0:00:03 > 0:00:07This city's history dates back centuries.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12It's home to the country's most successful football club and the world's most famous steeplechase.
0:00:12 > 0:00:18And it gave birth to one of the greatest pop groups in history, The Beatles. Have you guessed yet?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Well, of course you have. Today Flog It! is in Liverpool.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48Historically, Liverpool's wealth came from its position as a port
0:00:48 > 0:00:50with trading links stretching far and wide.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54In the 19th century, it was a major driving force in global economy,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58with 40% of the world's trade passing through these very waters.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02The prosperity and the status of the city were shown
0:01:02 > 0:01:05by the development of many fine iconic buildings...
0:01:07 > 0:01:09And today we're privileged to be at one of those
0:01:09 > 0:01:13grand designs - the magnificent, the beautiful St George's Hall.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And I've been joined by our equally impressive experts,
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Mark Stacey and Kate Bateman, who are eager to see what's inside all those bags and boxes.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26So let's get the doors open and get this big queue inside.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Like all of Liverpool's great buildings, St George's Hall
0:01:29 > 0:01:34is imbued with the city's history, and later I'll be visiting yet another.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37But I'm not here today to see these historic buildings.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41What I'm here for is that one, that's caught my eye, that ultra-modern one.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48But before all that, let's get down to business and first at the tables, it's Kate.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53So, Mary, welcome to Flog It! Who have you brought in for us today?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55I've brought Ooloo and I think it's a cat.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Well, yeah, we're not quite sure. It's a dog or a cat - I think we'll got with cat for now.- Yes.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- What do you know about it?- Not a lot. All I know is it's called Ooloo.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Well, that's given away by his name on the back.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Apart from the fact that he's got his name on the bottom as well,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14which is Potter & Moore, what's his big surprise? Tell me about it.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- He's a perfume bottle. - OK, so his head comes off here. - Yes, it does.- Have a look.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Take his head off, and he's got a little scent bottle in here.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- You can still smell the perfume. - Oh! Is it a nice one or is it fairly noxious?- It's quite nice.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- Where did you get him from?- I bought him from a church jumble sale.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- He cost me 10p, and I collect cat figurines.- Ten pence.- Yes.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40How many have you got?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Well, I've got 40 figurines and one real cat.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48- Ah, OK. Well, that's quite a passion, but you're willing to part with one of them.- Yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And why are you thinking of selling him?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Well, this year, our first grandchild is due to be born.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Right.- So any money we get from this will go towards the baby.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- So we've not got much of a target to beat, 10p.- No.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Would you be happy if we sold for 20p?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06No. A little bit more.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Well, he's quite collectable. He's from the 1930s and obviously
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Potter & Moore is who he's made by, so he's well-marked
0:03:11 > 0:03:16and his condition is quite good, and there is quite a market for unusual novelty scent bottles.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Oh, right.- So he's not very early, he's only 1930s, but I think there is a market for him.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26So at auction, a cautious estimate would be £30 to £40, something like that.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- I mean, would you be happy with that kind of figure? - Oh, yes, yes. Yes, I would.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33If the estimate was £30 to £40, you probably wouldn't bother putting
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- a reserve on it, you could just trust it and see what happens.- OK. - Would you be all right with that?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- OK, yes.- It's a bit risky, but I think he will do OK in the sale.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44And anything's an improvement on 10p.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46How can we lose? Brilliant!
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Thank you.- OK, thank you very much.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I think it's time to tee off with this painting, isn't it, Graham?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- It is indeed. - Because we think it's St Andrews, in fact we know it's St Andrews.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Yes, we do.- Tell me a little bit about its history in your family.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Well, it's been in the family for as long as I can remember.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12I inherited from my grandmother who died in the mid-'60s.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18- I also know that my grandfather used to own a golf shop at Morecambe golf course.- Oh, right.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- So that's maybe the connection. - There is a connection with golf in the family.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Absolutely. So maybe he went to play one day at St Andrews...- Yes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- ..and saw this painting and fell in love with it and took it home with him.- Yes.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I believe that anyone who knows St Andrews could identify
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- that there is now a golf shop somewhere around here.- Oh, really?
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Well, this is pre the golf shop.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Pre the golf shop. - I think it's quite nice.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43It's...it's generally what we refer to as a decorator's painting.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Yes.- It's quite big and decorative.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47My favourite part of it is actually the sea.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- It's only a small bit, but I love that vivid blue of it. - Yes, it is very vibrant.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57And it's a sort of pastel which really hasn't been touched since the day it was painted.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- Yes.- The other problem we have is we can't see at this stage any signature on it.- No.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04The only way we can do that, of course, is to take the whole
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- thing apart, and I think that's asking for trouble with something as fragile as this frame.- Yes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13And it's in a lovely Victorian frame and only suffered some minor damage.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- Yes.- Now, why are you selling it now? You've had it for many years.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Well, in our previous house, we used to have it on the wall in the hall.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Having moved house just a couple of years ago, we're going through
0:05:25 > 0:05:27a more contemporary design within the house.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We hear this quite a lot, you know, this modernist look,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- this downsizing and decluttering and all this sort of thing.- Yes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:39I think if we were putting it in for sale, not knowing the artist, I think somebody would certainly
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- be very happy to pay £200 or £300 for it and I think we should put a reserve on it...- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- ..of maybe £200 with a bit of discretion for the auctioneer, so hopefully...- Yes, that will be fine.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- So are you happy to put it in for sale?- I am indeed, yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Thank you very much for agreeing to put it in the sale, Graham, and I look forward to seeing you at the
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- auction, and let's hope, you know, we get the right price on the day. - Fingers crossed.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Ice and a slice, anybody? I like this. What's your name? - I'm Kath.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16- Kath. And what have you got here? - It's an ice bucket that also doubles up as an apple.- Isn't that great!
0:06:16 > 0:06:21I mean, you see lots of these as a pineapple, don't you, but this is quite unusual as an apple.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Yeah, I loved it. I saw it and just had to have it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- And how much did you pay for this? - I paid £10.- Well, I think you did really well. How long ago was that?
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- Just a few weeks ago.- Yeah?- Yeah. - You don't sound like you're from Liverpool.- I'm not, no.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- I was born in Scunthorpe, came here to university and just fell in love...- Fell in love with the city?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43And I think you've done well, because I think something like that...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45the pineapples fetch around £60 to £70.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- Right.- So I've not seen an apple, so it could be worth a little bit more.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- But there's a very fine line between tacky and kitsch, isn't there? - Yes.- This is definitely kitsch.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Definitely. - And this is where the value is.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- Yeah.- And it's so typical of the '50s and early '60s, and that is what it's all about.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- David, hello.- Hello.- And welcome to Flog It! What have you brought me in here today?
0:07:10 > 0:07:16It's a silver bonbon or sweet dish, which I inherited from my father.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20I couldn't tell you anything else about it, really.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Right. Well, we can tell a lot from silver, because if
0:07:22 > 0:07:25it's English silver, it's hallmarked, and luckily they've got the hallmarks
0:07:25 > 0:07:30here for us to have a look at, and this tells us that it's late Victorian, so it's Birmingham 1894.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It's a very attractive thing.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37What it is is a pierced, as you say, bonbon dish or sweet dish. It's got all these little flowers
0:07:37 > 0:07:39and scrolls round the outside and it's quite a nice little heart shape.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So did you get it from anyone in the family?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You say you just inherited it?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It came from my father, but where it came from before that I don't know.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Why are you selling it? - Well, it's a bit girlish for me and it's just gathering dust.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Not your taste. You're not interested in scrolls and flowers, I take it? - Not at all.- All right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- So you wouldn't be too gutted if we sold it?- Not at all.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Any ideas, price-wise, what you're hoping to get for it?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I think anything over 40, 50, I'd be quite happy.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Right, well, it should make the mid-estimate of that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11I would say probably £30 to £50 would be a sensible estimate.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15What you could do is put a reserve at £30,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- so you'd rather have it back than sell it for less than that.- Yes.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- You're prepared to flog it - shall we give it a go?- Yes, why not?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Wonderful. Thank you for bringing it in.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- Hello, Howard.- Hello. - I'm really delighted - you've brought in an absolutely cracking lot today.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Yeah.- It's a little egg.- Yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42On like a sleigh, but with this wonderful little wishbone underneath, and then you've got this lovely
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- deep purple velvet top, which I guess you could use as a pin cushion.- Yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49But then when you open it up, it's a little ring box.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53So you can just imagine, with my romantic sense of purpose in life,
0:08:53 > 0:08:59somebody putting their wedding ring in there or engagement ring and asking someone to marry them.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Yeah.- With a lovely little ring box to go with it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Yeah.- Be wonderful, wouldn't it? - It certainly would, yeah.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Tell me about it. Where did you get it from?- I bought it on the internet.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Oh, right. And what did you like about it? Why did you bid?
0:09:09 > 0:09:17It's just unusual. I thought it was very unusual, with it being a ring holder and a pin cushion.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- And what did you pay for it in this auction?- About £60.- About 60 - well, that's not too bad, is it?
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- But I think it's lovely and it's fully hallmarked here for Birmingham 1908.- Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- So it's you know over 100 years old, and I think it's just a really charming object.- Yes, it is.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And I think you've got a very good eye, Howard, if you don't mind me saying so.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Thank you. Yeah.- And why have you decided to flog it now?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Well, I've got lots of pieces like that. I just thought
0:09:40 > 0:09:46I'd bring it down for the interest, and now you've picked it out, I'm quite willing to sell it.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48So maybe allow it to go to a collector or somebody like that.
0:09:48 > 0:09:55- Yeah.- And if I was putting it in for sale, I'd suggest to you £80 to £120 with an £80 reserve.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- If it sells for 80, you're going to get your money back at least.- Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- And even a bit more. - That's fine, yeah. - Are you happy with that?- Yeah.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Fantastic! Well, let's hope it brings us good luck at the sale. - Hope so, yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, I think it's about time we upped the tempo, don't you?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17This is my favourite part of the show - we're going to experience
0:10:17 > 0:10:20the thrills and the spills and the tension of the auction room.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24So while we make our way over there, this is what's coming with us.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Cat-loving Mary has a real eye for a bargain, picking this little scent bottle up for just ten pence.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35With a profit almost definitely in the bag, the money's going to help with an upcoming family celebration.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38This year, our first grandchild is due to be born...
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Right.- So any money I get from this will go towards the baby.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45This picture of St Andrews belonged to his grandfather,
0:10:45 > 0:10:51but it's proving a little bit of an albatross for Graham, so let's hope we can turn it into a hole in one.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Howard bought this egg-shaped pin cushion on the internet
0:10:55 > 0:10:57and hopes its novelty will charm the bidders.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02And David's not exactly enamoured with his heart-shaped bonbon dish.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Well, it's a bit girlish for me. - Not your taste? You're not into scrolls and flowers, I take it.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Not at all.- All right.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Well, for today's sale, we've crossed the border into Wales
0:11:14 > 0:11:18and we're the guests of Dodds Auctioneers & Valuers in the heart of Mold.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20As you can see, there's a healthy crowd gathering, working up
0:11:20 > 0:11:24an appetite and hopefully they're going to be hungry for our lots.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30And the man in charge today is our old friend, Anthony Parry.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Well, good luck, Howard.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Hopefully, we can get you money back right now.- Let's hope.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42It's just about to go under the hammer, this gorgeous little silver pin cushion in the form of sleigh.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- That's right.- £80 to £120 - we've got a fixed reserve at £75.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Yeah.- Which is a little more than you paid for it.- Yeah. - Here we go, we're going to find out.
0:11:51 > 0:11:5652, 52 - a silver pin cushion and ring holder in the form of a sleigh.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It's only two inches, it's Birmingham 1908,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01but it's a pretty little thing.
0:12:01 > 0:12:0530 I've got, £30, £35, £40, 45, 50, are you bidding?
0:12:05 > 0:12:0955, 55, 60, five...
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- We're getting there.- 70, five.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- That's got your money back. - 75, 75,
0:12:13 > 0:12:20- 75, 75. 80's where?- Come on! - 75. At £75, it's going.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23£75, all done at 75, then?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's gone. £75.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I would have liked a bit more.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30And me. And definitely Howard!
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Good luck with this, Mary, and I know you're an animal lover.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Maybe that's what made you buy this little cat perfume bottle.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Yes, it was.- Was it?- Yes, it was. - Well, you got it, you bought it well - it cost you ten pence.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- Yes, a whole ten pence. - I think this is really good fun.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- This is great.- I like the little head, cos it comes off.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Well, that's a bit worrying if you're a cat lover to take the head
0:12:53 > 0:12:56off a cat, but you know it's fine in a scent bottle, that's OK.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- So hopefully it'll go.- I hope so.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Good luck anyway.- Thank you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Here we go.- Ooloo! Ooloo, the cat.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Isn't that nice? 10, 12, 14, 16.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10£16, £18,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14£20, 22, 24, 26,
0:13:14 > 0:13:1728, 30, 2,
0:13:17 > 0:13:2234, 36, 38, 40, 2.
0:13:23 > 0:13:2742 down here, 42. Any more?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28All done at £42, then?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- That's brilliant!- Oh, more.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- 46, 48, 50.- Fresh legs.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37No? 50 over here, £50.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41All done at £50 then, we're finished at 50.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Brilliant!
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- 50 quid! What a good result, wasn't it?- Yeah, for 10p.- Not bad.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49That's what I call super profit!
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- It is.- Keep doing it. - I will, I will!
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Up next, something for all you fine art lovers, it is some fine art.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02In fact, it's a pastel, a scene of a lovely ruined abbey.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07It belongs to Graham, and we've got £200 to £300 on this, put on by our expert, Mark.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11I know since the valuation day you've had a chat to the auctioneer
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- and you've dropped the reserve down to 150 now.- Yes. Yes.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Is that because you felt it... you just didn't really want to take
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- it home if it didn't sell at 200 or the auctioneer...?- That's right.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27We brought it to sell it and that's why we agreed to the revaluation.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Well, I think that's fair. It's not signed, we can't see a signature.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32No, it's unsigned, we don't know who the artist is.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And the only nice thing about it is a view of St Andrews, we know that,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39so if there's a golf lover or something, that might help
0:14:39 > 0:14:44chivvy it along a bit, but other than that, it's just very decorative, it looks lovely from here I have to say.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48It's fantastic, don't you think? The great thing is it's right up there where the rostrum is.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50All the bidders are facing that way, so hopefully they'll fall
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- in love with it, put their hands up, and who knows, we'll get the top end.- Here's hoping.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55We're going to find out right now.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59365, 365 right behind me here,
0:14:59 > 0:15:04the pastel study of... St Andrews Cathedral in Fife.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What shall we say for that? Couple of hundred?
0:15:07 > 0:15:1550 I'm bid, £50. 50, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, £100.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18100 - it's not the price of the frame yet!
0:15:18 > 0:15:25£100, 110, 120, 120, 120, 120, 130 is it?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28120. All done at £120, then.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Are we finished?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Not quite... 120.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34No.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- I think you should take it home, try and fall in love with it again.- Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Find a different wall for it in the house. See if it suits that room.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Yes.- And if not, try another saleroom a different day.- Yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It's a packed house, isn't it? It really is.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53It's quite tense right now. David has just joined us.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58We're selling a silver bonbon dish which has been in the attic for a few years collecting dust
0:15:58 > 0:16:01and we've got £30 to £50 on it, which Kate our expert has put on it.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- I kind of like this in a way, cos I'm a big fan of heart-shaped things.- It's really pretty, yeah.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I thought you were just about to say it's really girly.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- Well, it is quite girly, so David doesn't like it quite so much.- But it's a nice contemporary shape.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- Yeah, and it would be a nice present. - Especially on Valentine's Day.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18So you never know, do you?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I'm just sort of trying to big this up, because I think it is worth
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- the £50, and fingers crossed that's what we're going to get, so good luck, David.- Thank you.- Here we go.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Nice little silver bonbon dish, heart form.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Right, Birmingham 1894. A tenner? Dear me, that's a low start.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36£10. 10, 12, 14, 16,
0:16:36 > 0:16:4118, 18, 20, 22,
0:16:41 > 0:16:4524, 26, 28, 30, 32...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Well, we're getting there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:5234, 36, 38, 40.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Are you still in? Put your catalogue up.
0:16:55 > 0:16:5842, 44, 46,
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- 48, 50.- Great. Top end.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- 54, 56, 58, 60.- It's the shape, they love the shape.
0:17:07 > 0:17:14- 64, 66, 68, are you sure? - It's the romantics here.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Well, it's very contemporary- looking.- 69, a pound for you. 70.
0:17:17 > 0:17:211. Got him back into it now. 72.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26No, sure? 72's over here. £72. All done at 72, then?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- That extra pound. Yes, £72.- Makes all the difference.- Very good.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Well done.- I'm quite happy. - Well done. Yeah, I bet you are.
0:17:34 > 0:17:40Well, that wasn't bad, but later on in the show, there's an item that simply took my breath away.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Welcome to the world of precision wood-turning instruments.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46But right now, I fancy a bit of fresh air,
0:17:46 > 0:17:51so I'm going to do some sightseeing on the waterfront in Liverpool.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04Standing here on Liverpool's iconic waterfront are the Royal Liver,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07the Cunard and the Port of Liverpool buildings.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Now, known collectively, they're the Three Graces, but I'm not here today to see these historic buildings -
0:18:12 > 0:18:16what I'm here for is that one, that's caught my eye, that ultra-modern one.
0:18:16 > 0:18:23Now, as of yet, it's unfinished, but it's soon going to play a key role in the city's history.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26The Museum of Liverpool is a landmark modern design,
0:18:26 > 0:18:30built here at the pierhead in the heart of the city's old docks district.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37It's based on a striking geometrical pattern and will eventually house a collection of 6,000 items, telling
0:18:37 > 0:18:40the city's history from its origins
0:18:40 > 0:18:45as a small tidal inlet to European Capital of Culture and beyond.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50As you can see, it's a work in progress, but when it's opened, there'll be 8,000 square metres
0:18:50 > 0:18:53of exhibition space on three floors.
0:18:53 > 0:19:00The museum will focus on four themed areas - port city, creative city, people's city and global city -
0:19:00 > 0:19:03all reflecting different aspects of Liverpool's history
0:19:03 > 0:19:07and including many exhibits which have never been on display before.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18Part of this building's genius is its complex steel frame, which forms the structure's core.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21This cutting-edge design means the museum's largest exhibition areas
0:19:21 > 0:19:26are free from columns and pillars and so maximise the gallery space.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I've come to meet Martin Hemmings, buildings operation manager
0:19:29 > 0:19:33for the National Museums Liverpool, who is overseeing the build.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37It's a stunning building, there is so much light here.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40What are the highlights of the design for you?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I think particularly the spiral staircase in the middle of the building.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46We can't see it in all its glory today.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51It's a superb self-supporting staircase from the ground up to second floor.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55It seems to float in the air, there's no columns or support,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and it really does look magnificent with the roof light over the top and the natural light coming through.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03You've got these wonderful architectural scoops of daylight coming in from all over the place.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Yes, yeah, and that's very unusual for a museum to have such
0:20:06 > 0:20:11large glazed areas, particularly on the upper galleries with the big gable windows.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- The views are just fantastic. - They are. They're striking really.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The whole form of the building, it's very much of this age, but very much
0:20:19 > 0:20:25in keeping with the Three Graces, we think, and there's a real good balance and scale to the whole thing.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I guess there must be something of an architectural
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and engineering delight, because it is state of the art, isn't it?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Oh, very much so, yes. - Very progressive.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- The giant cantilevers that you probably noticed on the way in... - Yes.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41To some extent, they were dictated by the fact that the new Leeds to Liverpool canal link along the
0:20:41 > 0:20:48head of the pierhead has just opened, and the tunnel actually comes under the cantilever of the building, so...
0:20:48 > 0:20:53- Wow.- It's incredible, isn't it?- Are you allowed to talk about costs? Are they quite frightening?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56We had a community group along a couple of months ago,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and one of the little lads asked me how much it was going to cost,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01and when I said 65 to 70 million...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04there was this audible gasp from the mothers and fathers and teachers,
0:21:04 > 0:21:09and I pointed out it was about the same as a couple of Premiership footballers, in reality.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12So I asked him whether he'd rather have a couple of footballers in his
0:21:12 > 0:21:15football team or this place to come and see for the next 100 years
0:21:15 > 0:21:20absolutely free for him and his children and their children, and he chose here.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I don't blame him.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26This is special, and I think people know it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36It must be fantastic to have a purpose-built space - it can give you a lot of freedom to work with.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Yeah, very much so for the designers. - Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44Bearing in mind this is the largest new museum that's been built in the country for over 100 years.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Is it really? - Yeah. And it's enabled us to bring
0:21:47 > 0:21:50some key objects out of storage that have never been on display.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54So you do know some key items that have already been...
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Yeah, many of them. For example, here we're overlooking the port city gallery,
0:21:59 > 0:22:04and the recess in the balustrade at the side there will be taking a very special railway coach.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And here it is. Just look at this - isn't it marvellous?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17An original carriage from the Liverpool Overhead Railway.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Now, I'm lucky enough to be in the museum's workshop,
0:22:20 > 0:22:27getting a sneak preview, as this is being restored, ready for display in the port city gallery.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33The Liverpool Overhead Railway was the world's first elevated electric railway line.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Known as the Docker's Umbrella, it is still
0:22:36 > 0:22:41remembered by many Liverpudlians as one of the city's lost icons.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50And I'm sure it's going to be a runaway success and here to tell me
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- a little bit more about it is Sharon Brown from the port city gallery. Hello, pleased to meet you.- Hello.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56And thank you for talking to us today.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- You're welcome.- Now you're in charge of the port city gallery and I guess in choosing the exhibits.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Was that a hard decision?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07It's not really a hard decision when you've got such fantastic collection
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- to work with.- Well, you've got to leave something out?
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Well, you do have to leave some things out unfortunately, yes, but the nature of some of the objects
0:23:15 > 0:23:21which is the Overhead Railway coach, they're a dead cert really, there's no way you could leave them out.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25The port city gallery is all about the growth of Liverpool as a port city.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30It's a fascinating story, and I think even local people will be surprised
0:23:30 > 0:23:32at what we've managed to get into the gallery.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34How many items are going to be there, all told?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Gosh, hundreds and hundreds. - Hundreds.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Yes. And we still haven't reached the final number yet...- It's endless.- So it's going to go up.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42So why is this coach so important?
0:23:42 > 0:23:49This is the only surviving motor coach from the Overhead Railway that ran along the docks in Liverpool.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- It ran from 1893 to 1956, so still within living memory.- Yes.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57There's a lot of people that still have great affection for the Overhead
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Railway, not just as a railway, but as a piece of the landscape as well.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07And there was one lady who came in and she was really interesting. She'd worked as a ticket collector
0:24:07 > 0:24:11on the railway, but she'd also met her husband during the course of her work.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14He was a messenger boy for the Mersey Dock and Harbour Company, so he used
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- to ride up and down the docks on the Overhead Railway.- Oh, brilliant.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21He liked the look of her and asked her out, and she wasn't sure,
0:24:21 > 0:24:26- but they ended up being married for a very long time, so what a nice happy ending.- That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- So a personal story...- Yes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32And also information about how the railway operated from her.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Are there any other items in the workshop that are going to go on display?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Yes, there are, and if you look just out the window behind you, you'll see a Lion locomotive.
0:24:41 > 0:24:48'Lion was an early locomotive which ran on the Liverpool to Manchester railway. Opened in 1830,'
0:24:48 > 0:24:54this railway was vital to Liverpool's growth and prosperity as it provided cheaper faster transport
0:24:54 > 0:25:00of raw materials and finished goods between the city's ports and the mills of Manchester.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02So why did you choose this locomotive?
0:25:02 > 0:25:09The Lion is really the star object in the whole of the port city gallery, it's a really important locomotive.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15It was built in 1838 by Todd Kitson & Laird in Leeds to run on the Liverpool to Manchester railway.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- It was the first ever timetabled railway for passengers...- Really?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22..and freight, and it was incorporated under an Act
0:25:22 > 0:25:29of Parliament, so it was a really big thing and it set the precedent for railways really around the world.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34- Must have done. So she's had a colourful life, hasn't she? - She's had a really colourful life.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Oh, good old girl.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39She had a film career as well.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Has she?- She's actually been in three films - Victoria The Great, The Lady With The Lamp, but most
0:25:43 > 0:25:49famously in 1952, the Titfield Thunderbolt, the Ealing comedy.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53So she got a new audience and a new band of fans through that market.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- A new lease of life.- Yeah.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03- Is there anything else here before I leave that I can look at?- Yes, there is one more treat for you.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Sneak preview.- Our Ford Anglia.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11- And where's that? This way or that way?- It's just down the bottom of this door.- Shall we go?- Yeah.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Well, I remember these.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19My auntie had a Ford Anglia. What's so special about this one?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23This is the first car, not just the first Ford Anglia,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28but the first car off the production line at Ford's plant in Halewood in 1963.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Right. So that's significant history.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34It is. But it was actually won in a raffle run by the Liverpool Echo...
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Really?- By a man, Mr Taylor, who couldn't actually drive.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39So he won a prize that he couldn't use.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- He couldn't use it, no. - My auntie had the two-tone one.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- Oh, right.- I think it was a sort of super 1200 with a thicker stripe.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Do you know the one?- I do. This is the Deluxe model.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52It would have cost about £540 to buy new.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Have you driven it at all?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- Unfortunately not - no, I haven't. - Not even up and down in here?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- No.- You should, though. - I should actually, you're right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04'What a treat to get a look behind the scenes and see some of the work
0:27:04 > 0:27:06'that goes into creating a new museum.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11'There's still a lot more to do before the exhibits can take their place in the galleries,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14'not least finishing the building work.'
0:27:14 > 0:27:20Now, once this magnificent building has been completed, it's going to stand proud alongside
0:27:20 > 0:27:25its famous neighbours here, and who knows, maybe, just one day it might be known as the fourth Grace.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29But one thing that is for sure, it will be part of the lasting legacy of Liverpool's tenure
0:27:29 > 0:27:36as European Capital of Culture, and I for one can't wait to come back when it's finished.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52And now it's back to St George's Hall, and Kate's found a little pot with a big name.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Judith, hello and welcome to Flog It!
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Hiya, Kate.- You've brought along this vase. Tell me a bit about it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:05I had it given to me about 30 years ago by my aunt
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- and apart from that, it's sat in the cupboard ever since.- Do you like it?
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Yes and no. I like it, but it doesn't go with my home. I like crystal and things like that, so...
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Right. Well, there are lots of collectors for Moorcroft obviously,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- and if we look on the bottom, it will tell us a bit more about it.- Mm-hm.
0:28:21 > 0:28:27Obviously you've got the WM signature and the potters to the late Queen Mary, which allows us to date it
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- to Walter Moorcroft, as opposed to the earlier William Moorcroft.- Right.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- And about the 1950s.- Mm-hm.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39Now, the pattern is Anemone, so it's quite a well-known pattern, but it's usually in a different colour base.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- You usually have a blue background and then sort of pink flowers and green leaves.- Mm-hm.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46This is quite an unusual, almost like autumn colours.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51- Yeah, yeah.- Mushy green and brown, red, it's quite attractive.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56It is nice. It looks better with the lights, to be fair, but when it's in a dark room,
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- it looked really dark. - It doesn't float your boat. - It doesn't. No not at all.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So any ideas, price-wise, what you think it would be?
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Don't know. Around 250, 300.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12- A reserve of at least 225. - Right. OK, well, I was going to say a little bit lower.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17I was going to say between £200 and £300, but you don't want to sell it for any less than you're happy with.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- No, not really. - So it's a bit of speculative one.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- What we'll do is put a reserve at 225...- Mm-hm.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- An estimate of 250 to 300...- OK. - And see if we can get it away at the auction.- Right. Fine.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Would you be happy with that? - That's fine.- All right.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33So it may or may not go. It's a bit of an iffy one this one...
0:29:33 > 0:29:36If it does, it does - if it doesn't, we'll take it home.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- That is the way to think about it. Brilliant.- That's it.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Matt and June, what can I say?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49When you open the box, what a reveal!
0:29:49 > 0:29:55Welcome to the world of precision wood-turning instruments. I think that sums it up, really.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00The Rolls-Royce of wood-turning instruments. Who's the wood-turner?
0:30:02 > 0:30:03I will...
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Hands up! So tell me, how did you come by this, this wonderful set?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I didn't know I'd bought it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Why? How?- Well, I bought a lathe...
0:30:13 > 0:30:20- Yes?- And when I came to collect the lathe, they said, "Oh, we've got some tools that go with that."
0:30:20 > 0:30:22It was nearly 50 years ago.
0:30:22 > 0:30:29- Times have changed.- Well, you're looking really good. 50 years ago. How much did you pay?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- You're not going to believe this. - Go on.
0:30:32 > 0:30:38- £16.- £16.- For the lathe, and these came with it.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Mind you, that's still quite a lot of money, isn't it?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Oh, in those days.- In those days. - It was an awful lot for me.- How much were you earning then?
0:30:46 > 0:30:52- Ah, I was earning something like £30 a month.- What were you doing? What did you do?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I was teaching.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I went into teaching and then various other things and then I started a business...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Yeah. And you never ever used them?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Oh, yes.- You did. ..So he's always in the garage or in the garden shed, is he, working?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Playing with old cars.- Playing with old cars? That's your passion?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- That's his passion. - Hence your selling these, then.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Well, senility's setting in.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I'd like to take June on a cruise.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Oh, right, OK. - The Isle of Man boat.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Oh, the Isle of Man!
0:31:25 > 0:31:29What a fabulous set! That's all I can say. You bought really well
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and all credit to you, you kept them boxed.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Obviously you kept them hanging on the wall.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Let's just pick one up, for instance this one down here, look at this.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- This is a typical wood-turner's tool, it's a gouge.- It is.
0:31:40 > 0:31:47You can see here by the end, but as with all precision instruments, you know, perfectly balanced.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51That's not going to give you any grief if you are going to be using this for three or four hours...
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- Absolutely.- ..every day. It doesn't get any better, does it?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58It doesn't - that's why it's the Rolls-Royce of turning tools.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Gosh...you've made my day!
0:32:03 > 0:32:05You really have made my day.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10- But they've all been punched with Holtzapffel & Co.- That's right.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Made in Charing Cross Road in London.- Yes.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17And John Holtzapffel, a German immigrant, started the firm
0:32:17 > 0:32:23- in the late 1700s, and it was a father/son/grandson business...- Yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28And his son Charles took over the firm, I think, in 1827...
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Right.- ..and I think
0:32:30 > 0:32:33that's bang on the date of these.
0:32:33 > 0:32:351827 to 1840.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40Well, I think we put a fixed reserve on this of £1,000.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I'd love it to do £2,000.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45We need four wood-turners in the auction room at the same time
0:32:45 > 0:32:47fighting it out and hopefully we'll get that.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51This deserves to go on the wall in a museum.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Let's put a fixed reserve on of 1,000 and see what happens. OK?
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Yeah.- Happy? - Yes.- Yes, very.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Well, thank you so much for making my year so far.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14Now, you've brought a lovely little item in to show us, Jean. Have you had it a long time?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Quite a while. It's come out of our garage, because my husband
0:33:17 > 0:33:22is a watchmaker, retired, but has all his bits and pieces in the garage.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24So out of the box that came, and I quite like it.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Well, I think we need to have a little look at it, because it's actually quite an interesting object.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33First of all, it's two-pronged.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- We've got this rather nice little eagle's head here in gold...- Yeah.
0:33:36 > 0:33:44- With this little seal here, and then the item going through it is an actual clock winder...- Winder.
0:33:44 > 0:33:50Which is wonderful, actually, and you could just imagine it on a Victorian gentleman's watch chain.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Pocket watch on a chain, yes.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55His pocket watch. And what a wonderful thing to have on, your own seal.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57And it would seal letters, I think, would it?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Yes, it would. It's quite small.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Normally, the seals for letters are quite big, as you can imagine big envelopes, but this is, yeah...
0:34:04 > 0:34:08It's only initials, so it's not from a titled family or anything like that...
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Right.- ..where you've got a family crest.- Yeah.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12So would it be quite old, then?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- I think so. I think we're certainly looking at the 19th century.- Yeah.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19And looking at the shape of the shield here and the
0:34:19 > 0:34:22type of decoration, I would have thought we're probably looking at...
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- maybe the last quarter of the 19th century, so maybe 1870, 1880, something like that.- Yes.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30And why have you brought it in today?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Well, it hasn't got any sentimental value, because it's obviously not
0:34:34 > 0:34:38really ours, but it's come to us, so it doesn't mean anything to me.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Oh, well, that's it, so I can say anything I like...- Yes, you can.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- And you'll say yes, wonderful. - I won't get upset.- Fantastic.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- I don't think we're looking at a huge amount of money.- No.- But it is a little collector's object.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- Yes.- And I think with these sort of things, it's best to put a rather modest estimate on them
0:34:52 > 0:34:55and then just let the market place itself wherever it wants.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56- Yes.- If you know what I mean.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- So I would suggest sort of £40 to £60.- Right.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Now, what about a reserve? Do you want to put a reserve on it? - Well, do you think we should?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Well, we don't want to give it away for £10, do we?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- No.- So shall we put a reserve of 30?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Right. - Just to give it a bit of protection.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13- Yes, that's fine.- Wonderful.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19- Well, let's hope we wind up a good price at the auction.- Right. OK. - See you then.- Yes.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25Well, that's it for the valuations - now the fate of the items lies in the hands of the bidders.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30But before we see what they decide, here's a reminder of our experts' choices.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34I was really knocked out by this collection of beautiful
0:35:34 > 0:35:39precision wood-turning tools and I'm sure they'll carve out a good profit for Matthew.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42This deserves to go on the wall in a museum.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47Thank you so much for making my year so far.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52Crystal-loving Judith just doesn't really like her dark-coloured Moorcroft vase.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56It looks better with the lights, to be fair, but when it's in a dark room, it looks really dark.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- It doesn't float your boat. - It doesn't, no, not at all.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04And boxed up for years, Jean won't be missing her watch key and seal either.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- It doesn't mean anything to me. - Oh, well, that's it, so now I can say anything I like.- You can, yes.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- You'll say yes, wonderful. - I won't get upset.- Fantastic.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20And no prizes for guessing which item Anthony Parry wants to talk to me about.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- This has got to be my favourite thing I've seen on Flog It! for years.- Yes.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Matthew brought this in with his wife, June.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28He bought this 50 years ago...
0:36:28 > 0:36:34- Yeah.- Paid something like £60, which is a lot of money back then. The best money can buy.- The best.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36They're the finest set of tools I've ever seen.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40I was just about to say, have you seen anything like it in your life before?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Finest set I've ever seen. - Beautiful mahogany cabinet as well.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Mahogany cabinet, they're all positioned in, they're all levelled off.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53- So has there been much interest? You've had it on the wall now for a week.- We've had it on the wall.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58We've had a number of actual craftsmen have been in, serious to look at it.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Yes. I've told them £1,000 to £2,000.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- Yeah.- And they're going to put the money together to go on a cruise.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Very nice.- I mean, they'll be happy with £1,000.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12If we can get £1,000, it's sold, put it that way.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14OK. Well, I'm confident we'll get £1,000.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Are you sure?- I'm positive.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20'I'm glad Anthony said that and although I love this item,
0:37:20 > 0:37:24'I wonder if I've been a bit over-enthusiastic with my estimate.'
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Whenever we say invest in antiques, we say invest in a a good name, and quality and condition, and this lot
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- does have the lot. It's a lovely Moorcroft vase of bulbous form. It belongs to Judith...- Yes, indeed.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- ..and we've got £250 to £300 on this.- Indeed. Yes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Fingers crossed we'll get a bit more.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Well, we'd like a bit more, but we shall see.- It's a lovely thing.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51It's nice form and lovely colours, autumny colours, so that's quite rare for Moorcroft. I quite like it.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54And I agree with you on the valuation and I'm pretty sure we're going to sell this.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57So there's a lot of bidders here, it's a packed saleroom.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- It is a packed saleroom. - You can't move, can you?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03There's no chance to view now, but hopefully they're going to buy this lot.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- We're going to find out right now. - Anemone design.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11100 I'm bid. £100, 100 and 10, 120,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14130, 140, 150.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18150, 160, 170, 180...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21It's OK though, cos it's going in the right direction - upwards.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27180, 180, 190, 200, 210, 210.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Go on!- 210, 210, 220...
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Yes.- Keep going.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Five in the doorway. 220's in the room.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Are you all done at £220, then? It's in the room. 220.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- £220 - just.- Just.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- That was close.- It was.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49- Would have been nice more, but never mind.- Yeah, but it'll come in handy. - I'm sure it will.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Well, it's a shame we had to rely on the auctioneer's discretion.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Let's hope we don't need it for our next lot.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02It's my turn to be the expert, and you know what I fell in love with back at the valuation day.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06I think it made my month or my year possibly, it was a set
0:39:06 > 0:39:09of wood-turning chisels, and they belong to Matt here and June.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Now, you got them 50-odd years ago, didn't you?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- 50-odd years ago.- £16, and what a comprehensive set.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Had a chat to the auctioneer, you know what he said earlier.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Great name, great condition.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26He agreed with the valuation, but he said, "Paul, I think I would have kept it
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- "at the lower end," so he's not optimistic about the £2,000...- No.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34But he said he's certain about the £1,000.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38But let's hope we can get a bit more than that, shall we?
0:39:38 > 0:39:43When we were filming earlier on, I actually noticed a few people looking at them,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- and an old chap came up to me and he said, "I've got a set of 35 of those, they are the best."- Really?
0:39:47 > 0:39:53Yes. And he came to look at them and he said he can't believe there's so many and what a collection.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58But he did say to me, "I've got no money - if I won the lottery, I'd buy them."
0:39:58 > 0:40:03- But they have been looked at, they have been handled and viewed and beautifully displayed there.- Yes.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Anyway, I've got high hopes.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I'm sure you have.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Favourite lot. It's going under the hammer now.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15201, this fine collection of tools right behind me here.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17The nicest set of tools I've ever seen.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19What shall we say for those?
0:40:21 > 0:40:26500 I've got to start. £500, 500. £500.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27600, thank you. £600.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32700, 800 for you. £800,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34£800.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36£800. £900.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39£1,000. £1,100.
0:40:39 > 0:40:46£1,100, £1,100, £1,100 - the bid's right at the side of me.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50£1,100. 50, if it'll help anybody.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55£1,100. All done at £1,100, then?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Brilliant.- Great.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Just over.- Great.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03I was getting a bit worried then, but we did it, didn't we?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- It's great.- Sold. Gone.- Gone.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Jean, let's hope we get the top end of Mark's estimate,
0:41:14 > 0:41:19which is £40 to £60 for this lovely watch seal and fob. I think it's cracking.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21It is gold, but it's not hallmarked.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Yes. Well, we couldn't find the hallmark on it, but it's very pretty. I love the little eagle's head.- Yes.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- Yes. Gorgeous. It's quality. - It's a lovely little object. - It's only tiny, though.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- I know, I know, but it's lovely actually and I'm sure it's going to find a new home right now.- Right.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- It's the kind of thing that the collectors always want.- Absolutely.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41And it's not a lot of money to part with for something so... different.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- You're not going to see this every day of the week.- And particularly
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- if you're a watch collector or a specialist watch dealer.- Yeah.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- You like this sort of thing to add to another quality item or to put on a nice fob chain, you know.- Yeah.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56- And some of the best things come in the smallest packages. We know this, don't we?- Exactly.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Well, we're going to find out anyway what the bidders of Mold think of this lovely small package.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02It's going under the hammer right now.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07401, a very nice watch key.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10What shall we say about that? £20, thank you. £20,
0:42:10 > 0:42:1320, 5, 30, 5, 40, £40.
0:42:13 > 0:42:1540, 40,
0:42:15 > 0:42:215, is it? £40. 40, 5, 7.50, 50...
0:42:21 > 0:42:22- That's good.- Yes.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27£50. Over here at £50. Are we done at 50?
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Made estimate. That's good, isn't it? - Not bad.- That's very nice.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33£50. It's going to come in useful.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Yes.- A little bit of commission - it's 15%.- Right.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- You'll be able to treat yourself. - It's not the money - it's being with you.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- Oh, well, that's nice. Can't put a price on that!- No.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50We've had a brilliant day here in Mold.
0:42:50 > 0:42:56It's not been a 100% sales success, but that's what makes auctions so unpredictable, it keeps them
0:42:56 > 0:43:00exciting, and I think our owners have gone home happy and enjoyed themselves
0:43:00 > 0:43:03and I hope you've enjoyed watching the show today.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05So until the next time, it's cheerio.
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