0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today, Flog It! comes from the medieval market town of Nantwich in Cheshire
0:00:05 > 0:00:09and I'm surrounded by timber-framed buildings.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12But this market town is internationally renowned for something else.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17And it's this - cheese.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21There's an international cheese festival held here in Nantwich every year.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25- Which one shall I try?- Try this one, Paul, it's from Cheshire.- All right.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Mm. That's good. Help yourself.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57The Nantwich International Cheese Festival attracts thousands of visitors each year
0:00:57 > 0:00:59and is well over 100 years old.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm hoping to find something around that age as well
0:01:02 > 0:01:05but I'm talking about antiques, of course.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It looks like I've come to the right place.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Just look at this massive queue,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18people laden with antiques and collectables,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21hoping they'll be chosen to go off to auction.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23We're outside the Nantwich Civic Hall.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26In fact, the queue snakes all around the building.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I think it's time to open the doors, don't you?
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Let's get down to business.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36The hall is filling up quickly and the people of Nantwich have turned out in force.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Here to help in search of treasures today are our experts,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Kate Bliss and Will Axon.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48And it looks like Will has already found something of interest.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Well, Maurice, you've brought in something that's right up my street.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It's a delightful portrait miniature, pencil drawing.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Is this a relation of yours? - It's not a relation of mine.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It's a relation of a friend of mine,
0:02:02 > 0:02:09who gave the portrait and the daguerreotype to him in 1980.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13The lady married this gentleman.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Right, so that's the connection between the two.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And this gentleman was an admiral in the Royal Navy
0:02:19 > 0:02:22at around about the time of Nelson.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- So, just to get it straight, this young lady in this portrait...- Yes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- ..is the wife of this gentleman. - Yes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- So he was an admiral in the Royal Navy, obviously very well to-do.- Mm-hm.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Would have, perhaps, I suspect, commissioned this portrait miniature,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- maybe to take on the ship with him. - Probably, yes.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- It's beautifully drawn.- Yes. - The detail is lovely.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47But if we look down here at the bottom, it says, "Miss Wa"
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- and it stops.- It's a mystery.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51If we look closely at her face,
0:02:51 > 0:02:56when I first saw it, I thought perhaps she had a rather large patch on her nose,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58a beauty spot or perhaps a mole
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- but I had look under my glass, that's actually a drop of ink.- Ah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06And I suspect this is going to be late 18th century.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Generally, they're from around 1800, that's where they date from.- Yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Yes. Just five years before Trafalgar.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Well, exactly, yes.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- And this daguerreotype, have you got the original?- My father has.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- Your father has.- Yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21So this is a copy that you have
0:03:21 > 0:03:25to keep with the portrait to keep the story going.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I mean, value wise, have you any idea?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Well, we've been told about £100. - I don't disagree with that.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34£100. I think reserve it at £100
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and I think on the day, with a bit of a write-up
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and a bit of history behind the catalogue description,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I'm sure we'll get it away.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Well, it's always great to see diamonds on Flog It!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and this is a really neat little ring, isn't it?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Has it always been yours? - No, it was my mother's.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03- Right.- And it's been lying in the drawer since she died.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Right.- And so I decided that it could go.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- So was it actually an engagement ring? - It was but not when she got engaged.
0:04:12 > 0:04:19It was bought, I think, in the late '70s, around '80
0:04:19 > 0:04:26and she didn't have an engagement ring, so she bought it at a later date when they could afford it.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Well, that's very sensible. How interesting.- Yes.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Well, diamonds are forever, as they say,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and they have become a symbol, if you like, of eternal love,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37so they're used often for engagement rings.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40But also, they are the hardest substance on earth as well,
0:04:40 > 0:04:41made of carbon
0:04:41 > 0:04:47and in a piece of jewellery, they are a very good stone to choose
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- for a piece you wear every day because they simply don't wear. - Right.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57This is a brilliant-cut stone, which refers to the way it's been faceted.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01And it sits quite low in the claw setting here,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04which you can see from the side.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- I would say the ring dates from about the 1920s.- Yes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11The stone is what we call illusion set
0:05:11 > 0:05:14because the white metal completely surrounds the stone
0:05:14 > 0:05:17and actually makes it look much bigger than it actually is.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20The white metal reflects into the stone,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23giving it an illusory size, if you like.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27So diamonds are actually valued according to four major things.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28The cut, as we've talked about,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- the colour of the stone, the whiteness...- Yes.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35the clarity and, of course, the carats, the weight of the stone.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39And taking into account all those factors and the setting of the ring,
0:05:39 > 0:05:44I would say, at auction, a little ring like that would fetch between £200-300.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- That sounds OK. - Does that sound reasonable? - That's all right with me, yes.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Well, I suggest that we put a reserve at the lower estimate, at £200.- Yes.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I would hope that we'd certainly get mid-estimate for you, if not a bit more.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Very nice.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00OK. Thank you.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Well, Roy, I love what you've brought in to Flog It! today.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- A Hornby train, a clockwork train. - Yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Now, it looks in remarkable condition, bearing in mind its age.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Has it not been played with or...?
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Not been played with since my dad left it to me and I don't think he played with it much.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- So it was your father's?- It was.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- So this is going to date from around that sort of... The late '20s.- I think so, yeah.
0:06:33 > 0:06:40- It's possibly early '30s. I think you've done some research, haven't you?- Yes. It was 1929.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Frank Hornby, he brought out this range of toys
0:06:45 > 0:06:48under the banner of Hornby
0:06:48 > 0:06:50as British toys for British boys.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56And we can see that here you've got two rather nice carriages,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00each named - Arcadia with the crest, here.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- They look like first-class carriages.- They do, yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- And then you've got this LMS, I suppose it's a...- Horsebox.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- A horsebox, something like that. - Yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- And then this little working crane. - A rig, yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18What's nice about them, though, is you've got this original transfer printing
0:07:18 > 0:07:20and the original paintwork to the carriages.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Passed down to you from your father.- Yeah.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27No grandchildren? No children you could pass it on to?
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- I've got one son and he's never shown any interest.- He might when you tell him what it's worth.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- He might take an interest.- He's had it. It's going to the lounge fund.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- The lounge fund?- Yes. - Nice comfy chair?- New ceiling.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- New ceiling?- And decorating. - Serious work, then.- It is.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Well, I think, you know, estimate wise, let's see if we can get close to your new ceiling.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53I would think... I mean, there are some chips and some slight losses.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55It has been played with but the basics are there.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I would say you're looking at £200-300.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- I don't know how you feel about that?- Yeah, fine, fine.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05You're happy with that? Shall we reserve it at that bottom figure?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Yeah, I think so. 200, yeah.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10So let's say 200 with discretion, 10% either way for the auctioneer.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13So he'll sell it at £180, that sort of level.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- But I'm confident that on the day, we should get more.- More for it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Thanks.- See you on the day.- We will.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Well, this is quite a romantic little figurine.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Tell me all about it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38We bought it a couple of years ago at an auction in Chichester.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43And er... we moved, we relocated up here
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and it doesn't quite fit in with our decor now.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- It's ended up in the garage in a cardboard box.- Oh, dear!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So we thought we'd get rid of it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Do you know what this kind of china is called?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Er...- Parian.- Parian. - Parian, that's exactly right.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04It's called Parian ware. It's actually named after a Greek island, the island of Paros
0:09:04 > 0:09:07and the name Parian comes from the white marble
0:09:07 > 0:09:09that was quarried on the island of Paros.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The detail, as you'd expect in Parian ware, is lovely.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18You can see the flowers in her hair, the lace edging to her dress
0:09:18 > 0:09:22and here, the detail of the feather in his hat.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Tip it up and we've got a factory mark on the base
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and there we have the Royal Worcester mark.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Dating from the 1870s, I would put this anywhere between 1870 and 1880.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Now... that's all the good news.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- The bad news is we've got a little bit of damage here.- I'm afraid so.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45In her very elegant long fingers, we've got one finger missing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- What can you tell me about that? - Well, here it is.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Ah!
0:09:50 > 0:09:54It was perfect this morning when we packed it away to come here
0:09:54 > 0:09:58but when we unpacked it, her little finger was missing, I'm afraid.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Oh, dear.- Sorry about that. - It happened on the way here? - It did, yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07I have to say, looking at her hand, you say it was perfect before
0:10:07 > 0:10:10but I can tell, looking at her fingers,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13that actually, there's been some restoration here
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and I think that little finger which came off on the way here
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- has actually been off before. - That makes us feel a lot better.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22It's been restored, so don't feel so badly about it.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- Actually, the more that you look at it, you notice that his feathers have been restored...- OK.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31..and his sword has been broken here
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- and also on the very tip at the end down here.- Right, OK.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40So just where you would expect, at the most vulnerable places -
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- feathers, fingers, anything that's sticking out, if you like - there's some damage.- Yes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49If it hadn't been restored, if it was in perfect condition,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51we would be looking at several hundred pounds.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54But in the condition that it is in today,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58with the restoration and with the finger, obviously, that's come off,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02I would say at auction... I'm going to be realistic
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- and say it could be anywhere between £50 and £100.- Right.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10- Is that in the region you were looking for?- That's fine. - Yes, we'll let it go at that.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Let's say 50 to 100. Would you like to put a reserve on it
0:11:13 > 0:11:16or are you happy simply just to let it go through?
0:11:16 > 0:11:22- Well, let's say 50. It's only reasonable.- I think that's sensible for a good Parian figure like that.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24And it's a lovely romantic subject, isn't it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Well, let's say a reserve of 50 and hope that we get towards £100.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Absolutely.- Thank you very much. - Not at all.- That's great.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35That's the end of our first lot of valuations
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and later, I'll be finding out how a famous local authoress
0:11:38 > 0:11:41caused a stir with one of her novels.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43There were those who were deeply shocked
0:11:43 > 0:11:48and some members of the congregation of the Unitarian church in Manchester burnt it.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53But first, let's have a quick reminder of all the items we're taking off to auction.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Now, will the bidders sniff out Maurice's miniature portrait
0:11:57 > 0:11:59of a lady with an ink spot on her nose?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Barbara has fallen out of love with her diamond ring
0:12:02 > 0:12:04but I think it'll make a new conquest.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Well, diamonds are forever, as they say,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and they have become a symbol, if you like, of eternal love.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Roy's Hornby train set has been languishing unloved in the attic
0:12:14 > 0:12:17but now it's heading off for a new destination.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20And, oh dear! What has happened to Sue and Nicholas's Parian ware?
0:12:22 > 0:12:26It was perfect this morning when we packed it away to come here
0:12:26 > 0:12:30but when we unpacked it, her little finger was missing, I'm afraid.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Will the damage affect its pulling power?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Well, let's find out as we head off to auction.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44And this is where we're selling all our items today, in a packed auction room
0:12:44 > 0:12:47at North Rode, just outside Congleton.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49On the rostrum we've got our Flog It! favourite.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52He's just set himself up in business here - Adam Partridge.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56As you can see, the sale's underway, so why don't we get on with it?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58420, I'm bid. One more if you want.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01420. At 420. Have you all bid now?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04440, we're in the room. At 440. Selling. This one away. All done?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Well, they say diamonds are a girl's best friend.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10We've got Barbara here, she's selling her diamond ring.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15£200-300. I hope there's plenty of females left here bidding.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18The diamond is illusion set, as we talked about,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21which makes the diamond look a little bit bigger.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25It's quite a classic setting, so I think it's still quite a commercial piece today.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29A good trade lot, as well. Fingers crossed, here we go.
0:13:29 > 0:13:321920s, illusion-set diamond solitaire ring.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34There it is there, £200.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40£200. 130, I'm bid. At 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- 200. 210?- You've sold it. - £200, lady's bid.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48At 200. Are you all done now? At £200. Shall we sell this at £200?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51We just did it. We got it away at £200.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- That's very good.- It was close.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'll take 500. I'll take 20 now.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58At 500, I'm bid.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Next up is a lovely miniature. It's an 18th century pencil drawing
0:14:01 > 0:14:04and it belongs to yacht surveyor Maurice here,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- who looks absolutely dapper. - Thank you very much.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Where did you get this jacket from? - It was a present, actually.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Tell me about the drawing. We've got £100 on this. Can we do any more?
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Hopefully. I've had a look at the sale and there's a few other miniatures in the sale,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23which always helps, when you're selling amongst other pieces.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28It's a lovely little drawing, it's gorgeous, and it's unfinished and quirky.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- Why are you selling this? - It actually belongs to my father.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35He was given it. He...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's sitting in a drawer, he doesn't like it, actually.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It doesn't have any family connections.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- My father would like to buy some more antiques.- OK.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Well, let's send it on its journey. - Mm.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Let's hope we get more than £100. Good luck. Here we go. It's going under the hammer now.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Margareta Waddington.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Here we are and I'm bid £100. Take 10.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57100 is bid on this one. At £100. Is there 10 now?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00110, 120... No, 120, here.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- 120. Any more now on this one? - Let's see some hands going up.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Are you all done? I'm selling. 140. On-line at 140 now.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09140. We've got an on-line bidder at 140.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- I'm out and we're all done. - On-line bidder.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14On-line here at £140.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Yes!- Excellent.- £140. - Excellent, absolutely. Wonderful.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Wonderful.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Hopefully... What will your dad invest in? What do you think he'll buy?
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Well, first of all, I think we want to buy all our friends in the Black Horse a drink.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- OK.- And if there's any money left, I think a piece of glass. He loves glass.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- He likes early glass, does he?- Yes.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- And also...- Snuff boxes, things like that?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- That's quite affordable at 100. - Old cameras, he's very interested in.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- So...- Mm. - An eclectic mix.- Absolutely.
0:15:45 > 0:15:5045 bid. 50 now. 45 seated down here. 45. Any more now?
0:15:50 > 0:15:55We've had Parian ware on the show before and it has made good money, so fingers crossed.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- I know there's a bit of damage... - Yes.- ..but I think you'll make a profit.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- Sue, you got this for £65, wasn't it, in auction.- That's right.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Down in Chichester.- Yes.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10You've both now relocated up to Cheshire. Do you like it here?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- Yes, we do, yes.- Oh...
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Sunny Cheshire, you see. - Sunny Cheshire.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Good luck. I think the damage may put some people off
0:16:19 > 0:16:22but I can see this doing over £100 quite easily.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Well, I don't know. I hope you're right but I think...
0:16:26 > 0:16:27A lot of it's been restored
0:16:27 > 0:16:31and the restoration hasn't been done particularly well,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33so that might put people off
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- and it's all on the vulnerable bits. - Fingers and...
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Well, now's the moment of reckoning, isn't it?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- I've given Adam a wide berth. - Have you? We'll see what we can do.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The Parian ware figure, the Worcester one, there.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48That's £50, surely?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51£50 to start me there for the Parian figure group.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54£50 to start me on that, please.
0:16:54 > 0:16:5850 I'm bid. 5, now? At 50. £50 and 5 anywhere?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00At 55. And 60?
0:17:00 > 0:17:0265. 70?
0:17:02 > 0:17:0565. Front row, now. 65. Any more, now?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Are you all finished and done at £65?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- GAVEL BANGS - Thank you.- Sold it.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- It's gone.- Yeah! That's good.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- You were right.- It's the damage, it's a bit of a killer but it's a lovely group, so...
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Well done.- I'm pleased with that. - We'll be all right.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- That's lunch.- That's what we said.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- We said we'd go for lunch. - Lunch in Cheshire.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26£50. 50's bid, take 5.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29At 50, I have. 55, now? 55?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34This next item is a classic example of something that's been left in the loft for 25 years,
0:17:34 > 0:17:35untouched and boxed.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38It belongs to Roy, it's a Hornby train set.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- A typical kind of attic thing, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45It's great. If you've stopped playing with it or you don't want to use it,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48store it away, it doesn't take up much space, put it in the attic.
0:17:48 > 0:17:5025 years later...
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- We moved it three attics. - Three attics?- Yes!
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Well, 25 years later, it's worth, hopefully, £300, maybe more.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- We've put 200-300 on it, haven't we? - Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I think the carriages are sort of where the value is.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Nice that it's in its box.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Anyway, it's going under the hammer, Roy. Good luck.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10A good Hornby train set, this one and I'll sure you'll agree
0:18:10 > 0:18:12and I've got a range of bids again.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16And I suppose that means I can start at £280 bid.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- 290 now, please.- Fingers crossed. - 290, 300, 320.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Straight in at £280.- ..380, 400, 420, 440,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26460, 480, 500 and 20. 520 in the room.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29520. Can I see 540 now?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32At 520. At 520, I like it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35At 520, we're all done and selling at 520.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38That's absolutely fantastic.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Don't forget, there's 15% commission to pay here.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44That's more money than we all thought. What are you going to spend it on?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Hopefully, my new ceiling, Paul. - How about that?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- That'll get that, a plasterboard ceiling and a bit of emulsion. - It should.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- You could say, we've hit the roof. - I like it. Very good.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Or gone through the roof. - Gone through the roof.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59And later on at the auction,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02it looks as though somebody could be in for a very nice surprise.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I really hope it makes 1,000 plus
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and it should hit the 1,000 mark.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Where it goes from there, we'll find out soon.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Well, that's the auction action over for the first part of the show
0:19:17 > 0:19:19but we are coming back here later on in the programme.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22But you can't come to this part of Britain
0:19:22 > 0:19:24without exploring one of our great literary figures
0:19:24 > 0:19:26and that's where I'm off to now,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28to Knutsford, which isn't far from here,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32to unearth the story of a rather incredible woman.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Today, Knutsford is a busy, modern, bustling town,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46which has many upmarket bars, restaurants and shops.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50However, it still retains much of the charm and architectural features
0:19:50 > 0:19:52it boasted nearly 200 years ago,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55when it was home to the town's favourite daughter.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I am, of course, talking about Elizabeth Gaskell,
0:20:01 > 0:20:02the Victorian authoress,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04a contemporary of Charles Dickens
0:20:04 > 0:20:08and a great friend and biographer of Charlotte Bronte.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Her works have survived to give us hours of reading pleasure.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16It's clear that the people of Knutsford had a soft spot for Elizabeth Gaskell
0:20:16 > 0:20:19because her name has been immortalised in stone
0:20:19 > 0:20:22in this tower, which was built in 1907
0:20:22 > 0:20:25and it's aptly name the Gaskell Memorial Tower.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Mrs Gaskell was born Elizabeth Stevenson
0:20:30 > 0:20:33on 29th September 1810 in Chelsea, London.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36She was the daughter of William Stevenson,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38a Unitarian minister, and his wife Elizabeth,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42whose father farmed at Sandlebridge, near Knutsford.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Tragedy struck young Elizabeth's life at the tender age of 13 months,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48when her mother died.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Her father was left bewildered and unable to cope
0:20:51 > 0:20:54and so young Elizabeth was sent to live with her mother's sister,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Mrs Hannah Lumb, in the town of Knutsford.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Aunt Hannah was like a mother to Elizabeth
0:21:08 > 0:21:12and they both lived here very happily in this very impressive town house.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Just look at this. What an architectural delight.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18And back then it was called the Heath
0:21:18 > 0:21:20but it's since been renamed Heathwaite House.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Look over there - the aspect.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Well, that hasn't changed that much, really.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27The cars on the road wouldn't be there
0:21:27 > 0:21:30but that would've been one vast tract of grassland
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and to find out more about Elizabeth in the early years,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I've come to talk to one of the Gaskell biographers,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Shirley Foster.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Shirley is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield
0:21:41 > 0:21:45and has written extensively on the subject of Mrs Gaskell.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Shirley, thank you very much for meeting up with me today
0:21:50 > 0:21:54and talking about Elizabeth, here in the garden she grew up in,
0:21:54 > 0:21:55which is lovely, isn't it?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59What sort of childhood did she have here, growing up?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, as you know, she came here from London
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and she was orphaned - well, virtually orphaned.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Her father remarried and she was brought up by Aunt Lumb
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- and I think she had a very warm and...- Embracing.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Embracing. Family around and, obviously, other families close by.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17I think she really enjoyed it.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Did she have a good education? - She did indeed,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23which was rare or unusual in the period.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26She went to a good girls' boarding school in Warwickshire
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- and she had a good literary background and music and...- Ah!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That was going to be my next question.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36What inspired her to become a writer?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Well, I think partly because she read so much.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43In Manchester library, they have what's called her commonplace book
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and she copied out folk songs and stories and things.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Was this is a teenager? 12, 13, 14? - As a teenager.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54She was about, sort of, 13, 14, 15
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and then between 16 and 19, she did visit back in London.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00But we do know that when she was at school,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- she went to visit a house called Clopton Hall... - Where's that?- In Warwickshire.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09It was a school visit. And she wrote about it and it was published later, in 1840,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and it's a great account.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It's full of lovely, grisly detail about a girl who's buried alive.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- She had a great imagination.- She had a great eye for good stories.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Well, the people of Knutsford, in the past, embraced her, they've taken her to heart.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26How does Knutsford feature in a lot of her work?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30It's the background to quite a few stories - obviously, Cranford.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- That's the big one. - That's the big one.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36But also it's Duncombe in Mr Harrison's Confessions,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38which is a novella.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It is Hollingford in Wives And Daughters.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45It also appears in a short story called The Squire's Story,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- which is about a highwayman who lived next door.- Really?
0:23:48 > 0:23:53And she has some lovely stories about Cranford old ladies, you know,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and obviously she had a real ear for picking up gossip
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and details, little details, that were going to be interesting.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04What do you think of Cranford? Because you're very close to Gaskell.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05I enjoy it very much
0:24:05 > 0:24:09and I think it did bring out the way in which it's a light touch
0:24:09 > 0:24:13but it's a serious book, it deals with some serious issues
0:24:13 > 0:24:15but it's got a lovely light touch.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- It's stood the test of time.- It has.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- It's not just a sort of dated, old-fashioned story.- No, not at all.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26I think you really do sympathise with the people. She's done it very well.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- It's a classic.- It is a classic, absolutely.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33In her adult life, Elizabeth devoted much of her time to helping the poor.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36She married a Unitarian minister and moved to Manchester,
0:24:36 > 0:24:40a city worlds apart from the quaint, sleepy town of Knutsford.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Her early upbringing and religious beliefs
0:24:44 > 0:24:48equipped her with the compassion she needed to take on this new role.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54And this is where Elizabeth worshipped as a young child, when she grew up in Knutsford.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's the Brook Street Unitarian Chapel.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Shall we go inside? After you, Shirley.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07What were the particular beliefs and doctrines of the Unitarians,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11compared to other Christian denominations of the day?
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Well, apart from the fact that they didn't believe in the divinity of Christ,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18it was a religion of what you might call rational benevolence.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21They believed in the essential goodness of everybody
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and the potential for everybody to be good
0:25:23 > 0:25:26and also rejected the idea of damnation.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28How did religion shape her novels?
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Well, you find it, I think, in an emphasis on love,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35compassion, again, and forgiveness.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38In several novels, characters work out their own salvation
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- and that includes learning to forgive other people...- Mmm.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43..and forgiving themselves, too.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- She was compassionate towards the poor...- Yes.- ..in life,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51but also in her novels, especially in Ruth, the fallen woman.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It is a novel about a young girl who is seduced, becomes pregnant
0:25:54 > 0:25:58but then is allowed to be redeemed by her own good life.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03But what was shocking was that people felt it was something that shouldn't be written about.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05It was something that they all knew about
0:26:05 > 0:26:08but they didn't want brought out into the open.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11And, of course, by doing that, she was doing a very brave thing.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- It was very progressive, really. - It was. It was very radical.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20And how was that reviewed by the critics of the day
0:26:20 > 0:26:21and also the readers?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Yes, well, I mean, some readers really responded well
0:26:25 > 0:26:29and people like Charles Dickens, I think it's important to note,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32did think very highly of it because he much respected what she'd done.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35But there were those who were deeply shocked
0:26:35 > 0:26:39and some members of the congregation of the Unitarian church in Manchester burnt it
0:26:39 > 0:26:44and a famous instance is a librarian who took it off the shelves
0:26:44 > 0:26:47because it was not fit for family reading.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51So that was one of the things. It's very hard to understand today.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58On the 12th November 1865, at her retirement home in Hampshire,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Elizabeth Gaskell suddenly died in mid sentence.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03It later transpires she died of heart failure.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Elizabeth was only 55 at the time.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Her body was brought back here to Knutsford,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12to the town she loved in her formative years
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and she often wrote about in her more gentle novels.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Elizabeth would have never thought that she'd end up
0:27:19 > 0:27:22being one of the most highly regarded Victorian novelists
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and some 150 years after her death,
0:27:25 > 0:27:30people are still enjoying reading and looking at her works.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42And back at Nantwich, it's still all go at the valuation day
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and Will has spotted an item that's caught his imagination.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- Sue, hello, there.- Hello.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52You've brought in something today quite unusual, something I've never seen before,
0:27:52 > 0:27:57this Burton Union System model, for want of a better word.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- What can you tell me about this? - It's from the Swan Inn at Whinbury.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05The landlord, when he retired, Malcolm Groom, asked me what I'd like when he left and I picked that.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I had my own pub and it went on the wall there.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Sadly, five years ago, I came out of the trade
0:28:11 > 0:28:13and it's been in my loft ever since.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16This would've been something from the brewery.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- Marston's, in this instance...- Yes.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22..would've presented it to a landlord,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26who would display it in the pub as almost like a promotional piece...
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Yes.- ..for this Burton Union System, which I've never heard of.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Luckily for me, it's all here in black and white, shall we say.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36It's seems to be the way
0:28:36 > 0:28:39that these are mounted on this cross trough
0:28:39 > 0:28:41and a top trough
0:28:41 > 0:28:44means that they can ferment a lot more barrels than normal.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Yes.- I think that seems to be the gist of it.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49It's a difficult thing to value.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Have you ever thought of what it would be worth?
0:28:51 > 0:28:56Not really because it deserves to be on a wall somewhere, not in a loft.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00I don't think we're going to be able to come in too strong, estimate wise.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05I think, you know, the market will decide where to settle, value wise,
0:29:05 > 0:29:09but I would think, you know, certainly with its nice glass case,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11it's got to be worth around the £50 mark.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16I mean, if you were happy to let me put it in at £40-60 as an estimate,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I think it'll generate interest.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23I think people who collect this type of thing, unless they've been to your pub,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- won't have seen another one.- No.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28So hopefully that'll generate interest.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- How do you feel about that? - That's fine. I just want to see it on a wall somewhere.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- What about reserve figures? - I'd like £50 for it, I must admit.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41You've put me in a tricky spot. The reserve can't be higher than the bottom estimate.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- Can I go for £40, then?- You can. But that's an interesting point.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48The estimate, the reserve, they have to...
0:29:48 > 0:29:50The reserve can't be higher than the bottom estimate,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52as a matter of law,
0:29:52 > 0:29:56because you're advertising that something can be bought for between 40 and 60,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58whereas in fact it can't.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- So it's an interesting point to remember at auction.- Yes.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- We'll reserve it at £40 so we can put that £40-60 estimate on it.- Thank you.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08And hopefully there's a few Pedigree bitter drinkers
0:30:08 > 0:30:11at the saleroom on the day and we'll get it away.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- OK, thank you very much.- No problem.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Malcolm, I've had the pleasure
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- of valuing one of these before on Flog It!- Yes?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I think so has Philip Serrell as well.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- We both like our boy's toys.- Yes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34But this is a classic little Schuco car,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38typical of tin-plate German toys from the early 1900s.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- But this one has got a gear-shift stick.- Yes.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44And you know, as well, how that works, don't you?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- Do you want to wind him up?- OK.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49What's the story? How long have you had the cars?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Erm, about 65 years.
0:30:51 > 0:30:57- Yeah.- They came to me as presents... - Really?- ..in about 1941, '42.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- And it's something you're thinking of selling?- Yes.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Why? They've been with you most of your life.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04They've been with me for many years
0:31:04 > 0:31:10but my children are not interested in them, children or grandchildren.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- You've never played with that one, have you?- I have but not too often.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Not as much as this one!
0:31:15 > 0:31:20- What have you been doing to that one? - That's been in a few crashes.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Have you got the other front wheels? - No, no. It's a bit sad, really.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Go on, let this one go. Let's watch it work.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- It's incredible.- Yes.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32And it's gone into reverse?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Hey presto. Look at that.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- And it's got articulated steering. - Yes.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40You can turn the steering wheel. Look at that. Reversing into my pen.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Handbrake on.- Handbrake on.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Beautiful.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Normally, it's a litho transfer print for the colour.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- This is spray-painted on, which is quite nice.- That's right.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55If I turn this over...
0:31:55 > 0:31:59you can see the litho print saying Schuco.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03It's in such good condition, this little car
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- and that's all credit to you...- Well... - ..for not bashing it about.- Yes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Any idea of value?
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Erm, probably about £100 or thereabouts - 120.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Yes. Definitely.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- And I'm hoping that's the low end. - Oh, good.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25- I'd like to put this into auction with an estimate of £100-200.- Right.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29This little one will sell in the same lot as this.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30That's... That's the value.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35- Here is, hopefully, £180 on a good day.- Very nice.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- OK. This one, we'll throw in.- Yes.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41If a collector has a lot of these Schuco cars,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44he'll use this one to break up and use the spares.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46OK. That's fine.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Well, let's put them into auction, then, at £100-200.- Thank you.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Thank you.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57This is a really exciting find for me.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- It may be small but it's beautifully made, isn't it?- Yes.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Now, in 21st century terms, this would be called a matchbox.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06But when it was made in the 19th century,
0:33:06 > 0:33:11it was known as a vesta case, when matches were called vestas
0:33:11 > 0:33:14and this was a little box made to keep them.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17I'm very envious that it belongs to you.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Tell me, how did you come by it?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Well, it's been in the family for quite a while
0:33:22 > 0:33:23and I've inherited, really.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27This is how it comes to be in my possession at the moment.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I don't know an awful lot about it
0:33:29 > 0:33:34but we just wondered if maybe it was something quite valuable.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- So we brought it along here for valuation today.- OK, lovely.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41It's a little vesta case, made for matches
0:33:41 > 0:33:46and these boxes were made out of metal or more elaborately, of silver.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49And you see them in novelty shapes
0:33:49 > 0:33:53and sometimes, even more collectable, enamelled.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57This one not only is a novelty shape but it's also enamelled
0:33:57 > 0:34:01and it's also by a very sought-after maker.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Right.- Let's talk about the maker first.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Because it's hallmarked on the inside just here.- Yes.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And you can see that it is silver, with that hallmark.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15- It's dated to 1886, so it's Victorian.- Right.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18And the little initials SM there stand for Sampson Mordan,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21who is a very sought-after silversmith -
0:34:21 > 0:34:25whose work, I should say, is very sought-after - of the late 19th century.
0:34:25 > 0:34:32If we close it up, you can see that the box itself forms this lovely sentry box shape
0:34:32 > 0:34:36and on the front here, perhaps the most exciting bit,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39is this beautiful enamel work of the guardsman,
0:34:39 > 0:34:44standing there in his sentry box wearing his bearskin.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47And the detail is absolutely exquisite.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49So what are we going to say about value?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Well, I haven't seen another one like it.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55The quality is superb, and the detail of the enamelling.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59There is a tiny, tiny bit of damage just to the corner of the enamel
0:34:59 > 0:35:00but it really is small.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Otherwise, it's in super condition.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Lovely that the lid still snaps shut and the hinge is all intact.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12I'm going to be conservative and say, at auction...
0:35:13 > 0:35:17a very realistic estimate would be £200-300.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21But I wouldn't be at all surprised if two people fell in love with this.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25So my suggestion would be to put a reserve at the £200 mark,
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- an estimate of £200-300 and keep our fingers crossed.- Right.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I haven't seen another one like it. It's a super, super thing.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Thank you very much.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Before we see our lots go under the hammer,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Adam has some thoughts to share on Wyn's vesta case.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- I really like this item. - There is damage to the enamel.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Yeah, there is.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- There's a big premium on novelty silver, isn't there? - It's extremely popular,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53the little pin cushions and things like that.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56And really, I expect this to make an awful lot more.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59With the benefit of further research, we've put 500 to 1,000,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- which is a wide estimate... - That's very wide.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07And I'm... I'd be absolutely astounded if it made less than £1,000.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- If that was in perfect condition... - It's 2,000.- 2,000.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Yeah. Best part of.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Why is that so much money?
0:36:13 > 0:36:15It's extremely desirable novelty silver
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- and I suppose the military connection...- Puts the value up.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23..is also a secondary interest, so it has cross appeal.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I really hope it makes 1,000 plus
0:36:25 > 0:36:27and I'm sure it'll hit the 1,000 mark.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Where it goes from there, we'll find out soon.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Attention, please!
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Watch this go under the hammer
0:36:34 > 0:36:36and let's hope it does over the four figures.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38I really hope it does. I think it will.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Lovely.- Take it away.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Adam wasn't alone in getting excited about the vesta case.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48I haven't seen another one like it. It's a super, super thing.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52We are also selling Malcolm's two Schuco cars,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54which he's had for 65 years.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Will we get a lucky bidder to drive them away?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Ex-pub landlady Sue feels strongly about what happens
0:37:01 > 0:37:03to her brewery promotional item.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It deserves to be on a wall somewhere, not in a loft.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Well, let's find out if it'll sell.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10220. Are you all done?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Next up we've got some pub memorabilia
0:37:13 > 0:37:15and at the rate pubs are shutting down, Sue,
0:37:15 > 0:37:17I think this could be quite valuable.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20We've only got £40-60 on this.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24I've never seen anything like it. The value is a stab in the dark.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27It's got to be worth 40-60, I think we said,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30and I think to the right person, it's probably worth that.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- It was something that trade gave to freehouses.- That's right.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37So anything like that can be limited as to how much is on the market,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- because it wasn't given to the public.- Yeah.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- So that could help it. - Bit of a rarity, then.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Hopefully.- Hopefully. - Fingers crossed.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50We're going to find out now. It's now down to this packed saleroom.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Let's see what they think.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54There's the brewery display case. Who'll give us £40, there?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57£40? Surely £40, bit of fun, bit of interest.
0:37:57 > 0:37:5940. Start me at 20, let's get on.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02£20, 20 bid. 25.
0:38:02 > 0:38:0430, 35.
0:38:04 > 0:38:0640, 45.
0:38:06 > 0:38:0940 in here, 40 towards the back. 45? Are you bidding?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- No? You're out already? - They're not interested.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1645? At £40 then, we sell at £40. Where will you find another?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- 40.- Well done.- Sold at 40. - Well, you were right, Will.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- You said 40-60.- Bit of a guestimate. - We got it away. You happy?
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- I am. It's going on somebody's wall. - It's better than in the loft.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29That's right, yeah. Thank you.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31£50. 50's bid. Take five.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34At 50, I have. 55, now. 55.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36It's now my turn to be the expert
0:38:36 > 0:38:38and next up it's those two lovely Schuco cars.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40One is in incredible condition.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44They belong to Malcolm. We've got the cars here but we don't have Malcolm.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48He's cruising the Caribbean but we've got his daughter here, Elizabeth.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- Hello.- You can remember these as a little girl, can't you?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I can. I can the remember the little red car, yes.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I had to put it back in the box afterwards.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I don't blame Dad for making you do that, as well.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- That was his pride and joy, wasn't it?- Yes, he loved his cars.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Do say hello, won't you, and let him know how it's gone.- I will.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- It's going under the hammer now.- OK.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13The Schuco 4001 Examico clockwork car
0:39:13 > 0:39:17and a Schuco Studio red tinplate racing car, racing number 9.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Two Schucos in the lot, there.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Let's try £100 for the two Schucos. 100?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24100? 80?
0:39:24 > 0:39:2660 bid. £60. Take 5 now.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28At 60. At £60. I have 5.
0:39:28 > 0:39:3170 bid. At £70. 5?
0:39:31 > 0:39:3380 now. 80 bid. 5, then? 85.
0:39:33 > 0:39:3690 bid? 85 we have.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- 85 is the bid. Is there 90? - We're close.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40At £85... 90. In the room at 90.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42At £90. Is there 5 now?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45We're selling at 90 in the room. All done at 90?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- He's used discretion, the 10%. - That's fine.- That's OK.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- We just about got them away. - Yeah. Brilliant.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- He'll be happy, he'll be happy. - He will be happy.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Except when I spend his money.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Oh, well don't tell him that, will you?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- And say hi from us, won't you? - I will do. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07£80. At 80. £80. At 80. Expertly valued. 85.
0:40:07 > 0:40:0990, 95.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12This next little item is pure quality.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16It belongs to Wyn and it's been in his family, well, for how long?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Well, quite a number of years. - How many, do you think?
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- I would say probably the best part...- Since the First World War.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- Sorry?- Since the First World War. - Yes, since the First World War.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29It's a silver vesta case.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33It's a novelty with a sentry on guard in his little box
0:40:33 > 0:40:35and it is just stunning.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I know you loved it as well.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Initially it was sort of 200-300.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45- I know you've come back.- Yes. - You've revised the value, you talked to Adam.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I have to say, it was the nicest thing I saw on the valuation day.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Not only that but it's the nicest thing I've seen for a very long time.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56I'm very interested in silver and it really is a little cracker.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Adam said when I had a chat to him
0:40:58 > 0:41:01that the revised estimate is 500-1,000.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Right, so it's even better.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07But he actually did say it's going to do well over the £1,000 mark
0:41:07 > 0:41:10and it could be close to two, even with a bit of damage.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- Goodness gracious. - This is what we've been waiting for.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16This is what auctions are about. How exciting is this?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Don't go away. Here we go. It's going under the hammer.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22What a lovely item, I think my favourite item in the whole sale.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26This little Victorian sentry box, the silver and enamel vesta case
0:41:26 > 0:41:28in the form of a sentry box.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Enamelled with a standing sentry of the Grenadier Guards
0:41:31 > 0:41:34by Sampson Mordan, London 1886.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I can start straight in with a bid of £1,000. I'll take 50.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- We're already at 1,000.- 50, now?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42At 1,000. Is there 50 anywhere? At 1,000. 50?
0:41:42 > 0:41:441,100. And 50?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- 1,250.- 1,250 did you say? OK.
0:41:47 > 0:41:511,250. I'm out, now. 1,250's on the phone, is there 1,300?
0:41:51 > 0:41:521,300. And 50?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54And 50?
0:41:54 > 0:41:571,400. 1,450.
0:41:57 > 0:41:591,500. 1,550.
0:41:59 > 0:42:031,600? 1,550 on the phone, now. 1,550.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Are you all done on this one? At 1,550. Any further now?
0:42:07 > 0:42:091,600. 1,650?
0:42:10 > 0:42:111,700?
0:42:11 > 0:42:13They like it! They love it.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18£1,650 for this lovely little vesta case. It's gonna be sold now.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19At £1,650.
0:42:19 > 0:42:221,650. Cor!
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- How about that, Wyn? - Wonderful, wonderful.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- That's a lot of money, isn't it? - It is. There's 15% commission to pay
0:42:30 > 0:42:31- but, you know...- Yes, yes.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Yes, I realise that, yes.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35- You can go shopping now.- Yes.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38What were you going to spend £500 or £600 on?
0:42:38 > 0:42:43500 or 600, I'm sure I would've put it towards a holiday.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Er, both of us could've shared it, my partner and myself.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52Well, you can still have the holiday and have £1,000 in the bank.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Yes, yes.- Can't you?- Yes, yes.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- It's been a great experience. - Thank you for bringing it in.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- I know it made Kate's day at the valuation.- Yes, I know.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Little cracker.- Something you'd love to own.- Absolutely! Yeah.
0:43:05 > 0:43:0850 I have. At 55 now? 55.
0:43:08 > 0:43:1060, 65...
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Well, that's it. It's all over. Another day in the saleroom
0:43:13 > 0:43:15and some wonderful Flog It! moments.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17We've made a lot of people happy today
0:43:17 > 0:43:19and I hope you've enjoyed watching.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22So until the next time, from Cheshire, cheerio.
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