0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today we're in North-east England, in the Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08a haven for holidaymakers since Victorian times.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09So let's Flog It!
0:00:29 > 0:00:33For centuries the easiest access into Whitby was by sea.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Countless ships have arrived here, slipping into sheltered waters between the pier ends.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The harbour is still a busy working environment today,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45a small but vibrant fishing fleet and a host of yachts and pleasure craft
0:00:45 > 0:00:48fill up the upper harbour, just above the bridge.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Whilst Whitby has been famous for its fishing,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57it's also been known notable for its whale catching,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00which was first introduced here in 1752.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It became the most important part of Whitby's fishing industry
0:01:03 > 0:01:04for around about 80 years.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09A whale arch was first erected here in 1963 and later replaced
0:01:09 > 0:01:13in 2002 by this one, which is the jaw bone of a bowhead whale.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17It's here to honour and celebrate the lives of the very brave men
0:01:17 > 0:01:21who trawled the cold, hard Arctic waters.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28And later on in the programme, I'll be coming here to Bowes Museum
0:01:28 > 0:01:31in County Durham to find out more about how theatrical display techniques
0:01:31 > 0:01:36are helping costumes and textiles take centre stage.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41And hoping to reel in their own catch of the day, are our experts, Mr Phillip Serrell and Kate Bateman.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46They're looking for some jaw-dropping items, brought along today.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50They'll pick the best ones out and put them into auction later on in the show.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Who's it going to be? Well, just wait and see.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56There's a healthy queue gathering now outside Whitby Pavilion,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00so I think it's time to get the doors open, it's 9.30, and get the show on the road.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14The hall is filling up fast, so it's time to get on with the valuations
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and it looks like Kate has spotted a great painting.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Judy, you've brought in this fantastic little painting of two dogs.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25What do you know about it?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Just that it's two dogs and I gather it's probably,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33if it's genuine, it's quite a famous artist.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36There is a signature down the bottom here, which is G. Armfield,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39which is for George Armfield.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And the good news for you is, it is a real one.
0:02:42 > 0:02:48There are copies of his work around, but this has got everything about it that tells us it's right.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53The age of it, the fact that it's got a little bit of dirt on the canvas, the fact that it's so nicely painted.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And this is his signature down the bottom.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59So, it's a good find. Why are you thinking of selling it?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Because it's just sitting in a box. - You don't hang it?- No.- Oh, OK.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Fair enough. Do you not like terriers particularly?
0:03:07 > 0:03:13- I'm allergic to dogs.- Well, I hope you're not allergic to the painting. - No.- It's quite a sweet thing.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19For people that collect them, he's very known for this kind of dog, hunting, kind of shooting pictures.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24He always has these little dogs, usually catching rats or chasing mice in barns, or whatever.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29These, I think, are West Highland terriers, but dog lovers will correct me on that.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Looking at this hole, I'm guessing there's a rabbit just gone down it or something.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36He's quite saleable and it's a nice small picture,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40it's not enormous, so it's easy to find a place for it on a wall.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44But he does do a lot, he's pretty prolific, and there are lots of his work around.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So, I'm going to be quite conservative in an estimate.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I would probably say between £600 and £800 for auction.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Is that the kind of figure that you'd be happy with?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55That seems reasonable, yes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59What's the least that you'd want to sell it for if you're going to put a reserve on it?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03If you say 600 to 800, probably 600 then.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06A reserve of 6. OK, that's probably a good place to start.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10You could give the auctioneer a little discretion, so maybe put 600 with discretion,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13so he might let it go at 580 if he thinks that would get the sale.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15But hopefully, it should do it.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- As a say, it's a really commercial piece. So...- That's good news.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- You won't be sad to see it go?- No.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26People are still arriving with a variety of local treasures
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and one of those is Guy, who has some special jewellery.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33You've got a very good eye.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And you've got a good eye for design,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39because these two items, because that's just really a pair of earrings
0:04:39 > 0:04:43and this is a brooch, they scream out the name of a man...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48..who is right up there, stylistically.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53My guess is that these are probably about 25 or 30 years old?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Correct, that's true. I bought them new that sort of time ago.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Go on, tell everybody who they're by.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Georg Jensen.- Georg Jensen, yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05They're Danish, they're silver.
0:05:05 > 0:05:13But what interests me...is that those are incredibly fashionable today.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15What made you choose them?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18They're just perfectly designed in my book
0:05:18 > 0:05:21and I had already got a couple of his other pieces.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Can I ask you a really rude question? What did you pay for them?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Roughly.- Just over 100, as far as I can remember,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31but I wouldn't be absolutely certain about it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Well, the way I look at this is our earrings are broken,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39not too much of a job to fix them, but our earrings are broken.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45And I'm going to recommend that we offer them as one lot, a pair of earrings and our brooch.
0:05:45 > 0:05:52And I'm going to put an estimate on them of £100 to £150.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Which, in a way, you could turn around and say, well it's not much of an investment really,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58but I don't look at it that way.
0:05:58 > 0:06:05I look at it in the way that you've had a free pair of earrings and a brooch for 25 or 30 years...
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- They've given me a lot of pleasure. - They've given enormous pleasure,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12and you'll get your money back. I think that's terrific.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18I think there's going to be a big demand for these and it wouldn't surprise me,
0:06:18 > 0:06:23when we get to the auction, for the auctioneer possibly to say, I've got a telephone bidder.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Possibly to say, I've got bids on the book and for us standing there with
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Paul between us, that's just what we want to hear.
0:06:30 > 0:06:36I think an estimate of 100 to 150, a reserve of £80, I've got no doubt
0:06:36 > 0:06:39they're going to sell and they could even show you a bit of profit.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Are you happy with that?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Very happy, yes.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Robert and Susan, welcome to Flog It!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56You're a husband-and-wife team, I assume?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- 34 years.- Right, OK. It sounds like a prison sentence,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01but I don't mean it like that!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04You've brought in this fantastic collection of militaria.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Tell me about them.- This is my grandfather, George Siney.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- This chap here?- And his family. That's Margaret, his wife.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And little Meg, my Auntie Margaret.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And Jerry, my Uncle Jerry.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18He was born in a British fort in County Donegal, in Ireland.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20He lied about his age.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24He said he was 18 and he was 16 and went off to the Boer War.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28So, the first medal there is from the Boer War campaigns
0:07:28 > 0:07:33and that same medal's actually on this a photograph of Uncle Jerry on the rocking horse.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35This is this actual medal here.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40So basically, he was in the Army, went to the Boer War campaign
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and this is the South African medal.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Then you've got all these bars for the different campaigns he was in.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52So he had a lot of active service before he was then drawn into the First World War.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56This is quite an unusual one because we usually get the 14, 15 star.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00This is just the 14 star and bar, known as the star and bar.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03This was for people that were already in the Army,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06not the new recruits that were literally cannon fodder.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10But this was somebody that was a hardened, hardened Army person.
0:08:10 > 0:08:17This is quite a nice group and what's great is, you've got all the rest of the information surrounding it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:24You've got this, a Christmas tin given to all the soldiers in the First World War by Queen Mary.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27You've got postcards and this is just a few of them.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29You've got a lot more that I've seen as well.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33A fantastically embroidered cushion here and a whole load of cap badges as well.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35There's over 40 of them.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Then I realised, of course, that you don't give your cap badge away.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42It was obviously those who didn't survive.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43I did spend some time researching.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47This was all done over 30 years ago, long before there was anything like
0:08:47 > 0:08:51the internet to find out exactly the research behind them.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But, of course, most of the regiments don't exist anymore.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59A lot were combined and amalgamated and, yes, a lot of them are quite unusual.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02And you've got, what, Over 40 cap badges?
0:09:02 > 0:09:07So, it begs a question, this is such a great lump of family history, why are you selling it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10We have no children.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Even if we had, we think it would be another 30 years in an attic.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16It's hard to display, isn't it?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Despite being a lot of your family history.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23What is nice about military collections when they come up for sale is that it goes to
0:09:23 > 0:09:27really passionate collectors, who will do more research, find out more about them.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30It is nice to have more than just the bare medals.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Auction estimate, even a conservative estimate, would be £200 - £300.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Is that the kind of price you'd be happy with?- Yes.- Yes.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43- You should set a reserve just below that, so maybe a 180 reserve, estimate of 2-300.- OK.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Alan, that's a smart titfer, isn't it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- Not bad, is it? - Is that your trademark?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- It could be. - How long have you had this?
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Years and years. I lived down in Canterbury for a while, just after I came out of the army.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06My father said I might as well have it.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It's been in our family for a long time.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- Well, it's a little mahogany case, isn't it?- Yes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13And if we open it up...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18..inside, this is the exciting bit for me.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I think that's absolutely lovely.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Really?- So, we've got ourselves a little compass.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29I would say that it's probably second half of the 19th century.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35Very occasionally you will find a maker's name on this paper plate inside.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Or occasionally around the rim.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I can't see any name there.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48What I love about this is, as you close it like that...
0:10:48 > 0:10:49It locks.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56The lid here hits that pin, which lifts up
0:10:56 > 0:11:01the compass pointer and it just locks it, doesn't it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05So, then, you can carry it around, and whatever you do with it,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07it doesn't start swinging round.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- No, it finds true North. - It finds true North, doesn't it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Why do you want to sell this? - It's no good to me.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17You don't do much seafaring these days?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- I don't, no.- And no-one else in the family wants this?
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- I've never asked them.- They're not going to get the opportunity?- No.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Not now they're not. So, in terms of value...
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I think we can put a £60-£90 estimate on it,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32and we'll reserve it, a fixed reserve at 50.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Occasionally, if these have a maker's stencil around there,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39they can make between £100 or £200.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43But I think that lack will just hold it back a little bit. Are you happy with that?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Indeed, yes, thank you.- Yes?- Yes.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Right now, we've netted our first antiques to take off to auction.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03So, while we make our way over there, here's a quick run-down of all the items coming with us.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Judy is not a great dog fan,
0:12:05 > 0:12:11so she's decided to let her George Armfield painting go to auction.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Do you not like terriers particularly?- I'm allergic to dogs.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- I hope you're not allergic to the painting!- No.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Guy is selling Georg Jensen silver jewellery,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22a brooch and some slightly damaged earrings.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Robert and Susan are selling a collection of militaria
0:12:25 > 0:12:29that once belonged to Robert's grandfather.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32They feel that now is the time to let it go.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- It would just be another 30 years in an attic.- Yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Lastly, Alan's compass is pointing in the right direction of the sale room.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Given to him by his father, he wants it to go to a brand new home.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Today, we're at Thomas Watson Auctioneers in Darlington.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And the all-important man wielding the gavel is Peter Robinson.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Before the auction gets under way, I just want to catch up with him
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and ask him about what he thinks of one of our items.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Well, if you love dogs, you're going to love this.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's an oil painting by George Armfield. It belongs to Judy.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It was her mother's, been in a box a long time.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22And Kate, our expert, has put £600-£800 on this,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25with a bit of discretion at 600.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It is a bit punchy.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Yes. We've actually spoken to Judy about this picture,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33she kindly contacted us.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- And we have revised expectations. - Did you think it was too much money?
0:13:38 > 0:13:39A little strong, I did think.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42If she walked into the saleroom, what would you put on this?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Well, if she walked into the saleroom, I might be tempted to probably say 4 to 6,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- but we've actually settled at 5 to 7. - OK.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53But with discretion on the reserve, so we can sell it at 450 upwards.
0:13:53 > 0:13:59- And I think we will because it's cute. Armfield is very well known as a dog painter.- Yes.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- And it's a good, small example of his work.- It's a nice thing, isn't it?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- It is nice.- Any interest? - We've local interest.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11We're in a good area for country pursuits, if you like.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16Well, let's hope we get around £700, because Judy will be happy and so will Kate as well.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17We'll see what happens.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25That's coming up later, but first to do battle in the saleroom
0:14:25 > 0:14:28are Robert and Susan with their collection of militaria.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Now, I know since the valuation day, you've added another medal.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Is this a hard thing for you to sell? What do you think, Susan?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Well, the items were left to Robert.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40We actually took them on some 20 or 30 years ago.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45And I started looking at the campaign medals then and did try to identify most of them.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48No internet, this was all done from books.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51But we realised what a fantastic life he'd had, both running away
0:14:51 > 0:14:55before he was 16 and all the way through the First World War.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- We just feel that...- A collector should have these now, really?- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Also, because he was in the Royal Army Medical Corps,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04he was obviously dealing with patients and people died,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07and he's got 40-odd cap badges from different regiments,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10and most of those regiments don't exist anymore.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Heartbreaking. A lot were amalgamated. - They're are highly collectible.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I hope this goes for a lot of money because he was a very brave man.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Lot 90, this interesting military collection.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26There we are. George Thomas Siney, lot 90.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Interest here, opening at 150.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32At 150 bid, at 150.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37160, 170, 180, 190,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40200, 210, at 210 bid.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44220, 230, 240, 250...
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Well done.- 260 with me, 270, the bid's 260 with me.
0:15:48 > 0:15:54At 270 upstairs in the balcony. At £270, it's in the room now, at £270.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58It's upstairs on the balcony at £270, all finished?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- £270, that's a good price. - Mid-estimate, pretty good.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Thank you very much.- Well done. It's going to a good home.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09I think that will go to a collector.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Next up, some 20th century modern. It's a hot market right now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25We've earrings and a brooch by Georg Jensen. They belong to Guy.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And we're looking, hopefully, to double your £100 investment?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30That's what I'd love to see.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I really would. And I think Philip agrees, but Georg Jensen, top name.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I admire people like Guy that bought these things new,
0:16:37 > 0:16:42and out of all the things that you could have bought for that sort of money, however many years ago,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46you appreciated what they were and had the foresight and forethought.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I think that's brilliant. I respect that.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55Well sought-after designer, really up there. Good luck.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Lot number 240.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Georg Jensen this time.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The pin brooch this time.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06And the earrings as well, in a similar design.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Lot number 240. 50 bid.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13At 50 bid, 60, 70, 80, at £80?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Gentleman on my left, at £80.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19- We're in.- At £80. 90, 100, sir?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22At £100, 110, madam? 120, sir?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26130? 120 the lady shakes her head.
0:17:26 > 0:17:32Gentleman's bid, £120 on my left, a bid of £120. Selling at 120.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Gone. And we've got your money back.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37As Phillip said, you've enjoyed it and you've got free use,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and we've got your money back. Thanks so much.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Let's hope we're going in the right direction with our next lot.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54It's the compass in a mahogany case, and it belongs to Alan.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59And we've got a valuation of £60-£90 on this, put on by our expert, Philip.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- It's good to see you again. - Nice to see you.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Philip and I were just saying, we really like the jacket.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I can't sell you both it!
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I've got a feeling it might just be a little bit tight on me.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12That's not funny!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15No, it's not. It's not, is it?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21You said to me, you've had this around 50 years?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Around 1950, so that's, what? 59 years, isn't it?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Yes, a long time, isn't it? Why are you getting rid of it now?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- It's no use to me.- No use.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Apparently, it was used at the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Really?- According to an auctioneer.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40I went to have it valued at Carlton Towers and he said it could have been used at the Battle of Trafalgar.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Wow.- That was 1805.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- 200-odd years old, isn't it? - Yes, yes.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50Scientific instruments, they do well in auction rooms, there's a lot of collectors out there.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52And that's just a cool little thing, isn't it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'm not sure it was at the Battle of Trafalgar, mind.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It might have been battling round Trafalgar Square.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59It could have done.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Lot 270, the little mahogany, square compass this time.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08It's being shown to you by Colin, the mahogany cased compass.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13And 30 bid. At £30, 40 bid for the compass, £40 bid.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17At £40 for the compass, at £50 on my right now.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19At £50 bid for the compass. 60 anywhere?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22At £50, the bid's on my right, to the gentleman.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25At £50 for the compass. 60, the lady. 70, sir?
0:19:25 > 0:19:2965. £70. £75?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32£70, the lady has it in the balcony at £70 for the lot, now.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Selling upstairs at £70.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39The hammer's gone down. That's good, sold it at £70, Alan.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41That will come in handy, won't it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- It's my birthday next week.- Is it?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Are we allowed to ask how old you are?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- 78.- Well, you don't look it. - I feel it!
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- That's all that sea air down in Whitby.- That's what it is.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- That's definitely what it is.- Have a great birthday.- I will indeed.
0:19:54 > 0:19:5678. Well done.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Judy is not a great dog lover but I think someone is going to love this painting.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I'm a big dog fan and you are as well.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I like this a lot. Had a quick chat to the auctioneer
0:20:12 > 0:20:18and I know he has called you up and has reduced the valuation slightly.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21£500-£700 for this now.
0:20:21 > 0:20:225-7, 6-8...
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- It doesn't really matter, does it? - You say potato...
0:20:26 > 0:20:29As long as we get that £700 mark, we're all right.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30It might scrape through at five.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33But I've sold this artist for a lot more.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It depends on the market on the day.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Condition's great, everything's right about it, you've had lots of joy out of it, haven't you?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's been sitting in a cupboard for 10 years.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44No! Why hasn't it been on the wall?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46That's giving her joy, putting it in the cupboard!
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- You're not that allergic! - It was my mum's.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Didn't you want it on the wall?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- No.- Didn't suit the house?- No.
0:20:55 > 0:21:02375, the George Armfield, showing there, oil painting.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Lot 375.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06At £300 to start the bidding.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11£300. At £300, and 20, 350...
0:21:11 > 0:21:14There's someone on the phone over there, look.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16380, 400, 420,
0:21:16 > 0:21:21450, 480.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23480, bid's on the telephone.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26500, 520.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31At £500, upstairs, your bid? £500. Lady upstairs on the balcony.
0:21:31 > 0:21:39520, 550, 580, at 550, at 550, still upstairs on the balcony at £550,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43selling then on the balcony at £550.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Yes, did it. At £550. Happy?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Good call to lower the reserve then.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51What are you going to do with all that money?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53There's 15% commission to pay here.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Well, it was Mum's picture and, just before she died,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58we had a girly holiday in the south of France
0:21:58 > 0:22:01so we think my sister and I may go back
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- and have another holiday and raise a toast to her.- Lovely.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11We are doing pretty well so far, but coming up later, Philip has difficulty dating an item.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Who's older? You or this?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I think that's older than me.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22There's plenty more action to come from the auction room later on in the show but right now,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25while I'm here, I'm going to visit one of the big local attractions.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33The Bowes Museum here in Barnard Castle is a striking piece of architecture.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Believe it or not, it was the first building in the country
0:22:36 > 0:22:40to be designed in metric and is built in the style of a French chateau.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43It's a real delight and it took 13 years to complete.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01It is magnificent. Not only is it impressive from the outside,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04but inside, it houses an extraordinary collection of artefacts
0:23:04 > 0:23:06gathered from all around the world.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19The story of the museum is extremely interesting.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24It was created by the visionary and enterprising John and Josephine Bowes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Together they built up the greatest private collection
0:23:27 > 0:23:31of fine and decorative art in the north of England.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37Opened in 1892, the Bowes Museum has an eclectic collection.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It is an ever-evolving one and is partly due to the legacy
0:23:40 > 0:23:43left behind by its founders, John and Josephine.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54John Bowes was the illegitimate but fully acknowledged son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore.
0:23:54 > 0:24:01A successful businessman, he travelled to Paris in 1847 to explore his interest in the arts.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04It was here he bought a theatre and met the Parisian actress,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Josephine Coffin-Chevalier, whom he married in 1852.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Josephine was interested in a wide range of art forms
0:24:12 > 0:24:17including paintings, ceramics, furniture and textiles.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Soon the couple began to develop their idea of creating a world-class museum
0:24:21 > 0:24:26back in John's ancestral home of Teesdale, in order to introduce the wider world of art
0:24:26 > 0:24:28to the local people.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37The museum's textile and fashion collection is one of the foremost in the country,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and that's all down to the founders, John and Josephine,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44as they were pioneers of collecting textiles back in the 19th century.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Today, as the museum prepares for the launch of a new gallery,
0:24:48 > 0:24:55their theatrical interests are so ever-present in the new staging designs being used to display items.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02The exhibition will be in a contemporary gallery on the first floor,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05which is where I caught up with Joanna Hashagen, keeper of textiles
0:25:05 > 0:25:10and the inspiration behind these new display ideas.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12There's basically the Founders' Collection,
0:25:12 > 0:25:17John and Josephine Bowes, in the forefront of collecting textiles in the 19th century.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20And they collected more furnishing textiles,
0:25:20 > 0:25:27a fantastic collection of tapestries, most of which have to be conserved before we can show them.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30But we want to show them in a new way, that's the point.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36We want to really get people to see and to understand the sort of beauty and the grandeur
0:25:36 > 0:25:39and just the way some of these things have survived
0:25:39 > 0:25:43and the stories behind how they've survived and what they can tell us.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Everyone can learn so much. - Yes, hopefully.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Talk me through the sense of theatre that you're going to create here.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Well, I think I've always felt that we've always got this problem of having to do quite
0:25:54 > 0:25:57low light levels for conservation because fabrics fade.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02But it's quite nice that it's all dark. You don't know what's going to happen next.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04No and we discovered that when we did a lace exhibition
0:26:04 > 0:26:07which was well received by the public.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12We were really nervous that we were showing them lots of lace but in this very dark area and just
0:26:12 > 0:26:17spotlighting the lace but it worked and people thought that theatrical sense came over.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- What's happening here? - James is a paper conservator,
0:26:21 > 0:26:26and he's cleaning this box which we decided to include in the displays
0:26:26 > 0:26:34because it's telling yet another story in that very special embroideries and scraps of silk that
0:26:34 > 0:26:40were saved by nuns from the Order of the Poor Clares that were actually imprisoned in the French Revolution
0:26:40 > 0:26:45and then escaped to England but brought a lot of these scraps, because they used these scraps
0:26:45 > 0:26:50of mainly dress fabrics to make vestments, and they really did value them.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56And so they've kept right up to 2007, when they donated their collection of vestments to us.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I can see now why there's so many grids.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01All of those little horizontal sections are going to have drawers in.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Yes, boxes, acid-free boxes.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08You're looking up in the heavens while talking to me, is there something going on up there?
0:27:08 > 0:27:14There is, and I've got this rather wonderful remote-control system, so we do that...
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- WHIRRING - What's happening?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20And down comes one of these bars which will eventually have a quilt attached to it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24This is like the theatre, isn't it? You'll get first-night nerves!
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It's absolutely like that, the run-up, and it's the most exciting thing,
0:27:28 > 0:27:33and a lot of people who I work with have come from the theatre, funnily enough, and they love...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36It's the same sense of drama, waiting for the first night.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44With the new exhibition due to open in 2010, there is still a great deal
0:27:44 > 0:27:51of work going on behind the scenes to ensure all the items are displayed at their very best.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Around the walls of the gallery will be projected images
0:27:54 > 0:27:58of costume replicas, giving the exhibition a dramatic feel.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03The changing face of fashion through the ages will be innovatively portrayed,
0:28:03 > 0:28:09and I want to see how one of the permanent exhibits will look when it's in its new glass home.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13It looks very good. Very impressed with all of this.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15So how are the dresses being displayed here?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19We're putting them on special acrylic torsos that we've had specially made.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- These mannequins.- Yes, they are, but they're absolutely minimal,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and we're cutting each down to the shape of the neck of the dress,
0:28:27 > 0:28:32- so in effect you're not going to see them.- So it's as if the clothes are just floating.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Yes, yes, and then you can see inside, so you might see the label.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- Which is great. - Or a beautiful coloured lining or the construction of the dress.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45- So you get to learn something. - You do.- This looks interesting, I like the green colour.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- Yes, this is one of the new synthetic dyes that were being developed in the...- 1850s?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Yes, 1850s, that's right, 1860s.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54It would have been absolutely outre to suddenly appear
0:28:54 > 0:28:56in a colour like that that nobody had ever seen before.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The condition is just superb.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00It is, isn't it?
0:29:00 > 0:29:04And the silk sheen, and it's got all this extra trimming on it,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07which by the time this was made in the late 1860s,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10the sewing machine had come into its own,
0:29:10 > 0:29:14so people could get carried away with trimmings and everything...
0:29:14 > 0:29:16And overdo things.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Isn't it lovely to be able to walk around?
0:29:18 > 0:29:22You can actually see it from each facet and dimension. This is not like a museum.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27This is like the catwalk, this is like shopping in Bond Street, seeing all these cubes.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- It's like shop windows!- It is precisely what we wanted to do.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34We wanted to give people the best shopping experience,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38but looking at historic objects in a new way, an exciting way,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40and not have anything else getting in the way
0:29:40 > 0:29:46and just so you could actually concentrate on the beauty and the interest and whatever took your eye.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53The Bowes Museum continues to acquire objects and works of art to this day,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56whether through gift or by purchase,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and I'm sure if John and Josephine were still alive,
0:29:59 > 0:30:05they'd be extremely proud of the constant, ongoing involvement to their highly original museum.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Back now to our valuation day in Whitby, and it looks like
0:30:15 > 0:30:19our bright-as-a-button expert Kate has found something she likes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24- Hello, Barbara.- Hello. - Now, you've brought in this very intriguing little box here.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- Yes.- I thought maybe it was going to be a watch, but when we open it up,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31we've got a fantastic set of buttons.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- What do you know about them? - Nothing, really.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38I'd forgotten all about them, they were in the china cabinet.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43- Right.- And my grandson said to me the other day, he was looking, he said, "What's that, Grandma?"
0:30:43 > 0:30:45And I said, "It's buttons."
0:30:45 > 0:30:48So when I saw in the Whitby Gazette that you were coming today,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I thought I'd bring them.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54OK. Well, to tell you a bit more about them, looking at it,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57they are hallmarked, and the hallmark is for Chester 1902.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- Oh.- Which means they are right at the end of the Art Nouveau period.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Yes.- They're really attractive things.- They're nice.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05- And this is the original box.- Yes.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09They don't look like they've ever been used. Any idea on the price?
0:31:09 > 0:31:14No, I've no idea, but it will be going to a good cause, anyway.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- What's that?- It's the Whitby Talking Newspaper For The Blind.- Oh, right.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Yes. We do a recording every month,
0:31:20 > 0:31:25and we have maybe about nine or ten people that read out
0:31:25 > 0:31:28a certain amount from the Whitby Gazette
0:31:28 > 0:31:32and all the different papers, and I do a bit as well.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Right. Now, I think probably price-wise,
0:31:34 > 0:31:39there are six buttons, silver's not quite as expensive as gold at the moment,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42but it's got to be at least £10 a button, I would think,
0:31:42 > 0:31:47so I think if you put an estimate of £60-100 in the auction
0:31:47 > 0:31:51and then a reserve of £50, and then if they don't reach 50, they won't sell,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54but at least then you've protected yourself.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57You keep them or give them to your grandchildren or something.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00But you're happy to give them a go in the sale? Yes. Brilliant.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Bill and Jean, this is a long way from home, isn't it?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Yes. - Native American folk art, really.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Well, in fact it's a war club, very much like a tomahawk.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22And how did you come by it?
0:32:22 > 0:32:29I was given it, probably 40 odd years ago, from a friend of ours, Bob Hussey, down in Norfolk.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31OK.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33And that's as much as I know.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38So this is 19th century, I think this is around sort of 1830s, 1850s.
0:32:38 > 0:32:45It's got the age and it's got the feel of something like that, and it's genuine, not just ceremonial.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- It looks it. - It could do some damage as well.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53I love the way it's dressed with this lovely leather strap work.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58This is dressed for war, this is dressed for power, it's very symbolic.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03And the fact that it's covered in leather on the sleeve means it's going to give you good grip,
0:33:03 > 0:33:07because when you're on horseback and you're sweating and hot,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10you need to have good grip or this is going to fall out of your hand.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12There aren't many of these around,
0:33:12 > 0:33:16and I think its best market is possibly in the States.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Well, it would be nice to think it did go back, because we had it just in a cupboard.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25- Well, that's the power of the internet.- Yes, yes.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Because everybody can find this.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32And there will be collectors out there all over the world that would love to own something like this,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35but I think we have to put this into auction
0:33:35 > 0:33:39with a realistic come-and-get-me value of around £100-200.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- Yes.- If you're happy with that.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Yes.- Yes, that's fine.- Yeah?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46If we can put a reserve of say 100 on it.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Put a reserve of 100 on it, give it a valuation 100-200
0:33:49 > 0:33:55see what happens, because believe me, there are collectors that will know the provenance of this.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Oh, yes, it would be interesting to see what it is.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02It will, won't it? It'll fight its last battle in the auction room.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Now then, young man, how are you?
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- I'm all right, thank you, not so bad for a young 'un. - How old are you, Ken?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- 92.- 92?!
0:34:17 > 0:34:21- 92.- I don't believe you.- I was born on the 5th of the 5th 1916.
0:34:21 > 0:34:241916? How did that come into your possession?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Well, it belonged to my grandfather.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- He had a pub.- Did he live to be a good old age as well?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Yes.- How old was he?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Er, I think he was...
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- I think he were 89 when he died. - It must be in your genes.- It must be.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38So this was your granddad's?
0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Yeah.- And how did he come by it, do you think?- Well, he had a pub
0:34:43 > 0:34:47and people used to bring things into his pub if they were tight for money.
0:34:47 > 0:34:53- So this was currency?- If they wanted a drink they used to bring him something,
0:34:53 > 0:34:55"Give us a couple of drinks on that".
0:34:55 > 0:34:59And that's how he got things and I think that's how he got that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Who's older, you or this?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03I think that's older than me.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Do you?- Aye. - Right, Ken, this is ironstone china.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Yeah.- It's produced by Elsmore and Forster.- Yeah.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14They were from the mid-1850s through to 1870s.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17I love it because it's got almost like a scrapbook.
0:35:17 > 0:35:23- We've got zebra, frog, there's a dog, cat, cockerel...- Yeah.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27I just love it, I really do. Two big, striking clowns on the front.
0:35:27 > 0:35:33- We used to put it down on the floor, it used to get knocked over and rolled about.- What this?- Yeah.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- Yeah.- Poor thing! I think it's lovely.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43- So we know what it is now, don't we? - I do, yeah.- We know how old you are and we know how old this is.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47It was offered to me sister and she didn't want it.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I said, "I'll have it".
0:35:49 > 0:35:54I brought it home and it's been knocked about from pillar to post with me.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- So it's never been loved?- No, no.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Have you ever been offered any money for it?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Once.- Once!
0:36:02 > 0:36:07About 20 years ago, I was at home and a fellow came in.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10He says, "I like that jug". He says, "Do you want to sell it?"
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I said, "Why, what do you want?" He says,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15"I'll give you a fiver for it".
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I nearly took £5 off him.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22Do you know, I think I've got six in my pocket.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25I said, "No, I think I'll keep it".
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Well, I'll tell you what I think.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I think that's really lovely.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36- I think we can put an auction estimate of £150 to £250.- Yeah.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- We could put a fixed reserve of £120. - Yeah.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44I think if you have a really good day at the saleroom,
0:36:44 > 0:36:48it wouldn't surprise me if it topped 250 because I think it's lovely.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- Yeah.- It's been a joy to meet you. I hope it goes and makes 300 quid.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Well done you, Ken. - Anyway, it's nice to see you.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- You too.- To talk to you about it.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01So for the final time today, we head back to the auction room,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04and see three more items go under the hammer.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Boxed and never used, Barbara is hoping
0:37:07 > 0:37:10her Art Nouveau silver buttons will find a new home.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Bill and Jean want to sell this authentic war club.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19It's not just ceremonial, this was probably used.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21It could do some damage as well.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24And, finally, Ken's ironstone china jug,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27given to his grandfather in exchange for drinks in a pub.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Will it measure up in the saleroom?
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Back at the auction room for the last time today, Barbara's buttons are up next.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Yes, there are some silver buttons.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48They belong to Barbara but she can't be with us today but we do have Kate
0:37:48 > 0:37:53that put the valuation on. Hopefully we'll get that top end, around £90 to £100?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55You'd hope so, over a tenner a button.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57You've got to, they're boxed, in great condition
0:37:57 > 0:37:59and, I think, they're quite stylish.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02They'd look great on you if you had the right jacket.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05If you swapped them for just some ordinary buttons,
0:38:05 > 0:38:07on a jacket, it would really spruce it up.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Exactly, we need some textile dealers here now
0:38:11 > 0:38:14who are going to bid each other up and we'll get that top end.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Ready for it? Here we go.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Lot number 225,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21the Edwardian silver buttons this time.
0:38:21 > 0:38:28The portrait of a lady, Chester 1902 and a cased set. At 30 bid.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30At £30, 40, 50, 60.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- At £60 bid.- Someone in the door. - At £60 bid for the silver buttons.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36At £60... At £60.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Are we all finished now for the cased set of silver buttons?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Being sold at £60, all finished then at £60.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Well, they're gone anyway and I think Barbara will be pleased.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48They were sitting in a cupboard.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50It was short and sweet, wasn't it?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52One bid, one bid and we're in.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Next up, the tribal war club belongs to Bill and Jean.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- We've got Jean here but, sadly, no Bill.- He's too busy.- Too busy.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10He's a builder and he's working away.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Hey, being married to a builder you must have your house in an immaculate condition?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16No, no chance, I'm always last on the list.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Are you? That's always typical, isn't it?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- I get it done eventually.- Yeah.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- I just have to wait. - And a proper job, as well.- Oh, yes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- He's a good boy, isn't he?- Oh, yes.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Anyway, I've got a value of £100 to £200 on the war club.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- I know you've done a little bit of research and you've upped the reserve another £50.- Yes.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Well, hopefully, hopefully, we're going to smash that top end.
0:39:39 > 0:39:45315 is the 19th century tomahawk war club.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50This time in quite original condition. 315...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Open the bidding, £100.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Say £100 to start, at £100.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56The tomahawk at £100.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59At £100... 110 now?
0:39:59 > 0:40:03At £100, 110 bid. 120, 130, 140,
0:40:03 > 0:40:08150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11At £200. At £200.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Are we all finished now at £200?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Selling at £200, all done? At 200.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18The hammer's gone down, top end of the estimate.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- That was good, wasn't it? - Thank you very much.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24That's OK. What are you going to put the money towards, Jean?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Probably treat the grandchildren.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- Have a day out somewhere? - Yes, we'll do something. - Where's the ideal day out?
0:40:30 > 0:40:35Well, we took my grandson fishing for the first time last Friday.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- Off the coast of Whitby? - Pickering.- Pickering.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40There's a farm there and he caught three fish. He was so proud.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Was he?- It's the first time he's been fishing with Bill.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Back to Pickering? - Yes, we'll take him there.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57This next lot if fantastic and it's owned by a super chap.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Ken's right next to me.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01You thought I was going to say Phil then, didn't you?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- Hoping!- He's a super chap as well.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05We're a bit under dressed, aren't we?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Ken's putting us to shame here.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09I got a bit dressed up to come here.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Oh, bless you, Ken, it's lovely to see you again.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I love the ironstone jug. Philip's put 150 to 250 on this.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Will you miss this though, surely?
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Why are you selling it now? It's got lots of memories.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Well, I've got two daughters, I can't chop it in two.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27- You can't really.- I thought I might as well have a bit of money.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28- Right.- A bit of money!
0:41:28 > 0:41:30It is in fantastic condition.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Ken's looked after this and I'm sure it will go to the top end of the estimate.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39It's good proportions, beautifully decorated with lots of animals. It's going to find a good home.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41It's going under the hammer now.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Lot number 30
0:41:43 > 0:41:46is the jug this time, lot number 30.
0:41:46 > 0:41:52Again, interest in this lot, a nice example of this Grimaldi jug.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Opening at 170, 170.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00At 170, 170... All done at 170?
0:42:00 > 0:42:06180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230,
0:42:06 > 0:42:10240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12290 with me the bid.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- At 290. 300, 310, 320.- Wow!
0:42:16 > 0:42:20320, 330, 340?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24350, 360?
0:42:24 > 0:42:29370, 380?
0:42:29 > 0:42:33370, then, the bid's with me now. At £370. Are we all finished at 370?
0:42:33 > 0:42:37All finished, then? At 370, all done.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42Wow! £370.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- What's your daughters' names? - Wendy.- Wendy's over here.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48And the other daughter's Pat, she's not here.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Wendy and Pat, well, look, Dad's done you proud.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57There's a lot of money to divide up and I hope you enjoy it and have a great day. Look after him.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Thanks very much.- Thank you!
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