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This Essex town developed from a small village into a seaside resort in the late 19th century

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and it became the perfect place to take a dip in the English Channel.

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Welcome to Flog It! from Clacton-on-Sea!

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Today we've rolled up at Clacton's Princes Theatre.

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A wide range of events goes on in here from youth theatre

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to classic seaside entertainment

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with big stars like Danny La Rue - he IS a big star! -

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and Ken Dodd. So we should fit right in, shouldn't we?

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And helping me hunt out the weird and the wonderful today are experts Will Axon and Elizabeth Talbot.

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Elizabeth's enthusiasm for antiques started in childhood, often found at auctions and fleamarkets,

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scrabbling under the tables to find treasures.

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And Will remembers his mother having a good eye for spotting gems.

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Will claims this skill has rubbed off on him.

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And later in the show, I'll be exploring this, the tallest Tudor gatehouse in England

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'and meeting the lucky man who calls it home.'

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Fabulous house you've got!

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-We're very lucky!

-The whole thing oozes history.

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But first, Elizabeth has been quick to find her first item.

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She just needs the owner Maureen so she can put her talent to the test.

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Ah, Maureen! Hello, nice to see you!

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-How are you?

-Fine, thank you.

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Paul's given me the honour of looking at your stool.

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Thank you for bringing it in. I really like this, I've been having a good look at it,

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but there's obviously a story behind it, have you inherited it?

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No, I went to an auction - I'd just bought our first house and we went to an auction -

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and it came up for auction and I liked the carvings on the legs.

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-So was it an old house you had?

-A Victorian house, very small, in Walthamstow.

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So when was that?

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-In the 70s...yes.

-Right, OK.

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Did you recover it when you...?

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No, I've never touched it... It was like that when I bought it.

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I like the top, I know that's not what would originally go with it.

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So it blended with the interior so it was fine...?

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-I think there's actually the original leather top, or a leather top under there...

-Oh!

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..and if you feel it you'll also feel the horsehair under there as you'd expect.

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Do you know how old it is or anything else...?

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No, I don't know anything about it. That's why I brought it along.

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Right - well, it actually dates from the William IV period,

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so it's about 1820, 1830 in date. So it's getting on for 200 years old,

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so it's lived a little while now.

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What I'm struck by is the weight of it, which is just incredible.

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For a small stool like this, which looks sort of light and elegant, it's made of solid walnut

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-rather than walnut veneer and which really gives it such a hefty...

-Yeah, it is quite... It is heavy.

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Unusually so, but it really adds to its charm.

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And it's been beautifully carved in the solid.

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And the tops of the legs have got these wonderful lotus leaf carvings to the...

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-Yes, that's what attracted me.

-You like that?

-Yeah, I did actually, yeah.

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But what I like about this is, it's not just carved on the outside,

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it's actually carved all the way round each side of the legs. Oh, right.

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So it's sort of no expense spared.

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-They've gone all the way the leg and carved it all the same, which is really nice.

-Yeah.

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And it goes down to these really solid ring-turned legs,

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which really sort of stand firm and it looks very, very stable.

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So I like that.

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-Have you any concept of its value now?

-Not really, no.

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I think the auction open-market value at the moment would be round about £80 to £120.

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Oh, lovely, yeah. Very happy with that.

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And would you like a reserve on it at that sort of...?

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Yes, about 60, would you think?

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-About 60? £60, yes.

-With a...

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-With discretion?

-Yes.

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-Fine. Well, we'll have an £80 to £120 estimate.

-Yes.

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We'll agree with the auctioneer a discretionary reserve of £60

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-so it's got the safety net of a sort.

-Yes.

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-And then we'll see what people think.

-That will be quite exciting.

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-Norman.

-Hi, Will.

-You look far too fit to me to have to use a cane.

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-You didn't use this to get here, did you?

-No, not at all.

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This is great, I love it.

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A little silver-topped bulldog cane.

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Now they're two good words together, "silver-topped" and "cane".

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How have you come by this? Is this in your stick stand at home or...?

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-No, I inherited it about three months ago.

-So quite recently.

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-Yes.

-Where...? Who from?

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Actually from my mother. She had them.

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-Yes.

-Or she had them, but it came originally from my grandfather.

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-So originally from your grandfather to your mother and then to you.

-Yes.

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-So that's three generations.

-Yes.

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-Have you any idea what sort of age it is?

-No idea.

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Well, as with all English silver, it's fully hallmarked.

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We've got the marks here. They're ever so small.

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I mean, my eyesight's not too bad, but we've got here

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-the lion's head, that tells me it's silver.

-Right.

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And that looks like a capital G within a shield, which tells me it dates to 1882.

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So it's got a good age to it, over 100 years old.

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But to be fair, Norman, it does...

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It looks its age a little bit, doesn't it?

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-We've got a little bit of misshaping here, haven't we?

-Yes.

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We've had a bit of a bash and his ears have been bashed in somewhat.

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I mean, that's something that can be put right,

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it's not the end of the world, but it's a bit of a fiddly job.

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But I think the collectors of this type of piece, they're going to be prepared

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for a little bit of that, but it will hold it back

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on what sort of money it's going to make at auction.

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I think in perfect condition, if it had been tiptop and crisp as you like,

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I wouldn't have hesitated to put an estimate of 200 to 300 on this,

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but because of the damage I'm going to rein that back in

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to about 50 to 100. How do you feel about that?

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-Fine.

-And what about a reserve? I mean, where does it live at home?

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Is it on display or is literally thrown under the stairs in the cupboard?

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In the garage at present.

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-In the garage.

-Yeah.

-So, are you going to want back if it doesn't sell?

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No.

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I think we should go then no reserve, how do you feel about that?

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-Yeah, OK.

-Yeah? Let's see how it goes in the saleroom and see you there again.

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-OK.

-OK then.

-Thank you very much.

-Well done, Norman.

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-Anne.

-Hello, Paul.

-We're in the Princes Theatre

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and you've brought along a volume of stars of stage and screen and, who knows,

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some of them may have trod the boards here.

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-I doubt it somehow.

-I... Think positively! Do you think they might have done?

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They may have done, yeah, but...

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I want to know how you came across this because it is in perfect condition

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and whoever put this together was very meticulous.

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Look at all these photographs. How did you come...?

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I don't know who put it together, I'm afraid. I wish I did.

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I wish I had some history to tell you, but I haven't, really.

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All I can tell you is that it's been around in our family for a long, long time.

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And it's been in my loft for many years.

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Has it? Well, you've got a good dry loft then, that's for sure...

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-I have.

-Cos there's no damage to this.

-Well, I did have, yes.

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-I've just moved.

-Have you?

-And that's really why it's come to the fore again.

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-You were clearing out the attic...

-That's right.

-..and came across this.

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These are actors and actresses from the early 1900s.

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Somebody has focused on this particular lady, Miss Gladys Cooper.

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She starred in a film called Rogues with David Niven which won the Golden Globe award in 1965.

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-Oh, really, as recently as that?

-Yes.

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-Well, she only died in 1975.

-Right.

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-She was born in...

-I should have done more research.

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She was born in 1888,

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so she had a very good innings, she was 90-odd when she died.

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-But somebody...was absolutely fixated with her.

-Yes.

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Each photograph is individual,

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there are no duplicates.

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And I think - I haven't counted them, I don't know about you -

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but I think there's around 200 to 300 of Gladys Cooper.

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-I'm sure there must be.

-It just goes on and on and on.

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All the way through her career.

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But then... there's another massive fixation

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on another beautiful, beautiful actress

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called Gertie Miller. Gertie Miller was the daughter of a mill worker

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and it's a classic story of poor girl made good.

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You know, she became a fantastic star in the West End, a singing star,

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and became a duchess. She married Lord Dudley in 1924.

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-Did she?

-So what a lovely ending to her career.

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But, there are around, I would say,

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100 maybe plus of her.

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-Yes, yes.

-Now the difficult thing is...

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The difficult thing is, OK, I don't know who's going to buy

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100 Gertie Millers or nearly 300 Gladys Coopers.

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-That's... That's...

-That's right.

-That's the big difficulty.

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That's why I'm finding it hard to put a value on this,

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but I'd like to put it into auction with a tempting £200 to £300 estimate.

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-Right.

-A reserve at £200 fixed...

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-Yes.

-If that's OK with you.

-That's fine.

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So, let's say 200 to 300, fixed reserve at 200

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-and I'll see you on stage at the auction.

-Thank you.

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Chris, thank you for bringing in your Hornby Number 30 train set,

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which I shall just have a look at here.

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I think that's lovely.

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What can you tell me about this one?

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Well, I've owned it many, many years.

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It was given to me as... I think it was a Christmas present by my dad.

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I was about six or seven at the time.

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And I was never really into trains.

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I played with it a few times, but not much as you can see.

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I was more...into more little model cars, you know, the Dinky's.

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-Dinky's, uh-huh.

-Dinky's, yes.

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So you collected those, but didn't play so much with...?

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-Yes, and sadly it went in the loft and that's where it's stayed for about 50 years.

-Really?

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-Yeah.

-Hence its lovely condition?

-Yes.

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It's a Number 30 set from a range of many, many sets that Hornby produced.

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Frank Hornby established the tinplate train part of the business

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in the 1920s and they copied and cribbed a lot of ideas

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from the German toy manufacturers of that time, but he made it very English.

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His attitude was very much "English toys for English boys",

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-that was I think one of his catchphrases.

-Yes.

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This was produced just slightly post-war.

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The early post-war ones have openwork,

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the tinplate actually stamped in the openwork elements

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to the undercarriage is a giveaway to dating it,

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so you probably had it new at a time when they were probably

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-just changing into the post-war design.

-Yes.

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So it's quite an interesting transitional set.

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So you're looking to sell it, clear it out of the attic.

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Yes, and whatever this realises at the auction

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-hopefully it'll buy me another little Dinky car.

-Ah.

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-Well, let's hope we can help towards the next addition to that.

-Yes.

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In terms of value, if we balance the fact that it's in such lovely condition, and for a collector

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this is as good as it gets, with the fact that in terms of a Hornby set it's one of the more

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simple sets that they produced, I think that it should sell between £70 and £100, I'd have thought.

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-Right.

-Are you happy with that one?

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-Yes, I'd be happy, yes.

-And would you like a reserve on?

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-Put a reserve of 50, please.

-50?

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-Yes.

-OK. £50 firm and, hopefully, that will be put towards

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the next investment for your collection.

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-That would be good, be great.

-We'll see you at the auction.

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-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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Everybody is having a marvellous day here.

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We've been working flat out and we've found some real treasures to take off to auction.

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For today's sale we're taking a trip up the road to the Roman town of Colchester.

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And this is where today's action is taking place,

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Reeman Dansie Auction Rooms.

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On the rostrum is James Grinter, the man with all the local knowledge.

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Just before the sale starts I'm going to get myself into place

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and leave you with a quick recap of all the items going under the hammer.

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Firstly, Chris is happy to cash in his Hornby train set.

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Will he get the much wanted funds to expand his Dinky toy collection, I wonder?

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Then there's Norman's silver bulldog topped cane, once proudly owned by his grandfather.

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Norman's not keen on it, so with no reserve this stylish accessory will find a new home at auction.

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And I think Anne's postcard album is a wonderful snapshot of times gone by.

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I don't know who's going to buy...

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..100 Gertie Millers.

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Will any of the bidders remember the stars of yesteryear?

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And, finally, the walnut stool that Maureen acquired in the 1970s.

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Elizabeth gave it a cautious £80 to £120.

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Could Maureen shortly be sitting on a profit?

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You were right!

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We'll soon find out, but before that it's full steam ahead for Chris.

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Well, there's £70 to £100 riding on this next lot.

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It's the Hornby train set belonging to Chris.

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I hope we're on the right tracks

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with that valuation by Elizabeth and I'm sure we are.

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-Boys and their toys!

-Absolutely.

-And they've been played with...

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-Yes.

-But they've been enjoyed and loved.

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-Elizabeth, I think the valuation was spot on.

-Excellent.

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And we're going to find out now. This is it.

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Number 571 is the Hornby train set.

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I have two commissions. I start the bidding at £50.

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55. Over here now at 55.

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60. 65. At £65 is bid.

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Over here now at £65. Are you all...?

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-70.

-Yes!

-At 70 against you.

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75. 75.

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80. At £80. Make it 85? No?

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At £80 is bid. Are you all done?

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-Yes.

-Good.

-£80.

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Yeah, that's good. That's good news.

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That's very good news. We were on the right track there.

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We are indeed, yes.

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In a way it's sad to see them go, but what do you do with them?

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You know, I've got things like this which eventually I know I'm going to have to sell.

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Yes. Well, what I'm going to do with the money, I'm going to give a third to my wife...

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-Right, OK.

-And a third to charity, Help The Heroes, and the other third

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is going to go towards my other passion which is Dinky toys.

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-Oh, right, OK.

-Dinky toys. Into Dinky toys, yeah.

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Moving over to Dinky toys. Good market.

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-A good thing to do. Well done, Chris.

-Thank you.

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Every gentleman deserves a fine walking cane

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and there's one going under the hammer right now.

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-It belongs to Norman.

-Yeah.

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And this was your grandfather's.

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-Yes.

-Were you surprised at the value of this one that Will put on?

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-No, I had no idea what it was worth.

-I think you're spot on with this. It could do little more.

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Yeah, I mean, I've given it quite a wide estimate, 50 to 100, cos there is a bit of damage

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to the bulldog, but it's very dapper and canes are well collected.

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There is another cane in the sale today as well,

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so hopefully someone's, you know, spotted ours as well.

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Or bulldog lovers, not just walking cane people...

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-Exactly.

-..but bulldog lovers.

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-Exactly. Dogs are a good subject in antiques, you know that.

-Yeah.

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Number 585 is the Victorian silver-topped novelty walking stick

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with a dog's head handle.

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There we are. London, 1882.

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£50 for it? 50? 50 I have down here. At 50.

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-Straight in.

-Straight in now at £50.

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55. 60. Five.

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At £65. Over here now at £65.

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Are you all done?

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Yes, £65.

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We got it away. Well done.

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So it's off to a new home. And a good valuation, Will.

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Yeah, well, we kept it a little bit down because of the damage and so on.

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These things in perfect condition make hundreds, but you got the right money for it here today.

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Thank you.

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Anne, I've had some positive feedback about the photo album.

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It's been viewed. The auctioneer said lovely quality, great condition.

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I just hope they're not returned to sender at the end of the day!

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We've taken a punt at £200 to £300, but I just hope the theatre collectors are out there

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-that are after this album, because it is genuinely fantastic.

-Yes.

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Oh, dear. I can't see anybody that's sort of...

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-Sort of actor-looking in here, can you, really? So, it's kind of...

-No.

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..making me feel a little bit scared.

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Right, here we go, this is where all the excitement starts. This is it. Good luck.

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Number 551 is the Edwardian postcard album

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with all the various stars in it.

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£200 to start me. 150 then. 150 is bid. I'm there at 150. 160.

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170. 180. 190. 200. At 200. 210.

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220. 230.

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240. At 240's bid down here now.

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At 240. 250.

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At 250 down here now. 260.

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At 260. 270. 280.

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Oh, brilliant, we could do the 300.

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280. 290. At £290. On the telephone now.

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At £290...all done.

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Yes! Top end! £290.

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-I'm ever so pleased for you, Anne.

-Thank you very much, Paul.

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Cor, that was a brave punt, wasn't it?

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-Yes.

-Next is my favourite lot in the whole sale.

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I'm in love with this tiny little walnut stool. It belongs to Maureen and it's beautiful.

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-Oh, thank you.

-If I was allowed to buy this, I would.

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I just think it's so understated and it's just so English.

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There's just something so beautiful about this. The colour is just right.

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And I think with the right covering on this you're looking at a winner.

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It's in a very genuine condition at the moment

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and that top cover could reveal an earlier cover anyway.

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-Yes.

-So, lovely, lovely piece, yes.

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-Just how we like to find it.

-And I'm hoping for a little more than the top end cos it's quality.

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-Fingers crossed!

-It's auctions and we don't know what's going to happen.

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That's why we love them!

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-Oh, is it?

-Yeah, this is it.

-Oh, my goodness!

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The Regency mahogany stool in the manner of Bullock.

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There we are, the stool there as shown.

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I have two commissions with me and I start the bidding at £150.

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-You were right!

-At 150.

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Do I hear 160? 160. 170.

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At 170. 180. 190.

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At 190 is bid. 200. 210.

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At 210. 220. 230. 240. 250.

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At 250. 260. 270. At 270. 280. 290.

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At 290. 300. I'm out.

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At £300 on the telephone. 320.

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At 320 is bid now. 320. 340.

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At 340 on the telephone. £340.

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Are you all done?

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-Yes. That's what it's all about!

-Oh, that's lovely.

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I knew it was quality.

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When I saw that at the valuation day

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-I was drooling, wasn't I? What a surprise.

-That is a surprise.

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That's what auctions are all about. Two people fall in love with something

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and they won't give in and they keep bidding and you get a lot more for your money.

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-Oh, I really enjoyed watching that go.

-I bet you did!

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We'll be back in the auction room a little later, where a first-timer is having beginner's luck.

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Oh!

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And a storm brews about Wendy's painting.

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Oh, yes!

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They're fighting it out on the phone now.

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But first follow me to a Tudor masterpiece.

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In the reign of King Henry VIII it was important to impress.

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In the competitive Tudor court you needed to be noticed to get ahead, so if I was a Tudor Lord

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and I wanted to impress my sovereign what could be better than this?

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Layer Marney Tower, the tallest Tudor gatehouse in England.

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Built around 1520, the building is principally the creation of Henry, the first Lord Marney.

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Marney had come from humble beginnings but rose quickly through

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the ranks of Henry VIII's competitive Tudor court.

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The design he chose for this gatehouse was the height of fashion

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in the early 16th century and the preferred taste of Henry VIII.

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Marney used Italian-style terracotta here to symbolise

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not just his wealth but his closeness to the Royal Court.

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Indeed, it was the king who gave permission for the battlements on the top of the gatehouse.

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However, Henry Marney's architectural vision was never completed.

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He died in 1523 and while his son carried on with some building work he sadly died some two years later.

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There were no male heirs left to carry on with the construction

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or indeed hold on to this estate, so all of this fell into new hands.

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Then architectural styles in England changed and that's thanks greatly

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to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn.

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You see, a wife's sleeping quarters were generally above her husband's,

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but Anne Boleyn decided to buck the trend and sleep next to her husband,

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an example soon to be followed throughout the country.

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This new trend, favoured by Henry VIII,

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meant there was less need for separate rooms,

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so buildings required fewer floors and staircases, so this,

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the tallest Tudor tower in the land, was soon outdated.

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For 500 years many families have called Layer Marney Tower home,

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each making changes to suit their needs and tastes.

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Then, just 50 years ago, the gatehouse became the home of Susan and Gerald Charrington.

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They had fallen for the house when they were married

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in the adjacent church and when the tower came up for sale they snapped it up.

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As well as raising a family in their new home, they've also opened it up to the public.

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Nicholas, their son, has now taken over the running of the house and lives here with his wife and family.

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-Nicholas, hi!

-Hi, Paul. Very good to see you.

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Thank you for inviting me here.

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-What a fabulous house you've got!

-We're very lucky. Very lucky.

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-The whole thing oozes history, it really does.

-It's...

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You know, it's a great building and, you know, the Tudors were keen builders,

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but I think Lord Marney really put up something special here.

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-What are you doing in there? What room is that?

-This is what we call the banqueting room and the...

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Just Lord Marney, maybe his wife, would have come up here and had a meal, enjoyed the view

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and been a little bit separate from the rest of their household

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and important guests would have been brought up the tower, admired the views,

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maybe treated to a little meal in here.

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-And did Henry VIII stay here?

-Undoubtedly, undoubtedly!

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I mean, we know he stayed here, he came here in August 1522, and, you know, he loved this sort of thing.

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-He was still quite a fit man...

-You've got to be fit to get up here, haven't you?

-Exactly!

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Yeah, and he hadn't become the great barrel that one sees in later paintings.

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So I'm sure he would have got up here and, you know, probably taken a young lady up here with him.

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-Shall we talk about the rest of the house and have a wander?

-Yeah, do, that would be lovely.

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This is just terrific.

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So what was it like growing up here as a young boy?

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Well, it was terrific. I mean, I was actually born here,

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and I think I was the first child born here since something like 1920, and you've got all this space,

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you can run around, you can get away from your parents, you can do things and not get found out.

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And I think as a parent also, because I now see it that way,

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-you know, we've got four children all running around, it's great because they can buzz off...

-Yes.

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-..do terrible things and you don't hear them.

-Life's an adventure.

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Life's an adventure, yes.

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So what did your parents do to the building?

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When they bought it, the buildings themselves were essentially sound.

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-Yeah.

-You know, the roofs were pretty watertight.

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They did a lot of work on to the garden and they did a lot of work on the terracotta.

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The pieces here, the brickwork here, this is something

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my parents put in in the early 1970s and because it's the terracotta that's seen as

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the most important part of the whole building architecturally...

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That's the wealth, something you see on the facade.

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You know, it just brings it alive.

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And if you look up there you've got sort of old Tudor terracotta work

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-and, you know, that's very nearly 500 years old.

-That's incredible, isn't it?

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It's a bit weatherbeaten but it's in great condition.

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When did you take over the running of the house?

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Just about 20 years ago, now.

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The sort of changes we've made is we've probably become a bit more commercial

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about the whole thing in a bid to, you know, keep the whole thing running.

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And we've now reroofed this gatehouse, we've put probably

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Europe's finest lavatory block in, and done a lot of other works,

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lifting parts of it, not, I have to say, all the way up the tower.

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I like what you've done.

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-That Hopper over there caught my eye because it's dated 2006.

-Yes.

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-It's beautifully dressed in lead with traditional skills...

-Yes.

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But you've put the correct date on there when you did it.

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It's your legacy, you're adding to this, aren't you?

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I mean, we are, but also I think actually from the point of view of,

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you know, future visitors anyway it's quite interesting to see, you know, that it is...

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It's an ongoing process.

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Well, as well as the new loo blocks and this wonderful terrace, what else is ongoing?

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Come with me, let me show you.

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-This is a nice room.

-It's a lovely room, this one.

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It's part of the original Royal apartments and this

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principal space would have been some sort of reception, receiving room

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and then you'd have a bedroom to one side

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and then a few servants kipping, a garderobe/loo on the other side.

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-And we got quite stuck in a few years ago and put this new ceiling into the room.

-I liked the carved bosses.

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They're rather fun. You've got sort of what we call the eight animals in the middle,

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which is really seven farm animals and then you will notice the pattern

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resembles what we've got on the windows.

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-It does actually repeat the window.

-Yeah, yeah. It's a good space.

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Henry Marney built this tower to impress his King, but he also created a wonderful family home

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and I think it's really quite fitting that some 500 years later Nicholas is still enjoying this

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with his family, and also preserving a piece of history for all of us to appreciate.

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Well, from a house fit for a king to some brooches owned by a king.

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That's Rosemary King, to give her her full title, and she's next to appear

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back at Clacton's Princes Theatre.

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Rosemary, you've brought in two lovely bits of jewellery, I must say.

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Are these yours, do you wear these out?

0:28:280:28:30

-Did you wear them here today?

-No, no.

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Don't tell me, I hear this all the time from people

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with nice bits of jewellery, they sit in a drawer

0:28:360:28:38

-doing nothing.

-Yeah.

0:28:380:28:40

Let's have a look at them now a little bit closer.

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This one interested me when I first saw it.

0:28:430:28:46

This has actually got the motto of the Order Of The Thistle.

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It's one of the three Scottish regiments in the British Army. Now tell me, is there...

0:28:510:28:55

Is there anyone in your family who was a member of a regiment in Scotland perhaps?

0:28:550:28:59

No, not as far as I know.

0:28:590:29:01

I don't know anything much about my family at all, which I regret.

0:29:010:29:05

Really? What's happened there, then?

0:29:050:29:07

Just sort of drifted apart or just no-one ever...?

0:29:070:29:09

No, I just never asked my mum and dad any questions.

0:29:090:29:12

-There's a lesson, isn't there?

-Definitely.

0:29:120:29:14

-Ask them questions while they're here.

-Yeah.

-Get the photos out.

0:29:140:29:17

-Yeah.

-Get them to write everything on the back.

0:29:170:29:20

-Yeah.

-But that's a nice sort of sweetheart brooch, I'd call that.

0:29:200:29:23

Someone who's in the Forces, their sweetheart would wear that to remember them

0:29:230:29:28

and surrounded nicely with those little sort of rose-cut diamonds.

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They are proper diamonds, nice stones there.

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Not huge value in the stones, but nonetheless a nice little touch.

0:29:350:29:39

And then we move forward to this one.

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What can you tell me about this?

0:29:410:29:43

-This isn't a regimental brooch, is it?

-No.

0:29:430:29:45

It's just that I used to do archery

0:29:450:29:47

and one day we were in the town and we happened to see that in a shop and my husband bought it for me.

0:29:470:29:55

-Really?

-My ex-husband, I should say.

0:29:550:29:57

I can see the theme and that's rather nice.

0:29:570:29:59

I mean, the arrow, archery has a lot of connotations with jewellery, Cupid's bow, Cupid's arrow.

0:29:590:30:05

And, again, nicely set with these little diamonds.

0:30:050:30:09

Period-wise, I suspect he's bought that second-hand from a jewellers.

0:30:090:30:13

-Yes, it was.

-Cos this is probably going to be period Art Deco.

0:30:130:30:19

Value wise, I mean, I dread to think what he may have paid for that.

0:30:190:30:23

-I don't think...

-He may have told you or...

0:30:230:30:26

I can't remember now how much it was.

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Auction estimate for that

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would be 300 to 500.

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-Let's reserve it at that bottom figure, about 300.

-Yeah.

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And then we move on to the sweetheart brooch.

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I'm going to value that at 100 to 150.

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Let's put a discretion on that of £100 reserve, shall we?

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So we've got 10% discretion.

0:30:450:30:48

-Well, Rosemary, it's been a pleasure meeting you.

-Thank you.

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Let's hope we do well for you on the auction.

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Right, thank you very much.

0:30:540:30:56

So, my first question is to whom does this wonderful tureen belong?

0:31:060:31:10

-To me, Sylvia.

-So it is to Sylvia?

-Sylvia, yeah.

0:31:100:31:13

So, Denise, you've come along to see what Sylvia's tureen is worth?

0:31:130:31:16

-Yes.

-OK.

-Moral support.

0:31:160:31:18

Well done. So how have you come by this, Sylvia?

0:31:180:31:21

-Well, it was a very dear friend of mine who has recently passed away.

-Right.

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And it was given to her around about the 1930s when she lived in Maida Vale

0:31:240:31:29

-and it did come from an antiques shop.

-How wonderful.

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And I haven't got any room for it.

0:31:330:31:35

-It's a big item, isn't it?

-I live in a small flat, where we both are,

0:31:350:31:41

where we live. It would just go back in a box.

0:31:410:31:44

-Right.

-And I work for a charity which is marvellous and I want the money to go to that

0:31:440:31:49

-so they get as much as I can get!

-Worthy cause!

0:31:490:31:52

We will see what we can do for you.

0:31:520:31:53

-Yeah.

-I mean, basically it's by the Herend factory,

0:31:530:31:57

-which is a Hungarian factory which was originally established in 1839.

-Wow.

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And they specialised in fine quality ceramics which were copying other well-known European factories,

0:32:030:32:10

-principally Sevres and Capodimonte.

-Oh, right.

0:32:100:32:14

And in this case it's copying the Sevres, maybe the Meissen,

0:32:140:32:18

but is very much the sort of continental form,

0:32:180:32:22

both of shape and of decoration.

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And it's all hand-coloured and the handles and the roses on the handles

0:32:230:32:27

are all hand-coloured, so the fact they've put the effort

0:32:270:32:30

and the cost of handpainting it, is actually a sign of its quality.

0:32:300:32:35

And it's... It's...

0:32:350:32:37

I think dates a little earlier than 1930, but not so very much.

0:32:370:32:41

I'd have thought somewhere from 1900 to 1930, in that intervening period.

0:32:410:32:45

So, you have no room and you're hoping to sell it for your charity. Tell me more about that.

0:32:450:32:50

Well, it's the Clacton And District Occupational Workshops.

0:32:500:32:55

It's for difficulty-in-learning adults.

0:32:550:32:59

-Right, so you're hoping to raise a little bit more money...

-As much as I can, please!

0:32:590:33:03

Well, you can't affect what happens at the auction...

0:33:030:33:06

-No, no.

-But I certainly think it's a lovely item.

0:33:060:33:09

I'd have thought that it should really fetch somewhere between,

0:33:090:33:12

on a bad day £70 to £80, on a good day, 120, 130.

0:33:120:33:15

So if we sort of split the difference

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and say an estimate of about £80 to £120, would you be happy with that?

0:33:170:33:21

As much as we can get, yeah. Are you going to put a reserve on it?

0:33:210:33:25

-I think we'd better.

-Better, yeah.

0:33:250:33:27

No, I think a reserve is good. So if we put, what? An £80 firm reserve on it

0:33:270:33:30

-so you know where you stand.

-Please, yes.

-So are you happy with that?

0:33:300:33:34

-Absolutely, yeah.

-See you at the auction then?

-Yes!

0:33:340:33:37

-And you?

-Probably!

0:33:370:33:38

-Well, the more the merrier. We'll see you there.

-That's right.

0:33:380:33:41

Wendy, welcome to Flog It!

0:33:450:33:47

-Thank you very much.

-Tell me, is this a picture that hangs at home?

0:33:470:33:50

It certainly does, yes. It has ever since my mother passed away

0:33:500:33:56

and she left it, obviously, to me.

0:33:560:33:58

-Yes.

-But now that time has progressed I thought, well, you know,

0:33:580:34:04

-now's the time.

-Test the waters, see what it's worth.

-Yes.

0:34:040:34:07

Well, I mean, it caught my eye.

0:34:070:34:10

It's got something about it, hasn't it?

0:34:100:34:12

The composition and it's quite striking

0:34:120:34:14

and this coastal scene here,

0:34:140:34:17

slightly choppy waters, perhaps a storm approaching,

0:34:170:34:21

good bit of composition here which leads up to this sort of ruin

0:34:210:34:25

of a castle atop a hill and the cliffs there, as well as

0:34:250:34:30

these focal points in the foreground, figures,

0:34:300:34:32

perhaps a fisherman there

0:34:320:34:34

perhaps tending to their boat or some of the...

0:34:340:34:37

The nets perhaps and a sort of croft type cottage

0:34:370:34:41

there in the background.

0:34:410:34:44

I don't recognise the scene and it doesn't tell us on the back, as a lot of pictures do, where it is.

0:34:440:34:50

Have you any ideas or thoughts of where it could be?

0:34:500:34:52

No. I must admit, I have no idea.

0:34:520:34:55

I don't know where the artist originated from.

0:34:550:34:59

Well, she's a British artist because,

0:34:590:35:01

as you say, we do have an artist's signature there.

0:35:010:35:06

SL Kilpack, Sarah Louise Kilpack.

0:35:060:35:10

She was born in 1839 and she died in 1909.

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Now, her flourishing period, what we call where she created

0:35:140:35:18

most of her work, is about 1880 to 1909, that sort of period.

0:35:180:35:23

You say you haven't got an idea what it was worth when you brought it in today.

0:35:230:35:28

-No.

-I mean what sort of figure were you looking at?

0:35:280:35:30

£200, £300?

0:35:300:35:32

Oh, I don't think so, no.

0:35:320:35:34

Would you have sold it for £400 perhaps?

0:35:340:35:36

-No.

-Well, we're getting close now because,

0:35:360:35:39

-I mean, my ideal estimate in an ideal world...

-Yes.

0:35:390:35:44

..would have been about £400 to £600.

0:35:440:35:46

Now is that anywhere near the sort of figure you had in mind?

0:35:460:35:50

I would say that, as it's "Flog It!", you would...

0:35:500:35:54

And you're going to put it into auction, we'll see how it goes,

0:35:540:35:58

but I'd like 500.

0:35:580:36:00

Ah! You would like.

0:36:000:36:02

We'll, see how it goes...but!

0:36:020:36:04

-But!

-Exactly. Well, listen, it's a good lesson.

0:36:040:36:07

-It's your picture.

-Yeah.

-It's not mine.

0:36:070:36:09

-No.

-It's not the auctioneer's.

0:36:090:36:11

-No.

-You've got history with it. You know what you want for it.

0:36:110:36:14

-Yeah.

-So we'll put it in at £500.

0:36:140:36:16

Now, we have to have the estimate with 500 as the bottom figure.

0:36:160:36:20

-Right.

-So let's say 500 to 700...

0:36:200:36:22

-Right.

-..as an estimate.

-OK.

-..and a reserve at 500.

0:36:220:36:25

I'm not even going to ask if you want discretion on that

0:36:250:36:28

because I get the feeling here that we want a fixed £500 reserve.

0:36:280:36:32

-Yeah.

-Good. Well, look, all I can say now is hopefully on the day we'll get it away for you.

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-Now I suspect you are not going to be terribly disappointed if it doesn't sell, will you?

-No, I won't.

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Well, we'll do our best for you.

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-Thank you very much indeed.

-Thanks for coming in.

-It's a pleasure.

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With Wendy finally happy with the valuation we're ready to head back to our Colchester auction room

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and we're taking with us Will's find, that beautiful SL Kilpack painting

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that Wendy inherited from her mother.

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And it will be joined by Rosemary's brooches, the Deco arrow brooch and the intriguing war brooch

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where the story has sadly been lost to history, but she's hoping

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she'll raise a pretty packet to pass on to her children.

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And, finally, that hearty tureen from the Herend factory.

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A good friend left this to Sylvia and she's only letting it go to raise funds for her favourite charity.

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But first up we've got Rosemary, who's pinning her hopes on two lots.

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I like your brooches, Rosemary, I really do.

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I think the diamond arrow one is just to die for.

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That's gorgeous and I know you fell in love with that, Will.

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But I think this Scottish war brooch, could be a little sleeper, you know.

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Yes, it's nice quality and it's got that crossover.

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You've got the jewellery, the militaria market.

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-Yeah.

-You've got that. And then the arrow brooch, I mean, is lovely and the fact that

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-you were involved with the archery is a lovely connection, and, again, super quality.

-Yeah.

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They're just nice quality pieces.

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Number 371 is the good quality First World War sweetheart brooch,

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the diamond set one here.

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Say, £80 to start me? 80?

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80 I have down here. 85? At 85. 90.

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-Come on, we need more than that.

-95.

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100. The lady's bid of £100. 110.

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-120. 130.

-This is more like it now.

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140. 150. 160. 170.

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Another place. 180. 190.

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200. At £200. Still the lady's bid.

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-At 200 all done.

-That's more like it.

-That's good.

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Good result. One down, one to go.

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Number 372 is the Edwardian ladies 15 carat gold

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platinum and diamond arrow brooch.

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Say to start me... 250 to start me?

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250. 250 I have down here now. At 250. At £250 bid. Do I hear 260?

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260. 270. At 270 against you. 280.

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Come on, more.

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300. At £300 bid at the back now. At 300. At £300 is bid.

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Any advance? All done now at £300.

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It just did it with estimate £300.

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-I'm pleased with that.

-Yeah, that's good.

-Yeah.

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The war brooch turned out to be the one that gave us

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-the surprise in the end, didn't it?

-Yeah.

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I think because of that crossover of the markets...

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Yes. So, there's commission to pay.

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-Yeah.

-But what are you going to put the money towards?

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Well, I'll probably split it between my two children.

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Well, things are moving along nicely now.

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-Sylvia, it's great to see you, and Denise, moral support again.

-Yeah.

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-Need it, won't we?

-Wow, the pressure's on in here, don't you think, Elizabeth?

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-It is, absolutely.

-It's my first time.

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-Is it?

-Yeah, it's fantastic.

-What do you think?

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I daren't bring any money with me, I shall buy things!

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Keep your hands down as well in case you accidentally do buy something!

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Well, we're just about to sell something and it is that wonderful tureen with lid,

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which I know you put a value of £80 to £120 on.

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-I did, yes.

-And it is rather special, isn't it?

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-All the money's going to charity.

-Yes.

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Let's hope we can get the top end of Elizabeth's estimate.

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A good quality Herend porcelain tureen and cover.

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I have two commissions with me and I start the bidding at £120.

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With me now at 120. At 120. 130.

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140. 150. 160.

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170. I'm out. At £170 in the room.

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All done now at £170? 180 on the internet.

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-190. At 190. 200.

-200!

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-Yes, £200!

-At 210.

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Still in the room now at 210. 220.

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-230. At 230.

-I really love this!

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It's still in the room now at £230.

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Make it 240?

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At £230. Fair warning now, I'm going to sell it. All done at 230.

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-£230, yes!

-Brilliant!

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-Lovely!

-And all the money's going to CADOWs?

-Yes.

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And that's all down to you.

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-Yes. Yes!

-Oh, what a lovely donation.

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-Oh, brilliant.

-Thank you.

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Lucky necklace!

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-Well done. I'm so pleased for you.

-Thank you so much.

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-No, that's all right.

-Lovely.

-That's OK, that's OK.

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I'm going to find some more things and I'm coming back!

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Something for all you fine art lovers now, a wonderful oil by Kilpack, a seascape.

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-In fact, it's a fishing port and it belongs to Wendy...

-Thank you.

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Very nice as well, it's gorgeous.

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Lots of interesting things going on with the fishing boats,

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the figures in the foreground, the battlements, as well.

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-Why are you selling this, because it looks like it's just come just off the wall?

-It has.

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It's been on the wall of my family since the early 1900s.

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Gosh. Fresh to the market then, Will?

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-It is.

-That's what the market likes with pictures.

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Why have you taken it off the wall and brought it in?

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Well, I came down to see what the value of it was originally...

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And Will here twisted your arm!

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-Yes!

-We managed to prise it off you, didn't we? Yeah.

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We had a little bit of a discussion about reserves and prices

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and what the estimate should be, but we agreed at the end...

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-Five to seven?

-Exactly. With a 500 fixed reserve, didn't we?

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-Yes, we did.

-You don't want it to go for anything less.

-No.

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I've seen a few picture buyers and dealers in the room today, so... It's a good name.

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Number 631 is the SL Kilpack, the oil on board, the coastal view here.

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-I have two commissions and I start the bidding at £600.

-We've got...

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-Straight in!

-Straight in with two people on the phone.

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620. 620. 640. 660. 680. 700. 720.

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At 720. 740. 760.

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At 760. 780. 800.

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At £800. The commission bid with me. 820.

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-Oh, yes!

-840.

-They're fighting it out on their own now!

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At 840's bid. Still with me. 860.

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880. At 880. 900. 920. At 920. 940.

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We might get £1,000!

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At 960. At 980. At 980 I'm out.

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At £980 on the telephone. At £980.

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Coming in now on the internet?

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At £980 are you all done?

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Yes! Just short of £1,000. Wendy!

0:43:020:43:06

-That's great.

-That's fantastic.

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Absolutely brilliant.

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You were proved right, you did well, stuck to your guns,

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insisted on your price and, you know, you were proved right on the day.

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-Yes.

-Wendy, treat yourself cos I know Mum would love that.

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-I'm sure she would.

-Thanks for coming. I hope you've enjoyed the show.

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We've had a marvellous time here in Colchester.

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That's what auctions are all about, having those surprises.

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So, until the next time, it's cheerio.

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