0:00:03 > 0:00:08What do an African prince, '60s musicians and carpets, yes, I said carpets, have in common?
0:00:08 > 0:00:09It's not a joke, believe me!
0:00:09 > 0:00:13It's the Worcestershire town of Kidderminster. Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Lying in the district of the Wyre Forest and surrounded by beautiful, stunning countryside,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Kidderminster has long been famous for its carpet production, but that's not its only claim to fame.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50It's also where the inventor of the Penny Black and the modern postal system was born.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54The claim to fame doesn't stop there. Today, we're at Kidderminster Town Hall,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and back in the 1960s, the stage here played host
0:00:57 > 0:00:58to many great rock acts,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02including the Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Jones, Cilla Black,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Donovan, and of course, The Kinks.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Today, we don't have anybody that musically famous,
0:01:06 > 0:01:12but we do have two dedicated followers of fashion, Kate Bliss and Mr Philip Serrell.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- You don't want to sell it? - No.- Right, you can clear off then, you're no good!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'Philip now runs his own auction house in Malvern,
0:01:18 > 0:01:23'but got his start when he took up the post of trainee auctioneer at Worcester Livestock Market.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:30- I mean, they normally make 10,000 to 15,000.- You're joking! Don't joke!
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Hello. You're about bright and early.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38The daughter of an auctioneer, Kate has been a regular fixture at her dad's sales since she was a toddler,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41which shows you're never too young to start in the business.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Is this yours? Is it?
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Well, it is now 9.30. It's time to get the doors open and make a bit of history for ourselves.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Come on, everybody, let's go in!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58And what a Flog It! we've got today for you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02The former Mayor and Mayoress of Kidderminster bring a Worcester vase,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and reminisce about how they met.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- We met here actually...- You met here?- ..at the town hall in 1966.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14And then there's Stephanie, who wants to sell her grandfather's clockwork toys.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17My granddad, from 1897, could remember them.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20That's great that you can remember that far back.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- I can't remember to 1897! - No, I wasn't suggesting that!
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Later, we'll find out if our owners were right to flog it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yes, hammer's gone down.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- I'm happy. Are you happy?- Yes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38I don't know if I can stand the tension. I'm going to fall over!
0:02:38 > 0:02:42That's all to come, but right now, Philip's valuing a Worcester vase
0:02:42 > 0:02:47that's been brought in by Nigel and Jenny, who've a special reason to be nostalgic about our venue.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Married 40 years next year.- Ronnie Biggs didn't get that long, did he?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- No.- No, and he got two million quid!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- No, but it's a joy.- It's a joy.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Hey, what a man. Hey, there's a... What a testament for you.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59We met here actually, in the Town Hall.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- What was that at, then? - They used to have the groups.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07- Concerts, probably Tom Jones... - The Who.- Manfred Mann, The Who, the Rolling Stones twice here.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- We couldn't afford the Beatles, they were £1,200.- Really? - But the Stones were about 800.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- So, you know all this. Local historian?- Yeah.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Definitely. Passionate about Kidderminster?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Absolutely. I was Mayor of Kidderminster, and Jenny was Mayoress.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- So you're real Worcestershire people? - I was born in Worcester, yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- That's quite appropriate, isn't it? - It is.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Because you know where this was made. - Yes, yes.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Yeah.- How long have you owned it?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33I've owned it since 1998.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38My father inherited it from his mother, and then I've inherited it from my father.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Right. So why do you want to sell it?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- I've got lots of other pieces. - Worcester?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yes, of Worcester as well.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I had to get a cabinet to put all this stuff in. I never...
0:03:47 > 0:03:51I thought having cabinets filled with stuff like this was old-fashioned, but...
0:03:51 > 0:03:55So, you're starting to be old-fashioned now, are you? He's nodding his head!
0:03:55 > 0:03:59That's not very politically correct, sitting there going like that?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03We've got a cabinet filled with this stuff, and we... I don't even know what's in there,
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- it's that bad. If we were burgled, I wouldn't know what's in there. - Honestly, we would not...
0:04:08 > 0:04:13- We've collected things... - Don't say that on television, you might get burgled!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- But we've got a great big huge dog! - Oh, right, OK.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20You heard that, they've got a massive dog and it'll bite you, so don't go near their house.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Well, it's a piece of Worcester.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Yes.- And, really, in the 20th century, Worcester was renowned,
0:04:26 > 0:04:33for its hand-painted wares, and they were the great exponents of the day, they really were.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36You have the Worcester vase with sheep, that's Harry Davis,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and the Worcester vase with cattle, that's Stinton.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43And if you get a Worcester vase with blackberries on it, it's by Kitty Blake.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47And if we spin that, there indeed, that's her signature, K Blake,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51and Kitty Blake painted blackberries and autumn leaves.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- It's beautiful.- It's lovely. - It is.- It's really lovely.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59And it's quite simple. If you look at those circles and dots just there...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Yeah.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06That's just a date code, and that tells us that this was made in 1937.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Oh, right, very good.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- In terms of value, I mean, these are fairly standard pots...- Yes.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14..and you can put an estimate on that of £80 to £120.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17You can put a reserve on it of £60.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20If you have a good day, it might make 150.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23If you have a real good day, it might make a little more.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Well, let's hope it does really, really well for you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27- All right.- Thank you.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28'Yes, fingers crossed.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32'We get a wide variety of pottery and porcelain through our doors,
0:05:32 > 0:05:38'but we also get unusual items, such as the shepherd's smock that Andrew has brought in.'
0:05:38 > 0:05:40So, how did you get your hands on this?
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Well, going back to mid 1940s when I was a young lad,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49my mother used to wear it at fancy dress parties at the Women's Institute.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Where did she get it from?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Well, I believe she got it from her mother,
0:05:53 > 0:05:58because my grandparents and her mother and father came from Bromsgrove round here,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- and they did have some land, I believe it was at Cookley.- Right.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07Presumably this was made, then, in the 1920s? It would correlate with your three generations going back.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Possibly, yes.- When it was made. It's been beautifully hand stitched.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13It's 100% cotton, I don't think it's ever been worn in the field.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- I don't think so. - But it has been made for a man,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21and I can't believe that farmers and shepherds
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- would have worn something like this, I really can't...- Nor me.- Look!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Look at this.- It does suit you!
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- Does it suit me? Well, I don't know. - I can't see you going down the High Street in it!
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- I'd get arrested, wouldn't I? - Yes.- It's fantastic.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42Even the cuffs, when you turn them back, look at that, sort of little tiny doily motifs.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- All the buttons have been handmade. - Yes, beautiful.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I find this incredibly hard to value. I'm not an expert on textiles.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I've asked a few of my colleagues, and we've come up with a figure...
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Yes.- ..of £80 to £120.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Yeah, that seems reasonable. - Put a reserve on it of £80.- Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- It's worth every penny. - Yeah, I'm sure it is.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I think it belongs in a bygone museum, a local small museum...
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Yeah.- ..where young children can see and appreciate what shepherds would have worn.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Thank you so much for bringing this in, because it's put a smile on my face, I think it's wonderful.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21'Hopefully, we'll find a new home for Andrew's mother's fancy dress outfit,
0:07:21 > 0:07:25'while over at Kate's table, Ruth's hoping to find a new home for her father's toys.'
0:07:25 > 0:07:29We've got our very own war game going on here. Beautifully set out.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Tell me about this lovely collection.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It was bought for my father by my grandfather,
0:07:33 > 0:07:38and it's just been sitting in an attic for quite a long time, so I thought I'd bring it along today.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42So, tell me a little bit about your grandfather. Did he fight in the war?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47He was in the First World War, and he did get shot in the First World War, too. He survived.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Luckily, he had a prayer book with him.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- And this is what we've got here. - Exactly.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Because this is just incredible, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Presumably, he was wearing this at the time.- Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:04And this is his catechism, his catechism of Christian doctrine, and this is the actual bullet hole.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Yes, that's right.- That's incredible, isn't it?- Yes, it is.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12It's a case of really, literally, a Christian doctrine, or a Christian faith saving somebody's life!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Absolutely!- Incredible.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17So, what about the toy soldiers, do you know anything about them,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19about the maker, or when they were produced?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I believe they're made in England, but they're American soldiers.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25They are, which is quite interesting, isn't it?
0:08:25 > 0:08:31The fact that an English toy manufacturer is producing things for the American market, if you like,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and the manufacturer, you've got the box here, so we can see quite clearly,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37is Timpo Toys,
0:08:37 > 0:08:44and Timpo started production of lead models like this in 1949.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49It was a hollow cast production, that was the method, and we can see on this soldier here,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53who has sadly copped it, that they are indeed hollow.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- He's lost his head, so you can see right inside there.- Right.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01But the use of lead stopped in the 1950s, in 1956,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05and really paved the way for a huge range of plastic models,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07which are still produced today, I believe.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11And you've got a great little collection here.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14They were produced and sold in box sets,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18just like this one here, usually of six or more,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22and I particularly like this little unit, which is a unit in itself, isn't it?
0:09:22 > 0:09:26These three pieces, one piece, of course, is the mortar itself,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and then you've got the two figures that make up the mortar unit.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- That would have been sold as a little set.- Right.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Then you've got lots of other different figures in their fighting stances.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40This one's called Firing Standing, for instance,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44and this chap obviously Crawling, and I love the detail of the barbed wire!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Why are you looking to sell it, if it's something that's been passed down in your family?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It has, yes, but it's been in an attic for quite a while, so, to raise a little cash.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Well, I think what you've got here is a lovely little set.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Sold, I think, or to be offered, as one lot.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05Because of the condition I'm going to bring it down a little bit, but the box will certainly help.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Right.- And I think we could say at auction, an estimate of £60 to £80.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Really?- With a reserve, perhaps, of 50, so they don't go for less than that.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- Excellent. I'm quite surprised, thank you.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- So, you'll want to hold on to this book.- Yes, I'd like to keep that one.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I'm sure, because that's a story which shouldn't be forgotten about.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Well, everybody's certainly been working flat out all morning.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It's now time to take our first treasures off to auction.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36There's a few gems that we've spotted down there,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40so there's going to be one or two surprises later on in the programme.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44'Our first three lots at auction start with Nigel and Jenny's Worcester vase,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46'which Philip gave a value of £80 to £120.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52'Another 80 to 120 lot next, and that's Andrew's shepherd's smock.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54'I've never seen one of these before,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58'and it's in perfect condition, so I'm hoping for the very best in the saleroom.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03'And Ruth didn't get a fight from Kate when she said she wanted to sell her father's toy soldiers,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07'and she was surprised by the estimate of £60 to £80.'
0:11:07 > 0:11:11There's plenty of cars in the car park, so hopefully it's going to be jam packed.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14And this is where all our items are going under the hammer today -
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18'One thing to be aware of at a sale,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23'is both sellers and buyers pay commission plus VAT.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24'Check also for any extra costs
0:11:24 > 0:11:27'before you start putting items in the sale,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30'or putting your hands up in the auction house.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32'On the rostrum today, we've got Nick Davies.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35'Let's hope he gets some good results for our owners.'
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Good luck, Ruth.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Going under the hammer, the American die-cast soldiers.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It could be a good battle for them, couldn't it? £60 to £80. They were Dad's.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- They were.- And they were his dad's, I gather.- I think so.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- And you have two girls.- Two girls.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51So, I know why you're selling them.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53HE LAUGHS
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- I do like these, though.- It's a really nice set, and it's great that you've got the box.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Yeah.- Fingers crossed they're going to do well. Here we go.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04We've had bids and interest. We can open at £60,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08takes the other bidders out straight away. At £60.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Do I see five anywhere else in the room?
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- 60, well, we've sold, haven't we? Straight in.- Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Selling at 60. Are we all sure and done at £60 and finished?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- First and last.- £60.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- That was short and sweet. - It was, wasn't it?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27A quick skirmish for our soldiers. Are you happy with that?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Yeah, very happy. £60 is fine.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33'They might have sold at the bottom of Kate's estimate, but Ruth goes home a happy customer.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37'Andrew's turn next, and it's the first textile lot of the auction,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39'so I'm hoping that doesn't affect its chances.'
0:12:39 > 0:12:44I think it's time to test the water. I've just been joined by Andrew. A phone's constantly ringing.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Hopefully, that's coming in on our lot. It's the shepherd's smock about to go under the hammer.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53It's beautifully displayed, it looks great on there, doesn't it?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- That's not too bad at all. - Condition is very good,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59and this really belongs in a bygone museum. Hopefully it'll end up there.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03We'll find out, because it's going under the hammer now.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Eight is an embroidered cotton smock,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10some people thought it might be a shepherd's,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and we can open this just below estimate at £70.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Do I see five in the room?
0:13:16 > 0:13:21£70 on commission. 75 anywhere else? At £70 with me.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25At £70 it'll be then. 75 anywhere else? All done at 70?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Didn't sell it. - No, it doesn't matter.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Didn't sell it. We had a fixed reserve.- That'll go to our museum.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35'That's such a shame, but it was worth holding out for the reserve,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'as it's a beautiful piece of family history.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44'Last, by no means least, is the Worcester vase.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47'Will it get the local interest it deserves? Let's find out.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I love this next lot. There's a touch of class about it,
0:13:50 > 0:13:55and so there should be, it belongs to Nigel and Jenny, ex Mayor and Mayoress, yes?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Yes.- Hey, I love the berries, I love the blackberries and the brambles,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01and I know you loved this as well, didn't you?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Why are you selling it?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08Well, I inherited it, but our son Kieran is running in the London Marathon...
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Right.- ..for the first time,
0:14:09 > 0:14:14and he's running for the Royal British Legion, and whatever it makes,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- I'm going to donate it to that. - So he's in training for it, is he?
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- He is. He's running the miles in the country lanes around Bewdley. - Good luck on this one.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28Well, you know, her work, Kitty Blake, autumn leaves and autumn fruits, you can spot it miles away.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32It's hugely collectable, and this should really do very well.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- And he knows his stuff. - He does.- He does.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Yes, he does.- Yeah, he does. - Here we go.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Royal Worcester posy vase. This is a Kitty Blake example.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- we've had lots of bids and interest in this.- Lots of interest!
0:14:45 > 0:14:49£120 takes all of the other commission bidders out,
0:14:49 > 0:14:50£120. Do I see 130?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52130. 140?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- What?- That's what I call a really good start.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58150 in the room, now. It takes the commission bidders out.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Do I see 160 anywhere else?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07At £150, then. I'm selling in the room at £150, all done.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Yes! Great.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Gosh.- Result!- Thank you, Philip!
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- My pleasure.- That's exceeded...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- That's a name to look out for. - Thank you.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19'Well, that was just brilliant.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25'The profits are going to a really good cause, so Nigel and Jenny were right to flog it.'
0:15:25 > 0:15:30That concludes our first visit to Fieldings auction rooms in Stourbridge.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34We are coming back later on, but right now I want to show you a little hidden gem,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36tucked away in the local countryside.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Can you imagine living here? No?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Well, not that long ago, people actually did.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04For hundreds of years this soft sandstone had been carved out
0:16:04 > 0:16:06to create homes for people to live in,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and the last occupants moved out in the 1950s,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14but, sadly, for 40 years or so, the caves fell into disrepair,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19with a combination of natural weathering from the elements, but, tragically, a target for vandals.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Look at this, carvings everywhere, and bits taken off,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26but all that changed when the National Trust undertook a project of restoration,
0:16:26 > 0:16:31painstakingly restoring some of the rock houses back to their original condition
0:16:31 > 0:16:33as they were in their Victorian heyday.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Kinver Edge lies on the edge of the Black Country,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43and during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46a previously well-established iron works flourished here.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Thousands of people migrated to the area,
0:16:49 > 0:16:55and some of the people who worked at the iron works lived here in the rock houses.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58The upper level three-stone-faced houses have been completely rebuilt,
0:16:58 > 0:17:05while the two cave houses show how the rock looked after it was left by the inhabitants.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08There are two more caves like this one on the middle level,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but on the lower level, the restoration is extraordinary.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18'Edwin Blunt has been site manager here for over 20 years.'
0:17:18 > 0:17:21They continued to be a popular place for people to live in,
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- and even became a tourist attraction.- Oh, yes, the...
0:17:25 > 0:17:32Kinver Edge has always been very popular for day trips from the Black Country since Victorian times.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37The coming of the light railway from 1901 brought incredible numbers on...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39on regular weekends.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43The maximum was about 17,000 in one day in 1905, I believe.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Gosh, that's a lot of people, isn't it?- A lot of people.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48And they used to sell teas to everybody.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54- Did they?- It was part of their additional income, for these were ordinary poor families.- Yes.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58And therefore any possibility of earning extra money,
0:17:58 > 0:18:03- and with 17,000 visitors in a day, everybody sold teas.- Yeah.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06How many houses were here? How many rock homes?
0:18:06 > 0:18:12- They... At the maximum we had 11 families living here, which is about 45 people.- Yeah.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17'Because of the popularity of the tea rooms, and the rock houses as a tourist attraction,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21'a wealth of photographs and postcards exist of the outside,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24'but there is a distinct lack of interior shots.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28'However, the interior of one of the dwellings has been reconstructed,
0:18:28 > 0:18:34'thanks to a painting of Mr and Mrs Fletcher by Alfred Rushton in 1903.'
0:18:35 > 0:18:37So, what was it like living in one of these houses?
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Well, they were, generally speaking, the temperature is quite even throughout the year,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- so you tend to find that they're cool in summer and warmer than outside in winter.- Yeah.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49And with a good fire going...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Quite cosy.- Quite cosy.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Mind you, I saw the well outside, so they drew the water from the well,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59there was no running tap water.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04- They relied on the wells until the pumping station was built in about 1920.- Do they have electricity?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07No. They never had electricity. They had no mains drains.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Right up until the '50s? - Nothing at all.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13All they had from the 1920s was an outside tap.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Gosh.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Looking around there, I mean, the woman were very house proud, weren't they?
0:19:19 > 0:19:22This is a nice des res, put it that way.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I mean, they'd keep the floors swept,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29and the outsides clean and tidy, and the things that everybody normally did...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Yeah.- ..in those days.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36If the family got bigger, could they take it upon themselves to start digging to make another bedroom?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Could they work inwards? - Well, I don't see why not.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Before 1900 there used to be three cottages in this bottom level.- Yeah.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46After 1900, there was only one family and they...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- They did just that.- Knocked through.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And knocked through into next door, and made it into one house.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Yeah. It's a really nice feeling when you walk through the door.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01They kind of hug you. They almost embrace you. There's something really nice about it.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05The people who lived here were very proud, and very happy to live here.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11They really enjoyed it, and some of the families lived here for 150 years, the same family, you know?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Passed down to generation to generation?- Yeah.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- There's no place like home, is there?- That's it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Edwin, thank you so much for taking me back in time and, well,
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- making me feel like I'm in a holiday cottage! I've learned something today.- Excellent. You're welcome.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34That is so fascinating.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38To think that people actually cut their homes into the side of this chunk of rock.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41That's so resourceful, and so clever.
0:20:41 > 0:20:47The Holy Austin rock houses take you back in time to a bygone era with a real twist.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58'Our team work their way through the queue, valuing every single item brought in,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02'and Kate Bliss has found an interesting box of tricks she wants to take a closer look at.'
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Keith, first of all tell me about this lovely little leather case.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I spotted it in a shop in Coventry, an antiques shop,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and that drew my attention to the fact I just liked it,
0:21:13 > 0:21:17and when I picked the case up, I realised there was something in,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and the photographs were inside, and from that point on I've just kept them together.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24So, what makes you bring them today?
0:21:24 > 0:21:30Because I've just had them in a cabinet for probably nearly 18, 20 years.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- I'm moving on, so I guess they've got to move on, as well.- OK.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Well, they look like just a bunch of old photographs at first, don't they?
0:21:39 > 0:21:45- Yes.- What we've got here are known as cartes de visite, if you like, is the French term.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50In English, in Victorian England particularly, they're known as calling cards, or visiting cards.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- Oh, right.- And this arose in the 1850s in France,
0:21:55 > 0:22:00where families who were fairly wealthy had their photographs taken,
0:22:00 > 0:22:05and they were then transferred on to small cards and used as calling cards,
0:22:05 > 0:22:10so when they went visiting, they left their card with their photograph on it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- That's a lovely way, isn't it? - Now, just flicking through them,
0:22:14 > 0:22:19I see that this gentleman here has obviously written a lovely message on the back here,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23handwritten, with a brother's love, John Butt,
0:22:23 > 0:22:28- and it is the Butt family that you see, the name appears a lot, doesn't it, on the cards?- Yes, it does, yeah.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32And this one here is Waterloo, USA.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35So here we have some American calling cards,
0:22:35 > 0:22:40and while we're talking about America, these ones have really caught my eye.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- What's special about these is we have possibly the same gentlemen...- Yeah.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49..but in his American Civil War dress, or uniform, as a soldier,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and on the back here, which is lovely,
0:22:52 > 0:22:59"Yours courteously, Sir Knight Butt, Apollo Commandery, Number 19, Indiana,"
0:22:59 > 0:23:02which is lovely, so we can date that precisely,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06because, of course, the American Civil War was 1861 to '65,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- and that places that exactly in history, doesn't it?- It does, yeah.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16These ones, looking through, are all English, some Coventry,
0:23:16 > 0:23:21this rather impressive Victorian lady, a number of different photographers.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Babies here from the family. But what about value, Keith?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Have you any idea?- Not a clue.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33- Well, it's always the subject as well as the photographer... - Of course, yeah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39..who's of interest to the collector, and I think these American Civil War ones are certainly of interest.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I love the personal inscriptions on the back.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Yes, very dear.- Having said that, I'm going to be quite conservative.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52It's a bit of an unknown quantity to me, and I think it really depends who we have at our auction.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Yes.- But I'm going to say, with their leather case,
0:23:54 > 0:24:01- I think they could make anywhere between 40, 60, perhaps £80 to £100 on a really good day.- Yeah.
0:24:01 > 0:24:08But I think a realistic, conservative estimate would be £40 to £60, to attract those collectors.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- Yeah, that would be very good. - Lovely. What did you pay for them?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- About £10, I think. - About £10. How long ago?
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I would think about 1984, '85, somewhere round about there.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- OK, well, we'll certainly try and get you a profit!- That'd be nice!
0:24:24 > 0:24:27'Isn't it amazing how people bring in items from all over the world?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31'Although, that's not true of Godfrey's boxing poster.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34'You couldn't get closer to home than this one.'
0:24:34 > 0:24:38This is a boxing tournament that took place here.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Yes.- In this room!- Yes.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41- In 1928?- Yes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43So, how did you come by this?
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Bought it at an antiques fair about five to ten years ago, and it's been up in the loft ever since.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- Are you a collector of posters? - No, I collect anything to do with Kidderminster.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58What I love about this is the names of these people, and it's all a bit of local history.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- Yes.- Because you've got Farrier Frank Berwick, who's from Bewdley,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and he was the heavyweight champion of India for six years.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06He defeated Gunboat Jack,
0:25:06 > 0:25:11I won't say what it says there, because it's not really politically correct, that, is it?
0:25:11 > 0:25:14And then we've got Arthur Holes of Worcester,
0:25:14 > 0:25:20and then Young Crumpton from Kidderminster fought Reg Roberts, and on it goes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22And I love this bit here, look.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Ladies cordially invited!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27So I think it's absolutely brilliant,
0:25:27 > 0:25:32and you've bought it primarily because you're interested in local history?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Yes, yes.- What else have you got?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- You wouldn't like to believe, really.- Really?- No, no.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Bricks. I've got crestware.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- You've got bricks? - Yeah, with Kidderminster on.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Bricks with Kidderminster on. I bet your wife loves you, doesn't she?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48If anything... We used to go all over the countryside,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52and anything that had Kidderminster on, we used to buy.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57I'm not going to ask you what you've paid for this, I'm going to tell you what we can estimate it at.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00If this came into my saleroom, I'd go...
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- ..£60 to £90 estimate...- Right.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09£50 reserves, if it makes 150 I wouldn't be surprised.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- OK.- What did you pay for it? - Just over £100.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- So, you paid just over £100 for it five years ago.- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20- And now you're going to perhaps sell it at a loss?- Well, things have to...
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I've been out of work for 12 months now, and...
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- So it's got to go. - It's got to go, yes.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Let's keep our fingers crossed,
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- and hope we get a real killer punch, and somebody pays £150 or £200 for it.- Right, lovely, thank you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37'So, while we leave Godfrey and Phil hoping for a knockout performance at auction,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41'I've hunted out another item which, in its day, was very useful.'
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Jan and Dave, what have we got here?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I haven't seen one of those for a long time.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- It's a moustache cup. - It is, isn't it?- Victorian.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- And you can see that.- Yes.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Look at that. And that's where the gentleman would have a sip,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58and not get his moustache covered in coffee or hot chocolate.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- That's right. - Well, I never, look at that.
0:27:01 > 0:27:08- Yeah, yeah.- That commemorates 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign, and it's dated here 1897.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10There's a bad chip there, can you see that?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Yes, there is. We had a bit of an accident.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Did you?- Yes.- Someone with a moustache too bushy pushed it in?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18No, not really. No, Dave did.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23Actually, because this is damaged, this is only worth around £40 to £50.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- Oh, is it? As much as that? - If... Here's a little secret, OK?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Yes.- Now, if this would have been '87, ten years earlier,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- I think it would be slightly more collectable.- Oh, right.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Because 50 years is... Is a time to celebrate.
0:27:37 > 0:27:4050 years on the throne would be worth a lot more money
0:27:40 > 0:27:43than 60 years, or 70 years or 40 years, yeah?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45So after 100 years, would that be...
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Well, they'd be dead then, wouldn't they?- Oh! Sorry.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- Sorry.- What do you think of guys with moustaches then?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Did he ever have one? Dave, you ever had one? No.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- No.- You don't like them?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Not particularly, no. - What do you think?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Well, I absolutely love them!
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Well, there you are, it's a nation divided.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Thank you.- And now it's time for tea.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12'Well, I stand corrected. Maybe the mug could be useful for some men today.'
0:28:12 > 0:28:15From something for the dads to something for the kids
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and Stephanie's tin figures might be collectables now,
0:28:18 > 0:28:20but they were definitely toys once.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24They've been in my family for as long as I can remember, certainly.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26So where have you had them at home?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I remember seeing them when I was a little girl and being shouted at
0:28:30 > 0:28:32for playing with them, don't touch!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34They disappeared then for a while.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39My dad, this year, has gone into residential care so I got the task
0:28:39 > 0:28:42of clearing out the house and there they were in the loft.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- You've unearthed them?- I know! - After all this time.- Yeah, yeah.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- Have you any idea how old they are? - I haven't.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52I know that my grandad from 1897 could remember them, so...
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I don't know how old they are, no.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58OK. That's great that you can remember that far back, that it's passed down...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- I can't remember to 1897! - No, I wasn't suggesting that!
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Which is your favourite here?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Which one do you like best?- Oh, gosh.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11I've got to say this one, I think. There's just something about him.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- That's interesting because he's... - He's a proper little character. - He is, isn't he?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Yeah.- That's what strikes me about all of these.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21They've all got their personalities, their quirkiness, if you like.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27But what we've got here are two known manufacturers, and then three,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30these three figures here, could be made by a number
0:29:30 > 0:29:33of different manufacturers, but let's look at these figures
0:29:33 > 0:29:36first because these are by the same manufacturer.
0:29:36 > 0:29:42- Any ideas what nationality they are, to start with?- I don't, no.- No?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43I really don't know.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47I just remember them from when I was little, didn't mean a lot to me then, don't know.
0:29:47 > 0:29:54If you look closely at these quirky characters you can see on their hats, there's a little mark.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Right.- F and M.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01And they stand... Those two initials stand for Fernand Martin...
0:30:01 > 0:30:02- Right.- Who was French.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06They're never in very good condition his characters because they were made
0:30:06 > 0:30:13from scrap metal that was scavenged from the streets of Paris, literally.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15And what we've got here is the drunkard,
0:30:15 > 0:30:20swigging his grog, and he's got very pink cheeks, which I love,
0:30:20 > 0:30:25underneath that hat, and here the fiddler in his checked trousers here.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28He's lost his cloth tunic, hasn't he?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30But otherwise he's pretty good.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32So, those are interesting.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Now we have three very different ones here.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37And if you go a little way across Europe from France,
0:30:37 > 0:30:42you come to Germany and these three are by one of the best known
0:30:42 > 0:30:47German manufacturers of toys at that moment, a company called Ernst Lehmann and they only
0:30:47 > 0:30:55produced novelty toys and were very well known for producing clockwork tinplate items just like these.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56One of the characteristics
0:30:56 > 0:30:59of the toys produced by the firm were the bright colours
0:30:59 > 0:31:07and the lithographed designs and we can see that, I think, beautifully on the wheels of this cart here.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11You can see the clowns printed on the wheels there.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15My favourite, I think, is Paddy And The Pig, as he is known,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- riding here. And he does go, doesn't he?- He does.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22If I give him a little tweak there, with a little bit
0:31:22 > 0:31:26of encouragement, there he is, riding the pig.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29And I think this is lovely.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35This is the Lehmann trademark, the insignia, and we have also, on the base, quite clearly,
0:31:35 > 0:31:42dated 1903, so this goes right back to that turn of the century period.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45So, what about value for this lovely collection?
0:31:45 > 0:31:50I have no idea at all, I really have no idea.
0:31:50 > 0:31:51OK.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55These three are probably going to be less desirable because
0:31:55 > 0:31:58of the condition and because we can't associate them with any manufacturer,
0:31:58 > 0:32:03and I would advocate putting three in one lot at auction
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- with an estimate of £60 to £100 on the three.- Right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10The Fernand Martin,
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I think, are super. I love them as characters.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18£60 to £80 each.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20And the Lehmann,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24this one has an arm missing, unfortunately, so that one,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- that is going to really bring the price down.- Yeah.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32I'm going to suggest putting that together with the clown in his cart
0:32:32 > 0:32:39and the donkey and I think that as a lot should be estimated conservatively at £100 to £200.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Paddy And The Pig, however,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- I think should make £100 of his own.- Wow!
0:32:43 > 0:32:46So I would estimate him probably at just under £100.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48£70 to £100, perhaps,
0:32:48 > 0:32:52and hope that he certainly makes the £100, if not a bit more.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- All in all, you've got several hundred pounds here.- Right.
0:32:55 > 0:33:01And I think, with the right collectors at the auction, they could significantly surpass my estimates.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Lovely, OK. Thank you very much.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- They've made my day, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07It's great having good personalities on.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10What a quirky collection!
0:33:10 > 0:33:16I can't wait to find out how that and our other lots do as they go under the hammer.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20At £40 to £60, Kate thinks the bidders will come calling
0:33:20 > 0:33:22for Keith's box of cards.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Philip was very excited about Godfrey's poster,
0:33:26 > 0:33:32finding it over 80 years after it advertised a fight in the very hall our valuation day is being held.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Kate split Stephanie's clockwork toys into five different lots
0:33:36 > 0:33:38and put her estimates on the conservative side.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41The estimates vary from £60 to £200,
0:33:41 > 0:33:46but auctioneer Nick has his own idea of what the toys could make.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49I think this is one of my favourite lots of the sale as a group.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53They belong to Stephanie, they were her grandfather's and he was born
0:33:53 > 0:33:57in something like 1890 and they've been in the family ever since.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01You don't get toys like this nowadays, completely different with all the computer games you get.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06All plastic and batteries. I love the German ones.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10They're great. You've got really good examples of tinplate toys of the period.
0:34:10 > 0:34:17As separate lots, each lot we've got around £80 to £100 on them.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23I could see the German lot, just those two alone, possibly doing 300.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- Wouldn't surprise me... - I really could.- Not in the least.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31The cart and donkey you see quite a lot of.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34The baker is a little bit more rare.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- That is quite unique, isn't it? - It's quite unique.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40And Paddy And The Pig, as he's well known, is another
0:34:40 > 0:34:43rare example and the thing is about these three, well, all of them,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45- there's been no restoration.- No.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- There's never been repainting. - Original paint.- Original paint. All the mechanisms work.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53They're toys, they've been played with, there will be chips and dinks
0:34:53 > 0:34:57and small dents, but in general terms, they're not bad at all.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01No, I think they're undervalued, personally. As a group lot, easily £1,000.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02I'd have thought so, yeah.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Easily. Even with missing clothes and odd arms missing,
0:35:05 > 0:35:09but they're great fun and when they're wound up and working
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- they're great entertainment, and they were the cutting edge of the day.- Of course.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16They've got everything going for them as regards a good investment,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19because you're going to wait a long time to see these again,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- and hopefully we'll get over £1,000 for this lot.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25It'll be a pleasure to sell them, I'm sure.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27We'll see if they do, but Keith's about to find out
0:35:27 > 0:35:31if his calling cards are anything to write home about.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35We've got £40 to £60 on it, Kate. Hopefully, it's going to do well.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39There's some interesting ones in this, I think the collectors have spotted them.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Hard thing to value. Here we go, putting it under the hammer now.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Some English and some American examples.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Not sure how they got here.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Featuring the Butt family. Nice examples.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Where do we start them? £35? 35 anywhere?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55No interest in these at £35?
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Nobody coming in at 35 for the calling cards and the case?
0:36:01 > 0:36:0535. 38. 40 and they're with you, sir.
0:36:07 > 0:36:1040. Thank you. 42 anywhere else?
0:36:13 > 0:36:15£40. The gentleman by the cash office at £40.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16Are we all sure and done?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Yes, hammer's gone down.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19- £40.- £40.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- We just got them away!- Just!
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Well, that'll do.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Well, that was by the skin of their teeth
0:36:26 > 0:36:29as the cards just reached the reserve.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33There's a clue to what's coming up next. I hope it's a knockout.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37We've got that lovely boxing poster and it belongs to Godfrey. Hello, Godfrey.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42You brought it along to the right expert, Mr Philip Serrell, because he's Mr Sports Expert!
0:36:42 > 0:36:43You are now, aren't you? Yeah.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- You do rugby, cricket.- I love it. - This is your first boxing.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49But I love this, it's just such a great thing and I think, old posters,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53they're so evocative and, of course, why would you keep that?
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- They would have just been discarded after the event, wouldn't they?- Yes.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Someone had the foresight to keep that and I think it'll do well.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- Fingers crossed.- Yeah. - Hope so.- Fingers crossed.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05We're going to find out right now.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09A great bit of fun this one,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13promotional boxing poster at Kidderminster Town Hall.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- There we are...- Come on.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Farrier Frank Berwick and Arthur Holes.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I wouldn't want to cross Farrier Frank!
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- I'm bid 50 on a commission straight off...- That's good.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Do I see five in the room anywhere?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Nice bit of local interest. At £50 I'm bid on a commission.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Five anywhere else?
0:37:34 > 0:37:35At £50 for the poster, then?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38£50.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43First and last at 50 for Farrier Frank. All done?
0:37:43 > 0:37:44£50, that's good!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- I'm happy, are you happy? - Yes. Very good.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Well done. At least we weren't left on the ropes!
0:37:48 > 0:37:50'We just hit the reserve there.
0:37:50 > 0:37:56'At least our items are selling, but will the tin toys which Kate split into five lots fare any better?'
0:37:58 > 0:38:01We've all been waiting a long time for this.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02I love these tin plate toys.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05I know the condition's poor on some, but who cares?
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Because they're early ones.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10A lot of them are damaged so I've deliberately pitched them conservatively.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15I've seen similar ones at auction making quite a bit more than our estimate,
0:38:15 > 0:38:17but because of the damage, I've kept it low.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Let's find out what this lot in the room thinks, shall we? Here we go.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Lot 734, you are bidding on the Lehmann clown
0:38:27 > 0:38:30and also the baker with his sweep.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33We have to open the bidding at 500...
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Oh, late bid. Sorry, late bids for this...
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- £680.- £680.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Straight in at 680!
0:38:41 > 0:38:45£680 for this lot. Do I see £700?
0:38:45 > 0:38:52- 680!- 740, 760, 780, 800, 820, 840...
0:38:52 > 0:38:53860, 880, 900...
0:38:53 > 0:38:56920, 940, 960, 980...
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Wow!
0:38:58 > 0:39:01£1,000... 1,050. 1,100...
0:39:01 > 0:39:03And 50... 1,200. And 50.
0:39:03 > 0:39:041,300...
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- This is just flying away! - This'll do, won't it?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- This'll do. This'll do for a start. - Oh, yes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Don't forget, there's four more to come.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Be still my beating heart!
0:39:12 > 0:39:14And my favourite is the pig later on.
0:39:14 > 0:39:171,600, there. 1,700, anywhere else in the room
0:39:17 > 0:39:18before I go to the phones?
0:39:18 > 0:39:201,600!
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Adrianne? 1,700. 1,800, sir?
0:39:24 > 0:39:261,700 on the phone. Do you want to bid?
0:39:26 > 0:39:291,700. 1,800, in the room, sir?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Thank you very much. 1,700.
0:39:32 > 0:39:341,800? Helen?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36£1,700 on Adrianne's phone.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39At £1,700...
0:39:42 > 0:39:46The hammer's going down at £1,700...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48All done?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50That's the first, here's the second.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56We're opening at £400 for this lot, at £400.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Could I see 420? 440.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01You're out. 420 there.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04440 anywhere else in the room?
0:40:04 > 0:40:08At 420. £420 for Paddy And The Pig.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Are we all sure and done at £420?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16420, Paddy The Pig got, yes! We're on a roll, aren't we?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Here's the next lot.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22This is the chap playing the fiddle. Bids and interest again.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26We're starting at 150 this time for this chap.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29160 there first. 170. 180. 190?
0:40:29 > 0:40:33190. 200. 210...
0:40:33 > 0:40:36220. 230. 240...
0:40:36 > 0:40:40250. 260. 270. 280. 290. 300...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Gosh! Everyone's in love with them. Everyone!
0:40:43 > 0:40:46330 anywhere else in the room?
0:40:46 > 0:40:50At £320, all done and finished?
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Do you know something?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I don't know if I can stand the tension. I'm going to fall over!
0:40:56 > 0:40:58That's the first three - there's two more lots.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02There he is, he's had a bit of a bash to face this one,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04but bids and interest all the same.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07This is brilliant!
0:41:07 > 0:41:11This is a golden auction moment and it's not over yet!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14I thought they were something good when I saw them in the queue.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15We open at £200 on the drunk.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18210, 220. 230. 240. 250.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23260? 250. 260, sir? 270. 280.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26290. 300? 310. 320?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28He says no. 310, nearest me again.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32320, he's back. 330. 340?
0:41:34 > 0:41:39340, sir? 340. 350. 360?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43350. Seated in the room at 350.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Oh, Stephanie! Did you ever think they'd be worth as much?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47No idea. No, I didn't.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49£350.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52The hammer's gone down. Here's the last of the lots.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56We have the two soldiers and we have the policeman
0:41:56 > 0:41:59who has lost his arm and is naked!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- There's a fair bit of damage on these.- Yeah.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, bless him, yeah.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05We've bids and interest all the same and we start at?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08A large amount of interest.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12We're straight in, believe it or not, at £2,100.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15£2,100! Straight in at 2,100!
0:42:15 > 0:42:162,200...
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I'm not joking, listen!
0:42:19 > 0:42:212,300, anywhere else?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24At £2,200 for the three figures.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26At 2,200. All sure and done at 2,200?
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Are you finished?
0:42:29 > 0:42:332,200! Do you know something? That's taken us to a total
0:42:33 > 0:42:39of £4,990! Just under five grand. Give us a hug!
0:42:40 > 0:42:43I'm totally gobsmacked! Absolutely gobsmacked!
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Nearly five grand for those clockwork tin plate toys
0:42:47 > 0:42:49and it didn't matter about the condition,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51the collectors loved them, they were so rare!
0:42:51 > 0:42:52What are you going to say?
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Come on!- I can't, I'm speechless! I'm speechless.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58- I thought they were good, but not that good! - It was a come and buy me.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Especially the damaged ones. I looked at them and I thought...
0:43:01 > 0:43:04What do you need doing in the house?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- I can find something!- You can spend that, can't you?- Oh, yes.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- Thank you so much.- I loved it!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11If you've got something like that, we would love to see it.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16'And here's how you do it...'
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