it!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Well, I didn't notice it. - Yeah, there was a tiny one.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59He pointed it out. Right now, it's about to go under the hammer.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04Let's hope Clarice does the business one more time. Please, one more time! Here we go.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Am I bid 50 to start it?
0:15:07 > 0:15:11At £50. 5, anybody?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13At £50, is there 5?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Yes.- 55, 60...
0:15:16 > 0:15:185, 70...
0:15:20 > 0:15:24£70 with me. £70... 75. 80?
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- 85. On the net at £85. 90.- One more.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34We've done it.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- 95.- 95.- We've done it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- 100.- Yes! Yes, yes, yes!
0:15:41 > 0:15:42105.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- 110...- Oh, brilliant.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48..110 on the internet.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51At £110, are we all done?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54At £110, we're away.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Good. Good.- Brilliant! It didn't let us down, did it?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- £110.- That wasn't a worry, though.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04I've had the pleasure of displaying it for four or five years and, um...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Yeah, and having the joy from it. - Yes, yes, and it does display well,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10so the money's going to go to the Spinal Injuries Association,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- which is a charity that I'm involved with.- Brilliant. And that's based where?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- In Milton Keynes. - Good plug for them - great cause.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33Next up, the Doulton Lambeth planter. I've been joined by Denise, but Mum is on her hols, isn't she?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- She is, yes.- Where to? - She's gone to Benidorm.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Oh, does she go there every year? - Every single year.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Will she come back completely tanned?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- No, she'll come back exactly the same colour.- Will she?!- Definitely.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Well, we've got £50-£80 riding on this, but it's something you didn't like anyway.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Not really. - You twisted Mum's arm to sell it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57- That's right.- She had the pick of a few things in that house, but she picked something you didn't like.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- That's right, yeah. - It's always the way, isn't it? Always the way!- Typical.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Well, let's see what it does anyway. It's now down to the bidders,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08but hopefully we'll get a bit more than Adam's top end estimate.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13We've got the Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardiniere.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I've got one, two, three,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16four commission bids,
0:17:16 > 0:17:17and 120 starts me.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22- 120!- At 120, 140, 160.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25At 160... At 160...
0:17:25 > 0:17:26I'll take 70.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29At £160, are we all done?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33170. To my left at 170.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36170, for the last chance.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39On my left at 170.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Yes, we're going to take that! - That was a good price.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45You've got to be happy with that.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Yeah, definitely.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52- I think you should get on the phone to Mum and give her a surprise.- I'll send a text message and let her know.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Lillian's about to sell her 19th-century
0:17:59 > 0:18:02copper Gorham mounted with silver, because you want to travel.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Yes, well...
0:18:03 > 0:18:08- You want to go travelling again, and you got this in California. - That's right.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14We've got something from the '70s here in California and I'm pretty sure this should do well.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18It's very nice. It's Gorham, second only to Tiffany in manufacturers in America.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- I think we're going to do all right.- Good luck, it's up now.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24..Copper pot
0:18:24 > 0:18:27with the applied oriental emblems.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I've got two commission bids
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- and 60 starts me.- Oh, I say!- £60.
0:18:33 > 0:18:3465, anybody?
0:18:34 > 0:18:3865, 70, 5, 80...
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Oh, brilliant.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44..5, 100, 10, 20.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47With me at 120 on commission.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Now to the net. - Maybe it's going back to America.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Oh, might be. - Are we all done at £120?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And we're away at 120.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- That's fantastic, isn't it? - Surprising.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- It's travelled well. - I got it in a job lot.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Did you?- I got three...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Yeah, the other ones were rubbish, if I may say.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- One wasn't, but we didn't know where it came from.- Right.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10That's a very good price, £120 and I agree with you, Adam.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- That's going back to the States. - I think it probably is.- Yeah. - Right.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Now, we're about to turn three pence into £20. Well, fingers crossed, that's what we're going to do
0:19:26 > 0:19:29and how are we going to do it? Well, Kath's going to tell us.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Well, I bought Muffin the Mule for just a few pence 30 years ago from a jumble sale.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And we've got a valuation put on by Anita of 20-30. I hope it does that.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I know the condition is really poor, it's got no box but...
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Hey, it's been played with and that's what it is meant to do, isn't it?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Yeah.- I think this is a little star, don't you?
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- It's a piece of nostalgia, so the collectors will love it.- Good.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- Fingers crossed.- Not for a lot of money, right enough!- No.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Well, it's down to this lot now - the bidders. Good luck.- Thank you.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Lot 40, the one we've all been waiting for...- Aw.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- ..it's the tin-plate Muffin the Mule puppet.- He needs a new home.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Bit of interest, and I'm bid 10 to start.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12At 10, 15, 20. At £20...
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Brilliant.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17..5, front row. At £25...
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Come on, Muffin!
0:20:18 > 0:20:2230, 35, 40, 45...?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24£45 front.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27£45 anybody to the net?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31£45, we're away at 45.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- £45!- Oh!- That's a good price.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37That's fantastic.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38The condition was so bad on that!
0:20:38 > 0:20:41So that's 3p turned into £45.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- That's marvellous. - That's good profit, don't you think?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Thanks a lot.- Gosh!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Are you going back to the jumble sales 30 years later?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I think I will. You never know, do you?
0:20:54 > 0:20:59That's a great result for Kath and we'll be coming back later to the Boldon Auction Galleries
0:20:59 > 0:21:02to see Giles generate some more excitement.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06He doesn't muck about, does he?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The Durham coastline's beautiful, isn't it?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17It looks so rural it's hard to believe that, until recently,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20this was an industrial landscape dominated by coal mines.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Now, I'm not the only outsider to explore this part of the Northeast.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Photographer, Chris Steele-Perkins has spent three years photographing this landscape,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34focusing on the people and their rural pursuits and he's captured a unique record
0:21:34 > 0:21:38of the place and the people, for his book Northern Exposures,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and I'm going to meet up with him to find out more.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47And here's the man himself.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Hi, how are you? - Thanks for meeting up with us today.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52You're not from the Northeast, are you?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55No. No, I was brought up in Somerset, I now live in London,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58but I did spend four years as a student here,
0:21:58 > 0:22:03- so I have a knowledge of the area and an affection for the place. - You've certainly moved about a bit.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09I guess because you were a student here, that's what brought you back. Is this where it all started?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- Well, certainly with this place. I mean, this is Haswell Plough Mart. - Right.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18It took place in an old barn and you could buy literally anything,
0:22:18 > 0:22:23from a bag of rusty nails to a chicken, to a car, to a horse,
0:22:23 > 0:22:30or a rather battered door. And it was an institution.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35Every weekend they'd have this thing, and all the local farmers and characters would turn up.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40In fact, this is where I met a number of my sort of contacts,
0:22:40 > 0:22:47who were able to take me out into different parts of country life that I was really unfamiliar with.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- What did that door sell for, in the end?- I don't know, but I can't imagine it was a lot.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56But it's clearly a door of great interest to many people there.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Can we move on inside and look at the rest of exhibition?- Sure.
0:23:09 > 0:23:16From the mart, I met all these people. I met this guy Wayne who had a couple of lurchers.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I took his picture and we got talking,
0:23:18 > 0:23:24and I said, "What do you do with the lurchers?" and he says, "Oh, I go hunting rabbits."
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I said, "OK, can I come along with you?"
0:23:27 > 0:23:31And here he is with some ferrets and one of the lurchers, and they...
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I can see the nets they've put over the escape holes.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39That's right, and they put the ferret or a polecat down one of the holes,
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- and chased the rabbits out into the net.- What did they do with all the rabbits?
0:23:44 > 0:23:49They eat some of them, and they told me they give the rest away to old-age pensioners and stuff.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Well, that's good.- It's recycled.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Yeah. The images are wonderful quality.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57What camera do you use, or do you vary cameras?
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Well, I vary, but for this project I used what's called a Mamiya 7
0:24:01 > 0:24:04which looks like a very old-fashioned camera.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It's really simple, but the great thing about it is that
0:24:07 > 0:24:09it's got a negative about that big...
0:24:09 > 0:24:14- Yeah.- ..and that gives you fantastic richness of detail and tonality.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20You know, I wanted a kind of... surface, if you like, and the detail in all the information,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- like the pieces of grass, the cross of the nets and so on.- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's quite, you know...
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- If I do it again, I'd do it digitally...- Would you really?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Oh, yeah, but when I started this project,
0:24:33 > 0:24:38there weren't digital cameras of the quality that I wanted. There's plenty of them now.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43There are, and it's more like point and shoot, but it's real art to capture work like that.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47You've still got to work at it with a digital camera, to do it properly.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50See, I've noticed that a lot of your work does feature animals.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- Why is that?- Yeah, well, that was never my intention,
0:24:54 > 0:24:59but it soon became apparent to me, you know, cos I was working in the Durham coalfields,
0:24:59 > 0:25:05and the mining villages were just there because there was coal, not because of any other reason,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and very often they were just on either side of a road, and then it's open country.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16So the miners had this relationship with the countryside right from the beginning,
0:25:16 > 0:25:21and almost everybody I met still seemed to have two or three animals,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25whether it's cats, ferrets, horses, dogs, chickens, you know.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28But they had this sort of intimate relationship with animals.
0:25:28 > 0:25:35Chris chose to include poems by local poet Katrina Porteous in his book,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38because he felt they complemented the photographs.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Here she is, reading an extract of The Pigeon Men.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46"Small doors, cobbled from sleepers and iron sheeting
0:25:46 > 0:25:49"Hauled up from underground It was pit-work
0:25:49 > 0:25:53"That made them ache to be out here in the sunshine
0:25:53 > 0:25:55"Among the birds
0:25:55 > 0:25:59"See yon green fields? Yonder's where Horden pit was -
0:25:59 > 0:26:05"The biggest pit in Europe, that. Nowt there now. Gone.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09"John bites his tab, says nothing, glares into the distance
0:26:09 > 0:26:14"Then he throws up his white dove like a flag - come on!"
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Pigeons are the miner's pet.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Pigeons and, I guess, whippets.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I mean, OK, people haven't been miners for a long time up here now, but, you know,
0:26:28 > 0:26:34the tradition remains, but it actually remains for the older guys.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- Pigeons don't attract a lot of young kids.- No.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40They want to play Nintendo or whatever.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46And, er, it's a source of some regret to the old fellas.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- Where's this?- Well, this is Horden and it's the Whippet Club.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03Again, whippets were very much the family dog of the miners,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05certainly up in this area.
0:27:05 > 0:27:12And this whippet club used to have 30, 40 members not so long ago,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15but it's more or less reduced down.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Just like pigeons, you know,
0:27:16 > 0:27:21the younger kids don't seem to be that interested in it. And what they used to do was...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24This is the football pitches, you know,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29and along the edge of it, they'd set up a race track
0:27:29 > 0:27:33with a machine that wound in a rag on the end of a rope - you know, zzzz!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36And the whippets would go after it.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41- Ah, it's great, they made their own entertainment, didn't they, really? - Yeah, yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45This is about how real people live in the real world,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and it's a kind of tough old world, you know.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It is. It's not posed. That's what I love about it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- It's not cliched, it's not people posing.- No, no.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56It's them going through their lives
0:27:56 > 0:28:01and I am fortunate enough to be allowed to kind of witness it.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11What I really liked about this project was that, you know,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13it's something that I didn't know about,
0:28:13 > 0:28:19and these people sort of let you into their little universe of things that they really care about,
0:28:19 > 0:28:24and you were able to participate in that, you know, which is great.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26A lot of the people, your subject matter,
0:28:26 > 0:28:32must have come in and checked it out. What do they say to you?
0:28:32 > 0:28:37- What's their opinion? - Well, the feedback that I've had is, you know, they...
0:28:37 > 0:28:41like the idea that somebody's paying attention to them, you know.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45And, I mean, I haven't been here to make fun of them, you know.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50I wasn't here to sort of glorify them either, these sort of working-class heroes.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I really wanted to be honest about my feelings,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55and I think they can respect that.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Thank you so much, Chris, for giving me a brief insight
0:29:00 > 0:29:03into rural life up here, which I would never have glimpsed.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08You're welcome. I was very happy that I had my eyes opened too.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Let's look at some more, and while we do that,
0:29:11 > 0:29:15we'll listen to one of Katrina's powerful, evocative poems about The Pigeon Men.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17The Pigeon Men, yeah.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23"And Clifton, Coxon, Cuba Streets
0:29:23 > 0:29:27"The vanished homes of vanished men, who never dreamed
0:29:27 > 0:29:32"How much of themselves they nailed in the crees and gardens
0:29:33 > 0:29:36"Home the birds stream
0:29:36 > 0:29:41"While John, on the stock-loft roof, waves the frantic fantail
0:29:41 > 0:29:45"'Come on!' he yells to the open sky. 'Howway!'
0:29:45 > 0:29:48"And the white wings beat at the end of his outstretched fingers
0:29:48 > 0:29:54"As if he too was ready to fly away."
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Back at the valuation day, Anita has stumbled on something rather spectacular.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Sandra, what a wonderful piece of silver.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Tell me, where did you get it?
0:30:14 > 0:30:20It came to me from my husband because it was his grandmother's.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Do you have it on display?- I have. It's on the sideboard.- Uh-huh.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- And do you like it?- Very, very much. It's very much a talking point.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- Oh, it's a conversation piece? - It is.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Well, you wouldn't be able to use it, Sandra,
0:30:33 > 0:30:38because originally it would've had a bowl...
0:30:38 > 0:30:43- Yeah.- ..probably quite an extravagant and cut crystal bowl
0:30:43 > 0:30:48which would've held fruit or sweetmeats or whatever.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- And it's very sort of over-the-top, isn't it?- Yes.- High Victoriana.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Let's have a closer look at it.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59On this wonderfully intricate base,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02we have a sleeping child,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05sitting under a tree.
0:31:05 > 0:31:13Now, this child appears to be being protected
0:31:13 > 0:31:15by this little dog,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17from the serpent here.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22So it's a rather sentimental... it tells us a sentimental story,
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- and the Victorians loved that type of story.- I see.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33It's intricately made, it's beautifully made, it's finely finished.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Let's have a look at the back stamp.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Now, we have a lion mark which tells us that it's silver.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49- Right.- We have a leopard which tells us it's the London hallmark,
0:31:49 > 0:31:55and it's dated for 1854, so high Victoriana.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00We have the maker's name of Stephen Smith and William Nicholson,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03so all the information is there.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07They were good silversmiths, good London hallmark,
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- so this piece has everything going for it.- Right.
0:32:11 > 0:32:18Auction estimate, I would say between £250 and £350.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Very good.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Now, would you be happy to sell it at that?- Oh, yes, yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:30- We'll put a reserve of, say, £250, with a wee bitty of discretion. - OK. Yes, fine.
0:32:30 > 0:32:36- Why are you selling it? - Well, my daughter, she's going to be moving down to Cheshire.
0:32:36 > 0:32:44She's going to start off a new life and we really want to just give her that bit of help along the way.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46You're a wonderful mum, and young people need money.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49They do. They do, always!
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Let's flog it!- Thank you.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- June...- Hello.- It's a lovely piece of Lalique.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05- Thank you.- The Poisson bowl - that's the name of the pattern, obviously because it's got fish on it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- Yes.- Where did you come to get this from?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10My husband bought it from the auctions.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- He was an addict to auctions. - Right.- He loved the auctions.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16He would come home with things I never knew he had,
0:33:16 > 0:33:20he would hide them in the cupboards, in the drawers, top of wardrobes, you name it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25- I do that sort of thing too! - I would find things all over, but I did know about the plate.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Yeah. But, unfortunately, I don't really like it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33And were you pretty appalled when he came home with it and said, "Look what I bought"?
0:33:33 > 0:33:39Well, no, not really. I knew Lalique was nice and collectable, not like some of the things he came home with.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Did he come home with some junk as well?
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- Yeah.- Did you say, "That's nice, dear," or did you tell him off?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48No, "What's that, more rubbish you've bought?"
0:33:48 > 0:33:50It's by Lalique, of course.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Rene Lalique. It dates to about 1935.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58I don't know if you've noticed, but if you hold it up to the light,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- you can just about see the R Lalique, France.- Yeah!
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- No, I've never noticed that before. - Have you not?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- I've had it 12 years and never noticed. - Really? Well, now you know.- Yeah.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And it's got this lovely opalescence to it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16- Holding it up to the light really shows it off to its best, doesn't it?- Yes, it does.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Do you know what he paid for anything or did he keep that a secret too?
0:34:19 > 0:34:25- No, no, he paid round about £400 because he got in a pricing war. - A bidding war.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- As you do in the auctions. - Yeah. I'm not letting him have it! - That was what he said.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32He was determined the other person was not going to get it.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Well, that's the top end of its value, really.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Usually, you'd make £250-£350 on this, at auction.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Right.- And that would be the estimate I'd suggest. We could put a reserve on it of 250...
0:34:43 > 0:34:48- Yes.- ..and that would be fixed so it doesn't go for less, and it should make somewhere round there,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- ideally the top end or towards your money back would be nice. - That would be good.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Don't think there's going to be a profit.- Right, OK.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58But he enjoyed it and he enjoyed the sport.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01And he would love this. He would love me doing this.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- Oh, good.- Yes.- So he'd be pleased that you brought it back to auction.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- I think so, yes. - And let's hope there's another bidding war and then two people...
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- That would be super. - You never know. Thanks for coming. - Thank you very much.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Heidi, welcome to Flog It!
0:35:20 > 0:35:25I love brooches, and I think this is a lovely item.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Tell me, where did you get it?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I bought it from a charity shop in the Lake District.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- Ah. How much did you pay for it? - Two pounds.- Two quid?!
0:35:34 > 0:35:37That is absolutely wonderful.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Well, let's have a wee look at it, first of all.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44It's nine-carat gold and it is hallmarked.
0:35:44 > 0:35:51It's from, I would say, from the design, from the 1930s or 1940s.
0:35:51 > 0:35:59And we have this delightful array of aquamarine stones.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Absolutely lovely, and for £2!
0:36:03 > 0:36:05You really do have a good eye.
0:36:05 > 0:36:11Do you make a habit of frequenting the charity shops and so on?
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Yeah, I do enjoy the charity shops and car-boot sales. I do it weekly.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- Weekly? Uh-huh. What type of things are you drawn to? - Handbags and costume jewellery.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- Did you think this was costume jewellery? - That was with costume jewellery,
0:36:24 > 0:36:29but it was sparkling a bit, so it looked more than the different costume jewellery in the box.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31You've got a wonderful eye.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34So did you get your glass out and have a look?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- I haven't got one of those yet! - Oh, you need to get a glass. You need to get a look.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Anyway, it's a lovely wee piece,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45and I think that it will be well-fancied at auction.
0:36:45 > 0:36:53Value - I would put £60-£80 on it, and I think I might be being a wee bit conservative there.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59We'll put a reserve price on it, and I think maybe £55.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Yeah, I would be happy at that. - Would you be happy at that?- Yeah.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07In selling this, is there anything special that you would put the money to?
0:37:07 > 0:37:12Me and my boyfriend are saving for a house at the moment, so every little counts.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18Every penny counts. Well, let's hope that we can get a good return on that,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22and I think that it's a wonderful hobby -
0:37:22 > 0:37:25to get out there, to search in the car-boot sales,
0:37:25 > 0:37:31to search in the charity shops, make a couple of bob and have a great time.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- So well done, Heidi.- Thank you.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36That's it for our experts' valuations
0:37:36 > 0:37:42and now it's time to put them to the test with Giles at the auction house.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44OK, Sandra's silver centrepiece.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46This is very, very showy.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Missing the bowl, obviously.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54We've got a value of £250-£350 on this. I think it's absolutely stunning.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55I love the quality,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58but it looks more like nickel than silver, doesn't it?
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Well, it does, because it's been so well cleaned and so well looked after,
0:38:03 > 0:38:07it's practically jumping off the table.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10You've said the one thing against it is the fact it hasn't got a bowl.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13But that's why it's that value, isn't it?
0:38:13 > 0:38:18Well, exactly, cos the bowl's going to cost probably £200, £300, maybe, to get fitted.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Oh, it is lovely. What do you think that'll do? Will that do the top end?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Well, the estimate we've got is...?
0:38:24 > 0:38:30- £250-£350, top end.- I think you can go well above the top end.
0:38:30 > 0:38:36- Good.- In fact, I think we'll go for, if you doubled the bottom end of estimate...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38500? Giles has sold it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- I think, yeah... I think we...yeah. - Lots of excitement! Don't go away.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Well, that's fantastic news for Sandra.
0:38:46 > 0:38:52It sounds like her silver centrepiece should really do well. I can't wait for the final result.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56We also have June's lovely Lalique plate.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01It's a true classic, so I have no doubt its sale will go swimmingly too.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Heidi's nine-carat gold brooch is our final item.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09It only cost her £2, so I have big hopes pinned on it,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13and it's obvious that Anita thinks Heidi has spotted a real winner.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- You've got a wonderful eye. Did you get your glass out? - I haven't got one of those yet.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Oh, you need to get a glass. You need to get a look.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28I've been joined by Heidi, whose motto is, "Every penny counts", because you're saving for a house.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- How long have you been saving? - About a year and a half.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35We're selling a nine-carat gold brooch which you bought in a charity shop.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Yeah.- For just a couple of pounds? - £2.- That was a good spot, wasn't it?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43We've got an estimate of £60-£80. Hopefully we'll get the top end. Here we go.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46It's stamped nine-carat.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I've got three bids -
0:39:48 > 0:39:51sorry, no, two bids and I am 80 to start me.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- That's good. - Yeah, better than the top end.
0:39:54 > 0:39:5890, 5, 100...
0:39:58 > 0:40:00110, 120...
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- I'm pleased with this. - 130, 140, 150...
0:40:04 > 0:40:08On the phone at 150. Anybody left?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11At £150, the net is out too.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14At £150, we're away at 150.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Heidi, that's fantastic! £150.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- Yes. Thank you very much. - Excellent result!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21You have a great eye.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- You just have a really good eye. - Are you happy?- Yes. - Good.- Fingers crossed.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31- How long before you'll get the house or the flat? - Probably another year and a half!
0:40:36 > 0:40:40June, I can't wait to see what the bidders think of this, cos it is real quality.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45It's the Lalique plate up next. £250-£350.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48And when we talk about antiques, Adam, we always say invest in quality,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51invest in a name that's got good provenance.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- This has got the lot and the condition.- Good strong name, good pattern, fish are popular.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58So why are we selling it? That's what we want to know.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- Because I don't like it. - You don't like it! That's incredible, isn't it?
0:41:02 > 0:41:07I thought everybody liked Lalique. It's beautiful glass. It really is.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11If you're going to collect glass, Lalique is up there with the very best.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- Yes, strong.- Yeah. Hope it sells. - Will we get the top end, Adam?
0:41:15 > 0:41:20- I don't know if we'll get the top end, but I'm pretty sure we'll sell it.- OK.- Well, 95.7% sure.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25That's good enough for us! We're going to find out what the bidders think. Here we go.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30We have the shallow Lalique Poisson opalescent, circular bowl
0:41:30 > 0:41:31by Rene Lalique.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Plenty of interest. I've got two commission bids...- There you go.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- And 260 starts.- We're in.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41260, 280, 300, 320.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Bid's upstairs at 320. Anybody else?
0:41:44 > 0:41:49£320. To my left...
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- £320 for the last time...- I like it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- We all like it.- At £320.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Gone!- I think June likes it as well. - I do, yes.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- That's a great price. - That's fantastic.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02What are you going to invest in now, then?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- Another antique or...? - Maybe some jewellery.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Jewellery. Something you can wear and enjoy.- Yes.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- That'd be nice, to turn it into something else, so you've got a memento.- Yes.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Next up, we've got a bit of quality.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21It's Sandra's centrepiece. It's gorgeous, isn't it?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- It is.- Nice chunk of silver. £250-£350 we've got on this.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Had a chat to the auctioneer, and we both said this has got to do a lot more than that, surely.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32If it had the bowl, £1,000.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- You know that, don't you?- I do. - You've obviously explained that.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Uh-huh. It's an absolutely wonderful item and it was a pleasure to handle.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Hopefully, this is going to go to a good home for a lot of money!
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- Hopefully.- That's what we want. - That'd be great.- Let's find out.
0:42:48 > 0:42:54- London 1854...- It's certainly the centrepiece of the saleroom now!
0:42:54 > 0:43:00I've got three commission bids and I'm starting it at £700.
0:43:00 > 0:43:07- Wow!- 720, 750, 780, 800, 820.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10At 820 to my left. Anybody else?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13At 820 for the last time...
0:43:13 > 0:43:19At £820, the internet is out too. At £820.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23- Yes!- Lost for words!- He doesn't muck about, old Giles, does he?!
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Straight in at £820. - I was a wee bit conservative there.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30"Come and buy me," wasn't it? I reckon someone had a spare bowl for that.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- Yeah, maybe!- Do you know that? - Two people had a spare bowl!- Yeah!
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- That's marvellous. - Thank you so much for bringing that in, and to you, Anita.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40We've had a brilliant day here.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45I hope you've enjoyed the show. There's plenty more surprises to come, but for now, it's cheerio.
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