0:00:02 > 0:00:06Boy, hundreds of people here, and have we got a show for you today.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Do you know, every year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, the whole town of Ashbourne in
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Derbyshire comes out in force for the Royal Shrovetide Football Game.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It looks like Flog It has had the same effect today.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19ALL: Yay!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Once a year, the Royal Shrovetide Football Match
0:00:45 > 0:00:47plays half the town's folk against the other half,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52with the town of Ashbourne itself becoming the pitch with the goals three miles apart.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Now, we're not letting you do anything as energetic as that today, as all they've got to do
0:00:56 > 0:01:01is dust off unwanted antiques and collectables here at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Coming up, there's a new addition to the Flog It family.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- She's so...- Beautiful, isn't she? - Oh, gorgeous!
0:01:09 > 0:01:13We find out more about the game of Shrovetide football.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- Have you played it?- Well, I'm a big guy but I never have and it is quite tough and rough and tumble.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- And at the auction, one item breaks all records.- Selling.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- Never!- I'm shaking, do you know that?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm actually shaking.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Our team of experts is led by Michael Baggott.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35When he was 11, he saved up his dinner money for over a month to buy his first antique -
0:01:35 > 0:01:39a silver vesta case which cost him £22 -
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and he hasn't looked back since.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47While he was growing up around Newmarket, Will Axon's early career aspirations were as a jockey,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50although eventually he became an auctioneer and a valuer,
0:01:50 > 0:01:51which is lucky for us.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Oh, they were the cutting edge of technology, these were, at the time.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Well, everybody's now safely seated inside the venue
0:02:02 > 0:02:07and this is where the fun begins because Will Axon, one of our experts, is first at the tables.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Let's take a closer look at what he's spotted.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Will is hoping that Joan's jewellery
0:02:12 > 0:02:14will attract the ladies to the saleroom.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19You've brought two quite distinct pieces of jewellery.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23What can you tell me? Let's start here with this bracelet and locket.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24What can you tell me about that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I know it belonged to my grandmother and it's just come down to me.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I don't remember anybody actually wearing it
0:02:31 > 0:02:35but I've kept it in a box, in my loft, sort of thing. Same old story.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39We hear it a lot, certainly on this programme.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42People are sometimes quite surprised at the amount of value
0:02:42 > 0:02:44they have languishing in the drawer.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- It's nine carat gold.- Yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It's less pure gold in the mix, shall we say?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56We weighed it earlier and it's just under 27 grams,
0:02:56 > 0:03:01so if we put it in at about 150, that sort of figure,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04it will entice the bidders in, I think, at that sort of money.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Is that the sort of figure you would be happy with?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I think so. It sounds fair really.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- Like I say, I suspect it is going to end up as scrap value.- Really?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17I'm afraid, yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Then we move on to the cameo brooch,
0:03:19 > 0:03:25which again is not a terribly wearable piece of jewellery.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28They are a little bit dated, shall we say,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31from the '70s dinner party or something like that.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35You may have seen the hostess wearing one or two.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37It's reasonable quality though, isn't it?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40The carving can vary quite substantially on these.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44You can get some very deep relief carvings.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Almost the deeper the carving,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50the larger the starting piece that they've had to work from, so it's
0:03:50 > 0:03:54almost a more expensive piece to make than one that is very shallow carved.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I mean, if that's 150, where would you see that?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Do you think that is similar money? - No, less, I would think.- Yes, good.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Makes my job a bit easier to break it to you gently.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09I've seen them make £20, £30. I've seen them make £30-£50.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13What I'm going to say is let's incorporate the cameo brooch
0:04:13 > 0:04:16in with the estimate for the gold bracelet.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- I think keep the estimate of £150-£200.- Yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21If we get a sale on the day at the auction,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24are you going to buy yourself something, a piece of jewellery
0:04:24 > 0:04:27that you will wear, or is the money going elsewhere?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I think it will go elsewhere,
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- to a new grandchild which is expected any day really.- Any day?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36When we see you again at the auction, you may...
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- I could be a grandma again.- It may have arrived.- Yes.- That's excellent.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41That's great news.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Pamela, thank you for bringing me my almost favourite thing
0:04:48 > 0:04:50on Flog It, a piece of silver.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52How did you come by this wonderful little cup?
0:04:52 > 0:04:57It's from my mother. My mother won it at her club when she worked
0:04:57 > 0:05:01and it had just been in the home and when they moved home and they died,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I inherited it, really.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Oh, so this inscription on the front,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Bovril Swimming Club,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11presented by Sir James Crichton-Brown to Miss G V Wilder...
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- That was my mother.- G V Wilder was your mother.- That's right.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- So she won the swimming cup.- She did.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Yes.- Was she a fantastic swimmer?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I don't think so. She never talked about it very much.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26But she was good enough to win a silver cup.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29That's something to be proud about. Now, like all silver,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31there should be a set of hallmarks
0:05:31 > 0:05:34which tell us a little bit more about it.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39And there we've got the almost ubiquitous M & W for Mappin and Webb.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Huge manufacturers and retailers in the 20th century and provided
0:05:43 > 0:05:49a lot of cups like this, when they were fashionable, for presentations.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52We've got the crown for Sheffield.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55We've got the lion passant, which tells us it's sterling silver
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and we've got the date letter from 1926,
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- which is the year or the year before she would have won the cup.- Yes.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Do you use it much at home? - No, I don't use it at all.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08It lives in a cupboard.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11A presentation cup is almost neither use nor ornament,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13although it is quite ornamental.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17It did come with a little wire thing, you use it like for flowers.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- For flowers. That's wonderful. - I presume so, yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Yes, they would provide a little wire,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and you can put some Oasis in the bottom
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and put fresh flowers in it
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- and they're actually when they're at their best.- Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31In terms of value, as I say, it's not tremendously valuable.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I think, at auction, we would be sensible
0:06:35 > 0:06:37putting an estimate of £60 to £100 on it...
0:06:37 > 0:06:43- Right. - ..and putting a fixed reserve of £60, which reflects the bullion value
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- of the cup.- Yes. - So if you're happy to do that...?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Yes, I am, rather than it sitting in a cupboard.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53It's better out than in the cupboard, isn't it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Michael's always happy when he's got a bit of silver in his hands.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Next up, Will has found something that we've already heard about
0:07:00 > 0:07:03earlier on in the show - something unique to Ashbourne.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Once a year, the whole town turns out to take part
0:07:10 > 0:07:13in a free-for-all game - Shrovetide football.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15There's no offside rule.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18In fact, not many rules at all.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Only three. No mechanical means can be used, such as a car.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25If the ball is out of play for over an hour, it's void.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28And, finally, if a goal is scored before 5pm,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31the whole game starts over again.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35So let's meet someone who's had the bruises to prove he's taken part.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41I spotted you in the queue outside with this print, and it intrigued me really.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I came along and I said, "Hang on a minute, what's going on?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46"Prince Charles being carried aloft with a football?"
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I didn't think that was his sort of scene. And then I see here,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football, and then talking to you,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57it triggered what I've seen about Shrovetide football.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I remember in my distant memory that there are a lot of people that, over
0:08:00 > 0:08:04a few days end up getting very muddy, very tired, and some of them quite
0:08:04 > 0:08:08badly hurt with this game, Royal Shrovetide Football.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- That's correct.- Fascinating.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Tell me about it, it's something Ashbourne is well known for.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Well, it goes back to well before the First World War,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20actually, where the gentlemen used to have shirt, ties and trousers on.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Yes.- And it just carried on to the present day.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Right. And it's an intriguing game.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I mean, you know it well, because you've taken part, haven't you?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Yes, I have, yes. - Yeah. On several occasions.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- And you will do in the future? - Oh, yes, yeah.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- I started playing Shrovetide when I was 14.- Really?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Quite brave, then, cos there's some big lads who play it, aren't there?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Yes. Yeah. Yep. - And the basic premise of the game, if I've got it right, tell me,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45you're meant to get the ball from one end to the other, is it?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Yeah. From Ashbourne car park, there's a plinth.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Yes.- And once it's thrown up or turned up,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52it's one and a half miles down to Clifton
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and one and a half miles down to Sturston.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- And that's where the sort of, the goals are?- Yes, yeah.- Right.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Plinth and you've got like a circle in it
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- and you have to tap it three times. - Tap the ball three times.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Once you've tapped it three times, it's your ball.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- You keep it?- Yes.- For good?- Yes. Yeah.- How long does it go on for?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Two days.- And you can sort of dip in and out whenever you want? - Yes. You can do.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17You can sort of have a go in the morning and then pop home, have your tea, and join in again.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Later on, yes, yeah. And all the shops and that are all boarded up.- Are they?- Yeah.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Well, this print here, looking at it, obviously sort of commemorates one of these.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I mean, looking here, 5th March 2003.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- That's correct, yeah.- And Prince Charles came along.- He did, yes.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36And did he take part? Did you get a chance to sort of wrestle him to the ground for the ball?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39No. He came and threw the ball up, turned the ball up.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40- Turned the ball up?- Yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Right. So that's quite an honour. - It is, yeah.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- You've actually got a key to who the people are.- Yes, correct. Yeah.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Obviously we've got to talk about value. This is Flog It.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52It is signed in pencil, I notice, by the artist, which is good because
0:09:52 > 0:09:56that limits the edition, as well as this number here. Three out of 850.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I mean, this was on sale in Ashbourne, was it? You bought it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02No. I won it on the raffle.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- On the same day?- Well, it was one of the special evenings.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08OK. How much did you have to pay for your strip of tickets?
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- £5.- £5. OK. So, I mean, it's got to be worth that, hasn't it, for the framing and the glazing?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I think, let it make what it makes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Yeah.- It's the right part of the world to sell it!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Difficult to value,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21but I think we've got to put an estimate on it, haven't we?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Let's say, what, £30 to £50, something like that?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27You wouldn't get it framed for that sort of money
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- so it's got to be worth that, but I think we should go without reserve.- That's fine.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36It's a hard thing to actually pin a value on, so you've decided to let it go. No reserve.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39We're guaranteed a sale and I look forward to seeing you at the sale.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Bring a ball along on the day. We'll have a game in the car park.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Yes.- Andrew, it's been a pleasure.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50The sword that Michael has found hasn't been out
0:10:50 > 0:10:51and about for a long time.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Thank you so much for bringing in something
0:10:54 > 0:10:57we don't normally see on a Flog It, a little bit of militaria.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59So where has this been in your home?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's been stored in a cupboard for the last 45 years,
0:11:02 > 0:11:07since we got married. I had it the year I got married.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08It was under a shed.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The gentleman that gave it to me, Henry Greenwood,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14he said, "I've got a present for you."
0:11:14 > 0:11:17We went down the garden, came back up,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19pulled this thing from under the shed.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22How long it had been under there is anybody's guess.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26So this was your wedding gift, 45 years ago, from under a shed.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30We've heard some and usual stories on Flog It. That probably caps it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33With anything like this, the best thing to do,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and we'll take our life in our hands...
0:11:36 > 0:11:37- Try it.- Whip it out.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42There we go. What we have got is an infantry officer's sword.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45If we flick it over here, one good indicator of date
0:11:45 > 0:11:50is we have a crown cipher there, which is for Queen Victoria.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- We know that it dates between 1837 and 1901.- Right.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- We've got the emblem of the Grenadiers.- Right.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- It is the Grenadiers.- And that is also emulated...- On the hilt.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03In the basket work here, we've got their emblem.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Then we've got a list of their battle honours.- Right.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11We go from Waterloo, Peninsular and down here we've got Lincelles
0:12:11 > 0:12:17and pop over to the Crimean War and we've got Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Sebastopol, yes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23What's really nice to see here is we've got the maker's mark,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27which is Henry Wilkinson - of the Wilkinson Sword fame -
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Pall Mall, London.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32That's lovely but then just to reinforce that,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36on a little gilt-lined... And that is lined in gold.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39We've got his maker's punch, HW.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41So that's a lovely thing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Michael, the only real problem with edged weapons
0:12:44 > 0:12:47is they have to be in wonderful condition
0:12:47 > 0:12:48- to be worth big money.- Yes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52And I think it's the time under the shed that has done the most damage.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Won't have done it a lot of good. - Moisture, even finger marks
0:12:55 > 0:12:59can have an effect but I think we are beyond that.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03The one saving grace is the blade is in reasonably nice condition.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06In good order, I mean really pristine order,
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- this sword might be worth between £400 and £600.- Right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- It does fall off dramatically. - Yes, yes.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18I think if we were to put this into auction at £60-£100,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and put a reserve of £50 on it, and it wouldn't go for any less,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- that's nearly just over a pound a year since the wedding.- Yes.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Michael, why have you decided to part with this really lovely sword?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Well, it's been standing in a cupboard for the last 45 years,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39since we got married. I'm going to, probably, put it toward a new gun -
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I do a bit of game shooting and that sort of thing.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Well, I would think a rifle is going to be more use catching game
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- than a sword.- Definitely.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Hopefully, we will get you up to your rifle, or some way towards it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Some way towards it, anyway.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56And hope we've got two cavalier gentleman at the saleroom
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- who will go for this.- Hopefully.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59While I'm in Derbyshire,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03I'm going to make the most of it by getting out into the countryside.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I've come back to Haddon Hall in the Peak District
0:14:15 > 0:14:19but it's not the house I'm here to look at this time.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Because something really exciting has been happening
0:14:22 > 0:14:24to the management of the River Wye,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26which meanders all the way through the estate here,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28which is what I want to show you today.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30So I've got my day pass on me
0:14:30 > 0:14:33and I'm here to meet head river keeper, Warren Slaney,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36to do a spot of fly fishing and also hear about what's been going on.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The Victorians were great fishing enthusiasts
0:14:50 > 0:14:53and gave this river a bit of a make-over.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56In recent years, Warren has been undoing their work
0:14:56 > 0:15:01by bringing it back to nature for the fly fishermen of today.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05So, I guess fly selection is very, very important.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- You've got to select what the fish are biting for.- Yeah, that's true.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- We've got two different flies. - Mayfly.- Mayfly's are hatching.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13They're done. They are hatching in the air. And also there
0:15:13 > 0:15:17are some hawthorn flies but the fish are going to be much happier about
0:15:17 > 0:15:19feeding on the mayfly than the hawthorn
0:15:19 > 0:15:20because there's a bigger bite.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23What we need is a big fly that matches the colouring
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and size of the mayfly.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26And here we are.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Either of those two flies.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31These are dry flies that will float on the surface of the water,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34as opposed to the wet flies, which go underneath the water.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Yeah. They sit on top.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38It's really an unwritten rule with fishermen over the country,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- isn't it, freshwater fish - catch and release.- Yeah.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I hope we catch one today. There's loads, isn't there?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48The hot time's now. You can see late afternoon and it's humid.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53There's a few down there.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00'I can't wait, but I'd like Warren to show me how it's done first!'
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Do they target this river for poaching, then? At night-time?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08It could happen any time. At breakfast time. At midnight.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10You've got one. Hey-hey!
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And through the...
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Do you want me to use the landing net?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- That's it.- You've cracked it.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Beautifully netted. I'll take the opportunity to wet my hands
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- when it comes in.- Sure. Otherwise, your hands are too dry, aren't they?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30It can sit in my lap, this beautiful fish.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It was painted by Mr Faberge.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Aren't they pretty?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- There the sedge. - Oh, nice. That's really good.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38It's not too deep, is it?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I think it's only slightly hooked. Make sure its teeth are OK.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- There he is.- Wonderful, isn't it? All the spots on the dorsal fin.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48That's Alaska brown trout.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It's fat and happy on mayfly.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Isn't it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Gorgeous fish.- There he goes!
0:16:56 > 0:16:57- Back home!- There he goes.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01- In a state of shock, for the moment. - Doesn't know what's happened!
0:17:01 > 0:17:04"Christ, what's happened?! All I doing was eating mayfly!"
0:17:04 > 0:17:07"And all of a sudden, I was on some chap's lap."
0:17:07 > 0:17:10'This river is full of fish.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12'It's my turn now,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16'but I have a feeling it may not be as easy as it looks.'
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Will we have to fish on our knees? Cos this is a very narrow stretch.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23If they see us, even at the mayfly time...
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- So we'll crawl along on our knees! - Yeah,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31There, that's a nice fish in the food lane. Let's creep up.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37It doesn't matter. We won't scare him. Even if all the rest...
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Oh, good... Nearly.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- He's still there. - He is still there, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52These brown trout, they are the red ones that Izaak Walton's friend
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- wrote about in 1670.- Mm-hm.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- "They are the reddest and best trouts "in England."- Are they?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58According to Charles Carlton.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The darker the water, the darker the trout sometimes. Is that so?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04You get black ones in peaty water in Wales and things.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- That's nice.- That's nice, isn't it? Look at that fly move.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It looks natural when it lands, then, doesn't it?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14And that is what will deceive the fish.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Oh, that's good.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Talk me through some of the changes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20What's been happening to the river bank?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23We took out all the weirs here, so the river level drops.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25So it's a lot shallower.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29It means that the river has got more current, which grows more weed,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32a lot more insects and... A much better life for fish.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36It must be wonderful for you to see stock levels rising, naturally.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Yes.- You are not feeding them with anything.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40They're just feeding off what's here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42We used to be in complete control of the rivers.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44We could stock as many fish as we wanted,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47but we didn't have as many fish as there is now.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50By leaving nature to get on with it,
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- properly, the wildlife just becomes abundant.- Wonderful how nature works.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Where is he now? I've lost him.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Come on, bite!
0:19:20 > 0:19:23The longer this line gets, the more I am going to catch the bank.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Oh, sorry, Warren!
0:19:34 > 0:19:37'Warren says it's time to try another spot.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39'The fish aren't biting here.'
0:19:39 > 0:19:41There is a mayfly going downstream.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44And you've got a fish just dropped into the front of that.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- Can you see it coming up the bank? - Yeah.- Can you see the fish?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Just coming over the weed now.- Yeah.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I scared him.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Do you know who built this river? - It was made by the Marquis of Granby,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- back in 1870.- Built in 1870?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Purely just to fish in? - A fishing river.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Behind, there was a fish farm.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08'The great thing about Warren
0:20:08 > 0:20:11'is that he knows EVERYTHING about this river.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:14You were going to tell me a story about Mr Ogden.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- He influenced the way you're fishing at the moment.- What, badly?!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- No, the style you are fishing in.- OK.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22The little boys would come out on days like this
0:20:22 > 0:20:24and catch live mayfly, put them into boxes and creels
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and wait outside the pubs and they'd sell the mayflies
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- for a penny to the gentlemen. - That's quite enterprising.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Yeah, sure.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36So the rivers were being emptied by anglers
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and Mr Ogden found a way of actually taking straw from the fields
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and trapping air in the middle
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- and making the artificial floating fly.- Oh, really?!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Yeah.- So he invented the fly? - Our steward heard about Mr Ogden
0:20:49 > 0:20:51and asked him to demonstrate his methods.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55James Ogden caught nine fish in front of a gallery of spectators,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58including the head keeper and the steward.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The next day, the steward, Robert Nesfield,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02made it a dry-fly-only estate.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And long may it continue.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Sure. It's a good conservation measure.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I guess this is a big part of your job, really
0:21:09 > 0:21:12to make sure that everyone does use a dry fly.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13The fishermen are very good.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17One out of 1,000 will misbehave or...
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Use a maggot or something?- Yeah.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You can clean up on maggots.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Yeah. But what would be the point?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Not satisfying fishing, is it?- No.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32'I tell you what, there is no satisfaction here,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34'so we're on the move once again.'
0:21:43 > 0:21:45'This is not my lucky day!'
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You've got 20 years' experience,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54which you have condensed into a few hours for me,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56which is really nice.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I've creamed all your knowledge off!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Oh, dear. Just got to put it to use.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- Yep.- I'm not disappointed at all that I haven't caught one.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10I've thoroughly enjoyed myself and learnt so much for the next time.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Yeah.- And that's the main thing.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16That's a good cast. I'm going to make that my final cast.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Got to have one more, surely?!
0:22:18 > 0:22:20What if it's a bad cast?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23We're allowed one more after that, OK?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24THEY LAUGH
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I've got to end on a good cast, OK?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- OK.- That's good.- Yep. We'll leave it in there for half an hour.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33THEY LAUGH
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Oh, please bite.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47We're now about halfway through our day and we've been working flat out.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Everybody's having a marvellous time, aren't we?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Yes.- Good, good, but right now, it's time to up the tempo.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54This is where we put our valuations to the test.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Let's get straight over to the auction room.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02We've got a mixed bag of items going under the hammer today.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Joan's gold bracelet and cameo brooch.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09We've also got Pamela's silver swimming trophy,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12along with Michael's sword, which might have seen better days,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14but could still get the bidders excited.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16And, last but not least,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19the interesting Shrovetide football print.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And this is where all our action is happening today,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24the Mackworth Hotel in Derbyshire.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26On the rostrum, we have auctioneer Charles Hanson,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28who I'm going to have a chat to in just a moment.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I tell you what, the room is filling up.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32There's an excitement, there's a buzz about the place.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Hopefully, this lot are going to bid on some of our items.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47This modern print belongs to Andrew.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49He paid £5 for this, at a ball he went to
0:23:49 > 0:23:51and thinks this is the best area to sell it.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Lots of local interest,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55because, boy, is this big business up here in Derbyshire.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Shrovetide footie!- Yeah.- So tell me all about it. Have you played it?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, I'm a big guy, Paul, but I never have.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And it is quite tough and rough and tumble. Not my sort of thing.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05- You can handle it.- Well, maybe.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09But this, obviously, from 2003, it captures international interest.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12The press come, the media come, to watch the event.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The uppards against the downards. It's a great sport.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17What sort of price would you put on this
0:24:17 > 0:24:19if it came into the rooms today?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I think, Paul, it's the right place to sell it. It's local.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23I would say between £50 and £80.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Oh, that's good news, cos we're looking for £30 to £50.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Great. Good. - Looks like we scored a goal there!
0:24:29 > 0:24:30I hope so.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Remember, both buyers and sellers have to pay commission at auction,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37which can vary from sale room to sale room.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Here, at Hanson's Auctioneers And Valuers,,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42the commission is 15%, plus VAT.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And on the rostrum today is auctioneer David Greatwood.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48First up is the sword,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52which Michael and his wife, Sylvia, were given as a wedding present.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Good luck, Sylvia. Good luck, Michael.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56This is where we're putting the Wilkinson sword to the test,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59in the cutting edge of the saleroom, if you pardon the pun.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04- I gather the money is going to a sporting gun - a shotgun.- It is.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Good luck. Let's set our targets on, well, hopefully, £100, shall we?
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Let's see, let's see! - Time will tell.- Oh, dear!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Really?! That low? Here we go. It's going under the hammer now.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22This very fine 19th-century officer's sword. Wilkinson blade,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24as detailed, with all the military honours.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29- The quality is superb. For £100.- It is.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Nice thing, this one here.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34We have one on the telephone. We've had interest and commissions,
0:25:34 > 0:25:40- I can go straight in at £80, I'm bid.- That's a nice "in".
0:25:40 > 0:25:44I'll take 5. Surely, now? At 80. Where's 5? At £80.
0:25:44 > 0:25:465, anywhere, now? At 80. At 5, anywhere?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48At £80. I'll take 85. I have 90.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Someone's in the room now.- Yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53120. 130. I have 140.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57140, still with me. On commission at £140.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00At 140. I'll take 50. 150 and I'm out.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03On the telephone, with Ruth, at £150.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Any advance now? At 150. Last chance, at 150.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And selling on the phone, at 150.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- That's more like it.- Yes.- Good.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15£50 more than what we were all expecting.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Yes. Pleased with that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21How much will the shotgun set you back, the 12-bore?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23450-460, the one I want.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- A modern sporting gun?- Recent, yes.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Not going for a vintage?- Oh, no, no. - A Purdey or something?- No, no.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- I've already got one of these.- Oh, have you?! We'd like to see that.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Bring that one along to our valuation day!
0:26:35 > 0:26:38After being hidden away for over half a decade,
0:26:38 > 0:26:39the bidders loved the sword.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Let's hope they feel the same
0:26:41 > 0:26:44for Joan's cameo brooch and gold bracelet.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46She's come along to the auction with her daughter, Kath,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49and a much smaller member of the family.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52A couple of months have passed since we last saw them
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and there's been a new addition. Congratulations, Kath!
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- Thank you very much. - And Grandma. What's her name?- Evie.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Oh, she's so beautiful. - Beautiful, isn't she?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Oh, gorgeous! - Takes us back a bit, Paul.- It does.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- They don't stay like that for long, do they?- No, they don't.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- How old is she now? - Four weeks.- Four weeks. Ah!
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Everything going well?- Yeah, everything's going really well.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- She's been very good. Very good little baby.- Ah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- Nice feeling, Grandma? - Absolutely wonderful.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Good luck, all three of you. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27This one's sleeping through it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Very fine, nine-carat gold link bracelet, with a heart-shaped lock,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39together with a nine-carat gold cameo brooch. Delightful lot.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Lot 80.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Lots of interest. I will start at £100.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49110. 120. 1-3. 140.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51150.
0:27:51 > 0:27:531-6, 1-7.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56180, 190.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57185, why not?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- 190. 200. - It's a good time to sell gold.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- Oh, right.- The prices are up, they're high.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07200, 210, 220. Come on!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09210. Do I see 220 now?
0:28:09 > 0:28:13210. Do I see 220? Come on! I'll take 220.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- We'll take 210! - 210. Fair warning. You're out.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19I'm in at 210. We say "sale".
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Well done. And, look at that,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24you slept through the whole thing.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Well done, Will. - I'm glad we could help.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Are you having any more, Will?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Well, it's not really my decision, is it?!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33No, it's not! That was a diplomatic answer.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I think poor Philippa's had enough.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37I've got three of my own and that's perfect.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Any more than that, we'll have to buy a flatbed lorry!
0:28:42 > 0:28:45What a fabulous result and I bet lucky granddaughter Evie
0:28:45 > 0:28:48is now going to be spoilt rotten by Joan.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52We're swimming along nicely now
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and let's hope we just don't tread water on this next lot,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58because it's a presentation swimming cup, belonging to Pamela.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- It was your mum's.- That's right.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- She won it when she worked at the Bovril factory.- She did.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- They had swimming competitions there?- They must have done.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I didn't hear a lot about it, but she must have done, mustn't she?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Why are you selling this, Pamela? - Well, I don't swim.
0:29:12 > 0:29:18None of the family swim, otherwise, you know, I could have presented it to them. So, decluttering again.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Everyone's decluttering.- I know. - It's priced to sell, isn't it?
0:29:21 > 0:29:26It is. And the price of bullion, I hate to say, hasn't been higher.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- Perfect time.- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31So, hopefully, we'll start you off decluttering in the right manner
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- and the right fashion.- If not, I'll have to have another go.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37There you go, showing on my left there.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39The George V silver twin-handled trophy cup,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41with a presentation inscription,
0:29:41 > 0:29:43made by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 1926.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Good name. Good maker's name.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Interest here.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Straight in at 75. 80, I'm bid. At 80, I have. At 80.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Where's five now? At 80. Five.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57I'm out. At 85. 90 I'll take. At £85. On the right-hand side.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00At 85. Any advance now? At £85. All done? Selling at 85.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05Well, that was quick, wasn't it? £85. We had a guide of 60-100.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- That was straight in at the deep end.- It was, wasn't it?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12They are worth what they're worth and you'll find bidders will often leave
0:30:12 > 0:30:15commission bids very close to one another for bullion.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16- Happy?- Yes, thank you.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Another good result.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Can the Shrovetide picture complete the successful run?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Going under the hammer right now
0:30:25 > 0:30:28is something very special to this area and only to this area.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30It's the Shrovetide footie match, isn't it?
0:30:30 > 0:30:34It's a shame, Andrew, you didn't bring the ball in, eh?
0:30:34 > 0:30:35But anyway, it's a great print,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38it's a modern print and it's a limited edition.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- It is, yes.- And we've got a value of around £30 to £40, Will.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45And I had a chat to the auctioneer and it is big business up here.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Everybody joins in.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49It doesn't get better than this for local interest, let's face it.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Brilliant. I mean, we said there's not a huge amount of value in the print itself,
0:30:52 > 0:30:56but the story was great, you know, this Shrovetide football,
0:30:56 > 0:30:58and I think I rather foolishly said on camera
0:30:58 > 0:31:01that I would probably try and turn up for the next game,
0:31:01 > 0:31:02and he's going to hold me to it.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So, next time, when I'm covered in bruises and perhaps an arm in a sling
0:31:06 > 0:31:08and on crutches, you'll know that I made it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- But I'm seriously tempted, you know! - OK. OK.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13We might just film that.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- Yes.- Well, good luck, both of you.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Very fine print after S J Avery,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23of course, the local sporting event in the Shrovetide.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27So who's going to start me off at £20 only for it, surely?
0:31:27 > 0:31:3020 anywhere now? Surely, £20. 20 bid, thank you.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Where are all the footballers?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34You couldn't get it framed for that, could you?
0:31:34 > 0:31:3725. 28. 30. 32.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39£32 seated with the lady, at 32.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Any advances? With you, madam, at 32.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Any advance now? 35 surely now.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46At £32, seated dead centre at £32.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Last chance at £32.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Hammer's gone down - £32.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53It's not about the value, it's about the history,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55the social history of the game really, isn't it?
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Exactly the point, Paul.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58And you've given someone the opportunity to own it
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- and hang it on their wall.- Yeah. - Brilliant.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03And hopefully told thousands of viewers that are watching,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06who hadn't heard of this, and hopefully they might turn up
0:32:06 > 0:32:08and watch Will get in a scrum.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Yeah. I'm the one at the bottom!
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Well, we'll definitely watch out for that.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18Next, one of the most magnificent stately homes that I've ever visited
0:32:18 > 0:32:21currently houses a fascinating exhibition.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32When you catch your first glimpse of Chatsworth House,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36as you travel through the grounds, it really is quite overpowering.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38It's a magnificent building
0:32:38 > 0:32:40and it's hard to sum it up in words to do it justice.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I feel really emotional right now.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46You have to be here to experience this architectural delight.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It was built by Bess of Hardwick in the 1500s and it's been
0:32:49 > 0:32:53handed down through many different generations of the Cavendish family
0:32:53 > 0:32:57who have all left their mark on this building, the grounds
0:32:57 > 0:32:59and their extensive collections.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04One member of the family who caught the collective imagination
0:33:04 > 0:33:08like no other was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Her life was recently portrayed in a movie called The Duchess,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14some of which was filmed right here at Chatsworth.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19The South Sketch Gallery of the house is full of artefacts
0:33:19 > 0:33:22that Georgiana bought or collected herself.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24In fact, it's dedicated to her.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26She was a celebrated beauty, a socialite,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and famous for her wonderful sense of style
0:33:28 > 0:33:32and political campaigning, but perhaps more infamously
0:33:32 > 0:33:36for her love of gambling and her rather unusual marital arrangements.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41In 1774, on her 17th birthday,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Georgiana married William Cavendish, who was the fifth Duke of Devonshire
0:33:45 > 0:33:48and one of the richest men in the country.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51The marriage was an unhappy one.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55For many years, Georgiana was unable to produce a male heir
0:33:55 > 0:33:58and after introducing William to her best friend,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Lady Elizabeth Foster,
0:34:00 > 0:34:04she spent the rest of her life as part of an infamous menage a trois.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15And here are the paintings of the two women and the duke,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18and this is Georgiana, and she's absolutely stunning.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21It's painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the 18th Century.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23This is her best friend Elizabeth, also known as Bess,
0:34:23 > 0:34:27again painted by Reynolds. And here's the duke in the middle,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29looking rather proud and smug and pleased with himself.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31And so he should, really, shouldn't he?
0:34:31 > 0:34:35They all lived here in the house and both gave birth to his children.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39In fact, the duke also had a child by a maid that worked at the house.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44But finally Georgiana gave birth to the long-awaited Cavendish heir.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And this three-sided relationship continued
0:34:46 > 0:34:48right up until Georgiana's death
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and then the duke married her best friend, Bess.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Georgiana's personal situation
0:34:55 > 0:34:58became even more complicated during her unhappy marriage
0:34:58 > 0:35:02when she fell in love with the second Earl Grey and fell pregnant.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06We've been given special access to a fascinating letter from this time.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13The duke found out and he exiled her to France,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15hoping maybe not many people would find out.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Now, childbirth was risky at this particular time
0:35:18 > 0:35:21for mother and for child. Survival rate was quite low.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24So Georgiana wrote this letter
0:35:24 > 0:35:26so her son could read this when he was old enough.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29This letter was written in her own blood,
0:35:29 > 0:35:32and this explains why she did this.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37I know it sounds dramatic, but this was Georgiana. Just listen to this.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39"My dear little boy,
0:35:39 > 0:35:41"as soon as you are old enough to understand this letter,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43"it will be given to you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46"It contains the only present I can make you,
0:35:46 > 0:35:48"my blessing, written with my blood."
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Incredible.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55"God bless you, my child.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57"Your poor mother,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00"G Devonshire."
0:36:00 > 0:36:02That's so sad, isn't it?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06As you can see, look, the blood is fading.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09The more she's writing, the more it's fading.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13It is very melodramatic, but that's Georgiana.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Because she loved gambling, in fact she was really addicted to it,
0:36:21 > 0:36:22she was in debt all her life,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25and here's a summary of some of the gambling debts.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29The gambling debts amount to around £61,859.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Now, that's a lot of money back then.
0:36:32 > 0:36:38Today, that's equivalent, let's say, of earnings of around £40 million.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Now, they do say you can win some, you can lose some,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43but I think she was losing all the time.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Wasn't very good at cards.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48She was living on a knife-edge, wasn't she?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Here, look, there's a list of all the people working on the estate,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54tradesmen, people like that, that haven't been paid,
0:36:54 > 0:36:59and they're owed £183, which was a great deal of money.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04It took her family decades to pay these debts off after her death.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Georgiana was definitely melodramatic and terrible with money
0:37:08 > 0:37:11but let's not forget she was a political campaigner,
0:37:11 > 0:37:13arbiter of fashion and taste
0:37:13 > 0:37:17and one of the most influential women of the day.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21When Georgiana walked into a room, everybody stopped and stared.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23She had a wonderful, alluring presence
0:37:23 > 0:37:26and, as we've seen from her letters, she was a loving mother
0:37:26 > 0:37:30but the time she lived in saw her bound by convention.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33But what a fascinating story. I'd love to have met her.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Our valuation day at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Ashbourne
0:37:42 > 0:37:46is in full swing and a bit of colour has been added to the proceedings.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49We first must mention, Bill,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- because you're not in standard clothing today, are you?- No!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54So you are...?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I am Ashbourne's Town Crier.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Oh, marvellous, marvellous. Well, thank you for coming down today.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Now, who do these belong to?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04They're actually from my side of the family.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07They originally belonged to my grandfather,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09who was an inveterate hoarder.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Oh, marvellous.- And when he died in the early '70s,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14for some reason or other, I hung on to these two items
0:38:14 > 0:38:17and, you know, couldn't be bothered to throw them away.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- First thing, people might be looking at that, wondering what that is.- Yes.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25So let us reveal the first mystery of today.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30And that comes out and it's marked and dated for 1874.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33And we turn it and we've basically got...
0:38:33 > 0:38:36a Swedish army knife.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41And they're very useful knives, because they lock into place.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45If you're in a wilderness environment and you need a knife you can trust,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47that isn't going to fold back on you.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- No.- This is more intriguing. Closed boxes.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Very intriguing, indeed.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Ooh, curiouser and curiouser.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Have you got any idea what it is?
0:38:58 > 0:38:59I haven't got a clue.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02It's something I've been looking at for years and years,
0:39:02 > 0:39:03"Shall I throw it away?"
0:39:03 > 0:39:05It looks too precision-made.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08"One day I might find out. It looks too good to throw away."
0:39:08 > 0:39:12I think your point, Jenny, that it's precision-made, is spot on.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14There is one problem with this.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17It has a sliding aperture here, with a thumbnail groove,
0:39:17 > 0:39:21and if we could remove that panel, we would know everything.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27- There is only one small problem. We cannot remove that panel.- No!
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I have tried, all our off-screen valuers have tried,
0:39:30 > 0:39:32to open this, at the peril to our thumbnails.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36I have two ideas what it might be
0:39:36 > 0:39:39and I'm fairly confident that one of them is right.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42The first is that it is a quill cutter.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Interesting.- So if you think you've got a little quill feather
0:39:46 > 0:39:49and you pop it in there, into an aperture that
0:39:49 > 0:39:54- would be revealed, and you do that and it clicks the shape.- Yes. Yes.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58The other thing, the more lethal and gruesome thing it could be,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02and this is what I think it is, is a scarifier.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I'm afraid,
0:40:05 > 0:40:09before the NHS and before we had all these wonderful drugs,
0:40:09 > 0:40:13one thing you did if you felt poorly might be to bleed yourself copiously.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Yes.- Yes.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18And I think this is actually a guard
0:40:18 > 0:40:22for a section of very fine lancet blades.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Interesting. - And you would remove that,
0:40:25 > 0:40:27place it on the area you wish to be bled or cut
0:40:27 > 0:40:31and then, by pressing this, that would send all the blades
0:40:31 > 0:40:35through the skin and allow you to bleed freely.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Interesting. - And that is probably why you've got
0:40:38 > 0:40:41this very firm, fixed cover, so you don't cut yourself accidentally.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- Yes.- It dates to about 1830. - As early as that?
0:40:46 > 0:40:50But I think they work quite well together as two intriguing items
0:40:50 > 0:40:53that aren't everything they appear at first sight.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Would you put them in the same lot? - Pop them in the same lot,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59because they're going to appeal to the same collector,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02with the same mind for the curious mechanical bladed items.
0:41:02 > 0:41:07- Any ideas of what the value might be? - No real idea at all.- No.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12I think this, being a smaller version, is worth £40 to £60.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Oh, that's not bad.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16This, with the slight bit of damage and the reservation that
0:41:16 > 0:41:20you still might not be able to get that cap open, is maybe £40 to £60.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- So, about the same value each. - About the same value.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28So we're heading for that inevitable auctioneer's valuation,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- which I try to avoid. - The good old 80-120.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- You've seen Flog It! before. - Very much so.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36So let's put them in at 80 to 120.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Yeah.- Let's give the auctioneer a little bit of discretion
0:41:39 > 0:41:42and put, say, a fixed reserve of £70 on them.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Fine. And I'm glad you've solved the mystery for me, as well,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- after all these years. - Halfway, Bill. Halfway.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Next, this rather exotic-looking vase
0:41:51 > 0:41:54brought in by Patricia and daughter Erica.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55Thanks for coming along today.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59And you've brought a flavour of the East with you.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01What can you tell me about this?
0:42:01 > 0:42:06My mother gave it to me to put into an alcove in my new home.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10I wish it hadn't lost its top there, but these things happen.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13You've pointed out one of the issues I was going to draw attention to,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16the fact that it has got a bit of damage on the top.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Was it like that when your mother passed it to you?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24She had done the damage the very morning she brought it up
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- to bring to me, she thought she'd wash it, you see?- Yes.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30And I don't know what happened exactly
0:42:30 > 0:42:33but she brought it and said, "Do you still want it?"
0:42:33 > 0:42:36So I said, "Of course." Because it looked beautiful in the alcove,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- being illuminated.- Is there any connection with your family
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- to Eastern Europe perhaps? - No, no, no, none whatsoever.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Because this isn't an English piece. Looking at it, a lot of people
0:42:48 > 0:42:51would say it's almost got a sort of Persian or Islamic feel to it,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55with the double-gored shape and this sort of piercing and these very
0:42:55 > 0:43:00sort of Arabesque bands here. We call it Persian ware.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03If I take the finial off, we'll just turn it up and have a look
0:43:03 > 0:43:06at the marks underneath. If we have a close look here,
0:43:06 > 0:43:11we've got Zsolnay, of Pecs in Hungary.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- So it's originally East European, the factory.- Yeah.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19Established 1862, and then you've got a little mark, a little gilt 13.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Yes.- That would have been who would've applied the gilding.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26- So if it wasn't quite up to scratch...- They know who to blame.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30Exactly. I think originally something like this
0:43:30 > 0:43:32would have been an incense burner.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34- Yeah.- Oh.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37But this piece has been produced purely for decorative purposes.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41It was never intended for use, it is a purely decorative piece.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- So what do you think it's worth? - I haven't a clue.- No?
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- No idea at all.- I would say a sensible estimate would be
0:43:47 > 0:43:51around the £60-80 mark, how do you feel about that?
0:43:53 > 0:43:57Well, considering I didn't pay anything for it, it's...
0:43:57 > 0:44:02And, er, I can't see it being of any use to anyone.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06Well, I mean, I like the way... That's the right way to approach it.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Let the market decide what they think it's worth.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10What's it going to go on to?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- Oh, I think...- On your way out for lunch perhaps, you two?
0:44:13 > 0:44:17Erica and I could have a very nice lunch with that, yes.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21There's no disguising what our next item is, that's for sure.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24OK, game on. Well, it would be if we had the other half of the set.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Where is it, Sandra? Are you sure it's not at home?
0:44:26 > 0:44:29- It's definitely not at home. - Have you had a jolly good look?- Yes.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33Everybody's looked and searched high and low. We can't find the other.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36This is possibly one of the best chess sets, or part sets,
0:44:36 > 0:44:40I've come across in a long time. So how long have you had these?
0:44:40 > 0:44:44They've been in my possession for the last three years
0:44:44 > 0:44:47but my mother before that had them for about 40 years.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- And where did she get them from, do you know?- My late uncle's,
0:44:50 > 0:44:54when he died, so they were just found in his possession.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- And that's as far as you can trace the story back?- Yes.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01We don't even know if he played chess. As far as I know, he didn't.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Did he tour at all for a living? Was he in the Navy?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Nothing like that, no. He never got married.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Because, you know, these come from Sorrento, these are Italian.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Right. That's what I can't understand.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14He wasn't a traveller at all or anything like that.
0:45:14 > 0:45:20I'm pretty sure these are made in around about the 1940s, 1950s,
0:45:20 > 0:45:21and made in Sorrento,
0:45:21 > 0:45:25renowned for its carving work and its inlay work.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29Good tourist pieces of the day, so this isn't a rare set, or half set.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I'm sure there's some more knocking around, but they are hand-carved.
0:45:32 > 0:45:37- Brilliant.- So, there's got to be some out there.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39The condition is absolutely perfect,
0:45:39 > 0:45:43apart from the little cross missing on the castle there, but otherwise,
0:45:43 > 0:45:47look at the quality of the carving when you turn these figures around.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- Look at the king and queen. You see the folds in her dress.- Yes.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54- Isn't that stunning?- The bun at the back of her hair. Beautiful.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58- The bases are made of black walnut, can you see that?- Yeah.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00- OK. That's grown in Italy.- Right.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03I'm pretty sure this is a boxwood, or it might be a poplar,
0:46:03 > 0:46:07but it's a good soft wood, a nice easy soft wood to turn and carve.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Oh, right.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12But the detail on the pawns, because every one's different,
0:46:12 > 0:46:16and on normal chess sets they're all the same, aren't they?
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- The pawns are, yeah.- It's a shame it doesn't have a lot of age.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22That's the only thing it's got going against it.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- And the fact that it's a part set!- Yeah.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28- Oh, dear.- I think we can put these into auction
0:46:28 > 0:46:30with a value of around £100 to £150.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34- OK.- Keep the reserve at £80.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36- Right. OK. Yeah. That's fine. - What do you think?
0:46:36 > 0:46:40Yeah, that's absolutely fine, because I don't really want them.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Why do you want to sell them anyway?
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Because it's half a chess set, basically!
0:46:44 > 0:46:48- It's a silly question really, isn't it?- And I don't play chess. Yes.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51I used to love playing chess with my father.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Thanks for making my day with these, because you know I like my woodwork,
0:46:54 > 0:46:58I love my treen, and this is right up my street. It really is.
0:46:58 > 0:46:59Thank you very much as well.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed
0:47:02 > 0:47:03for the success of the chess set.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08Now, Kathleen and Ralph have brought in an interesting piece of jewellery
0:47:08 > 0:47:09for Will to have a look at.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13Thank you for coming along today and bringing a lovely piece of jewellery.
0:47:13 > 0:47:14It really caught my eye.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Is this something you've bought? You collect jewellery of this type?
0:47:17 > 0:47:23Yes, I do, but I bought it off me brother, about...26 years ago.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26We might as well get to the point. What did you have to pay him for it?
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- £50.- Sounds all right, doesn't it?
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Do you know what it is and what it's made of?
0:47:31 > 0:47:33I know it's 15-carat gold.
0:47:33 > 0:47:34You're right. It is gold.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37- Blue enamel.- Blue enamel... - Diamonds.- Diamonds.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38I'll get me coat.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Let you take over!
0:47:40 > 0:47:44You're dead right. Diamond-centred sort of star
0:47:44 > 0:47:47to the top of this wonderful blue enamelling.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I love that sort of deep blue.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53And then you've got this very sort of intricate sort of gold wirework
0:47:53 > 0:47:54around the central panel
0:47:54 > 0:47:58and then you've got this sort of polka-dot border, again,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00which is rather attractive, isn't it?
0:48:00 > 0:48:03And it's good, the condition it's in,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06because as soon as you get the enamel either cracked or chipped,
0:48:06 > 0:48:10then it's really quite a difficult job to get it repaired.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13A lot of the time the firms that repair enamelling, a good tip here,
0:48:13 > 0:48:16are sort of car badge manufacturers or restorers
0:48:16 > 0:48:19because a lot of the old car badges were enamelled, you see.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23If I turn it over, we can see that it's stamped 15-carat
0:48:23 > 0:48:25and then in this glazed panel at the back
0:48:25 > 0:48:28we've got a sort of plaited matt of... You know what it is?
0:48:28 > 0:48:30- Hair.- You're right, hair.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35That's typical of mourning brooches, which is a little bit, you know,
0:48:35 > 0:48:37some people don't really like the idea
0:48:37 > 0:48:40- of wearing jewellery with sort of dead person's hair in it.- No.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I like it. I mean, do you wear it?
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- No.- You don't?- No. - Where does it live?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- In the drawer.- In the drawer. What made you buy it from your brother?
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- Cos I liked it!- You liked it for the back of the drawer?
0:48:52 > 0:48:56- I think I wore it about three times. - OK. Well, let's start in the centre.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00- We've got a diamond, reasonable size, about a quarter of a carat.- Yeah.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03The diamond in the middle's got to be worth £100 on its own.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07And the rest of it, the gold value, is probably another 100 on top,
0:49:07 > 0:49:12- so I would say put it in at sort of 200, 250, that sort of figure.- Right.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14- Would you be happy with that? - Yes. Yeah.- Yeah?
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Are you going to buy yourself more jewellery?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19I see you have a wonderful cameo brooch on your turtleneck.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22No, it'll go to me grandchildren.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24One's studying to be a doctor.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26- OK.- And the other one is in the last year of teaching.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28So the one studying to be a doctor
0:49:28 > 0:49:31- will be straight down the student bar.- Yes.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34We know what these doctors are like, and nurses, they know how to party.
0:49:34 > 0:49:39- Well, look, we'll recap. We've agreed on a £200 to £300 estimate.- Yes.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43- We'll reserve it at that. Can I put a bit of discretion on that reserve? - Certainly.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44- Good. 200 with discretion.- Yeah.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48And let's hope we get it away for you on the day. I'll see you there.
0:49:48 > 0:49:49- Thank you very much.- Not at all.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52The Victorian mourning brooch is going off to auction
0:49:52 > 0:49:54in this part of the programme,
0:49:54 > 0:49:57along with Bill and Jenny's knife and mystery object.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01We've got Patricia's Eastern European vase.
0:50:01 > 0:50:06And the wooden chess set, which I thought was absolutely fabulous.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10The commission here for buyers and sellers is 15% plus VAT.
0:50:10 > 0:50:15But if an item reaches more than £500, it's 10% plus VAT.
0:50:19 > 0:50:20First, we've got Bill
0:50:20 > 0:50:24and his grandfather's rather unusual collection of items.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- Bill and Jenny, it's great to see you again, in your civvies.- Yes.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31- Without the regalia.- Instead of having my mufti on, as they say.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Michael's picked out this Swedish pocket knife
0:50:34 > 0:50:37and the mystery object... which is a scarifier, really.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41I think it is, yes, yes. Having done a bit more homework on it,
0:50:41 > 0:50:45after the valuation day, but I still don't think you can get into it.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47I think that's a minus point, isn't it?
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- You can't have everything. - No. No. No.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54Since the valuation, you've had a chat to the auctioneer, haven't you?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56And we've had the reserve removed.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59We thought, "What are we going to do with it if it doesn't sell?"
0:50:59 > 0:51:01It'll just go back into a drawer
0:51:01 > 0:51:04and there it will stay for goodness knows how long.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06It should make its money, whatever.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09The knife alone should bring it into a reasonable price,
0:51:09 > 0:51:10I would have thought.
0:51:10 > 0:51:11Well, I tell you what, Bill,
0:51:11 > 0:51:14we're going to find out right now what it's worth
0:51:14 > 0:51:17because it's going under the hammer. Good luck.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21We have a 19th-century Swedish barrel army knife,
0:51:21 > 0:51:23together with a case scarifier.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27I have commission interest here at £20 anyway. £20 I'm bid, 20.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Any advance at £20? I'll take two surely. 20.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32And two now surely. 20. Two. Five I'm bid.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Jeopardy of no reserve, isn't it?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36At £25. And selling. Make no mistake.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38It's against you all at £25.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42Last chance. 25, and selling at £25.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46- It's gone.- OK. - It's £25 I didn't have before.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47Exactly, I suppose so.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51When you look at it on the bright side, the cup's always half full.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Yes. I think a collector's got a lovely start, maybe,
0:51:55 > 0:51:56to a collection there.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59But I would have liked to see it make a little bit more
0:51:59 > 0:52:02but it's gone, it's gone.
0:52:02 > 0:52:03It didn't do very well,
0:52:03 > 0:52:06but I don't think Bill and Jenny minded that much.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10Will the Victorian brooch fare any better?
0:52:10 > 0:52:13I absolutely love this next lot and I bet you do as well.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16It's real quality and hopefully that's going to shine through
0:52:16 > 0:52:18and reflect in the value.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20- Kathleen and Ralph, it's great to see you.- Thank you.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23It's so stunning, it shouldn't be called a mourning brooch.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26I love that Prussian blue. No-one else in the family wants it?
0:52:26 > 0:52:29No. Me daughter or me granddaughters don't really want it.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32And she's over there now. Fussy taste, that's what it is!
0:52:32 > 0:52:35You're right about the mourning brooch sort of angle because, yes,
0:52:35 > 0:52:38most people think mourning brooches, certainly the Victorian ones -
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- black and, you know...- Dour.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44Exactly. But this is that sort of neoclassical mourning brooch
0:52:44 > 0:52:47where they started to use those enamels, those nice bright enamels,
0:52:47 > 0:52:51seed pearls, diamonds, so, fingers crossed, someone here will buy it.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54And at £200 to £300, it's worth every penny, isn't it?
0:52:54 > 0:52:56Let's see what this blue gem does.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01There we go, it's a gold, diamond and enamel oval mourning brooch
0:53:01 > 0:53:04and I must go straight in at £120 bid.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- That's good to start with.- At 120.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10Where's 130? 120. 130.
0:53:10 > 0:53:11140. 150.
0:53:11 > 0:53:16- Come on.- 160. 170. 180. 180 still with me. At 180.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20All done now? Last chance at £180.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22All done at 180.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- Not sold.- He didn't sell it.- Unsold.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26Unsold.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30It's the mourning brooch thing, when you read it in the catalogue.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32I mean, I thought it was worth 200.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34I still think it's worth 200.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36- So do I. - Yeah. So I would say to you...
0:53:36 > 0:53:38I'll have to wear it again, then, Paul.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41- Yeah! Why don't you do that?- I will.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Oh, go on, cos you're very stylish.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46- It would suit you, and all your friends would be envious.- I know.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Next up, it's Patricia's vase, which she hopes with make enough money
0:53:50 > 0:53:54for her and daughter Erica to enjoy a slap-up meal.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Got to say, you both look absolutely fabulous, really glamorous.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01- Thank you.- Done us proud. Well, I look a bit scruffy today!
0:54:01 > 0:54:04- I haven't even got a jacket or tie, Paul!- That's unusual for you!
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Mind you, it is really hot outside.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10- It's too warm.- Good luck, anyway. Good luck. Here we go. This is it.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15The Zsolnay, Pecs double-gored, shaped vase
0:54:15 > 0:54:17with the reticulated body.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20There you go, an Arabesque and green-yellow glaze decoration.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22It's got the look.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26I've interest here and will go straight in at 38, 42,
0:54:26 > 0:54:2945, £48 I'm bid. 48, I'll take 50.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31I hope that'll creep up.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35£50, my commission is clear at 50. Any advance on 50? Five behind, 55.
0:54:35 > 0:54:40At 65, I'll take 70. At 65, 70 surely?
0:54:40 > 0:54:42- 70.- This is what we want, a little battle in the room.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46£80 in front, at £80 and selling at 80 by the doorway, at 80.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51Any advance now? At 80. £80, and selling to you at £80.
0:54:51 > 0:54:56- £80, it's gone.- Oh, lovely.- That's going to come in useful, isn't it?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59A nice lunch and another bottle of wine!
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Room for two more?
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Well, we haven't got time to join Erica and Patricia
0:55:04 > 0:55:07but it sounds like they'll enjoy spending the money.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12It's my turn to be the expert and I've got a big smile on my face
0:55:12 > 0:55:15cos I've been thinking of you, Sandra.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17A few weeks now since we did the valuation day,
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I can't stop thinking about that wonderful chess set that I valued
0:55:20 > 0:55:22and I did say to you, you know,
0:55:22 > 0:55:24on a good day this could fly away, couldn't it?
0:55:24 > 0:55:28- That's what you said.- And I'm still thinking that, do you know that?
0:55:28 > 0:55:29I know I've got to be positive.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32It might not fly away but I tell you what, it's going to be sold,
0:55:32 > 0:55:35and even if it sells for £150 you'll be pleased, won't you?
0:55:35 > 0:55:37I will, if it sells for 150, yes!
0:55:37 > 0:55:39- You thought it would be worth about £20.- That's right.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43- Cos there's only half of it there. - Yes.- Shall we watch this go through?
0:55:43 > 0:55:44- Yeah.- Here we go, this is it.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Italian half chess set.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50And we've got four telephone bids,
0:55:50 > 0:55:55in Portugal, Holland, and Germany and Denmark amongst other places.
0:55:55 > 0:55:56Did you hear that?
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- Interest from Portugal, Holland, Germany and Denmark.- Really?
0:55:59 > 0:56:02I'll go straight in at £220.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- Never!- £220 I'm bid here. At 220.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07- That's a great start. - In the room at 220.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10With you, Charles, at 220. 240 if you wish.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- OK.- 240. 260.- 280, sir?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15280. I have 300.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19- Yes.- 320. I have 350.- 380?
0:56:19 > 0:56:21- Yes.- 380. 400.- Is that 420?
0:56:21 > 0:56:23- Yes.- 420. 450.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26- 480. 500.- Is that 520? Yes.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29- 520. 540.- Never!
0:56:29 > 0:56:32- 560. 580.- I can't believe it.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35- 600. 620.- Never!
0:56:35 > 0:56:38650. And I'm out. My commission bid at 650 is out.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40At 650 on the first phone.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43- 680.- Oh, my.- £700.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46A lovely moment. This is what auctions are all about.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47I can't believe this.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50780. 800, David?
0:56:50 > 0:56:53- 800. And 20.- 820!- 850.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- 850. 880.- Sir, 880.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58I can go to Italy now for a holiday!
0:56:58 > 0:57:00HE LAUGHS
0:57:00 > 0:57:01Hasn't finished yet.
0:57:01 > 0:57:031,100. 1,200?
0:57:03 > 0:57:05No. 1,100. 1,100.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07I'll go to the third phone, Ruth.
0:57:07 > 0:57:091,200.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12Is that a bid? 1,200. 1,300, Charles?
0:57:12 > 0:57:141,300. 1,400, Ruth?
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- 1,400. 1,500?- 1,500, sir?
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- No. - No. £1,400 on the third phone.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Last chance in the room. At £1,400.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25I'm going to kiss somebody in a minute.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Watch out, it might be you, Paul!
0:57:28 > 0:57:301,500. 1,600.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32- 1,600.- I can't believe it!
0:57:32 > 0:57:351,800. 1,900, Tom?
0:57:35 > 0:57:37I'm shaking, do you know that? I'm actually shaking.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41I'll take 2,200. Yes? 2,200. 2,400?
0:57:41 > 0:57:44On the fourth phone at 2,200.
0:57:44 > 0:57:48Never too late in the room. Come along, don't be shy. At 2,200.
0:57:48 > 0:57:502,200.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53- Yes!- Yes!- 2,200. - APPLAUSE
0:57:53 > 0:57:55Absolutely brilliant!
0:57:55 > 0:57:58That's what it's all about, moments like that.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02- I can't believe it! - That's what love to see.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05Oh, Sandra, I'm ever so excited for you.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07I'm ever so pleased because we dream of these moments,
0:58:07 > 0:58:10and what a surprise, what a shock for you.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12- It's absolutely brilliant. - That sums up our day, doesn't it?
0:58:12 > 0:58:16What a fantastic day. Sandra's going home very happy. I hope you're happy.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19I hope you've enjoyed watching the show but sadly we've run out of time
0:58:19 > 0:58:23and I think Sandra's going off to do some celebrating now.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26Yeah, and some shopping, I think! Get the credit card out.