0:00:03 > 0:00:08Today we're in a port town whose white cliffs have been immortalised in art, literature and song.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Welcome to Flog It from Dover in Kent.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49The most famous song to feature Dover's white cliffs
0:00:49 > 0:00:52was the popular World War II tune
0:00:52 > 0:00:57"The White Cliffs of Dover", sung most memorably by Vera Lynn.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The song was written to lift spirits during the Blitz,
0:01:00 > 0:01:05and the lyrics look forward to peace ruling over the iconic white cliffs.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Dover had such a strong strategic position, and it played a major part in World War II.
0:01:09 > 0:01:16In fact, the military command centre was based under Dover, in a series of secret military tunnels.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And I'll be taking a closer look at these later on in the show,
0:01:20 > 0:01:25and finding out how they became the nerve centre for the Allied forces' evacuation of Dunkirk.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29But first, it's time to head back above ground, and get over to the valuation day.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And this is where we're hoping to unearth a few relics today,
0:01:32 > 0:01:38Dover Town Hall, where we've got a fabulous queue, and already probing all the bags and boxes that have been
0:01:38 > 0:01:41brought along are our two experts, Catherine Southon and Mark Stacey.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43So have you found anything of interest yet?
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- Yes, well I've got several things for the programme.- Oh, he always has. And what about you, Catherine?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Yes, I had a couple of beauties.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Well, you'll have to keep looking inside, cos it's now 9.30,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55it's time to get the doors open and get everybody inside.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Are you ready?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- Yes!- Yes! Let's go!
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Well, it's certainly a packed house today, in the very grand Dover Town Hall.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13And it looks as if Mark has found something incredibly eye-catching to get the ball rolling.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14- Hello, Margaret.- Hello!
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- Now, I love you in your feline leopard print top there.- Thank you.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21And I love this even more, I have to say.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I spotted it in the queue, and it's such a wonderful-looking object,
0:02:24 > 0:02:29and it's coupled with an equally wonderful inscription, it's to a relative of yours.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- Yes.- Ex-inspector Cornelius Sexton, CID no less.- Yes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38On his retirement on the 27th of June 1909.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40How can you bear to part with it?
0:02:40 > 0:02:46Um, well, now I have two sons and neither, neither of them really want it.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- None of the rotters are interested? - No, no.- Well, they don't want all of it now, do they?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53No, this is to travel. Yes, yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And one of them I believe is even a copper.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- Yes, indeed!- And he doesn't want it?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- No.- Well, I think it's a crying shame in some ways,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- but I think you're going to make somebody very, very happy.- Good.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Cos what we're actually looking at is a silver-plated tea kettle,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13very much actually in the 18th-century style, in the sort of rococo style.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Something like this, because it's so over the top.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I mean everywhere you look is decorated with flowers
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and a lovely little Gothic mask here,
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- these wonderful legs that look as if it wants to sort of try walking away at all different angles.- True.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34This wonderful bird of prey is the the little lid that opens up like that.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38So if that wasn't enough, we've got a little matching tea caddy
0:03:38 > 0:03:41or sugar box, I suppose you could say.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47- Well, whichever.- One or the other, which is equally impressive, with Cornelius Sexton's initials on it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Yes.- And if we get a good, a really good price for you,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53are you going to treat the family or the grandchildren?
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Probably the grandchildren. My eldest grandson is 16, and he's saving up for a car, so...
0:03:58 > 0:04:04- Oh, what a lovely age to be, 16 again.- Yes, oh, too true.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Now, what are we going to put on it as an estimate?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I, I've no idea really of the value.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I think, sadly, I would love to say it was worth £500,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17but I just don't think it is, I think if it was in silver we would have been looking, you know...
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Oh, well, I can well imagine.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24Lots and lots of money. But I think we've got to be realistic, I love it, I think it will find a home,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28but I think we've got to be looking at an estimate of maybe, and I think
0:04:28 > 0:04:35- I might be being a bit mean here, but maybe £150 to £200.- Yeah, yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- What do you think of that?- Yeah, yeah, that sounds reasonable to me.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Could we put a reserve on that?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I think we should put a reserve on,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and I would maybe suggest a reserve of £130, just to protect it at that.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- My fingers are crossed.- Yeah.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54My gut feeling tells me that there will be a lot of interest, and I would love it to make over £200.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- Lovely.- You know, because I think, to excuse the pun, I think it's such an arresting item.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Lee, it's great to see a snare drum here at the valuation day.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I've played drums all my life. - Ah, hence the interest.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15I am a big fan of drumming.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Now, tell me a little bit about its history and how you've come by this Ludwig snare drum.
0:05:21 > 0:05:28Well, in about 1986 I was playing in a skiffle band, '85, '86, and we just wanted a snare, we'd been using
0:05:28 > 0:05:31a washboard and we just wanted to broaden the type of music we were playing, so we bought a snare.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36I went into a second-hand shop, and I said, "How much do you want for it?" He said 35 quid.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Did you know what you'd got at that stage?- No, I didn't. It was just, it was something to bang.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Something to bang, something to hit down the pub, basically, and just sort of play away.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Well, what you've actually bought is something quite rare,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52and does come under the vintage and rare category of musical instruments.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It is one of the pioneering Ludwig snare drums.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00It's got a brass shell, made in one piece, which has obviously been chromed.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Cast hoops, eight lugs, tensioning lugs, that's something that Ludwig
0:06:05 > 0:06:10pioneered in the very early - we're talking sort of 1908, 1910.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14This drum is one of the first they ever made with a brass shell.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18This was available from 1920s to 1930s.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24After that it was superseded by the Ludwig 400,
0:06:24 > 0:06:28which was a very popular snare drum, again, 14 inches by five-inch depth,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31so it's called a 14 by five.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36John Bonham of Led Zeppelin used one of these, the drummer Ian Paice in Deep Purple, in fact every rock
0:06:36 > 0:06:41band you can think of used a Ludwig Super Sensitive, or the Ludwig 400,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and this was prior to that 400.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Cor blimey.- This was so early, and look how primitive the snare strainer is, nowadays you get these
0:06:48 > 0:06:52wonderful pieces of almost over-engineered apparatus stuck to the side...
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- It's quite simple.- Which takes the snare off, releases the tension,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00so you have a batter head that doesn't buzz, it sounds like this.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Put the snare tension on, and
0:07:05 > 0:07:10all of a sudden you have that crisp snare sound, which is...
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- Sounds lovely, doesn't it? - Are you sure you want to sell this, because this is very collectable?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I'd need it to go to a good owner, because I don't play it any more.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'd like someone to benefit from it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28What would you put the money towards, more percussion instruments, or...
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Possibly, I've got a pretty poorly car at the moment, so unfortunately
0:07:31 > 0:07:37- it may have to go to something I don't want it to go to.- OK. Let's talk about the price first.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- More than £35, hopefully.- How about we stick a nought in, £350? - That'd be good!
0:07:42 > 0:07:47I'd like to put it into auction with a value of £300 to £400.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49That'd be great.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- With a, with a reserve, with a bit of discretion at the £300, if that's OK. - Yeah, that'd be fine.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01So Trevor, welcome to Flog It.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Thank you.- You've brought along this rather charming ormolu garniture,
0:08:05 > 0:08:11comprising a lovely clock here, and the matching candlesticks. Now tell me, where did you get this from?
0:08:11 > 0:08:16It's been handed down through my family from my grandmother.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20It was over her mantelpiece in her living room.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- So you remember it. - Yes, yes, as a child, yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Then my uncle inherited it, and then my mother, and down to me.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- That's rather nice, cos, cos it's French, I don't know if you know that.- Yes, that's right, yes.
0:08:32 > 0:08:39And it's quite sort of classical in style. We've got these lovely acanthus leaves on there.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43What I really like about it is the actual enamel work in this,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I actually think I prefer that more than the clock itself, actually.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51The clock face, the enamel dial in particular is absolutely beautiful.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It's really quite exquisite.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- I know, it's lovely.- The detail here in the centre of the dial,
0:08:57 > 0:09:04you can see a telescope that's been painted, and some books, and I think that's probably a sword, there.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- Unfortunately, there is a little bit of damage there.- I know, yes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12I don't know if you know but one of these panels here at the front has actually cracked, which is a shame.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Also on this one here,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18if you can see there I would have thought there would have been
0:09:18 > 0:09:23a matching sort of scroll on this side, cos there is one on this candlestick here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Yes.- Nevertheless, it's a very striking piece.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33- Yes, that's right.- Very nice piece. I have taken it apart, and I notice it has got the name of the maker
0:09:33 > 0:09:38on there, which is J Ferrer, which is really nice that we've got the name stamped on the back there.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- As you can see I tried to clean the upper bit, and I...- Right.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48I probably shouldn't have done, but do you think it's worth cleaning up
0:09:48 > 0:09:50at all, getting the movement going?
0:09:50 > 0:09:56No. You could do more harm than good. I think leave it in this sort of state,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I think leave it to the professionals, leave it to somebody that's going to buy it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06- Now...it's been in your family quite some time.- Yes. - You're happy to sell it?
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Certainly. I just feel that it, in this day and age I would prefer it to go to somebody
0:10:11 > 0:10:14who would appreciate it, probably restore it back to its...
0:10:14 > 0:10:20- Absolutely. - As it was, you know, maybe a hundred, over a hundred years ago.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Do you have any idea of how much that it's worth?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- I've got a rough idea.- Right.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Can we expand on that?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32It's, it runs into the low thousands.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I don't think it's quite worth that amount of money, the reason being
0:10:35 > 0:10:41this maker you do see coming up time and time again at auction.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I don't think it quite makes the thousand pound mark.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49And also, although it is a very nice piece there is a bit of damage.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I would be happier with an estimate of about £400 to £600.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56- We'll put a £400 reserve on, if that's OK with you.- OK, yes, fine.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- OK?- Yeah, great!- I'll see you at the auction.- Thank you.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And I hope I'm proved wrong.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Hello, Aileen.- Hello.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09- Nice to meet you.- You too.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11What are you doing with such a lot of boys' toys?
0:11:11 > 0:11:15They were my brother's, and I've brought them on his behalf.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Oh, that's... And he had these in his childhood, did he?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- He has, yes.- And have you helped him play with them?- We used to play together, yes.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Well, they're in remarkably good condition, you must have been very careful children.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Yes, he was especially.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We've got quite a few more, but we haven't brought every one out.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37We've brought a little random selection of the better ones, like this rather wonderful horse box
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- which you could hire from British Railways there, which is rather nice.- Yes.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46And this Dinky delivery service transport vehicle.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50And my favourite is this rather weird helicopter.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Which one was your favourite?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- This one.- Oh, was it?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Did you use to fill it with the little cars as well?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- I did.- And pretend you were... - But I don't know where the little cars are now unfortunately.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04They've been in a loft for the last 20 years or so, have they?
0:12:04 > 0:12:09My parents had them in their house till they died six years ago, and we cleared out their possessions,
0:12:09 > 0:12:15and my brother asked me to look after them, so I've had them in the loft ever since, yes.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18And I guess that's the reason why you've decided actually they will
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- go to someone who will appreciate them more now.- That's right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23With them just gathering dust in the loft.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It seemed pointless just sitting up there, and we saw Flog It was coming, so...
0:12:26 > 0:12:31There's a big market for these now, there's a lot of collectors for them,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- and we're off to a good sale room that'll catalogue them well.- Yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39And I would put them in as a little mixed lot,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43so put them all together, as some of the boxes are a little bit broken.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Yes.- Generally, it's always good to have the boxes.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Obviously the better condition, the better the value of them.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Yes.- But I think looking at it as a whole, we're probably looking
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- at somewhere in the region of sort of £200 to £300.- That's very good.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Would you be, you and your brother be happy with that?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- We would, yes.- Oh, fantastic. And I think they might just fly.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- Or take off, in the case of the helicopter.- Let's hope so.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Well, we're now halfway through our day, which means it's time for our first visit to the auction room.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22We've found some cracking items so far, but will we get top prices?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Well, we're just about to find out. While we make our way over to Canterbury to the sale room,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30we're going to leave you with a quick reminder of all the items going under the hammer.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34We're selling Margaret's impressive inherited silver-plated tea kettle
0:13:34 > 0:13:41and stand with sugar box, and Mark is flabbergasted that Margaret's sons don't want to keep it in the family.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- And none of the rotters are interested?- No, no.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46They don't want all of it now, do they?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Trevor has had a go at cleaning up his late 19th-century French clock
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and candlesticks, tut tut.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Let's hope his attempts won't put the bidders off.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00And I'm not 100% sure that Lee's Ludwig brass shell snare drum
0:14:00 > 0:14:02will sell at a fine art auction in Canterbury.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07But regardless, I'm still glad he brought it in as it's certainly brightened up my day.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11And finally, Aileen brought in her brother's collection of Dinky toys,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14which she can remember playing with as a child.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Let's hope they will now provide a new owner with some great memories.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23For today's sale we've left Dover and we've headed inland to the Canterbury Auction Galleries.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27And I think we've brought a couple of seagulls along with us, squawking up there.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The sale is just about to start.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34On the rostrum is auctioneer Cliona Kilroy, so let's get inside before we miss all the action.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39And Cliona is already in full swing, and the first of our items
0:14:39 > 0:14:42under the spotlight is Trevor's mantel clock and candlesticks.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Trevor, this is a great looking clock. I'm in love with this clock.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49What I want to know is, Trevor, why are you selling this?
0:14:49 > 0:14:54We thought that if we sold it off that we'd be able to put the money to, I'd be able
0:14:54 > 0:14:58to sort of buy some cigarette cards and pass those down to my grandsons.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Is that what you want to do?
0:14:59 > 0:15:04- Well, I've got a small little collection at home.- It's going under the hammer now.- Lovely.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Lot number 469 is a 19th-century
0:15:06 > 0:15:10French gilt, brass and porcelain mounted mantle clock.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12The clock by Jacques Ferrer, and the garniture.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14For 469, who'll start me at £200?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16£200, there's someone, £200 I'm bid.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22- Who's in at £210? £210, £220, £230, £240, £250, £260.- Climbing.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- Yes.- £270.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Who's in at £270?- Come on.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31£270, £280, £290. £300, and 20?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34£340, £360...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- £380, £400.- Come on, come on!
0:15:36 > 0:15:44- Yes.- Bidding war.- Anybody at £400? £400, and 20. £440. £460.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47£480. Anybody at £480? No.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- The phone's out.- The bid is standing at £460 then, and selling at £460,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54if we're all done at £460.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Yes.- That's it, yes.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57That's good, that's good.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- I'm happy with that.- I thought it wasn't going to sell for a minute.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- No.- And there is commission to pay, don't forget. - Yes, yes, I know about that.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- But there you go, you've got some spending money.- I certainly have.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- Lovely.- Thank you.- It's been wonderful. Thanks, Paul.- Go and buy those cigarette cards!- I will.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Well, it certainly is good to see you again, Margaret, and this item
0:16:16 > 0:16:20was a bit of fun. We're talking about the police memorabilia.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Well, kind of, isn't it, really? - Well, it is, yeah.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27The tea kettle and stand. Lovely, absolutely lovely.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I just adore it, I just fell in love with that name, Cornelius Sexton.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's going under the hammer right now.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Number 201 is the early 20th-century tea kettle and stand, lot 201.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Who'll start me at £100, lot 201.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Oh, come on, it must do. - £100 I'm bid.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47£110, anybody at £110 now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:54- Come on.- £110 I'm looking for. No? £110 I have. £120, £130,
0:16:54 > 0:16:58£140, £150, £160, £170, £180.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Who's in at £180?
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Interest at £180? The bid stands at £170 now, any further offer,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07if not I'm selling at £170.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- That's OK.- It's over the reserve.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Yes, yes.- It's over the reserve.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Yes, yes. Which is super. Just, just, just right.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24OK, now I am feeling nervous because it's my turn to be the expert.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Can you remember that lovely Ludwig snare drum, the one I valued earlier?
0:17:27 > 0:17:32Well, it's just about to go under the hammer, and I've been joined by Lee, who used to own this, hopefully!
0:17:32 > 0:17:39- Yes.- Used to own it. Now I'm feeling positive, I still believe it's worth £300 and all the rest.- Yes, please.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42The question is, will it sell here today in a fine art auction room?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Lot number 409 is the Ludwig snare drum with the chromium-plated body,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49lot 409. Who'll start me at £200?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Lot 409, £200.- Come on, online.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Any interest at £200?- No, she's going to, she's going to pass this.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Any interest at £200? Let's start it at £150 then, let's get it going
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- at £150, lot 409, the drum.- Oh, no!
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Any interest at £150? Any bids? At £150, no bids?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- No.- No bid I'm afraid, we have to pass it.- Oh!
0:18:13 > 0:18:17At the end of the day I didn't actually bring it down to sell it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I brought it down to, for a valuation, and...
0:18:19 > 0:18:25- And I talked you into getting it on TV!- So I'm not disappointed at all.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Right, something for the boys now, boys' toys.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36We've got a big collection, we've got Triang, we've got some Hornby,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39we've got Dinky cars, soldiers, we've got the lot.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43And I'm joined by Aileen, but this is not your kind of stuff, is it, but it's your brother's?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- That's right, yes.- So you're selling them on his behalf.- I am, yes.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47All right. Happy with the valuation?
0:18:47 > 0:18:53- Yes, very.- I thought it was spot on as well. Well done, Mark.- Should be all right.- There's a lot there.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- It appeals across the board to the collectors, hopefully.- You've done the right thing not splitting them.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- Yes.- Well, good luck, there's lots of family memories here, it's going under the hammer now.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04As per your catalogue, lot 350.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Who'll start me at £100?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09£100 I'm bid, who's in at £110?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11£110? £110.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14£120, £130, £140...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- That's more like it.- £150. - We're on the right track now.- £150?
0:19:16 > 0:19:22£160. £170. £180. £190.
0:19:22 > 0:19:29£200, £210. £220, £230. £240, £250.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Halfway there.- £260, £270.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- £280, £290.- Oh, this is great!
0:19:36 > 0:19:38£290...
0:19:38 > 0:19:43£300, £320.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47£340, £360.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50£380. £400.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52£420, £440. £460.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54£460!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- £480.- Wow.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59£500, £520.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04£540, £560.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09No? It's on my left at £540 now, any further offer, if not I'm selling at
0:20:09 > 0:20:15£540, on my left at £540, no, selling at £540.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Yes, that's what we like to see, we were on the right track at the end.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- £540. So is he going to treat you for this errand?- I hope so!
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Well, they should go halves though, Paul, because they've doubled the estimate.- You never know.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Well, the Dinky toy collectors were definitely here today.
0:20:31 > 0:20:37And when we return to the auction later on in the programme we're going to be in for some strong emotions.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Oh, my life!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41But are these tears of joy or despair?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I'm back in Dover now, and I'm at this impressive fortification,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52which looks down on the port town.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57It's the location of Dover Castle which has secured its place in military history.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01It's always been a very important defence point for Britain, because
0:21:01 > 0:21:03it's the closest point to mainland Europe, which is over there.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07In fact I can just see France.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Now that brings home how close it is.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16And that's in part why I think this castle has seen unbroken active service for nine centuries.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19That's from the time of the Norman Conquest right up to the Second World War.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24The history of Dover Castle dates back to 1066,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27when William the Conqueror built it following the Battle of Hastings.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Since its origins, Dover Castle has been rebuilt
0:21:30 > 0:21:32and extended by successive kings,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36transforming it into what we see now.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40However it's not the history of the ancient castle I'm interested in today.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43It's more let's say what's within living memory, and that's
0:21:43 > 0:21:46the role the castle played during the Second World War.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50It became a crucial command centre, which in turn led to being
0:21:50 > 0:21:55the nerve centre of the Dunkirk evacuations in the spring of 1940.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Now these strategic plottings to rescue thousands of British and Allied troops from mainland France
0:22:01 > 0:22:03didn't take place on ground level,
0:22:03 > 0:22:10but instead they took place in a series of secret tunnels underneath the castle.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15And the man who's going to take me underground is James Blencoe.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20- Hi, James.- Hello, Paul. - Good to see you, thank you for taking me on a tour today.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Before we start, can you just explain a little bit how the tunnels came to be under the castle?
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Yeah, absolutely. Well, what we're going to be looking at today is nearly a four-mile tunnel complex
0:22:29 > 0:22:33that starts out nearly 200 years ago, so they started work in 1797
0:22:33 > 0:22:38on the barracks down here, used throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and then during the Second World War,
0:22:38 > 0:22:43the original level was reopened, and then they added two new levels, hospital level up at the top
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and an extension to command HQ right down at the bottom.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Four miles.- Four miles, yeah.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49- That is incredible, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Shall we head off? I can't wait actually.- Yes, absolutely.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Yeah, come with me. - I'm looking forward to this.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02So what was this room used for?
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Well, this room's the anti-aircraft operations room, so on the tables
0:23:07 > 0:23:10behind us here they plot the movements of all the aircraft coming through this area.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Information would've come from the brand new piece of technology behind the castle, the radar station.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20They would have given them roughly ten minutes' warning of any aircraft approaching Dover.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24From this room they would have been controlling the anti-aircraft guns,
0:23:24 > 0:23:29but also from the telephones down here been liaising with the RAF to try and shoot down enemy aircraft.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36What other rooms here have played a strategic part in the Second World War?
0:23:36 > 0:23:42Well, we're right next to the coastal artillery operations room, so that room would have
0:23:42 > 0:23:47been monitoring all the ships coming through this part of the Straits of Dover, but
0:23:47 > 0:23:51importantly, controlling the guns located along the coastline here,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55obviously the threat of invasion was very high from 1940,
0:23:55 > 0:24:00so having a good coastal defence was highly important.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03This was Vice Admiral Ramsay's headquarters for the Navy around the
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Dover area, as well as having a large communication network.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09In fact the GPO set up a major repeater station,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13a large part of the telephone network down here,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16just so, to make sure the command headquarters
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- always had good communications with the outside world.- Yes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25And of course the biggest operation to happen from these tunnels was the evacuation from Dunkirk.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29It was a huge operation, codenamed Operation Dynamo.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Eventually in the early part of May and June of 1940
0:24:33 > 0:24:39338,000 men of the British Army had to be rescued from the port of Dunkirk on the French coast.
0:24:39 > 0:24:46It all started around the 10th of May when German forces pushed through Belgium and Holland,
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and displaced British forces and their French and Belgian allies
0:24:50 > 0:24:52from the border between France and Belgium.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57So over two weeks or so they were pushed back to the port of Dunkirk and in desperate need of rescue.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03So here in the tunnels Vice Admiral Ramsay, working from the next room along from where we are here
0:25:03 > 0:25:06put together this rescue operation. And originally when they planned it,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09it was planned to be a four-day operation, and in those four days,
0:25:09 > 0:25:15they were hoping to rescue 45,000 men, they really thought that was all they would ever get out.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18But they had perfect conditions over the Channel at the time
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and that meant they could send every single vessel across...
0:25:21 > 0:25:22All the small fishing boats.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Anything that would get across to the coast of France, and 693 vessels in the end.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30And also the German army didn't advance with the speed they thought they would in the first place,
0:25:30 > 0:25:36so in the end it was a nine-day operation instead of four days, and 338,000 men instead of 45, so...
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- That's just mind-blowing isn't it, really?- Well, you can see why they called it the miracle of Dunkirk.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Yeah. So who was the most important visitor down these tunnels?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- Well, I think you've got to say... - It's got to be!
0:25:46 > 0:25:51It's got to be Winston Churchill, and we've got several photographs of Winston Churchill
0:25:51 > 0:25:56out on the balcony with Vice Admiral Ramsay looking over to the coast of mainland France.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58We've also got some photos of members of the German high command
0:25:58 > 0:26:03stood on the cliffs over at Calais, and as you know yourself, you can see across the Straits of Dover
0:26:03 > 0:26:07here fairly easily, so I always have this mental image of these two great forces looking across
0:26:07 > 0:26:1020 miles of water, wondering what each one's going to do next.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Yeah. So what other roles did the tunnels play in the Second World War?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Well, as well as being a major command headquarters there was
0:26:16 > 0:26:20also an underground hospital set up here in the war. Shall I show you?
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I'll take you and we can have a look at the operating table.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41OK. Well, here we are, James. It looks like time has stood still down here as well in the theatre.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45It looks fully operational, did any operations get carried out here?
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Oh, yes, certainly. I mean generally these would have been more emergency operations.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55This place was designated as a dressing station, so ideally the best situation was that they would
0:26:55 > 0:27:00get casualties in here, sort out their wounds, their immediate problems and then preferably
0:27:00 > 0:27:05move them inland to safety and to one of the larger hospitals, usually around Canterbury or Ashford.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Yeah, not too far to travel.- Yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10What were the major drawbacks if you had to do an operation down here?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Well, one of the problems was that during the whole of WWII,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17up to till just after the Normandy invasions, Dover was being heavily bombed and shelled,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- and the problem was interruptions to the power supply.- Right, the whole thing would be going like...
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Yeah, once you get bombs dropping nearby or near the sub-stations
0:27:25 > 0:27:29there in town you could quite easily lose the lighting in here.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33And even though you've got back-up power supplies, it would always take a few moments to kick in,
0:27:33 > 0:27:37or if they had to get generators working, it's not like today
0:27:37 > 0:27:42where they start up automatically, somebody would have had to head outside and crank the handle.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44There were a lot of staff working here in that period,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47not just in hospital wards, but obviously in the command centre.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50What were the general conditions like for them at the time?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Well, generally the facilities here were very good.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55In fact I can take you down and show you the mess hall.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06# When all the skies are grey
0:28:06 > 0:28:09# And it's a rainy day... #
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Well, this is obviously where everybody came to eat,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17the mess room. What other areas were down here?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20They had a full range of facilities, in fact they were probably
0:28:20 > 0:28:24better kitted out down here than most people in the outside world.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31They'd have been provided with hot meals, this mess room they could take their breaks in,
0:28:31 > 0:28:36eaten their meals, they've got hot and cold running water, even showers down at the far end.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39And a lot of people who were working in the hospital and
0:28:39 > 0:28:43also working down on the lower level that we saw earlier would
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- have come and slept in the hospital here, in one of the dormitories. - What about the lack of sunlight?
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Well, even as early as the WWII they were well aware of the problems
0:28:51 > 0:28:58of lack of sunlight, and in fact we know that some of the ATS girls down on the lower level
0:28:58 > 0:29:02at times were sent out for ultraviolet treatments, so sent
0:29:02 > 0:29:05to go and stand around sun lamps to kind of boost their sunlight levels.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Yeah, I can kind of believe it. I've only been down here a couple of hours
0:29:07 > 0:29:12this morning with you, and already I'm starting to feel sort of hemmed in, lack of air, lack of sunlight.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- Gosh, it's nice, isn't it?- Isn't it nice to be in the fresh air again!
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And what happened to the tunnels after the Second World War?
0:29:21 > 0:29:25The tunnels were decommissioned at the end of the war, but the story doesn't end there,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28because in the early 1960s they reopened this, the lower level,
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- as a regional seat of government, a local nuclear shelter.- Really?
0:29:32 > 0:29:36And the government were here, the last department didn't move out until 1984,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39and then English Heritage opened these tunnels to the public in 1990.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40And thank goodness they did as well.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Time has stood still down there and you're preserving a bit of our heritage, which is great.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Absolutely, yes.- Thank you so much for showing me around. - You're welcome, Paul.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Welcome back to a busy valuation day here at the Town Hall in Dover.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04As you can see, the room is still jam-packed full of people, all hoping they are the lucky
0:30:04 > 0:30:08ones to go off to auction, and turn their unwanted antiques into cash.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Let's now join up with our experts, and find out who the lucky ones are.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17Peter, it's lovely to meet you, and I do like these graduated Shelley jugs.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Yes.- Now tell me a little bit about them, where did you get them from?
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Well, my father saw them, I think it was before I was born.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27He and my mother went into town in Darlington in County Durham,
0:30:27 > 0:30:32and there was a sweet shop that was closing down, and he saw them, he was a very tall man,
0:30:32 > 0:30:37and he saw them on a tall shelf, and asked the lady how much they were, and she said that she'd even
0:30:37 > 0:30:41forgotten that they were up there, and if he could reach them he could have them for a pound each.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- Oh, fantastic. - And he promptly bought them.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- So he didn't buy any sweets. - No.- He just bought the jugs.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- He just bought the jugs. - Wonderful, what a lovely story.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52And they've been on a shelf at home until a year ago when my mother
0:30:52 > 0:30:56wanted me to have them, but I've nowhere to put them and I don't want them to go on a shelf,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00so they should go to somebody who values this sort of thing.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Well, what I like about it is that, is that there's three, and they're graduated.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09I really like the shape of them as well, this lovely octagonal shape,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12which is, is based on the Mason's style.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And this lovely hydra figure as well, you see.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Ah, I thought it was a cat!
0:31:17 > 0:31:20No, it does look a little bit, a bit like a cat.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23But a sort of hydra figure that we find at the beginning of each handle.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27I mean the pattern is quite, dare I say,
0:31:27 > 0:31:28a little bit boring.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33- Yes.- But it's, I mean it appeals to me, this sort of chintzy,
0:31:33 > 0:31:37chintzy feel, it's got the dragons on it, and a butterfly.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41They have actually been transfer printed, a sheet pattern
0:31:41 > 0:31:45which is what's been sort of wrapped around.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50And we have got a bit of wear to them, you can see with the gilt rim,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53it has been tarnished, a bit of wear there.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58But nevertheless there's no chips, I can't really see any real chips or damage, which is lovely.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Shelley collectors often want real typical pieces of Shelley, like real art deco.
0:32:03 > 0:32:09- You think of tea cups when you think of Shelley.- Exactly, these don't match that, but might be something
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- that a Shelley collector might be after.- Right.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Shall we sort of put it, it's a cliche estimate I know, but shall we say £80 to £120?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Sounds good.- Happy with that? - Very happy.- £70 reserve?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Very good.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Hello, Liz.- Hi. - You've brought a Flog It favourite,
0:32:28 > 0:32:33haven't you, Moorcroft pottery. Now tell me all about them.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38These were a gift to my grandmother, my mum thinks that they could have been wedding presents.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- And when were they married, do you know?- I think they were probably married up in London, it would
0:32:42 > 0:32:49- have been around early 1900s when they got married.- Oh, that would fit in actually with the date.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Yeah. And then she happened to see this piece and because it matched she bought that as well.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55And can you remember what she paid for this piece?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- No.- But it was some time ago? - Yeah, I was very young when my grandmother died, so...
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Oh, right, OK, so how have you ended up with them?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Because my mum gave them to me.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Oh, right.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07And they're in pride of place in your sitting room, are they?
0:33:07 > 0:33:12They were until my husband and I got married a couple of years ago, and we got a gift of some large
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- modern vases from our best friend Andy.- Oh.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20- And so unfortunately these have been relegated to the cellar. - To the cellar!
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- To the cellar.- Oh, well that's not very fair is it, some wonderful quality objects like that.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Well, I will, I'll tell you a little bit about them!
0:33:25 > 0:33:28They are wonderful examples of William Moorcroft's work.
0:33:28 > 0:33:35William Moorcroft was an art nouveau designer who joined a factory called Macintyre in about 1897.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41And basically he was given free rein in his department, and he was an artistic director if you like,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45and to produce these art nouveau designs, under a brand name called Florian Ware.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- It is Florian.- Florian Ware.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And he produced that, and then
0:33:49 > 0:33:56in the early part of the 20th century he went his own way, but these are from that early period,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59so they're not quite the 1890s period, they're more likely
0:33:59 > 0:34:02to be 1910, 1915, somewhere around about that period.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05And they are blue and red anemones really, the design.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- Right.- Which are one of Moorcroft's favourite ways of decorating the vases.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13But on these particular examples everything marries together very nicely.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18We've got a very curvaceous art nouveau shape on the vases here.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Yeah.- I love these little minaret tube line decorations that go around
0:34:22 > 0:34:24the main cartouche of the flowers,
0:34:24 > 0:34:28and the use of these lovely colours, these subtle olive greens
0:34:28 > 0:34:32and the dark and light blues, just to really create
0:34:32 > 0:34:35that 3D effect, if you like.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39And this one obviously, it's more inspired from the oriental designs,
0:34:39 > 0:34:45- Right.- It's almost like a gourd-shaped vase, with this little sort of knot neck there.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47They're absolutely charming.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Well, I know you've brought the three items in as one lot,
0:34:50 > 0:34:55but I think in fairness, to get the best possible price, we need to sell them in two lots.
0:34:55 > 0:35:01The pair of vases, and the single vase. And I would put on these very pretty pair of vases £500 to £800,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05and on this one I would put around £400 to £600.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08And I would put the reserve at £450 and £350 respectively. Are you pleased with that?
0:35:08 > 0:35:14- I am very pleased with that. Thank you.- Jolly good. Now, the fateful question,
0:35:14 > 0:35:19- what are you going to do with the cash?- Spend it on our sick car. - On your sick car, poor thing.- Yes.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25- Has it got a name, the sick car? - He is, I'm afraid he's called Pierre.- Pierre? Is he a French car?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- He's a Peugeot.- He's a Peugeot, oh, Pierre the Peugeot, how lovely.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Frances, thank you for bringing along some lovely silverware.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I really love this.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Where did you get it from?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43I inherited it from an aunt and uncle.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49It had seen very active service until about 20 years ago.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52But I've no use for it, we don't use it, just sits in a cupboard.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56It's absolutely lovely. Really, I just love
0:35:56 > 0:36:01this overlay of the silverware, sort of fretted silverware with this wonderful thistle design.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05- I mean probably best to be sold in Scotland.- Possibly.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09With all the whisky drinkers up there, but it's such a nice thing and a really lovely shape as well.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And we can see here it's got the anchor mark on it that tells us
0:36:13 > 0:36:19that it's Birmingham, and the letter here, the date letter is J, which dates it to 1933.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22On the thistle there you can see that it has been engraved slightly.
0:36:22 > 0:36:29And I just think it is quite simple, but I actually think it's a really nice piece of silver.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31What's really nice about it as well,
0:36:31 > 0:36:36it's got the name of the whisky maker down there, John Haig, which is lovely, really nice little touch.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39So it's probably sold perhaps like a promotional decanter or something.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Maybe, yes. - Well, I'm just, I don't know,
0:36:42 > 0:36:46if it were me I'd be quite reluctant to sell that, because I actually think that's quite a nice piece.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Yes, but we've nobody to pass it onto, it sits in the cabinet.
0:36:50 > 0:36:56- Right. Now moving onto these, these are sort of quite, dare I say, run of the mill.- Yes.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02Silver salts and spoons. Again, let's just have a look at the...
0:37:02 > 0:37:08again Birmingham, and the date on those is 1904.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13I'd probably put those to one side and probably just
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- put about £40 to £60 on those.- Yeah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18So moving on to the decanter.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Shall we say about £60 to £80,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24how does that sound?
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Well, I'd certainly like to achieve the £80.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31We can't put a reserve on higher than the low estimate,
0:37:31 > 0:37:38if you get my drift, so I think with that in mind if you want £80 we need to put a fixed reserve
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- of £80, and probably an estimate then of £80 - £120.- That's lovely.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I wouldn't let it go if I was you!
0:37:44 > 0:37:50It's now time for our final trip to the auction room, where we are selling Peter's
0:37:50 > 0:37:54graduated Shelley jugs, which were rescued from a Darlington sweet shop.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Liz is hoping her grandmother's collection of Moorcroft vases will
0:37:57 > 0:38:03fly away, as she needs the money to look after Pierre, her poorly car.
0:38:03 > 0:38:09And of course we will also be selling Frances's fabulous John Haig whisky decanter, and pair of salts.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13And these are the first items going under the hammer.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Well, things are going so well, and they could go even better right now.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I've been joined by Frances and Catherine, our expert.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25We've got a couple of lots for you, one straight after the other, and first is that lovely decanter.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27But first of all, who is this?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- Well, this is Reggie. - Oh, Reggie, that's a great name.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34And he's the reason I'm here, because I have an expensive hobby and I want to show him.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Oh, Reggie, oh, look at that.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Oh, he's gorgeous.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Come on, Reggie.- Here we go.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Lot number 173 is the silvery metal overlaid dimple Haig whisky bottle,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50lot 173, who'll start me at £50?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Lot 173, the whisky bottle, any interest at £50, lot 173.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- £50 I'm bid, who's in at £60 now? - We're looking at £80.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Anybody at £60? The bid is standing at £50, who's in at £60?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Oh, come on.- £60 I'm bid. £70?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- £80.- We've done it.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08£80, £90.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13£90, bid at, you're bidding £90, the bid is at £90.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18£100, £100 anywhere, it's at £90 now, and selling at £90.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Great, good valuation, and the second is my favourite,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23I like the old English style to this, it's good.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28Lot number 182 - pair of Edward VII silver ovoid two-handled salts
0:39:28 > 0:39:33of Georgian design, lot number 182, who'll start me at £40?
0:39:33 > 0:39:34£40 I'm bid, who's in at £50.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37£50, £60, £70, £80.
0:39:37 > 0:39:44- That's good!- Anybody at £80? £80, £90, £100, £110, £120, anybody at £120, any interest at £120?
0:39:44 > 0:39:50- Oh, Reggie, the price is going up! - The bid is standing at £110 now, are we all done at £110?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- They deserve that.- Excellent.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56They were quality. That's £200 now for Reg, all for Reg, not for you.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Exactly!
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Well, Catherine was on the money with those valuations.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Let's hope she can do just as well now with Peter's Shelley jugs.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Well, good luck, Peter.- Thank you.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Now's the moment of truth, just about to go under the hammer are three
0:40:11 > 0:40:15graduating octagonal Shelley jugs, and we've got £80 to £120 on them.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Let's see what they do, here we go.
0:40:17 > 0:40:24Lot number 22, the set of early 20th century Shelley pottery octagonal jugs, as on your screen, lot 22.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Who'll start me at £50? £50 I'm bid, who's in at £55 now,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30any interest at £55...
0:40:32 > 0:40:35on the telephone at £55. £60, £65.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40£70, £75. £80, £85.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42£90, £95.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Yeah, there's somebody in the room bidding.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- Yes.- A good sign when the telephone comes in.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Looking for £100, if not I'm selling at £95, it's on the phone.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Well, done, hammer's gone down now. - Good, excellent.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Very nice.- £95. Within estimate. - Within estimate.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Very good.- nice to have a bit more? - Well, yes, but it'll pay for a very nice meal for mother and I.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Oh, will it?- Yes, it will. - Good, good for you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Right, now tension really is building.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14I've just been joined by Liz, we've got two lots of Moorcroft going under the hammer, one following the other,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- the pair of vases to start with, £500 to £800.- That's right, Paul.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20It's all the money there, and the single vase, £400 to £600.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25- That's right.- Why are you selling these? ..Very good, very good.- I've had to get a new car.- Oh, have you?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29- Yes.- So they had to go.- Yes, it's to finance that, I'm afraid.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Well, I guess it's better than being in too much debt, isn't it?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Yeah, definitely.- Let's see what we can do. Here they go.
0:41:35 > 0:41:41Lot number 47, the pair of early 20th-century Macintyre Moorcroft pottery vases with the poppy design.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- Can I start at £880? - Four bids, we're starting at £880.
0:41:45 > 0:41:52- Ooh!- Oh, my God!- And I'm looking for a £900.- Straight in.- Phone at £900.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53£920, £940.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- Hey.- £960, £980.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58£1,000, and 50?
0:41:58 > 0:42:03- Oh, my life!- £1,050, £1,100. £1,150.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12£1,200, £1,250. £1,300, £1,350.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- £,1400, 1,450.- Wow.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17£1,500, £1,550.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21£1,600, anybody at £1,600,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24any interest at 1,600 online?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Well, I never!- In the room? - Isn't that wonderful?
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Bid is at £1,550 on the telephone, and selling at £1,550.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Yes, that's the first lot, £1,550.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36OK, here's the single vase. Ready for this? We're going to add to it.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41It's an early 20th-century Macintyre Moorcroft bulbous pottery vase with a poppy pattern.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- I think we might have a few bids. - Four bids on the books, at £820.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Four bids, we're starting at £820.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- Oh, my God!- £820 we're bid, who's in at £840, any interest at £840?
0:42:49 > 0:42:52£840, £860, anybody at £860.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57On the phone at £840 now, anybody at £860, any interest at £860?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Gosh.- If not I'm selling at £840, the bid is on the phone at £840.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Gosh, yes, straight in!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- Excellent. - You were taken by surprise too.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- £840, that's £2,390.- Excellent.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Has that paid for the car?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- The debts are going, the debts are going.- They are.- What a great thing!
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- That's done the car, thank you. - Oh, thank you so much.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Oh, what a lovely feeling, isn't it? - Yeah, it is.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Well done Liz, you've had a great day out, she's thoroughly enjoyed herself.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27We've certainly, certainly been under a bit of stress here, but what a wonderful day,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30and what a wonderful thing to end on as well.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33You know, if you've got anything like that we'd love to see you
0:43:33 > 0:43:36at a valuation day, so until the next time, from Canterbury, it's cheerio.
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