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Today we are in the very picturesque market town of Richmond in North Yorkshire and over the years | 0:00:06 | 0:00:12 | |
this place has certainly seen a lot of history. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Roman, Norman, medieval, Georgian and judging by today, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
look at all these cars, a very popular tourist destination. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
It's also our destination for Flog It! | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
Richmond grew up around the Norman castle which dominates the town. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
And the area that we're filming in today, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
where our massive crowd is gathering, is the market place. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
There would have been stocks housed here to punish the wrongdoers. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
So let's hope this lot behaves themselves. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
They've all come to ask the important question, what's it worth? | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
And when you've found out what are you going to do? Flog it! Yeah. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
And what a Flog It! we've got for you today. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
-Paula's got an interesting laugh. -She's got a very interesting laugh. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
PAULA LAUGHS | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
There you go. Beverley and Philip, why do you look familiar? | 0:01:18 | 0:01:23 | |
-He loves you. -I love him too. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
He loves you, don't you? Ah, give me a kiss. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Give me a lick, yeah. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
Ah, good boy. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
We've got a team of experts ready to go and they're headed up | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
by two Flog It! favourites here at the market hall. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
Adam Partridge has always been a bit of an entrepreneur. As a young lad | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
he collected rainwater and sold it to the neighbours for gardening. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
You can see he's a little bit more grown-up these days, which is a good job as he runs his own saleroom. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:56 | |
And you, what have we got, anything exciting? | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
As does James Lewis whose speciality is furniture and pictures of all types. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:04 | |
Specialities are not the name of the game, though, as our experts | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
value everything that comes through the doors. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Our very own Punch and Judy are busy getting ahead of the game by checking all the bags and boxes. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
And for Adam - car boots. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
OK. It is a Riley. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
A famous name in snooker tables and billiard tables, Riley's. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
Of Accrington. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
It's quite nice, the good thing about it is it is quite small. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
And small is beautiful. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
We'll have to get that unloaded by someone else, I'm not up for doing that. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
This is a Riley portable model, although it's all hands on deck | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
to get the slate-bedded table into the market hall. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
So now we have our first item even before we've got inside. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
We'd better get everybody in quick. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
There was such a massive queue outside, | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
but right now at the very end of this CUE... | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
is going to be our expert Adam Partridge. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
It's game on for him and he is going to tell Chris and Craig exactly what this is worth. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:04 | |
Morning, chaps. How are you doing? | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
-Fine, thank you. -You're, um...? | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
-Craig. -Craig and...? -Chris. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
-And I am guessing father and son? -Yes. -There's a resemblance. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Now, then, what's the story about this billiard table here? | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
Well, it used to be my great-grandfather's. He bought it. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
And then it's been passed down through the family to my grandda, to my dad and now to me. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 | |
-All the way through, so four generations? -Yeah. -Gosh. So you had it as a boy? | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
-I did, yes. -You played on it? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
-I remember many hours playing away. -And what about you, Chris? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
-I loved playing it. Whenever it was out I was on it. -Were you? -Yeah. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
It's a good fun object, isn't it? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
And really nicely-made by a good maker. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
The sad thing is that you're selling it, isn't it? | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
It's taking up a lot of room and it doesn't get played as often as we'd like and things. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
And we don't really have the room to play it. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
The firm of Riley's is a major billiard and snooker firm started at the end of the 19th century. | 0:03:55 | 0:04:02 | |
They really went very well and by 1910 I believe | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
they were making 4,000 of these so-called portable models every year. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
So they're not particularly rare. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
But it just gives you an indication about how large that firm was. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
-This is a properly-made thing. -Yes. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
-Real mahogany, a slate bed, heavy as anything. -It is. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
I tried to lift it in the car, nearly gave myself an injury. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
So you've got the original scoreboard here, it looks like a 1930s period really, I think. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
D'you know when it was bought? | 0:04:28 | 0:04:29 | |
We think around 70-75, 80 years ago. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:34 | |
-So 1935 or so? -Yeah. -'30s, '35. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
That ties in with the look of it. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
And have you had to have any repair or...? | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
-I think we've had the felt on the top been redone, but that's about it really. -That is about it. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:50 | |
That was professionally done by Riley's about 10 years ago. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
Are they sadly closed now? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
-Yeah. -They've gone out of business, haven't they? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Probably soon after they did this. I'm sure the two aren't connected. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
I think it was about 2002 they went out of business. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
So you got your scorer, you've got | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
a variety of cues and the bridge there. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
And you've got your balls somewhere? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
-Not the original ones, but we have some pool balls, yeah. -OK. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
You brought them. They'll go in the sale as well? | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
-Yeah. -Now, what sort of value expectations do you have? | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
-Somewhere between sort of one and two hundred, something like that. -Very sharp, this young man. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
We should put a reserve on because I don't want you thinking, "It's gone for 60 quid" | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
or something and you're thinking "We should have kept it." | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
-So would you think 100 would be a sensible figure? -Yeah. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
Anything less than three figures just isn't good enough. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
-Yeah, it just wouldn't be worth it. -No, I agree with you. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
It's not a lot of money, but do you get it, does Dad get it? | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
It's being split between me and my sister. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
-Right. -So half each. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
So she's happy for it to go, perhaps not such a girly thing? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
No, she's not so into it, but she's been up and playing it a couple of times. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
OK, well, we've managed to avoid all billiard and snooker-related puns so far. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
So let's hope it goes successfully at the auction. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
-Thanks for bringing it along. -No problem. -Thank you. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
And now we're going from something extremely heavy to something a little lighter. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
And excitingly, it's from Cornwall which is my neck of the woods. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
This is Reggie and he loves Newlyn copper. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
Well, his owner does, Christine, anyway. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
Christine, thank you so much for coming in today. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
-I know Reggie is a special dog, he's a hearing dog, isn't he? -Yes. -Because you are deaf. -Yes. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
So he helps you out, he can hear the telephone, can he? | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
He does. And he can hear the oven timer go, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
he wakes me up in the morning by jumping on me | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
-when the alarm clock goes off. -Oh, bless. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
He tells me when the smoke or the fire alarm goes off | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
-and that's a life-saver, potentially. -Yes, it is. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
How long have you had him? | 0:06:44 | 0:06:45 | |
-I've had him for two years. -He's so special. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
Well, tell me how long have you had this piece of Newlyn copper then? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:53 | |
Well, my father passed it over to me about 15 years ago. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
But it came from my grandmother who lived in Newlyn and kept a lodging house. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
-Did she? -She was taking in artists. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:07 | |
Some of my other relatives have got paintings from the Newlyn School, | 0:07:07 | 0:07:11 | |
but I inherited the inkwell. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
It's beautiful, isn't it? It is beautiful. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
I want to handle it. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
I'm so excited, can I put Reggie down? | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
-Absolutely. Yes. -Do you want to hold him? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
-I'll hold him. -OK. Because he's got to see what's going on. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
Oh, come to Mama. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
There. I've got his lead. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
Well, this whole thing started with John Drew MacKenzie, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
he was an artist, basically. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:35 | |
An easy way of determining the age of Newlyn copper | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
is if you turn it upside down it's stamped - Newlyn. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
You know, items were mainly only stamped after John Drew MacKenzie's death | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
in the early 1900s. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Prior to that things were just hand-signed. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
This was done around 1910, 1915. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
It's so stylistic of the period. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
Look at the rolled edges, the way that's been rolled over. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
It's not just a tourist piece, this is meant to be used and last | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
for a long time. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
And if you lift the lid, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
you can see it's the most wonderful desk inkwell. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:12 | |
Unfortunately, it's missing its glass liner. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
Yes, I'm afraid so. I don't know what happened to that. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
But that doesn't matter, you can find replacements. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
They are pretty much a standard size. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
But what I like about it - most Newlyn copper has fish | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
and bubbles and seaweed - on the side here we've got a squid! | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
Full of ink. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
Isn't that lovely? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
I think that's absolutely charming. Is it something you want to sell? | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
It's been in the family a long time. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
I want to sell it. I want to raise money for Hearing Dogs. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
Reggie's made such a difference to me | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
I'd like to give other people the chance. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
Oh, wonderful. Let's put it into the saleroom | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
with a valuation of £150-£200, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
but a fixed reserve at £130. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
-Happy? -Happy. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
Because it's a very nice piece. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
Well, let's hope the auctioneer can do a proper job for Reggie and Christine here. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
I have a feeling that will go back down to Cornwall. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
James is up next and he's feeling a sense of deja vu | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
-after meeting Beverley and Philip. -Why do you look familiar? | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
We've been on before with you. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
That's quite embarrassing. What did you sell last time? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
A Minton jardiniere. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
Now, Phil, Beverley, this is a classic piece. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
Do you love it? | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
-No. -Not really. -Oh. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
-Did I get it right? -Right. -You got it right. -OK, the pressure's on. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
See if we can get two out of two. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Because these, for me, are everything that is interesting about history. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:41 | |
They're the oldest things I've seen for probably five or six years | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
on Flog It! | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
You can see we have got labels on here, and this one says, "Found in...something Park." | 0:09:46 | 0:09:52 | |
Found at Tranmere Park in Guiseley. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:54 | |
In Guiseley, Yorkshire. Harry Ramsden territory. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
That's correct. | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
How did you come to have them? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
My grandfather found them when he was building some houses at Guiseley. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:07 | |
I believe he dug them up in 1936. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
Fantastic. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
You know, he was probably the first person to handle | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
-this example for 5,000 years. -Oh, gosh! | 0:10:16 | 0:10:22 | |
This is Neolithic, | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
an axe head, made 2,500-3,500 BC. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:30 | |
So the most incredible thing. What a shame it's had a chunk out of it. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
You can imagine somebody sitting by the fire, | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
sanding, sanding, sanding, strapping it on to the end of their axe head. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:44 | |
And then, bang, that came off. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
You can imagine, you wouldn't exactly be impressed, would you? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
-No! -He's probably struck something hard when he wasn't expecting to. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:55 | |
Either that, or your father chipped it digging it up. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:00 | |
-Probably. A spade. -A spade, yeah. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
It's a fantastic bit of history. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
This one is later. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
It's far more fashioned, it's far more detailed, with this little bit of decoration here. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
I'm not an expert on this sort of thing, but this, I think, is Bronze Age. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
This is 2,000 BC, to 1,500 BC. This one's not damaged at all. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:26 | |
A most wonderful bit of Yorkshire history | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
and I would hope that local museums | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
might be interested, because they're not things that you find every day. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
So why do you want to sell those? | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
If they were mine, I wouldn't. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
They've been in a brown paper bag in the garage, in a bottom drawer. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
What are they doing in a garage?! | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
Well, where would you put them?! | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
If they were mine, they would be pride of place in the living room. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
-I love them. -I think my grandson would use them as a weapon! | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
The value... The thing is, as much as you've got age, you've got to find somebody who would want them. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:04 | |
There aren't many mad people in the world like me that would love them. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
So I think they're worth £80-£120. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
It's the old auctioneers' favourite, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
but I think that's what they're worth. If that is rare, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:20 | |
they might make an AWFUL lot more. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
With a few phone calls | 0:12:22 | 0:12:23 | |
-in the right direction, we might do a good job for you. -Good. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
Out of all the people here, Adam zoned in on a musical instrument. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:34 | |
-Ray. -Hello. -Nancy. -Hello. -Welcome to Flog It. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
-Thank you. -Thanks for coming. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
I'm always interested to see musical instruments. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
It's my "speciality", particularly violins and concertinas. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
You brought a concertina, so I'm very pleased. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
-Whose is it? -It were me granddad's. He left it to me uncle. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:57 | |
He passed away two years ago and we cleared the house out, or helped. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:03 | |
-This was in the house. Did you know of its existence before? -No. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
-You'd never seen it played? -No. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
It just turned up in the house. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
-Where has it lived in the two years since? -In my wardrobe! | 0:13:13 | 0:13:18 | |
-Not hers! -I don't think he's happy about it! | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
"There's a concertina in the wardrobe!" | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
There are various models. This is late 19th century. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
1890s, I'd have thought. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
You can date it from the number. You can look it up. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
-Oh, right. -It's by a firm called Lachenal and Co. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:38 | |
They made a lot of these, various models, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
in the same way as you get a car. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
You get your one litre to five litre and different specifications. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
You get different models of these. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Different bellows, different steel reeds or brass reeds inside. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:57 | |
We'd have to open that up to see if they were steel or brass reeds. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
Steel's worth more than brass, for example, with the tuning. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
There's a number of factors that affect the value. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
It's got rosewood ends. This is a fairly basic model. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
It's kind of the beginner's model. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
You can see on the buttons the names of the notes. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
Granddad was trying to master it. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
They've rubbed off a bit and he's put them onto that slip of paper. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:27 | |
This is why it's a student's model. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
-Which means it's not a particularly valuable instrument. -Right. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:34 | |
Some are worth hundreds, even thousands, but this basic model | 0:14:34 | 0:14:39 | |
-tends to make about £100. -Yeah. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
It might be slightly more, so I'd be tempted to put the estimate lower. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:48 | |
-Yeah. -£60 to £100. -Yeah. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
-Reserve of 50 quid. -Yeah. Fine. -All right? -Yeah. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
-You didn't think it was worth anything. -No. -It's a bonus. -Yeah. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
It's got its original case. Always nice to see. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
Inside, you've got Granddad's... George Fletcher. Is that Granddad? | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
-Yeah. -He's got his little notes and a Songs For The Forces book. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:14 | |
So it's a nice little package. Hopefully, we'll get £100 plus. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:19 | |
-What would that go towards? -Grandchildren. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
-How many have you got, Ray? -Four. Four coming. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
-Three. -Three and one on the way. Don't jump the gun, Ray! | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
-Let's hope we get a good result. -Thank you very much. -Thank you. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:37 | |
Towering over Richmond is the castle that gave the town its name. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:53 | |
It was built on a rocky crag to bolster up defences in 1071 | 0:15:53 | 0:15:58 | |
for Alan Rufus. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
Rufus was no ordinary noble. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
He was the nephew of William of Normandy, better known as William the Conqueror. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:11 | |
It's said that Alan Rufus was the wealthiest man in the country. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
If you equate that in today's monetary values he was wealthier than Bill Gates. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:22 | |
Alan was given 250,000 acres of land all over the country | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
for his support in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
The "Honour of Richmond" was one of the largest estates in the country, | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
made up of land including parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, Dorset and Surrey. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:43 | |
Richmond-on-Thames takes its name from this very place. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
He built this castle to stamp his authority | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
on his land and the people. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
Use your imagination, just for a moment. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
In its heyday, hundreds of people would have been milling around. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
There would have been many other buildings, most of them wooden. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:09 | |
There's a few stone foundations here, but I've got to show you this. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
People need to go to the loo, and here are the garderobes. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
They're like a Portaloo built into the wall. There's the long drop. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:24 | |
There'd have been a plank across the top. I'll let you work that out! | 0:17:24 | 0:17:29 | |
This section is where Alan would have lived, his personal quarters. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:39 | |
This is a rare example of an 11th-century domestic hall. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:45 | |
It was the main building in the castle, | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
where the Earl and his family lived if they were in residence. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
This is interesting. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
You see these holes along the wall? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
They're socket holes to facilitate huge oak beams to span | 0:18:03 | 0:18:08 | |
from that side to that side to carry the weight of the floor. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
Up there would have been the great hall, a very important room, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
used for important meetings and for banquets. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
Alan of Brittany would entertain all his important guests up there. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:25 | |
During a banquet, he'd have sat down that end of the great hall | 0:18:25 | 0:18:29 | |
on a raised platform. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
The castle has seen many changes, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
particularly the addition of the keep. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
It once held conscientious objectors. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
One of the biggest influences it had was on the town. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
The castle and the town are intrinsically linked. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
Traders moved to the town to provide services and goods | 0:18:48 | 0:18:53 | |
to the castle builders and, eventually, the household. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Richmond market was established and given legal standing by charter in 1093. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:02 | |
As trade grew, the town flourished. For many centuries, the castle controlled everything that went on. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:09 | |
From the late Middle Ages, | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
the country was more stable, so castles lost a military need. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
Many became country homes or, as at Richmond, were neglected. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
By 1535, Richmond Castle was described as a ruin. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
If you look around, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
you see houses built of stone from the castle, using it as a quarry! | 0:19:28 | 0:19:33 | |
I must add, to this day, Richmond town has continued to flourish. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
We've now found our first items to take to the saleroom. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
There's some real gems. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:57 | |
As well as the two long-buried axe heads, we've got the Newlyn inkwell, | 0:19:57 | 0:20:04 | |
a make I am particularly familiar with, and fond of. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
Let's hope auctioneer Peter Robinson can get the bidders fighting over the 19th-century concertina. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:12 | |
And finally, the games table might not be as portable | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
as the model name suggests, but I think it is a lovely lot. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
5,000. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:24 | |
And this is where we're putting our experts' valuations to the test. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
Thomas Watson Auctioneers in the heart of Darlington. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
On the rostrum is auctioneer Peter Robinson, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
I am going to meet our owners, their lots are just about to go under the hammer. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
But before we see how they all fare, remember, when you buy | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
and sell at auction, there is commission to pay, | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
which varies from saleroom to saleroom. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Here at Thomas Watson's | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
it is 15% plus VAT. The first of our lots | 0:20:46 | 0:20:50 | |
to face the bidders is the games table. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
Good luck, Chris and Craig. We're talking about this little, | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
tiny snooker table, it's been in your family four generations. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
-So you've obviously had lots of fun with this. -Yes. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
He's obviously beaten you so many times at snooker, and pool and billiards. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
We've had great fun in the auction room, and I am sure | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
someone will buy this, and find another set of balls that's compatible with it, and hey ho. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
£100-£200, I think that's a bargain. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
Do you? Have you been playing on it? | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
I have. But they are tricky things to sell. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
They are. But at least it's not massive. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
-No, No. -Might be all right. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
Here we go. We're going to put it to the test. Good luck. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
The Riley's mahogany slate bed table, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
with its balls and scoreboard. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
And I have £60 to start on this lot. £60. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
At £60, can we say 70? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:42 | |
At £60, all done at £60? 70, I'm bid. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:47 | |
80 bid with me now. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:48 | |
£90, £100 with me. At £100, selling now. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
At £100. Are we all finished? | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
At £100, selling now at £100. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
All done? | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
£100. That's a good result. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
Incidentally, I thought the scoreboard was at least £40-£50. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
-That was a nice thing. -Yeah, it was a nice thing. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
-It's gone, guys. -Someone's got a bargain. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
Yeah. You've got to think of another game to play with now, to keep it in the family, I guess. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
Just at the bottom end of the estimate, but Chris and Craig are going home happy. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:19 | |
Hopefully, the Newlyn inkwell will raise a bit more for the Hearing Dogs charity. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:24 | |
My turn to be the expert. Remember that wonderful Newlyn copper inkwell | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
with the little squids and octopuses on it? | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
It's just about to go under the hammer. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
It belongs to Christine, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:33 | |
who's just been joined by Sue, and of course, Reggie. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
This is what it's all about, isn't it? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
Hearing Dogs. All the money is going to Hearing Dogs. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
Yes, well, he's my best friend, and I wouldn't be without him now. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
Because he does everything for me I can't do myself, | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
in the sense of answering the door, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
he tells me the telephone's ringing, he wakes me up in the morning | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
by jumping on me when the alarm clock goes off. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
He loves you. He loves you. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:01 | |
-I love him too. -Don't you? Aww. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Wish us all the best, because it is going under the hammer, isn't it, Reggie? | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
Give me a little kiss. Give me a lick! Good boy! | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
Here we go, it's going under the hammer now. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
Newlyn School copper inkwell. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
At £100, will we say? | 0:23:18 | 0:23:23 | |
110, can I say? | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
At £100, 110, 120, 130. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
-Good, it's going. -140? 130, 140, 150. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
Brilliant. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
160. 170. 180. 190. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
200. 210. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
220, 230. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
This is a good result. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
220, the bid's with me now. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
At £220, 230, the next bid. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
Selling then at £220, the lot now being sold at £220. All done? | 0:23:57 | 0:24:03 | |
Yes. The hammer's gone down. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:04 | |
-Reggie, give us a bark! -Give us a bark, Reg. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
That's brilliant! | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
-Oh, that's wonderful. -Isn't that great news? | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
Hearing Dogs will be really, really pleased with that because it does cost | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
quite a lot to train a hearing dog, but it's so worthwhile. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
It absolutely changes people's lives. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:21 | |
It's certainly changed mine anyway. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
It's good to catch up with you both, and I hope you treat yourself | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
-to a bit of lunch while you're here in town. -We will. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
-Good. And take Reggie for walkies, cos there's a nice park here as well. -Yes. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:36 | |
Brilliant, what a great result for charity, and I can relax now as my reputation remains intact. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
Let's hope we hit the high notes with that wonderful concertina belonging to Nancy and Raymond. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:49 | |
-It was Granddad's. -It was. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
-Can you remember him playing it? -No. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
-It was just in a box somewhere? -Yeah. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:58 | |
-You're having a clear-out? -Yeah. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
I've got girls and they're not interested in it. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
-Hard instrument to play. -It is. Yeah. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
They're pretty hot in the market, but there's different levels. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:13 | |
Hopefully, this will sell for a bit more. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
-There's a book in it as well. -A little book. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
-Any big surprises, do you think? -I'd be surprised. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
It's a fairly standard model. Some make thousands, as we've seen. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:28 | |
Slightly over 100 would be what we expect. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
-Touch some wood quickly! -It's going under the hammer. Good luck. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
AUCTIONEER: The concertina with its box. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
Nice condition, original condition concertina. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:46 | |
Bids here again. We can start at 110... | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
-Straight in at 110. -..At £110. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
120, I'm bid. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
130 now. 130. 140. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
150. 160. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
-170. 180... -Ooh, they like it. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
..200? 190 upstairs, the bid. 200 with me. 210. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
-At £200. 210. 220... -Wow! | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
-..240. 250...? -They love it! | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
..At £240, now selling... | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
Adam's feeling slightly humiliated. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
..All done? | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
-Yes! £240! That was a real surprise! -He squeezed that out of the bidders! | 0:26:21 | 0:26:28 | |
# Ta-da! # | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
You've got to be happy with that. 15% commission, but enjoy the money. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
-Thank you. -Thank you for bringing it in. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
-You're going to clear out the rest of his things! -We are! | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
-We've got a lot more. -Save a few things. -Definitely, yes. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:47 | |
Up next are the axe heads. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
How they get on is anybody's guess. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
Going under the hammer right now, the oldest things in the saleroom, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
belonging to Beverley and Philip. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
We're looking for £80-£120. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
I love these, I think they're absolutely fantastic. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
And your favourite phrase, they've got the rub. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
They have. Do you know what I find really hard to believe? | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
The antiquities, the oldest things, really, that we see on Flog It!, are sometimes the cheapest. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:14 | |
Yeah. They're starting to come, they're starting to be recognised, | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
but they've got a long way to go. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
Good luck, anyway. Let's hope we get the top end. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Interesting lot this time. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
The Neolithic axe heads there. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
And we have got interest in these lots. We can open at £90. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
That's good, isn't it? | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
At £90, there are two in the lot, two together. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
£100, on my right, at £100 bid now. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
I have 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:48 | |
170, 180, 190. 200. 210. 220. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:53 | |
240. 250. 260. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
A bit of hot competition going on in the room. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
It is lovely to see. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
At £260 for the lot now. All finished? 270, 280, 290, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:06 | |
going for 300. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
Go on! | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
280. At 280, they're being sold. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
At £280, all finished at 280? | 0:28:13 | 0:28:18 | |
What a lovely result! Good result. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:19 | |
-£280. Well done. -You did it again. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:24 | |
-Lovely. -Marvellous. -Lovely. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
You just never know whether those quirky items will get the attention they deserve. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:31 | |
We've got a lot more coming up in the next part of the programme, so keep watching. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:36 | |
Just on the outskirts of Richmond is a field where nowadays people walk their dogs. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:49 | |
But this is no ordinary field. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
It is actually one of the first ever horse racing courses in the country. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:58 | |
It closed in 1890 for health and safety reasons. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
The bends were considered too tight. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
But North Yorkshire is still synonymous with horse racing | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
and training, and has been for over 200 years. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
There's around 10 top class racecourses which hold well over 170 race meets each year. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:33 | |
Just down the road from Richmond is the small village of Middleham, | 0:29:33 | 0:29:36 | |
which is home to flat race trainer Mark Johnston. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
These are some of his horses. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
Mark came to Middleham in 1988 with 13 horses. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:51 | |
He now has over 200 on three sites. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
And a staff of 135, including riders, stable hands and office workers. | 0:29:56 | 0:30:01 | |
Hello. Today I'm going to meet a few people who work at the yard, | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
and find out a bit more about how these horses are trained. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
This is a familiar sight for all the villagers here in Middleham. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:28 | |
Racehorses making their way up to the gallops. They're just leaving Mark's yard now. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
In fact, there's around six trainers based in this village, so it has a great pedigree. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:37 | |
The first race stables date back to around 1745. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:41 | |
And the area has blossomed ever since. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
Throughout the morning, hundreds of horses are taken up | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
to the specially-designed course to be put through their paces. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
I've just made it to the top of the gallops. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:01 | |
There is a wonderful view from up here. You can see all of Leyburn being lit by the morning sunshine. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:06 | |
This is the last stream coming round. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
There's four groups go out every morning. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
The first starts at 6.15am, and the last one at about 11.30am. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
The groups have broken up, this is the first string. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
You can hear them. Here they come, look. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
That is a sight to behold. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:21 | |
These horses are going to be doing around 30-35 miles an hour. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:28 | |
Power, absolute power. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
Isn't that incredible? That's an all-weather track as well, | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
that's the same surface that's been put down on the racetrack in Dubai, so it can be used all year round. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:56 | |
To keep over 200 horses healthy and treated for any injuries, there are two full-time vets | 0:31:56 | 0:32:03 | |
that work across three sites, in a specially kitted out equine surgery. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:08 | |
If any of the horses need physiotherapy, | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
there's a swimming pool on site where I've met up with senior trainer Jock Bennett. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:18 | |
I've got to say it's a great pool. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
-Fantastic. -And look at the view as well. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:26 | |
I know, yeah. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
The horses on this side get charged more for the view! | 0:32:28 | 0:32:32 | |
Exactly, room with a view and a swimming pool! | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
What's the horse called, Jock? | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
The horse is called Alanbrooke. He's won at Newmarket and Ascot, | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
and also won as a two-year-old as well. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
So obviously this is great for exercising horses | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
-where you want to take the weight of their feet, obviously. -Yes. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:57 | |
Mainly used for non-weight bearing injuries. Very good for horses | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
that have got bruised or poisoned on the foot. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
Also very good for any strains, sore shins, anything like that. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:08 | |
-Is that really cold? -It's very cold. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
-There's no chance of you getting in! -No chance! | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
I think a few lads fell in it by mistake, but that's about the only time a human has been in it! | 0:33:12 | 0:33:17 | |
How many revolutions will this horse do, do you think? | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
He will do 20 laps. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
-Will he? That's quite a lot. -Yes, it's about a 10-minute exercise. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:26 | |
You can see the horse is enjoying it, can't you? | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
His ears are in the right place, his eyes, nose, his nostrils are not flaring too much. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:48 | |
He's just happy, happy as can be. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
OK, he's coming out now. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:55 | |
Yeah. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
That's a lovely sight, that's a really nice sight. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
It's lovely to see the horses happy. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
-Yeah, it is. -Yeah. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:07 | |
After a flurry of activity in the morning, the stable's calmed down a bit, although cleaning, | 0:34:11 | 0:34:16 | |
vet work and feeding still has to be done for the rest of the day. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
The main event is when the horses that are being trained here are taken off to the races. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:24 | |
And it's all overseen by the man himself, Mark Johnston. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:28 | |
We're just waiting for a horse to come now. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
It is called Rule Breaker, and it's going to race at Beverley, so here's its transport ready to pick it up. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:38 | |
What's happening here? Rule Breaker is being boxed up and loaded? | 0:34:40 | 0:34:44 | |
Yes, ready to go racing. Daily routine, basically. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
We have them all over the country, all ends of the country today. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
-And travelling is a big issue nowadays. -It is. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
We have four wagons of our own, | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
and we bring in transporters like this to do some of the others. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:03 | |
So what do you look for in a horse? | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
Well, different people do it different ways, but I'm a great believer in pedigree. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:09 | |
People think because my background was as a vet, that I'm going to come more from the veterinary | 0:35:09 | 0:35:15 | |
point of view, from the soundness, the confirmation point of view, but I'm a huge believer in pedigree. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:20 | |
That's the only real guide we've got to what we're going to have with the finished article. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
-It's a small box. -Yes, it is a small box. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
Once they get their foot on the platform, | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
they touch the platform gently with the front feet, then they feel safe, and then they'll move slowly on. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:36 | |
-Come on, son. -Making sure she goes off all right. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
On you go, on you go. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
'And that's all from my fantastic morning here at the stables. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:49 | |
'Unfortunately, I didn't have time to go to the race, but in case you want to know, | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
'Rule Breaker came in third at that race in Beverley. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
'And a few weeks later, he came first in another race, which is absolutely brilliant.' | 0:35:55 | 0:36:01 | |
At the market Hall in Richmond, people are still arriving and queueing | 0:36:08 | 0:36:13 | |
to get their Flog it! valuations. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:15 | |
Vonnie's not going to be waiting much longer as her | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
silver jug and cup have caught James's eye. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
-You've been busy with the silver polish! -Yes. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
-Have these things been hidden away? -No. They've been on show. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:30 | |
Two pieces that are totally different. Do you know the history? | 0:36:30 | 0:36:35 | |
-Not really, no. My husband bought these. He was in business. -OK. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:40 | |
-He and his brother used to collect silver. -OK. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:45 | |
So these are things he bought recently...? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
-No. A long time ago. -OK. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
One's English and one's Continental. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
Which is which? | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
-Um... I'd say that's English. -Spot on. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
-Shall we start with this one? -Right. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
The style of it is very much of an earlier style. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:06 | |
The hallmark... Blow on it and it's easier to read. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:11 | |
The lion, of course, the sterling standard mark, 92.5% silver. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:16 | |
The leopard's head there, which is the hallmark for London. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:21 | |
Not made in London. It was assayed and tested in London. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
There we've got the date letter, the Gothic lowercase "d" for 1919. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:29 | |
It is a copy of a piece made from an earlier period. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:33 | |
If you were Scottish you'd call it a quaich, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:37 | |
or a loving cup or porringer. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
The sort of thing that would have been used in ceremonial drinking. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:44 | |
-Feel the weight of it. You know the weight. It's nice and heavy. -It is. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:49 | |
A good heavy gauge - the gauge of the silver - is important. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:54 | |
If it's cast like that, it's a good thing. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
Another indication of quality is a little shield applied to the front. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
That can be applied for two reasons. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
I think that's been done purely so somebody can engrave on to there. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:11 | |
Applied at the time of manufacture to marry up with these, | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
because that is married in that. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:19 | |
-Yeah. -So it's a nice thing. Do you use it? -No. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
-Never? -No. Never. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
OK. What's that worth? I think £60 to £90. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
-Something like that. -Right. Yes. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
This little one is classic Dutch. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
Dutch design of about 1880, again harking back to an earlier period. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:41 | |
A very nice, sweet little cream jug. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
-But it's a bit like me, a bit top heavy. -Oh, right! | 0:38:44 | 0:38:48 | |
The short squat legs are a bit too flimsy to take its weight. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
If that had been English or a British jug, | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
they would have been twice the length, have more shape, | 0:38:56 | 0:39:00 | |
be more in proportion to the body. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
Then the embossed decoration. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:05 | |
We've got a matted ground, then all these flowering scrolls | 0:39:05 | 0:39:10 | |
and these little putti jumping, frolicking with floral bundles. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:15 | |
Classic of that period from Dutch silver. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
Look at the hallmarks. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:21 | |
We've got there 925. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
925 means it's sterling standard silver. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
It's acceptable in Britain to be sold as silver. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
We've got the thistle mark there and a G, the import mark, | 0:39:32 | 0:39:37 | |
and a date letter for about 1910. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:39 | |
So, what's it worth? £40 to £60. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:44 | |
So £100 to £150 on the two. Is that all right? | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
-That's fine. -You're sure you want to sell it? -Yes. Let's flog it! | 0:39:47 | 0:39:53 | |
'That's what we love to hear! Lots of people do want to flog it. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
-It's Lynne, isn't it? -Yes. -Thank you for coming to Flog It! today. Are you a Richmond lady? | 0:39:57 | 0:40:03 | |
Well, I was here during the war at school. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
-I hated the school. -Did you? -But I loved Richmond. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
Then, 30 years ago when I found myself on my own, I came to Richmond | 0:40:11 | 0:40:15 | |
to live and I've never regretted it, and this is all about the history. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:20 | |
Right, this book is the history of Richmond. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
Yes, Clarkson's. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
-By Clarkson, that's a well-known book round here, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:28 | |
It's very nice to see something of local interest, and there you've got a pull out map of the area. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:34 | |
Yes, and there's the inscription on... | 0:40:34 | 0:40:38 | |
There we are. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
There's a nice inscription there as well, which is "dedicated | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
"from the author to his friend George Wales Esq. Recorder of Richmond". | 0:40:42 | 0:40:50 | |
So here we are in Richmond with the history of Richmond in the county of York. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
What a nice thing to find such a local book. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
-How long ago did you get this? -About 30 years ago. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
So soon after coming back, you were in a shop and saw the book | 0:41:00 | 0:41:04 | |
-and thought, I'm going to have that? -Yes. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
It is the 1821 edition, printed for the author by Thomas Bowman, 1821. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:13 | |
-The sad thing of course is the condition lets it down. -I know. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
As you flick through the book you'll see... | 0:41:16 | 0:41:18 | |
But that's how I bought it. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
We're not trying to blame you, Lynne, for it. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
It has deteriorated with age, there's quite a bit of dampness that's... | 0:41:23 | 0:41:29 | |
But there's a lot of information in there about Richmond | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
as it was in those days. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:35 | |
It's a real encyclopedia of Richmond, isn't it? | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
So why have you decided to sell it? | 0:41:38 | 0:41:42 | |
Well, there are no pockets in shrouds and I can't take it with me, | 0:41:42 | 0:41:48 | |
so I want it to go to somebody who'll appreciate it. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:52 | |
I think that's very likely, the fact that you're selling it here, | 0:41:52 | 0:41:55 | |
that it's going to find that local home. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
They're going to read it, enjoy it, treasure it, etc. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:02 | |
You bought it about 30 years ago, how much was it for? | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
-About £12. -No mean sum then, really. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
No, it wasn't, I couldn't really afford it, | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
but there was a fire in the Clarkson's yard | 0:42:11 | 0:42:14 | |
and only 100 survived of these. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
It's got to be quite a rare copy. I think if it was in better order | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
I'd be saying £100-£150 as an estimate, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
but I think we're going to have to temper that. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -I think a 50 reserve would be a nice idea, | 0:42:27 | 0:42:31 | |
because you'd be disappointed if it made any less. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
-Yes. -An estimate of £50-£80, and fingers crossed two wealthy Richmond people | 0:42:34 | 0:42:39 | |
get stuck into it and they both really want it. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:42 | |
-You hope, I hope. -Everyone hopes, even the viewers hope. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:47 | |
Fingers crossed, but I've got a good feeling about this one. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:52 | |
And James has got a great feeling about Barbara's opera glasses. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:59 | |
Barbara, imagine you're a lady in the 19th century. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
You're going out to the theatre, | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
with your friends, your lover or husband, whoever it may be. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:08 | |
You want to impress them, and when you're sitting watching the theatre or watching the opera, | 0:43:08 | 0:43:13 | |
you want to take out the finest pair of opera glasses you can afford, | 0:43:13 | 0:43:18 | |
and these are fantastic. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
Is it something you've used, that you've taken out and enjoyed, or have they been | 0:43:20 | 0:43:24 | |
-stuffed in a drawer for 20 years? -I have used them. -Have you? -Yes. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
-Where did you take them? -Dare I tell you? -Yeah. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
Well, I'm a great fan of Engelbert. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
What? Engelbert Humperdinck?! No, you're not! | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
I am, I am, I love him. | 0:43:35 | 0:43:38 | |
I go to see his shows, all his shows. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:41 | |
-Really? -Yes, don't I love him? | 0:43:41 | 0:43:45 | |
And I take these with me. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:46 | |
Well, I have to say, I don't know whether old Engelbert could tell | 0:43:46 | 0:43:50 | |
that something so fashionable | 0:43:50 | 0:43:51 | |
and wonderful was looking at him from the audience, because these are fantastic. | 0:43:51 | 0:43:56 | |
But long before... Mind you, I don't know how old Engelbert is. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
-Was he around in the 1870s? -74. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:02 | |
So he's not quite that old. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
Generally you would say opera glasses are very hard to sell. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:08 | |
I see them all the time with the cylinders covered in leather, | 0:44:08 | 0:44:10 | |
sometimes veneered in mother-of-pearl, | 0:44:10 | 0:44:12 | |
sometimes veneered in tortoiseshell, but with this, | 0:44:12 | 0:44:15 | |
it's enamel, so what we're looking at is a sleeve of metal | 0:44:15 | 0:44:19 | |
that's been engine-turned on a lathe, | 0:44:19 | 0:44:23 | |
and then over the top | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
you have this rose enamel here and then hand-jewelled and hand-enamelled | 0:44:25 | 0:44:29 | |
over the top. The most fantastic quality, really. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:33 | |
These would have been made in Paris. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:35 | |
They're the very finest. You often find the maker's mark around these mother of pearl eyepieces. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:40 | |
-I can't find anything on those at all. -I can't believe | 0:44:40 | 0:44:44 | |
that these would have been made | 0:44:44 | 0:44:48 | |
at this quality and wouldn't have been signed. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
Somebody would have been so proud to have made those they're lovely quality. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:54 | |
-They are. -Now, then, value. | 0:44:54 | 0:44:56 | |
I would put £150-£250 on these. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:59 | |
I really like them. Have you got the velvet bag they came in? | 0:44:59 | 0:45:03 | |
I haven't, no, I didn't have any case. | 0:45:03 | 0:45:06 | |
-Hello. -Hello, James. It's very interesting, actually. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
-They're lovely, have you seen these? -No, I haven't. -Have a look. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:12 | |
Fascinating, aren't they? All that's hand-painted. | 0:45:12 | 0:45:16 | |
Absolutely exquisite, they really are. Gosh. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:20 | |
What do you think? 150-250? | 0:45:20 | 0:45:21 | |
I wouldn't know. I'm learning all the time. | 0:45:21 | 0:45:23 | |
This is the beautiful thing, I can listen to our experts and soak it all up. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:28 | |
-They're lovely. You haven't told me if you're happy to sell them yet. -Yes. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
As long as the price was right. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:33 | |
150 reserve? | 0:45:33 | 0:45:35 | |
-Yes. -Happy? | 0:45:35 | 0:45:36 | |
-Yes. -Let's do that. | 0:45:36 | 0:45:39 | |
While James keeps the ladies happy with his valuations, Adam uses his cheek to keep them laughing. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:48 | |
It's going to be good this one. I'm going to remember this one. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
-Welcome to Flog It!, Faye. -Thank you. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:53 | |
It's very nice to see you, and your friend here? | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
-Yes, this is Paula. -Paula's got an interesting laugh, hasn't she? | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
-She's got a VERY interesting laugh. Most people can hear her laugh. -PAULA LAUGHS | 0:45:59 | 0:46:04 | |
Faye, you've got an interesting story to tell us | 0:46:04 | 0:46:06 | |
about this painting by Fred Yates, and a lot of people | 0:46:06 | 0:46:10 | |
will recognise Fred Yates, a distinctive style, a well-known artist, | 0:46:10 | 0:46:13 | |
born in 1922 and died in 2008 at the age of 85. | 0:46:13 | 0:46:18 | |
Born in Manchester and you can see the Lowry influence in the figures, can't you? | 0:46:18 | 0:46:24 | |
Yes, you can, definitely. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:25 | |
What's the significance of this painting to you? | 0:46:25 | 0:46:28 | |
I used to race powerboats and this is one | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
of the powerboats I used to race in. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
OK. It's a great name for a boat, The Executioner. | 0:46:32 | 0:46:35 | |
It was good, it was a really good boat. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:37 | |
So we went down to Fowey for a powerboat race over four days, | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
and when we turned up with the boat this gentleman started painting it. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:44 | |
We said "What are you going to do with that?" and he said, "You can buy it off me." | 0:46:44 | 0:46:50 | |
He popped this frame on it, we brought it back | 0:46:50 | 0:46:53 | |
and we paid him £30 for it. | 0:46:53 | 0:46:54 | |
Gosh. And you bought it yourself? | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
-Yup, bought it myself. -How long ago was this? -This was back in 1981. | 0:46:56 | 0:47:01 | |
You must have been the youngest powerboat racer. | 0:47:01 | 0:47:03 | |
I was the youngest lady co-driver that Saturday at the age of 16. | 0:47:03 | 0:47:07 | |
-So do you like it? -Not particularly, no. -Have you had it on display? | 0:47:07 | 0:47:11 | |
-No. -Where has it been? | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
My mum's attic. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:15 | |
What about you, Paula, do you like it? | 0:47:15 | 0:47:17 | |
-It's hideous. -Is it? Straight to the point, Paula. | 0:47:17 | 0:47:19 | |
Straight to the point. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:21 | |
Fred Yates, good name, | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
interestingly he used to be a painter and decorator. | 0:47:23 | 0:47:26 | |
After the war I believe he came back and he started as a painter and decorator | 0:47:26 | 0:47:30 | |
and then went on at art school and it all went from there, and art courses. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:35 | |
He's now very desirable, he moved to Cornwall I think about 1970, and so he was there hanging around, | 0:47:35 | 0:47:40 | |
always painting outside, and I think he spent his last years in France, | 0:47:40 | 0:47:46 | |
but he came back to England and died in England of a heart attack. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
This country's no good for you. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
Stay out in France, you'll live longer! | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
Prices vary massively | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
from 5,000 or 6,000, down, down, down to about £100. | 0:47:56 | 0:48:02 | |
Down, down... | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
There's a massive range of prices | 0:48:04 | 0:48:07 | |
and his typically high prices seem to be the ones with lots | 0:48:07 | 0:48:12 | |
of buildings, lots of people, and you know, beaches, the Cornish scenes. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:17 | |
We're worried about the great big boat in the middle, I like that | 0:48:17 | 0:48:21 | |
and obviously it makes it for you, | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
but it may not make it for the Fred Yates buyers. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:27 | |
That's why I think it intrigued us. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:29 | |
A good investment, £30. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:31 | |
I think you could stick a nought on that nowadays and put 300-500. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:36 | |
I don't think it's going to make thousands, | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
I'd love if it did, | 0:48:38 | 0:48:40 | |
because can you imagine at the auction with you two there as well. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:43 | |
You'll hear us. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
But I think 300-500 is worth a spin, | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
-and put a reserve of £300 on it. -That's fine by me. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:50 | |
Anyway, fingers crossed. | 0:48:50 | 0:48:53 | |
I'm looking forward to this one more than most. | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
-Oh, good, onwards and upwards. -Let's hope the bidding powers on it and it makes a fortune. | 0:48:56 | 0:48:59 | |
-Yeah, with any luck. -Thanks a lot. | 0:48:59 | 0:49:01 | |
We're all looking forward to it, and we won't have to wait long to find out what the bidders think. | 0:49:01 | 0:49:06 | |
We're off for our second visit to Thomas Watson Auctioneers in Darlington. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:12 | |
We've got the fantastic Fred Yates painting we've just seen, | 0:49:12 | 0:49:16 | |
joined by super fan Barbara's stunning enamel opera glasses, | 0:49:16 | 0:49:20 | |
which should hopefully raise enough money to get her to another Engelbert Humperdinck concert. | 0:49:20 | 0:49:24 | |
There should be lots of interest in Vonnie's silver jug and cup. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:28 | |
And lastly, a lovely record of historic Richmond which is going under the hammer right now. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:35 | |
We're big fans of this lot, it's a lovely bit of local history, | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
it belongs to Lynne and I think for not much longer, I really do. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:47 | |
A wonderful book. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:48 | |
-It is. -Why have you decided to sell this? | 0:49:48 | 0:49:51 | |
I've had it for 30 years now, and I feel that it should go to somebody else to be the custodian. | 0:49:51 | 0:49:57 | |
-To enjoy it as well. -Yes, yes, to enjoy it. | 0:49:57 | 0:49:59 | |
A little bit of foxing, but the print's all there, isn't it? | 0:49:59 | 0:50:03 | |
Everything's there, the spine is good, everything else is good. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:06 | |
It's a lovely thing. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:08 | |
What is particularly pleasing is, when we go all around the country | 0:50:08 | 0:50:11 | |
and it's so nice to see something particularly local to that area. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
That's what it's all about, local interest. | 0:50:14 | 0:50:16 | |
Let's see what the locals think. It's going under the hammer right now. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:19 | |
The volume this time there, showing the map, | 0:50:19 | 0:50:24 | |
the History of Richmond, Clarkson, 1821, | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
and commission bids here, I'm opening at £50. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:32 | |
At £50, | 0:50:32 | 0:50:35 | |
60 can I say? | 0:50:35 | 0:50:37 | |
We're straight in at 50. | 0:50:37 | 0:50:38 | |
60 bid. £70. £80. £90. £100. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:41 | |
At £100, are we all finished now at £100 for the lot? | 0:50:41 | 0:50:44 | |
now selling at £100. 10, and 20. And 30. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:48 | |
-He's got a bid on the board clock. -At £140, being sold now at £140 | 0:50:48 | 0:50:54 | |
for the volume, selling at 140. All done? | 0:50:54 | 0:50:56 | |
£140. It was straight in at 50, wasn't it? Oh, brilliant. | 0:50:58 | 0:51:02 | |
That did not take long. That's gone back to Richmond, hasn't it? | 0:51:02 | 0:51:05 | |
-Yes. -Thanks for bringing it. | 0:51:05 | 0:51:08 | |
Yes, lovely, absolutely lovely. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:10 | |
And I enjoyed your expression as the price went up. | 0:51:10 | 0:51:12 | |
Well, I didn't expect it. | 0:51:12 | 0:51:15 | |
An open-mouthed shot. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:17 | |
What a result. It doesn't surprise me as local items tend to sell well in their home area. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:23 | |
Let's hope this doesn't affect the Parisian opera glasses. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:26 | |
We've got some real quality for you right now, glasses like I've never come across before. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:31 | |
They belong to Barbara, wonderful opera glasses with the most beautiful enamel, exquisite enamel. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:36 | |
It's lovely, isn't it? | 0:51:36 | 0:51:38 | |
Why are you selling these, these are a keeper, surely? | 0:51:38 | 0:51:42 | |
Well, it depends on the day. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:45 | |
I think they'll fly away. | 0:51:45 | 0:51:47 | |
-You're a big fan of Engelbert Humperdinck, aren't you? -I am. | 0:51:47 | 0:51:50 | |
What if he comes to town and you want to see a concert? | 0:51:50 | 0:51:53 | |
I'll wait and see him after the show, and I'll see him in the flesh. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:57 | |
Oh, get a closer look. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:59 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:51:59 | 0:52:02 | |
He's been in the business a long time, hasn't he? | 0:52:02 | 0:52:05 | |
Yes, over 40 years. | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
And what was his original name? | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
-Gerry Dorsey. -That's it. | 0:52:09 | 0:52:12 | |
Yes, and he's 74 now. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:14 | |
# Please, release me... # | 0:52:14 | 0:52:16 | |
That's the one, isn't it? | 0:52:16 | 0:52:17 | |
# Let me go... # | 0:52:17 | 0:52:18 | |
I'm off. | 0:52:18 | 0:52:19 | |
We're just about to release these opera glasses here | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
on the bidders in Darlington, and I think they should do well. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:26 | |
-Great quality. -I hope so, they are lovely. | 0:52:26 | 0:52:28 | |
The best quality. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
OK, let's find out what the bidders think, here we go. | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
A very nice lot this time, | 0:52:33 | 0:52:36 | |
the opera glasses with the enamel decoration and mother-of-pearl. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:40 | |
A lot of interest here, I'm starting at 160. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:45 | |
At £160 bid, 170, 170, I am bid. 180. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:52 | |
190. 200. 210. 220. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:55 | |
At £220 bid, 230. 240. At £240 bid. | 0:52:55 | 0:53:00 | |
Quality always sells! | 0:53:00 | 0:53:02 | |
Are we all finished now at £240? | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
All done at 240? | 0:53:04 | 0:53:06 | |
-Brilliant. -Oh, good. | 0:53:06 | 0:53:08 | |
-£240. -Well, they're worth it. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:12 | |
That's a concert ticket to see Engelbert, isn't it, really? | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
Yes, it is. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
It's not, it doesn't cost that much! | 0:53:17 | 0:53:18 | |
No, but you might have to travel somewhere. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:21 | |
I have to stay in a hotel, and I have to travel there. | 0:53:21 | 0:53:24 | |
And take a friend, yes. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:26 | |
Well, yes, there you go... | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
Well, perhaps a visit to Paris to see Engelbert is in order. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:34 | |
Next up are those two lovely pieces of silver. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:38 | |
An English loving cup and a Dutch cream jug brought in by Vonnie, | 0:53:38 | 0:53:43 | |
who brought her sister along, Pat. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:45 | |
-Hiya, Pat. -Hello. -You must have seen these for many years. -Yes. I have. | 0:53:45 | 0:53:50 | |
-I know your husband's fed up with polishing the silver. -Yeah. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:55 | |
-After 40 years! -Can't blame him, can you? | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
40 years of polishing! | 0:53:58 | 0:54:00 | |
-Let's hope we get you top money. -Let's hope. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:03 | |
-It's a good time to sell silver. -What will be will be. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:07 | |
Here we go. | 0:54:07 | 0:54:09 | |
AUCTIONEER: Two in the lot. Two nice pieces of silver. | 0:54:09 | 0:54:14 | |
-Interest here... -Ooh! | 0:54:14 | 0:54:17 | |
..£100 to start for the two pieces of silver together? £100. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:22 | |
110 I have. At £110. 120. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
130. 140? £130 for the two pieces. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:29 | |
140. 150. 160. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:32 | |
160 standing now at the back of the room. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:35 | |
-Two pieces of silver. £160... -Good result. -..All done? | 0:54:35 | 0:54:39 | |
-£160. -Great. -Happy? -Super. -Are you going to treat yourself to lunch? | 0:54:39 | 0:54:44 | |
-Yes. -We are, yes. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:46 | |
-Where's your husband? In the car? -No. He's at home. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:50 | |
-Polishing silver! -Yes! | 0:54:50 | 0:54:53 | |
-He didn't want to come? -He doesn't like these sort of things. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:57 | |
-Polishing, cleaning, hoovering. -Is he well trained? | 0:54:57 | 0:55:01 | |
Yes, he is. | 0:55:01 | 0:55:03 | |
Oh, bless him. He sounds like a lovely man. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:07 | |
He is. I wouldn't swap him. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:09 | |
Not even for you! LAUGHTER | 0:55:09 | 0:55:12 | |
'Well, he's a lucky man. | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
'With a little less than £160, once she's paid commission, | 0:55:14 | 0:55:18 | |
Vonnie heads home extremely happy. | 0:55:18 | 0:55:20 | |
And the final, most exciting discovery from Richmond | 0:55:22 | 0:55:25 | |
is the painting that Adam loved and the girls who seemed to love Adam. | 0:55:25 | 0:55:30 | |
Next up, we've got that wonderful oil painting by Fred Yates, we're looking at £300-£500. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
It belongs to Faye who's right next to me, hello, both of you there. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:37 | |
-Hello. -I've just read in my notes you were the youngest lady in the powerboat race. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:41 | |
-I was, yes. -Did you win? | 0:55:41 | 0:55:43 | |
-Yes, we did, quite a few times. -Wonderful. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:45 | |
What I've got to ask is, why? | 0:55:45 | 0:55:48 | |
This is your boat as well. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:50 | |
Fred Yates painted this, you met him, why do you want to sell this? | 0:55:50 | 0:55:54 | |
All your memories are here, you don't have the boat, do you? | 0:55:54 | 0:55:57 | |
No, I don't. My mum's sat up in the balcony hoping we take it home. | 0:55:57 | 0:56:00 | |
Is she? You know what, I don't blame her, I really don't blame her. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:04 | |
-What do you think? -Yeah, I agree. | 0:56:04 | 0:56:06 | |
It's got to go home on the wall, surely. | 0:56:06 | 0:56:09 | |
You've changed your tune, Paula, you were saying, "Get rid of it, it's horrible" the other day. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:13 | |
Well, it's the subject matter, it's not horrible. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
I don't agree with her, I was just saying... | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
I love Fred Yates, but for me I don't own a powerboat, and if I did I wouldn't be selling this. | 0:56:19 | 0:56:25 | |
But we thought we'd come and see. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
We don't mind if it doesn't sell, we've had a brilliant time. | 0:56:27 | 0:56:30 | |
-Just here for the day out? -£300-£500, we're looking at. | 0:56:30 | 0:56:33 | |
-An experience. -He's a sought-after artist. -I know. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:36 | |
Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:56:36 | 0:56:39 | |
The Fred Yates, 387, £300. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:44 | |
At £300 bid. 320. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:49 | |
-350. 380. -Well, it's sold. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:52 | |
400. 420. | 0:56:52 | 0:56:54 | |
440. 460. | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
480. 500. 520. 550. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:04 | |
580. 600. | 0:57:04 | 0:57:07 | |
620. 650. | 0:57:07 | 0:57:09 | |
650, the bid's on the phone. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
680. 700. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:13 | |
720. 750. 780. | 0:57:13 | 0:57:17 | |
800. 820. 850. | 0:57:17 | 0:57:21 | |
880. 900. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:24 | |
No, 880, then I'm bid. | 0:57:24 | 0:57:26 | |
-£880. -Out on the phone. | 0:57:26 | 0:57:29 | |
-My mum will be crying. -All done? | 0:57:29 | 0:57:31 | |
Yes, £880, I'm ever so pleased for you. | 0:57:31 | 0:57:34 | |
A car service and a bit of credit card, excellent. | 0:57:34 | 0:57:37 | |
A bit of credit card?! | 0:57:37 | 0:57:39 | |
Is that what you're going to do? | 0:57:39 | 0:57:41 | |
-Oh, bless you. -Why not, why not? | 0:57:41 | 0:57:42 | |
And get the car serviced. | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
-Yeah. -Mum's going to be pleased, can you see her smiling? Thumbs up? | 0:57:44 | 0:57:48 | |
Yes. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:50 | |
I'm ever so pleased for you all. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:52 | |
We've had a great time, haven't we? | 0:57:52 | 0:57:55 | |
-We certainly have. -An incredible result. -Any sadness to see it go? | 0:57:55 | 0:57:58 | |
A bit, but we've got the picture in the catalogue. | 0:57:58 | 0:58:00 | |
Where is the boat now? | 0:58:00 | 0:58:02 | |
I think it's maybe on a scrapheap. | 0:58:02 | 0:58:04 | |
-Oh, really. -Recycled. | 0:58:04 | 0:58:06 | |
I don't want to say my age, but it's a fair few years ago now. | 0:58:06 | 0:58:09 | |
-Don't ask, either. -Thank you so much for coming in. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:14 | |
-We've enjoyed every minute. -What a wonderful day we've had. | 0:58:14 | 0:58:16 | |
I hope you've enjoyed watching the show as well. | 0:58:16 | 0:58:18 | |
Do join us again for more surprises on Flog It! | 0:58:18 | 0:58:21 | |
But for now from Darlington, it's goodbye from all of us. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:24 | |
Bye! | 0:58:24 | 0:58:25 |