0:00:06 > 0:00:07Welcome to Malvern,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10famous for its ancient hills and beautiful clear spring water.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Today, Flog It! is drinking up the atmosphere as we head into town.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41The magnificent ancient Malvern Hills and Malvern pure spring water
0:00:41 > 0:00:43go hand in hand, really, because, let's face it,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46without the hills there wouldn't be any water
0:00:46 > 0:00:50and the hills are a mind boggling 600 million years old
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and they consist of a very hard rock formation
0:00:52 > 0:00:54which have formed into a network of fractures.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And the rainwater runs down through these fractures and, eventually,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01out into a series of springs which are dotted all around the town.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Now, because of the unique hardness of the rock in the Malvern Hills,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13the spring water is quite pure actually, which is good news -
0:01:13 > 0:01:16not a lot of minerals filter into the water.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And the great news is, if you're a local,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20you don't have to buy this stuff at the supermarket,
0:01:20 > 0:01:21it's absolutely free.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Just queue up and help yourself...
0:01:24 > 0:01:25and get fully refreshed.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28But I'm going to now join up with our experts
0:01:28 > 0:01:31over at the valuation day and see what antiques and collectables
0:01:31 > 0:01:33are springing up over there. Join me later.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41And this is where we're valuing all the antiques and collectables
0:01:41 > 0:01:44today, the Malvern Theatres, which host many different events
0:01:44 > 0:01:47throughout the year, from pantos to musicals
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and even highbrow theatre.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But topping the bill today for one day only
0:01:51 > 0:01:55the fantabulous Adam Partridge and the glamorous Kate Bateman.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Well, it is now 9:30, it's time to get the curtain up,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01get everybody in the seats and let's start the show.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Our team of experts are raring to go.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Leading the way are Adam and Kate.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Adam's first-ever job was as an auction porter.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Since then he's risen to the dizzy heights
0:02:15 > 0:02:17of owning his own saleroom in Cheshire.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Do you do any needlework yourself? - No.- She can't even sew a button on!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Really?- Shocking.- We've got something in common there then.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28And Kate nearly became a ballet dancer,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31but instead fine art and antiques won her heart
0:02:31 > 0:02:33and now she runs a successful saleroom
0:02:33 > 0:02:35with her father in Lincolnshire.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Show and tell, what have we got at the back here? Oh, pictures!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42While everybody's getting seated, let's have a sneak preview
0:02:42 > 0:02:45of what's coming up on today's show.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48A father and daughter team bring Kate a curio.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51You just basically focus it so your eye focuses
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and then look through here and it actually looks like
0:02:54 > 0:02:56the girls are, like, standing out at you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59'And I'm lucky enough to stumble across a real treasure.'
0:02:59 > 0:03:02And I'm very envious, June, very envious.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But, first, Adam is curious to see what Richard has
0:03:07 > 0:03:09in his Moroccan red leather box.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Can you open it up for me, please? - Certainly, my pleasure.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- There we are. - You've got a lovely silver jug.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20A lovely silver tankard there. A christening tankard.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Can I take the tankard out? - Sure.- Let's have a look at it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26This belonged to my step-grandfather,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28so my father's stepfather.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31It's an interesting link, because it's been in your family
0:03:31 > 0:03:32for a long time then, hasn't it?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, one would assume so, a couple of generations at least.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37We see these initials and monograms
0:03:37 > 0:03:39on lots of pieces of silver, and you always think,
0:03:39 > 0:03:41"I wonder who owned that?"
0:03:41 > 0:03:44But you can actually tell us, so what are the initials on here?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Well, we have four initials.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49My step-grandfather's name was Edward Graham Frazier Thompson.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51He sounds like a dashing character just from the name!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53What can you tell us about him?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I suppose his major contribution was that he was a pilot
0:03:56 > 0:04:02during World War I, and a reconnaissance pilot, a specialty.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04We actually have some old photographs of his
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- where he's actually photographed the trenches...- Oh, really?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11..and some of the artillery placements and things of that nature.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16He actually even went on to write a book about his experiences
0:04:16 > 0:04:18as a pilot under the pseudonym Spin.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- Really?- So if anybody comes across...
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- There we go.- ..an author named Spin, that was my step-grandfather.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Your step-grandfather.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28These photographs of the trenches sound fascinating.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33I mean something like that, that's more personal to me,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36whereas this is not necessarily of sentimental...
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Yeah.- ..or important history, family history.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41You've helped answer my question -
0:04:41 > 0:04:45isn't it a shame that you're selling it? But now you've explained that...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I have so many other memories I'm able to keep of him.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Well, it must have been quite an affluent family,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51because this is quite a posh...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Unfortunately, I don't know too much about the Thompson family.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Do you know when he was born? - I couldn't tell you that, even.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Well, the hallmarks on the cup may help.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Right, yes, I was wondering about that.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Typically late Victorian in its packaging, late 19th century,
0:05:04 > 0:05:05and then we've had a look at the marks.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09We've got the M and W, of course, for Mappin and Webb,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12the Sheffield crown, the lion, of course,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- and that date letter is for 1895. - Right, OK.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17So, christening mug -
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- we may presume he was born in 1895. - That certainly would fit.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24So, it's a lovely object, but I think the story really makes it
0:05:24 > 0:05:27because, commercially, it's not hugely valuable.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28- No, no.- Any ideas yourself?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I was thinking anywhere sort of between £40 and £80.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Bang on, Richard, well done. Absolutely great.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I think that on its own, 40-60.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40With the box, it might improve it to maybe 60-80.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Fine, yeah. - Put a reserve there at 50,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46stop it from underselling, because it must be worth £50.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- So, thank you very much for bringing it.- You're very welcome.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Lovely object. - Glad to have shared the story.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55As silver christening mugs go, that one's a real beauty.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Good find, Adam, but there's no resting on your laurels -
0:05:58 > 0:06:00there's still plenty of people to see.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04What have we got in here?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05LAUGHTER
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Oh, you've got...some pets in there!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Yeah.- You've got your cat, a little pig.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Kate is examining a stereoscopic viewer
0:06:12 > 0:06:15belonging to father and daughter James and Molly.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- I've brought a stereoscope.- Did you inherit it, or you bought it?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I bought it from a house sale in Aberdeenshire about 30 years ago.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Can you remember what you paid for it all those years ago?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I just can't remember. It...
0:06:29 > 0:06:33I didn't have a lot of money at the time, so it'd have been very little.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- £15, £20 I suppose.- Oh, that's quite a lot back then I suppose.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- I just can't remember. - You splurged.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41What we've got is "Trip Around The World Through The Stereoscope."
0:06:41 > 0:06:44And it's nice to have the box, cos we often see the cards loose,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46but you have the box, as well.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Made to look like a book.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51And, if we open it up, we've got all of these cards.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Do you know how it works?
0:06:52 > 0:06:58Yeah. Well, this is my favourite one. The two little girls.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- OK.- So, if you put it in here...
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and then you look through this bit,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07so then you just basically focus it so your eye focuses,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10and then look through here and it actually looks like
0:07:10 > 0:07:12the girls are, like, standing out at you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- So it's 3D.- Yeah.- Yeah, and you have to adjust it to get it to work.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Yeah, so your eyes focus to it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yeah, it's a lovely thing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22You've got a whole load of very interesting different views.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24So I presume you've looked through all of them?
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Yeah, there's some fantastic images of the Boer War,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30the San Francisco earthquake,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and just various pictures from around the world.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38That is quite sweet, that one, with the girls at tea, that's quite cute.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I suppose girls today do still have dollies' tea parties,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43but it's a bygone era, isn't it?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Look how they're dressed, with perfect dresses
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- and little bows in their hair. It's really sweet.- Yeah.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Any ideas on price?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Well, I wasn't sure.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- About 80-100?- It's hard to know. You've got a whole mixed lot.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Maybe put it slightly lower, 60-100, a slightly wider estimate
0:08:00 > 0:08:02for the auction, maybe a £50 reserve.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Yes, that's fine. 60-100 estimate for the catalogue. Yeah.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I think it should go. I mean, it's one of those things, there are collectors out there.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It'll depend if they're interested in the particular cards you've got.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Apparently you're getting the money when it sells, is that right?
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Yeah, I'm going on a ski trip next year with the school, so it'll go...
0:08:21 > 0:08:25The money will go to, like, the hat and the salopettes to go...
0:08:25 > 0:08:27OK. An expensive business, then!
0:08:27 > 0:08:31We might be able to get you one ski pole or something, but we will try!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I think that's a really good thing to aim for,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- so hopefully it will sell in the sale.- Yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Send you off whizzing down a mountain!
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Thanks very much.- Thanks.- Thank you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48This is the bit I love about Flog It!,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50dipping in and out of the crowd, joining up with them
0:08:50 > 0:08:52before they get to the tablecloths
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and having a chat to people like June, who brought in
0:08:55 > 0:08:57something that I recognise instantly
0:08:57 > 0:09:00because it's a Robert Lenkiewicz, it's a watercolour.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I had the good fortune of filming at the Plymouth Museum recently,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05the Lenkiewicz retrospective,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08and I was thoroughly impressed and I learnt a lot.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I'm very envious, June, very envious!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16How did you get to own such a wonderful thing like this?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19It was in 1978, I was travelling with my late husband,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- who was also an artist, to sell paintings in Cornwall.- Right.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- And we stopped at the Barbican... - In Plymouth.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29..at Plymouth, and we met Robert Lenkiewicz, spent the day with him...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Oh, lovely.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35..and he was telling us all about his work and his books and his writing.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Oh, I wish I'd met him, I really do.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38And we also met Diogenes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- Yes, the tramp, the down and out that he used to paint.- Yeah, yeah.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I particularly like the works that he did,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48the sort of social history aspect of Plymouth,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51because he embraced all those down and outs,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- and I know at one stage he had about 20 living in his studio!- I know.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56£25 you paid for this.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58£25!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Well, do you know what it's worth today?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Is that what you're here for, to ask?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Just as an enquiry, just to see.- OK.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Because it holds great sentimental value for me.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13If you put this into auction, it would have a price tag of around...
0:10:13 > 0:10:163,000, possibly £4,000.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21I think if you had to buy it in a gallery, maybe just over that.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22- Really?- Yeah.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24It's got very happy memories for me.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Well, it's put a smile on my face.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It's a watercolour and it's signed. Well, look, enjoy it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Put it on the wall, and thank you for bringing it in.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35You look really colourful, as well. In fact, you match, look at that!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- I can see why you gravitated... - I look like him, do I?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40No, no, no! You've got the same lime green.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Let's catch up with Kate.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47She's with Jan, who's put in a little gem in mint condition
0:10:47 > 0:10:49belonging to her husband, John.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I'm sure this will bring back memories for most of us.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55He's had it since he was very, very small,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57but he was very careful.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- He never, ever played with it.- Right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05I can see it is in perfect condition in terms of the actual car.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The box has seen better days, but it is boxed, which is brilliant.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12And it's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - was he a fan of the film?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- I think he was, yes. - We're going to date him horribly
0:11:15 > 0:11:17by saying the date here is 1967.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21We shan't mention how old he is to have been a child when it came out.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25But it's a great thing. It's so unusual to get them in their boxes.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Children get it for Christmas, rip open the box,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30throw it away, play with it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33So it's nice to see it in working condition with all its bits.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Do you know it's secret and what it does?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Yeah, the wings pop out.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Do you want to give it a go? - No, you do it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42So if I break it that's fine!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45This is your item, you've said it live now, we can't go back.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49I'm petrified. Do we pull it forward?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51And there we go! So it works,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and presumably flies off into the distance.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I think it's a really fun thing. Why are you selling?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Well, we've got four boys
0:11:59 > 0:12:03and you can't really divide it between the four of them.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07The general census is to sell it and it'll go towards our holiday fund.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09OK, flying off in a motorised car somewhere!
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Well, no, not quite, I don't think, but...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14In this condition I would have thought
0:12:14 > 0:12:16estimate for auction is £80-£120.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20I think we'd reserve it at perhaps slightly lower than that,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23maybe a £60 reserve, but 80-120 estimate.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Is that the kind of thing you'd be happy with?- Yeah, fine, lovely.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- I take it you don't have an attic full of other boxed toys?- We do.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- You do!- We do.- Wow.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34My husband had two brothers,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37so whenever one was bought something all three of them were.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40He used to hide his and put them away and play with his brothers'.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42So his were never touched.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- So the brothers' are completely ruined...- Totally wrecked.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Well, he can have the last laugh if this sells for £100,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49cos that would be brilliant, wouldn't it?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- So we'll take it to the sale and see if it goes.- Lovely.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Thanks for bring it in.- Thanks.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Adam's chatting to Maxine, who's brought in
0:12:59 > 0:13:02her ten Wedgwood plates with a nautical theme.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04There's shipping in the family?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06There is. My father was a sailor.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08He was a captain on oil tankers out of New York.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11So were these your father's plates?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- No, he bought for me as a birthday present.- OK. What every girl wants!
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Yeah, well, he didn't have any sons, he had four daughters.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22So birthdays we'd have plates or ships in bottles
0:13:22 > 0:13:26or something that had a nautical feel.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29And I suppose sometimes that was nice
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- and sometimes perhaps you'd have liked...- Oh, no, I liked it, yes.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- Is this your father's address in New York?- Yes. He was living in New York
0:13:38 > 0:13:41so he wrote to Wedgwood in England to see -
0:13:41 > 0:13:45he'd heard about them, I suppose - to find out how much it would be
0:13:45 > 0:13:48to ship them and how much they were.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51And, in 1969, they were £11/11s.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55"Sailing ships and clipper ships in fine earthenware by Wedgwood."
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So they did two sets, they did a set of 12 of sailing ships
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- and a slightly smaller set for clipper ships.- Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- So, it was a set of 12?- Yes, and unfortunately two got broken.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07The cat knocked them off the dresser.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11They're a printed design on an earthenware plate.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- So they were of a mass-produced type. - Yeah.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- They were probably run off in quite large quantities.- Yeah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19They were all designed by a chap called George Whales.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Really nice things for the collector
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- because all the information about every plate is on the back.- Yes.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26So we could pretend to be great experts here
0:14:26 > 0:14:29and say, well, the Mayflower...
0:14:29 > 0:14:32"The Mayflower brought the pilgrims to Plymouth.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35"Based on the model built in 1922 by Anderson
0:14:35 > 0:14:38"for the Pilgrim Society in Plymouth."
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- So, you can learn from your antiques, as well.- Yes!
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- Did you ever have them on display? - Yes, I had them on a Welsh dresser.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51I've recently moved now to a smaller house, no dresser, so...
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- The dresser's gone.- So they're just sitting in the cupboard, which seems a shame, really.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Now, to value. I'd like to think they'd make £100 plus.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Oh, that would be good.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I think, perhaps, we should go with our old 80 to 120 estimate.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10The auctioneer's favourite, which is around £100 mark,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- and then pop the reserve in at about £80.- Yeah, that'd be great.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Does that sound all right?- Yes.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Maybe put a little bit of discretion on there in case it gets to 75.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- You don't want them going for nothing, do you?- No.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- OK, thanks for coming.- Thank you.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Let's hope they sail off!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I'm at the Ruskin Mill Glasshouse College
0:15:45 > 0:15:48right in the heart of the historic glass quarter of Stourbridge.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50This whole area was the Royal Doulton factory,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53but now this site provides studio space and workshops
0:15:53 > 0:15:58for many Artisans both in traditional and contemporary glassmaking,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00but also many other crafts.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04For the last 400 years, they've been making glass in Stourbridge.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07It's one of the great names world-renowned for its cut crystal.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Not only have the factories in the Stourbridge area
0:16:12 > 0:16:14created some of the finest glass ever made,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16but the craftsmen from here have influenced
0:16:16 > 0:16:19the most famous international makers.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23The golden era was in the Victorian period,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25where everybody wanted cut glass crystal.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29It was hugely fashionable, but, sadly, tastes do change
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and many of the big manufacturers went out of business.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Stourbridge today is well and truly alive and kicking in glass.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Many of the traditional methods are still going on around me now,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43but there's also a new wave of creative artisans providing
0:16:43 > 0:16:48the most wonderful, exciting and contemporary studio class.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51This is also the site of the International Festival of Glass,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55which attracts as many as 15,000 visitors every two years.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58It hosts a huge programme of events, demonstrations,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01talks, activities and exhibitions.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Including the prestigious British Glass Biennale,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09which part of the dynamic celebration of British modern glassmakers,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and I'm here to meet Martin Andrews, who's part of this revival.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Martin, you've got some fabulous pieces here.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21How did you get started in glassmaking?
0:17:21 > 0:17:27I did degree at Westferry College of Art and Design in Farnham in 1991,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30and then after that I went to Sweden and I was very fortunate
0:17:30 > 0:17:36to work with Asa Brandt, who was one of the first studio glass artists.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38She set up in 1968.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Do you still use traditional methods, but put your own slant...?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Yes, the methods, traditional glassblowing has not really changed
0:17:46 > 0:17:49for 400 years, same sort of tools, same benches.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52What I want to know is how do you go about making something like that
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and how do you get all the colours?
0:17:54 > 0:17:55In the furnace, I have clear glass.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58All the colour is added while it's still a solid blob.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Once the design is on then you start to actually blow the shape.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Let's talk about techniques.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06If you were going to make, say, a bowl like that,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08how would you start and what would you do?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Any piece of glass that you blow starts off round,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and if you're going to make a flattened shape,
0:18:14 > 0:18:15such as a vase like this,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18you literally are using wet newspaper to shape the glass,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21so it starts off round and by flattening it on each side
0:18:21 > 0:18:24you can actually start to flatten the shape.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Gosh, it sounds hit and miss to me, do you know that?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- It's quite specific. - It's experimental!
0:18:29 > 0:18:32With glassblowing, you know, you have no second chances.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35It's not like clay, you can't go back and patch it up.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Glass - you get one chance and you have to get it right.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41The skill of the glassmaker is working as fast as possible.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44You are literally chasing it.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48The working temperature of the glass is between 600 and 1,000 degrees,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and it will go through that temperature barrier
0:18:50 > 0:18:53in about 40 seconds, so every time you reheat it
0:18:53 > 0:18:57you've got about 40 seconds to work with it, then you reheat it.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Got you.- So you're up and down the bench a lot.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04I do love that, I love the colours in that, the golden hues.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Could I ask you to show me how you make something like that,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09for a novice like me to attempt something that?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I'd like to have a go at that, I really would,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- cos that looks like a big challenge. - OK, let's have a go.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- How long will that take?- It will take, about an hour. With my help.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Come on then!- OK.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27This is actually for real, we're going to take an hour to do this.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30And I don't know what to do. So just talk me through it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- OK, if you start by heating that up, get it hot, just keep it there.- OK.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35We just want to keep the tip up
0:19:35 > 0:19:38so it's hot enough for the glass to stick to it when we gather.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I'm actually feeling quite nervous, to tell you the truth,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43cos I want this to really work well.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46OK, I think we can take that out, that's fine.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Now you're going to gather from the furnace. So we do the first gather.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Gosh, that's hot!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55And you need to be in and out in about seven seconds.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59OK, keep turning, keep turning, and go to the bench.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Don't touch.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Roll it forward, use all of your arm.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08OK, we're going to reheat that, so put the paper down.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11We'll reheat it in the glory hole.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Keep turning?- Keep turning it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- It's not easy, is it?- No.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I'm actually quite frightened!
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I can't believe this hot blob's going to be a glass charger.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Put your forearm forward, first arm forward.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36If you wet... Put that back into the water.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39This is all by feel, you just know, don't you, by instinct?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40It's all by touch.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I'll put some of the other colour out, as well.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45And this is cooling all the time.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49It's cooling, but the coloured glass is still sticking to the clear glass.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- Pulling back all the time?- Yeah, that's good. Take it off. OK.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Now, the hard bit is actually the technique called thumbing.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So what you need to do is blow down,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06with this in your mouth,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10put your thumb over it and trap the air so the air expands in the pipe.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Like that, ready? One big blow?- Yes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15HE BLOWS
0:21:15 > 0:21:17That's good.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's got a little bit larger, but you now need to reheat it...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Keep my thumb on the end? - No.- No.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I see, you could do this several times, you could keep going
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- until you are happy with the size of the air bubble?- Yeah.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35And roll, turn...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- Oh, wow! - And then back the other way.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- That's good.- That's better.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48It's looking more like a light bulb at the moment.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49It's getting bigger and bigger,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52it's getting harder to come out that glory hole.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- OK, Martin?- Out you come, yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Ah! Nearly, nearly...
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Oh, that's it... - Hang on, hang on!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Argh!- Aw.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That's it, I've just ruined it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Nearly had it, that was about 55 minutes work, wasn't it? Sorry.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- That's all right, never mind. - What happens to that now?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Well, we'll just put that into the bin.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Unfortunately, you caught the side and it collapsed.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- It's so difficult, isn't it? - it's very, very difficult, it is.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Thank you so much, you've been brilliant.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32We were so close, ten minutes away from seeing that dish open up.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36But I said we'd only do it once, I said we'd have an hour on this.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I knew it, I just knew it would go wrong, do you know that?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49So close, yet so far.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I was five minutes away from creating a wonderful glass charger,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55and it all went wrong.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59That is the most stressful thing I've ever done on Flog It! in nine years.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Not only is Martin Andrews a wonderful glass designer and blower,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06he's also a great teacher, teaching traditional skills and methods,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and that was really difficult, please believe me.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And if you don't, have a go yourself - you'll see.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Our items haven't got far to travel.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24They're being sold down the road in Malvern at Serrell's Auctioneers and Valuers.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Here's what is going under the hammer.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Let's hope Richard's christening mug will fly away.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We'll find out shortly.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37As well as the mug, we've got Maxine's ten plates,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39two short of a dozen, thanks to her cat!
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Let's hope that doesn't put the bidders off.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Kate's truly scrumptious find - the little toy car in excellent
0:23:47 > 0:23:50condition, which should grab the bidders' interest.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55James and Molly also have high hopes for their stereoscopic viewer.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Let's find out now how it does as it's the first of our items to go under the hammer.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Is there any more at all for it?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I have £100.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Did you not want to persuade Dad to hang on to them and not sell them?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- Well, we've had them a long time. - Yeah, we need the money.- What's the money going towards, then?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I'm going skiing with the school,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19so to get a new hat or something like that.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Oh, are you? Sounds really exciting. Are you on study leave right now?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- Yes.- So that's why you're here.- Yeah.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Yeah. And what do you think of the auction room?- Good.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30It's good, isn't it? Jam-packed.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- It's exciting. - Full of electricity and excitement.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Yeah.- Kate, feeling any pressure?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36- No, none whatsoever.- None at all.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Wildly confident about this one!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Good luck. Let's hope we turn that into a couple of hundred.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Here we go.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Great things these.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49The stereoscopic viewer, lot number 310.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51There we are. Bid me.
0:24:51 > 0:24:5450 or £60 to start.
0:24:55 > 0:24:5720 I'm bid. At 20. And five. 35.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- There we go.- 40. Bid five.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0150. 50, bid five. Anywhere five? 60.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Five. 65. Any more?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08At 65. Your bid, sir, at 65. 70.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Five. 80.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Five. 90. Five.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15This is more like it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:1795. 100, is it?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19100. 110 now, sir?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21At £100 only. At 100. Any more?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23110. 110.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Fill it up, sir, at 20 now. At £110.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29And I sell then at £110 and done.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Oh, I'm ever so pleased we got 110.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- Brilliant!- Well done, Kate.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34A lot of these images find their way back to the States
0:25:34 > 0:25:37because the Americans love buying these.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- So I hope you enjoy the trip. - Thank you!
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Well, that might get two ski poles or something!
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I don't know the cost of things, but that sounds like a good sum.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Well! That got us off to a very good start.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Let's hope the result is a taste of things to come.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Next it's Maxine's Wedgwood plates.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57They've got our valuation of around £100, which is good!
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- We've got the old 80 to 120, haven't we?- You have, yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03However, I'm not very confident.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Aren't you?- I'm sorry.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Adam should know. - I've got a gut instinct.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11They are a bargain if someone picks them up for £10 each.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13We might just get them sold, but I don't think we're going
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- to be having any jumping and screaming.- OK, OK.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Wise words. Here we go, Maxine.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Good luck, Adam.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24A set of ten Wedgwood plates.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Start me off for them. The ten Wedgwood plates.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28£100 for them.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30£50 for them.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- £20 for them.- Oh, no!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34There's no hands going up.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36At 20. 20 bid. And five. 25. 25.
0:26:36 > 0:26:4030. 30 bid. And five. 40. 40 bid.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44At £40 only. At 40. 40 bid.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48At 40. Five.
0:26:48 > 0:26:5150. 50 bid. At £50 only. And five.
0:26:51 > 0:26:5360. 60 bid. Five. 70. 70 bid.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56We're looking at £80 with discretion, aren't we?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Any more at all?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00At £70. At 70. Is there any more?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03At £70. Any more at £70.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05No? I'm sorry, I can't do those.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Sorry, Maxine.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Are they going home or will you leave them for another sale?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I like might leave them.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15You're selling them because you sold your Welsh dresser...
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- That's right, so I've nowhere to put them...- Yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22- Leave them with Philip and see what happens there.- Yeah.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26That was disappointing. So close!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Hopefully Maxine will have better luck on another day.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Next, it is Jan, who's selling her husband John's toy car.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- He's a good boy, because he kept the box.- He always did, yeah.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- I never did. Bad boy. - It's unnatural!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- It's unnatural not to keep it. - You rip the box up,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- and you play with the toys, don't you?- Christmas Day!
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Or birthdays.- Normal children do.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- What are you saying about him, then?!- And it's got all the bits!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52There's all those bits to lose and break and everything on it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- That's why it should sell. - And we've got 80-120, haven't we?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00- Yep.- It's a really iconic car, I think every schoolboy knows it.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- They love the film.- We won't sing. - No, I won't embarrass myself.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I can't sing anyway. Have you got a good voice?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- Er...no.- I won't put you to the test then. Good luck.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Thanks very much.- This is it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17A very collectible Corgi Chitty Chitty Bang Bang model,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20complete with its plastic insert, and nobody should be without theirs.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I'm bid on the book, £40 only and 5.
0:28:25 > 0:28:2645, 50, and 5.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28And 60, and 5. And 70, and 5.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Go on!
0:28:30 > 0:28:33The bid's with me at 75. One more.
0:28:33 > 0:28:3680, and 5. 85, 85, 85.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38The bid's with me, on the book.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40The net's out, the room's out.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41£85 on the book,
0:28:41 > 0:28:45and I sell then at 85 and done. Thank you.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46It's gone, it's gone.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- He'll be pleased.- Yeah. - He'll take you out for supper now.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51- Oh, it's mine.- It's yours!
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- My money.- You'll have to dig out the other ones now!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- He has got lots?- Oh, he's got loads.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- All boxed?- Yeah, every single one of them.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03That's enough to make an auctioneer's heart start to race.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It just goes to show, it's worth looking after things.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Next it's Richard's silver christening mug.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14This should do well.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- I hope it does really well. - I hope so too.- Because in a way, you shouldn't be selling it.
0:29:19 > 0:29:25- No, I have a lot of other items that belonged to my step-grandfather which are more personal.- OK.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30And this will actually help to maybe refurbish the photo album that I have of his.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Oh, brilliant!- It'll contribute to his legacy even further.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36OK, we're going to find out what the bidders think right now.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Silver's up in value, let's hope it's working for us now. Here we go.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Lovely christening mug in its little leather case.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Mappin & Webb. Bid me for that. £100 to start me.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Come on, Philip.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Bid me 50 to go, someone. 50 I'm bid. At 50. 60. 70. 80.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Good, it's gone! Quickly as well, how about that?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- They like it.- 110 with me. At 110.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- 110. 110.- More than double.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12If you're all out in the room at £110. The bid's with me.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15At £110. And I...
0:30:15 > 0:30:2020. Hello! At 120. 120. 120.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22The bid's just there at £120 only.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27Any more? At £120 and I sell then at £120 and done.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32Superb. That's real quality, and well worth £120.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35What can you buy in a modern jeweller's now for £120?
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- You wouldn't catch me in a modern jeweller's!- No.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40But what could you buy? Nothing.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45- Not much.- Nothing as good as that. - A battery powered clock, probably.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- At best.- At best, yeah. - Certainly nothing of this quality.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54- I hope that can, you know, give you the chance to compete that album. - It certainly will.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- Go a bit further than that I think. - That's a good price.- Yes, thanks.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Good result. I love it when things sell well over the estimate.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06It shows there's a real market for them.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11Later, Adam finds an item which is bound to get a good return.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13So it cost you how much? £2. £2!
0:31:13 > 0:31:15We can improve on that.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Stick a couple of noughts on that.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It's this eight-mile ridge of some of the oldest rocks in Britain
0:31:28 > 0:31:33which give us spring water that's world-famous for its purity.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I've come here to find out more about the unique relationship
0:31:37 > 0:31:40between the town of Malvern and its refreshing spring water.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44It's the cold water that sprouts from the fissures in these hills
0:31:44 > 0:31:47that's made the fortunes of that town.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50You could say, in fact, that Malvern was built on water
0:31:50 > 0:31:55and the development of two very different water-related industries.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05Now, in both cases Malvern was the first place in the UK to start both of these industries.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09The first sounds a little bit like a form of medieval torture -
0:32:09 > 0:32:11the cold-water cure. More about that later.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17The second business to put Malvern on the map was the commercial bottling of its spring water.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27The lucky locals have always been able to pop along and collect their water for free,
0:32:27 > 0:32:35because there's around 100 wells and springs all around this area, but what about people further afield?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37How could they get to drink some of this refreshing water?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Well, the answer is crystal clear -
0:32:40 > 0:32:43look at that - bottle it and sell it to them.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47And this is where water was first commercially bottled.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49The Holywell Spring.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00So, Malvern was the first place in the UK to bottle water.
0:33:00 > 0:33:06This started around the early 1600s and experts reckon that some of these 17th-century bottles of water
0:33:06 > 0:33:12were sold as far away as Berwick, London and Kent. I mean, the mind boggles, doesn't it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:19Strangely, this water has been so highly valued not for what's in it, but for what's not in it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25And it's this same pure water that, back in the Victorian era,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29enticed many visitors to Malvern when the cold-water cure arrived.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Argh!
0:33:33 > 0:33:39The cold-water cure, or hydrotherapy, was an alternative treatment which two doctors -
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Dr James Wilson and Dr James Gully - brought to the town in 1842.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Dr Wilson had tried the treatment at the Silesian spa in Grafenberg in Central Europe
0:33:48 > 0:33:54before persuading his friend, Dr Gully, to set up an establishment in the UK and Malvern fitted the bill.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00To find out exactly what the terrifying sound of the cold-water cure is,
0:34:00 > 0:34:06I've come to meet up with retired GP and Malvern resident Dr John Harcup, who's a bit of an expert.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12And I'm meeting him in the building which began life
0:34:12 > 0:34:17as Britain's first purpose-built water-cure establishment.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23John, we're sitting in the bow window of the original building where all this treatment went on.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Yeah, it is, and you can see the bay window where we are.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Incredible, absolutely incredible! And that's a lovely view, as well.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33What was this cold-water cure all about?
0:34:33 > 0:34:38It was a Victorian health package. It was very popular.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43Everybody was woken between five and six in the morning, stripped naked,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46wrapped in a cold, wet sheet for an hour.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49So people from all over the country would come here to this building...
0:34:49 > 0:34:52be woken up at six in the morning?
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Yes.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55It wasn't a good start.
0:34:55 > 0:35:02No, a wet start and a cold start, but you relaxed. It was amazing the effect of the cold, wet sheet on you.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Then you were unwrapped by your bath attendant,
0:35:04 > 0:35:10who popped you in a shallow bath and poured cold water over you and rubbed you down with a rough towel.
0:35:10 > 0:35:17It was called a friction rub, and you went up the hills before breakfast...
0:35:17 > 0:35:18drinking at every spring.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- You must have been exhausted by ten o'clock in the morning!- Yeah!
0:35:22 > 0:35:28And then after you'd been here for about three weeks, you were fit enough to have the douche, which...
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- This is the big one! - This is the big one, yes.
0:35:30 > 0:35:38Water falling 20 feet from a pipe 2½ or 3½ inches in diameter for about three minutes.
0:35:38 > 0:35:44And about 150 gallons of water fell on you at that time.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Gosh! If that's freezing cold, that would have hurt.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Yes. In winter, you got icicles coming down
0:35:51 > 0:35:54and people were scored by icicles
0:35:54 > 0:35:57and there was blood on the floor, as you can imagine.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- But no complaints, everybody loved it.- Oh, yes.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03It was a social occasion, to put it mildly.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07So what inspired the two doctors to bring the cure back to Malvern?
0:36:07 > 0:36:12It was the very poor treatment in Victorian medicine.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18Remember that we were still in the age where we bled people, we purged people
0:36:18 > 0:36:24and we added heavy metal poisons. There was lead, arsenic and mercury.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27And then the recently discovered opioids,
0:36:27 > 0:36:31and opium was freely available, so we got addiction problems.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34So, this was completely different.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36It was non-invasive, it didn't kill anybody
0:36:36 > 0:36:43and it certainly worked because the Victorians over-ate, they over-drank, they didn't have enough exercise.
0:36:43 > 0:36:49And Malvern catered for all that because alcohol was banned, for instance.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51And there was a special diet.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56You couldn't have pastries, they didn't like spicy food, you couldn't have tea and coffee.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- There wasn't much you could have, actually.- The list goes on!
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Well, water, of course!
0:37:00 > 0:37:05What sort of ailments was this cure going to solve?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Well, rheumatism and gout were premier things.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Yeah.- Neuralgia, TB.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Virtually everything, you know?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18"You name it, we can cure it," was the motto here.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- It's fascinating, isn't it? - Absolutely, yes.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24It was amazing who came here -
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Alfred Lord Tennyson came here.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Some big names.- Yes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Tennyson said he was half-cured, half-destroyed by the cure.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40- Wow. In your expert opinion, obviously, it does work.- Yes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44In the context of Victorian medicine, this is the important thing,
0:37:44 > 0:37:47because treatment was so bad in those days.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49How long did you have to be here for, then?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Well, about three weeks, three to four weeks.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56I mean, Darwin came for three weeks and stayed for 16
0:37:56 > 0:37:59and he got on so much better.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01He was depressed and he was...
0:38:01 > 0:38:07He went back to Down House a new man, basically.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10He was writing a book on barnacles and he went back to the barnacles.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Yeah. I don't know about 16 weeks here, though!
0:38:14 > 0:38:18- One day with that cold water! - Malvern grows on you, so you'll stay!
0:38:22 > 0:38:26So, there you have it. Some British towns are built on coal,
0:38:26 > 0:38:32some on steel and some on the farming industry, but the majestic town of Malvern is built on water.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Back at our valuation day, there's still a huge queue
0:38:42 > 0:38:46and the great thing about my job is I never know where the next antiques will be lurking.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Oh, my gosh, look at this! - This is...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54And some items are just too big to fit in a box.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58It's so nice to see furniture brought in to Flog It
0:38:58 > 0:39:02because you do have to make a bit of an effort to get this in the car.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07That's why we always get lots of ceramics, but whoever brought this,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11I'm going to go and shake their hand because this is what we need to see - more furniture.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Please bring us in more furniture.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Adam's talking to Simon, who's brought along an item that we see often on Flog It.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Yes, it's a piece of Troika!
0:39:20 > 0:39:24This is quite an interesting one for a number of reasons.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Firstly, because of where you got it from.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Well, a car boot sale, yeah.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Not a bad little earner, there.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- And did you recognise it as a piece of Troika?- No.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- Basically, we just liked the look of it, the bits and bobs on it and... - Do you still like?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42I don't know, I've gone off it a bit now. It's...
0:39:42 > 0:39:47We'd seen the markings on the bottom of it. I'd never heard of it.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I thought, "Yeah, somebody's written that on in marker pen."
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- Well, it does look like that, doesn't it?- It does, yeah.- Look at that.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- Kind of crude, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Pretty... Pretty good condition, isn't it?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03I've noticed one little bit of damage. Where is it? There.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05A little bit of a chip, there.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10But that's nothing too major. So you didn't know about Troika at all?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12No, not until I spoke to my brother and he watches your show.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17I don't get a chance to because you have to watch CBeebies with the kids.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21He's obviously seen that show where you've done the Troika.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27I showed it him, showed him the marks on the bottom and he said, "Well, there, that's what they do."
0:40:27 > 0:40:32- So you're going to sell it, take the money.- Yeah, take the money and run!- It cost you how much? £2. £2.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36We can improve on that. Stick a couple of noughts on that.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- That's not bad.- This is what is called the large rectangle vase.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46On the bottom, you've got that decorator's mark there, which is RGB for Roland Bence.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Roland Bence was one of the main men at Troika.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51He was the manager there for all of the '70s.
0:40:51 > 0:40:58He is one of your premier names. So not only have you chanced upon a two-quid vase worth 200 or 300...
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- I've got the main man on it, yeah. - You've got one of the main men.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- I think we should put it in at 200 to 300.- Yeah, sounds good, yeah.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Put a reserve in of £180. If it doesn't make that,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- it's worth hanging on to.- Yeah. - Well done. Good eye!
0:41:11 > 0:41:16- Not only have you got a good-shaped Troika vase, you've got one of the main men on it too.- Thank you.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Kate's been bedazzled by something rather glamorous
0:41:23 > 0:41:25that Erica inherited.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Erica, you've brought in something sparkly which has caught my eye.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31What can you tell me about it?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Well, it originally came from Germany.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38It belonged to my mum's great-aunt,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41and it was passed to my mother when she died,
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and then when my mother died, it was passed on to me.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- So family history.- It is, yes, but my mother didn't like it.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50As soon as she picked it up, it went in her jewellery box.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51She didn't wear it.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I like it, but I'm not...
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- I don't wear it very often. - Not that attached to it.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Probably a couple of times a year.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01It's what you'd call a dress ring, it's very sort of...
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Exactly that, dressy.- Yeah. - I'm going to give it a go.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07I might just have a bit of a Cinderella fantasy
0:42:07 > 0:42:10and give it a go. I can see that on my finger...
0:42:10 > 0:42:13if my husband's watching! It's very attractive.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17I think date-wise you're talking between...
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Probably between the wars, so 1930s.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Does that fit in with the family background?
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Or maybe a bit earlier? '20s?
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Probably a bit earlier, '20s, probably, yeah.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28It's a classic dress evening ring.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32You've got diamonds and then an oval-cut sapphire in the middle.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34And it's on continental, so 14-carat gold,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37which again is not something we usually get in England.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39But it's quite a pretty thing.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Very sparkly, you can see.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42This is an old-cut brilliant, on the diamond,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45so it makes it this lovely sparkly colour.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49The diamonds aren't very big but they are nice and clean.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51And they're a good colour to them.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54I suppose at auction you'd be talking between
0:42:54 > 0:42:55maybe £300 and £500 for it?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Is that the kind of figure you'd be happy to get?
0:42:58 > 0:43:00I... I think so, yeah.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04I would like to think I would get more than £400 for it.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06- Right.- I think.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- It depends on the day.- Yeah. - If you don't wear it,
0:43:08 > 0:43:10you've got to think of who the buyer's going to be,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and who would wear it. And I suppose if a dealer's buying it,
0:43:13 > 0:43:17they would make a mark-up if they're selling it in a shop.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20So I think probably... You could maybe reserve it at 350,
0:43:20 > 0:43:23if you want to, and put £400 to £500 guide price.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26And then if it doesn't reach 350, it hasn't sold, so at least
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- you're not disappointed if it only gets £300.- That's fine, yeah.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- Would you be OK with that? - Fine, yeah.
0:43:35 > 0:43:40Right, next it's Jim, who's brought along a collection of First World War postcards.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43So, what's the history here?
0:43:43 > 0:43:49They belonged to my wife's uncle who was a private in the Medical Corps
0:43:49 > 0:43:55and he served on the hospital ship the Letitia, and they went all around the Mediterranean.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59- During the First World War? - During the First World War.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04And this is basically postcards to and from him and his wife.
0:44:04 > 0:44:10We've seen lots of First World War postcards, especially in the embroidered silks,
0:44:10 > 0:44:14for the guys to send home to their wives, but these are slightly different.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17You've got more topographic scenes.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20He obviously was travelling, going all over the place.
0:44:20 > 0:44:21He's in the Middle East here.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24He's at the Sphinx in the Pyramids.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28It's like a diary of his journey. Has he written messages on the back?
0:44:28 > 0:44:32- He has, yeah.- Oh, how lovely. Is it something you really want to sell?
0:44:32 > 0:44:37Basically, it's lying in the bedroom, we don't look at it that often.
0:44:37 > 0:44:42We'll maybe go and see our grandchildren, perhaps buy them a present out of it.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43Oh, well, that's a nice idea.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- Yes.- This is nice. That's George IV, isn't it?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Yeah.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50It's personally addressed to him.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54"With our very best wishes for Christmas, 1914.
0:44:54 > 0:44:59"May God protect you and bring you home safely. Mary and George."
0:44:59 > 0:45:05Oh, that's lovely, isn't it? That really does complete this book.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06I'm pleased that's on the last page.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10Well, look, if you're happy to let this go and you want it to go...
0:45:10 > 0:45:13- Yes, we do.- Let's price it to sell.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- Let's put 100 to 200 on it.- Yeah.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Fixed reserve at £100 because you're not going to give this away.
0:45:18 > 0:45:23- No.- You'll have to keep it otherwise, but on a good day I think this boat will float.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26I just loved Jim's postcard collection.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Fingers crossed it's going to do well.
0:45:30 > 0:45:34But before that, Kate's valuing the biggest lump of gold
0:45:34 > 0:45:39I've seen in a while, and it belongs to husband and wife Bill and Jan.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- How have you come by it? - It was my second cousin's.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- She was very, very elegant. - We remember Frances very well.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50We can remember her smoking Woodbines out of that.
0:45:50 > 0:45:56- Brilliant.- But we have other things that she's left to us, so we would like other people to enjoy it.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01Well, it's a classic case of very elegant Roaring Twenties gold,
0:46:01 > 0:46:05set with what looks to be rubies.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09If we open it up, what have we got inside? There we go.
0:46:09 > 0:46:15So it is hallmarked gold and the hallmark's Chester and it's 1923.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18So, exactly that sort of Roaring Twenties.
0:46:18 > 0:46:23You would have had very small, thin ladies cigarettes in it,
0:46:23 > 0:46:24possibly with a holder.
0:46:24 > 0:46:30But it's a lovely thing. You're not keen on keeping it?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Not particularly.
0:46:32 > 0:46:38Well, gold prices are quite high at the moment and you've got the inset rubies to add a little bit of value.
0:46:38 > 0:46:43You've also got machine decoration on the top and then this Greek key pattern along the edge.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47So it's a very attractive thing. Any ideas on value?
0:46:48 > 0:46:50- No.- No.
0:46:50 > 0:46:55Your estimate for the auction would be maybe between £550 and £650,
0:46:55 > 0:46:59something like that, which for quite a small thing is quite a high price.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- It is indeed.- Is that the kind of figure you'd be happy with?
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- Yes, certainly.- OK.
0:47:04 > 0:47:05What sort of reserve would you suggest?
0:47:05 > 0:47:08I would say just below that, so maybe a 450 reserve.
0:47:08 > 0:47:13- Sounds very good.- A lovely thing to have been passed down, isn't it?
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- Indeed, yeah.- Let's hope it sells. - Oh, yes. Thank you.- OK.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24Well, that's our final items ready to take off to auction
0:47:24 > 0:47:28and going under the hammer is Simon's Troika vase which he paid just £2 for at a car boot sale.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32If the bidders like Erica's dress ring as much as Kate does,
0:47:32 > 0:47:34it should do very well.
0:47:36 > 0:47:42Next, it's time for Jim's collection of inherited World War I postcards to find a new home.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46Finally, Bill and Jan's elegant gold cigarette case with inlaid rubies
0:47:46 > 0:47:49will be testing the current gold prices.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58We're now back at Philip Serrell's auction rooms in Malvern.
0:47:58 > 0:48:03Before we see how our items do, I want to show you something rather special.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08Yeah, I like the look of that, I really do. It says it all.
0:48:08 > 0:48:14That chair has come fresh from some old boy's cottage somewhere, locally I would imagine.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18There's all these greasy sweat marks, you know, evidence of wear.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21This hasn't been through the trade, this is fresh on the market,
0:48:21 > 0:48:25and that's the sort of kit that does sell so well.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Upholsterers like to get their hands on stuff like this.
0:48:28 > 0:48:34Looking at the style of it, it's a Regency period, 1805 to 1815,
0:48:34 > 0:48:38right on the turn of the 19th century
0:48:38 > 0:48:45and that shape, that scrolling top coming down in the shape of a lyre like that, that's all in rosewood.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I know it looks disgusting, but I've got to sit on it.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51Oh, do you know what? That's very generous and it's very comfortable.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Very, very nice.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57The squab cushion needs refilling,
0:48:57 > 0:49:01it needs packing out and probably the springs need tightening up,
0:49:01 > 0:49:05but let me show you something to look for.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Gosh, the weight of this chair!
0:49:07 > 0:49:09That's solid mahogany and rosewood,
0:49:09 > 0:49:14that's a combination of two very exotic hardwoods. This is nice,
0:49:14 > 0:49:17this is in the manner of Gillows, these fluted legs,
0:49:17 > 0:49:22and look at this cast foot, that's really nice. Brass-cast rollers.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24This is a very, very nice chair
0:49:24 > 0:49:29and Philip's got this in the catalogue at £100 to £200!
0:49:29 > 0:49:32That is a come-and-buy-me and Philip knows that,
0:49:32 > 0:49:35but, for me, that's really got the decorators' look.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38It's a timeless quality. You're buying a period piece.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40This is circa 1805.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45All you've got to do is hopefully get it for around about £700 to £900 in auction,
0:49:45 > 0:49:49take it to an upholsterer and that will adorn any room.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53It will go in a stately home, it will go in a studio apartment,
0:49:53 > 0:49:55it'll go in a contemporary flat, it'll go in a cottage.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57It's just a wonderful stand-alone chair.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01All in all, really, it might set you back £1,200,
0:50:01 > 0:50:06but that's what a modern reproduction copy will cost you in a department store,
0:50:06 > 0:50:10and that would be a great investment.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14In a moment, we'll find out just how much the Regency chair sells for.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Before that, though, let's find out how much profit Simon will make.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23I think this is a great lot, Roland Bence.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27- What's great is it was bought for £2 in a car boot.- Yeah.
0:50:27 > 0:50:33It is unbelievable, isn't it? I would love to have a bit of time to go to a car boot once every...
0:50:33 > 0:50:36- You and me would never get anything. - You'll never pick a bargain out.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41- They'd put the price up, wouldn't they? Good luck.- Thank you. - And well spotted. Here we go.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48The Troika vase, hugely popular.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Bid me.
0:50:50 > 0:50:51£50 I'm bid. At 50. 60. 60 bid.
0:50:51 > 0:50:5470. 80. 90.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58100. 110. 120. 130. 140. 150.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01160. 170.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Yes? 180. At 180 bid seated.
0:51:04 > 0:51:10At 180. At 180. At 180. At £180 only. Any more at all?
0:51:10 > 0:51:14- We're struggling at 180 right now. - I can't believe that.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- £180 and done. Thank you.- Just!
0:51:17 > 0:51:22- I thought it'd do better. - Yes, so did I.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- But, it's gone. That's the main thing.- Yeah, it's gone.- It's gone.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29- And it's an improvement on the two quid.- A vast improvement.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Yeah, big improvement. Are you back at the car boots at all?
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Oh, I might have a pop round to see if there's any more out there!
0:51:35 > 0:51:38- And what will you put this money towards?- Something for the kids.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- How many have you got?- Three.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43- Go on, name check them, what are they?- Brandon, Harrison and Roly.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- OK. Enjoy the money.- Thank you very much.- Well done, Simon.
0:51:46 > 0:51:52We just got Simon's Troika away. Still, it was a very good return on the £2 he paid for it.
0:51:52 > 0:51:57Remember that Regency chair that I thought would sell for around £700 to £900?
0:51:57 > 0:52:02Well, here are the final moments of the auction and you won't believe what's happening.
0:52:04 > 0:52:10- Four-five. - Yes, that's it, £4,500!
0:52:10 > 0:52:16- Four six. Four seven.- Several people really want this, and I said earlier it's in the manner of Gillows.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Maybe there's a Gillows' stamp,
0:52:18 > 0:52:22then it is worth around 5,000-7,000.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26Five one. Five two.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28£5,300.
0:52:28 > 0:52:29There's the bid on that telephone.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32At £5,300 once.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35Twice.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Third and last time at 5,300.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Don't you just love auctions?
0:52:41 > 0:52:43What an incredible result!
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Everybody just wanted to own that.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47I wonder what it'll look like when it's restored.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53Anyway, now for Jim, the owner of that brilliant postcard collection.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Hopefully, for not much longer
0:52:55 > 0:52:58because this lot should put their hands up and bid.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I see you've brought the wife along. Hello.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05I know you're getting really excited because you want to see your daughter out in New Zealand.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06Well, I hope we get you there.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09I hope this is part of the airfare. I don't want to let them down.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13I hope it's not return to sender, it's going under the hammer now.
0:53:13 > 0:53:19Lot number 300 is the Victorian postcard album. Bid me for it.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Where do you want to start me?
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Give me £100 to start straight off.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26100 I am bid. At 100. And ten now?
0:53:26 > 0:53:29100. 100. £100 for the postcard album.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31At 100. 100. 100.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33It's your bid, sir.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36At £100. The maiden bid's got it at 100.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39I'll take ten anywhere.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41At £100 only. At 100. At £100.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45And I sell then at 100 and done.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49Yes, we just got it away within estimate, £100,
0:53:49 > 0:53:51but I guess it's better than nothing.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55- That'll cover the airport tax. - Just about!
0:53:55 > 0:54:00Well, I think some lucky buyer got a real bargain with those postcards.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Erica's brought her son Kurt to the auction room.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03Let's hope the bidders give them
0:54:03 > 0:54:05a good price for their diamond and sapphire ring.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09Why have you decided now is the best time to sell this?
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Well, I just... I don't wear it,
0:54:12 > 0:54:14and my mum didn't like it either.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17She had it in her jewellery box and never wore it.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19And I just thought I might as well sell it
0:54:19 > 0:54:22and then use the money to get something that I'd like.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24OK. Hopefully the money might go to something
0:54:24 > 0:54:27that you might like as well, Kurt. But you really like this, Kate.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Oh, yeah. It's a bit of sparkle, it's a girly lot.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33- Something you could wear? - I like to think so.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Well, let's hope this lot want a bit of sparkle as well, shall we?
0:54:36 > 0:54:37Here we go. Let's find out.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40The diamond sapphire cocktail ring,
0:54:40 > 0:54:42set with a central sapphire.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45Come on!
0:54:46 > 0:54:49I'm bid £250 bid, at 250. 260.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52At 260 bid. 260.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54260, selling at 260.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57270.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01270, 280. 290.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03At 300 bid. At £300 only.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06At 300. At £300. At 300 on my left.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09At £300 only. Any more?
0:55:09 > 0:55:10Had £300.
0:55:10 > 0:55:11Is there any more at all?
0:55:11 > 0:55:14At £300 only, on my left, any more?
0:55:14 > 0:55:17At 300. There it is.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20At 300. Your bid at £300. And done, then,
0:55:20 > 0:55:22or not, at 300.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Well, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- Oh, no!- That was close, wasn't it? - Another day, eh?
0:55:27 > 0:55:29We had a fixed reserve of 350.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Yeah. So it didn't quite make it.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35- At that, I'd rather take it home and try another time.- Hang on to it.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- Yeah.- You're stuck with it, Kurt! Better start liking it!
0:55:38 > 0:55:40He'll have to wear it!
0:55:40 > 0:55:44Now it's time to see if Bill and Jan's gold cigarette case will tickle the bidders' fancy.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50We've got some real quality going under the hammer right now.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54It's that gold cigarette case. Absolutely love it.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58We're looking for top money here, somewhere around £500 to £600, Kate.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00I hope so. Gold's high though at the moment, so fingers crossed.
0:56:00 > 0:56:04And these are real collectables. They look great in display cabinets.
0:56:04 > 0:56:10All the waiting is over because they're going under the hammer, literally, right now!
0:56:11 > 0:56:16Lot number 466 is the nine-carat gold cigarette case
0:56:16 > 0:56:18and I'm bid £400 for that. 410.
0:56:18 > 0:56:23420. 430. 440. 450.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26£450 bid.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29Come on, Philip, work 'em!
0:56:29 > 0:56:33470. 480. 490. 500.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36520. 550 on the net, is it? 550.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38£100 over the reserve already.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40580, is it?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Is there any more?
0:56:42 > 0:56:46At £550 and I sell, then.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48- At 550 and done.- He's selling. Yes.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- Yes.- Very nice.- That was short and sweet, really.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- There was a lot of competition straight away, wasn't there?- Yes.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57Smoking is not so fashionable.
0:56:57 > 0:57:02- Why have you decided to sell now, though?- Oh, I don't really...
0:57:02 > 0:57:07- We wanted to come to Flog It, didn't we?- Did you, really?- Yes!- You could have come just to say hello!
0:57:07 > 0:57:11- Well, we could have done, yes. - I'm glad they didn't though!
0:57:11 > 0:57:14- Jolly good.- We've enjoyed it. - I hope you've had a great day here.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- We have indeed, thank you, Paul. - We have, we've enjoyed it.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- And you got a bit of spending money now.- Oh, yes.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22- Cheers. Thank you very much.- Yes.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Oh, thank you!
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Well, that's brought us to the end of another show.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35As you can see, people are still eager to bid.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39There's plenty more lots going under the hammer, but all credit to Philip Serrell, he did us proud today.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43It's wonderful being back here in this lovely old saleroom in Malvern.
0:57:43 > 0:57:48Now, if you've got any antiques or collectables you want to turn into cash, we would love to see you,
0:57:48 > 0:57:53and hopefully we're coming to an area to do a valuation day very near you soon, so keep an eye out for us.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56So, until then, from Malvern, it's cheerio.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03And you can find out details of up-and-coming valuation days
0:58:03 > 0:58:07by logging on to the internet and going to bbc.co.uk/programmes
0:58:07 > 0:58:12Click F for Flog It and then follow the links and you can find a list of the towns we're coming to.