0:00:05 > 0:00:08Here in Wiltshire, we have some wonderful wooden ale casks,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11made by this chap here, England's last master cooper.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15But all this could soon be a thing of the past and we'll be finding out
0:00:15 > 0:00:18later on in the show, but for now let's Flog It!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21in the market town of Melksham.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Situated in the county of Wiltshire, Melksham is a small market town.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Its prosperity was founded on agriculture
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and the woollen cloth making industry.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Today the townsfolk are weaving a path to the assembly hall,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54carrying a variety of bags and boxes.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58The crowds here are anxious to discover whether their antiques
0:00:58 > 0:01:02can be flogged at auction and turned into cash.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08Joining me here are our two experts, Mr Philip Serrell and David Barby,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11and we're keen to see what gems might lie in the queue.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Well, it's now 9.30. I think it's time to get this massive queue
0:01:14 > 0:01:16inside the assembly hall, don't you?
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Yes!- And see what we can uncover.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23So with the doors of the assembly hall thrown open
0:01:23 > 0:01:25the crowds pour inside, and it looks like
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Philip has spotted a great item from his Melksham treasure trove.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Jo, it's a cold day, isn't it?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- Oh, it's been freezing today, yeah. - Absolutely. This is yours?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- It belonged to my mother, well, my mother and father.- Yeah.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Not entirely sure when they got it or whether it was a present or...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Yeah. But do you like it?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I love it. I do love it, but...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Why have you brought it along today to Flog It!?- Well, we've
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- inherited a lot of things since my mum passed away...- Yeah.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- And we can't keep everything.- Yep.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And although it's absolutely gorgeous, it's very difficult
0:02:03 > 0:02:05to display, being a plate.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Right. Any why do you think I should get excited about this?
0:02:08 > 0:02:09- Well, it's Lalique.- Yeah.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- And the iridescence on it is absolutely gorgeous.- Yeah.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15And the pattern, so...
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- Well, all of these designs were sort of themed upon water.- Yeah.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23And his marks, if I can just hold it up, you can see his
0:02:23 > 0:02:27signature just there, R Lalique, and that's a stencilled mark.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Sometimes it's moulded so it's in relief and sometimes it's in script
0:02:31 > 0:02:35as a signature. He died in 1945 and I would think that this
0:02:35 > 0:02:40particular plate would date to about 1925 or there or thereabouts.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41- Really? That early?- Yeah.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I think to display these properly, rather than put them down like that
0:02:44 > 0:02:48you should actually mount them up and perhaps have a light...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Absolutely.- ..shining through them.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52This opalescence or iridescence,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55if you feel the back, it's different levels and layers.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Yes, it's quite tactile, isn't it?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02It is, but this milky colour at the back here, the thickness of the glass
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- as it cools...- Mmm.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- ..clearly the thin bits cool a lot quicker than the fat bits.- Yeah.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11And that's what makes these milkier and it causes this iridescence.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14So it's nothing actually in the glass?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- No, it's just the speed at which it cools.- Right.- OK?
0:03:16 > 0:03:24So you've got here a plate by Rene Lalique, 1925, what is it worth?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Well, we really didn't have any idea.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31We obviously saw the Lalique stamp so knew that you know...
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- It's worth something, yes.- Yeah.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38I think that you should put an estimate on this of £120 to £180.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Mm-hm.- And I think that it could go and sell, and sell quite well,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45but I think you need to put a fixed reserve on it of £90. Clearly, if it
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- doesn't make £90, and you should have it back.- Yeah.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I think it'll do fine, particularly if we can illustrate it
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- in the catalogues or on the web. How does that sound?- Lovely.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Sounds great.- Good. What are you going to spend the money on?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Well, maybe a bit of a family get together in memory of my mum.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Oh, that's nice.- Yeah, that would be nice.- That's nice.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Ivy. That's a lovely name. Where did it come from?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Oh, I'm named after my mother.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Right. This is fantastic.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21In fact, it's rather an appropriate name, isn't it, to call it fantastic,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- because it's part of the fantasy range of Clarice Cliff.- Yes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I suppose most viewers to Flog It!
0:04:26 > 0:04:31and similar programmes have seen Clarice Cliff before and
0:04:31 > 0:04:35know the history of this girl from Staffordshire who had the ability to
0:04:35 > 0:04:38interpret the art deco style
0:04:38 > 0:04:40into this format
0:04:40 > 0:04:47and make it commercially appealing to young couples of the 1920s and '30s.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49And it was comparatively inexpensive.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Yes.- There's a whole range of pottery that she designed and
0:04:52 > 0:04:56in the 1920s and '30s it would brighten up
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- those rather dark interiors.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Have you ever used this little preserve pot?- I'm afraid not.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I was under the understanding
0:05:04 > 0:05:07it was a mustard pot, but it's rather large for mustard, isn't it?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11It is indeed, and I think they always say that the mustard manufacturers
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- made their money from what was left behind.- Quite.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17No, this was a breakfast preserve pot,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20so it would have had homemade marmalade.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25The design is fantasy landscape and cottage, and there we have
0:05:25 > 0:05:31the cottage actually incorporated into this wonderful landscape.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Of all the patterns that Clarice Cliff produced, I think this is
0:05:34 > 0:05:36probably the most desirable.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Good.- The fantasy landscape always comes as a shock
0:05:40 > 0:05:43because of the colours that she's used in the trees and the bushes.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Purples and orange together...- Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Blues and oranges together.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48They're the sort of colours
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- you wouldn't wear all together. - Definitely not.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54No. So why are you selling this? Does it not have any sentiment at all?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58No, not really. I have two grown up sons
0:05:58 > 0:06:00and that's not really their taste,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02so it might as well go.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Right. The only problem that I can see is this little thing here,
0:06:07 > 0:06:11which is a minute chip, and really to get the top end of the market which
0:06:11 > 0:06:16will be about 180, it will have to be absolutely perfect.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Yes.- So I'm going to give you a margin of 120 to 180.- Right.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22And we'll reserve it at 100.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- That'll be fine.- Is that agreeable? - Yes.- Will you replace it
0:06:25 > 0:06:27with a cut crystal one or something like that?
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I don't know. It might just go into our holiday fund.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- I think that's the safer option, quite honestly.- Thank you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Thank you very much for bringing it along, and I shall
0:06:37 > 0:06:38be at the auction there with you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Hopefully, there'll be loads of Clarice Cliff collectors.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43I hope so. Thank you.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Chris, I'm a big shell collector.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- I spotted that nautilus from over there.- Oh, right.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59But I don't have shells with incredible penwork like that.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Tell me how you got it. - Well, it's been in
0:07:02 > 0:07:04the family for four generations now.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Major James Carruthers Best acquired it during his travels.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- In the mid-1800s.- Exactly, yeah.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14But look at the detail on it
0:07:14 > 0:07:19and look what it attributes to, the Great Western and SS Great Britain.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- That's right. Which is very local for Bristol.- Yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I think you've got something very rare.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Do you know, a nautilus shell that size would
0:07:27 > 0:07:30have had to have lived to about 100 years old to grow that big?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- Really.- If you put that into a good maritime sale, you might
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- get £400 to £500 for that.- Wow. OK.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Bet, how are you? - Very well.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Couple of old dogs these are, aren't they?- Yeah, aren't they?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- You don't like them.- No, I don't. - Why?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Um, they're just not me.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I don't like antique things, really.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Clearly, you didn't buy them. Are they inherited?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59No, my mother in law.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Then before her, her mum or whatever. - I should think so.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04They're great things because I can remember,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07we're of a certain age, aren't we? These would either
0:08:07 > 0:08:09have sat like that on a mantelpiece, wouldn't they?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- With a clock in the middle.- Yes.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Or they would have been in the fireplace.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And that proves that they are all yesterday's antiques.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I think these are lovely, but they are yesterday's antiques.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21But I think the colouring's
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- lovely, they've got a sweet face... you don't like the face?- Not really.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Is there anything you do like about them?- Um...
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- You don't like...- Depends on what price they are, really, you know.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35You're a Wiltshire lass, you are. It's all down to pounds, shillings and pence!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You're right, I am Wiltshire, yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Well, I think they're quite nice, I think they're decorative,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I also think they've come down in value.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Perhaps ten years ago, they might have cost you £80 to £120.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I think that today you should estimate these at £50 to £80,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55put a fixed reserve on them of £40, and they'll sell.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57And you might have a very pleasant
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- surprise. So if they go and make 60 quid...- Yes.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02What are you going to spend it on?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Well, it's a little help towards going
0:09:05 > 0:09:07to see my son, who's in New Zealand.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Really?- Yeah. He's been over there nearly four years now so...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Won't get you as far as Heathrow, that!
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- THEY LAUGH Pay the car park...- Get me a taxi
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- the other side, mightn't it?- So these would go towards the trip.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Yeah, they want me to go over and see them, and they've been
0:09:22 > 0:09:26there nearly four years now. But I've always been frightened of flying.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28If it was down to me, I'd get
0:09:28 > 0:09:30your son to come over here and keep the dogs, I think.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- So shall we sell them?- Yes.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Well, let's hope they do really well for you and get you on that plane.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Right. Thank you very much.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Stan, these are quite extraordinary plates.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56They're commemorative plates from the South African war campaign,
0:09:56 > 0:09:58the Boer War. Where did you get them from?
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Well, as far as I can remember, Mother had always had them.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07- Where Mother got them from, I just don't know.- Did you have any family
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- that was in active service during the Boer War?- As far as I know, no.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15No. So I wonder why she hung these on the wall.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Was she keen on sort of heroes or royal family or memorabilia?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Well, she always bought plates and hung on the wall, she liked
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- plates on the wall for some reason. - Because these go right back
0:10:26 > 0:10:30to the latter part of the 19th early part of the 20th century,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34the Boer War, because these plates represent personalities
0:10:34 > 0:10:38involved in the campaign. In particular, Baden Powell,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and this general here with all his badges.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44And what I find interesting is the way that this was done,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48by using a photograph, and the depth of colouring.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51So the deeper the cut in the clay,
0:10:51 > 0:10:57or the impression, filled with a coloured glaze, it was darker.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00So the areas that they required to be dark, like shadow,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02would be deeper cut, as you can see here.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07If I turn them over, there's no mark on the back at all who actually
0:11:07 > 0:11:11produced them, but if you look there, there and there,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13those are called stilt marks,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17little sort of pieces of clay that would take the plate
0:11:17 > 0:11:19above the ground, so when it was glazed,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23it wouldn't stick to the floor of the kiln.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Now, who's actually going to buy these plates?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Well, you might get the Boy Scout brigade.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Yeah.- They are interested in buying anything connected
0:11:31 > 0:11:34to Boy Scouts, Baden Powell, or you might find a market for
0:11:34 > 0:11:38militaria, because both of them were involved in South Africa campaign.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Or you might find somebody that
0:11:41 > 0:11:45just wants to buy commemorative ware, and if you go round to antique fairs
0:11:45 > 0:11:51you will find dealers selling nothing but commemorative ware, and if these
0:11:51 > 0:11:57were for sale at a retail level, they'd be between £60 and £80 each.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59But you've got to allow the dealer a profit margin,
0:11:59 > 0:12:05so he might buy at auction somewhere between £25 and £30 each.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10So when this pair goes up, we're looking at between £50 and £60.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Now I'm going to suggest to you at that sort of level
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- that we let them run in the saleroom...- Yeah.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18And they'll find their own level.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- That's not an awful lot of money, is it, really?- No.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Dare I ask, at that little amount, what will you do with it?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27We're giving it to the cats' home.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- A cats' home. Have you got cats of your own?- Yes.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- How many?- Two now.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Two. Well, let's hope we can make £100 on this going to the cats' home.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Stan, thank you for bringing it along.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I find them particularly fascinating and I hope we'll get a good price.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48So before we head off to the auction with our first batch of today's
0:12:48 > 0:12:54valuations, here's a brief reminder of what we're taking with us.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Passed on to her by
0:12:56 > 0:13:00her parents, Jo's decided to let her unwanted Lalique plate head straight
0:13:00 > 0:13:04to the saleroom, knowing that a famous name commands a good price.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08We obviously saw the Lalique stamp, so knew...
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- It's worth something.- Yeah.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16One of my favourites on this programme, Clarice Cliff, and Ivy
0:13:16 > 0:13:20is hoping her piece of fantasy ware will sell for a fantasy price.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Sadly not an antique lover like us, Bet wants to find a new home for her
0:13:24 > 0:13:28pair of Staffordshire dogs that once belonged to her mother in law.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- You don't like the face? - Not really.- Is there anything
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- you do like about them? - Depends what price they are, really,
0:13:35 > 0:13:36you know.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40And finally, Stan has a pair of Boer War commemorative plates
0:13:40 > 0:13:43that are about to do battle in the saleroom.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Today's items are heading to auction at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes,
0:13:54 > 0:13:55just east of Melksham.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Father and son Alan and Andrew Aldridge are on the rostrum
0:13:58 > 0:14:02today and are the men with the all-important gavel in their hands.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06We've got some real quality for you now.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10It's the top name in glass, Rene Lalique, and it's a wonderful plate.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- It belongs to Jo.- That's right. - What I want to know is,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15why are you selling this? It's gorgeous.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18They're difficult to display though, aren't they?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21And it's a bit vulnerable being glass,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25so somebody else will want it and will know how to display it properly.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Great name.- Lalique glass, it's the one to have, isn't it?- Yes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Fingers crossed?- Yes. - You're having a party
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- with the money, aren't you? - I don't know about a party,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- but it'd go towards some drink at a party, wouldn't it?- Why is that?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Well, my mother passed away last year and it was her plate,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43so it'll go towards something for the family.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- The family.- Yeah.- Good idea.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Fingers crossed, Jo. - Yeah.- This is it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51The Rene Lalique piece of art glass.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Very pretty little piece, this.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Very simple, very nice piece.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Right, 50, I've got. 50, I've got 60, 60.
0:14:59 > 0:15:0370, 80, 90, 100.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09110? 100, 110 seated,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12120, 130?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15120. 130 anywhere else, quickly?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17130, 140...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Ooh, come on.- 150?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22What about 145?
0:15:22 > 0:15:26145, 150, 155?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30150, 150 on my left.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Any more? At 150.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35£150, that is great.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Yeah.- Now it's down to have a good party?- Absolutely, yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- That's wonderful. Thank you both very much.- Enjoy.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Thank you.- I expect our invites will be in the post, Paul.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Hopefully.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Well, this next lot is the perfect recipe for success.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It's a dish we're serving up. In fact, it's two commemorative plates,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03David, with no reserve, which is why they're going to be a success.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- Stanley, did David talk you into no reserve on these? Oh, did he?- Yeah.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Oh. Well, we've got £50 to £60.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Two wonderful plates.- Yes.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16You're selling them to raise money for the cats' home.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Yes.- You're a cat lover?- Yes.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Well, you picked the right expert, didn't you? This guy knows
0:16:21 > 0:16:25his porcelain, he knows his plates, he knows his pussycats.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- We've had that conversation. That took most of the interview, didn't it?- Did it?- Yes.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Yes.- For the next lot, Alan's son Andrew takes to the rostrum.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Late 19th, early 20th century treacle glazed Boer War
0:16:36 > 0:16:39commemorative plates depicting military gentlemen.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41£60?
0:16:41 > 0:16:4550? 40? 30?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Oh, dear, we started right up at the top, didn't we?
0:16:48 > 0:16:5225 anywhere else? 25, 30. £30 anywhere else?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- It's jammed here, isn't it? - £30 anywhere else?- Oh, come on!
0:16:56 > 0:16:5725 to my left. 30 anywhere else?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Fair warning, £25 to my left.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Oh.- £25.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06A wee bit disappointed there.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Well, the money is going to a good cause.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It's going to the cats' home, where in Bath?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Not quite enough. - Not quite enough.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Well, that's the problem with no reserves.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21I would have thought it would find its own level.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Very difficult.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Flatware for you.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Ivy, we're just a couple of lots away
0:17:34 > 0:17:37from selling your little Clarice Cliff preserve pot.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40There's some other Clarice today. I don't want to put the dampeners on
0:17:40 > 0:17:43the thing, but the Clarice hasn't been selling well, David, has it?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47No. I'm just wondering whether there's a wobble in the market.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's a bit disconcerting, isn't it?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- We've got a protective reserve on this, though, haven't we?- Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54And hopefully we're looking for around £160.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- Yes. Yes.- It's a nice unusual thing, it's a good shape.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- That's true, that's true.- 302.
0:18:01 > 0:18:07Clarice. Now, bright colours, in the autumn pattern, good pattern,
0:18:07 > 0:18:12I'll start on my bottom bid again, 20 quid.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Right, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19120, 110, 120...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Getting closer.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24110. 120, 130?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27120. 130, 140...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- We're going to sell this.- 150. 140.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32At £140, is there 150?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Shan't dwell on it. At 140.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Are we selling?- Am I done at 140? - Yeah, sold it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Yes, I am.- That's OK.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42It's fine. Yes, it's fine.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46That's OK. Clarice did the business for us.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Today.- Today. - THEY LAUGH
0:18:48 > 0:18:49It was a struggle.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It never lets us down, but we've had a few glitches today...
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Shhhhh...- At least I won't have to take it home.- No. No.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Well, it's all gone to the dogs, hasn't it? Let's hope this £80,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05the top end of Philip's estimate,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- goes to this pair of Staffordshire dogs. Belongs to Betty.- Yes.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10I love Staffordshire pottery.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I think it's good, honest country pottery.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Needs to be on a lovely oak dresser.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Yeah.- Why are you flogging the dogs?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19They've been stuck in the back of me dresser,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21in the cupboard in the kitchen.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26OK, let's hope they get £60 to £80 plus a bit more, Philip?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27That'd be good, that'd be good.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32248, pretty little pair of liver dogs.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Nice size,
0:19:34 > 0:19:41nice condition. Let's have a hundred to start me? 80 get me away, then?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- 50? Thank you, 50 I've got.- £50.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- Great. - 50, I've got 60. 60, 70, 80, 90.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51At £80, make no mistake.
0:19:51 > 0:19:5890, 100, 110, 110, 120, at 110.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00At 110 and done.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03110. That was short and sweet, wasn't it?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- That was good, wasn't it? - Yes.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Happy with that? I think that's good.- Yeah.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- That is good. Thank you.- 110 quid.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11- Less some commission.- Yeah.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Well, we're doing pretty well so far, but coming up,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Philip and I give Pauline a hard time
0:20:19 > 0:20:21about selling her Staffordshire tankard.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24You know, Pauline's local and I understand why she wants
0:20:24 > 0:20:27to sell it, but I really hope it doesn't sell.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33But first, I'm off on my travels across Wiltshire.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Here in Devizes, the art of brewing dates back to 1885.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Now, whilst the production process
0:20:46 > 0:20:49has changed over the years, the art of barrel making hasn't.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53These wooden casks have been made by hand since Roman times.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58However, the ancient craft of cooperage is almost dying out.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Although there are still coopers in Scotland and France,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04in England only one master cooper remains.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08He works here at the town's Wadsworth Brewery and his name
0:21:08 > 0:21:13is Alistair Simms, and he's been plying his craft for 30 years.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16So how long does it take to make a cask?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18If you make them from scratch, it takes about,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20for a nine gallon size, about three hours.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23If you're remaking, about two, two and a half hours.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Probably make 20, 30 a year, something like that,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29to keep the stocks up. There's about 700 casks in trade all the time.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Constantly in trade.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- So I guess it's more about repairing them, is it?- It is repairing,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and we also do remaking, which is cutting the larger casks down.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40We predominantly use 108 gallons, which we're
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- buying in from the whisky trade. - Right. They're these big, big ones?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Yeah. 52 inches tall, which as you say has been spending up to
0:21:46 > 0:21:5120 years around the whisky industry, probably up to another 110 years.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Yeah.- So they're 136 years old.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56We know that we'll get another 80 years out of it. So it's recycling.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00We give them a service every three months, so they come in and out
0:22:00 > 0:22:03of trade and when you look at them, they're like your kids.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08You often see them being filled with beer and think "I'll have to catch that one when it comes back,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- "it looks tired." - Historically, barrels were used
0:22:11 > 0:22:13for the transportation and storage of items.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Shaped with a curve, or a bilge, the design meant that the barrel
0:22:17 > 0:22:21could be spun easily to control the direction.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Great workshop. It's like being transported back in time.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I want to do something, I want to get hands on. What am I going to do?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'll show you where you're going to start.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33This is called dressing out, and this is levelling the insides of the cask.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Just up against there, and against your knee,
0:22:36 > 0:22:37and I'll give you an apron in a minute.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- OK, What, what... - And it works on pushing down here.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- That's all tar, is it? Can I have a go with that?- You can. Hang on.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Before we do, we'd better give you a piece of health and safety equipment,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- you'd better wear an apron.- Cor, it's a big leather apron, isn't it?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Yeah, that's nice buffalo hide.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04You just pop your knees against there
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- so it just rests on the top of your knees.- Yeah.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09OK. Just try that.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21I love that smell.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Removing the tar inside this barrel really takes a great deal of effort.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Yeah, I can see what it does now.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31It makes those seams really tight and level.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- It does.- Keeps you fit.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40No, I can't do that.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Yeah, you've got it now. - Got it now, yeah.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- And the next job, you want to... - Hang on, let's have a rest.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- What do you mean, have a rest?! - Right.
0:23:57 > 0:24:03Next job. And now onto the next part of the levelling off process.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Loosen your wrist up.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- How did I do?- Not bad for the first time.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Not that bad. - I just love working with wood.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- It's good stuff to work with, isn't it?- Yeah, and even
0:24:21 > 0:24:23walking over the offcuts and shavings,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- when you crunch them... - Yeah.- And the aromas come up.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31And after all that hard work, time to put my feet up.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Well, I'd like to say that's the one I made earlier, but it's not.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Why is the art of coopering dying out?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- Dying out? It's dead. - Is it?- Yeah.- It's not.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44You're alive and functioning, keeping the flag flying.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48There's only four of us in the country now, working.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Not many, is it?- No.- In the trade's heyday, how many were there, do you think?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56In the trade's heyday in 1900, Bass in Burton
0:24:56 > 0:25:00had 400 coopers working for 'em, and that was just one brewery.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Do you think one of the nails in the coffin was the introduction
0:25:04 > 0:25:06of the alloy casks, you know, the metal ones?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08It was the biggest nail.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12We were first introduced to that in the Second World War,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- when the American government brought it over for their troops.- Really? - Yeah.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Because...- Way back then.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Yeah, because when the pilots landed a plane, they rushed
0:25:21 > 0:25:24a cask of beer out so the crew in the bomber could have a drink.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Well, imagine putting a wooden cask on the back of a Willis jeep,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30what the beer would be like by the time it got to the plane.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- So how do you become a cooper? - Well, I started at 16
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and by the time I was 20 and a half, I became
0:25:36 > 0:25:38what they call, gone from an apprentice
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- to a journeyman cooper.- Yeah.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44But you are a master cooper now, so how do you get to the next level?
0:25:44 > 0:25:49A master cooper is a journeyman that's had an apprentice that's successfully come out of his time.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51You come out with a proper, old-fashioned
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- trussing in ceremony. - What does that mean?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58It means that you've got to make a hogs head 54 gallon cask
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and then it's put in a steam bell and when it comes out,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04when they're actually bending it, they chuck the apprentice
0:26:04 > 0:26:07inside it and it's bent with the apprentice inside,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and then when the last hoop goes on they chuck in stale ale, stale yeast,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15hops, soot out of the boiler, shavings off the cooperage floor.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19They tip the cask over, take it for a trundle round the cooperage...
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- You inside still?- You inside still. THEY LAUGH
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Back now to the assembly hall in Melksham for more valuations.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34People keep turning up throughout the day with a great range of items,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38and it looks like David has his eyes on a very colourful plate.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Pat, you're a local celebrity, aren't you?- A local celebrity? No.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Well, thousands of people see you in your professional capacity.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Well, I don't know about thousands.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Hundreds, maybe.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- And what is that?- I'm a registrar of births, deaths and marriages.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54That's right. How many ceremonies do you do per week?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Marriage ceremonies?- Yes. - I don't know.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00It's difficult to say. A few hundred in the season.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Well, it must be a lovely job to see so much happiness.- It is, actually.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Well, we see them in and we see them out and we marry them in the middle.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Well, I hope we're going to make somebody happy with the purchase
0:27:12 > 0:27:14of this when it comes up for sale.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Pat, I think this is a lovely plate and I want to know why
0:27:17 > 0:27:20you're wanting to get rid of it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25It is quite lovely but it was passed on to me from an elderly lady
0:27:25 > 0:27:28in the village that I live and it has been on the wall,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30it's not been in a cupboard anywhere,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34but I would really like to put it towards buying a painting.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- I think that's a good idea. What? A view? Landscape?- I don't know yet.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I just want something that's... I'll know when I see it.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- Something you can escape into. - Yes.- Yes, very nice.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Where do you think this was made?- I thought maybe from the Middle East.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It has that feel about it.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- The colours.- Now, that's a very, very clever observation of yours.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Very clever. Because the design has that sort of Persian element.- Yeah.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01And when I looked at this from a distance, I thought,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- "My goodness me, it's sort of William De Morgan".- Yes.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Then you look closer and you think, "Hmm, is this tube lining?"
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Can you see?- Yes.- OK.- It is.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Because it's the enamelling, isn't it?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15That's right. You call this tube lining.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- Oh, I see.- And this was such a feature of Staffordshire pottery.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- Oh.- And in particular, the latter part of the 19th to the 20th century,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26this tube lining became very fashionable.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- If you think in terms of Moorcroft... - Yes.- That was all tube lining.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Yes, it is, isn't it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The reason why we can't put a name on to it, firstly, there's no...
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- Name on the back. - At all, to tell you who made this.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- No.- But I think this could be experimental.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45There were so many companies in Staffordshire that were rather
0:28:45 > 0:28:49envious of Moorcroft's success, particularly with his tube lining.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- I see.- And there were so many companies
0:28:52 > 0:28:54that started producing wares in a similar manner.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58There was one called Morris Ware which copied Moorcroft
0:28:58 > 0:29:02very successfully, but I think this could be a prototype from a factory
0:29:02 > 0:29:06in Staffordshire who wanted to produce something on the same lines.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Same lines. - But discovered it was so expensive.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Yeah.- So this may never have gone into full production.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16And I love the colour tones and the colour balances.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20And what is so clever, all this sort of tube lining creates little
0:29:20 > 0:29:25reservoirs, little dams, so when it was fired the actual coloured glazes
0:29:25 > 0:29:29did not run into one another. Now, we've got to talk about
0:29:29 > 0:29:31how much this is going to realise at auction.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- I'd love it to go for about £500, £600.- Oh, so would I.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35- But there's no name on it.- No.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39I don't think it detracts from the design and style of the plate,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I love it, I shall be very envious of the person who buys it,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45but I think we've got to be sensible about the price.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- I think it's going to go somewhere in the region of 150 to 200.- Oh.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50But we've got to encourage people to buy,
0:29:50 > 0:29:55so I think we should tuck it under the £100 at 90. What do you think?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- A little bit more, maybe.- Hundred?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Yes, OK.- Done.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02So we'll put the reserve at £100.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Right.- And I'm sure it's going to go considerably higher.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- So do I.- Thank you very much for bringing it along.- Thank you, David.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I've seen these before on the show.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20I've seen them in breweries as well
0:30:20 > 0:30:24when we've been filming. How did you come by these?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- I bought both of them at various times in antique shops.- Did you?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Ex-brewer, I was interested in collecting.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Ah, that's why you wanted these.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- These measure the strength of the alcohol, don't they?- Yes.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38And how much did you pay for these?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I paid 125 for one of them...
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Yes?- And the other one was less, but I can't remember how much it was.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47You paid about the right price. I'm sure if we put these into
0:30:47 > 0:30:50auction, if you ever wanted to sell them, and I'm sure you don't...
0:30:50 > 0:30:52No, not at the moment.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55We'll get around about £120 to £150 for each of them.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Oh, that's OK, yes. - They're brilliant, aren't they?
0:30:57 > 0:31:01It would be nice if there was Devizes on the box somewhere,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- but alas, there isn't, is there?- No.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Nevertheless, it's a wonderful piece of,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I think this is how they say it, breweryalia.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- Is that right?- Sounds good.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Brewerynalia, maybe. No, it's breweryalia. Oh, what is it?
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Write in and tell me.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Pauline, I think this is really lovely. It's Staffordshire,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34and the nice thing about it is, I would probably date it around 1858.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Always helps when it's got a date, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41But there's lots going on everywhere. We've got this clipper ship
0:31:41 > 0:31:44on the front here and that would have been lovely if it was named,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47and then on this side we've got this man with a horse-drawn
0:31:47 > 0:31:51plough which normally has the sort of text "God speed the plough"
0:31:51 > 0:31:56underneath. I mean, there's so much going on because if you turn it over,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59inside, look, we've got this spaniel and he's seated underneath a tree,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04and we've got all this busy line going on around here, and underneath
0:32:04 > 0:32:07we've got this racehorse and he's almost standing underneath
0:32:07 > 0:32:10these palm trees in an oasis with pyramids in the background.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I think it's wonderful.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I really, really love it because there's so much history.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18And for me, the real joy of it is this here, because this is
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Robert Elderage, Througham.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- This Robert Elderage, he's a relative of yours?- Yeah.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27That's my father's mother's father.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30So Robert Elderage was your great grandfather.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- Yeah. Yeah.- What do we know about Robert Elderage?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- Farm worker. That's all we know. - Just a farm worker?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41So this has been in your family since 1858.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Pauline, and you want to sell it?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Yeah, because, um,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49you know, after me, I mean, there's no-one to hand it down to,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and I mean, what's going to happen to it? You know.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I understand your sentiment, but I think it's sad
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- there's no-one else for you to give it to.- Yeah.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59But for me, that's the crown jewels.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I think it's just wonderful.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I'm almost tempted to buy it meself, but I can't.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Because it's not worth a great deal of money.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- No. How much do you think?- How much?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12How much? I think that at auction
0:33:12 > 0:33:15it might make, it might make between £50 and £100.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Well, that's more than I thought. - Are you pleased with that?- Yeah.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Yeah? We'll put it in auction with a 50 to 80 estimate,
0:33:23 > 0:33:24reserve it at £40 for you.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28You know, but for me, if that was
0:33:28 > 0:33:35Robert Serrell, Worcestershire, 1858, that's worth £1,000 to me.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Do you know what I mean?- Yeah, yeah. - Because it's so specific to you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- Yeah.- God bless you for bringing it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Well done, you, Pauline.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Jean, of all the silver items that have come through the door today,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57these are the most exciting.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- And why on earth do you want to part with them?- They're my brother's.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03And he doesn't like them?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05No. He doesn't want them.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10These are by one of the most famous makers of the 20th century.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Good grief.- Georg Jensen,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15silversmith, and these were
0:34:15 > 0:34:19sold from his New Bond Street address in London.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25- The design is called Cactus.- Cactus. - Because when you look at this design
0:34:25 > 0:34:30it looks like a cactus plant, you know, one of the succulents,
0:34:30 > 0:34:36and the actual silversmith that produced these is Gundorph Albertus,
0:34:36 > 0:34:41and he produced these around about 1932.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Think in terms of the period.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46These are all part and parcel of that exciting
0:34:46 > 0:34:53movement between the two world wars, which we call the art deco.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- The value of these, have you any idea?- Not a clue. Not a clue.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Because I don't think they've ever been used.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03I don't think they have either. I've never known them be used.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05There's no wear or tear or scratches or anything,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08they're in perfect condition. And this does help
0:35:08 > 0:35:09with regard to the price.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Plus it's got its original box.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18- Mmm-hmm.- Now, I would like to see them do £120 to £150.- Mmm-hmm.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21If not a wee bit more, because they are Georg Jensen.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23We need to put a reserve on these.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28- Uh-huh.- And I'm going to suggest the reserve is round about £100.- Right.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- Fixed.- Fine, yeah.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Now, you're selling these on behalf of your brother.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- Yes.- Will he agree to that figure?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Yes, I have rung him, actually.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- He just wants to get rid of them, does he?- Yeah, yes, yes, yeah.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42What's he going to do with £100?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Give half to me, I hope.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Yes, you've been waiting some time, haven't you?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I'm just wondering if he had them as a christening present.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- When was he born?- '33.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55How interesting. So that adds a certain...
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Yeah.- ..poignancy to that, doesn't it?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- That's right, yeah.- Yes. And do you think you still want to sell them?
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- We shall do our very best for them. - OK. Thank you very much.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07And here's a quick reminder of the wonderful items heading off
0:36:07 > 0:36:11to auction for the last time today.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Register of births, marriages and deaths, Pat wants someone
0:36:15 > 0:36:18to register their interest in this fabulous Staffordshire-produced
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Moorcroft-style plate.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22David certainly likes it.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I love it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25I love this piece.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Another piece of Staffordshire, this tankard once belonged to Pauline's
0:36:28 > 0:36:32great, great grandfather, farm worker Robert Elderage.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36Pauline wants to sell it, but Philip reckons it's a little gem.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40For me, that's the crown jewels.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43I think it's just wonderful.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46This collection of Georg Jensen silver spoons were given to Jean's
0:36:46 > 0:36:48brother for his christening.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Now they want to scoop up some cash and split the earnings.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58We're going to stir things up right now, Jean.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00We've got your silver spoons all boxed up.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- I'm hopeful.- They were your brother's christening present.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Yes. My brother lives with us.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- He wants me to...- Flog 'em.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08- Flog 'em. - Because he needs the money.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- Yeah.- Well, hopefully we'll get the top end of David's estimate plus
0:37:12 > 0:37:15a bit more, because silver is the thing to invest in right now.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20- It's making good money.- Particularly leading 20th century artists
0:37:20 > 0:37:25and designers. Georg Jensen. If somebody asks you the major designer
0:37:25 > 0:37:27of silver during the 1930s, '40s,
0:37:27 > 0:37:31you'd immediately think of Georg Jensen.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Yes.- Such a definitive style.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Coffee spoons, a case set.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39I think these are absolutely beautiful, the design is lovely.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41One will start me then. One I do.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- One I've got. 110.- Good.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45120, 130, 140...
0:37:45 > 0:37:49It's the name, it's the name, isn't it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51170, 180,
0:37:51 > 0:37:55190, 200.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I'll take 195, it's 190 with me.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01At 190. At 190. Is there 195?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04At £190,
0:38:04 > 0:38:06all done?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Yes.- Lovely.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Quality always stands.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Yes.- Oh, that was good.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Yes. Very pleased.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- You must be ever so happy with that. - Yes. I think he will be.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I bet he will be. Is he getting all the money...
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Oh, no.- Or will you get a bit for doing the work?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- I think we'll split it in half. - Will you?- Yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26- That's very generous of him.- Oh, yeah.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- He lives with us anyway.- OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Well, here's something for you arts and crafts lovers. It's a bit of
0:38:39 > 0:38:43tube line pottery. It belongs to Pat and not for much longer, I gather.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45It is a stylish piece.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It is stunning. It really is stunning.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Can I push you, David? What will it go for on a really good day?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53It might do three to four.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- We'll see.- OK. - I hate making predictions like that.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58There's not a lot here, a lot of ceramics.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01No, there's not a lot in that style. No, no.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Next, I have another nice plate.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06An unsigned majolica plate.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0880 to get me away. 50, then.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Come on, it's only money, and you can't take it with you.
0:39:11 > 0:39:1350?
0:39:13 > 0:39:1440, then.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- 30?- Oh, come on, this is ridiculous!
0:39:18 > 0:39:19God bless you, my dear.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21£30, I've got.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23At 30, I've got, 40 will it be? 50?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27I want to put my hand up.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2950? 50? 60, 70.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32At 60 with me.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35At £60. Not quite enough as well, I want a little bit more.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Yes, please.- 70. 80? £70.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- I can't believe that this is struggling.- No.- I can't believe it.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44At £70, is there 80?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46At £70, all done.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Ladies and gentlemen, not quite enough on that.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52No. Thank goodness there's a reserve on that.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Yes.- Yes. I'm quite pleased.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- It's just not the right day today, that's all.- No.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58You were right, it stands out alone.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01It's not enough other things here to bring the collectors.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- It looked very lonely, didn't it? - Yes, it did.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Well, that's a good expression.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09It needs to go into a sale where there's a lot of arts and crafts.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I'll just take it and put it back in the room.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14I think so. Do you know, Pat said to me, Pat said she's
0:40:14 > 0:40:18bought many times in auction, but she's never sold anything.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- I know.- And I think you're never meant to sell anything.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25- That's right. That may be right. - I think you're a good buyer. - Choose the colour schemes
0:40:25 > 0:40:28in your house very carefully to go with the plate.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- It does, actually. - We gave it our best shot.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- Thank you.- Yes. Thank you.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35That was disappointing, but let's hope we have
0:40:35 > 0:40:37better luck with our last lot.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Oh, Pauline, shame on you.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51Great great grandfather's tankard, 50 to 80.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Why are you selling it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Well, there's no-one to hand it down to, so it's a shame,
0:40:57 > 0:40:58what's going to happen to it?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Oh, it's lovely, it really is a nice bit of pottery, isn't it, Philip?
0:41:02 > 0:41:08Well, Pauline's lovely and I understand why she wants to sell it but I really hope it doesn't sell.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- I wish we'd put a £400 reserve on it now.- Yes.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15The Staffy tankard, this one, I think, is the bee's knees.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20Again, I don't think I've ever seen a more heavily decorated mug.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I rate this thing £100, come on.
0:41:23 > 0:41:2480, start me.
0:41:24 > 0:41:2780, I'm straight in. At 80 I've got.
0:41:27 > 0:41:3280, I've got 90, 100, 110,
0:41:32 > 0:41:36120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170...
0:41:36 > 0:41:38This is very good.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- I think actually, it's a superb price for it.- We haven't stopped yet.
0:41:41 > 0:41:4510, 220, at 210 on the pillar.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46220, fresh blood.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50230, 240, 250, 260,
0:41:50 > 0:41:56270, 280, 290, 300,
0:41:56 > 0:42:02310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05At 350 on the pillar. At 350.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08At 350, am I done? I am indeed.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10£350.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12The hammer's gone down on grandpop's mug.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- I don't believe it. - I know why you sold it now.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- HE LAUGHS - Wow, what a lot of money.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20That was bought by the trade as well. I know that guy.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23That flew through my estimate, but I'm pleased
0:42:23 > 0:42:26because it's one of those things, I'd rather you didn't
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- sell it or it go and make a load of money.- Yeah.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30- And it made a load of money... - Exactly.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Just really makes it worthwhile.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34And what will you put that money towards?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- I guess you haven't had time to think.- No.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Because you were thinking it'd get £80, weren't you?
0:42:39 > 0:42:44I thought perhaps £100 at the most, so that's...great.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Well, spend it wisely anyway and maybe buy something and plant it
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- up in, you know, honour of great great grandpops.- Yes.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Well, that's it, it's all over for our owners. We've had a great
0:42:58 > 0:43:01day here in Devizes, so all credit to our experts.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04If you've got any antiques and collectables you want
0:43:04 > 0:43:06to flog, we want to see you.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10You can find details in your local press, because we're coming to your town very soon.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13So until the next time, from Devizes, it's cheerio.
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