0:00:03 > 0:00:10Today we're in what's been described as the most ethically minded town in Britain, Stroud in Gloucestershire.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14This place scores highly on the green credentials front,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16making it the ideal host for Flog It!
0:00:39 > 0:00:45Situated below the Cotswolds, Stroud is a thriving centre.
0:00:45 > 0:00:51With the first Green Party controlled council in England, it's very eco-friendly.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I've got great hopes for today's show.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The people of Stroud have turned out in their droves,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00here at the Subscription Rooms, all laden with antiques
0:01:00 > 0:01:04and collectables, hoping to recycle their family heirlooms into cash.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15And helping them do their bit for the environment and their pockets
0:01:15 > 0:01:19are our two experts, Kate Bliss and James Lewis.
0:01:19 > 0:01:25And later on, I'll go back in time to the Gloucestershire village that inspired the work of Laurie Lee,
0:01:25 > 0:01:30one of Britain's great literary heroes and author of Cider With Rosie.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And without further ado, let's get on with our first valuation.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Kate is helping unravel the mystery of a stunning silver box.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Now, this is a really smart box, isn't it?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Yes.- But I suspect, looking at the presentation inscription,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49it has a bit of a story behind it?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Yes, it does, Kate. It belonged to my mother
0:01:53 > 0:01:56who used to work at Joseph Lucas Ltd, in Birmingham,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58who were very famous for making car batteries.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Right. - And that's their logo on the top.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Oh, right! That's actually their logo, that little sort of rampant lion?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06- Yes, the lion, yes.- Right.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12They were given to anybody who had completed 40 years continuous service,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16and although she completed 40 years service there,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20there was a break, when she had me. So, I'm to blame for the fact
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- that she wasn't allowed to have one of these boxes.- Oh, I see!
0:02:24 > 0:02:30And she was very upset about this. The inscription is from Mr A Wilkes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32That's right. I'm having a little look at it.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36It says, "Presented to A Wilkes in grateful appreciation
0:02:36 > 0:02:41"of 40 years loyal service, by the Directors of Joseph Lucas Limited."
0:02:41 > 0:02:43And it's dated 1969.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49- Yes.- So who was A Wilkes, then? - Well, that's the mystery, because...
0:02:49 > 0:02:55I knew Mum had been given it by Mr Wilkes, but she always said to me,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"Keep it in the cupboard and don't let anybody know I've got it."
0:02:58 > 0:03:03Now, why Mr Wilkes was quite happy to give up his box...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Yes?- ..to give to my mother, I don't really know!
0:03:07 > 0:03:13I don't know who Mr Wilkes is, and my mum died at the end of last year,
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- so I thought it would be rather nice to give it back to the family of Mr A Wilkes.- What a lovely idea.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23And I've tried to trace him on the internet, and there's been absolutely nothing...
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- no replies at all. - So you've come to a dead end?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Nobody knows who he is.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31He probably, in all reality, is dead by now.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37But I hoped that maybe his relatives would contact me, somehow...
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Yes.- ..and I could have given it back to them.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- But no.- So why have you brought it to show me today?
0:03:43 > 0:03:50- Well, I'd like to know how much it's worth. It is hallmarked silver.- Yes.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56At the same time, I would assume quite a lot of them were made.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- They look quite well-made, don't they?- Absolutely!
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I would guess, and again I'm only guessing, that originally
0:04:02 > 0:04:06it was a cigarette box and has been converted to a jewellery box.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11I think you're absolutely right. Because we've got this rather nice black felt lining,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15very suitable for jewellery. And this lovely cedar-wood lining
0:04:15 > 0:04:19would suggest it was originally made for cigars or cigarettes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24But the quality of the workmanship here is absolutely lovely, isn't it?
0:04:24 > 0:04:31Because we've got engine-turning, a beautifully crafted little logo, or crest,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and then this lovely, chased floral-leafage raised border
0:04:35 > 0:04:39all the way round. And four little bracket feet.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42The hallmark of the silver is 1968, in fact,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45so it's not an antique piece of silver.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50For that reason, the value is going to have a limit,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52because it's relatively modern in silver terms.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55So is this something that you would like to sell?
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Well, yes, I would, because I don't know who Mr Wilkes is.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02So, in all honesty, it doesn't really mean anything to me.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07In terms of value, I think we need to put an estimate, at auction,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- of £100 to £150.- Really?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Mmm, does that surprise you? - Yes, it does!- Does it really?- Yes!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16What were you thinking it might be worth?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Maybe 50.- Really?- Yes!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Well, I would say, for a relatively modern silver box,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26you would probably be right - if it wasn't for such super quality.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30And you've got a lovely, very usable box here today,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34so I can see somebody paying easily £100 for it.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35I think it's a lovely thing.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Richard, I have to say, I love Chinese porcelain.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to oriental works of art.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52You very, very rarely get to see it on Flog It! How did you come to have this?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I bought this about eight months back, at an auction in Cheltenham.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I bought it, because I've currently been collecting Chinese porcelain
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and before I came out today, I thought I'd bring it along
0:06:03 > 0:06:05and see what you had to say about it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07OK. Do you know much about it?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- It's made around about 1900s. - 1890, 1920.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Yeah, around about that period, and it's a good, I wouldn't say copy,
0:06:16 > 0:06:23but it's a good piece reflecting 18th-century Chinese vases at that point.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Brilliant! Probably made for the export market.- Yeah, definitely.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Of course, in 1900, 1920 is when the trade links
0:06:30 > 0:06:33between the UK and China were almost at its highest.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37And the Europeans had massive swathes of property
0:06:37 > 0:06:44along the front at Shanghai and they were exporting these vases
0:06:44 > 0:06:47in vast numbers, all over Europe.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50And of course, it might have a Qianlong mark,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53but it isn't - as we would expect it to be - a fake.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- No, no.- It was in homage, wasn't it? - That's right, yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59So it's paying respect to the earlier decorators
0:06:59 > 0:07:01and the earlier designs. However...
0:07:01 > 0:07:04today, if you find something with a Qianlong mark,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07it was made for a totally different reason.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10And the Chinese, they are faking everything.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12They are the best fakers in the world!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16They're faking European porcelain, they're faking Chinese porcelain,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20they're faking bronzes, and the quality of it is just amazing.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25But this is 100 years old. And although it was made to look like
0:07:25 > 0:07:29something earlier than it is, it still has a great market today.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Yeah, I believe it's got a good value to it, yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35The thing that I love about it
0:07:35 > 0:07:37are these panels on the front and reverse.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40And the quality of the painting is fantastic.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43And that is as good as any 18th-century piece.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- It's as good as you're going to get. - Yeah. If we turn it round...
0:07:47 > 0:07:52..another panel with another dog. And the gilding's lovely as well, isn't it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55It's a really subtle, lovely colour.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00It's got a good look about it and it will appeal to the decorators as well as the collectors.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03So if you only bought it a few months ago, why sell it?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I'm trying to keep to earlier stuff and when I bought it,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11it was the best thing there, pretty much, and I thought, "I'm going to buy that."
0:08:11 > 0:08:15My collection's sorted of thinned into an area where this doesn't sit,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17so that's why I'm going to... Flog It!
0:08:17 > 0:08:22The Chinese market is as buoyant as any, so this sort of piece
0:08:22 > 0:08:25is now going up in value, and I think will do well.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27What did you pay for it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- I paid around 250 for it.- OK.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31I think that's all right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- I think that's the lower end of what it should be worth.- Yeah, hopefully.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Would you be happy with 250 to 350?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- If you put a 250 reserve on it, I'd be happy with that.- Yep, me too.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Let's stick it through, see what it does,
0:08:45 > 0:08:50and as long as there are other bits of Chinese porcelain in the auction, I think it will do well.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Doug, I'm a big fan of Paul Nash.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Yep.- Tell me how you came by this Shell poster?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Well, many years ago, late 1970s,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08we were on holiday with some ruralists, Graham Ovenden and so on.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Do you know, I have filmed Graham and his wife Annie down at their farm in Devon.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Well, it's a fantastic place.- Yes. - He built it himself.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18We were on the beach one day with our kids, his children,
0:09:18 > 0:09:23and he brought a friend along, and this friend went into the sea.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26A bit daft, because it's a very dangerous coastline.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Anyway, my wife looked out and said, "This guy's in trouble, he's drowning!"
0:09:31 > 0:09:37So we clambered over the rocks, the tide was coming in, and we had one chance to grab him.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Graham lent over the rocks, I held onto his legs,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44and he grabbed this guy by the hair, and we both pulled him out.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Wow! You saved his life?- Yeah, absolutely, yeah. He was OK.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51So later he said, "I know, Douglas, you're a great fan of Paul Nash,"
0:09:51 > 0:09:55and he said, "I've got something for you here," and it was this.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- He gave you that?- Yeah, fantastic. - You've had that ever since?
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Since 1970 - whatever it was - late '70s.- Are you an artist yourself?
0:10:02 > 0:10:07I do paint and draw, I take photographs, I interview artists, I do all sorts of things.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10What can I say? Paul Nash, he was a war artist in the First World War
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and he worked for the Air Ministry in the Second World War.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16He was a great advocate of British modernism
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and he really pioneered the sort of surrealist thing in the 1920s.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Pushed it to the forefront.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Yep. He was a terrific artist. He was involved with the surrealists,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26then he sort of departed from that.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Yeah.- But his landscapes, his graphic work, which this is part of, a lithograph,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- is tremendous. - And the condition is very good.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38There's a little water damage there. But this is late '30s.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Yes, 1937.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- 1937, yeah. It's rather a large furnishing piece, yeah.- Yup.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- I can see this in a big studio. - Right.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Or a gallery. Not necessarily on the sitting room wall.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51That's why we're selling, because our sitting room wall is too small!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54But there are people with large houses. Large walls!
0:10:54 > 0:10:55And we'll find them!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Have you done any homework yourself?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- On this?- Yeah. - Yeah. We've looked at it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03We think, possibly...
0:11:03 > 0:11:041,000, 1,500, something like that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08If we put this into auction, I'd like to put it into auction
0:11:08 > 0:11:11with the figures that you've just said, really.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13£1,000 to £1,500.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Right.- Can we put a reserve of 1,000 with a little bit of discretion?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Yes, we can do that. - Are you happy with that?- I am.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24What I want to use the money for is to buy smaller Paul Nash things...
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Oh, that's nice. - ..to add to my collection.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28You're letting this go for a smaller version?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Yep.- I don't blame you, I don't blame you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Well, look, fingers crossed we'll find a buyer. - OK, thank you very much.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44And we're hearing all the time about people not doing formal dining,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and this is the sort of thing
0:11:46 > 0:11:49that, at formal dining's height in the 19th century,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52people would have bought. You know what they are?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- Open salt cellars.- Cellars.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56In the 19th century, 18th century and right the way back
0:11:56 > 0:12:01to the Elizabethan period, salt wasn't put in a little shaker,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03it was put in an open salt, like this.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06And the tradition for salt cellars goes right the way back
0:12:06 > 0:12:09hundreds of years, where your position in society
0:12:09 > 0:12:13was actually denoted by where you sat, in accordance to the salt.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18If you were above the salt, you were far more important than if you were below the salt, a long way down.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Salt was incredibly, incredibly expensive in those days.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25How did you come by them, where do they live, why do you have them?
0:12:25 > 0:12:29They were a present to me about 30 years ago, and I've never used them,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31they've always been stored.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35So, I feel that they've really got to go, you know?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39We've got a combination of silver plate and porcelain,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and if we take one out and have a little look,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44these detach quite easily.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46They're like miniature bowls in their own right.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- They're lovely, aren't they? - Super. Turn them over,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53clear mark underneath there, and that's the mark for Royal Worcester.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And that's the capital letter "T"
0:12:55 > 0:13:00and that's the date letter for 1882. So, there we are, easy to date.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03The pattern in the centre there, do you recognise it?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Willow pattern? - Willow pattern, exactly.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It's the most well-known pattern of all blue and white.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And, of course, this harks right back to the 18th century
0:13:12 > 0:13:16when Worcester was making lots of this blue and white porcelain.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20It's inspired by the Chinese porcelain that was being imported in the 18th century.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Having said that formal dining is dying, I think the only person
0:13:24 > 0:13:28that is going to buy these is probably going to be a dealer
0:13:28 > 0:13:31who will sell them to somebody who will give them to somebody else
0:13:31 > 0:13:35as a present! Then straight back into the sideboard and never used again.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Any idea what they might be worth?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I have no idea, no idea.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41We've said how unfashionable they are.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46But at the same time, they are pretty, they are over 100 years old.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50They are in their original fitted box, and I think they're quite sweet.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- So, I'm going to put an estimate of £50 to £80 on them.- Mm-hm.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Is that OK?- That's fine.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- I think we need to protect them with a reserve.- Yeah.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06£50 as a reserve. If they don't make that, you can have them back.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Let's take them along and see how we do.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10That's brilliant, lovely!
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Well, we've been working flat-out and we've found our first batch of antiques to take off to auction.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24While we make our way over to Cirencester, here's a quick recap of what James and Kate have found.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29I tried to trace him on the internet, and there's been absolutely nothing.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Unable to find Mr Wilkes, the original owner
0:14:32 > 0:14:38of the silver box, Jill wants to turn her curiosity into cash.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Will Chinese porcelain collector Richard
0:14:40 > 0:14:44make a handsome profit from his early 20th-century piece?
0:14:44 > 0:14:52Douglas seems confident in finding a suitable new home for his much-loved Paul Nash poster.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Our sitting room's too small, but there are people with larger houses.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Yes, there are, and we'll find them! - And large walls!
0:14:58 > 0:15:03And Anne is hoping to find a sprinkling of cash in exchange for her salts.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Well, I think it's about time we found
0:15:06 > 0:15:10some new owners for our antiques and raise some cash along the way.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13We're staying local for today's sale and we're the guests
0:15:13 > 0:15:14of Moore Allen & Innocent,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18just a few miles east of Stroud, in Cirencester.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25And getting ready on the rostrum before the sale starts is auctioneer Philip Allwood.
0:15:25 > 0:15:33So, first under the hammer, will the crowds go potty over Anne's salts, valued between £50 and £80?
0:15:33 > 0:15:38- There's a lot of value here for not a lot of money. - They're good, they're in good order.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Not as sought-after as they once were. People don't use them. But a lovely gift!
0:15:42 > 0:15:46It's gorgeous. Why have you decided to sell them after such a long time?
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- You think they're very, very pretty. I do.- I think they're very pretty,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- but things have got to go.- Have they? Why? Why do they have to go?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- I'm filling up the house!- Are you a bit of a magpie, bit of a hoarder?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- You're de-cluttering?- I am, yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03OK, OK. Well, let's see if we can get the top end, about £60.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Lot number 150 is the set of four
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Royal Worcester open salts in the case there, nice little lot there.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Who will start me?- Come on!
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Start me at 50. At £50 I'm bid there, at 50...
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Straight in. - 55, 60, 5, 70, sir?
0:16:19 > 0:16:2270, 5, 80 then, new blood, 5,
0:16:22 > 0:16:2990, 5, 100. 110, 120, 130, 140...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Wow, they love them!- At 140, 150 with me, 160?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35160 in the room and the book's out. At 160.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39170 now. At 160...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- My goodness!- Anne is in the money!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- That was so good!- Wasn't that good?! - I didn't expect that!
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Fantastic result.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- Thank you.- Quality, great name as well, and the condition...
0:16:52 > 0:16:54everything was right about it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Jill, I love things like this that have had a life, have had lots of use. It's a silver box.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12- It is now a jewellery box converted from a cigar/cigarette box, which is great, really, isn't it?- Yes.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- And it was Mum's?- Yes, it was.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17We've got £100 to £150 put on by Kate.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- Why have you decided to sell now? - Because, in actual fact,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23it was given to her by somebody else,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and that person's name is engraved on it.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Right, so there's not a lot of sentimental value?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Not really, no. - OK. I can understand that.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Mid 20th-century silver rectangular cigarette box, there.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Good-looking piece.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41What will you give me for that? Start me at 100. 50 to get on.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46At £50, a bid there. At 55, 60, I've got to go 70, 5 if you like, 5.
0:17:46 > 0:17:4880, 5 and the book's out at 85.
0:17:48 > 0:17:5390 now. At £85, on my left here, selling at 85. 90 anywhere?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56At 85...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- Sold it.- Yes.- £85.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- 85.- Just got it away, Jill!
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Yes.- A slightly disappointing price, but I think the thing is,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09although it's a beautiful quality thing, that presentation inscription
0:18:09 > 0:18:12which is so personal, would put some people off.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13- Yes, it would.- That's the thing.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Well, I've just been joined by Richard and our expert,
0:18:21 > 0:18:28James, and going under the hammer is a Chinese porcelain vase with a value of £250 to £350.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31We're going to put this one to the test, because I know, Richard,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35you bought this in auction not long ago, about six/eight months ago?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- That's right, yeah.- And you paid?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- 250 for it, or round about, yeah. - Right, OK.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Do you think you paid top end?
0:18:41 > 0:18:48Um...I'm not sure. The Chinese stuff, it can go up and down, and I'm not really sure.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50We'll just have to see how it goes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I don't think you paid too much at all. I think this has got wonderful quality painting,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56got a real look about it. It's a good size as well.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59No reason why this shouldn't make top estimate.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Lot number 140 is the Chinese Famille Rose vase.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Should be 300 or 400 really. Start me at 2.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Well, I can start you here at...
0:19:08 > 0:19:11190 I have. At 190, 200,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15210, 220, 230.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16At 230 with me.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18240 if you like, now.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- At 240.- Come on!- 250 to me.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25250 on the phone. 260 now. At £250.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29At 250. Are you all sure? At 250.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31The hammer has gone down, £250.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35We had a phone bidder. I don't think anybody in the room was pushing that phone bidder.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37That's the problem, yeah.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I bet the phone bidder would have paid a little bit more.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- Anyway, we fixed the reserve at 250, we got 250.- Yeah.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- You got your money back.- Yeah.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- You've had a play with the market. - That's right.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52I'm always willing to take a punt on anything, in any sale room, so it's just one of those things.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- Obviously, I've lost a little money, because I paid 250 and I've got commission to pay.- Yes.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But I'm not too disappointed.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Well, next up we've got that wonderful Shell poster by Paul Nash.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15- It's iconic, it's not expensive, really £1,000 to £1,500. - No, I don't think so.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And Douglas here has just said, "I'm so pleased, I've made the front cover!"
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- On the front cover of anything... - You've got the cover of the catalogue...- Autographs later!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27OK, this has been viewed heavily on the internet.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I had a chat with Philip Allwood, our auctioneer, doing a fantastic job up there.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- He is!- We're having a great day.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- He's confident it's going to sell, as well.- Good, OK.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42And 312 is the Paul Nash.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47There we go, the Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset print by Paul Nash,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and we've got interest in this, and I can start you at 860.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54On the book here at 860. 880 now.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55At 860, good-looking piece at 860.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58At 880, thank you. 900.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00At 900 with me, at 900, 920 now.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01920.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05940. At 940. 960 if you like, 960...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Getting there.- 980.
0:21:07 > 0:21:101,000. And 50 now. At 1,000.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13On the phone at 1,000 and 50 anywhere?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Are you sure now? At 1,000.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Well, he sold it at 1,000.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- We got it at the bottom end. - Yeah.- We're happy, aren't we?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Fine. Absolutely fine.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Yeah. - I'm very pleased, very pleased.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27You can go off now and do some Nash research and go shopping.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I can. And also, I don't have to carry it home, which is very good!
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Coming up later, the lady who is hoping to go on a shopping spree, but not for antiques...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- You want to go shopping, I gather? - I do.- For clothes...?- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Or anything?- Scarves, earrings, handbags, shoes, everything!
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Not far from Stroud lies the little Gloucestershire village of Slad.
0:21:55 > 0:22:02It's small and easy to miss, but buried here is one of Britain's great literary heroes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08In the village churchyard lies Laurie Lee, writer of the well-known autobiography Cider With Rosie.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14It's the memoirs of his childhood whilst growing up in this wonderful rural community in the 1920s.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19And central to the novel is a young village girl called Rosie, who he drinks cider with
0:22:19 > 0:22:25underneath a hay wagon, and eventually ends up encountering one of his first romantic experiences.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29So successful was the novel that it went on to sell
0:22:29 > 0:22:346 million copies, eventually being adapted for television and radio.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39There was something so compelling about the story that captured the reader's imagination.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45It all started here in 1917, when Laurie Lee was just three years old.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48And the opening paragraph from the book reads like this.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53I was sat down from the carrier's cart at the age of three,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and there, with a sense of bewilderment and terror,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59my life in the village began.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03The June grass, amongst which I stood, was taller than I was, and I wept.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I had never been so close to grass before.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Having enjoyed his childhood here, Laurie left for London at the age of 19.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Whilst away, he wrote the first of what would become three autobiographies.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Some of the buildings that still remain in the village make an appearance in Cider With Rosie,
0:23:27 > 0:23:33like the old schoolhouse here, which is now a private home. But somehow you can just imagine
0:23:33 > 0:23:38the screams of laughter that would have once broken the countryside silence.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Laurie's own thoughts on his former school
0:23:41 > 0:23:46were captured in a documentary he made for the BBC in 1960.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48'I had to look in at the village school.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50'It's where all of us went in those days.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56'The present crop are far prettier and tidier. Yet, behind their round, well-nourished faces,
0:23:56 > 0:24:02'I felt I could see the ghosts of several of those sharp urchins I had known in my own day.'
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Another famous landmark in the book is this pub, the Woolpack.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13In his later years, Laurie spent many a happy time here and he is well-remembered by Barbara Hooper,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17who shares lots of memories with him. And shortly after he died, she wrote his biography.
0:24:17 > 0:24:24Barbara has agreed to tell me a little more about Laurie - naturally, over a glass of cider.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27He was a lovely man. People took to him immediately.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31He was very warm, gregarious and made you feel very comfortable with him.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34He was a great tease. You never knew whether to believe what he said.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38He was an educated man, well, he spoke like an educated man.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41He loved art, he loved music, he liked the finer things in life.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Educated, self-educated rather.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48He was very talented as a musician, as a photographer,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51as a writer, obviously, and artist.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- He sketched too.- Was he a Lothario?
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Was he a real ladies' man or was that just, sort of, speculation?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02His eyes would light up when a pretty woman came into the room.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07He never missed that and whenever he met them, he would be very...
0:25:07 > 0:25:10very much attracted to any good-looking woman that he met.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Yeah. What about Rosie, was she fictitious?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16He said to me, when we were talking here in this very pub,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19"Oh, she was a compound of several people,"
0:25:19 > 0:25:24and elsewhere I read that he said, "She was someone, she was anyone, she was no-one."
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Oh, really! So it's hard to believe what then, really?- Mmm.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31A number of people have laid claim to having been the original Rosie.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37Some half a dozen turned up at an event in the Subscription Rooms in Stroud.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40When somebody on the stage said, "Are there any people here
0:25:40 > 0:25:43"who think they might have been Rosie?", six people stood up!
0:25:43 > 0:25:50But I think she was indeed... After all, he was writing this book 40 years after the events he describes,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53and so I think it was a number of little schoolgirls he remembered.
0:25:53 > 0:26:00I held the jar to my mouth and rolled my eyes sideways, like a beast at a waterhole.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02"Go on," said Rosie.
0:26:02 > 0:26:08I took a deep breath. Never to be forgotten, that first long, secret drink of golden fire,
0:26:08 > 0:26:14juice of those valleys and at that time, wine of wild orchards,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17of russet summer, of plump red apples,
0:26:17 > 0:26:24and Rosie's burning cheeks, never to be forgotten or ever tasted again.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27What was the magic of Cider With Rosie?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28I think it was nostalgia.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It struck a chord with people, either because they said
0:26:31 > 0:26:35it reminded them of their childhood in the '20s and '30s. The round of village life,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39the carol-singing at Christmas, the harvest supper, the fete.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Or because they didn't know what rural poverty was like.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Very few people had written about growing up in an extremely poor
0:26:46 > 0:26:50part of the country, as Gloucestershire was at that time.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Selling 6 million copies of his book, I mean, that's quite an accolade, isn't it, really?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Did the success ever go to his head?
0:26:58 > 0:27:03I would say not. He always said that it sold well initially,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07because it was Christmas and there was nothing else to buy but bath salts!
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I don't think it went to his head, no. And here at home, I think
0:27:10 > 0:27:14he remained very much the Laurie that they'd known when he was young.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20As well as the school and pub, another centrepiece of Cider With Rosie is this house.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Whilst his father remained in London after the First World War,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27this is where he moved to with his mother, from Stroud.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30It's one of the most read-about cottages in Gloucestershire
0:27:30 > 0:27:34and it was here that Lee spent 16 years of his life.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39'Here it was, the place where I was brought up, together with six rowdy
0:27:39 > 0:27:44'brothers and sisters, just the same except for a new tiled roof.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49'Of course I felt I'd never left it. I kept expecting my mother to lean out of a window
0:27:49 > 0:27:52'and brandish a saucepan at me, but it was a good place to be.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57'It was once a beer house. It got flooded whenever it rained, it had no gas or electricity,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01'we cooked on wood fires and went to bed by the lights of candles.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04'It had thick, snug walls, rooks in the chimneys,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08'frogs in the cellars, mushrooms on the ceiling, and all for 3/6d a week.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11'It was there we all grew till we ran away or got married.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13'None of us live there now.'
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Sadly, Laurie died in 1997, aged 83, and he lies here
0:28:26 > 0:28:30in the valley that he loved, and at his own request,
0:28:30 > 0:28:35between the church and the pub, you can see down there, that he often frequented and adored.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41But his books do live on for us to enjoy and they remain powerfully evocative.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49Back to our valuation day in Stroud, and Kate has found something she's taken a real fancy to.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53John, you've brought in this lovely bowl today.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Has this come from Stroud itself?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Yes, it has, just very, recently in fact.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01It's such a wonderful colour, and when I first saw it,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I just literally fell in love with it and just had to buy it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06So where did you buy it from, tell me?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Just from the local charity shop recently.- A charity shop?- Yes.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- Somebody brought this in as a donation?- Yes, that's correct, yes.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- How much did you pay for it in your charity shop?- Only £10.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Just £10? Right, but you like it, you say, because of the colour.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Yes, I do. And just the decoration, which is so lovely.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26This type of pottery, because it IS pottery,
0:29:26 > 0:29:31looks very Chinese, because of the blue painted decoration.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37It's very inspired by the oriental, but similarly, you may be forgiven for thinking that it was Dutch.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- Because it looks very much like the Dutch Delftware...- Right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47And that is because of its materials. And what we've got here is not porcelain,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50but pottery or earthenware. And on top of that earthenware
0:29:50 > 0:29:55is a lead glaze and it gives it that look used by the Delft potters.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57But I have to tell you,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59this isn't Delft and it isn't Chinese either.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- It's very English...- Oh!
0:30:02 > 0:30:07And it was made in Staffordshire. But it was made in Staffordshire quite a long time ago,
0:30:07 > 0:30:12because I would date this bowl from about 1775, 1780.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- Really? That old! - So we've got a late Georgian,
0:30:16 > 0:30:2118th-century pottery bowl here. And for all of that, it's actually in lovely condition, isn't it?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Unfortunately, it has a hairline crack.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27It does. I've noticed the crack down the side here,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30which is a shame, and you can probably hear that if you ring it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32But the thing about lead-glazed pottery
0:30:32 > 0:30:36is that it's very difficult to restore and also very easily chipped,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39because the lead glaze sits on top of the earthenware.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42And we haven't got any chips, which is lovely.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46But I just love it because of that lovely warm,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50yellowy colour, as you say. And you can see the colour of the glaze
0:30:50 > 0:30:54perhaps best around the foot trim here. And it's got this lovely buttery,
0:30:54 > 0:31:00yellowy colour around here. And that gives it its name, because it's known as Creamware.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04The factory could be early Wedgwood, but a lot of the Staffordshire potteries
0:31:04 > 0:31:08were producing it. And, of course, very English.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10What about value, John, after all of that?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Taking into account this crack down the side, you paid £10?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18That's correct. I was hoping maybe £50, £80.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Mm-hm. Well, I'm going to put a conservative auction estimate of 60 to 90 on it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28But I think a lover of Creamware, like me, might pay up to
0:31:28 > 0:31:31perhaps 100, 120, something like that, despite the crack.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I think it's the sort of ware that you can get addicted to.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40Perhaps somebody's emotions might take them over, and they'd forget about that crack.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- A Lovely piece.- Yes. - You've got a pretty good eye!
0:31:42 > 0:31:45A pair, I hope!
0:31:51 > 0:31:56Malcolm, imagine, in the 19th century, you and your wife
0:31:56 > 0:32:00were going to the opera or the theatre or a wonderful party on a Saturday evening.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05And your wife wanted to be a little bit dressed up.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09The last thing she would want is a pair of great big spectacles on her nose.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12So what she would carry to this party is this.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16The name is...lorgnette,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and they would just be raised to the eyes like that.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- You've seen them in the old Charles Dickens movies...- Yeah.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27And I always think that they characterise...
0:32:27 > 0:32:31a lady to a certain period.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33These clearly don't belong to you!
0:32:33 > 0:32:38- Oh, no!- They're not something that you're going to wear, it doesn't go with your attire!
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- I can't imagine you going out on a Saturday night with these! - Well, I could do!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45But tell me, why do you have them?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47I'm not sure where I bought them.
0:32:47 > 0:32:53I'm almost certain it was down in Newton Abbott on the racecourse in the antiques fair there, now.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55And what I give for them, I really don't know.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- A long time ago? - About 20 odd years ago.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Oh, really, so a fair time.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05- They've been stood in our cabinet and they haven't even been open since we bought them.- Really?
0:33:05 > 0:33:11These are made from tortoiseshell, and tortoiseshell isn't from a tortoise, it's from a sea turtle.
0:33:11 > 0:33:17And it has this wonderful colour that unfortunately, in the 19th century and the 18th century,
0:33:17 > 0:33:22it almost caused the decimation of the population of the sea turtles.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27Today, it is totally banned. You're not allowed to buy new tortoiseshell
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and you mustn't buy new tortoiseshell.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32This was made over 100 years ago.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Probably around 1870 to 1890.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39And what we have is that the front and the back are tortoiseshell,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41and in the centre, what we have is brass.
0:33:41 > 0:33:47We have silver and we have gold in the centre and whenever we've got this little gold stars,
0:33:47 > 0:33:51it's called "pique work".
0:33:51 > 0:33:55And this was greatly fashionable in needle cases,
0:33:55 > 0:34:01card boxes and various other little notepads and aides-memoire, all around this period.
0:34:01 > 0:34:08- So this lady who owned this would probably have had an entire set, all in the same decoration.- Oh, I see.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13But it would have been worn around her neck, so that during the party it would hang down there.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18It's a great object and, you know, these things are collected today.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23It'll either be somebody who collects tortoiseshell pique work
0:34:23 > 0:34:25or somebody who collects lorgnettes.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28I had a pair of these in auction not too long ago,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30and they made just over £150.
0:34:30 > 0:34:36So if we put an auction estimate of 100 to 150, put a reserve of 90...
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- OK.- ..I think they stand a very good chance of selling well. Shall we take them along?
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- Fair enough.- Let's take them along and see how we do.- We can do that.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Now, I think these are rather sweet.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Lovely to have the pair of pepperettes. Obviously one would be pepper
0:34:59 > 0:35:03and probably the other one would be salt. Where have they come from?
0:35:03 > 0:35:08We found them in the back of an aunt's cupboard when she died.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Right.- We know very little about them, no history,
0:35:11 > 0:35:15so a bolt out of the blue, really. Didn't know they were there.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20- Were they with any other silver? - No, they were just alone in a box.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Poor little chicks! That's what I think they are.
0:35:23 > 0:35:30This one is feeding, and this one is sitting here rather squatly. But they look very little birds anyway,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34don't they? Or little chicks. But they date way back to the early 20th century.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37They're, in fact, Edward VII in date...1906.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- OK.- They are English silver, you're absolutely right.
0:35:40 > 0:35:46They're both hallmarked, this one on its bottom just here, you can see quite clearly,
0:35:46 > 0:35:52and the maker's initials there... WH...and again on this one.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54So we know that they are meant to be a pair.
0:35:54 > 0:36:00Exactly the same hallmark here, the same date, 1906, and the same maker's initials, WH.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04It's great that they've come through all those years and stayed together.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10- Yeah.- As a pair. And they're beautifully crafted, particularly on this one sitting down.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16You can see his feathers are beautifully done here, and in pretty good condition, I would say.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20The lids fit on nicely, no bad tears or dents there.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Lovely little things. So, do you like them?
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- No, not really.- No?- I'm not one for clutter and ornaments, so I'm quite happy to let them go.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- Are you? You just want to get rid of them, really?- I want some money!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35You want some money, she says, her eyes lighting up!
0:36:35 > 0:36:37So, what do you think they might be worth at auction?
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- I think they're quite rare and also, like you said, to find them in a pair.- Yes.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45We've no idea. We'd probably like to get about £100, so...
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Well, I think you're right. They are quite unusual.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I think your £100 is quite conservative,
0:36:51 > 0:36:56but I'd like really to put a conservative estimate of 100 to 150.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59I think on a good day you could double your money and get 200 for them.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- £100 each doesn't seem out of the question to me.- OK.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08But I think if we say 100 to 150 with a fixed reserve of 100,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11so they're certainly not going to go for less than that,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14I think will entice the buyers in, and you might get a nice surprise.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Lovely, thank you.- Great.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Over at the auction house, the silver birds have caught Philip's magpie eyes.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26I think they're just a bit of fun, aren't they?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- They're in good condition, they're...- Collectable.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Very collectable, but one of those things a bit like
0:37:32 > 0:37:36good quality furniture, really. It's something that's usable,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40practical, and at the same time, well-made.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43And complete. Sometimes you just get the pepper or the salt pot.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48And quite often they're damaged, you've got the feet with bits missing and that sort of thing.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53- These are in pretty good order. - What are you going to tell me, it's going to do a lot more than £200?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Well, we've put an estimate of 100 to 150 on there, but...
0:37:57 > 0:38:02I wouldn't be at all surprised if it made well at the upper end of that estimate and a bit more.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- Highly collectable stuff.- 250? 280?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Well, let's get to 200 and see where we go from there, shall we?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12OK. I'm leaving it up to you. You're on the rostrum in a moment.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Watch this, because I'll tell you what, if we do get that top end,
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Alison is going to be really chuffed.- Ah, yes.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Also up for auction today...
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- It's actually in lovely condition. - It does has a hairline crack.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29Despite the damage, will the bidders be bowled over by John's Creamware?
0:38:29 > 0:38:34And finally, Malcolm wants to focus on flogging his lunettes.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37First up, it's the Creamware.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Well, the pressure really is on right now, because this next lot,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43all the proceeds are going to a local charity.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50And John is donating the money IF we sell this Creamware bowl, and it's a lovely little item, John.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54We've got £60 to £80 on this, fixed reserve at 50.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- There's a little, tiny hairline crack, but you only paid £10 for this?- Correct.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- Fantastic!- A local find.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Have you found many more items?
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Yes, over the years. - Over the years? Are they going to go under the hammer eventually?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Probably, yes.- You liked this?
0:39:08 > 0:39:13Do you know, Creamware is one of my personal favourites, and you can't guarantee much at auction.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18- But I think you can guarantee that this will make more than you paid for it.- Yeah.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21If it wasn't damaged, you'd be talking a couple of hundred pounds.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23It's a wonderful bowl, anyway.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Lot 100, which is the Creamware fruit bowl.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29The money for this is going to the Cotswold Care Hospice,
0:39:29 > 0:39:33so you can do your bit for charity here today. Start me at 50?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35£30 to get on.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3720, then.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Gosh!- Nice little Creamware, £20, a bid there at 20, 5, thank you.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4230, 5, 40, 5.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45At £45, a good little piece at 45.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4850 now, then. At 50, then. Looks cheap at £50.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Are you all done now, then? At 50.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- The hammer's gone down. He sold it right on the reserve.- Well done.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Mind you, it's a lot more than £10, and the money is going to charity.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- I think it's a good result.- A good result! John, thank you so much.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15Well, keep your eye on this next lot, because they are a set of lunettes.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18We have the item. Unfortunately, Malcolm can't make it,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21but we've got our wonderful expert here, Mr James Lewis.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- £100 to £150.- Mm-hm.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Malcolm got these quite a few years ago and he paid 40 quid for them, so...
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- there's a bit of profit there. - Let's hope.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35OK, lot number 264 now, the pique work
0:40:35 > 0:40:36and tortoiseshell lunettes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39As good a pair of these as you want to see,
0:40:39 > 0:40:40if you'll forgive the pun.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44I can start you here at a mere £60.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48At 60, about half the money, I would say. At £60, I'm bid 5, anyone now?
0:40:48 > 0:40:49At 65. 70...
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- Good!- 5. 80. At £80 with me, 5 now.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Selling them, make no mistake at £80, 5 anywhere?
0:40:55 > 0:40:59At £80, are you all sure?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Yes! Well, we've sold them.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05We had a reserve of 90, but he's used discretion.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06We just got them away.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Well done, Malcolm, you've got to get on the phone.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Next, those two little birds. We've got the silver salt and pepper pots
0:41:20 > 0:41:25belonging to Ali, I don't think for much longer, at £100 to £150.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Ali wants to sell these. You don't like them and you want to go shopping.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- I do!- What, for clothes or...? - Yes!- Anything!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Scarves, earrings, handbags, shoes, everything, belts, make-up!
0:41:35 > 0:41:40- I think Kate should come with you, then!- Oh, yes! I won't take much...persuading.
0:41:40 > 0:41:46- I think there's some good shops in Cirencester as well. - There are, not bad.- Not bad at all.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Right, we need top dollar, don't we? I had a chat to Philip before the sale.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55We both mused over these, and I know you loved them on the day, and we see a lot of them.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Sometimes one is missing, but you've got the complete set.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04Great fun, great condition and silver is selling well, so we should do the top end.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10- Plus a little bit more, hopefully £50 or £60 more. That's what I think. Happy?- Yeah.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12And lot number 254
0:42:12 > 0:42:15is the Edwardian silver pepperettes in the form of birds.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18There we go, pretty little lot. Start me.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Should be a couple of hundred, really. Start me at 100.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- Come on!- I can start you on the book at 85...
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- They're all sitting on their hands! - 85, 90, 5, 100.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28At 100, 110 if you like. 110.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33120, 130, 140, 150, 160...
0:42:33 > 0:42:34- This is more like it!- Oh, my God!
0:42:34 > 0:42:39190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240...
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- Good!- ..250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46At 290. 300, sir?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49300.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50At 310.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- At 310 on my left now...- Fantastic!
0:42:53 > 0:42:57At £310. 320 if you like, sir. At 310...
0:42:57 > 0:43:03- Those little birdies flew! £310, Ali!- Fantastic, great!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Shopping! Shopping! Ching! Ching!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I think it's because you have got the two. Philip's right,
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- you don't often see the pair together. It makes a big difference.- Excellent.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Go on, Ali, we won't keep you any longer...
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- Go off shopping. There you go, go on!- Thank you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19And look at the antique shops while you're in Cheltenham.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21What can I say? Shopping, shopping, shopping!
0:43:21 > 0:43:26If you've got any antiques you want to sell, well, bring them to us, we want to see them.
0:43:26 > 0:43:31Check details in the press, because we're coming to an area near you very soon. From Kate and myself
0:43:31 > 0:43:36here in Cirencester, we've run out of time, see you next time. Bye-bye.
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