0:00:02 > 0:00:03CROWD ROARS
0:00:03 > 0:00:06A game of two halves where skills are put to the test,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10but there's always the danger of an own-goal, but I'm not talking about football,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13this is Flog It! Today we're in Sunderland.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Everybody knows the rules of football but this is how Flog It! works.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44We arrange valuation days like this around the country
0:00:44 > 0:00:48where you bring your antiques and collectables along.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Today we're at the Stadium of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club
0:00:52 > 0:00:54but we're coming to a town near you soon.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00Everyone who comes is guaranteed to get a valuation by one of our team of experts
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- and today's star players are Anita Manning...- Wonderful!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- ..and Adam Partridge. - They still work.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19And at half-time we'll bring a selection of the best items we find in our valuation day
0:01:19 > 0:01:22here to the Boldon Auction Galleries,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and let's hope we get the back of the net!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'll also be going back in time to the roots of Sunderland's industrial heritage.
0:01:34 > 0:01:41But first, let's get down to the business of the day and Adam's found something grotesque!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Elizabeth, welcome to Flog It!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Hi.- And may I call you Elizabeth?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- You can call me Betty. - Oh, really!- Yeah.- That's nice.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- I don't wanna be over-familiar! - No, no, everyone calls me Betty.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54You've brought in a beautiful biscuit barrel.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Why would you want to sell something so lovely?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Who would want to keep biscuits in that... I ask you!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- You don't keep your biscuits in there?- No, no.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03How did you come to own it?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06A friend of mine gave it to me full of golf tees.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- I was more interested in the golf tees.- You're a golfer?- Yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Do you still play?- Yes.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You've brought this in today, presumably to flog it?
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Yes, to get rid of.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- And why is that?- I'm in the last round of having a clear-out.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Just say it, you don't like it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23I don't like it, no. Do you?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27I don't mind it, I don't think I'd buy it,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31but it's grotesque in a good way, I would say.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34It's a type of Majolica really, art pottery,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37from what looks like the end of the 19th century.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41It's a funny colour really, a monkey with a frog on the top
0:02:41 > 0:02:46and a couple of salamander down the side, including a headless one.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Yes, yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And there's a fair bit of damage around the lid
0:02:51 > 0:02:55where people have been grabbing the biscuits with too much eagerness
0:02:55 > 0:02:57then banging the lid back on.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01I'll leave the lid off for a minute, so we can have a look underneath
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and there we have the mark there, Salopian,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08which is the name of the art pottery there made in Shropshire
0:03:08 > 0:03:12and it was an art pottery founded at the end of the 19th century,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16mainly run and designed by a chap called J A Harthorn,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18that's what the JAH stands for.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's a form of earthenware with a lead glaze.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It's a form of Majolica
0:03:23 > 0:03:27and you rarely see anything in that medium that isn't damaged,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30because it's quite a brittle, vulnerable substance
0:03:30 > 0:03:34that's easily damaged, you're having a clear-out, you don't like it,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37at least you're being honest, and what do you think it's gonna make?
0:03:37 > 0:03:42I don't know. I was hoping you would say £2,000 or £3,000
0:03:42 > 0:03:44but I'm not even gonna say £200 or £300!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Probably 20 quid, 30 quid!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Yeah, £30 to £50 was the estimate, I thought.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53We've got the matter of a reserve to put on it.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Do you want it back, or do you not mind whatever it makes?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- No.- But if it makes a tenner, worst case, would you be unhappy?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah, I'd be unhappy at £10.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03There you go! What about £20?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05£20, we'll put it at £20.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We will be at the auction together, fingers crossed
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- and hopefully the monkey, frog, and salamanders will find a new home to rest in.- Fine, thank you.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Thanks for coming to Flog It.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Fred, this is an absolutely delightful crayon study, it really is. Tell me a little bit about it?
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Well, I got it for my uncle who acquired it from my auntie
0:04:36 > 0:04:39who worked in service for a long time and retired in 1964
0:04:39 > 0:04:45and the family she worked for bought her a house to end her days
0:04:45 > 0:04:49and she died in 1976 and when she was moving in,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52my dad and my uncle went down to help her move into the house
0:04:52 > 0:04:55and there was lots of stuff in the house.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59This was one piece my uncle quite liked and asked if we could keep it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01So have you had this on the wall, at all?
0:05:01 > 0:05:06No. About ten years ago I did some research on it
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and since then it's been wrapped up in the wardrobe.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Just kept in the wardrobe!
0:05:11 > 0:05:15You should have put this on the wall because it's absolutely stunning!
0:05:15 > 0:05:22- I know.- Tell me about it. I know you've done some research, and it is in fact a study.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23By Arthur Hughes who was one of
0:05:23 > 0:05:27the leading Pre-Raphaelite artists outside of the brotherhood.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29You know your stuff, don't you?!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Basically he did five studies for The Heavenly Stair
0:05:32 > 0:05:36which was in the Russell Cotes Museum in Bournemouth, and this was one of them.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Let me take this off and have a look.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I'll just put that on the floor.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41I know he was a big fan of Millet,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44he was a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelite.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50London artist, and born 1832, he died in Kew in 1915, yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Well, it's a monogram isn't it, it's not signed.- No.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55It's definitely Arthur Ford Hughes
0:05:55 > 0:05:59and the draftsmanship is second to none, it really is.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04I think studies are a great way of owning a piece of art if you can't afford the real thing,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06and there's something so understated
0:06:06 > 0:06:11about the sort of crayon and charcoal,
0:06:11 > 0:06:18and this was done possibly in about two minutes flat, sort of...
0:06:18 > 0:06:23that's about right, but let's do another one nearby, very quickly!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I'd like to see it
0:06:25 > 0:06:28realise around about £400 in auction,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30that's my gut feeling.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Can we put it into auction with a value of £300 to £400 on it,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36and sort of... would you be happy with that?
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- Yeah, I'd be happy with that. - Protect it with a fixed reserve of £300.- Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Are you sure?- Positive!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- See you in the auction room. - Thanks very much.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Tim, this little item is just right up my street!
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I thought it might be, actually!
0:07:03 > 0:07:10And what makes it so interesting is this text here...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12"votes for women",
0:07:12 > 0:07:15and I love this little dog's expression.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I mean is he saying "votes for women?" or "votes for women!"
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I think the latter!
0:07:23 > 0:07:27It's a wonderful piece of memorabilia
0:07:27 > 0:07:31from the Women's Suffrage Movement
0:07:31 > 0:07:37and there is a great market for this part of British history,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39for this part of women's history.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Tell me, where did you get it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I inherited it when my mother died and I know for a fact that
0:07:46 > 0:07:50she bought that in a flea market in Whitley Bay in the 1970s.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Now isn't that interesting, because in the 1960s and '70s,
0:07:54 > 0:08:02they again had this wave of the women's movement, women's lib, and she bought it at that time.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Do you think she was influenced by that time?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I don't necessarily think so but I think it probably would remind her
0:08:09 > 0:08:13of her childhood and her upbringing, but she did like animals as well.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Oh, yeah. - So it could be one of two things.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Interestingly enough, this little dog would have been made in Germany.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26Now if we examine it, we don't find any back stamp, we don't find any marking on it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:32It would have been cheaply and mass-produced, sent over to Britain
0:08:32 > 0:08:37and possibly sold for fundraising for the Suffrage Movement.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Now, Tim, if I'm looking to date this little item,
0:08:41 > 0:08:47the Women's Suffrage Movement started officially...1897,
0:08:47 > 0:08:53and women got the vote in 1918,
0:08:53 > 0:08:54so this little item
0:08:54 > 0:08:57would have been made between 1897
0:08:57 > 0:09:01and well before the start of the First World War,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04so we can put it in the date
0:09:04 > 0:09:06around about the turn of the century,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and I think that this will go
0:09:09 > 0:09:15to a collector of suffrage memorabilia.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- Right.- I would estimate it between £150 and £200.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Let's hope we get plenty of votes for this little dog!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Votes for that little dog, I hope so, Anita!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Lovely to see you, thank you. - Thank you.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Well, Elizabeth, thanks for coming to the Stadium of Light.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Thank you.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42We have a couple of instruments on the table.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Where did you get them?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49From an old lady's house that I was clearing when she died.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Right. Did you know her well? - Yes, she was a friend.- A friend.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- A home-help then she became a friend, yes.- OK.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Ten she passed away and you had the job...?- Yes.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- Horrible job of clearing the house, going through all her possessions. - It was.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04And where do they live at your house?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- In the garage.- Right, so not ideal? - No, no, no.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08First of all you've got
0:10:08 > 0:10:12the classic example of the Italian piano-accordion.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15This is by Scandalli.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It looks very elaborate,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21all this fancy case and sparkly lettering and...
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- I don't think the Sellotape's original though!- No, no!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- Bit of Sellotape, and was that in a case as well, or not?- Yes, yes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- So it's in a...- Big case. The original case, I would think.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35They come in this big case and they're very heavy.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Whenever I've tried to play one, they must be strong guys who play them...- Yes, very.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Because they get pretty heavy. They're not an easy thing to play.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46To a lot of people, that looks pretty valuable.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Do you not think it's... - Well, yes, on the face of it, yes. - Flashy... on the face of it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54However, in real life, it's not much at all.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57These would normally make £20 to £40 at auction.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01If you're lucky, you'll get 50 quid, if you're unlucky you'll get £15,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04so, what else are you gonna do with it, I suppose?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Nothing!- So we'll stick it in?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- Yes.- No reserve?- No, no, no.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10And put an estimate of £20 to £40.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Yes. - And if it makes £50, we'll do a jig!
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- It's a bonus!- It's a bonus!- Yes!
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Now this looks to me like a tenor saxophone,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22it's a larger one than an alto saxophone.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Here we've got the maker there...
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Paul Cavour...
0:11:26 > 0:11:29He's not a big or sought-after maker,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31and the word "invicta",
0:11:31 > 0:11:35is a kind of brand name, model name for this saxophone here.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Impressive instrument.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39For the benefit of those who are wondering what that bit is,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- it's the mute.- Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Goes in there, shuts it up.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I could probably do with one of them!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48A lot of people will tell you that!
0:11:48 > 0:11:51So, some saxophones can be worth hundreds, even thousands of pounds
0:11:51 > 0:11:55but this Paul Cavour example isn't particularly valuable.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59It's more than the piano-accordion but it's not masses more.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I would suggest an estimate of £100 to £200.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Now I think that's probably fairly realistic, but on the lower side.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- I'd protect it with £100 reserve. - Right.- Does that sound all right?
0:12:09 > 0:12:15- Yes, yes.- And then it should make £100 to £200, so that's a bit better.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Thank you for bringing them along.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21I love seeing these instruments on Flog It!, so it makes my day when they come in.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26It's half-time at our valuation day and while we head off to the sale room,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30here's a quick action replay of our choices.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Elizabeth really doesn't like her Majolica biscuit barrel
0:12:34 > 0:12:35in the shape of a monkey's head
0:12:35 > 0:12:37and doesn't think it's fit for purpose!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Who would want to keep biscuits in that, I ask you!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44But I absolutely loved this delightful crayon study
0:12:44 > 0:12:47of Arthur Hughes' The Heavenly Stair
0:12:47 > 0:12:49and I'm sure it will do well at auction.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Is Tim's little suffrage souvenir dog really a woman's best friend?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Anita's not sure!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I mean is he saying,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03"votes for women?" or "votes for women!"?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04I think the latter!
0:13:04 > 0:13:08And this accordion and saxophone have just been sitting
0:13:08 > 0:13:11in Elizabeth's garage for 30 years,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14so she's keen to see the back of them!
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Although we've left the Stadium of Light, play now continues
0:13:18 > 0:13:19at the Boldon Auction Galleries,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23where our experts hope to score with their valuations,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and the man overseeing the proceedings today
0:13:26 > 0:13:28is auctioneer Giles Hodges,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30but before he takes to the rostrum,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34he's got some news about my estimate on Fred's picture.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39This lot belongs to Fred and not for much longer.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43It's a little crayon study by Arthur Hughes of The Heavenly Stair
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and I've put £300 to £400 on it
0:13:47 > 0:13:48but I know on a really good day
0:13:48 > 0:13:51it should, fingers crossed, double that.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52I think you're right.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57I think if we're going to be a little bit picky with it,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- I think unfortunately the colour of the grain...- It's the brown paper.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Yeah, it doesn't quite help.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06The only misgiving that I would have would be the paper.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I think the quality of the drawing is phenomenal;
0:14:10 > 0:14:13pre-sale interest, not only...
0:14:13 > 0:14:17we've actually had international interest from America,
0:14:17 > 0:14:18from Canada as well,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21so I think again good conservative estimate
0:14:21 > 0:14:23we should have no problem whatsoever.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25So there's been lots and lots of interest?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Come on, put your neck on the block!
0:14:29 > 0:14:34I'm gonna go for around the £600ish mark,
0:14:34 > 0:14:39maybe a little bit more if we can gain some firm bids
0:14:39 > 0:14:42but pre-sale, yeah, around the £500,£600 mark.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46All good stuff, isn't it? I can't wait to see it go under the hammer.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48It's just made my day looking at this.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52But before we see if the international bidders are here,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54we have something more modest.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Betty's monkey head biscuit barrel, at £30 to £50.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- And you say this has got to go? - Got to go!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's definitely got to go because it's so ugly.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06That's why it's so pretty and beautiful
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and I know why Adam gravitated towards it because it's unusual.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- I like ugly things. - I like ugly things as well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I like Martin Brothers' ware.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Well, it's a similar grotesque thing, isn't it,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I mean grotesque in a good way.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21It is damaged, ugly, but I think it's gonna do all right.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- It's a good talking point, isn't it? You see, it is so unusual!- Yes.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I was saying to Adam it's against the run of the mill when you look at Doulton
0:15:28 > 0:15:32and you look at Clarice Cliff and things like that and it stands out,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and it wants to be talked about,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and the fact it was full of golf tees is even more amusing, isn't it, really!
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Lot five, the Salopianware biscuit barrel.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I've got two commission bids.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44£20 starts me.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47At £20 and I'll take the 2.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50At £20. 2 anybody?
0:15:50 > 0:15:5322, 25, 28...
0:15:53 > 0:15:55We're off, Elizabeth!
0:15:55 > 0:15:56£30 still with me.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59£30 and we're away at 30.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- That's OK.- That's not bad.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Bottom estimate.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Yeah, so that is a few golf balls.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I'll either get three good ones or...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10a couple of dozen cheap ones at the supermarket!
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Or get a snorkel and dive for your own at the bottom of the lake!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23I've been looking forward to this, I'm a dog lover,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and all dog lovers should buy this one.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29It's a Suffragette Movement dog ornament.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Will we get that sort of £150 for it? That's what I'm hoping.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Yeah, I'm hoping that it will go there,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39but it's not an item of quality...
0:16:39 > 0:16:42it's value is in its collectability,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45and hopefully some rarity values will...
0:16:45 > 0:16:47It does put a great smile on your face!
0:16:47 > 0:16:49It's a nice little hound.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Oh, it's gorgeous, and I'm sure this little dog will find a new home.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54We're gonna find out now, here we go.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57We've got the Suffragette Movement
0:16:57 > 0:16:59continental porcelain dog...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Sums up lots of social history. - It does!
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I'm bid £100 to start it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08100, 110, 120.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11At 120, on the commission at 120.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- 130...- It's sold.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Upstairs the bid.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16At 130. Anybody to my left?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18140 anybody?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23At £130 it's the last chance at 130.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Brilliant!- Dead on the reserve.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- We were just there.- Spot on!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Just there!- That was good, Well done, Peter.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32What an expert, marvellous!
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Elizabeth, great to see you again and you look splendid, you really do.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46A packed auction room. Hopefully they're all musical instrument fans
0:17:46 > 0:17:50or they want to start playing an instrument as we have the saxophone in the first lot,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52in the second the accordion,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and we're looking at £100 to £200 for the first one.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I think so. The accordions never sell well.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00They don't, they're big heavy lumps, aren't they?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03But the saxophone is a great student instrument, you know.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07If a student wants to buy something and haven't got the money,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09they can pick up a sax buy one in an auction room
0:18:09 > 0:18:11because a new sax would set you back...
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Hundreds of pounds, yeah. - £700, so fingers crossed.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Here we go with the first one, we might get the top end of the estimate.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22We have the cased saxophone, the Invicta.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I am bid, again I've got two commission bids.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We are straight in at £180.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Top end, straight in.- £200 anybody?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32At 180 and it's with me,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36at £180 are we all done?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39At 180.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Yes, that's the first one.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42The next one,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44the second lot is the accordion.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45£20 to £40.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Don't get your hopes up on this one. - No, no.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Lot 48, the cased accordion.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Somebody bid me
0:18:51 > 0:18:53£10 to start it, back to reality.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5810. 15, 20, 5,
0:18:58 > 0:19:0030. 5.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02To my left at £35.
0:19:02 > 0:19:0440, fresh place.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Upstairs at £40. Anybody else?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09All done at 40.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- £40.- Thanks, lovely.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14That's good... £220.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Very good, yes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17What will you do with that?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Don't forget there's commission to pay.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Oh, well, have a nice meal out or something.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Who are you gonna treat?- Two daughters and four grandchildren.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Ah, have a great time.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Yeah, thank you for bringing them in. Love to see instruments.- So do I.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Now it's my favourite item of the whole day.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I think it's the best thing in the auction.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51It's the crayon study by Arthur Hughes and it belongs to Fred
0:19:51 > 0:19:53and possibly for not much longer.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I think you've got five more minutes to own it.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58We're only a few lots away.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Will you be sorry to see it go?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Yeah, it's a little bit of an emotional thing,
0:20:04 > 0:20:08it was owned by my uncle and he was my father since my dad died when I was three,
0:20:08 > 0:20:13but he was set to sell it and when Flog It! came to town,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18I thought this was the time for him to have one of his wishes, so...
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I think the time is right, definitely, for finding a buyer
0:20:21 > 0:20:22as it's caused a bit of a stir,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25so let's watch, shall we, and just enjoy this. Here we go.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30We have the chalk pastel monogrammed Arthur Hughes.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Lovely study of The Heavenly Stair, circa 1880,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37it bears label to reverse.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38I've got two bids
0:20:38 > 0:20:42and I'm starting it at £400.
0:20:42 > 0:20:4420 anybody?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48£400, 20 now, at 420,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51450, 480, 500.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55At £500, 20 anybody now?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58At £500. The internet is out.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00At £500.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Sold it, £500. That's a good result. - That's good.- That's a good result.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Happy?- Oh, yes, yes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Lovely thing, lovely thing. That'll give someone so much pleasure.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12It's one of the things that if I'd come out to buy,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I would have bought. Thank you so much for bringing it in.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Thank you.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25And coming up later, can this Art Deco wall mount
0:21:25 > 0:21:28bring a happy ending to a young love story?
0:21:28 > 0:21:35She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend, who she went out with when she was 13.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- And they have found each other again after 17 years!- Yes.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Oh, that's wonderful!
0:21:48 > 0:21:54History can come alive in many ways here at the Beamish Open Air Museum west of Sunderland.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00It lives through period buildings and costumed staff with a passion for their heritage.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03These living communities transport you back into the lives
0:22:03 > 0:22:09of ordinary working people in North East England in the 19th and early 20th century.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13No depiction of the North East's history would be complete without a colliery
0:22:13 > 0:22:19and walking through the streets of this 1913 mining village is really just like stepping back in time.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Coal was king. It fired the furnaces which made the iron which in turn
0:22:28 > 0:22:32built the ships that exported the coal, so the whole region prospered.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40The Great Northern Coalfield was at its peak of production in 1913
0:22:40 > 0:22:44with some 250,000 men and boys producing
0:22:44 > 0:22:48more than 56 million tons of coal each year.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55A miner worked an eight-hour shift with only one day off a fortnight.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It was a hard, dangerous life.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Roof-falls, fires and explosions were constant threats.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06Though the wages were comparatively high, without a main breadwinner, life could be tough
0:23:06 > 0:23:10'and women had to find ingenious ways of making ends meet.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- Hello.- Hello.- Can I join you? - Yes, of course.- What's your name?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Jessica.- And what are you making? - A "clippie" or a "proggymat",
0:23:23 > 0:23:30as they're called in this part of the world, and it's a way to use all the old worn-out material.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- And that's the end product? - It certainly is.- That's lovely.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- How long would that take? - It'd take a few months.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Do you make these to supplement your income?- I do indeed, yes.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44I'm a widow, unfortunately, husband was killed down the pit in a mining disaster.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Luckily, I've got a son of 12 who's above ground at the pit - can't go underground till he's 14 -
0:23:49 > 0:23:54but I'm obviously making mats to help, you know, supplement the income
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- and taking in washing, delivering babies...- Gosh!
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Laying people out, anything to bring some money in.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- You work hard?- Definitely. - I'll leave you to do it.- Thank you.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Although dangerous, the mining industry was vital in transforming
0:24:10 > 0:24:13the economy and the landscape of the area.
0:24:16 > 0:24:23But nowhere is this region's growth and prosperity reflected more than at the Beamish market town.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Towns in the North East grew rapidly from the 1870s, with some seeing
0:24:28 > 0:24:31considerable improvements in sanitation and housing.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35At number three, there's even a dentist's surgery.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Dentistry was a relatively new profession in 1913
0:24:42 > 0:24:46and often practised in a dentist's own home.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49And around this time, motor cars were becoming more common,
0:24:49 > 0:24:55as they were now being manufactured on production lines in England for the first time.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Beamish Motor & Cycle Works is typical of a town garage.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Hello.- Hello, good morning.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Pleased to meet you. How long have you been here?
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Well, quite a few years. My father had it before myself,
0:25:09 > 0:25:14it was originally a stables and then, as the first motor car went trundling past our doors here,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18we thought we'd make a bit of money, so we started selling petrol in cans
0:25:18 > 0:25:23and tyres and oil and it's from there gradually that
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- the motor business took over from the horses.- Moving with the times.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Yes, gradually, and as cars became slightly cheaper, then obviously the business grew and grew and grew.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39It's 1913, what do your customers complain about most about the motor car? What keeps breaking down?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41LAUGHTER
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- What's your chief complaint? - That will be the tyres, I suppose.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49The tyres, the pneumatic tyres keep coming off their rims, they keep bursting.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53We vulcanise the tyres here and keep them going, but they are very, very expensive.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- A reasonably cheap tyre will be in the region of £5.- Gosh, that's still a lot of money.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01A lot of money then. Four of them, £20.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Every 3 or 4,000 miles, another tyre.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- OK, and how about a service? - Well, servicing is cheap.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11For three guineas, you can get 12 services in a year,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15we'll drain the oil, we'll clean the oil, we'll put the oil through our filters,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19we'll then put it back in, obviously, then we grease things,
0:26:19 > 0:26:23make sure everything's OK and look for any faults that need repairing.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- Usually, we find one or two.- Great. I'll bring my car here. Thank you.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- Thank you very much indeed. - I love your garage!
0:26:30 > 0:26:35It's been a fascinating day. Before I leave, I want to catch up with Richard Evans from the museum.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38And what better place to do that than in the pub?
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Richard, I've thoroughly enjoyed my day here and it's quite fitting that we've ended up in the pub,
0:26:48 > 0:26:51but it's a great way of understanding history,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55you know, how our grandparents would have lived back then.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58That's right. It's that really fascinating moment where
0:26:59 > 0:27:02the past meets the present and it's that connection to the past
0:27:02 > 0:27:06and really the stories of the people from the past that we focus on.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08It's called "The Living Museum of the North",
0:27:08 > 0:27:12because we try and bring it alive, so people can connect to it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17So all the buildings are original, they've been taken apart bit by bit and put back together again?
0:27:17 > 0:27:21That's right. Often, they were at risk of demolition
0:27:21 > 0:27:24or had past their working life, if you like,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29and this particular pub comes from Bishop Auckland, Newcastle Breweries, and it was taken down
0:27:29 > 0:27:34and, with their support, actually brought here and, as you say, reconstructed on the site.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39- So where did this idea spring from? Because it's the first, isn't it, "living" museum, so to speak?- Yes.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43It started really in the Fifties, when, with the closure of a lot of
0:27:43 > 0:27:47the heavy industries in the region, a lot of objects were being lost,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51really important objects, particularly for the North East,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55and really to save those objects, the original founder of the museum,
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Frank Atkinson, started shoving them in sheds before the museum existed.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Hoarding them up for that day? - Hoarding them up. He had plans...
0:28:03 > 0:28:08- He had vision!- He had vision, and together with all of the local authorities in the North East,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12this piece of land was bought and then the stories of the people of the region,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16for their people as they saw it, the museum was founded back in 1970.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Fantastic development, and I love the way the staff wear uniforms.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I know you don't wear this daily attire.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- Not every day!- Why did you want that?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29It is about the detail and detail of the costume.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33We have our own costume department. It's very important to us
0:28:33 > 0:28:36that people connect with the objects and with the history of the region
0:28:36 > 0:28:41not through the object, but through the people that can bring it to life,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- so it's a working, living, dynamic museum.- Yes.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49It's the human to human contact that we find people connect to, then the objects and stories behind them.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54Especially as you've got traditional skills passed on - all your staff have learnt these skills.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57That's right. We have an apprentice, for instance,
0:28:57 > 0:29:01learning about our historic trams and how to keep them going in the future.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Long may it continue! Thank you.- Thanks very much.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06I'm gonna order a pint now.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Could I have a pint of your very best, please?- Yes, sir.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14What I really admire about museums like Beamish is the way it brings history alive
0:29:14 > 0:29:18in such a personal way and not only is there a great sense of connection
0:29:18 > 0:29:23to our past, but also an insight into daily life all those years ago.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Cheers.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Back at the valuation day in Sunderland, Anita's
0:29:36 > 0:29:40found a beautiful face and a spot of romance.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Sandra, welcome to Flog It!
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- and thank you for bringing along this wonderful item.- Thank you.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51I love the 1930s and I love the Art Deco period
0:29:51 > 0:29:56and I think that this type of thing is just down my street.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02These wall masks were made by Beswick, which is a wonderful factory.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07They made animals, entertaining and humorous figures and so on
0:30:07 > 0:30:13- and for the more romantics of us, this type of thing.- I see.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Tell me, where did you get it?
0:30:15 > 0:30:20It was my grandmother's and, er, then it passed on to my mother
0:30:20 > 0:30:23and then it came to me and I've passed it on to my daughter.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- So it's come through the family? - It has.- That's so nice.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- So it now belongs to? - To my daughter.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Why does she want to sell it?
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Well, she's moving away and she's gonna set up home.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Is it romance that's, er...? - It is.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend who she went out with when she was 13,
0:30:46 > 0:30:51and 17 years ago that was, and they've now got back together.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Aw, isn't that lovely?!
0:30:53 > 0:30:58- After 17 years!- 17 years! - How did they become separated in the first place?
0:30:58 > 0:31:06We moved away. Of course, she was only 13, so she had to come with us, and we moved down to Somerset
0:31:06 > 0:31:10and he lived in Congleton, so it was too far. They were both young, so...
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- And they have found each other again, after 17 years!- Yes.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- That's wonderful!- Yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- So they've got to get as much dosh as they can together...- They have.
0:31:21 > 0:31:27- ..to set up house.- That's right. - And we're hoping that this Beswick wall mask will make some money.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33- Hopefully.- I find these things very popular, people like them and they are a wee bit romantic.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- Yes.- So it's fitting that we should sell it. If we look round
0:31:38 > 0:31:45at the back here, we can see the back stamp for Beswick.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Estimate, it's not going to get a huge amount of money,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54and five or six years ago, it may have made a little more.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58I would put an estimate of perhaps £60 to £80 on it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- That's very good.- We'll put a reserve on it of perhaps £50.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- Are you happy with that? - I am, thank you.- Let's try
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- and make some money for the young lovers.- That's wonderful, thank you.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Mr Leslie, I've always been interested in quirky objects.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- Don't look at me when you say that! - LAUGHTER
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- I was talking about what you brought in!- Oh, sorry!
0:32:28 > 0:32:31A lot of people will be thinking, "What on earth is that?"
0:32:31 > 0:32:36when they're watching and, obviously, we know what it is. Shall we tell them?
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- Yes.- OK.- Go on!- I would catalogue them as early 19th-century
0:32:41 > 0:32:46mahogany and brass peat bellows, mechanical bellows.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Yes.- There they are. You turn the handle here, I'll do it carefully,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and can you feel a draught coming out of the end?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- Very slightly.- Very slightly.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- And, of course, you give it a good wind-up and that's how to get it going.- Yes.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- They date to around 1820, I would have thought.- I would think so.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- Where did you get them from?- I bought them once when I was on holiday.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- I can't remember exactly where. - In this country, presumably?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- In this country, somewhere down south.- A while ago?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Oh, quite a lot of years ago, yes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- A long time ago?- A long time ago.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I'm sure you don't remember what they cost you?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23I can't remember, but probably £20 or £30.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- I mean, the values of these have fluctuated over the years.- Yes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30At the moment, I had some in my sale last week,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32made about £100.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37I would put the old £80 to £120 estimate on them and an £80 reserve.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- Does that sound OK with you? - That does, yes.- Excellent.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- Let's get them out and we'll find a new home for them.- Yes, good idea.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54And over at another valuation table, Anita has found something to remind her of home.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00Anthony, Iris, these are wonderful vases, they're in perfect condition.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- Do you know what they are?- Yes. They're Wemyss Ware.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10You're absolutely right! I am so pleased to see
0:34:10 > 0:34:17this wonderful pair of Scottish vases down in Sunderland today.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Tell me, where did you get them?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23They were a wedding gift from a friend.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26All right. Did you like them, Iris?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Yes. At the moment, they're not our style.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31They're not your style?
0:34:31 > 0:34:37If we lift it up, we have the impressed mark for Wemyss here
0:34:37 > 0:34:43and this mark, "T Goode & Co", is the retailer.
0:34:43 > 0:34:50Now, Wemyss Ware came from the factory of Robert Heron
0:34:50 > 0:34:54and his factory was in Kirkcaldy in Perthshire.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00Now did you know that they were Wemyss, that they were perhaps worth a couple of bob?
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Well, not at the time we didn't, no. - Did you like them, Anthony?
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Yes, but I liked them more as I began to learn more about them.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Because it sounds to me like the pair of you must have been
0:35:14 > 0:35:18very underwhelmed when you unwrapped them, am I right?
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Yes.- Yes, yes, it's not what we expected.
0:35:21 > 0:35:29Wemyss Ware is easily damaged, because it was fired at very low temperatures.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35Now fired at these low temperatures enabled the painters of Wemyss
0:35:35 > 0:35:40to do this wonderful, free-flowing naturalistic
0:35:40 > 0:35:44painting on their items and these are interesting.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48They're not a pair, they are two separate vases.
0:35:48 > 0:35:55We have one with plums on them and the other one, Iris, we have irises,
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- which I'm sure was in your friend's mind when they bought them for you. - That may have been the link there.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05So, you've had them for how many years?
0:36:05 > 0:36:0747 years.
0:36:07 > 0:36:0947 years!
0:36:09 > 0:36:15Well, the estimate I would put on these wonderful vases
0:36:15 > 0:36:19would be in the region of £400 to £600.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24- Would you be happy with that estimate?- Yes, very pleased, yes. - I'd be very pleased with that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28I think we'll put a firm reserve of £400 on them.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- That's fine.- Fine, yeah.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33And let's hope that they go much further!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Thank you very much, thank you. - We hope so!
0:36:36 > 0:36:43Well, that's it, the final whistle's blown on our valuations and here's what we're taking to auction.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48It's young love that's making Sandra sell her daughter's Art Deco Beswick wall mount.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53She's moving away and she's gonna set up home.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Is it romance that's...?
0:36:55 > 0:37:00It is. She's met up with an old boyfriend, her first ever boyfriend.
0:37:00 > 0:37:07Mr Leslie's early 19th-century brass and mahogany peat bellows caught Adam's eye for the unusual.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I've always been interested in quirky objects.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Don't look at me when you say that! - LAUGHTER
0:37:14 > 0:37:18And after 47 years, it's time to go for the Wemyss vases,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21given to Anthony and Iris on their wedding day.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29Over at the auction house, let's see if the bidders are interested in these unwanted wedding presents.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35Next up, two Scottish vases belonging to Iris and Anthony here.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Now, they were a wedding present, weren't they?- Yes.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- Is that a bad omen, Anita, to sell a wedding present?- I don't think so.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- No, cos we're still married! - LAUGHTER
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Why are you selling them?
0:37:48 > 0:37:54Well, they've been locked in a safe and they don't see the light of day, so we thought...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56You didn't like them really, did you?
0:37:56 > 0:38:02We did like them, but we thought they were too valuable to display them.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Well, they are valuable. We've got £400 to £600 on these.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- You're very nervous, aren't you? - I am!
0:38:07 > 0:38:12First auction...and it's packed! Let's just hope there's two or three people that push the price up.
0:38:12 > 0:38:19- Fingers crossed!- That's what it's about - people getting carried away, excited and bidding like mad!
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- We hope so.- That's what it's about! That's what it's about!
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We're gonna find out right now. Here we go.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Lot number 80 - we have the two Wemyss Ware
0:38:28 > 0:38:32tapering vases, one with the plums, one with the irises.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Again, numerous bids.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39I'm gonna start straight in, off the commission, at £420.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- Yes!- 420. At 420.
0:38:42 > 0:38:4540 now. At £420. 40 anybody?
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- Come on, more though!- At £420, the maiden bid will get it.
0:38:51 > 0:38:57At £420, all done at 420...
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- That was short and sweet, wasn't it? - Yeah.- Well, we got the reserve.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04We're over the reserve, so.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I'm really happy, really, really happy.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12There is commission to pay here, but what are you going to put the money towards?
0:39:12 > 0:39:19- We haven't any specific reason. - You should have a nice romantic treat for yourselves.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Because it was a wedding present, let's face it.- Yes, it was.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- Treat yourselves.- Yes, we will do. We'll enjoy it, Paul!
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- This was a classic antique-dealer's lot.- Proper thing.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- In an antique shop, you always saw one of those in the window. - Yeah, mechanical bellows.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- It's just a lovely tactile thing. - Fingers crossed!- Fingers crossed!
0:39:47 > 0:39:53You know how it works, don't you, we need people getting carried away and bidding madly. Here we go.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57The pair of Georgian 19th-century peat bellows
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and I'm straight in, I've got two commission bids
0:40:00 > 0:40:04and I'm on commission at £70. Five anybody?
0:40:04 > 0:40:10At £70. Is there a fiver? At £70 and all done.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15- 75 anybody? At £70... - It should be worth more.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- At £70 and we're away at 70. - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:18 > 0:40:22He sold it just under the bottom end of the estimate
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- and under the reserve.- No problem. - Oh, well, it's gone.- Yes.
0:40:25 > 0:40:31- It blew us away a bit.- Sadly, that seems to be a sign of the times with traditional artefacts like that.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34I think anything made of brass, it has to be cleaned.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37You've hit the nail on the head there, actually.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40People don't like cleaning and polishing things any more.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46That was gorgeous. Thank you. We had so much pleasure looking at that and hearing all about it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- It was brilliant. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Next up, the Art Deco Beswick wall mount.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Now our valuation days do get very, very busy and, sometimes, you have to wait 4-5 hours,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- and that's exactly what Sarah had to do, didn't you?- Yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11You were with Mum and just as we were going to film you, you were next in line, you had to nip off!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Yeah.- So you missed the filming of the valuation day, that's where we saw Mum,
0:41:14 > 0:41:18but it is yours, this wall mount, so thank goodness Mum was there!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21You love this wall mount, it's your thing?
0:41:21 > 0:41:28It's a wonderful image, it's in Beswick, it's Art Deco, I love that period.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Will we get £80, will we get £100? - I'm hoping for the top estimate, anyway.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- Why are you selling this, Sarah? - Because I'm moving down south.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Oh, are you? Where are you going? - Cheshire.- Oh, are you?! Why, work?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44No, I've just got back together with my first ever boyfriend, so.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Aw, that's true romance, isn't it?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- So you're upping sticks?- Yeah.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- And you thought maybe he won't like that Beswick wall mount!- No!
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Some things have got to go, but it's helping for the move obviously for the costs.- Yes.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04- OK. Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?- OK.- Fingers crossed we get that top end. Here we go.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09Lot number 20, we've got the 1930s Art Deco Beswick plaque of the lady.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- I wouldn't take it with me either! - LAUGHTER
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- I've got four commission bids again. - Wow!- Start it at £90.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Yes!- We're there!
0:42:20 > 0:42:2595. 100. 105, front row.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30110, 115, 120, 125...
0:42:30 > 0:42:37- They love it!- ..130, 135, 140, 145, 145 downstairs.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41150 back in, 155.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Stood at the back at 155.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45All done to the left as well?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- At £155 and we're away. - GAVEL BANGS
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- Yes! £155! You've gotta be pleased with that, haven't you?- Very, yeah!
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Gosh, brilliant!
0:42:55 > 0:43:02- And they loved it! - It's amazing, isn't it, what people do spend money on, it really is.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05I wouldn't have bought it, but there you go!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- Good luck with the move. - Thank you.- Good luck with the move.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18It doesn't get much better. What a terrific day we've had here at the Boldon Auction Galleries.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23All credit to Giles on the rostrum there, he's done us proud, and so have our experts.
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