0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today, Flog It has come to the home of the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
0:00:06 > 0:00:11Let's hope our experts score top marks when they value antiques brought in by the people of Oxford.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Our valuation day is being held in Oxford University's magnificent Sheldonian Theatre.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1668
0:00:46 > 0:00:49as a venue for graduation and degree ceremonies.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Nowadays it's also used for music concerts and lectures.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Today's crowd is here to learn more about the antiques they've had at home.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Leading our team of experts are Tracy Martin and Charlie Ross.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08Let's hope they graduate with honours later on when we put them through their paces at auction.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Tracy's an Essex girl...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Wow, look at that.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15..with a real passion for vintage clothes, handbags and shoes.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18She's relatively modern. She's not antique.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19I appreciate that.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Charlie began his auctioneering career selling chickens
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and progressed to turkeys before he was let loose on antiques.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Look a bit like a curtain ring, this one!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34But we've certainly no turkeys in today's programme!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Coming up, Charlie thinks Cynthia is going to cross swords with him
0:01:39 > 0:01:41over his valuation.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I hoped you weren't going to say, "It's at least £1,000!"
0:01:44 > 0:01:47A candlestick brought in by Brenda
0:01:47 > 0:01:49make a bit of Flog It history.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52That's never happened before in nine years of Flog It!
0:01:52 > 0:01:55We like to provide a little surprise now and again!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59And Charlie comes up against an item that's to be rarer than any of us thought.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Fancy coming into the Sheldonian in Oxford with these!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Everybody is now safely seated inside the Sheldonian.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16What a fabulous interior! Looks like we're going to have a cracking day.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Let's join our experts at the tables. Tracy is first to spot something.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24She's been joined by mother and son, Jill and Nathan,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28who have brought in something pretty special for her to value.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I love it when I get a postcard album come in
0:02:31 > 0:02:37because you never know what's inside, what visual treats and wonderful postcards.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39So let's have a little look
0:02:39 > 0:02:43just to see if I'm as excited as I should be.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Look at that. Isn't that lovely.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I love old postcards like this.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Who does this actually belong to?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Me.- To you. Is it a family piece?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57It belonged to my father's godmother.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Right.- From her and her friends as they corresponded to each other.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Then that was passed down to you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Yes.- I love this, that they are actually written on.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13You've got some postmarks there. I think that's 1907, isn't it?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's over 100 years old.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Let's pop that back in there. Let's whizz through and see what else we can see.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Postcards, as you possibly know,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- are very, very collectable.- Yep.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's got some lovely local history ones.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31That's of interest to anybody that lives in Oxford.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37And this "Greetings from Oxford". I love the colours of the roses and everything on this.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Just have another little look.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Bless. The album's seen better days, hasn't it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- It's been well thumbed through. - Have you flicked through it?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Yes.- Have you got any favourites? Anything that appeals to you?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52They're all very interesting in their way.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Places in this country and abroad.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Aren't you going to keep it in the family and pass it down to Nathan?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It's all very interesting, but it means nothing to me in that respect.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- They could be worth a fortune. - Could be.- You could be spending his inheritance.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12I could tell you they were worth thousands. Would you sell them, then?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Absolutely!
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Right. They're really, really lovely. And I did notice,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20when I was flicking through this earlier,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24that there's some lovely nautical ones, steamers.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I'm trying to find them. Here we go.
0:04:27 > 0:04:33Anything nautical. Cruise ships, tall ships, steamers,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36are very much collectable and they can command a premium.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42- So have you got any idea what you would like?- You looked into it, didn't you?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I don't know, but around £100, I would imagine.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I think £100 is a bit top-heavy to start.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Purely because with auction they like it to be lower
0:04:51 > 0:04:53to encourage people to bid.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- I'm thinking really in the region of 60 to 100.- Right.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I'm hoping it will go for a bit more.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06- So if you're quite happy for me to put a reserve of 60 on?- OK. Yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Hopefully, it'll fly, and there'll be loads of collectors there that want it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- OK?- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17What marvellous pictures. A wonderful snapshot of another age.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Jill and Nathan seem quite happy with Tracy's valuation.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Charlie, on the other hand, better be on his guard
0:05:24 > 0:05:28as Cynthia looks like she's ready to do battle with him!
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- Cynthia, what an amazing amount of history you've brought in today! - I have. Yes, I have.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Why have you brought it all along today?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Because I don't want to keep it. - No. Where did it come from?
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- A cupboard at home. It's my husband's collection and he died five years ago.- Right.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50There are some really interesting things here. Do you know what any of them are?
0:05:50 > 0:05:56- That's a bayonet, I know. And the badges...- That's a German bayonet.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59There are various cap badges. This took my eye.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Yes.- Do you know what that is?- No.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It's a plate off a tank.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09It's got "Fear nought" on it, which is the motto of the tank regiment.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Yes.- I think that's come off from the North African campaign, probably.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- 1941, '42.- Yes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20There is a General Service medal here.
0:06:20 > 0:06:27- Interestingly a 1918 war medal.- Yes. - One that was given to everybody, but nevertheless, still has a value.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Quite a lot of buttons here.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33And funnily enough, a button cleaner.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38Not worth anything, but highered the buttons so you could polish these wonderful buttons
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- without ruining your khaki kit. - Yes.- Very important.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48- And, should you be misbehaving... - Yes.- ..what we have here, Cynthia, are some handcuffs.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Yes.- Have you got the key?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55We did have that once but I think it was played with and then it got lost.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56- You know.- Right.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01They're not that sophisticated, the keys for those, so somebody could get one made.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04What about a value? Any ideas?
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- No. No idea at all. Not a lot. - It's not an easy one.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- No.- I don't think there's anything here of any huge value.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17You have a German bayonet worth ten to £15 in that condition.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20A medal worth, again, ten to £15.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23You've got cap badges worth a few pounds each.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29I'm beginning to think there's probably 150 to £200-worth here.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Oh, well, that amazes me! - You're happy? Oh, goody!
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Goody! I was hoping you weren't going to say, "At least £1,000."
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- It amazes me.- I think 150 to £200 is pretty safe.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42You don't want them back, so we won't put a high reserve on.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- But we need to put a reserve on to protect them.- You think so?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- We'll put a very safe reserve of £100.- Yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54I don't think there'll be any problem exceeding the reserve. Hopefully
0:07:54 > 0:07:56we'll get between 150 and 200, the estimate.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Thank you very much for bringing them along.- Thank you.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Just great. Charlie didn't have to fight Cynthia over his valuation.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08In fact, everything is so amicable, perhaps I need to spice it up a bit.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Wendy, we've seen these on the show before.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Spice towers. How did you come across this one?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- This one, I got it in a local jumble sale.- Did you?- I did.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19How much for, dare I ask?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It was five pence!
0:08:21 > 0:08:245p?! Were you there as well?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- No, no.- 5p.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- What jumble sale? - It was a local one.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- This is treen. This is worth a fortune! I love treen. You know that.- Yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It's very, very tactile.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It's a turned bit of sycamore.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Obviously it is a spice tower.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Each one of these would have contained a lovely spice, possibly nutmeg,
0:08:44 > 0:08:49cumin, you name it, spices brought back from the Far East and Middle East.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52What's great about this is it's been used.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55It's been used so much that the paper labels have rubbed off
0:08:55 > 0:08:59with the sweaty, greasy palms of just turning it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Isn't it lovely? You need the lid. Where's the lid for the top?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I'm afraid I think that was why it was five pence!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- It didn't have a lid. - In good condition with a lid
0:09:10 > 0:09:13with the lettering still on there,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17these little sycamore spice towers fetch around, the top end,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I'd say £200 to £300.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22They polish up beautifully.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'd say this is around about 1820.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Now, in this condition, possibly about £100.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32But I think you picked up a real bargain for 5p.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35If you can find, or get somebody to turn a top up for you,
0:09:35 > 0:09:40just to finish it off so architecturally it's got a capital to it,
0:09:40 > 0:09:45and it would cost about £40, maximum, including the sycamore.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Thank you very much. - That's what you could do.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- A birthday present for Mum! - OK. Right.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Find a wood turner and get a lid made.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56How's that, a valuation and present advice!
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Can't be bad!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Now, Brenda's brought in something special to show Tracy.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04But will it light the room up on its own?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06What a lovely thing.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Very, very stylised.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Shame there's only one and not a pair.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Where's the other one? - No idea!- No idea.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I picked it up in a rummage sale 20-odd years ago. 25 years ago.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Gosh, the amount of people that are telling me this!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I never find anything like that.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- How much did you pay for it? - It wasn't more than £1.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- Not in those days! - What attracted you to it?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I liked it at the time. I thought it was unusual.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- I'm not very keen now. - You've gone off it a bit.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39It's very stylised. It's got this wonderful shape to it.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42And this swirled decoration at the bottom.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47It's very, very reminiscent of a very well-known designer
0:10:47 > 0:10:49called Archibald Knox.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Archibald Knox was a very, very talented designer
0:10:54 > 0:10:58that produced a lot of things for the store Liberty's in London.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Yes.- I'm not saying this is definitely Archibald Knox,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05but it's very much of that Arts and Crafts style.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- It's taken a bit of a battering, though, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's not laying flush, as it should.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Could something be done about that? - To be honest, I wouldn't bother.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- It does add character. It is a piece that has age.- What age would it be?
0:11:20 > 0:11:25I'll tell you now. We'll turn this over
0:11:25 > 0:11:26to look on the bottom.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Can you see there's some markings there.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34"Tudric". T-U-D-R-I-C. Tudric ware,
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Liberty's, so that's round 1910.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Now, it's made of pewter and very much of the style of Archibald Knox.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- It's a lovely thing. Is it something you would be happy to sell?- Yes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- You didn't pay much for it. - I didn't realise it was that old.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- And you don't like it?- No.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I'm thinking put this into auction with a reserve of...
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- £60.- Better than I thought. - You seem quite happy with that.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05A bit of discretion on there.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The auctioneer has 10% discretion, so he could sell it for about 55.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Pre-sale estimate, 60 to £80.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17- Fantastic stylised piece. I think it should do OK.- Thank you.- Great.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20What a stylish candlestick!
0:12:20 > 0:12:22If only Brenda owned a pair!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Right now, it's Jean's turn to confess to Charlie
0:12:25 > 0:12:27about her painted piece of porcelain.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- Jean, what have we got here?- Well, I think it's a very early inkwell.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Yep. Do you know who made it? - I haven't a clue.- Right.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Do you know what it's worth? - I know what I paid for it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Or I know what my husband pay for it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- And what did your husband pay for it? - £400.- Where did he buy at?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- In a Northampton house auction. - Right.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- By mistake. - By what?- By mistake.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Tell me more.- Well, we went to the old house auction.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And he wanted to buy a particular picture.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So he put £400 down on this picture
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- but we couldn't stay because I had to go back home...- Yeah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10..so, in the morning, I phoned up and I said,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13"Did we get lot number 123?" or whatever it was.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15And they said, "Yes."
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I said, "How much?" And they said, "£400."
0:13:18 > 0:13:20So, we drove up to Northampton to get it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24When I got it, they presented me with this. And I said, "No, no.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26"We bought a picture."
0:13:26 > 0:13:28So, they looked up on the paper,
0:13:28 > 0:13:35and they discovered that instead of saying lot number 480, it was 488.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41And, so, we bought this instead of the picture. And that cost us £400!
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Fancy buying a picture and it turning out to be this. It's marvellous!
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Now, this is Worcester. It's got no markings on it.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I've had a look at them bottom of it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55It's early 19th-century, so it's jolly nearly 200 years old.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And it's really in pretty good condition.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01You can see, these panels are hand-painted,
0:14:01 > 0:14:06as befits the best Worcester. Peacocks. Beautifully coloured.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Lift up the lid, and we've got the inkwell inside.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Badly crazed, isn't it?- Yes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16But I don't think that is terminal, really,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- because that's not the bit you see, is it?- No.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21If the crazing had really been throughout the piece, I'd have been more worried.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24There is, of course, some crazing in some of these panels,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27but, by and large, not too bad.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32- So, this cost £400.- Yes.- Even though you thought it was a picture.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- I'm afraid I don't think it's worth £400.- No.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- I think it's worth about 250-300, so it's not too bad.- No.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You never know, with two people on a good day with the wind behind them,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- you might get your money back. - Or someone making a mistake.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Or someone making a mistake like you did. Yes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56I'd like to put a reserve on it at 200. And estimate it at 250-300.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Very good.- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Oh, looks like Jean and her husband might have made a costly mistake.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16While in Oxford, I've come to find out about a book which
0:15:16 > 0:15:20we all take for granted, yet, which, in its original form,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23took 70 years to complete, and ran to ten volumes.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28Today, we know it as the Oxford English Dictionary.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33The Oxford English Dictionary was a great feat of Victorian
0:15:33 > 0:15:34ingenuity and determination,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38as great as any engineering achievement of that age.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42And it still remains the ultimate authority on the English language.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47When it was first published, in 1928 by the Oxford University Press,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50it listed over 400,000 words,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54and included not only their meaning, but their historical root, too.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58To hear the story of this monumental undertaking, I've come to meet
0:15:58 > 0:16:02the Oxford University press' head of archive, Martin Moore.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07So, how did the idea of the dictionary come about, then, Martin?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Well, the dictionary was the idea of a group of academics in London
0:16:11 > 0:16:12in the 1850s.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And they were called the Philological Society.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18And to mark Queen Victoria's reign,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20they decided to make a dictionary that was bigger
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and better than any made before,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27such as the great dictionary by Samuel Johnson in the 18th-century.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30The problem with Samuel Johnson's dictionary was that it only
0:16:30 > 0:16:32listed 43,000 words,
0:16:32 > 0:16:38and it was tainted by definitions that reflected his own prejudice.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Most famously, he defined oats as
0:16:40 > 0:16:42"a grain given to horses in England,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45"but which, in Scotland, supports the people."
0:16:45 > 0:16:47It is perhaps ironic, then,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50that the great genius of the Oxford English Dictionary was a Scot,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55James Murray, who took over as editor in 1879.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58So, how did the project change under the leadership of James Murray?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02James Murray was a remarkable man. He was a schoolteacher from Scotland.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05He never had the money to go to university
0:17:05 > 0:17:07and get a formal degree, but it's quite clear
0:17:07 > 0:17:11he had a mind that would put most Oxford professors to shame.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Among many other accomplishments,
0:17:13 > 0:17:20- James Murray taught HIMSELF about 40 different languages.- Really?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22He could speak, read and write them all.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26And he sees that the dictionary requires far more organisation
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and resources than the Society had first thought.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33And it's Murray who puts out an appeal to readers
0:17:33 > 0:17:36in the English language to come forward
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and to read texts for the dictionary.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42We begin to talk about hundreds and hundreds of readers
0:17:42 > 0:17:46sending in information to Murray and his colleagues.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48The readers worked as word detectives,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51scouring every possible type of printed text,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54from Medieval literature, to scientific journals,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57from song sheets, to recipe books,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00even wills, collecting words and their meanings.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03They then sent quotations to Murray and his team
0:18:03 > 0:18:05on half sheets of notepaper, and,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08within a short while, over 1,000 quotations slips a day
0:18:08 > 0:18:12were arriving in an outbuilding in Murray's back garden.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18And you had obviously check every single form that came back.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Indeed.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21They have to take every piece of paper,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24they have to go around libraries in Oxford, or beyond...
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Double-checking.- Double-checking.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31And then check that everything written out by hand matches
0:18:31 > 0:18:34the printed version down to the very last full stop.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37So, you can see here at the top left of this slip,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40there is the word "emperorship" has been written out.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44This is what dictionary makers call the head word.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48You'll see a sentence written out showing how the head word,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52"emperorship," has been used in a certain text. And, then, you can
0:18:52 > 0:18:56see a piece of information telling you where that sentence occurs.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It's mind-boggling, isn't it? It really is.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01So, all the people that actually wrote in with these little forms
0:19:01 > 0:19:04were obviously academics themselves.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I guess at that time, half the population of the country
0:19:06 > 0:19:08couldn't read or write anyway.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Literacy wasn't as widespread as it is now, certainly,
0:19:10 > 0:19:14but not everybody who contributed these slips of paper
0:19:14 > 0:19:17to the dictionary was a professional academic.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21And one of the largest contributors to the first edition was a man
0:19:21 > 0:19:26called William Minor. Minor was an American surgeon.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30He served during the US Civil War, and became very disturbed
0:19:30 > 0:19:33as a result of the experiences he went through there.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38He came to England to try and recover but, in fact, he got worse.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40And murdered somebody.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43As a result of that, he was incarcerated for life
0:19:43 > 0:19:44in Broadmoor Hospital.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48And, of course, Dr Minor had nothing else to do with his life but to read.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- Put pen to paper.- And indeed he did. - Is one of these slips his?
0:19:52 > 0:19:58And, as we can see here, this is one of the slips he would send to Murray.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00My gosh, look at the tiny writing.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04He's one of the great invisible architects of the dictionary,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07as it were, one of the main people behind the scenes contributing
0:20:07 > 0:20:10information to this amazing text.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Minor wasn't the only unusual contributor to the dictionary.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Murray had 11 children
0:20:14 > 0:20:18and they earned pocket money sorting the 3.5 million quotation slips
0:20:18 > 0:20:21that Murray and his team had to deal with.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Even so, it was obvious that the enormous task of cataloguing
0:20:24 > 0:20:27every word used in the English language would take longer
0:20:27 > 0:20:29than anyone had thought.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34How long did it take him?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Well, it even surprised Murray, for all his genius.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42The first little part of the dictionary took five years
0:20:42 > 0:20:45to appear in print. And that went from the letter A
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- to the word "ant." - You're joking!
0:20:48 > 0:20:52This is just a tiny, tiny part of the language.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Other bits of the language proved to be easier.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The dictionary picks up speed as it goes along.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01But, even so, sadly, James Murray did not live to see
0:21:01 > 0:21:04the end of the first edition of the dictionary.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07James Murray died in 1915.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12And, by that time, the dictionary had got to the letter T.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14So, he could see the winning post,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17he just didn't live long enough to get to it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And it was left to other editors to carry on the work.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24And, so, the first edition of this amazing piece of scholarship
0:21:24 > 0:21:27is finished in 1928.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29It does not take ten years.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34- It takes over 40 years to assemble this single text.- Wow.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Today, the complete Oxford English Dictionary contains
0:21:39 > 0:21:41over 500,000 entries.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46And 100 new words are submitted for inclusion every month.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49So, it looks like the job Murray dedicated his life to
0:21:49 > 0:21:51will never truly be done.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Well, what a good start to the day.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06We've now found our first items to take off to auction.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10This is where it gets exciting. This is where we put our experts' valuations to the test.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Anything can happen, let's get straight over there.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17We're taking our items to Jones and Jacobs sale rooms in Watlington.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22We've got two key ingredients for a tremendous sale.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26A packed room full of bidders and some really tempting lots.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Going under the hammer are Nathan and Jill's evocative postcard album,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Cynthia's unthreatening collection of military items,
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Jean selling her inkwell that her husband thought was a painting,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43and finally that wonderful Arts and Crafts candlestick,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46which could be by Archibald Knox.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Auctioneer Simon Jones is just the man to know.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54This belongs to Brenda. She bought it 20-odd years ago for a pound!
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- That was a good investment.- It was! We've got about 60 to £80 on this.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's so Archibald Knox.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Yes, it's actually in the book, down as him. Down to the great man himself.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It has suffered a bit at the bottom.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- Yes.- A bit of bending. They'll sort that out.- Something's gone on there.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It was used as a hammer!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And we have someone who has the pair to it.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Really?!- And they're very keen to own it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And if it goes too expensive, I'm to offer the successful purchaser
0:23:23 > 0:23:28- the option on the other one. - Gosh! That's never happened before in nine years of Flog It!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Remarkable!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32We like to provide a surprise now and again!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34How much would this be worth as a pair?
0:23:34 > 0:23:39As a pair, it takes an individual one to more than double its top estimate.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Is it likely we'll get 250 to £300?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Probably get 200 to 250.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46There's a bit of damage to the bottom.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- What fun!- It is!- I'll look forward to this.- It'll be an exciting day.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Sharing the rostrum with Simon is Francis Oggley.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58He'll be auctioneering some of our lots today.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02First up, it's the postcard album brought in by mother and son Jill and Nathan.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08- Do you watch Flog It?- Yes.- You must have seen a few collections going for 300 to £600.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Yes.- Hopefully there might be one or two rare ones, Tracy?- I hope so.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The collectors know what they're looking for.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Fingers crossed!
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Did you, by any chance, take out one or two favourite ones and take them as a keepsake?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Um...- Was there one that caught your eye?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Yes, the one of the boats and ferries.- Did you keep that one? - Yeah, I did.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32We talked about that last time.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It was probably the rarest!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36That might be one worth £80!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- It probably is!- Good for you.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40That's the kind of thing I would do.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I'd take one or two out, sell the rest.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Good luck. Hopefully there might be a surprise, you never know.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- Collectors are fussy, but if there's one or two in that collection, they'll find it.- Yes.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52You can guarantee that.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Let's find out. It's going under the hammer now.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00188 is the album containing postcards, mostly topographical.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0460 to £70 for these?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07£50 start me, then.
0:25:07 > 0:25:1050 I'm bid. 55 anywhere? All happy at 50? 55.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1360. 65. 70. 75.
0:25:13 > 0:25:1580. 85. 90.
0:25:15 > 0:25:1895. 100.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19110. 120. 130.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23120, then. Seated at 120. All done
0:25:23 > 0:25:25at 120.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Wonderful. £120. That's good. - Really good.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Really good.- They always find buyers. It's incredible.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Most people think, "They're rubbish. Black-and-white postcards."
0:25:35 > 0:25:38That's documenting social history.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40And that's quite rare.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- It is.- Good things to have.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Enjoy the money. Enjoy the spending.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48We've enjoyed being on the show, meeting you all.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50It's been really nice. Thank you.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53What a marvellous way to kick off our Flog It sale.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I hope Cynthia can be just as lucky.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Next up, the collection of military memorabilia belonging to Cynthia
0:26:01 > 0:26:04who's feeling really, really nervous, aren't you?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07But you've got your daughter Jackie for moral support.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Fingers crossed we'll get the top end of Charlie's estimate.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- There's a lot here.- A huge amount.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18I did ask for the sale room to check there wasn't anything particularly rare and valuable.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I don't think there was. So we're quite safe, I think.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- But there are a lot of collectors for this kind of thing.- Are there?
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Yes. You get specialist sales, solely dedicated to military memorabilia.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Happier now?- Yes, I am. - You haven't had time to look around.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- There's too many people. - We came early.- Did you?
0:26:38 > 0:26:39- Yes.- We did. We did.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- Bit of a squeeze, isn't it? - Yes.- It is a squeeze.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48- Have you seen anything you want to buy?- No! I'm getting rid of stuff now!
0:26:48 > 0:26:54- Yeah.- Good on you. Good luck, it's going under the hammer now.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01Lot 111 is the German bayonet, another bayonet and some others.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03150 for them?
0:27:04 > 0:27:11£100 I'm bid. 110? At £100, then. All happy at £100 for the assorted blades at 100?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13All done?
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- Sold.- Sold.- Sold at 100.- That's not bad, is it?- It's all right.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I want it to go to the British Heart Foundation.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- That's where the money's going? - My husband had a heart attack.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Four years ago.- That's a good contribution.- It is, yes.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Jean's up next, with her inkwell mistake.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33OK, the inkwell.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- It wasn't the picture you wanted. You paid £400 for it.- Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42- Charlie, you put a valuation of 250-300.- Yes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Now, I had a chat to Simon just before the sale started.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50He thinks it might struggle. So, you had a word with him, didn't you?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53You've now lowered the reserve to £100.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55I'm sure it's going to go for a couple of hundred.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Let's think positively, OK? - We need to!- We do. Here we go.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05Lot 46 is the porcelain inkwell there, nice bone China one.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Couple of hundred pounds for it? 180, I am bid 190. £180.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- 180?- With Alan at £180 for the inkwell, all finished?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- Hammer's come down, straight in. - I wasn't that far out.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- You weren't, were you?- No!- You've got to be happy.- I'm pleased with that.- I know you've lost
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- a little bit of money. - Oh, yes, that was years ago.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27But you haven't left a bid on anything today, have you?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29No, no, no.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I think Jean's now learned her lesson
0:28:31 > 0:28:33to check the right lot numbers.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Brenda, I've got some news for you.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- And you, Tracy.- Yeah?
0:28:40 > 0:28:44We're talking about this pewter candlestick. It is Archibald Knox.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47The auction room's done some research. That's good.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52Because we had a value of 60 to £80. So it puts it right up there.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Hopefully a bit more. But you'll never guess what.
0:28:55 > 0:29:02The auctioneer said to me before the sale that somebody has an identical one to it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05They've only got one. So it makes up the pair!
0:29:05 > 0:29:08And there's always a premium on a pair!
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Can you believe it? There's another odd one. There's probably loads of odd ones.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17But that person was looking through the catalogue and found it in the sale today.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- So they're on the phone trying to buy it.- Wonderful!
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- Great news for you.- Wonderful! - It means the price will go up!
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Hope so.- But what a name, Archibald Knox.- Fantastic!
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Arts and Crafts, very stylised. Should do OK.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35The collectors will be here because they look for that name.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38It's going under the hammer right now!
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Lot 422, the Art Nouveau pewter candlestick.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Style of Archibald Knox.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47£60?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49170 I've got.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51At 170. 180, anyone?
0:29:51 > 0:29:55170. On commission at 170.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58All done at 170? 180.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59190.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03190. Still on commission at 190.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05All done?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- Brilliant. £190. - That's brilliant news.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- That's very good - isn't it? - Fantastic!- Twice the value!
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- It was worth the effort of coming over.- It was. Thank you very much for all your help.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20OK. The nice thing is, that's going to meet up with its other half.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Lovely.- It'll look striking, won't it?- Mmm. Thank you.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Gosh, way over the reserve.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29That shows that sometimes you can find the perfect partner at auction.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33We'll be back at the auction later in the show
0:30:33 > 0:30:38when we find out that African shield valued by Charlie is causing a global stir!
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- Shall we say there's been interest from its homeland and at the New World.- Really?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51But before all of that,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I'm exploring the secrets of Oxford's skyline.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Oxford's long and distinguished past has resulted in such a stunning city
0:31:00 > 0:31:02with a myriad of architectural styles.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06You can find examples from almost every period throughout history,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08dating right back to the Saxons.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12But as you wander around, everywhere you look, you're being watched.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Dragons, demons and a whole array of other mystical creatures
0:31:19 > 0:31:23and quirky characters stare out from the buildings.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27For 1,000 years, gargoyles have stood guard over Oxford.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30And you can't help but admire them.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36One of the finest collections of "grotesques" adorns the walls of the university's Bodleian Library.
0:31:36 > 0:31:43Being so high up, these fantastic creations are constantly under attack from weather and pollution.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47In 2007, while doing restoration work on the roof,
0:31:47 > 0:31:52the university discovered a row of grotesques had crumbled away beyond recognition.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58They wanted to replace them, but had no historical records to work from.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03So a competition was launched among local schools asking pupils to come up with new ideas.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07There were 500 entries from which nine were selected
0:32:07 > 0:32:09to be immortalised in stone.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15The sensitive task of translating the original drawings into the finished stone carvings
0:32:15 > 0:32:19was given to local sculptors Fiona and Alec Peever.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24They began by making clay models and I'm at their studio to find out more.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29- This is fabulous, Fiona.- Thank you. - What challenges did the children's designs give you?
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Transferring their two-dimensional drawings
0:32:33 > 0:32:36into something that will work three-dimensionally
0:32:36 > 0:32:40and also very high up, at an angle on the building.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Have you got some examples of what they originally looked like?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Here are the original children's drawings.- OK.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50This is the one for Narnia.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54I was about to ask, what does the N stand for?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Aslan the lion, and it's Narnia.
0:32:56 > 0:33:03All the winning designs were based on Oxford literary themes.
0:33:03 > 0:33:09Once you get the depth and the relief, with those dark patches, it does look good.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12That's what gives it impact when it's on the building.
0:33:12 > 0:33:19But also, when you're carving, you have to make sure that you don't have areas where water will settle
0:33:19 > 0:33:24- and crack the stone.- Yes, the frost would crack it.- Yeah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27What are these lines dissecting it for?
0:33:27 > 0:33:32- Is it to get measurements?- That's where we measured off the clay model
0:33:32 > 0:33:34to carve it in the stone.
0:33:34 > 0:33:41The interesting thing about using clay is that it's a process where you build the model up.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42You add on to it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45And you can take it away again, as well.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49But when it comes to stone, you're just taking it away,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51just removing the stone, so you can't get it wrong.
0:33:51 > 0:33:57- Do you get involved in the stonework, or just modelling? - I carve them as well.- You do both.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04The new designs for the Bodleian aren't, strictly-speaking, gargoyles.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09Gargoyles have a spout to gargle water from the gutters clear of the walls.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15These are grotesques, which are purely decorative
0:34:15 > 0:34:18but with a character of horror or humour.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22That's beautiful. What else were there?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24This is lovely. This is Three Men in a Boat
0:34:24 > 0:34:29which is a really great Oxford story.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- And you've got some photos, too. - I have, yes.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- These are the clay models. - Isn't that fabulous?
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Here's the final clay model.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Oh, that's very clever. Look at the dog's leg, just about to jump out.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- We've also got Gimli. - From Lord of the Rings.- Yes.
0:34:47 > 0:34:53- That's that one. Tweedledum and Tweedledee.- There they are.
0:34:58 > 0:35:04- Then we've also got Thomas Bodley. I gave him rather baggy eyes. - Why did you do that?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08I imagined him that he'd sit up reading books all night for his library.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12They're beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15What do you do with these now you've finished with them?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- Find them a home?- Throw them away!
0:35:17 > 0:35:20You can't do that!
0:35:20 > 0:35:24No, because they're made in just ordinary clay
0:35:24 > 0:35:27not with the intention of firing.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31We just made them so we could measure up for the stone.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36o find out more about the actual carving of these wonderful grotesques,
0:35:36 > 0:35:40I met the other half of this talented partnership, Alec Peever.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42He's working on something of his own.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44What are you working on?
0:35:45 > 0:35:51- This is a head in Portland stone. - Is this the same principle as the grotesques?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Um, this is more direct carving.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59With the grotesques, we went through a stage of modelling them in clay
0:35:59 > 0:36:00and working from the clay.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03This is a slightly more risky process
0:36:03 > 0:36:06where I'm just taking off a little bit at a time
0:36:06 > 0:36:11without taking any measurements, just discovering whatever's inside it.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14As Michelangelo is famous for saying.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20When you choose that block of stone, do you look at it from all angles to check for fault lines?
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- Yes. The thing you always have to do is to tap it.- OK.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28If it has a ring, like that, it's fine.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32If it has a dead noise, like that, you know there's a flaw in it
0:36:32 > 0:36:34and so you don't touch it!
0:36:34 > 0:36:38And the chisels you use are the same on the grotesques
0:36:38 > 0:36:39- as on this?- Very much.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42These tools have not changed in 5,000 years.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45It's exactly the same tools as the Ancient Egyptians used,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49as the Greeks, and so on throughout the centuries.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53So it's an absolutely basic process.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Can I watch for a while? Start on the mouth, cos that's quite scary!
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Right.- Do you know what kind of mouth you're giving him at this stage?- No.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04I might ask you to model for me, in a minute!
0:37:05 > 0:37:10Must be a good feeling, knowing that you're following in the footsteps of great craftsmen
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- that lived around Oxford. - It's not why I went into it,
0:37:13 > 0:37:18but once you've made something and you see it go up there,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22you think, "Gosh, that's going to be up there for hundreds of years.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26"My little boy, who's nine, his grandchildren will be able to say,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29"'great-great-grandfather made that.'"
0:37:29 > 0:37:34It's tremendous to see such continuity between the past and the present.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37For hundreds of years to come, those brand-new grotesques
0:37:37 > 0:37:40will sit neatly alongside their ancient cousins
0:37:40 > 0:37:43on the Bodleian Library, for all to marvel at.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47That's a testament to the skills of Alec and Fiona
0:37:47 > 0:37:50and the people whose footsteps they've followed in.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Right, it's back to our valuation day in the Sheldonian Theatre.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Our experts Charlie and Tracy are marvelling at the vast quantity
0:38:03 > 0:38:06of antiques that have been brought in.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10It looks like Charlie has, once again, found someone to do battle with!
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Nick, you look absolutely terrifying!
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Fancy coming into the Sheldonian in Oxford with these!
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Tell me about them.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Well, my grandfather went to - I thought it was Sudan -
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- in the 1880s, 1890s.- Yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30And we believe he brought them back. He wasn't in the services.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Was he not?- No. - So he didn't win it as a trophy?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- At Rourke's Drift? - Not as far as I know!
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- He never mentioned it.- No.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42It's from South Africa, a Zulu shield.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48I think that dates from 1880, 1890, which is the time pre-Boer War, the Zulu wars.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- It's an extraordinary part of history, really.- Yes.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53And in remarkable condition.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56This looks like a zebra skin. I'm sure it is.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- But being 100 years old, we're happy to talk about it.- A working tool.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Obviously if this was modern, we wouldn't want to know, for obvious reasons.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10By the lattice work of weaving more skin into it, which also has a functional purpose as well,
0:39:10 > 0:39:13it provides the handle, which is really interesting.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Yes.- Just leaving out a couple of notches forms the handle.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- It's incredibly hard, isn't it? - It is.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24You'd think... All right, it wouldn't have stopped a bullet,
0:39:24 > 0:39:28but if you chucked a spear at it, it would have to be thrown pretty hard to get through it.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34And they attacked by bashing the spears against that.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39- If you imagine a few thousand people doing that, it's a terrifying sound. - Absolutely.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43The spear is also Zulu. Beautifully made,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45actually, and in pretty good condition.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Quite light. It's like a cane, isn't it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Then we've got a leather strap here
0:39:51 > 0:39:57which is strengthening the join between the metalwork and the shaft.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Look at the age on it. It's amazing, isn't it?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02It's become rock solid and hard.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Value. Any ideas?
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- You hoped it was worth something when you brought it.- Of course.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- I think you've got a value here of between 100 and £200.- Really?- Yes.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- That has surprised me.- Has it?- Yes. - That's good.- Yes.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Sometimes we get people on the show who almost hit me when I say what things are worth!
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- I won't do that! - They're disappointed.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28I would say 100 to 200. We're not talking about £100, it's not worth selling.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- I'm sure that the shield is of that order.- Thank you. - And the spear will add to it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36We're happy to go to auction with an estimate of 100 to £200.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- Thank you.- With a reserve of £100. - Brilliant.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Perhaps a bit of auctioneer's discretion.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45But I'm confident about the lot. Thank you for bringing them to Oxford!
0:40:46 > 0:40:51Nick seems happy with that valuation. But tribal artefacts are very sought after.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53I can't wait to see what happens at auction.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Not everything that comes to our valuation day is for sale!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02What have we got here? What's she worth? 80 to 120, Mum?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04She isn't worth giving away!
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Well, hopefully we don't give anything away on Flog It!
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Next up, David has brought a stylish teapot for Tracy to value.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Have you ever used it to make tea?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- No.- I didn't think you would have!
0:41:17 > 0:41:22- No.- So is this something you've inherited?- Just inherited, yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Who did you inherit it from? - From my brother-in-law.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Do you know any history, anything about it?
0:41:28 > 0:41:34Yes. It was bought as an inheritance so they handed it to their daughter.
0:41:34 > 0:41:40Right. OK. So if your brother-in-law bought it to hand down to his daughter,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43how come you ended up with it?
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- Because sadly the daughter passed away.- Passed away. Oh, I am sorry.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- So then it came to you. - It came to us.- Right. I see.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Have you ever thought about where it dates from,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- or who made it?- I did, at one time,
0:41:59 > 0:42:04- because we happened to get a book of hallmarks.- Right.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I didn't bother, really, after that.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12- You obviously know it's silver because you've looked at the hallmark.- Yes.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Quite right, too, it is silver.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18So if we have a little look at one of these...
0:42:20 > 0:42:22We've got the E for Elkington & Co.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24The Birmingham anchor.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28The date letter to 1893.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30And the passant lion.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35- So you're quite right. It's silver, a good maker, nice year.- Yes.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- It's a very decorative piece, isn't it?- Yes.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43We've got some wonderful flower decoration and leaf decoration.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48Quite naturalistic, around the body of each of the teapot,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50the sugar bowl and the milk jug.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53It's a really, really attractive thing.
0:42:53 > 0:43:00Silver's doing really well at the moment whether it be in scrap or as an item.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03The thing with this is we're going to sell it as an item.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- You wouldn't want to scrap such a beautiful piece.- No.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I think if we took this to auction
0:43:09 > 0:43:15we could put a pre-sale estimate of 250 to 350,
0:43:15 > 0:43:18with a reserve of 230.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20- Right.- Would you be happy with that?
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Yes, we have talked about it, and the grandchildren will benefit from it.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28That's good. How many grandchildren do you have?
0:43:28 > 0:43:30- Seven.- Seven grandchildren.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- At least they'll all get a bit of money, won't they?- Yes.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39These valuation days are such fun.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Sometimes I feel like playing around!
0:43:43 > 0:43:45All hand-forged, made in Scotland.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Hickory shafts.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52That's a nice little set, isn't it?
0:43:53 > 0:43:57Back to business. Charlie's getting personal with Margaret!
0:43:57 > 0:44:01Margaret, have you been rummaging around your drawers at home?
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Definitely! Rummaging in the drawers.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- What made you come along today? - Because it was Flog It!
0:44:06 > 0:44:11and these are cluttering up the drawers so I thought I'd bring them along.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15- Fantastic. Are you a fan of Flog It? - Definitely, yes.- Goody!- Oh, yes.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17There's a real mix here
0:44:17 > 0:44:21- of quite nice and not so good. - No. A bit of rubbish?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Rubbish. I'm glad you said it and I didn't.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- Do you know where it all came from? - They belonged to my mother-in-law.
0:44:28 > 0:44:33You've got three rings, two earrings, a cameo -
0:44:33 > 0:44:35not a good quality cameo brooch -
0:44:35 > 0:44:38and this is not gold, this chain.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42And these are simulated pearls which are losing their colour rather fast.
0:44:42 > 0:44:48- So, by and large, we can forget most of these items.- Yes.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52But the wedding band here is 22-carat gold.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- I'll have a look.- That's good. - 22-carat.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57- The best you can get is 24. - Oh, right.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Most gold items are nine-carat.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02And you have a nine-carat gold ring there.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07Now, purely in scrap value today, gold is worth a lot of money.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- Yes.- We also have a little three-stone diamond ring.- Yes.
0:45:10 > 0:45:15- But it's illusion cut, if you know what I mean.- I've never heard of that.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19You look at it from a distance and think, "That's a whopping diamond."
0:45:19 > 0:45:23And the closer you get to it, the more you can see
0:45:23 > 0:45:27that the actual setting is engraved cleverly and bright-cut
0:45:27 > 0:45:29to give the impression of a diamond.
0:45:29 > 0:45:34So when we actually get into it, the diamond itself is a tiny little chip.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- Oh, right.- So we don't have a huge value there.
0:45:37 > 0:45:42When you pulled them out of your drawer, did you think, "I'm going to win the pools today!"
0:45:42 > 0:45:46No. I'd no idea how much they were worth
0:45:46 > 0:45:50but I'd be interested to know if you know the date.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51The date of the wedding band
0:45:51 > 0:45:56- and the engagement ring is 1930 or thereabouts.- That's right.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- Would that ring true? - That would be my mother-in-law.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02- Your mother-in-law.- Yes.- Can you remember when she got married?
0:46:02 > 0:46:06- Yes. Maybe early '30s. - Yes, that's about right.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09I think that fits in with the dating of them.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Value. Have a guess.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12£50?
0:46:12 > 0:46:17£50. Well, I think it's worth at least twice that.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Well, I'm sure that this gold ring is worth the best part of £100.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24- Right.- So that's good news, isn't it?- Yes.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Sadly, we can't add a great deal for the rest.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29But we can certainly add 30 or £40.
0:46:29 > 0:46:35- I'm thinking if we put 100 to £150 as an estimate.- Yes.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- With a fixed reserve at 100. - That sounds excellent.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- That would be good? - That would be great. Yes.
0:46:41 > 0:46:46And you can go and spend some money on something. What would you spend it on?
0:46:46 > 0:46:51- I think I'd put it towards the New Zealand fund. - Are you going to New Zealand?
0:46:51 > 0:46:53No. It's on my list.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01Well, they often say you've got to have quantity or quality
0:47:01 > 0:47:05and Evelyn's got lots of both with her cigarette card collection.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09It includes some highly desirable cards from the tobacco manufacturer
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Taddy & Co.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11In my line of business,
0:47:11 > 0:47:14I quite often see collections of cigarette cards, Evelyn,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17but you have got the most amazing collection here
0:47:17 > 0:47:20and some of them in their original boxes and everything,
0:47:20 > 0:47:24so how did you come to own such an amazing collection?
0:47:24 > 0:47:28- They were my father's.- Right.- He's died, and we've been helping
0:47:28 > 0:47:32my mother sort through the stuff that's left behind.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36- And all these cards were there. - He was obviously an avid collector.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- A lot of these are from his childhood as well.- Right.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43So I presume they were his father's, cos this is only a sample of...
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Really? Just a sample? So how many have you got?
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- There are hundreds.- Hundreds and hundreds.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Are there any particular sets that you like or...?
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- I like this one, this Cries Of London.- Oh, Cries Of London.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58- That's interesting.- And that's John Player as well.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02Let's just pop one out. They're just wonderful pictures, aren't they?
0:48:02 > 0:48:06- They are.- This is the sellers and the people who are working on the streets of London,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08so just really, really lovely.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13I've got a favourite too cos I've had a little browse through them.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16I love this Safety First.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20There are 1920s and '30s cars and I love fashion,
0:48:20 > 0:48:23anything that's fashion-orientated and the great thing about these
0:48:23 > 0:48:26is you can look at them and you can see what they were wearing.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29You can see the ladies in their little fur-trimmed coats
0:48:29 > 0:48:33and just a lovely collection and I know that there are more than this,
0:48:33 > 0:48:36- so what sort of price did you have in mind?- I really don't know.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40You don't know? Well, I can tell you that what we have here are Taddy's.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43And Taddy's, depending again on the imagery on the front,
0:48:43 > 0:48:47whether it's a full set, whether there's a rare card in it.
0:48:47 > 0:48:48can make pretty good money.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52Here we're probably talking sort o9f about £5 a card.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55- Really?- Yeah, so are you quite pleased with that?- Yes.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59These are fab because they're in their original boxes.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04I haven't personally seen a huge collection of cards like this in their original boxes before.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07But I want to put a fairly conservative estimate
0:49:07 > 0:49:10on it to encourage people to come along and have a look,
0:49:10 > 0:49:16- so I'm thinking of a region of £100-£150 for the lot...- Yes.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20..in the hope that that will encourage people to come along
0:49:20 > 0:49:24and cigarette card buyers or collectors, they like to have
0:49:24 > 0:49:29a really good look and look at each individual card, look at condition,
0:49:29 > 0:49:33and things like that, so I think these could fly, so if you're happy,
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- we'll put them in at £100-£150 and see how they do.- OK.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41We're only going to be selling this small part of Evelyn's collection
0:49:41 > 0:49:45but it should give her a good idea what the rest of the collection could be worth.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50Right. Now it's time to go off to auction with Margaret's unwanted jewellery,
0:49:50 > 0:49:53we're also taking David's silver trio,
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Evelyn's got an awful lot of cigarette cards to sell,
0:49:57 > 0:50:00and the zebra skin shield and spear.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04Let's see what Simon has to say about those rare tribal pieces.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07This is absolutely fabulous and fascinating.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Ethnic artefacts fly through the roof, don't they?
0:50:10 > 0:50:13- They really love them. - Anything tribal.- Yep.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17And with a bit of history, and something like this which is unusual,
0:50:17 > 0:50:21it's a rare skin, cos being a zebra skin, it's not a standard weapon one.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24It's not for fighting with. It's for special occasions.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27So it lifts it. Cow hide is the normal one.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30There's plenty of those about for 300 to 400 quid.
0:50:30 > 0:50:35- Has there been much interest? - Enough to get the old auctioneer quite excited!
0:50:35 > 0:50:37- Really?- Which is unusual for auctioneers!
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Are you going to let me in on this, and the viewers?
0:50:40 > 0:50:42I might just do that.
0:50:42 > 0:50:47- Shall we say there's been interest from its homeland and in the New World.- Really?- Yes.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49But how much for?
0:50:49 > 0:50:52I think rather more than four times top estimate.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56OK. Someone's going home with a great deal of money.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58That's really exciting.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01First, Margaret, who's selling her jewellery
0:51:01 > 0:51:03to raise money for a trip to New Zealand.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08- Who do you want to see out there? - Well, New Zealand was on the cards,
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- but since...- Changed your mind?
0:51:10 > 0:51:15We've booked a cruise on the Queen Victoria.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19- Oh!- So that sounds... Next year, in the winter.
0:51:19 > 0:51:23- Oh, how lovely! So this is a bit of spending money.- Definitely, yes.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Gin and tonics. Gin and tonics on the deck!
0:51:26 > 0:51:30- As the sun's going down. - Oh, can I come?
0:51:30 > 0:51:33You could do your antiques lectures, Charlie.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34I could, yes!
0:51:34 > 0:51:37On miscellaneous jewellery!
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Anyway, it's going under the hammer now. Good luck.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45Lot 422. The 22-carat wedding ring,
0:51:45 > 0:51:49a diamond ring and other jewellery. Mixed lot.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50£100?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53100 I've got. 110 anywhere?
0:51:53 > 0:51:56At £100. Selling at 100... 110.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58120? 120.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00130? At 120.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03All done at 120?
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Selling at 120. All done?
0:52:05 > 0:52:09- Right on estimate. That's good, isn't it?- That's good, yes.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12That's a few nice bottles of wine!
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- Yes, it is.- Not many on that boat! They'll be expensive!
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Margaret's happy with that. Let's see if Tracy can do even better
0:52:20 > 0:52:23with David's silver trio.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28We're talking about that silver tea service. It's Victorian, it's Birmingham, late 1800s.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31- You haven't had it long? - No, only a few years.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35- It's a good time to sell silver. - Very good time.- The prices are up.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Exactly. And it's a beautiful thing as well.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41- It's a really gorgeous thing. - Yes, I think so.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43- I think I've been conservative again!- Do you?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Oh. Is it a "come and buy me"?
0:52:45 > 0:52:48- I hope so. I really do. - Let's watch this.- I hope so!
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Let's have a nice surprise.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54The three-piece silver tea service.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56An Elkington one.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58250 for that?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00200 to start me.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03At 200. 210. 220.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05230. 240.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07At 230. 240.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09250. At 240.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11All done at £240?
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Selling at 240.
0:53:15 > 0:53:20- Bottom of estimate. It's OK.- It's OK.- A good price.- Yeah, it's OK.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22It's what we said at the valuation day.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- Yeah.- As long as you're happy. - I'm happy with that.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29Well, Tracy was spot-on with her reserve for the trio.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Now we are selling a small part of Evelyn's
0:53:31 > 0:53:33cigarette card collection.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36I know there are, how many, 10,000?
0:53:36 > 0:53:40- Altogether.- Altogether. - We haven't put 10,000 in.- I know.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43That is a lot of collecting, isn't it? That is Grandfather and Father.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46- Yes.- You had so many, it was physically impossible for me
0:53:46 > 0:53:51to go through every one. They are so particular.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54- Yes.- There's probably just one in there that could be worth...
0:53:54 > 0:53:56A lot of money. The missing one to somebody's set.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00- Yeah. I think you should easily... - Fingers crossed.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Good luck.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07The collection of Player's, Wills and other cigarette cards,
0:54:07 > 0:54:08all sorts in there.
0:54:08 > 0:54:15£80-£90, start me for these. £80 I am bid. 85. 90 anywhere?
0:54:15 > 0:54:2090. 95. 100. 110. 120.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26120. 130. 140.
0:54:26 > 0:54:32150. 160. 170. 160 seated, at 160. It is yours at 160.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35All done then at £160, all done.
0:54:35 > 0:54:42- You were spot on.- It wasn't bad. - Complete guess! £160. Well done.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- You happy with that? - Yes, very happy.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Does that give you a kind of gauge for what the others might be worth?
0:54:48 > 0:54:51Yes. Hopefully there is a very relevant one.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53A rare one tucked away somewhere, yes.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56What will you do with the rest of them?
0:54:56 > 0:55:00I am not going to keep them permanently, no.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Maybe put them into an auction at another time.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06You have tested the market and it works. Good luck.
0:55:06 > 0:55:07Based on that sale,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10the rest of Evelyn's collection could easily make four figures.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16Now it's that exceptional Zulu shield and spear,
0:55:16 > 0:55:17brought in by Nick.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19I'm looking forward to this one!
0:55:19 > 0:55:22It's great to meet Nicholas. I saw you at the valuation day
0:55:22 > 0:55:28and I admired Charlie walking across the room with this wonderful zebra skin shield,
0:55:28 > 0:55:30and I thought, "Ooh, very nice!"
0:55:30 > 0:55:34- Were you happy with the valuation, 100 to 200?- I thought it was good.
0:55:34 > 0:55:39I had a chat to the auctioneer and he said it could do a bit better.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41- Oh!- Really?- A little bit.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43- That would be pleasant.- It would be.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- Yeah?- If you make 14,000, I'll buy you lunch!
0:55:46 > 0:55:49I don't think he hinted that much money, though!
0:55:49 > 0:55:52No. I mean, Charlie, a brave move.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55These things are so hard to put a price on.
0:55:55 > 0:56:00Yes. You've seen one and you think you've seen them all, but they're all different.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03- They're handmade. - It's beautifully made.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08Why are you selling it? It's been part of the family for a long time.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12I have a modern house and it's a bit small. I can't put it on the wall.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14It's heart-rending to get rid of it, but...
0:56:14 > 0:56:19Let's hope you get the top end of the estimate. £200. What would you do with that?
0:56:19 > 0:56:24We were going to buy our grandson a premium bond with some of the money.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28- The rest will probably go to a lunch.- Would it?- Possibly.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Did you hear that, Paul? - What if you got £800 for this?
0:56:31 > 0:56:35- Steady on!- I know, but hang on, you never know!
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Strange things happen in auction rooms.
0:56:37 > 0:56:41- What would you do with £800? - It would help towards a holiday.
0:56:41 > 0:56:45- OK. Let's hope you get a holiday. - It's lunch for you and me and a holiday for him!
0:56:45 > 0:56:48I love auctions, I really do!
0:56:48 > 0:56:52Let's find out what happens. It's now down to the bidders.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55The zebra skin shield, a Zulu one.
0:56:55 > 0:57:00What can we say for that? £200 to start me for it?
0:57:00 > 0:57:02500 I'm bid. 550 anywhere?
0:57:02 > 0:57:05- Splendid!- £500. 550.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Six. 650.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Seven. 750.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12Eight. 850? At £800, then.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Coming to you now, Pat, at 850.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17£850!
0:57:17 > 0:57:18I can't believe it!
0:57:18 > 0:57:20850.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23850? 900.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25950.
0:57:27 > 0:57:291,000?
0:57:31 > 0:57:321,100 I'm bid.
0:57:32 > 0:57:331,150?
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Oh, no!
0:57:40 > 0:57:42£1,100, then, with Alan.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46All done, then? It's with Alan at £1,100.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49All done at £1,100? All finished?
0:57:49 > 0:57:50Yes!
0:57:50 > 0:57:53£1,100!
0:57:53 > 0:57:56I told you something fabulous was going to happen!
0:57:58 > 0:58:00Not 100 to 200, but 1,100!
0:58:00 > 0:58:02How do you guys manage it?
0:58:02 > 0:58:04- Well...- Who do you pay?
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Who are the BBC going to employ next, cos I've got the sack!
0:58:07 > 0:58:11You were saying £800 would be a wonderful holiday.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14You've got a lot more than 800. That's 1,100, Nicholas.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17- Take my daughter with me. - Oh, bless you.
0:58:17 > 0:58:23A cracking end to a marvellous show. I hope you enjoyed the surprise! Auction rooms are full of them!
0:58:23 > 0:58:26Until the next time, from Oxfordshire, it's cheerio!