0:00:04 > 0:00:07What fabulous weather. Just the kind of day to be on the coast
0:00:07 > 0:00:11and this beautiful beach is called Oddicombe, and it's situated in Torquay
0:00:11 > 0:00:13and that's where the show comes from today.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Torquay is situated on the South Devon coast in the area known as Torbay
0:00:39 > 0:00:43and Torbay has been a firm favourite with tourists ever since the Victorian era.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's been dubbed "The English Riviera."
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And what better attraction for visitors to the area than this...
0:00:49 > 0:00:53the Babbacombe Cliff Railway. You can just see one of the carriages.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Now that takes visitors from the beach, where I'm standing,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58right up to the top of the cliff
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and later on in the show I'll be coming back here
0:01:00 > 0:01:03to find out how this marvellous feat of engineering works but, for now,
0:01:03 > 0:01:09I'm heading off to the centre of Torquay to the valuation day and I'm going to be taking that quick route.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And there is quite a crowd outside the Palace Hotel,
0:01:18 > 0:01:24so it's just as well today's experts, Philip Serrell and new boy David Fletcher,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28have already got stuck in, browsing Torquay's antiques and collectables.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Now they'll have to continue looking inside as it's time to get the doors open
0:01:32 > 0:01:36and it looks as if something speedy has already caught David's eye.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Alan, when you said you'd brought a vintage car in,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I thought we were going to have to go out to the car park to look at it!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Now, how long have you owned this?
0:01:45 > 0:01:50It's difficult to remember, I seem to remember it being around at least 20, 30 years
0:01:50 > 0:01:55but I think when one of the grandparents passed away, it came my way then.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- So you didn't play with it as a boy? - I didn't, actually.
0:01:58 > 0:02:06- So you weren't responsible for the damage?- No. I've only ever known it to look like it is and there we are.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08OK. The damage is a problem.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14It's a little bit rusty, there's metal fatigue, I think, in his trouser bottom there
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and in the hem of his coat.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21This was made in Germany by the Leamann Factory.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27In their day, they were prolific manufacturers of this sort of item.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32If you like, they were the Dinky and Corgi toymakers of the early 20th century
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and this model is known as a "Tut-Tut"
0:02:36 > 0:02:41and I think that must refer to the fact that, if we look inside, we can see these bellows
0:02:41 > 0:02:44which are operated by the clockwork motor
0:02:44 > 0:02:47which would have caused his horn to sound.
0:02:47 > 0:02:55This particular design was patented in 1903, by which time the factory had been going for some time
0:02:55 > 0:02:59and this model continued in production until 1935.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04One of the things I love about it is his driving position.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I mean talk about cool, he's got his foot up on the dashboard,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10one hand on the steering wheel, no seat belt
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and he's blowing his horn as he does it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16That's a bit worrying, but standards were different in those days.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Now, why are you selling it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21To be honest with you,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24we would like it to go to a home where it's appreciated.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- I know a lot of people say this, but we really would.- That's good.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It would be nice if someone had it and looked after it
0:03:31 > 0:03:33more than what it's been in the past
0:03:33 > 0:03:35and maybe did a bit of restoration on it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38It's always said, isn't it, we don't really own these things,
0:03:38 > 0:03:43we just take care of them for the next generation and I'm glad that you're handing it on.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- That's right.- Now, we need to think about what it might be worth.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I am concerned, as I say, about the damage.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I would give this the benefit of the doubt
0:03:52 > 0:03:54and say that it was made at the start of that period
0:03:54 > 0:04:00so, before the First World War which gives it a bit of extra cachet.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- I reckon this will make between £60 and £100.- Good grief!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- You surprise me, you really do! - Oh, that's good.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12What I'd really like to suggest is that we sell it without reserve.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You'll have to be a bit philosophical but I'm confident that there'll be
0:04:16 > 0:04:21enough people there who like this sort of thing for it to do pretty well.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Are you happy with that? - Yes, that would be wonderful!
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Rose, this plaque is exquisite, it's beautiful!
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Is it?- Stunning, it really is!
0:04:36 > 0:04:40I wish I had the talent to paint something like that!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Yes.- It's definitely a religious scene.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Yes.- Tell me a little bit about its history.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50I inherited it approximately 30 years ago from an elderly lady
0:04:50 > 0:04:57and she was a housekeeper, must have been in quite a nice house,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01and she was given, obviously, certain items from the house
0:05:01 > 0:05:05and I think this has got to be one of them because she wouldn't have had this herself.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08What have you done with it? Have you had this on the wall?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I've had it on the wall. I took it off this morning!
0:05:10 > 0:05:14So there's a little dust mark, a little square one!
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I saw that "Flog It!" was coming and I said to a friend of mine
0:05:18 > 0:05:23I think I'd love to go, so she said "what would you take?" I said "I'll take the miniature".
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Well, I'm pleased you brought this in.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I'm going to take a closer look, actually, just turn it around.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31If you look...
0:05:31 > 0:05:38right in the crack, there, where the frame meets the image, you can see there's a slight curve on it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Now you can tell instantly that's a porcelain plaque, yeah?
0:05:42 > 0:05:47It's not painted on board, or card, or anything like that, or a piece of tin.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49That's quite a thick plaque.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The beautiful thing about painting on porcelain plaques
0:05:52 > 0:05:57is the fact that it's not like a canvas or a paper, there's no grain,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02so the brush stroke almost vanishes, so you can see hardly any brushstroke. Can you see that?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- I can, yes.- It's just so fine, and look at the folds in the linen.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Do you see the shadows around the headscarf where it's coming around?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's just incredible, isn't it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:17If you can see, very closely, look, right in the middle, there, an "O"
0:06:17 > 0:06:22and that's an Otto, so he's Otto... Wustlich or something like that!
0:06:22 > 0:06:29God, my bad pronunciation of German, and it's dated 1843.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Gosh, that's minute, isn't it!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35You think how can he paint his name so small but of course he can,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39because he's painted those lips so beautifully and the eyes and the little eyebrows.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Even the darkness under the eyes,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45you know, it's very... The eyes have got tremendous expression, haven't they?
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Now I've looked on the internet and I've looked up to see what's sold before.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57Now he did have a larger plaque that came up for auction in America with
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- 3,000 to 4,000 estimate on it, but it failed to sell.- Oh!
0:07:03 > 0:07:08So it doesn't give us a price guide really, because this is a small one
0:07:08 > 0:07:11and it's got a religious connection which slightly devalues it...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Because it's not everybody's... No.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It puts a lot of the market off so there's less competition.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I still think it's worth...
0:07:21 > 0:07:24..£400 to £500, I really do,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27but I would like to ask you if we could put it into auction...
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Yes, by all means.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33..with a valuation of £200 to £400.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I don't want to start the bidding at 400...
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I want it to do more than 400, but I need it to start a bit lower
0:07:39 > 0:07:41so people feel they're in a chance of buying this.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I look forward to the sale.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Rita, my love, how are you? - I'm all right, thank you.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- That don't sound Devonian! Where are you from?- Bradford in West Yorkshire. - Bradford?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Yes.- Are you a Yorkshire lass? - Yes, I am.- Not any more though?- No.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- When did you move down? - 12 months ago.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07What have you brought along today?
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Well, I don't really know. I think it's a snuff box but I'm not sure.
0:08:12 > 0:08:19It's been handed down through my husband's family and it's just something in the display cabinet
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and I've no idea exactly what it is or what it's made of.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- And you want to sell it? - Well, yes, if it's worth anything.
0:08:26 > 0:08:32- I've seen lots of these.- Have you? - And I love it to bits because I just... I like my bits of wood
0:08:32 > 0:08:36and you see a lot of these that are just sort of in a plain timber.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Yes.- And they're worth like a fiver, not much more than that,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44sometimes a little bit more but not much but, as you rightly say, it's a snuff box.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- It would date from the 19th century. - Does it?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- We've got a bit of Mother of Pearl inlay...- Is it Mother of Pearl?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- ..in an ebony oval there, but what I love, look at that back.- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Can you see the colour of that timber there?- Yes, yes.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Now that's just what we call "patina"
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- and all this happened through people going like that... - Just with the use?
0:09:01 > 0:09:06And it's the grease off your hands, and it's clung and it's gone into it
0:09:06 > 0:09:10and you put it in your pocket and against the cloth of your pocket, it's polished it.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I just love it to bits!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And so many people get an old bit of wood,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- or silver for that matter, and they over-clean it.- Yes.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20You take that layer of colour off.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- This is called Treen, so it's a small wooden item.- Oh, yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And they're cut out of the roots of trees and of hedges.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30It might be that this has been cut or carved out of that.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I think it's really sweet. It's not worth a fortune. Why are you selling it?
0:09:34 > 0:09:39I don't know whether anybody's really interested in using them today or not
0:09:39 > 0:09:44but I just wondered whether it was doing any good in...
0:09:44 > 0:09:46just stood in a cupboard.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- Its auction estimate is going be £20 to £40.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56And, you know, if you went to a really ritzy dealer
0:09:56 > 0:10:00and saw something like that, you could possibly pay anywhere
0:10:00 > 0:10:05between £50 and £100 for it, but I just think it's absolutely lovely!
0:10:11 > 0:10:17Hello, Heather. It's a real thrill for me to be able to discuss a piece of furniture because on "Flog It!"
0:10:17 > 0:10:21we don't see a lot of furniture, as you might expect, really.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26- Is this a family piece? - It was a family piece, yes, but I'm the end of the family chain.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Right. Who did it belong to first? - It would have been my grandmother and when she died,
0:10:31 > 0:10:38my mother inherited it when I was very young so it's always been in my life, since I was a young child.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- And why are you selling it? - Because I don't like it! I don't like brown wood furniture!
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Just want to be shot of it?
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- Yeah! - Whereabouts is it stood in the house?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- In the spare room.- OK!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I've got a modern bungalow and it just doesn't suit it.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- So it's not on view?- No!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58What's interesting, you mentioned the timber
0:10:58 > 0:11:03and, in fact, we have a light timber here so it needn't be dark.
0:11:03 > 0:11:09It's been stained to simulate rosewood. It's actually beech wood
0:11:09 > 0:11:15and this would have been made in the middle of the Victorian period,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- probably as early as 1850, perhaps a little bit later than that.- Right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:27It's designed in the Jacobethan style, which is a name the Victorians gave
0:11:27 > 0:11:32to a style which merged the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37I think that it's a child's chair, but it could be a nursing chair.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40One thing I would just say, which always interests me,
0:11:40 > 0:11:48is, in my experience, Victorian chairs like this, the barley-twist legs always oppose each other,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52so this one spirals this way and that one spirals that way.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58On a period piece of furniture, you find that each leg would spiral the same way,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- so, if nothing else, that tells us this is Victorian.- Right.
0:12:02 > 0:12:09It's not going to make the earth, but I would expect it to make between £30 and £50, perhaps, on a good day
0:12:09 > 0:12:15with the following wind, a bit more and if you're happy, I would suggest that we sold it without reserve.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Yes, I'd be happy to sell it.- Good. Let's go ahead on that basis, then.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Lovely, thank you.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23And now it's time for our first visit to the auction.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Here's a quick reminder of what we're taking along.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31David was relieved to discover Alan's inherited "Tut-Tut" car was in fact a small German tin one!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34When you said you'd brought a vintage car in,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I thought we were going to have to go out to the car park to look at it!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41I thought Rose's porcelain plaque was exquisite and hopefully
0:12:41 > 0:12:44the religious subject matter won't put the bidders off.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Rita's snuff box came from her husband's family, and Philip
0:12:47 > 0:12:51was wowed by it, but Rita isn't so sure that it'll sell!
0:12:51 > 0:12:57I don't know whether anybody is really interested in using them today or not.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And finally, we're selling Heather's Victorian chair
0:13:00 > 0:13:04which came from her grandmother and is a real bit of quality.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10There you are, they're the items we're hoping to sell and this is where we're doing it...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Eldred's Auctioneers and Valuers
0:13:12 > 0:13:14which is just along the coast from Torquay, in Plymouth.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Before the sale gets underway, there's just enough time for me
0:13:17 > 0:13:20to have a quick chat with today's auctioneer, Anthony Eldred,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23to see what he's got to say about one of our lots.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27This guy's a bit of fun, isn't he? Look at that, blowing his horn!
0:13:27 > 0:13:32It's a German 1930s tin-plate car. It belongs to Alan.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Obviously it's been used a lot but d'you know something,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38I like that kind of weathered condition about it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41There's something sort of tactile. It gives it a bit of personality.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45We've got £60 to £100 with no reserve, so it's here to go.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Well, I think it will definitely go at that estimate.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Ernst Leamann produced several of these little car models.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58They're always portrayed as sort of large capitalist figures.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- He was not a great fan of the motor car, so he liked to have some fun with this subject.- Yeah.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05But I think the condition actually is a little bit against it.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Collectors, as you know, like to see...
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- They're fussy.- ..tip-top, but at that estimate, I think it'll make more.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- The character is so wonderful! He's just brilliant!- Absolutely!
0:14:13 > 0:14:17He puts a smile on your face and I think with antiques like that,
0:14:17 > 0:14:23if you're prepared to spend £100 and smile every time you see it, it's money well-spent.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Yeah, I think if that only cost me £100 I would have a smile on my face!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28So what do you think it might go for?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I think it could double that.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38Keep watching to find out how Alan's Tut-Tut car fares, but first my valuation is being put to the test.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Rose, I think this little plaque's wonderfully decorated, beautifully painted.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53- It's quality.- Good. It's very pretty.- It is!- Yes.- It is.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56We can't really talk any more, we can't speculate.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00It's now down to this lot in the room, isn't it, and hopefully, fingers crossed...
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Somebody wants it.- Yeah, there's a phone line booked for it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04That's what I'm hoping.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Next is the 19th century German porcelain plaque
0:15:08 > 0:15:15It is signed and it is dated, 1840-ish, and at £180 starts that.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18At 180, 190, 200, and ten, 220, 230,
0:15:18 > 0:15:24240, 250, 60, 270, 280, 290. 300.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28310, 320, 330, 340, 350...
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- I can't believe it!- 370.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36At 370, then, at the very back. At £370.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- That's...- Ever so pleased with that... £370!- That's good!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Quality always sells,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44simple as that,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- and that was perfect, absolutely perfect!- I'm really pleased!
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Going under the hammer right now is Heather's chair.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02We've got a value of £30 to £50 put on by our expert, David.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Why do you want to sell it, Heather? because it's been in the family for three generations.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Are you having second thoughts?- No.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10No? Why not?
0:16:10 > 0:16:16Well, I just don't like dark wood, it doesn't go with anything, it's too small.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19But that's the beauty of it... the corner of a room, in a bathroom,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23you can throw some towels or some clothes over it. What do you think?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Well, I persuaded Heather to sell it in the first place!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I thought you might have done, there's no reserve as well!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Fingers crossed, here we go.
0:16:30 > 0:16:37Lot 57 is the little Victorian simulated rosewood child's chair,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41there it is in front. A host of bids for this. I'm bid...
0:16:41 > 0:16:48- £48 against you.- Gone, straight away! - 50, two, five, eight, 60, two, five.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- At £65 then.- I was expecting five or ten!- At £65.
0:16:52 > 0:16:59- 68...- A bit of competition!- 70, £70 stood by the door there at £70, then.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02All done at 70?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Well, done, David!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- That was brilliant!- Happy with that?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Yes, I am. I never expected that!
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Well, chairs are useful! At the end of the day, people do need a chair.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14What are you going to spend the money on?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18I dunno, because I'm taken back that I got so much!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20It really has surprised me!
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Well, it's been in the family a long time.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- It has!- Stuck in a cupboard, and now Rita's flogging it...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- it's the snuff box.- Yes, it is.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38It's a pinch at 20 to 40, Philip
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- It is, isn't it?- It's lovely! Yeah, it's a tactile thing.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46- I was going to say very tactile, lovely colour, you know. Its colour is its passport.- Yeah.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52I know it's old and it's a nice thing but I didn't really realise
0:17:52 > 0:17:54it was what you made it out to be.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56It's lovely, it's lovely.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Let's just hope it sort of does double the estimate because it could do that on a good day.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- On a good day.- Fingers crossed, we're going to find out. - Right.- Here we go.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Next is the fruitwood snuff box.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10There it is, a little snuff box and I'm bid a tenner for it,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12at £10, against you all at ten, 12, 15, 18.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15At £18 here. Take 20 now.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19At £18 in front. Are you all done at £18?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Quite sure, then?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24£18 bid, it's gone.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It's broken its reserve, so.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28You were right, Philip.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It hasn't done what it should do, really.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32No, no. There's a lot of history there, a lot of personality.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Yeah, a huge amount of social history, lovely colour, great little thing, £18?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Well, it's gone, my darling!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47At least it's been a great "Flog It!" experience, that's what it's all about, isn't it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49And I've really enjoyed it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00One of my favourite lots of the day, the German tinplate car belonging to Alan here,
0:19:00 > 0:19:04we've got a valuation of £60 to £100 put on by David, our expert.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Had a quick chat to the auctioneer.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We both thought this could absolutely fly!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12There's just something about it it's quirky, it puts a smile on your face
0:19:12 > 0:19:15and I'm rather hoping for a couple of hundred pounds.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Are you really?- Yeah, on a good day.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20You can never tell in an auction room, can you?
0:19:20 > 0:19:21No, no, never tell.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's the first time I've ever been to an auction in my life!
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Is it really? - Yeah. The closest I've been is...
0:19:27 > 0:19:32I do charity rock'n'roll discos and we auction teddy bears for a children's hospice or whatever.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Right, so you do a bit of auctioneering?
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Well, only at charity discos, that's all, so this is completely new.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- It's an exciting arena, isn't it?- That's right.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Everything's vying for your attention, people get carried away,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46they can bid too much money, they can pay over the top for something.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51- Let's just hope they do this today, that's all I can say!- Absolutely!
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Here we go, this is it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:58Next is the Leamann tinplate model. There it is, "Tut-Tut" it's called.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59I'm bid...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02£200 for it. Against you all at 200.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03- You're joking!- Straight in, 200!
0:20:03 > 0:20:10And if you want it, ten, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- and ten, 320... - You're joking!- 330 now.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Racing away!- At £330.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- At 330 at the back.- No!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Are you all finished then at £330?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Sell at 330.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- God, do you know, I'm flabbergasted! - That was good, wasn't it!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Some of that money is going to the children's hospice.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Oh! For which one?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- The Children's Hospice South West. - South West?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Yeah, definitely. Wonderful, wonderful
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and thanks to the "Flog It!" team, and David got it right!
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- He did, didn't he!- Well, I did undervalue it by a long way!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Yeah, but you knew it would sell, that's all that mattered, David, well done!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51That's the end of our first visit to the auction room today.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Plenty of excitement there.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57We are coming back later on in the show and hopefully we'll have a few more surprises.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Philip comes face to face with a mystery nameplate that's got him flummoxed!
0:21:01 > 0:21:07When I first saw that, I thought "Burmese", that would hang over tea or something like that, yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Am I right, close? - Miles away!- Miles away!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Do you, at home, have any idea what it might be used for?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Keep watching to find out!
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Here on the South Devon coast, just along the shoreline from Torquay,
0:21:37 > 0:21:42is the Babbacombe Cliff Railway which was built in 1926.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46The need for this funicular railway grew out of Torquay's booming tourist industry
0:21:46 > 0:21:51as visitors flocked to enjoy the town's beaches and holiday attractions.
0:21:51 > 0:21:58This railway starts at the top of the cliff here and goes all the way down the bottom to Oddicombe Beach,
0:21:58 > 0:22:03and Oddicombe is one of the most popular beaches in Torquay.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12There are only 27 cliff railways in the United Kingdom.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The one here at Babbacombe is one of only two in Devon.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18The other is at Linton, on the North Coast.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Now the Babbacombe Cliff Railway has recently broken new ground because it's the first cliff railway
0:22:23 > 0:22:29to be fully modernised in the last decade, making way for others to follow in its wake.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36I'm here to meet a chap who's a massive fan of funicular railways and he's responsible
0:22:36 > 0:22:39for modernising this one and his name's David Cooper.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Hi, pleased to meet you, and thanks for talking to me today.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44How did you get involved with the Babbacombe Railway?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48I got a phone call in 2003 to say there'd been an incident down here
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and they needed a chartered engineer to inspect it,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and then I've been involved ever since.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56This particular cliff railway is called a funicular railway.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58They're not all called that, and what does it mean?
0:22:58 > 0:23:05- Well "funicular" in two terms is actually a Latin word and it means "of rope".- Right.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08And so even an ordinary traditional lift is a funicular.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Many people think it's because they're inclined, but that's not the case.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15There's various different types. Over at Padstow there's a rack and pinion one,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19the one you've already mentioned at Linton is a water-balance one,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22no electricity involved in that one at all, and some are drum-drive,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25so just like a crane and the ropes go round the drum.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Well, let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Can you explain to the layman, like me, exactly how this one works?
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Yes. This is an electrical traction one, so we've got a motor downstairs
0:23:35 > 0:23:39so we need to go down into the depths below the station and I will show you how it all works.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- Brilliant! Follow you.- Thank you.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Although the principle design hasn't changed since the 1920s
0:23:46 > 0:23:51the motor has been replaced to make it safer and more energy-efficient.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00I'm quite surprised, because it's a small engine. Is this it?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02This is it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Most of the stuff goes on outside on the track in terms of signalling.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08So talk me through how the separate components work.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12OK. This is the motor and it takes signals from the track,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16from the position switches and the encoder on the end of the motor here
0:24:16 > 0:24:18and that controls the speed of the lift.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23It accelerates it to make its speed and then it decelerates it into the station.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27This here is the brake and the brake holds the lift when it's in the station.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32The motor drives it to a stop and the brake holds it, just like a parking brake, or handbrake on your car.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Yeah.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Down here we have the gearbox and what that does is that takes this high-speed shaft which is rotating
0:24:38 > 0:24:43at 1100 revs per minute and gears it down.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47It literally is just a gear box and that in turn turns the traction tube over there.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I can see that... Which drives that wheel as well.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Indeed, through a double-wrap arrangement, then go up to the diverters and then out to the track.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Yeah.- To the end of the cars.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Very simple. Very, very simple.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I was expecting so much more!
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Well, if you think about it as well, with an ordinary passenger lift,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07the whole of the weight is taken by the gear box and the motor
0:25:07 > 0:25:09whereas out here, cos we're on an angle,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12a lot of the weight is taken downwards into the ground
0:25:12 > 0:25:16so, therefore, it's not as big as you might have been expecting.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19But it wasn't just the motor that was modernised.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24From 2005, David and his team also replaced the carriages and the track.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27So you actually oversaw all the restoration project.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- How long did it take?- It took us two years, over two seasons.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33We took it out for the first season, then put it back in
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and then completed the works during the closed season.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I see, so you kept it open all the time over the two years?
0:25:39 > 0:25:43During the summer, during the season when Torbay required it to be open.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And what was the reception like? Was it a really nice opening party?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Yeah. On...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It was the 1st of April 2006, we all met here
0:25:51 > 0:25:56and we replicated the opening from the 1st of April 1926,
0:25:56 > 0:26:01so it was 80 years and in fact one of the ladies who rode on the lift car on that first date was here!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Oh, brilliant! How lovely! Well, I can't wait to have another go.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Shall we get inside? - Yep, let's go and have a play.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15So how many people can fit in the carriage?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17This is a forty-berth carriage.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22- Actually, it's quite a smooth ride, really, isn't it? How fast does it go?- Two and a half metres a second.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24And what sort of angle are we going down at?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The incline is actually 22 degrees on this one.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30It looks steeper when you look in reverse, actually!
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- A trick of the eye!- Yeah.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36What a fantastic view!
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- This has got to be a great way of coming down the cliff!- Absolutely!
0:26:43 > 0:26:45There's obviously another operative, in here, yeah?
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Yes, we have two down here, we have a person operating the doors and a person taking your money!
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Oh, right! We pay at this end?- You do!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Lovely sea air!
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Gorgeous, gorgeous beach!
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I can see why it's important to keep this open.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10It's an absolutely stunning beach and it does get quite full.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14They sometimes see 100,000 people a year down here, but in its heyday -
0:27:14 > 0:27:18obviously the British holiday seasons back in the '50s and '60s -
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- it was regularly seeing a quarter of a million people down here.- Yeah.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27When you're up at the top, you know the flags are sort of blowing in a breeze up there and you think,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- ooh it's going to be quite gusty down here, but it's not at all, is it?- No, far from it.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Because it's so enclosed with all this sandstone, it has its own little micro-climate down there.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Do you have to alert people on the beach because... When do they know it's the last car?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42What actually happens down here is we have a bell.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47- I saw that. A ship's bell? - It's an old ship's bell from a ship called Talca.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Well, it's now quarter to five.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- In that case, you may as well ring the bell.- Shall we? - Absolutely!- Let's alert them.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55This is like last orders, isn't it?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Give it a good old go. - Give it a good old go.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01BELL RINGS
0:28:04 > 0:28:08No time to build a sandcastle, I need to get back to the valuation day.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Back at the Palace Hotel, people are still pouring in
0:28:19 > 0:28:23and it's now time for Philip to find out what that nameplate is.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- John, how are you?- I'm very good.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I'm a bit flummoxed here. Let me see if I can work things out.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30So, "Burmese".
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Oh, there's a name on the back as well.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36"Roland", yeah?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38See when I first saw that, I thought "Burmese"
0:28:38 > 0:28:42that would hang over tea or something, or something like that, yeah, am I right, close?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Miles away!- Miles away?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- But it is a name plaque?- Yes.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- Go on then, tell me!- Well, Roland was a state carriage horse.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- I was a postillion.- Can you just...
0:28:53 > 0:28:57I'm showing my ignorance here, what is a "postillion"?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- I looked after two state carriage horses.- Really!- And rode them during state processions.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- And Roland was the lead horse?- Roland was one of the carriage horses.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11- Yeah.- And Burmese was the horse that the queen rode on the Trooping of the Colour.- Really!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Yeah!- So a postillion was somebody who looked after the horses?- Yep.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20- And your job was to prepare Roland, harness him up, tack him up and hitch him up to the carriage?- Yes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21And then you sat on the carriage?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Er no. You sat either on the horse...
0:29:23 > 0:29:25You rode one horse and led another one.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- So you were in the black tunic and the cap and all the rest of it?- Yes.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31That's fabulous! So that's Roland?
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Roland was one of the carriage horses.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Right, so we've got Burmese here. Why is this double-sided?
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Well, Burmese was the horse that the queen rode on the Trooping
0:29:39 > 0:29:41and she was a gift from the Canadian Mounties.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44So Burmese was almost like a family pet, I suppose?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47No, she was a Metropolitan police horse, day to day.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52- Really?- Yeah, and when she was stabled at the mews,
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- they took Roland's nameplate... - And double-sided it?
0:29:54 > 0:29:59And painted Burmese's name on the other side of it and hung it above Burmese's stable door.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04That's fantastic! You've brought these to "Flog It" to sell them?
0:30:04 > 0:30:05- Well... yeah!- How are they yours?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Well, when Burmese retired in '86,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I asked if I could keep the nameplate.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- So you're happy you've got title to this and you can sell it?- I should think so.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I'm not going to be locked in the Tower of London?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I asked my senior coachman if I could keep it, and he said yes.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23And I can see you've got another box over here with Buckingham Palace on it.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Well, this is a piece of...
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's wedding cake.
0:30:28 > 0:30:35- Really!- Yep. Because my horses and I were on the procession, all the staff got a piece of wedding cake.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- That must have been a big old cake! - I think it was, yes! I think it was a huge cake!
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Well, you've given me a problem now, and the problem is value.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49If this came in to me cold, Burmese the name plaque, I'd guess, and all it is is a guess,
0:30:49 > 0:30:54that it might be worth between £400 and £600, right, but it wouldn't surprise me
0:30:54 > 0:31:00if it made £2,000, £3,000, £4,000 and I think that the issue with this is that
0:31:00 > 0:31:05when it goes to auction, you've actually, when we finish filming this now, I think you've got to go and see
0:31:05 > 0:31:09one of our researchers and you've got to write down all the provenance
0:31:09 > 0:31:13and all that's got to be put in the catalogue,
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- so perhaps if we put a £500 to £800 estimate on it, right, and a £450 reserve?- Right.
0:31:17 > 0:31:24And, you know, I think it might not sell, but where you go with value, I really, really don't know
0:31:24 > 0:31:31- and the wedding cake, I think we'll put a £40 to £60 estimate on that and put a reserve of £30.- Right.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34One question I've got to ask you, though.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Why didn't you eat it?
0:31:36 > 0:31:41Well, I've always been a bit of a collector, so I feel it probably is worth holding onto.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- But did everybody else eat theirs? - A lot of people ate theirs, yeah. - Was it good cake?
0:31:46 > 0:31:52- I have seen bits of Charles and Di's go on the auction site. - Really? What did they make?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- The last one I knew of Charles and Di's wedding cake, made £500.- 500?
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- Yeah.- Listen, I think these are just really lovely things that you've brought us,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04so let's just hope that when we get to the auction that there's some real
0:32:04 > 0:32:09avid Royal memorabilia collectors there and fingers crossed, some hungry ones as well!
0:32:16 > 0:32:17- Hello, Maureen.- Hello.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22Tell me a little bit about this lovely knife that you've brought in for me.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27I just know that it's a gold fruit knife which I inherited from my grandfather.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30It's dated 1803.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33We know that because of the hallmarks.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35It's also hallmarked "18"
0:32:35 > 0:32:39which means it's 18 carat gold, so as you suggest, it is gold.
0:32:39 > 0:32:46What we don't know is who made it, but interestingly enough, we do have the initials I and A
0:32:46 > 0:32:53after the hallmarks, but I'm not able, offhand, to tell you to what those letters relate.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57They might be an owner, they might be a retailer.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01That's something that would perhaps need a bit of research but the quality is lovely.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06There is one minor problem, if we turn it over, and that relates to a crack here.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09How do you think that might have happened?
0:33:09 > 0:33:14- Well, my grandfather was in the First World War with the King's Royal Rifles.- Right.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18He came home seriously injured and lost an eye.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I imagine it got damaged during his war-time years.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- So you think he took this off to war? - I know he did take it with him.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- My grandmother said that he took it with him.- How interesting.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- A most incongruous item to have in the trenches, really.- I know!
0:33:31 > 0:33:35You think of all the mud and all the terrible experiences those chaps had.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Maybe it had something...
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Good luck, perhaps?- Good luck for him, I really don't know.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I think it's absolutely super.
0:33:43 > 0:33:51What I particularly like about it is if you fold the blade back into the handle, the hallmarks stand proud,
0:33:51 > 0:33:56so even when it's closed, you can see not only that it's gold but you can see
0:33:56 > 0:34:00how good the hallmarks are and the hallmarks are super.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Any particular reason for wanting to sell it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:09It just sits in the cupboard and I suppose extra pennies/pounds are very useful when you're retired!
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It's a good an answer as any!
0:34:12 > 0:34:16I think this will make between £200 and £300.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I would suggest a reserve of £200.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23It's such a lovely thing and I'm optimistic it will do very well.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- Are you happy with that? - Yes, that's fine.- Jolly good. Thank you for bringing it in.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36- Cathy, how are you doing? - I'm fine, thank you. A bit worn out!
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- You've made my day!- It's been a long day!- You've made mine!
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- Have I really?- Yeah, because I'm a real petrol-head.- Yes.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46And you know you've brought something along which is not hugely valuable
0:34:46 > 0:34:53- but it's clearly, in my eyes, possibly the greatest racing driver of all time.- Definitely!
0:34:53 > 0:34:59You hear people talking about Lewis Hamilton and Schumacher, Ayrton Senna
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Jimmy Clarke but for me, this man Fangio.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Yeah, definitely!
0:35:05 > 0:35:07And this is a picture of Fangio...
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Yes.- I would think in a Mercedes?
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- Possibly. I'm not well-up on the cars, but possibly.- And...
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- You tell me what you know about it. - My late husband and I worked for the Birmingham Mail.- Yep.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23He was part of the organising committee for doing the cavalcade through Birmingham.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26This was when they were trying to get the Grand Prix round there.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Yes, through the city streets and because we worked at the Mail we got photographed
0:35:30 > 0:35:35- and he managed to get Fangio to come and sign it for him. - Was this done for motorsport?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Yes, for the motorsport part of the newspaper section, yes.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Right. It's interesting this because, and you're getting into real anorak country here,
0:35:43 > 0:35:50- Fangio was the superstar, one of the late 1950s with Peter Collins and Mike Halewood.- Yes.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56- And this is taken out of period. - Yes.- So it's Fangio, in his helmet, but it's probably...
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- When was the Birmingham Grand Prix, is it 1980 something? - 1981, I think it was, yes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06- 1981, so this was probably taken 21 or 22 years after Fangio raced. - That's right, yes.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09And in a way, that devalues it. Now I've seen...
0:36:09 > 0:36:13photographs of Fangio that are signed
0:36:13 > 0:36:18- from in period at around £300.- Aha.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Now, I think that this will get picked up on the internet
0:36:22 > 0:36:27and I think we've got to put a sensible but cautious estimate on it
0:36:27 > 0:36:32and I'd probably put £50 to £80 on it, and put a reserve on it of £40. Are you happy to sell it?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Yes, definitely.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- I reckon it will race away!- Hope so!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Sorry about that!
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Oh, dear, Philip, but will he be right about
0:36:42 > 0:36:47Cathy's photo of racing star Fangio at our next trip to the auction?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52It's proved hard to put a price on the value of John's royal horse's nameplate
0:36:52 > 0:36:56and that piece of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's wedding cake.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01Let's just hope when we get to the auction there's some real avid royal memorabilia collectors there
0:37:01 > 0:37:03and fingers crossed, some hungry ones as well!
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Maureen's 18 carat gold fruit knife may have seen some action in the
0:37:09 > 0:37:13trenches, but right now it's gonna see some action in the auction room.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Maureen, it's good to see you again.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Gorgeous fruit knife. We've got £200 to £300 on this.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24I'm pretty sure this is gonna sell.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27It's a good time to sell gold, it's up in value now.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Why is it a good time for you to sell this?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Why have you thought about selling this?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- It was because the programme was coming to Torquay!- Oh, was it? - I always watch the programme.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40What could we take along to "Flog It"! Let's hope we get top money for this.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Here we go, we're gonna find out now.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Next is a folding pen-knife or fruit knife.
0:37:46 > 0:37:54It's a gold one, which is unusual and several bids. I'm bid £210, against you all in the room at 210.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Straight in, aren't we!
0:37:55 > 0:38:00- Yes.- 220, 230, 240. At £240.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03250, 260, 270.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07At 270 standing at the back there.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09At £270. 280 now.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11290.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13300.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18At £300 on the telephone, against you all in the room at £300.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Sell it at 300, then.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We'll settle for that, Maureen, at the top end of the estimate.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Well, done, David!- Thank you, David.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27Thank you very much.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31A very nice thing, very nice. How are you gonna divide the money up?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- We're treating ourselves! - I don't blame you!
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- We're going to a classical concert at the Royal Albert Hall... - Oh, brilliant!
0:38:37 > 0:38:42- And have a weekend in London. - Brilliant!- So that will go towards it.- Enjoy it, won't you!
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Well, that's more like it! We're racing away now which brings us cleverly to our next lot.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I've just been joined by Cathy and Philip and the photograph of Fangio,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01probably the greatest Grand Prix driver ever!
0:39:01 > 0:39:05You had the right expert picking this one, that's for sure!
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Mr car fanatic! He's a petrol-head!
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Yeah! You think about him racing this car, no seatbelt, head up
0:39:11 > 0:39:18- above the bonnet, you know, you flip that at 150 miles an hour and you'll have no hope!- Definitely, definitely!
0:39:18 > 0:39:20And hopefully he'll get top dollar as well.
0:39:20 > 0:39:26I know it's signed when he's not racing, it's sort of 25 years afterwards, but as Philip said
0:39:26 > 0:39:29earlier, you know, if it was of the period, £300 to £400.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- This will be quite interesting, actually.- Yes.- We'll see.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Next is a signed black and white photograph of Fangio
0:39:36 > 0:39:42in the cockpit of his car and £35 starts that, at 35. Eight anywhere?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44At £35 then, eight if you want it.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47At £35. Are you all done, then at 35?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Quite sure at 35?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53That can't quite be sold.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- He put the hammer down. - That's really disappointing.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Yeah, yeah, we got a fixed reserve at 40.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- Yes.- So close.- I'm actually really pleased it didn't sell for that.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05It's disappointing but it's worth more than that.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- Not meant to be!- No, not today, unfortunately and there is another day at the sale room!
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Thanks so much for coming in. - Thank you very much.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18Oh, dear! Cathy will be taking her photo of Fangio home.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Let's hope Philip has better luck with his estimates on the royal memorabilia.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Well, it's all hanging on a nameplate now, and that belongs
0:40:26 > 0:40:31to John, and what a wonderful horse as well, it really was! Have you got lots of fond memories?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Yes, yes. I was there just at the right time, I think.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36I hope for you that it goes and makes £1,000 or £1,500
0:40:36 > 0:40:39or doesn't sell, but I have to say, in terms of value it's...
0:40:39 > 0:40:42One of those jobs because I really don't know!
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Well, look, that's our first lot. Now we've also got...
0:40:46 > 0:40:47the piece of cake!
0:40:47 > 0:40:53Anthony has decided to split them up and I don't really blame him so that's coming up a little bit later,
0:40:53 > 0:40:57but first, let's find out what the bidders think. Here we go.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01On next is the painted metal nameplate for the Queen's horse, Burmese.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06I'm bid £400 for it, against you all in the room at £400.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08At 400, 20 if you want it.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11At £400 then. Anything in the room at 400?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13At £400 then, and 20, 440, 460, 480...
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Fantastic!
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Now at £500. And 20, 540.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21560, 580.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24600, and 20.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26At £620 here, then, at £620...
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Fantastic!- Isn't that good!
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Yeah!- All done!
0:41:30 > 0:41:32It went to a bidder on the phone!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- £620!- Well, I knew it would make that!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36That's brilliant, isn't it!
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Isn't it great when that happens? You've got to be pleased with that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Yeah.- It made estimate, but we'll all settle for that.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45What are you putting the money towards?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49I'm gonna donate some of it to the RSPCA, the Queen's the patron of the RSPCA.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54OK. Well, let's see if we can add to that, because we've got the piece of cake coming up right now.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57That was a piece of cake, wasn't it? Here we go.
0:41:57 > 0:42:03Next is a chance to own a box slice of Prince Andrew's and Sarah Ferguson's wedding cake.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07This should be interesting. We've never sold a piece of cake before!
0:42:07 > 0:42:12And £20, £25 for that at 25, eight, 30. At £30 now, take two if you like.
0:42:12 > 0:42:1732, 35, 38. At £38,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19in front of me at £38, take 40.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22All done at £38 then. Quite sure?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24It's gone!
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- £38!- That was short and sweet! - I've just learnt something!
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I would never have known what a piece
0:42:30 > 0:42:33of Andrew and Fergie's wedding cake would be worth but there you go!
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Now we all know! 38 quid! Unbelievable! - I hope they don't try it!
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Unbelievable! You've hung onto that for a long time!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Never tempted to eat it?- No, no!
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- I hope they're not! - I have visions of every "Flog It"
0:42:44 > 0:42:48valuation now people are arriving with pieces of cake saying, "What's this worth?"
0:42:48 > 0:42:50It's Victoria sponge!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Well, who would have believed it!
0:42:53 > 0:42:57A total of £658 for the royal memorabilia!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01It just goes to show, you can't always tell what things are worth!
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Well, that's it, it's all over. One minute the auction room is
0:43:04 > 0:43:09jam-packed and the next, as you can see, there's a mass exodus and everybody's gone,
0:43:09 > 0:43:14but what excitement we've had today and I've gotta say, I've loved being back in the West Country.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19I hope you've enjoyed the show, so until the next time, from Plymouth, it's cheerio!
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