0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Gloucestershire, a county brimming with mystery.
0:00:04 > 0:00:10The Murder Of A King deals with the Tudors and a sham marriage, all that happened in this family home.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I'll be coming back here later to reveal all.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18First, through the snow to Stroud to get straight down to business. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:38 > 0:00:44By the mid-18th century, Stroud was riding high on the wealth of its woollen industry.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49The buoyant population needed somewhere to meet and a space for leisure and entertainment.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55So one of Stroud's landmark buildings hit the map - the Subscription Rooms.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59People have gathered for today's show
0:00:59 > 0:01:04and who better to entertain this lot than a pair of antique experts.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Today's dynamic duo are Kate Bliss and James Lewis.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17They have already got stuck in as the room fills up with items of all shapes and sizes.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I'm the first to uncover a fabulous piece of local history.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Cathy and Ray, where do we start? Which album?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Look at this.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Condition is absolutely wonderful.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Beautifully presented as well.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Whose are they?- They belong to me.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I found them in me dad's loft
0:01:37 > 0:01:42and I'm pretty sure that they belonged to my aunty, his sister.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- So they have been in the family a long time?- A long time.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Have you thumbed through these and had a look?- Yes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- They're lovely.- Quite impressive, aren't they?- They are.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57They're local topographic scenes around Bristol, Weston-super-Mare,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Stroud, Cheltenham, all over Gloucester which is great,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05because we're putting them into a local sale room. So bound to be lots of local interest.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10This is where we are sitting today, inside the Subscription Rooms.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11That is the canal tunnel.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14This is just down the road.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Yes, down the road.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18And that is priceless to somebody that lives locally
0:02:18 > 0:02:23and wants to learn a little bit about their civic history.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27This one - slightly more commercial. It is not necessarily all on Stroud.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31They are greeting cards. There are photographs in the back.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35But we do get to some of Stroud at the very back.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Stroud's Fire Brigade.
0:02:37 > 0:02:44You see, that one postcard might be worth somewhere in the region of £15.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Fire Brigade memorabilia is big business, so is early police memorabilia.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Let's have a look at this third one.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59These are slightly farther afield, they have gone to London.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01My aunty lived in London for a while.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03And Ireland.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06This one's lovely but not local.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10But those two are going to do the business for you.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Have you any idea of value? - Not a clue.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Look, on a good day, I don't want to get your hopes up,
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- but on a good day you could be look at £200 plus.- Never.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Blimey.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I can't wait to find out what is going happen.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42Cathy, I always think when I see something like this, it just makes me think how times have changed.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Our lifestyle today, how it rushes about,
0:03:45 > 0:03:51putting your butter and jam or marmalade on your toast as you are rushing out to get to work.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Here we have a pair of solid silver butter dishes
0:03:56 > 0:03:59that would've graced a breakfast table around 100 years ago.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Can you imagine anybody using them today?- No.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Neither can I.- Certainly not me.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09But what a wonderful time it must have been to have the housekeepers
0:04:09 > 0:04:12coming and polishing your silver for you and laying out the butter
0:04:12 > 0:04:18and the jams, and what a relaxed lifestyle it must have been. I think they're great.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24They're in George III style with this fluted border,
0:04:24 > 0:04:30almost like a stylised honeysuckle blossom at the angles here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35They are solid silver. If you turn it over, you have a clear set of hallmarks.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38The mark on the left is the maker's mark. The goldsmith.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Then we have the Sheffield mark, the lion passant and the gothic T,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45which tells us it is 1911.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49So is this something that has been in the back of sideboard for years?
0:04:49 > 0:04:54No, it has been given to us by an elderly friend. I think it belonged to her mother-in-law,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58who would have been married just after the turn of the century.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02And we belong to the local choir.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04We raise money for charity.
0:05:04 > 0:05:10So the friend has given it to me to raise money for our charity for this year.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14So when it comes to value, they're not the most fashionable things...
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- I do understand. - But they're in good condition.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23They are in a fitted, velvet-lined leather box,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26they have got their original knives - all things in its favour.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32I think we are still going to get somewhere between £60 and £100.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- Oh, super.- Yes, that is OK? It will help towards the charity.- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50This is a really interesting architectural antique. Has it come from Stroud?
0:05:50 > 0:05:56As I understand it, it's come from a pub in east Bristol which was demolished, I believe...
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- in the late '50s, early '60s. - How did you come by it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02My father-in-law was in the pub trade
0:06:02 > 0:06:09and one of his customers said, "Would you like this pane? It's going to be chucked in the skip."
0:06:09 > 0:06:15So of course he said yes and it's been in his garage ever since. Or until three or four years ago
0:06:15 > 0:06:19when he said to me would I like it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22What made you bring it along to sell today?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Basically I can't do it justice.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30If I keep it, it's stuck in my garage and it needs to be on show somewhere.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Well, it's great to see it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35From a design point of view, it's a really interesting piece.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40Obviously, it could be seen as an advertising panel, if you like,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44with the name of the brewery, Georges and Co, across the front.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48But also, for somebody interested in glass,
0:06:48 > 0:06:52it shows lots of different techniques incorporated in this panel.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59We have got something similar to what's called hobnail cutting, but of course this is moulded.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We have got a Tudor Rose here,
0:07:01 > 0:07:06balanced in the centre and on your side,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and we have got little faceted glass medallions.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Almost like jewels.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16All incorporated in these lead borders and that in itself
0:07:16 > 0:07:22is a technique which goes back hundreds of years, used in churches of course.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25So it is a really interesting piece of design.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Date wise - it is difficult to pinpoint it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34I think it could be anything from late 19th century, 1880 through to 1920s or 1930s.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It is unique.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Do you have any idea of values?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I guess it's what someone's prepared to pay for it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I think that is a sensible and realistic attitude to have.
0:07:45 > 0:07:52Because you're right, things at auction, it depends whether the right person is there on the day.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57I am going put an estimate of about £150 to £250 on it.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- Where will you find another one? That's what excites me. - Absolutely right.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Thank you for bringing it along. - My pleasure. Thank you.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16John, what I'd like you to do is take yourself back 200 years
0:08:16 > 0:08:21and imagine you're an 18th century gentleman, somebody of title, of the middle classes,
0:08:21 > 0:08:26and you want to impress your neighbours and your friends.
0:08:26 > 0:08:32In exactly the same way as today we would have a 52-inch plasma screen, an iPod, all the technology,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34things were no different in the 18th century.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37But in the 18th century, it was porcelain.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42This was made in the first 30 years of porcelain manufacture in the UK.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47It was made in the Derby factory around 1775.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49So this is cutting edge technology of its day.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Only the very rich could afford it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55So is this something that's been in the family for many years?
0:08:55 > 0:09:01No, it was given to me about 30 years ago as a Christmas present and I've treasured it since.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04This was originally one of a pair.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Almost all the 18th century porcelain figures were made in pairs. Gentleman and a lady
0:09:08 > 0:09:09and they would have been a perfect match.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12On a piece of porcelain that has been around over 200 years,
0:09:12 > 0:09:18it is bound to have little knocks and scuffs and possibly more serious breakages.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24If we look at the extremities like that, the corners of the tricorne hat
0:09:24 > 0:09:26and the flowers and have a nibble.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30You can tell the difference between restored and original parts
0:09:30 > 0:09:34because the restored parts are soft and the original parts are hard.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38So if we check the hand here.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And that is soft.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43So that's been restored.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48And yes, the edges of that hat, that has been done as well.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51So it has had some restoration but it's been done really well.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57I think you ought to put an auction estimate of £150 to £200 and protect it with a reserve of £150.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Is that OK?- That's fantastic.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Far more than I expected.- Is it?- Yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03- What did you think?- £50, £60.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Blimey, I could have been much meaner, couldn't I?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Well, I have seen quite a few tea sets today.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20But this is a bit different.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Is this a family piece, where did it come from?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26It belonged to my mother, who is no longer with us with unfortunately.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29We found it in a box when we were clearing out the house.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35- I thought it was rather pretty and so I thought I'd bring it along.- Is it something you are looking to sell?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Well, maybe if the price is right.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- I don't want to sell it if it's not really going to make anything. - Is it something you like?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Yes, I like it. It is really pretty.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49What intrigues me is we have this bamboo effect
0:10:49 > 0:10:52to the handles and spout of the teapot.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- It is quite a dinky little pot.- Yes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59It is certainly a tea for one, or tea for two at the most.
0:10:59 > 0:11:07Almost what you might call a bachelor's set and they have all got these stylised bamboo handles.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11But when you look at the engraved decoration on all three pieces,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16you have got something very English, because I can see butterflies
0:11:16 > 0:11:21and a bird which I would say, with that forked tail, is a swallow.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24The sign of a very English summer, isn't it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Yes, we get swallows in the barn where I work.- Do you?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33- Every year, they come back every year.- To the same place?- Yeah.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37That decoration not only makes it just a bit different,
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- but I think it makes it quite pretty.- Yes, it does.
0:11:42 > 0:11:49And I would say at auction, I can see it making between £100 and £150, perhaps £200 on a good day.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- That's good.- Is that a nice surprise? - Yes, I thought maybe 80 at the most.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00I would suggest putting a reserve at the lower end of the estimate, so at £100. And it should do that.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Do you think your mother would be pleased?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Yes, I think she would, yes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- She used to watch Flog It! too. - Did she?- Yes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17It is time for me to go west to the small town of Berkeley in Gloucestershire
0:12:17 > 0:12:21and reveal all about that unique family home I mentioned earlier.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30In the 11th century, Roger de Berkeley built a wooden fortress on this mound
0:12:30 > 0:12:36overlooking the River Severn, to stand guard against attack from across the border in Wales.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41His descendants established this Norman keep in the 12th century.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46But what makes this castle so unique today, is that despite being touched
0:12:46 > 0:12:53by almost every major event throughout the last millennium, the Berkeley family still live here.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59The Berkeley history is a colourful tale of skulduggery, vanity and murder.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04A story that could easily have ended quite differently for the Berkeley family.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I'm going take you on a whistle stop tour through history,
0:13:07 > 0:13:15stopping at a few important dates on which the Berkeley family nearly lost this grand home.
0:13:17 > 0:13:25Let's start in 1327 with a plot to kill King Edward II, led by his wife, Queen Isabella.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28She became angered by her husband's influential friends.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31She gathered strong allies against him and Edward was
0:13:31 > 0:13:35forced to renounce the throne, with their son taking over as king.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45But Isabella didn't stop there.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Edward was imprisoned in this little room that I am just about to go into
0:13:49 > 0:13:56and her plan was for him to be ill-treated so eventually he'd meet his untimely end.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Her plan had a deathly odour.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Animal carcasses were thrown into this dungeon and left to rot.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06The hope was that disease would then fill the air
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and fatally infect Edward, who was imprisoned next door.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14But Edward was made of strong stuff and the rotting carcasses had no effect.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20What happened next is the cause of much debate.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Isabella needed Edward to disappear
0:14:23 > 0:14:29and it is widely believed he was murdered here in this room by a red hot poker.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35But many others believe Edward escaped with the help of Lord Berkeley.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42At his trial, Lord Berkeley claimed he was away at the time of Edward's murder
0:14:42 > 0:14:47so he managed to escape prison and remained in residence at the castle.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51So the charge of murder failed to separate the Berkeleys from the castle.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55But by the time of the Tudors, it was the Berkeleys' vanity
0:14:55 > 0:14:59that again nearly lost them this castle for good.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06In the 1400s, William, Baron Berkeley,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08fancied an upgrade on his title
0:15:08 > 0:15:11and he struck a deal with the crown to become a marquis
0:15:11 > 0:15:16on the condition that, upon his death, the castle be handed over to the Tudors.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Henry VIII took advantage of his country home and left his mark.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30The Berkeley family were separated from the castle for 80 years
0:15:30 > 0:15:35until Henry's daughter Mary became Queen and returned their family home.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39They soon became earls and kept a firm hold on their castle.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45But after 200 years, the Berkeley family's world was rocked by yet another scandal,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48this one thick with love and lies.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55This is a portrait of the 5th earl,
0:15:55 > 0:16:01a handsome and distinguished looking chap. In the 18th century, he fell in love with this beautiful woman.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Mary Cole, the daughter of a tradesman.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09He was so smitten, they tied the knot in a discreet ceremony and even started a family.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11After all, they were married.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Or so she thought. A rumour emerged that her marriage was a sham.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Mary challenged the earl and it turned out to be true.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The consequences were long-lasting.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32The earl did the decent thing and an official wedding did take place.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36The eldest son and heir born before that wedding was declared illegitimate.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39He could no longer inherit the title, only the castle.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43The next legitimate son to be born became the sixth earl.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48But when he left the castle, the earldom left with him.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53After 100 years, the title did return fleetingly to the castle.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Randall Malbury Berkeley was the eighth and the last earl
0:16:56 > 0:17:00to take up residence here as he died without male issue.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07In his time at the castle, Randall Malbury Berkeley undertook much
0:17:07 > 0:17:12of the restoration that has created the medieval castle you see today.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The earldom may have left the castle, but, amazingly,
0:17:15 > 0:17:22after a rocky 900 years, the Berkeley family still call this castle home.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Charles, it is a real pleasure to meet you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30I can't believe I'm talking to you, considering what your relatives and your ancestors have gone through.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31You must be the luckiest man alive.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I wake up every morning and it's incredible.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39You are going to be the 28th generation to take over the family home.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Yes, and when you look at it like that, there have been all these other generations of Berkeleys
0:17:44 > 0:17:49who have lived here, grown up here, who have defended the castle,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54it is quite daunting, but it is a wonderful privilege to still be here.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Looking forward, what immediate challenges are there for you?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01I would like to bring the castle more alive at certain times.
0:18:01 > 0:18:07We have got a wonderful castle, we have wonderful guides who tell the story in a fabulous way.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I would like to get more children enthused about coming in and looking and seeing what we have.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Being able to learn about what it was like living here
0:18:14 > 0:18:18in medieval times, Tudor times, just to bring it alive a bit more.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21That is my plan and to make it more accessible to everyone.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22I am sure you will do that.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Charles, thank you so much for meeting up with me today.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I thoroughly enjoyed looking around and I know you are going to succeed.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- So good luck for the next 1,000 years!- Thank you.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38So off to auction goes
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Terry's stained glass window that came out of a Bristol pub.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Kate has certainly raised the bar.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49I'm going to put an estimate of about £150 to £250 on it.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Where will you find another one?
0:18:51 > 0:18:57He will be joined by John who is cashing in his Christmas present, that charming figure.
0:18:59 > 0:19:05And Kate spotted that bamboo and swallow decorated tea set belonging to Debbie.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11I would say at auction, I can see it making between £150, perhaps £250 on a good day.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Not so rare, but very stylish are Kathleen's butter dishes.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20James is confident this silver twin set will spread some joy.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And lastly those beautiful postcards.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Cathy and Ray are hoping they have mass appeal. Will they be right?
0:19:31 > 0:19:37Here we are at today's auction room, Moore, Allen and Innocent, just outside of Cirencester
0:19:37 > 0:19:41and I can't wait to get inside and join in with all the action.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48And helping us on the rostrum today is auctioneer Philip Alwood.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Hopefully we can spread some good news for Kathleen's charity.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02That is where the money is going on these silver butter dishes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08And they're quality, dated 1911. Tell us a bit about the charity, where's the money going to?
0:20:08 > 0:20:14It is through our choir, the village choir, Alveston Singers - I must get that in! -
0:20:14 > 0:20:18and it's to the Alzheimer's Society and Great Western Air Ambulance.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21All our monies go to charity.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Two good charities.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24James, the pressure's on.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27But I'm not feeling it today.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- They're gonna sell.- Yes.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34And silver is up in value. It is the thing to invest in now.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Great!- So hopefully someone will invest.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- What is the choir called?- Alveston Singers.- You heard it here!
0:20:41 > 0:20:47But let's see what sort of noise we can make with the auction.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49The silver butter dishes in the case here.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54We've got the phone booked on these. Yes, we have the phone
0:20:54 > 0:20:58and we can start at £60. At 60 I have.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And 5 if you like now.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03At £60. At 5, 70,
0:21:03 > 0:21:065, 80, 5, 90,
0:21:06 > 0:21:105, 100, at 100. 110 if you like.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13At 100. 10. 110.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14120.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16120, 130.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18130, if you like, on the phone.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22130 on the phone. At 130. At 130.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24140 now anywhere?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26130 on the phone.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30At 130 you are all sure?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Yes! £130.- That's wonderful. - Isn't that brilliant? Yes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- I am thrilled to bits.- I am as well.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40There was no reserve on this, they had to go.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43That is excellent, I'm really pleased.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I love this next lot, it is something I would buy.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56It needs to have a creative mind behind it.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01It's a stained glass window, belongs to Terry and made by Georges and Co.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04But it's finding the right space to put this into.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Or the right commercial setting. There are plenty of businesses called George.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16This is such an individual thing that it's either going to fly, or miss it completely.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20This is the kind of thing that I would go and buy.
0:22:20 > 0:22:26I'd think, "One day, I'm going to find the right place for it," and it never really happens.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30That's right, it didn't happen and justice needs to be done to it.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36Hopefully someone here will have that wall in mind. Let's find out, shall we?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Lot 354, the leaded glazed window.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Good condition.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Who'll start me? Should be 200 really.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Start me at 100. At 100 I'm bid.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53At 100, 110, 120, 130,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58140, 150, 160 if you like.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03At 150. At 150. At 160. 170.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07At 160, I thought it may make more.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I want it, I want it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Just £160. It is better than being in the garage
0:23:14 > 0:23:16where it could get damaged.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- It's a reasonable result. - It is reasonable, yes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:31Given to John 30-odd years ago, it is a Derby figure and we have got a value of £150 to £200.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- That is a cracking present. - Isn't it wonderful?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Why have you decided to sell it now?
0:23:37 > 0:23:42It has been sitting in my garage for five years and I thought it was time to de-clutter a bit.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Can you remember who gave it to you? - Yes, I can.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I wonder if they will be watching.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53- I hope not.- You have the best expert here, because James Lewis is based in Derby. You like this.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58It is a fantastic figure, great period, it's the height of the Derby porcelain factory's figure making.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- It is great.- Good collector's piece and it is a purist's piece.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Nice date to it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:071775 is ideal for figures so I think it will do well.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11It's one of the oldest things in today's sale. So I know that's exciting.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Apart from you!- Apart from me. - I wasn't going say that.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Let's find out what the bidders of Cirencester think. It's going under the hammer now.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20The Derby porcelain figure.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Showing on our left here, hopefully.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Can I start you here at £85 on the book.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29At 85, I'll take 90 now,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33At 85, 90, thank you, 5, 100, and 5
0:24:33 > 0:24:37110, 120, 130, 140, 150,
0:24:37 > 0:24:38lady at 150, 160 now.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43At 150 on my left, here. 160 now. Selling on my left at 150.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46150. The hammer's going down at the low end.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48At £150 are you all done?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50It's going, John.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's gone down 150. It's sold.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56That is a good result. In estimate.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58What's the money going towards?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Well, I think it's time to have a holiday, put the money into a holiday fund.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Where?- Somewhere that's got some sunshine, that would be nice.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16The collection of postcards is just about to go under hammer and they belong to Cathy and Ray.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We have a value of £200 which we talked about.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25Lots of social history captured here and hopefully the collectors are in the room.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30You have lots more mementos from great aunt, so you don't mind selling these.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Up in the loft, out of sight.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Now they're going to be out of mind. Here they go under hammer.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Lot No 284 is the three early 20th-century postcard albums.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44A lot of Gloucestershire.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Who will start me? Start me at 100?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51100 I'm bid. At 110 if you like.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, the book's out.
0:25:57 > 0:26:05- 180, 190. 200. 210, 220, 230, 240... - This is more like it!
0:26:05 > 0:26:11250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 320, 340,
0:26:11 > 0:26:17360, 380. On my left now at 400.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23420 if you like. At 400, are you all sure?
0:26:23 > 0:26:27£400 for that. How about that?
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Fantastic.- That was great.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- I love it. I love it, there was a tear in your eye.- There was.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35That was worth it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Well, I've just been joined by Debbie who has a change of heart.
0:26:43 > 0:26:50She doesn't want to sell her silver teapot set with the bamboo decoration which Kate valued. Oh no.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53We had a value of £100 to £150 on this,
0:26:53 > 0:26:59and I know you have come along in the meantime and put the reserve up.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Yes, 120.- At 120.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Showing now is the tea set.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Aesthetic style piece, London 1879 by Martin Hall and Co.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and I can start you at...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11at 240...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Oh, my goodness!- Straight away!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17..280, 300, 320,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20340, 360, 400.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23At 400. We are going to go to 410.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26At 410. 420 if you like.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31At 410. At 410. At £410...
0:27:31 > 0:27:33420, 440 at 440.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Oh, Debbie!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37At 440, 460, can I say now?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40At 440, you are sure now? At 440.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Hammer's gone down.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- What a wonderful result. - I'm really surprised.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49All that change of heart going on.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I know my mum would be really pleased, wouldn't she?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55"Oh, I didn't want to sell it", and you've done it! £440.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- It goes to show... - ..Quality always sells.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Thank you for joining us and I hope you have enjoyed today's show.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Sadly, that's all the time we have from Cirencester.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Until next time, there's gonna be plenty more surprises,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13keep watching and you can now go and make that cup of tea. Cheerio from Cirencester.
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