0:00:04 > 0:00:07Today, Flog It! comes from the banks of the River Wear,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11once famously hailed as the largest shipbuilding town in the world.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Welcome to Sunderland.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Situated at the mouth of the River Wear, the shipping trade
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and all things nautical has played a significant role
0:00:43 > 0:00:46in Sunderland's history since the 14th century.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Later on in the show, I'll be meeting a man whose traditional skills
0:00:49 > 0:00:53are trying to keep this proud heritage well and truly alive.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04But first, we're at the Stadium of Light, home to Sunderland Football Club.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08And shining their own light on us today, our experts Anita Manning and Adam Partridge.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Well, team, are you ready to get this lot inside and kick-off proceedings?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- ALL:- Yes!
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Our behind-the-scenes experts are hard at work looking through all the items brought along today.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24First at the tables, it's Anita with a few gems.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Vera, welcome to Flog It!
0:01:28 > 0:01:33I'm always delighted to see jewellery along at our valuation days.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I love these little lockets.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Tell me, where did you get them?
0:01:38 > 0:01:43When I was a teenager, our next-door neighbour's mother used to visit periodically and she used to give
0:01:43 > 0:01:49me a little gift when she came, and this time, she said, "I don't think I'll come any more,"
0:01:49 > 0:01:52cos she was quite old, and said, "I don't think I can travel."
0:01:52 > 0:01:55And that was the last gift she gave me.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But I've never worn them. I like them a lot.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- Perhaps not the type of thing that a teenage girl would want to wear.- Yes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07You wanted maybe something a bit bigger and more extravagant.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Because these are quiet statements.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Let's have a look at them.
0:02:12 > 0:02:19This little one here, it's a little gold-mounted, rock crystal locket.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23It's a Victorian...turn of the century, really,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26late Victorian/early Edwardian style.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31We would be able to take away the back part
0:02:31 > 0:02:35and put in a little bit of hair or a photograph or something.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Very pretty, very quiet, very understated.
0:02:39 > 0:02:46But this one here is my favourite, and they say that diamonds are a girl's best friend,
0:02:46 > 0:02:52and what we have are nice rose-cut diamonds.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58Your auctioneer will measure how much we have
0:02:58 > 0:03:04in carats of diamonds, and hopefully he'll put that in the catalogue.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07These are very pretty,
0:03:07 > 0:03:13but this one is the item which has the best value.
0:03:13 > 0:03:21But also, it has that wonderful fin de siecle look about it.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It's charming of its period.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Price-wise, I would say if we estimate...
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I would put them together as one lot,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34because I think they'll help one another.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39I think probably I would like to estimate them £100 to £150.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- Would you be happy to sell them at that?- Yes, with a reserve of 100.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47We'll put a reserve of £100 on them.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49They certainly deserve that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- Let's hope we have a good result at the auction.- I hope so. - Thank you for bringing them along.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Ruth, how are you today? - Fine, thank you.- Welcome to Flog It!
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And you've brought along something that needs a bit of love.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Yes, a bit of TLC.- A bit of TLC.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I had a joke on one of the researchers before we were filming.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I said, "Has anyone got any superglue?"
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I said, "I've just broken a lady's plate," and she went pale.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25But I'm afraid that's just me messing around.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29For good measure, we've got a crack running across the back.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32But this is your typical tin-glazed earthenware, known as Delft.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Some people watching this will be thinking, "What's going on here?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41"They've got a broken plate with a chunk out of it, chips on it, a crack on the back."
0:04:41 > 0:04:46And some people will be going, "That's lovely. I want that." Why are you selling it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Because I would just bin it if I didn't sell it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50So have you had it out on display?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53No. It's lived in a cupboard for the last ten years.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56And you've brought it along today, for what reason?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Really to see just how old it was because I had a feeling it was old.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04You're quite right. It's 18th century, hand-painted.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- Very nice, really, but sadly not a lot of money.- Is it English?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- I think it's Dutch.- Dutch? Oh.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Where did you get it from?- I think it belonged to my grandparents.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19My mother had it from when I was about ten and it sat on the mantelpiece.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- So clearly it appealed to your mother to hang on to it because it's a decorative object.- It is.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- So it was either Flog It! or the bin? - That's it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31What I like to say some times is "check it before you chuck it".
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Because so many times, people have found things in skips and in bins
0:05:34 > 0:05:38and they can be worth hundreds, thousands of pounds.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Unfortunately, this isn't one of those moments when you're going to be keeling over.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I'm not going to fall off my chair.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Unless £30 to £50 does it for you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's more than I thought.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's the estimate I would suggest on it.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56And I'd like to think that a couple of people would give 50 quid for that and maybe a bit more.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02- Happy with that?- Yes, very happy. - I would say no reserve, so whatever it makes, it makes.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04And thanks for coming today.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11'I love having a good old rummage around.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15'You can stumble upon some really fascinating things.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18'Just look what I've found.'
0:06:18 > 0:06:21This is Professor Fuller's slide rule.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24It really does hark back to the golden era
0:06:24 > 0:06:27of Sunderland's shipbuilding days.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Used by shipwrights and many other tradesmen.
0:06:31 > 0:06:38It's a very clever little spiral slide rule, dating from around about 1885.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It operates by an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Both have a printed paper registration.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50It's got all sorts of things you can convert from one thing to another, and we're talking about the decimals
0:06:50 > 0:06:54of a quart, the decimals of a pound, the date of a year,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56all kinds of things.
0:06:56 > 0:07:03But if you move THIS section, the outer cylinder, up and down
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and find a chart that you want to read... Let's just take this one.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09There's inches
0:07:09 > 0:07:11to millimetres just there.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16What you have to do is slide the outer cylinder down to meet this.
0:07:16 > 0:07:22So if I hold that with my finger and just drop that down, that is right on inches to millimetres.
0:07:22 > 0:07:29What you're supposed to do then is look down this bar of the quantity you've got.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33It will converts that times by that figure,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36let's say inches from there,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40all the way down to millimetres here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:47So it does actually mathematically work things out for you, and it is very, very advanced.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Hi, Joanne.- Hello.- How are you doing?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Fine, thanks. - Thanks for coming to Flog It!
0:07:58 > 0:08:02I see you've brought quite an interesting maritime watercolour.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05What can you tell me about it? Where did you get it from?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I inherited it. It came from my mother-in-law.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Her husband bought it years and years ago.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15It used to be on the wall in the bedroom,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18but unfortunately when he passed away, she put it into storage.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23This is by a well-known maritime artist, William Birchall.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Dated 1915. His dates...
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I'm just sneaking downwards cos I've written them on my leg.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I'm not that much of an expert.
0:08:32 > 0:08:401884 to 1941. So this is painted when he was about 30, 31 years old.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It's his typical subject. He was quite prolific.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47He was a maritime painter. He did numerous shipping scenes.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52I'm going to whip it off the stand now so we can see the back because I believe there's a title on the back.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58"Night..." What does that say?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Night Cruise? - "Night Cruise, Bellona."
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Presumably Bellona's one of the names of the ships.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06"And Torpedo Boats 35 and 36."
0:09:06 > 0:09:09So this is a World War I thing, isn't it?
0:09:09 > 0:09:101915.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Why have you decided to flog it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Because it's just been stuck on the top of a unit since I got it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- So you don't have it on display?- No.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Anyone else like it in the family? - No.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Any idea what it's worth, yourself?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Not really, no.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30As I say, he's got a good track record.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36When we're valuing art, it's all about the artist, when they operated and what they make at auction,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41and these are things we can look up in various books, even online now.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46He's quite an easy artist to value because he painted a lot and they've appeared a lot,
0:09:46 > 0:09:53so we've got loads of records of his, and they vary from 60 to even 400 or 500 for the very big fancy ones.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58I'd put this one at our usual favourite, 80 to 120, which I think is fairly accurate for it.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- How does that sound? - That sounds great.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06If we tuck in a reserve at 75 just to protect it, because I think it must be worth around that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- Yes, that sounds great. - If it doesn't make £75,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14it's worth coming back, and maybe you should hang it on the wall then.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Perhaps!
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Sandra, what a beautiful piece of Royal Copenhagen.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Tell me, where did you get it?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It was a present from my mam.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Did you have it on display?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Yes, in my bedroom window.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Looking out or looking in? - Looking in.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Yeah, looking in.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Royal Copenhagen was a very good factory from
0:10:50 > 0:10:53the late 1800s right up till today.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58They always had very good designers who worked for them.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03They were an expensive and quality porcelain.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05They made a variety of wares.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11But I suppose they are best known for their wonderful and well sculpted figures.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The design of the figure is classical.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19We have on the body, a matt effect.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24But on the plinth, we have the wonderful high glaze
0:11:24 > 0:11:28that we associate with Royal Copenhagen.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32But let's look at the back stamp and see if it tells us more.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40Now, underneath here we have the mark for Royal Copenhagen.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46And this mark here, 20th of the 9th, 1963, tells us the date.
0:11:46 > 0:11:52So, although it's an earlier and a classical design,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56it is a late model from the 1960s.
0:11:56 > 0:12:04This mark here, "LBX", tells us who the modeller or the decorator is.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I've done a little bit of research on it myself,
0:12:08 > 0:12:14and the LB I believe to be Lotte Benter, who was a lady.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17That's excellent. It's great fun doing research, isn't it?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Now, I like it. I think it's lovely.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24I like Copenhagen, and Copenhagen is hot just now.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Because it's late, the price will not be high.
0:12:29 > 0:12:36I would estimate it in the region of, say, £70 to £90.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Would you be happy with it going to auction at that price?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Well, it was hoping for a little bit more.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48I tend to estimate conservatively
0:12:48 > 0:12:52because I feel that that encourages the bidding.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58Would you be happy with, say, an estimate of 100 to 150 and will we take a chance on it?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Yes, we'll take a chance.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07We'll put it in at 100 to 150 and with a firm reserve of £100.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08We'll keep our fingers crossed.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It may happen.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15If we don't get there, take it home and enjoy it again.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- Right.- But thank you very much for bringing it along. And I'll see you at the auction.- Yes.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I think we've found some cracking items so far
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and I can't wait to see what the auctioneer thinks of them.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So why don't we put those valuations to the test?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Let's get over to the auction room.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39And who knows, we could make a profit or two for our owners, eh? Will we be on the money?
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- Yes.- Yes. Here's a quick recap just to jog your memory of all the items we're taking with us.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49These delicate lockets were given to Vera as a teenager by her next-door neighbour.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Although she likes them, she's never worn them.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Not the type of thing that a teenage girl would want to wear.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59You wanted something maybe a bit bigger and more extravagant.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Joanne's maritime watercolour has been gathering dust since she inherited it from her mother-in-law.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Now she's hoping it will make waves at auction.
0:14:08 > 0:14:15Ruth's 18th-century, hand-painted Dutch Delft charger is living on borrowed time, so will Flog It!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17come to its rescue?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Why are you selling it?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Because I would just bin it if I didn't sell it.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26And Sandra's beautiful Royal Copenhagen figure was a present from her mother,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28but it's just been sitting in her window,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33so she's hoping to turn it into another attractive figure in the sale.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37And for today's auction, we've popped up the road to the pretty village of Boldon,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42where we're the guests of the Boldon Auction Galleries.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Manning the rostrum today and keeping us all in order
0:14:46 > 0:14:49is auctioneer Giles Hodges.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Ruth, it's good to see you again. - Thank you.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Ruth's saying goodbye to something she's known since she was 10 years old. No?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00No. I've brought a carrier bag to take it home.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02You think it isn't going to sell!
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Oh, I think it will sell. It's 18th Century, it's something for the purists, it's full of character.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11And I can see this doing the top end plus a bit more.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I don't disagree with you for once.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Have you remembered your new slogan?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Yes!- Go on, what is this new slogan?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- It's a new one - "check it before you chuck it".- Well done.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Does that look like it was worthless? - Yes, and it was going in the bin.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30A broken plate on its way to the bin, it's gonna make 50 quid or something.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Classic bit of recycling.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37We've got the Delft tin-glazed circular charger,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41and a bid straight in on commission at £25.
0:15:41 > 0:15:4430 anybody? At £25. 30 anybody?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48At £25... Anybody else?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I'd like to see a bit more, wouldn't you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55At 25...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- It's gone. I would love to have seen that double that.- Yeah.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01That's a little bit of a damp squib really.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03You CAN pick up a bargain now and then.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05But look, it's gone. It's gone.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- You don't mind.- No. No. No.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- It's still better than the dustbin as well, isn't it? - Yes, it is. It is, yes.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16That's what it's all about. You can't get greener than the antiques trade, can you?
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Sandra, the next lot is yours, the Royal Copenhagen, the classical pose of a woman.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Yes.- It's been on the bedroom window sill for a long time.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- It has, and on the wardrobe. - Why are you selling this?
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Well, whatever I get for it, it's a day trip for me grandkids.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- Is that what it's all about?- Yeah.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It's definitely quality. But it's not an early one.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50No. It's 1960s, and it is a classical pose,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55so it's not describing the period that was made in the Sixties.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And the Sixties' Copenhagen IS very popular.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02But the quality is there, it's very appealing,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05so I'm hoping for at least the bottom estimate.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- It's a day out. - It is.- It's a day out. Here we go.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15We have the Copenhagen of Denmark figurine of the reclining nude.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I've got two commissioned bids and 110 start.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- Yes!- We've done it.- 110, 120,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25130, 140, 150...
0:17:25 > 0:17:28160. Knocks the bid out at 160.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30At £160...
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Are we all done on the net as well? At £160, and we're away!
0:17:35 > 0:17:40- That's great. That's really good, isn't it, £160?- Great.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I'm absolutely delighted.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Well done Anita as well.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- They loved it.- They did actually.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Got to be happy with that? - Yeah, I am. Very pleased.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Going under the hammer right now we've got a maritime watercolour by William Birchall
0:18:00 > 0:18:04with a valuation of £80-120 put on by Adam, our expert.
0:18:04 > 0:18:11It belongs to Joanne here, who since has done a bit of research and has changed the estimate, haven't you?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- Oh, dear...- Tell me all about this, because I don't know, nor does Adam.
0:18:16 > 0:18:23I did a bit of internet research and I also did some digging around in some old paperwork in the house.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28I found it had originally been valued at £300-500 in probate.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well we've got to move a mountain here now. It's all down to Giles.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The problem with internet research sometimes, when you see the prices
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and you don't know about condition, size, subject, etc.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- There are a number of factors. - Definitely.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Here we go. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck both of you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:51The signed William Birchall, dated 1915, titled 'Our Defenders'.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I'm bid 100 to start it.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56At £100... 120,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00140, 160... 180...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03At 180... 200.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Seated in the middle of the room. I'll take 10 from anybody else now.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10At £200, it's seated in the middle.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14At £200 for the last time... 200!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Yes! £200, brilliant.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- I think you're both right, do you know that?- Handshake?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Both right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Next up, it's Vera's locket.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Since the valuation day, she's decided to up the reserve.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31£80. Anybody on the net?
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Vera, we've got your lockets that your next door neighbour gave to you.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Fingers crossed we get the top end of Anita's estimate.- Very sweet.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40They are gorgeous, aren't they? We'll find out now.
0:19:40 > 0:19:46We have a lovely little lot, the small heart-shaped lockets.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I have a phone on my left.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I've got two commissioned bids.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- That's good. - And I'm starting it at 180.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Excellent!
0:19:56 > 0:19:58That was just plucked out of the air, wasn't it?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01260, 280, 300...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- SHE GASPS - 320.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- On the phone at 320.- That's a shock. - What?!- 340 anybody?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11At £320, are we all done?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14At 320...!
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Come on! £320!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20We were expecting 150, weren't we?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22The jewellery buyers were here, Paul.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Jewellery is strong at the moment.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Jewellery is really, really strong.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29There's commission to pay, but what will you do with it?
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Some of it's going to my grandchildren, and then I'll treat myself and my partner.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Oh, you've got to treat yourself, haven't you?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Good luck.- Thanks.- What a shock!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43At £125. All done?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48That's our first visit to the auction room over with today.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53We are coming back later in the programme, so hopefully there's gonna be one or two surprises.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- What about a value - what do you reckon?- £50.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Good start. How does 500 sound?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Wow!- Yeah. - Yeah, how about a thousand?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08# The ships were wood way back in the past
0:21:08 > 0:21:11# When sails made clipper ships go fast
0:21:11 > 0:21:13# And oak was wood to make them last
0:21:13 > 0:21:16# They'd keels of Sunderland oak, me boys,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18# Keels of Sunderland oak. #
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Sunderland has a long and rich history of shipbuilding dating as far back as 1346.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31But what's not so well known is its equally important boat building heritage.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35There have been little boatyards scattered all up and down the banks
0:21:35 > 0:21:37of the River Wear for the last 600 years,
0:21:37 > 0:21:43building everything from wooden fishing vessels to motor launches and lifeboats for the Royal Navy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48And like its larger shipbuilding cousin, the wooden boatbuilding
0:21:48 > 0:21:52industry has played a key role in Sunderland's nautical history.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Side by side, these two industries prospered for centuries.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02But by the 1950s, modern materials such as plastics and fibreglass,
0:22:02 > 0:22:08saw the traditional craft of wooden boatbuilding all but die out along the River Wear.
0:22:08 > 0:22:15A similar fate was soon to befall the shipbuilding industry, when the last yards closed in 1988.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22The Maritime Heritage Centre was started by a group of volunteers
0:22:22 > 0:22:24determined to preserve the city's nautical history.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29The yards may have gone, but the skills of wooden boatbuilders haven't.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Well, not while 72-year-old Derek Rowal, one of the last surviving
0:22:33 > 0:22:36boatbuilders on Wearside, is still practising his craft.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46What drew you to boatbuilding in the first place?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Well, it was an accident really.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51When I left school I wanted to be a cabinet maker.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56I thought cabinet making was the bee's knees.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59And of course I got into a cabinet yard just down the road here.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03And I realised that all the furniture was made by machinery downstairs,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06and upstairs they just assembled it.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11So I left there and went to the local youth employment centre.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14She says, "I think you might like this, it's boatbuilding."
0:23:14 > 0:23:19So when I went round the boatyard and seen the trees and smelt the timber,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and the men were working with tools on the benches...
0:23:21 > 0:23:23The linseed oil, the paint, the putty...
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I fell in love with it straightaway. It was absolutely fantastic.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- I was right in me element. - I bet you were.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31So you've always been a boatbuilder?
0:23:31 > 0:23:37Well, I served me time from '52 to '58. And of course in them days you had to do National Service.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And when I came out of National Service, you were supposed to
0:23:41 > 0:23:44have been taken on for six months, but the boatyard was closing down.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48But lucky enough, one of the yards had a cobble smashed up.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Which is an old fishing boat, an old working boat?- Exactly.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- You've got one down there, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Well, I've actually built one of those, a clinker-built vessel just like that,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00with my dad, when I was about 19 down in Cornwall.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Brilliant.- Yeah, so I know all about the hard work.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06It's obviously a scale model, but of who?
0:24:06 > 0:24:12- This is the Venerable, she was a flagship at the Battle of Camperdown. - So we're talking late 18th Century?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Yeah, when we were fighting the Dutch.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21There was a local lad from Sunderland who was able seaman on the boat.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24During the battle, the colours were shot down.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- In those days, if your colours come down, you'd give in.- Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31So he had climbed up and nailed the colours to the mast.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Came down, the colours were knocked down again.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37When he climbed up a second time, he was shot in the cheek
0:24:37 > 0:24:41and he still went up and nailed the colours to the mast.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43They won the battle, and after they came home,
0:24:43 > 0:24:49the king invited him down to London and gave him a pension of £36 a year.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- Gosh.- So when he came out of the Navy, he was a pretty wealthy man.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56He was a brave man as well. He deserved it.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00So this is the reason why we decided to build this.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06What's the next project for the Heritage Centre? What are you working on?
0:25:06 > 0:25:11When we get this finished, we're going to work on the Willdora. It was a Dunkirk veteran.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17- She's down the docks. If you wish, you can come down and I'll show you. - I'd love to. I'll follow you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Willdora was one of hundreds of small boats which set sail to France
0:25:24 > 0:25:30as the German army drove all the allied forces back to the Normandy coast in the summer of 1940.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Despite being badly damaged by shellfire, during the evacuation,
0:25:34 > 0:25:39she was credited with saving 200 servicemen from the Dunkirk beaches.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44After the war she went back to fishing, and was later sold as a pleasure craft.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Years later, she was spotted, sunk, in Sunderland's South Dock.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02How did you come by her?
0:26:02 > 0:26:06One of our trustees bought it off one of the people on the Tyne
0:26:06 > 0:26:12who left her two or three years and found it too big to handle himself.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16And he was going to sell it, so we suggested we would buy it off him.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19The reason she's out the water now is because she's taking more water in
0:26:19 > 0:26:25and she had to be pumped out daily, we had to keep the pumps manned, so that she didn't go down.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29And that's why she's out here now. Ready for the work.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- She is in a bad way. You've got a lot of work to do.- Oh, yes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36When we get all this top side off here
0:26:36 > 0:26:42she's got a lot of deck beams what's got to be replaced and also
0:26:42 > 0:26:47something that has been missed out, her two beam shelves, have got to come off, which is a big job.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51And that's just what we've seen up till now - we'll need to get down and examine it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54What plans have you for her, once she's finished?
0:26:54 > 0:26:59We'll just take her to all the various venues where they have historic ships of this nature
0:26:59 > 0:27:04and sail her round, you know, for people to see.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Wonderful feeling, isn't it, to think this vessel saved so many lives?
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- Yes, yes.- You'd be glad to see this in 1940, wouldn't you?- I bet, I bet.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Keeping our past alive is what Derek and his colleagues are all about.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22And it's great to see such an important part of Sunderland's
0:27:22 > 0:27:27industrial past being so carefully preserved for future generations.
0:27:40 > 0:27:46Back at the Stadium of Light, it looks like Adam has spotted some more nautical treasure.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Mr Lesley.- Yes. - Welcome to Flog It! today.
0:27:51 > 0:27:57I'm very pleased that you've come along, and you brought us some things of local interest?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- They are. - Shipbuilding interest as well.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04- Yes?- Hawthorn, Lesley and Co were shipbuilders from Newcastle.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- Yes.- How did you get hold of that?
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- I bought it in a junk shop. - Did you? How long ago?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Quite a few years ago. - Are these from the same place?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Yes, they've got the name engraved on.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18"Northumbrian." I see.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20And these are the fire hoses.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Yes.- Excellent. Well, they're rather nice, aren't they?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27In my younger days when I was courting my wife,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31she lived in North Shields, and lived in South Shields.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Consequently I very often went across in my car on that ferry.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39- There's the Northumbria.- Yes. - So this has some sentimental interest from there, I suppose.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43When you saw the plaque for sale.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47I put it in my nautical collection.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- And that's how you came by it.- Yeah.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- Wonderful. Do you remember what you paid for the plaque?- Can't remember.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Probably about £20 - £30.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00I have to ask you, why are you selling these things?
0:29:00 > 0:29:06Well, now that I am old and fragile, I don't really have any feelings for them, so I am clearing out a bit.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Let them get on the market and see what they are going to make.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Were these all bought at the same junk shop?- Yes.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14About £20 - £30 for the whole lot?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Yes.- Well, there's going to be a profit there, isn't there?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- I hope so. - Yeah, what do you think? £100?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- £150?- In that region.- I think so.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Shall we put that estimate on them?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- 100-150?- Yes.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28And a reserve on them of 100?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I would think so, yes.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35- Put a reserve of 100 and we'll hope for the best when we go to the auction.- Fingers crossed.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Thanks for bringing them in.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Fred, this unassuming little object
0:29:48 > 0:29:56was made by one of the most prestigious glassmakers of the 20th century.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58It's a little Lalique dish.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Tell me, where did you get it?
0:30:01 > 0:30:06It was originally my grandmother's, and my grandmother died in 1959.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11And she left it to my uncle.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15And unfortunately, he died in November last year and it was left to me.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22It's been locked in his little china cabinet since I was three/four years old.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26As a wee boy, did you gaze into the china cabinet and look at it?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- I wasn't allowed to touch it, though. - THEY LAUGH
0:30:29 > 0:30:31It's a lovely wee thing.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Let's have a closer look at it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37It's a lovely little opalescent dish
0:30:37 > 0:30:42with this charming mouse and probably the type of thing that
0:30:42 > 0:30:45would sit on one's dressing table
0:30:45 > 0:30:52and you would put your earrings or rings or that type of thing into.
0:30:52 > 0:30:58If we left it up and look at the mark,
0:30:58 > 0:31:04we see that we have "R Lalique, France."
0:31:04 > 0:31:08And we know that this was the script back stamp
0:31:08 > 0:31:13and they only used the "R Lalique" pre-1945.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16So it has a good age to it.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Lalique was originally a jeweller,
0:31:21 > 0:31:24and when we got into the 20th century,
0:31:24 > 0:31:32he experimented with glass, and this is one of the little objects
0:31:32 > 0:31:34that has resulted in that.
0:31:34 > 0:31:41And now I would think that he is known more for his glass objects
0:31:41 > 0:31:44than his jewellery.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47If it's passed down the family,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49why do you want to sell it?
0:31:49 > 0:31:55I mean, before my uncle died he said, "Anything I have that's worth it, sell it."
0:31:55 > 0:32:00I've got two little children, a daughter who's two-and-a-half, and an eight-week-old boy.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I mean, he was Grandad Fred to them.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08So it is a case of, do as he wished.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15And the thing is, this is the type of thing that little hands would want to go towards.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20Once these things are damaged, they lose so much of their value.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25I would value, although it's not a big piece of Lalique,
0:32:25 > 0:32:28and not the most desirable of pieces,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I would still put it at estimate, £100-£150.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- Would you be happy to sell it at that?- Oh, yes.- Shall we go for it?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- I think so. - I think it will find favour.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42It will charm people. They will like it
0:32:42 > 0:32:47and the Lalique buyers will bid competitively for it.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52I would probably pitch the reserve about £80 - really only to protect it.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- I'm sure it will go much further than that.- That's great.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Thank you for bringing it along. - Thank you.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Elizabeth and her friend have brought something along to set Adam's toes a-tapping.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12It's really good to see musical instruments on the programme.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15This looks like a very nice example of a concertina.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Some people call them an accordion, that's wrong.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Some people call them a squeeze box. Now, whose is this?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23It was an old lady who I looked after,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26and became a very good friend.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30And after she died I had to get rid of it, out of her house.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- You cleared the whole house?- Yes.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34How long have you had it?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- About 30 years. - OK. Where does it live?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- In the garage.- The garage. Right.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- You've never used it? Never played it?- No, never.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- How about you, Julie? What's your involvement? - I'm just the neighbour.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Friend?- Oh, yes.- Yes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51It's through Julie that I'm here today.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Well done, Julie, because the value of these things can very immensely.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Concertinas are quite in-demand, on the whole.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Before we go into that, I'll just show you the box. Leather case.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05And inside, you've got the makers, Wheatstone of London,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08and this is Wilkinson and Co, of Sunderland, retailers.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12So actually, this has probably been in Sunderland all its life.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Retailed in Sunderland, and stayed here, but a London-made thing.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17I'll put that to one side.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Because it's blocking my light.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23The concertina is an air-based instrument, but it also works on reeds.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27If you unscrew all these tiny little screws around the side,
0:34:27 > 0:34:31this will lift off and you will see an arrangement of little reeds.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37And on here, you see a serial number - 26546.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41I've been on to the Wheatstone archives.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43I know a chap who's very clever with concertinas.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48We have worked out that it was made on the 19th November, 1914.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52I can be that specific. Which is fascinating.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55To get it that close to an actual day on which it was completed,
0:34:55 > 0:35:0119th November, 1914, a lot was happening in the world then, wasn't it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:06- Goodness, yes.- Would you believe how much that cost in 1914?
0:35:06 > 0:35:0926 Guineas. That's a lot of money.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Don't you think?- In 1914, yes.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Have you ever had it valued before?
0:35:14 > 0:35:19- It's never been out of the case all the time I've had it. - Never showed it to anyone?- No.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- So, it's all down to Julie that you brought it along today.- Yes.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23What about a value? What do you reckon?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- I've got no idea.- Really?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27None whatsoever.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29- Give me a figure.- I couldn't.- Julie?
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- £50.- Good start.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- I wouldn't even have guessed 50 because I have no idea.- OK.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38How does 500 sound?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Wow!
0:35:40 > 0:35:42How about 1000?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44That's more realistic.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Is it?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49If I'm going to be conservative, which is always my way,
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I think if we put a reserve of £800, that's sensible.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55And an estimate of 800 - 1200.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01That is going to get everybody chasing this, thinking they're going to buy it for £1,000.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05What we say is, it's going to be a bloodbath. They're all going to be chasing it.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09And hopefully, we're all going to be jumping for joy when it makes the
0:36:09 > 0:36:12best part of £2,000, I would have thought, in the auction.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13- I wish I could play it.- So do I!
0:36:13 > 0:36:20Unfortunately, I'm not going to get any meaningful noise...out of it.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23But at least I've managed to annoy the people filming on the other table!
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Thanks for coming today.- Thank you.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Well, that's it for our valuations.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Here's a quick reminder of what we've picked.
0:36:31 > 0:36:38Bought in a junk shop, Mr Lesley's ferry memorabilia is a reminder of when he was courting his wife.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41She lived in North Shields, I've lived in South Shields.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Consequently I very often went across, in my car, on that ferry.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Inherited from his uncle, Fred is worried that his two small children
0:36:50 > 0:36:54might break this delicate 1930s Lalique dish.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Elizabeth inherited her concertina from a friend, 30 years ago.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01But it's lain, forgotten, in a garage ever since.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- It's never been out of the case, all the time I've had it. - Never showed it to anyone?- No.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Well, the experts have had their say, but will the bidders agree?
0:37:09 > 0:37:13It's time to find out, as we are moments away from our next lot.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19But first, let's see what auctioneer Giles Hodges thinks about that squeezebox.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I absolutely fell in love with Elizabeth's concertina.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Best one I've ever seen, I think.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Undoubtedly so.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Good make. Very, very popular.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Huge amount of interest, pre-sale.
0:37:31 > 0:37:38Condition is just superb for its age, with original receipt, photograph and fitted case.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42The bellows are in immaculate condition which is obviously the most important thing.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47- A little bit of oxidisation around the sides, but...- That's to be expected?- Yes.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51We've got 800 - 1200 on this, which delighted her.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56Right, well I'm confident we shall do well above that.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57How confident?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02I think we should be pitching somewhere between the 1500 - 2000 mark.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Going on the pre-sale interest we have had.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Fantastic. Let it hit a high. - It should do.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Hopefully Giles is going to push all the right buttons right now, get on the rostrum,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15and knock this one out for, hopefully, £2,000.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Well done, Giles.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Before we see if Giles CAN, first to go under the hammer
0:38:21 > 0:38:25is Mr Lesley's Tyneside ferry memorabilia.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Earlier on before the sale started, I saw plenty of people
0:38:32 > 0:38:37picking up the plaque, viewing it and looking at it. Saying, "Yes, this is our local heritage".
0:38:37 > 0:38:43- We've got a value of £100 - £150? - Yeah, should do that.- Should do that quite easily. Good luck. Here we go.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Fascinating lot, the pair of brass fire hose nozzles, stamped
0:38:47 > 0:38:52the ferry of Northumbrian, with the plaque and picture as well.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Now decommissioned.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58And I'm bid 120 to start it.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02120, 130, 140, 150. Anybody else left?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04At 150.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07160, 170, 180.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11190. 200. At £200.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16- Anybody? At £200, and we are away... - Local things.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18At 200.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22Yes! £200 - that is a great result. That's a brilliant result.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Everybody invests in social history now. That's what it's all about.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Great to see local things doing very well. Staying in the area, I'm sure.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Having a sense of civic pride.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35There's commission to pay, but what will you do with the money?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Stick it in the bank. - Yeah, I don't blame you.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Save it for a rainy day.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Fred, there's a lot of people in the room.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52The Lalique dish is also about to go under the hammer.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54It's quality, good quality.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Lalique always sells.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59This is quite a sweet wee thing. I like it, with the wee mouse.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02And it's an early one. 1930s, so...
0:40:02 > 0:40:04It's not to your taste?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- Not really.- Come on, be honest!
0:40:06 > 0:40:11It's a bit sissy for a big lad like that! THEY ALL LAUGH
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Again, plenty of interest.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16We have the Lalique circular dish with the little etched mouse.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21I have got one, two, three, four, five bids.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25And I'm starting it at £200.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30- Yes!- 240, 260. At 260.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33280 anybody?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36At £260 - all done?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38At 260.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Yes, yes!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45What will you do with that, Fred? There's commission to pay.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Two little ones, a little boy, little girl.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51I think they will be quite well spoiled with that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- What are their names?- Phoebe, who's two and Joshua, who's 12 weeks.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- And he's here in the room?- He's over there.- There he is there.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Bonny lad.- Takes after his father. - Yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12How are you feeling, Elizabeth?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14A little nervous.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16You shouldn't be, don't need to be.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22- I was so excited when I saw that? - Were you? I know you were. - I had to fight him for it.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24And Giles was really excited.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- What's your prediction?- 1800.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29I'll go a bit higher, then.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Two grand?- I'll go two grand.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Just see what happens.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35How exciting is that, Elizabeth?
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- Very.- And you had no idea. - None whatsoever.- Here we go.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43So, we are on to Lot 245
0:41:43 > 0:41:47which is the Wheatstone and Company concertina.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52A huge amount of interest.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I have telephone bids. Are we all on?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57There's a few telephone lines.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58I love these lots.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03And we start it at...
0:42:03 > 0:42:051500, and away.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Get in!
0:42:08 > 0:42:111600, 1700...
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- Less nervous now?- Yes.- ..1800, 1900.
0:42:15 > 0:42:182000, 21.
0:42:18 > 0:42:2222. Tom's phone at 22.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Incredible.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- Anybody else? At 22.- It's gone quiet.- Everyone's very still.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35- At 2200. The internet is out as well...- £2,200.- At £2,200.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41We're all done at 2,200.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Thank you very much.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44- That is a brilliant result. - Excellent.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Absolutely brilliant. Elizabeth, thank you for bringing that in.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50It has given us so much pleasure.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53And a lot of excitement, which we have all appreciated watching.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55We really have.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- It's brought me more pleasure! - Yes, cos you get the cheque!
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Well, it doesn't get much better than that, does it?
0:43:08 > 0:43:11We've sold everything today. All credit to our experts.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16They were on the money and, as you know, it's not an exact science,
0:43:16 > 0:43:18it's not easy, but we had a flyaway result
0:43:18 > 0:43:24with Elizabeth's concertina going for £2,200. That was sheer quality.
0:43:24 > 0:43:30And it had great history. And it was a lovely surprise, and I hope you enjoyed watching this show.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Until the next time, from the Boldon Auction Galleries, it's cheerio.
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