0:00:02 > 0:00:07Well, I'm down here in Devon at this extraordinary 16-sided house, and later on in the programme I'll be
0:00:07 > 0:00:12finding out about how two spinsters filled it full of treasure, but right now, let's hop over to
0:00:12 > 0:00:17the valuation day in Torquay to find some gems of our own. Let's flog it!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Torquay is often referred to as the Queen of the English Riviera.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Situated on the South Devon coast, it overlooks Torbay and is within
0:00:45 > 0:00:50striking distance of Paignton and the fishing port of Brixham.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54It was also the home to crime writer Agatha Christie.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Today, we're focusing our detective work on the Palace Hotel on Torquay's sea front,
0:00:59 > 0:01:06and leading the search for all those important treasures are my team of trusted experts.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10A fine fleet of local people already moored up outside,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12ready to declare their wares,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and on duty today we have new expert Mr David Fletcher, and of course
0:01:15 > 0:01:19a familiar face, if we can call him a veteran, Philip Serrell.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24And my voice is really playing up today so fingers crossed I'm going to get through it.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27But that's not going to stop me getting on with the job,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31so let's get this huge crowd inside and start hunting through those bags and boxes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40And later on in the programme, we meet a lady who already has plans to spend her winnings.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- What have you got in mind? - I want to buy a laptop.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45A laptop. Gosh, good for you.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51Now, first up at the tables it's Philip who's found something with a hint of romance.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- So it's Angela...- Angela, yes. - And Samantha.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59- Yes.- And do I get a bit of a sense that there's a relationship here, in terms of you are related.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00- I'm auntie.- I'm niece.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Auntie and niece. But clearly, in years, you're so close together.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Thank you.- Not too far.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Well, you're both a lot younger than this, aren't you? What do you know about it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13It was my mum's.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17It's always been in the house as long as I've known. That's all I can remember.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- So you've known that all your life and you've brought it along and you want to sell it?- Yeah.- Why?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27My mum's gone into a home, so it's just packed away in my home, and so we just thought we'd sell it.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Antiques are a bit like clothes, really. Sometimes
0:02:30 > 0:02:33they're fashionable and sometimes they're not fashionable,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35and this was worth more ten years ago,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38which is my way of sort of preparing you for some bad news, really.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Um, it's a three-handled loving cup.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Do you know why they've got three handles?- To pass it around?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- Clever girl, isn't she?- She is. - Where did you pick that up from, then?- Oh, I know all about it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52What they don't know is that I told them that earlier,
0:02:52 > 0:02:58so what you do is you hold it like that. Go on. And that's why it's
0:02:58 > 0:03:01a three-handled loving cup. It does the rounds and we all take a sip.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Let's just have a look. Royal Doulton, OK?
0:03:04 > 0:03:09That's an impressed mark into the stoneware, so it's Royal Doulton.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I would date it around about 1890.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I think, at auction, we could probably put £20-£40 on it,
0:03:16 > 0:03:21and I'd put a reserve of 15 quid on it, something like that, just to ensure that
0:03:21 > 0:03:22you know, it's not going to...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Can we not up the reserve a little?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- What?- Can we not up the reserve a little bit more?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29So what should the reserve be?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31About 30, at least.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Listen, point of law here, right?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38And this is serious. If you go to an auction and an auctioneer publishes
0:03:38 > 0:03:42an estimate, the reserve, by law, has to be below the bottom estimate.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48So if you want a £30 reserve on it, and it might make it, you've then got to put your estimate at £30-£50.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50OK?
0:03:50 > 0:03:58So, if it were mine and I made a decision to sell it, I'd probably put £20-£40 on it, reserve it at 20.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00If you're lucky, it might make 50 or 60,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and if you're not, it'll make 20 or 30. But you've got to be happy with that.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Yeah.- Yeah? But I like your style.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06All right?
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Olive, I don't often use the word pretty but this is a very pretty little scent bottle.
0:04:18 > 0:04:27- Yes, I think so.- It was made in France, and I'm pretty certain it dates from the 18th century.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31It's enamelled onto copper
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and it decorated in the so-called Rococo style,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39which is a French style of the mid 18th century, really.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44It's characterised by these C-scrolls and S-scrolls.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50They are laid in white onto a turquoise ground, and you've got two very nicely
0:04:50 > 0:04:54painted little panels opposing each other,
0:04:54 > 0:04:59each one of which depicts an agricultural landscape.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04The only thing which worries me just a little bit is the mount
0:05:04 > 0:05:10which I don't think is of comparable quality to the bottle itself,
0:05:10 > 0:05:14and in addition to that, it doesn't sit very well on the neck...
0:05:14 > 0:05:22- No, it doesn't, does it?- of the bottle itself, and I'm concerned that this is later.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26The original mount might've been lost. Who can say?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Or damaged. It might also be covering
0:05:30 > 0:05:35a bit of damage to the lip of the neck which is a little bit worrying.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Was it a present? How did you come by it?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40A friend of mine gave it to me.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43OK, and they know that you're selling it?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Yes, he does.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46He does! OK.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52So he's happy for you to do that and you're perhaps going to go and do something nice with the proceeds?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- I am, yes.- What have you got in mind?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I want to buy a laptop.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01A laptop? Gosh, good for you. You'll have to teach me how to use it when you've got it!
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Oh, that's wonderful.
0:06:03 > 0:06:12I think this is super, and I would estimate it at between £100 and £150.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Now, I hope that it will make more than that
0:06:15 > 0:06:21because I'm confident that someone will be able to do something really nice with the gilt metal mount.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23So, if you'd be happy with that...
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Yes, I would.- OK.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Well, what we'll do, we'll put it in the sale
0:06:27 > 0:06:36with an estimate of £100-£150 with a fixed reserve of £100, so it won't sell for less than £100.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Thank you.- OK, Olive. Well, you enjoy the proceeds.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45The room is full of people to chat to, so I just hope my voice holds out.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The great thing about Flog It! is we get out all over the British Isles
0:06:48 > 0:06:51and we love to see things of local interest.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Now, coming to Torquay, you'd expect to see maritime memorabilia or some Motto ware pottery, but
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I've bumped into Carol and her granddaughter Tessa, hello!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Who were both born and bred in Torquay.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- We were, yes.- But you've also taught me something...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Bonzo the dog, created in Torquay...
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- By George Studdy.- A local artist.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Yes.- So tell me a little bit more about him.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I think he became the artist after he moved away from Torquay.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23He was born and bred and his parents and everything were round here, and after he married,
0:07:23 > 0:07:29- he tried to bring his wife back down to Torquay, which he loved, and he married a Parisian...- OK.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and she liked the city life and she didn't like living in Devon.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Oh, didn't like the Riviera?- No, no.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40But he had a fascination for dogs and, um...
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- And this was...- This was the first one before he created Bonzo, and it
0:07:44 > 0:07:47was taken up by, I think it was the Sketch newspaper, and then he...
0:07:47 > 0:07:51And the rest is history, really, isn't it? Bonzo the dog.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- And here we've got an annual. - Yes, I bought that...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And do you like looking at Bonzo the dog, Tessa?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Ah, he's cute. - He's lovely, isn't he?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00We've got a little dog at home that's very much like him.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Have you? Is he called Bonzo?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Er, no.- What's he called?- Ginty.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- Tin-tin?- Ginty.- Oh, gin. - It's gin and tonic.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Who gave him that name!
0:08:10 > 0:08:16The person who owned him before I did, but he's such a loveable, naughty little boy, like Bonzo.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Aw, thank you very much. You taught me something today.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Alistair, how are you doing? - All right, thank you.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- You're a collector?- Yes, I am.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32These are a real collectors' lot. Don't tell me yet, cos I'm trying to work out what they are.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34We've got little silver... When you pick them up first,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37they look maybe Chinese silver, but they're not?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- English hallmarks on the bottom...- Yes.- ..which we'll look at in a minute,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and there's a hole in the top which can suggest a whole host of things.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48I've seen bougie boxes and wax jacks that have been altered look like that,
0:08:48 > 0:08:53and I've also seen bigger lignum vitae barrels with a hole in the top where strings come through.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- Yes.- Am I getting close? - Well, yes, I think you are. I think you're well on the track.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59So go on, tell me.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Well, I think I know what they are. I think they're cotton-reel boxes.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09So you'd drop your cotton reel, you'd pull the cotton out, thread it through there...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11And then you don't have any trouble.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Pop that on there and then you just pull your thread out?- Yes.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Ah, right. So are these something you've bought or?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21No, they belonged to my first wife's family.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Her grandfather, so I think they're 1870s or 1880s.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Let's just have a look at the mark.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29They're certainly late 19th century.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The maker's stamp is A & J Zimmerman,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36and the anchor tells us that they were assayed in Birmingham.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39So why do you want to sell these?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Well, they belonged to my wife's family and I've got quite a few
0:09:42 > 0:09:49mementoes of my wife, and I think I can pass those on and use the money to go and collect something else.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Eyes on anything in particular?
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Well, I have. I'm sure that one exists somewhere.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59I've got one or two English-hallmarked ring boxes...
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Yeah.- ..which I like to collect, and I'm sure I have never seen one...
0:10:03 > 0:10:05there's a gold one somewhere.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Start saving, start saving!
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Well, I might pay the money if I can find one. I haven't found one yet.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I'd better bring you back down to earth sharpish, hadn't I?
0:10:16 > 0:10:17As far as the value of those.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I think, at auction, these...
0:10:19 > 0:10:25- We can estimate them at £50-£80. Is that all right?- Yes. - We'd need to put a reserve.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31We can put that at £50, if you want to give the auctioneer 10% discretion, you can.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- Yes.- Or you have it fixed at £50.
0:10:32 > 0:10:39- I'll fix it at 50, thank you.- OK, so we'll estimate them at £50-£80 with a fixed £50 reserve, and if you have
0:10:39 > 0:10:41a bit of luck, they might even creep up towards the £100 mark.
0:10:48 > 0:10:54Now, I suppose you could call Leica cameras the Rolls-Royce of the camera world.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59The Leica factory is a German factory and, in the
0:10:59 > 0:11:061930s, they developed the first compact camera with a 35mm lens.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12This has a 50mm lens and I think dates from the 1950s.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Would I be right in surmising that?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Yes, my father purchased it
0:11:18 > 0:11:20in the early 1950s.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23OK. And he was a keen photographer, was he?
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Yes, he used it a lot, some very fine photography from the camera.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Have you still got the photographs he took with it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Yes, and we got a lot of slides made from them.- Really?
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Yes, very good-quality slides, yes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43You'd expect him to be an enthusiast because I think, had he not been an
0:11:43 > 0:11:47enthusiast, he would not have bought a really quality camera like this.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Yes.- Right, so are you selling it, really, to raise money for yourself
0:11:51 > 0:11:54or for your father, or are you going to share the proceeds?
0:11:54 > 0:12:03Er, well, he said he'd be quite happy for us to use it any way we wish, and maybe a holiday.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09Well, I think the proceeds won't buy you a holiday, but they'll go towards a holiday.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11OK, that's fine.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15It has to be said that the condition is not very good, really.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20It hasn't been used for a long time, by the looks of it, and it has
0:12:20 > 0:12:25been gathering a bit of dust over the years. It comes complete with this which is the light meter...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27That's right.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29..and this, which does what?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It's the sunshade for the lens.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37And then, to complete the assembly, really, you have the original handbook.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- Yes.- Which again is just a little bit tatty.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I notice on the leaflet that it says...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48it has a New York address. Did your father buy it in New York?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Yes, he was in the US at that time. He was working there.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56He was working, OK. Do you have any idea of what it might be worth?
0:12:56 > 0:13:04- Not really.- I think a serious collector will pay you between £100 and £150 for this,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08so I suggest we place that on it as an estimate,
0:13:08 > 0:13:13with a reserve just below the bottom estimate of say £90.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- OK, that's fine.- Would that be OK?
0:13:15 > 0:13:16- Yes.- Jolly good.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Well, that's our first group of items to take off to auction,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26so let's have a quick reminder of what's going under the hammer.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Despite being out of fashion, Philip is still confident
0:13:30 > 0:13:32that the bidders will get a handle
0:13:32 > 0:13:36on Angela's mum's Royal Doulton loving cup.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Can Olive fulfil her dream of buying a laptop with this beautifully
0:13:39 > 0:13:45enamelled 18th-century scent bottle, with an estimate of £100-£150?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And I love this lot, a pair of silver cotton-reel boxes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Philip is confident he can pull in the bidders
0:13:53 > 0:13:55with an estimate of £50-£80,
0:13:55 > 0:14:00and Alistair is hoping to use the money to buy his dream ring box.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- I've got one or two English-hallmarked ring boxes.- Yeah.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I have never seen one. There's a gold one somewhere.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And finally, Naveed is cashing in
0:14:11 > 0:14:15this snappy 1950s camera belonging to her father.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17He's produced many photos from this Leica model.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20She's keeping those but the camera has to go.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And this is where we're selling all those items today...
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Eldreds Auctioneers and Valuers in Plymouth.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Auctioneer Anthony Eldred is wielding the gavel
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and he has some thoughts on those lovely cotton-reel boxes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40I absolutely love these.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44I really do. I've not seen anything like this before.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Philip's put £50-£80 on these. I think one of them's worth that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53Yes, I would agree with you totally. I have a collection of string boxes.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I would love to own one of the those for the estimate.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02- I think they will probably make perhaps £100, £150, something like that.- They're charming, aren't they?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Absolutely charming.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08And that's the great thing about this show, you come across things you've never seen before,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- and I've not seen anything like that before. - And neither have I.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17They're going under the hammer shortly but, first, that loving cup.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Next up, the three-handled Royal Doulton mug. Now, we've got Angela but where's Samantha?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- She flew off to Egypt this morning. - Without you?- Without me, yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I thought you two went everywhere together.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- No, no.- So you've come down from Middlesbrough?- Darlington, actually.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33From Darlington. A long way.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Seven hours' drive.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Philip, we've got to make more than the estimate on this.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Got a bit more for the petrol.
0:15:39 > 0:15:4380 quids' worth of petrol for a £20 mug. I think I'm going to go.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- And a hotel room.- Why have they gone down in value so much?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I know the scene on it is a stag-hunting scene.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Now, that's not me. I don't really like that, but it's still quality.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- It's yesterday's antiques.- Mmm, well, we are in the West Country.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59There's a lot of hunting, shooting and fishing. Hopefully somebody's going to pick up on this one.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We're going to find out. Here we go.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Next, it's a little Royal Doulton stoneware three-handled mug.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Bid 20 for it, at £20, two anywhere?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10At £20, two if you want it. Two, five...
0:16:10 > 0:16:14At 25, 28, 30, and two now.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16At £32 in front of me.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19At £32, all done?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Hey, they are out of favour, aren't they?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Well, that's been a really worthwhile exercise, hasn't it?
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- 32 quid.- That'll get you to Exeter!
0:16:29 > 0:16:30It's the taking part.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- That's a good job for you cos there isn't anything else.- Lucky I'm not in need of money.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43In the frame right now coming up is a Leica 50mm camera.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47It belongs to Naveed and we have just put the estimate up, haven't we?
0:16:47 > 0:16:54Yes, I did contact the auctioneer and he recommended that £150 was a good reserve.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00So the £150 now is the lower end, £200 hopefully the higher end, so your end is the same as David's
0:17:00 > 0:17:06high, which is good, which is good, and I'm pretty sure this camera will sell for £150, £160.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11That's what we're looking for. The auctioneer has given this a lot of exposure in the catalogue.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12The bidders will find it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14There it is. It's got its book with it
0:17:14 > 0:17:18and all sorts of accessories, and I'm bid 135 for it.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21At £135, 40 if you want it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23At £135, 40 anywhere?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26At £135, then. Quite sure?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Come on! He's not going to sell it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- Oh, just short. 135.- Oh, right.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Ohh! I think what you might have to do is have a chat
0:17:36 > 0:17:40to the auctioneer after the sale and see if he knows who the bidder was.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- They can contact him and let it go at 135.- OK.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48In the end, Naveed decided to hold on to her father's camera.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52So next up are these lovely cotton-reel boxes.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Alistair, cracking lot. My favourite lot of the day, I think, these two little silver cotton-reel holders.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- Really?- They may be tiny but, for me, they are a big lot and at £50-£80.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10I think I'd pay £50-£80 for one, so buy one, get one free.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Had a chat to the auctioneer earlier.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13You don't know this, Alistair.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17We both kind of waxed lyrical over them, thinking, "Aren't they lovely?"
0:18:17 > 0:18:21And we thought they'd probably only be worth sort of 50 quid if they didn't
0:18:21 > 0:18:26have the hole in the top that you poke the cotton through, but they're so special, they're so different.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- I think they are. - We were sort of thinking, "Well, surely they've got to do £200."
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I mean, that's what I'd like to see, but I don't know.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- Maybe I'm bigging this up, but I would be prepared to pay £200 for them.- Are they scarce or rare?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42They're going to really appeal to sewing collectors,
0:18:42 > 0:18:43so if you've got two sewing collectors...
0:18:43 > 0:18:47They're more for that market, really, rather than the silver collector.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Let's hope they get well over £150, shall we? Here we go.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It's a little pair of Victorian, embossed cotton-reel holders.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I'm bid £70 for them. Against you all in the room at 70.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01At £70, against you all. And five and 80,
0:19:01 > 0:19:07five and 90, five, 100 and five. At £105, ten if you want them.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10At £105 at the back there.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12All done at 105?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Yes, £105!
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Not quite what I was hoping for.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- I was hoping for a bit more, but that's a good price.- Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21110, 15...
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Going under the hammer right now, we've got Olive's scent bottle,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32with a value put on by David of £100-£150.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35This is a bit of quality, something from the 18th century.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- So I'm told.- Proper, proper antique.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- We were a little bit concerned about the top, weren't we?- Yes.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46That worries me a little bit but, apart from that, I think it's really good.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Yeah, it's lovely.- Pretty, isn't it?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Very. Why are you selling now, though?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Er, well, because I want to get a laptop.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Do you?- Yes, because I've got a lot of friends abroad and...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- It's a good way of keeping in touch, isn't it?- Yes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05They say, "I'll send you an email," and I say, "You can't."
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Because I haven't got a computer.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Yes.- Well, let's hope we get the top end of David's estimate.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Ready, Olive? This is it.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Next, it's an enamelled scent bottle.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16There it is, painted with panels, and several bidders.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I'm bid £140 for it. Against you all...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Straight in. Several bidders.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24At £140, then. Five anywhere?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26145, 150.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28At £150.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31At 150, take five if you like.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35At £150, then. All finished at 150?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Yes, £150! Spot on.- Top estimate.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Yes, spot on. Well, done, David.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Enjoy the rest of the day, Olive.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45What a good end to our first visit to the auction.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Now time for something that inspires a bit of travel.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Tucked into a corner of Devon and looking every inch like it
0:20:59 > 0:21:03belongs in a fairy tale, is A La Ronde in Exmouth.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09Built in the 1790s, this home was created for two spinster cousins, Mary and Jane Parminter.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11If you look closely, you can see it's rather unique.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15There's something so fascinating about this. It's got 16 sides.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It's a cross between a home and a little temple.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22It's raised on a platform so it's got uninterrupted views of the estuary there, the River Exe.
0:21:22 > 0:21:29It's absolutely stunning, but the ingenious thing is it lets the sun in from every single angle.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34You see, as the sun curls around the day, it floods the building with natural light.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Back in the 18th century, Exmouth was the choice locale of the rich and fashionable.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42It was a magnet for the cousins who sourced the best land they could
0:21:42 > 0:21:46in a most desirable location with a remarkable view.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Here, they set about building their fantasy home.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53A La Ronde is a stunning realisation of what must've been quite a whacky
0:21:53 > 0:21:57idea, but what inspired them to build this in a time when,
0:21:57 > 0:22:03architecturally speaking, classical revival with its clean, formal lines was the order of the day.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Well, the answer is a holiday in the sun.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08You see, what you see here is the result of having your senses stirred
0:22:08 > 0:22:13and your mind seduced by wonderful architecture steeped in religious history.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18You see, it was the done thing back in the 17th and 18th century to escape the bad weather of England -
0:22:18 > 0:22:20a bit like it is today, really -
0:22:20 > 0:22:25and do a grand tour of Europe, taking in all these wonderful things.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Basically, it's an awful lot of souvenir shopping for our two intrepid explorers.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Typically, it was the male family members, the young bucks,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36who were sent to experience everything Europe had to offer.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39They returned home one to three years later, full of
0:22:39 > 0:22:44gusto, knowledgeable about every art form and in the ways of the world.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52Now, it's one thing to embark on a grand tour if you're male for a couple of years, but quite another
0:22:52 > 0:22:55if you're female, single and travelling for ten years.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57That's a long time.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I've come to meet Trevor Adams, a volunteer here at A La Ronde,
0:23:01 > 0:23:04to find out more about Mary and Jane's history.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Hello, Paul.- Hi, Trevor. Thanks for meeting me.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10- Have a cup of tea.- Thank you. Good timing.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- It's just started to rain outside. - Yeah, we're better in here, I think.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17We're in the tea room below the house.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21This was the staff accommodation underneath here, and the kitchens of the house, and the two ladies
0:23:21 > 0:23:26wouldn't have come down here very often. They lived on the floor above.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- So they had some staff as well, did they?- They had about three staff.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Gosh. What were Mary and Jane like?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Jane was a very strong lady.
0:23:33 > 0:23:44She was independent, she was skilled in languages, she knew a lot about travel, she was talented musically.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50Mary was regarded initially as being very much under the influence of Jane.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Obviously they were very wealthy. Were they independently wealthy?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Oh, absolutely. Absolutely.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59The family came from North Devon, and they were traders,
0:23:59 > 0:24:05and they were trading in sugar and tobacco and wines.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Mary in fact inherited a lot of money from her mother's side of the family.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15They left in 1784 and they came back in 1794. It was ten years away.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- A long time.- It was a long time.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- And Mary, when she left, she was only 17.- Gosh that's young.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25She had just been orphaned and she was a ward of Jane, who was her cousin,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- and Jane was 34 when she left. - Well, they must've kept diaries.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Do you know where they went and how they went about it, throughout Europe?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Yes. They started obviously from London.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40'June 22nd, 1784...
0:24:40 > 0:24:44'set off from London at 5.30am, passed through Greenwich, breakfasted at Dartford.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46'Very fine, pleasant country.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51'Onto Rochester, the river very pretty. June 23rd...
0:24:51 > 0:24:53'arrived Calais half past three.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57'A most charming passage. Sick twice but did not spoil my enjoyment.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01'Went to des Angers, walked around.'
0:25:01 > 0:25:05We know in detail where they went as far as Dijon, but then
0:25:05 > 0:25:11it gets a bit blurred because the diary that they completed
0:25:11 > 0:25:16was put for safe keeping in World War II into a county record office,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20and it got destroyed with bombing, unfortunately.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24But fortunately there was a transcript of the first six weeks, so we know the first six weeks.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28We've got great details of them
0:25:28 > 0:25:35getting involved in various local things, going to plays, descriptions of churches, the museums, the towns.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42'A very pleasant large city with 16 churches, a most elegant cathedral with a beautiful pulpit.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47'We saw the King, a corpulent man, not strikingly agreeable.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49'The Queen is tall and elegant-featured.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55'The playhouse is quite superb, the ceiling most delicately painted.'
0:25:55 > 0:26:00As well as documenting their travels, Mary and Jane Parminter also gathered an extensive
0:26:00 > 0:26:06collection of souvenirs from every leg of their European grand tour.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12Upstairs here, every part of every room is packed with artefacts from their decade of collecting.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19And there are literally hundreds and hundreds of them.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31So you've been on your travels for a few years and you may have purchased some fine art
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and some sculpture, but also lots of curios, things that grab your attention.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38It's a spur of the moment thing. But what do you do when you back home?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Well, here is the answer.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43It's a cabinet of curios. It's jam-packed.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48There's something in here for everybody, and there's no better way to spend a wet and windy afternoon
0:26:48 > 0:26:55than sitting in here, reminiscing, bringing back all those memories of your travels and your adventures.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Many of these souvenirs can help us trace Mary and Jane's journey across Europe, like this purpose-built
0:27:01 > 0:27:08table, set with a fan that can only be purchased at the base of the explosive Mount Vesuvius.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13This table, very much like the one over there housing the fan, was also built in 1802.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16That's eight years after they returned from the grand tour.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18This was built in Exmouth.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Now, the clever thing about this is, the top surface,
0:27:21 > 0:27:26has been inset with most wonderful semi-precious stones, foreign coins,
0:27:26 > 0:27:32and lots of miniature reliefs of Roman emperors and classical figures. It's absolutely ingenious.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37This must've taken hours to do but it really does show a great artistic flare.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43Now, this, to me, is a most sensible way of displaying your little curios brought back from the grand tour,
0:27:43 > 0:27:48rather than stick it in a shoebox and put it away in a cupboard. That's so clever.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Jane and Mary were travelling at a time when photography just didn't exist in the world.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05The 18th-century equivalent of a picture postcard was to have work produced by an artist.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08One such chap, Piranesi who was based in Rome,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12produced work specifically for the grand-tour market.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17And looking around at the numerous sketches, they must've had quite a time.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24It's not just the contents of this 16-sided house that have their heart in Europe.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27The architectural design does too.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31The benefits of this extraordinary shape can be best appreciated from here,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35the central octagonal around which all the rooms are formed.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41Cleverly, it allows light to flood into every room throughout the day,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43showing off the collection to its best advantage.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48And true to the spirit of the tour, the cousins got the idea from Europe too.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54The story in the family is that it was based on a church in Ravenna
0:28:54 > 0:28:58in Italy, San Vitale, and that is an octagonal church,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01and it's very finely decorated with mosaics.
0:29:01 > 0:29:10As I say, the story is that they wanted that design incorporated into A La Ronde, and you've got here
0:29:10 > 0:29:17the mock mosaics, you've got the shell gallery which really looks like mosaic from ground level.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20You've got the decorations of the feathers in the feather frieze,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24real feathers, and that's supposed to be based on a European design.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28And did they live here happily ever after? Is it a great ending?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Oh, there's a great ending.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Jane was the older of the two and she died well before Mary.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Mary, she set up a charity...
0:29:37 > 0:29:40a local school that she built and financed the children
0:29:40 > 0:29:43and the school teacher, and they built a small church of their own.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- Oh, lovely.- Yeah.- Lovely.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- And Mary lasted on till she was 82. - Did she?- Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:57So what happened to this house and the wonderful collection that belongs here once both cousins died?
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Well, Mary left this very long will.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03There was a lot of money involved in her will.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08In today's money terms, she left cash bequests of nearly a million pounds.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Wow.- And there was a lot of land,
0:30:12 > 0:30:17property and so on that she dispensed in the will as well.
0:30:17 > 0:30:24An unusual part about the will, and this perhaps illustrates their independence, is that the will states
0:30:24 > 0:30:28that the inheritance was to be to the nearest unmarried kinswoman.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34They only wanted it to stay in the family, and they wanted it to stay in the female line of the family.
0:30:34 > 0:30:41And in fact, people who married after they inherited should have given it up. Most unusual.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Now, back to the Palace Hotel in Torquay, where there's still plenty
0:31:00 > 0:31:03of bags and boxes to rummage through.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Philip has found something that's a real family heirloom.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Helen, it's warm in here, isn't it?
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- I know.- Blimey.- Getting warmer. - How long have you owned this?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17It's been allocated to me all my life.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20It was bequeathed by my grandmother.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25Do you know, it's funny cos, for me, charm bracelets are very sort of a 1960s, 1970s, Bernie Inns,
0:31:25 > 0:31:29black-forest trifle and all that sort of stuff.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31The age of the fur coat, aren't they?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Yeah, they're not fashionable now. - They're not at all fashionable.- No.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I think, if we put this up to auction,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40it's probably going to get scrapped, OK?
0:31:40 > 0:31:46Someone might retain this gold bracelet and melt the charms...
0:31:46 > 0:31:52- Right.- which are gold. And if we have a look just here, you can see that each link
0:31:52 > 0:31:58is hallmarked just there, and we've got these little charms just here.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01We've got a cow bell, cuckoo clock,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- there's our padlock. They all had those, didn't they?- Yeah.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09And, in terms of what this is going to be worth, it's gauged by weight.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14There is no better time to sell this
0:32:14 > 0:32:17cos gold prices are up there. OK?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Yeah.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I cheated a bit and I weighed this earlier, and I think it came out at
0:32:22 > 0:32:29around the 60g mark, and I think we can put an estimate on this of £300-£400.
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- Right.- We'll put a reserve on it of 250 for you, and I think that, if...
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Gold prices fluctuate daily.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43- Providing we don't have a sudden dip in gold prices, it'll sell.- OK.
0:32:43 > 0:32:49- And it should sell for perhaps just the top side of £400 if things stop the way they are today.- OK, yeah.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- Now, are you happy with that? - Yeah, I am, actually.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- It'd be good if it made that sort of money. £400.- It would be nice.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56What are you going to spend that on?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Probably a holiday, towards a holiday or a weekend away.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- You could go to Paignton! - No, thank you. It's a bit too close.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Well, that's upset Paignton. You can't say that.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Well, it's a bit too local.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17It's very fanciful, Richard. It's a wonderful bonbon dish.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- So how long have you had this? - I've had it since my mum died.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26It was left to me, and prior to that it was in the family, possibly from the '20s.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31It might have been earlier because my granddad was a prisoner of war in Belgium.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36I think it's Belgian and I think he either picked it up in an auction after the war or, if
0:33:36 > 0:33:41it was possible, he would've brought it back from the First World War, but I don't know the full history.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- No. It is lovely.- Yes.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48It's got that lovely Baroque style about it, sort of over the top.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Everywhere you look, there's detail, which is great, and it flows everywhere.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Where have you had it in the house?
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- I'm afraid it's been in the cupboard because my wife doesn't like it? - Doesn't she?
0:33:58 > 0:34:02No. No. I like it but I think she thinks it would be just a dust trap.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Well, I guess it is in a way, isn't it?
0:34:04 > 0:34:07It's going to be very hard to clean.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09But it's in beautiful condition.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13It's not been re-gilded at all, which is good.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18This is a spelter. It's a mixed metal, but you can see it's been hand-finished.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22There's no roughness to it, which is good, which is really, really good.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23- And look at the peacocks.- Yeah.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28And this is a nice touch as well, having the enamelled flowers.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32But of course, the bowl itself, the glass...
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- that's Venetian.- Yeah.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37It's the best, and those air-twists...
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- They're beautiful, aren't they? - Incredible. Mesmerising.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43It is fabulous.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I would suggest this is
0:34:46 > 0:34:53circa 1860s, 1880, and it would've been a tourist piece at the time.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54- Right.- Which is quite nice.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Um, have you any idea of value?
0:34:57 > 0:35:04Years ago, somebody looked at it and said about £200-£300, but that was donkey's years ago.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07It probably hasn't changed much since then.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Well, I would like to give it a valuation of £200-£300,
0:35:12 > 0:35:13but put a fixed reserve on of £200.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Yes, I'd like to do that. Yes.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Who knows? On the day, it could do a lot more.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20- Fingers crossed.- Good. Yes.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Hello, Heather.- Hello, David. - I love this.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35We have two for the price of one.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37If you like pocket watches, there's a pocket watch.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40If you like wristwatches, there's a wristwatch.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Tell me a bit about it.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Well, I inherited it from my mother, who in turn
0:35:45 > 0:35:50- got it from her great-aunt Julia who always wore quality jewellery.- Right.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55So it came as the two pieces, but my mother used to wear that piece
0:35:55 > 0:36:01just on a gold bow as a brooch that she used to wear most times that she went shopping.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- So she used it every day?- Yeah.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07I think what's happened here is that,
0:36:07 > 0:36:09conscious of the fact that pocket watches
0:36:09 > 0:36:11were going out of fashion,
0:36:11 > 0:36:17somebody has made this bracelet mount to match the pocket watch.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22Pocket watches became unfashionable at the end of the 19th century.
0:36:22 > 0:36:30- The pocket watch is in an 18-carat gold case, which is French.- Yes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34The movement is Swiss and the dial is enamel.
0:36:34 > 0:36:43The bracelet itself is English, marked 18-carat, and the two have
0:36:43 > 0:36:48been, as I say, married together to the extent that the detail here...
0:36:48 > 0:36:49the winder and the loop...
0:36:49 > 0:36:53have actually been copied on the mount, which I think is fascinating.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56So the whole thing is symmetrical.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01- Why do you want to sell it? - Well, in this day and age, you can't really wear it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05It's not suitable or practical, so I'd rather see it go to someone
0:37:05 > 0:37:08that could enjoy it and have the lifestyle...
0:37:08 > 0:37:10And you can buy yourself a nice, practical watch.
0:37:10 > 0:37:17- Well, I'd like to buy a nice piece of jewellery that I could wear every day.- Something that's wearable.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Wearable, quality and small.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I quite agree. That's a lovely thought.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25I consider these together, and of course they should
0:37:25 > 0:37:30be sold as one lot, to have a value in the region of £200-£300.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Right.- I'd suggest a reserve of just under £200.- That would be fine.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Say 180.- That would be fine.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Now, time for our second visit to the auction room in Plymouth.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45And top of the list to sell is Helen's gold bracelet.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Philip's confident it will charm the gold-diggers
0:37:48 > 0:37:52and reach the top end of his £300-£400 estimate.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Next, it's my find...
0:37:55 > 0:37:58this beautifully decorated bonbon dish,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01looked after by generations of Richard's family.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05And finally, will the bidders fall for Heather's gold pocket watch
0:38:05 > 0:38:09and wrist mount which David thinks are a real bargain.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20But before we find out, let's sell the charm bracelet.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- All done.- Helen, I think we'll do well on the charm bracelet.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27I really do. We're looking at £300-£400 which Philip has put on.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33Scrap value is well up on gold right now, so it is a good time to sell. Did you ever wear this?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37I wore it actually quite recently, which instigated my selling it
0:38:37 > 0:38:41because it kept catching on clothes and it was quite heavy to wear.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45So I thought I might as well get rid of it. I'm not going to wear it again now, so...
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Well, let's hope we get that top end.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51Yeah, I think they sort of went out with Bernie Inns and black forest gateau, didn't they, really?
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- They did a bit, yeah. - Will any of them ever come back?
0:38:54 > 0:38:58I don't know, but it's a way of investing money in something which you can quite easily liquidate.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Let's see how we get on.
0:38:59 > 0:39:05Next, it's a 9-carat gold curb link bracelet, ten charms.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07It's bid £250 so start it at 250,
0:39:09 > 0:39:15at 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, and 10 and 20 and 30 and 40.
0:39:15 > 0:39:25At 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400 and 10. At £410, then.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27All done at 410?
0:39:27 > 0:39:28£410!
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Well, it's better than sitting in a jewellery drawer, isn't it?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Exactly, yes. What are you going to do with the money?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I think I might buy another piece of jewellery that I will wear.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40That's great. Putting money back into the trade. That's what we love to see.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Next up, the bonbon dish, and it's my turn to be the expert, and I've just been joined by Richard.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54We've got £200-£300 on this, we've got a packed auction room.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59Everybody's been bidding like mad, so fingers crossed this has been spotted. No regrets?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- No regrets, no.- No second thoughts.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Well, fingers crossed we get the £200-£300.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09I think this is real quality. This is it.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14Next, it's a 19th-century pressed metal and glass bonbon dish.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18£160 starts that. At 160, 70 if you want it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:25At £160, 170, 180, 190 and five, 200. At £200 here.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28On my right at 200.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31At £200, take ten. You all done, then? And ten.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33At 210, 220,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37230, 240.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42At 240, against you at the very back. At £240, bidding's near me.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Are you all done at 240?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Brilliant. Well, it's gone. 240, mid estimate. Ever so pleased with that.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- Very pleased indeed.- Pleased? - Yeah, excellent.- It's gone. - Yeah.- It's gone.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- Yeah, it's been in the family for a long time. - Yeah. Well, good luck anyway,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59and enjoy the money, won't you?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Heather, this is a super item. I know it was your mum's.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10It's the watch mounted into the bracelet, and she wore it a lot.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14We've got £200-£300 on this, put on by David, our expert.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15It's rare and it's unusual.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- Yes.- I can understand why you want to sell it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20It's not that practical, is it?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It's not practical but it's gorgeous.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Your mother used to wear this as a brooch.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Yes, most days she'd wear it on a suit...
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Oh, bless.- ..and she loved it.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34You could wear it either way, showing the clock or showing the back with the scrolling.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37She had real style, then, didn't she? Oh, I could just imagine it.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- It is a good piece. - Yeah, absolutely. I love it.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Well, let's find out what the bidders think. Here we go.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48It's a ladies' 18-carat gold, cased, half-hunter keyless pocket watch.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53I'm bid £200 for it exactly.
0:41:53 > 0:41:59- Straight in. - 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03At £270. 280, 290.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06At 290, still in the room.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10300 and 10. Against you seated.
0:42:10 > 0:42:23320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, £400, and 10.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25At £410 now.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Bidding's standing at £410.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Last chance, then. All done at 410?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34That's a good sound.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- A solid whack of the old gavel.- I didn't expect to get that much.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44I thought I'd get maybe a couple of hundred and I'd buy some premium bonds. It's something I've never had.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Well, treat yourself. Treat yourself, pamper yourself to a nice
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- little long-weekend break. - That 'd be lovely.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Well, that's it. It's all over.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57It is for our owners, and the auction has literally just finished.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59We've had a fantastic day here.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02The highlight for me had to be the big smile on Heather's
0:43:02 > 0:43:06face, because her family heirloom turned out to be a real winner.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09That gold bracelet went for £410.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14I hope you've enjoyed the show so, till the next time, from Plymouth, it's cheerio.
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