0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today, Flog It! comes from one of the most beautiful parts of the world.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09We're in North Wales, and just look at that for a backdrop.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Now we're off to Bangor to find some antiques and, boy, have we got a show for you!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40The university plays an important role in the history and the identity of this marvellous city.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44It was built in 1884 with funding by local quarrymen who volunteered
0:00:44 > 0:00:48some of their wages to provide a better form of higher education.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Today, we're at the university's Pritchard Jones Hall where this massive crowd of people
0:00:52 > 0:00:57are all eager for knowledge and of course the answer to one very important question, which is?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59ALL: What's it worth?
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Coming up, the jet-set attitude to selling at auction.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Will I see you both at the auction room?- Unfortunately, no.- Why?
0:01:06 > 0:01:11- My sister will be in Rome.- Spending the money in advance, then!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And we get a glimpse of how the other half lives in Mark's house.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17We don't eat the same as we used to, Paul.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21We now have much more informal dinner parties, swigging glasses of wine.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Champagne and oysters in Mark's house, isn't it?- Well, you know...
0:01:25 > 0:01:31The two experts leading the team here today in Bangor are Welshman Mark Stacey...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33He's delighted to be back in his home country.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37He has a great love of antiques and always makes the most of the fun.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Quite colourful. Do you have it up on the wall?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- No, we don't.- No, I don't blame you!
0:01:44 > 0:01:50He's joined by Adam Partridge who not only uses his broad knowledge to pick the right items,
0:01:50 > 0:01:55but also has a sympathetic ear for the unusual stories we come across.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Oh, that's nice, isn't it? - It's lovely, isn't it?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Adam kicks off with a couple whose names are easy to remember.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10- Paul and my wife Pauline.- Paul and Pauline. That's a good start already, isn't it?- Corny but true!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12It's easy to remember anyway.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I was instantly attracted to this on a number of levels.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- It's a wonderful shape, that streamlined shape.- Very sporty.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I can imagine a cad driving it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Absolutely. Are you a motoring enthusiast?
0:02:27 > 0:02:34My goodness, yes. Since I was probably about three, I should think, I've been very lucky with cars.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I've had everything from a Mini to a Rolls-Royce.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Have you? And what do you make of all this, Pauline?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Well, he's very fortunate because he married a petrol-head wife as well.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Oh, really?- Yes.- Excellent. So you share that passion?- We do.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49We've got hundreds of model cars and Dinkies.
0:02:49 > 0:02:56But one of the reasons I brought it in today was I've never seen anything made out of Bakelite.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57- You've never seen one of these before?- No.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Well, that's really fortunate because I have.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03In fact, I sold one in my auction room about three or four months ago.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Oh, brilliant.- So I know quite a bit about it which is quite unusual.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Well, you're the expert!- Firstly, where did you get this one from?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Is it something you bought recently?
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- Absolutely not. It was a birthday present from my parents when I was about three.- Right.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21There's a tiny hole in the front...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I'm trying to do my maths here.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- In the '40s?- About 1948, I think.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I used to pull it round the garden on a piece of string,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34but my parents were very poor and one of the reasons I brought it in today,
0:03:34 > 0:03:40I'm wondering whether it could be new in 1948 or whether it pre-dates that.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I think it pre-dates that.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- So have you any idea?- It looks 1930s.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Typically 1930s. It's got that real Deco streamlined shape of the 1930s.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It's a wonderful shape, yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And on the back you've got the mark of Codeg, C-O-D-E-G.
0:03:56 > 0:04:04- Now, is that British or not?- It is. It stands for Cowan De Groot and Co,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08which they shortened into Codeg and they were a British toy firm.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12In fact, they still are retailers of toys now, I believe,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15they're still in the toy business. They're not called Codeg now.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21They're back to Cowan De Groot as they used to be, but that's why it's called a Codeg car.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27Made of brown Bakelite. They also did a cream model as well, which would've been pretty swish.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It's very Poirot too. You could see him in it.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34That's right, yeah. So you want to know what the one I had made?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Indeed I do.- And me!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38The one I had was damaged.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42We only estimated 20-40 because of the damage, but it made 95.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- It's obviously worth £50-£80. - There is a piece missing, though.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51I have a dim recollection there might've been a Perspex windscreen.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55The windscreen's missing, so I think we go with a 50-80 estimate.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- How does that sound? - That sounds absolutely fine.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Is that all right? - Yes.- And a reserve of 50?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- Yes.- You don't want it to be under-sold. That'd be heart-breaking.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Yes, because you've kept it all those years.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Now, of course, it's not a massive sum of money, £100.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11It's probably not even enough to fill up your Rolls-Royce, is it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:16- Not these days. - So I shan't be asking what you're going to do with the money.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- Well, my wife always treated me, so I'll treat her and put it towards a weekend in Paris.- Excellent.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27What a fun thing, and for Bakelite, it's in pretty good condition.
0:05:27 > 0:05:33My find next - a fabulous Art Nouveau rose bowl owned by two sisters.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Now, let me get the names right. Christine and Sandra?- Correct.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- And you look like sisters as well, don't you? You dress still like sisters.- Oh, yes.- So whose is this?
0:05:41 > 0:05:48This belonged to our great uncle, who was the canon of Bangor Cathedral.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54- Really?- Yes.- When? - In the late 1950s, early 1960s.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57And was this a leaving present of some sort, do you think?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01It probably was, yes. We don't know who it was given by.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05We have thought about keeping it, but I don't think we'd do it justice.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08What do you do with it? It's like the World Cup! We are the champions!
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- We'd need somewhere to display it. - It's WMF. You know it's WMF?- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18The company was formed in 1880 in Berlin in Germany, and it was a merger of two existing companies.
0:06:18 > 0:06:25By the 1900s, they were the leading manufacturers and exporters of metal ware,
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- and sold all over the world. And the company's still going strong today. - Is it really?
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Yeah. If it doesn't say WMF, it normally has a little ostrich. That's still the same thing.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Albert Mayer is the top designer to look out for.
0:06:37 > 0:06:44When you mention WMF to people, you think of the Art Nouveau images of the sort of naked female form...
0:06:44 > 0:06:48you know, gorgeous women with flowing hair in lovely poses.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52They're the ones that fetch big money and...
0:06:52 > 0:06:54a lot of them are made in silver.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Unfortunately, the down side is this one is silver-plate, and you can see that just there - EPNS.
0:07:00 > 0:07:08That's electro-plated nickel silver, OK? So it's unfortunately not solid silver. It's just a silver plate.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11It's got its original glass liner as well.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16That's good because you can get reproduction liners made to put back
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- because the glass just broke, it was so fragile.- Yes, of course.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Secretly, my heart is tell me it's going to do around £300,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28but my gut feeling is it might wobble at around £250.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Right.- £200.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36And I'd love to put it into auction with a valuation of £150-£250, if that's all right with you.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- That would be fine, yes. - And we'll put a reserve of £150.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Brilliant.- Will I see you both at the auction room?
0:07:42 > 0:07:48- Unfortunately, no.- Why?- My sister will be in Rome.- Oh, very nice!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Spending the money in advance, then!
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Well, we really are going to need the top end, then.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00Next, Mark meets Valerie who's brought in a little family heirloom.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05We've got a little bit of a savoury item coming up, haven't we, Val?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Yes.- This lovely cruet set.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10What are you doing with such a grand-looking object?
0:08:10 > 0:08:16It was my father's, possibly my grandmother's, and when my father died, I kind of took it on.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18You took it on. You've got a bit of a Scottish accent there.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- I have, yes.- And we see that there's a Dundee name there as well,
0:08:22 > 0:08:28- so it's all indicating that it might be Scottish, actually.- Oh, good.- So is it something you use regularly?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32No, I'm afraid not. I'm more the kind of plastic tub of salt and the mustard jar.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- You can wash it up easily without all the polishing.- Absolutely, yes.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39It's really rather nice. We've got two little pepperettes,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44two little table salts, and then the little mustard with the spoons.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46So you've had it quite a long time?
0:08:46 > 0:08:52It was my dad's and I've had it for ten years, since he died.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Living in a cupboard?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Living in a cupboard, unfortunately. - It's a shame, isn't it?
0:08:56 > 0:09:03It used to get put out, the mustard pot, when I was a child. I remember seeing that, but not the whole set.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Well, in fact, it is hallmarked, each piece of silver,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- but it's not Scottish.- Oh.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- It's hallmarked in Birmingham. - Right, OK.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- 1902, so it's Edwardian.- Nice, nice.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Just over 100 years old, and it's very much in that Edwardian style.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24It's sort of reminiscing, reviving if you like, the sort of
0:09:24 > 0:09:30Georgian period where you had very neo-classical shapes with little festoons and things like that,
0:09:30 > 0:09:35and this is very typical of a style which would have been sort of 1790.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Right.- But this is 1902.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39If we were putting this into auction,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43I would probably say somewhere around about the £100 mark.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- 80-120.- Yes, yes.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- With a reserve of £80.- Right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53- I would probably say fixed reserve, so we don't sell it under £80.- Yes.
0:09:53 > 0:10:00You've had it for ten years. It's been in your family before that. Why have you decided to flog it today?
0:10:00 > 0:10:06My father was quite grand and would have quite liked to have seen it being used, and I never use it
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- so it seems silly... - Time for it to go.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Yes, someone else can maybe enjoy it and actually put it on a nice table.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Absolutely. Well, I think it will appeal to a private buyer cos it's all there in its case,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20which is always very nice, but also it will appeal to a trade buyer.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Someone who specialises in buying and selling silver,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28so let's put it into the sale and we'll see you at the auction, and fingers crossed.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Quite right. No point leaving something so nice in a cupboard.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Time to remind ourselves what's on the way to the sale room.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44Adam picked out the Bakelite car because he recently sold one in his own auction house.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I chose the beautiful Art Nouveau rose bowl.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Shame it's plate, not silver, but then it has got its original liner.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58And Valerie's cruet set caught Mark's eye,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03so let's hope it does the same in the sale room and the bidders like it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10The auction house is Rogers-Jones and Co, Auctioneers and Valuers, just along the coast in Colwyn Bay,
0:11:10 > 0:11:15and we have owner David Rogers-Jones himself selling all of our lots.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17First up, it's the Pauls -
0:11:17 > 0:11:21me, Paul and Pauline - and their Bakelite car.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26Now, I've just read in my notes, this was your birthday present when you were three years old.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Oh, you can't sell something like that! ..Would you sell that?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I'm very sentimental so probably not.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34No, nor would I. I really wouldn't.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36My mum would go absolutely mad.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41I've got that many cars all over the house and in the loft,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44but this was unusual and I thought it might appeal to you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- It did. I love it.- A gorgeous shape.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Here we go. Good luck, you two.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Paul, Paul and Pauline!
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- How about that?- I feel a bit out of place.- You do, don't you?
0:11:55 > 0:12:01- A Bakelite Codeg open-tourer sports car.- It's got the look.
0:12:01 > 0:12:07Doesn't need taxing, doesn't need insurance, and it don't need petrol.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11It starts with me at £80. At 80 I'm bid. Bid's on the book here.
0:12:11 > 0:12:17At 80, 80 bid. A typical piece of that period, Bakelite, wonderful.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- 85, 90...- Show us your money!
0:12:19 > 0:12:24£90. 95. 100 with me. At £100.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Five again. Five. 110, 110, 110 bid.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33My bid on the book. At £110, coming back?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36At £110, all done?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Well done, auctioneer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Paul really enjoyed himself then!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Teasing the extra money out of the bidders, yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I promised her a treat so I'll have to do it now, won't I?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50- What's it going to be?- Paris.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Ooh, very nice, very nice.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- But we shall probably buy another model car there!- I don't blame you.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00That's a good start. It sold over the estimate. Everyone's happy with that.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07Now I'm going to be tested with the German rose bowl, but where are the sisters?
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- So where is Mum? - She's gone to surprise my aunt.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- It's her birthday and they've gone to Rome.- Does your aunt live in Rome?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18She doesn't. She's just gone for a few days to celebrate.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19And your mum's gone out and tagged along?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yep, she's gone to surprise her. She didn't know anything about it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Well, she's missing this golden moment, isn't she?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Hey, what do you think of this? I think it's stunning.- It's lovely.
0:13:29 > 0:13:37Let's hope we get the top end, shall we? Good luck. Then you can get on the phone and tell her.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43Very, very nice WMF electro-plated with a glass liner.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46£320? £250?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Oh, he's pitched it high.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50£200? £200?
0:13:50 > 0:13:56- 100 I'm bid. £100. WMF.- Come on.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58At 100, 120, 120, is there 40?
0:13:58 > 0:14:05At 120, 40 anywhere? At £120, I'll take 40 quickly.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10At 120...everybody done? We need 150, don't we? £120. Cheap bit of WMF.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14At 120, everybody done?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17At £120. Miss on that, I'm afraid, at 120.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I'm so sorry, that's going home.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Oh, dear. Never mind.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25My grandmother would be pleased.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Maybe it's meant to stay in the family.- Maybe it is, yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Well, you've got kids. Maybe they're meant to have it.- That's it, yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Never mind.- Look, we tried our best.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35He was calling for 140.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39He would've probably sold at 140, used a bit of discretion,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42but I'm pleased we protected it with a reserve
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- because it's worth more than that. - It is, yeah. Never mind.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Get on the phone to your mum.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Actually, no, tell her when she comes back from Rome!
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Well, for now, it's staying in the family.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Well, so far, so good, which brings us to our next lot, and it's been in the cupboard for about ten years.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Can you guess what I'm talking about? Well, probably not
0:15:05 > 0:15:09because most of our lots have been kept in cupboards for ten years!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12It's the five-piece cruet set. Never, ever thought of using it?
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Well, I'm not really posh enough to have a silver cruet set with miniature teaspoons.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21You know, it's lovely but it's not something I would really use.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23No, it's got all the bells and whistles.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- It's a showy piece. - It is nice. It's a showy piece.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Yeah, and you'd think it would worth an awful lot more than 80-120, but I guess nobody wants them.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33No, we don't eat the same as we used to, Paul.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36We now have much more informal dinner parties
0:15:36 > 0:15:39where we sit around the table with our friends, swigging wine...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Champagne and oysters in Mark's house, isn't it?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I wouldn't like to comment, but I do live near the sea!
0:15:45 > 0:15:50348, the cased, five-piece silver cruet set with spoons,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Bristol-blue glass liners, Birmingham 1902.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Rather nice, £100?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59100. 100 I'm bid. Thank you, sir.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Ooh, 100 bid.- 20 anywhere?
0:16:01 > 0:16:06At 100, 100 bid, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Oh, wow, this is brilliant.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13180, 190... 190 bid, out at the back also.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16This could be going to a local hotel or something, couldn't it?
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Anybody else coming in? At 190... 190, all done?
0:16:21 > 0:16:26What a surprise. There's us playing it down, saying no-one wants them!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Well, there's a lot of grand houses here.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31There's a lot of posh, big Victorian houses.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34A lot of guest houses and a lot of hotels here, so that's the market for it.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Maybe they'll get us round for dinner.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42That's more like it. We like to see people go home happy.
0:16:42 > 0:16:49When we return later, Mark recognises the telltale sign of a Flog It! devotee.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I know it's silver cos it's got the little lion on.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- That's right. You've been watching Flog It!- Yes!
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Beautiful Gwydyr Castle. One of the finest Tudor houses in Wales.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09Nestling in the glorious vale of Conwy in the foothills of Snowdonia,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12it is a true delight, a fantastically romantic place.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Just the sort of house that I absolutely love.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25A house like this just echoes of the past. The walls permeate history.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You can't help yourself. You want to touch them and soak it all up.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30It was once a fortified house.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33The castle was the ancestral home of the powerful Wynn baronets,
0:17:33 > 0:17:39a significant family in North Wales throughout the Tudor and Stuart period.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45The house has evolved over the centuries, but it's full of character and charm and atmosphere -
0:17:45 > 0:17:48all the perfect ingredients for a fairy tale.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55This modern-day fairy tale started in 1994 when a young couple,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Judy Corbett and Peter Welford, followed their dreams.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Throwing caution to the wind, they bought Gwydyr with the money
0:18:01 > 0:18:05they raised from the sale of an inherited cottage and a bank loan.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11It was totally dilapidated at the time, a crumbling ruin with a wild, overgrown garden.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15With the help of the Welsh Historic Monuments Agency,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20they started what will probably end up being their lifetime's work - its restoration.
0:18:20 > 0:18:28A restoration project this size is a huge undertaking. In fact, it's a mammoth undertaking.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31But Peter and Judy are totally focused and committed.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37They love architecture, they love history, and with that combination, they've succeeded so far.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39It's a beautiful, beautiful castle.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I'm going inside to catch up with Judy to find out all about it.
0:18:46 > 0:18:52I've got to say, I'm full of admiration for you both. What was it like when you first came here?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Um, it was pretty derelict, yeah.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Roofless in parts, horses and chickens living in here...
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- Really? In this particular room? - Yes! It was really quite bad,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05and obviously there was no plumbing or wiring to speak of.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08There's one particular tale I know you haven't mentioned yet,
0:19:08 > 0:19:12and that's how you did a bit of detective work on your dining room.
0:19:12 > 0:19:19Yes, that's been a very interesting journey for us, really. It began just after we moved into the house.
0:19:19 > 0:19:26A neighbour turned up with a sale catalogue... The sale of the contents of the castle from 1921.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Basically, it transpired that William Randolph Hearst,
0:19:31 > 0:19:37who you'll know as Citizen Kane in the famous film, had bought two rooms at the sale here in 1921.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42The rooms had been destined for San Simeon in California, the castle he was building for himself there.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46We started doing some detective work and gradually traced the room
0:19:46 > 0:19:51to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and that is where we found it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Was it on display or was it just in storage?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57No, it was actually still in its packing crates from 1921.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- So he'd never done anything with it? - Never done anything with it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01So were they pleased to sell it back to you, then?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Well, it took us two years to negotiate with them,
0:20:04 > 0:20:09and we went over to New York to see the room, in fact, and went to this extraordinary warehouse.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13There in the middle of it was our panelled room, and they literally
0:20:13 > 0:20:16just gave us a hammer and chisel and said, "Go ahead and open the crate."
0:20:16 > 0:20:21And the most astonishing thing was, when we started opening the crates and saw this amazing room,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25it still smelled of Gwydyr after all those years, 75 years.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Oh, well, only you know what that smell is, really.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- Yeah, well, it moved us enormously just to have that piece of...- Did you have a tear in your eye?- I did.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Can I have a look? Do you mind? - Absolutely, yes. Follow me.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Gosh, here we are.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Wow! I love the carvings, I love the trailing ivy.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54When was that carved? When was this made?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The panelling was made for this space in about 1640 for Sir Richard Wynn,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01and then it's been embellished and played with a little bit over the centuries.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Was the leather panelling part of the package out of the crate as well?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Yes, when it came back from America, it was completely black.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09We took advice from the V&A
0:21:09 > 0:21:12and they said the best thing to clean it with is spit,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14so we spent six months, I'm afraid,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and, a lot of spit later, it now shines.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20But we both ended up with very bad sore throats at the end of it.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Oh, dear, I can't imagine you spitting at that.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- THEY LAUGH - Spit and polish... I guess that's where the saying comes from.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Exactly. - What a wonderful tale.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Is there anything else you're looking out for?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Yes, we're now looking for a second missing room.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37William Randolph Hearst bought two rooms from Gwydyr in the 1921 sale
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and we're now looking for the oak parlour, which is also missing.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45But sadly... We think it's in America somewhere but we just don't know.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- It had obviously got sold to a different owner.- Yes.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51It was disassociated from this room, which is the dining room, so yes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Fingers crossed.- Indeed, yes. - Let's hope it's not in some ranch house in Texas.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01I know! That would be a disaster and a sadness for Gwydyr, but I hope we're able to get it back.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Good luck.- Thank you. - Thank you for showing me around. - My pleasure.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15It's time to see what else our experts have discovered at Pritchard Jones Hall.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Mark's with Robert and Margaret, but what have they brought with them?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Shall we reveal... Put us out of our misery? Oops.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Well, that's rather glitzy and glamorous, isn't it?- Yes.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Now, do you comb your lovely white hair with this, Bob?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Yes.- Every day.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- 100 strokes at night.- Yes!
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Where has it come from?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Originally from my grandparents.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- Right.- And it's been in a cupboard ever since, more or less.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- You don't...?- Well, I used to use it when I first had it, and then
0:22:45 > 0:22:50it needed cleaning all the time, so it just went back in the cupboard, and that's where it's been...
0:22:50 > 0:22:55It's really rather sad, isn't it, that we do these sort of things, but unfortunately it's one of
0:22:55 > 0:23:00those antique items which really is just completely useless for modern-day living.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Yeah.- It's just not practical any more.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07What we've got, of course, is a dressing-table set, and almost complete.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09We've got the lovely mirror,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13the two brushes, the two side brushes, even a little nail buffer.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17We are missing a comb, which would have gone in the little slot
0:23:17 > 0:23:20at the back there, and we might have had a little manicure set with it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Tortoiseshell and silver, absolutely charming-looking item.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30The only bits, really, of the set that are fairly commercial these days are the hand mirrors.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33The rest of it, people just don't want, which is such a shame.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Yeah.- And if we take the mirror out, it's quite simply made.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37This is sheet silver,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40which has been made in a mould,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42which is then wrapped round a filled centre.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46People have rubbed it where they've handled it. And the glass is put in,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50and the tortoiseshell backing was put in with the silver inlay already put in there.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56And it's quite a nice, quite a weighty object, but that's not solid silver like you'd expect it to be.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57It's really such a shame,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01because you could imagine a rather grand family owning this.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Have you looked at the hallmarks?
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I know it's silver, cos it's got the little lion on.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- That's right. You've been watching Flog It!, haven't you?- Yes!
0:24:08 > 0:24:10LAUGHTER
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It has. It's got the lion for sterling silver.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16It's also got a leopard's head for London and a date code
0:24:16 > 0:24:23for 1922, 1923, so really... kind of an Art Deco period.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25And when you look at it, you've got those very straight lines.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28You've got the Edwardian shape but then these lines
0:24:28 > 0:24:32of silver in the tortoiseshell which slightly raise it to Art Deco.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33I love it, I have to say.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It's just the value.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38To be honest, to be brutally frank with you,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42if we're putting this into auction, we'd be looking at something like...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46£80 or so. £60-£80, with a reserve obviously.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50We'd put a reserve on it of £50. It might, you know...
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Because of the combination of tortoiseshell and silver,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56it might just do a bit better.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00And you've had it for all these years. Are you not sad to see it go?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Oh, yes, I'm sad to see it go. - We're sad to see it go.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Yes, I am, but it's in the cupboard, we'll never use it, so...
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Time for somebody else to enjoy it. - Mm.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Beautiful items, but Mark's right.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16There may not be much of a call for them these days.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Adam's next, with Mike and Gwyneth, who have a remarkable tale.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Gwyneth, you look lovely with that hat.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Oh, thank you very much.- It's a very bonnie hat, isn't it?- Too true, yes.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Down to business. You've brought this fascinating-looking weapon in.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38It's clearly of some age, early 19th century by the look of it,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41so we've got no issues with its legality.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- Where did you get it from?- Well, in 1962, when we got married,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48we moved to this house in Prestbury, Cheshire.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Oh, that's round the corner from me.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55In those days, they had a septic tank in the garden, so we dug a hole
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- to make a septic tank... - Oh, right, yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03..and this virtually came out. Anyway, I just put it in a box,
0:26:03 > 0:26:08- took it in the house and forgot about it for about five years.- Yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Then, five years later, I went up to Scarborough and I went to a customer
0:26:13 > 0:26:17who was an engineer and also a gunsmith as well, and he kept it for a year.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- Yeah.- I went back and said, "Have you done anything with the pieces of gun I brought?"
0:26:21 > 0:26:23He said, "Yes, it's all done."
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- How much did he charge you to put it together?- Nothing.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Did he tell you about it at all?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31He did mention something, but quite honestly it's such a long time ago...
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Did he say Spanish? - I was just about to say, I think it might be Spanish.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It looks like a Spanish flintlock to me,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and this sort of decoration on the barrel
0:26:40 > 0:26:42indicates that as well, I think, a little bit.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45So I think early 19th century, probably Spanish,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47walnut with brass fittings.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51What it's going to make nowadays? It's quite a tricky one.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Yes.- Because it's had a few things happen to it,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58had replacement parts, et cetera. I think if it was all original it'd be quite a valuable firearm.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04- I think so.- I think it would be probably £1,000, £1,500 worth.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08As it is, though, I'd be tempted to go a lot lower. What do you think?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- 150 quid?- I was saying 150, plus. - Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- You thought that, didn't you?- Yeah.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I think that should probably be our reserve, shouldn't it?
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Estimate £150-£250, and if it goes and makes a lot more, then I shall be embarrassed, won't I?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Well, I'll be very pleased.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- What would you do with the money? - I would like to take my wife away somewhere nice and hot.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- He's romantic! - Thanks very much for coming.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- I hope it goes with a bang. - Yeah, cheers.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36What an interesting story, and what a find!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39With the current price of gold, it's no surprise
0:27:39 > 0:27:44that Mark is interested in Arthur and Karen's gold watch and chain.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49You've brought in a very typical item that we see quite a lot of on Flog It! What's the family history?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It belonged to a great uncle of mine
0:27:52 > 0:27:56and he passed it down to my father, and my father passed it on to me.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- It's been in the family a while, then, Arthur.- Yes, it has been.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03But you don't wear it now, I suppose, do you?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06No, I've stopped wearing waistcoats, you see, so...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- He used to look very handsome in it. - Oh, did he?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- I bet. It's a bygone era, though, isn't it?- Yes, it is!
0:28:11 > 0:28:13There are three parts to this item.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15You've got the pocket watch,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18which is an open-faced watch, but it's not gold.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20It's gold-plated, which is quite typical.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Most people had a retirement gift
0:28:23 > 0:28:26and if you were a very expensive factory,
0:28:26 > 0:28:31you got it in 18-carat gold, and if you weren't, you got it in gold-plated or even silver.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Then you've got this lovely chain, which we refer to as an Albert,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37and then you've got the little sovereign hanging on it as well,
0:28:37 > 0:28:40so there are two constituent parts.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44You've had it for quite a long time. Why have you decided to sell it?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Well, it's coming to...- It just sits in the drawer, doesn't it?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Yeah, it does sit in the drawer now,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54and I've no-one to hand it down to that's really interested in it.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59- So get the money and spend it on something you want. What would you buy if you made a lot?- I don't know.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- New golf clubs.- Yes, yes, well, I'm sure he'd share it with you. But I don't know how much golf clubs cost,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08you might be terribly disappointed, but I've been looking at values.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09I have weighed this.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13The chain itself weighs about 50g and it's about £6 a gram.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16It's nine-carat gold.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So we're looking at a scrap value of around £300.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23The sovereign of course is worth around £100 or so,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25so as an auction estimate
0:29:25 > 0:29:29I would put the little package in at £400-£600.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32It could well do a bit more, because obviously that's the scrap weight,
0:29:32 > 0:29:35and then, just to protect it, a reserve of 400.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38If someone really wants it, it might get to the middle of the estimate.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- Would you be happy to sell it for that?- Yes, I would.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- And do you golf as well?- No, I garden.- Well, I think I'm with you.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I can't see the point of it, can you?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Not really, no. But when you're getting on, you need the exercise.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Oh, tell me about it, tell me about it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Now I'm getting old, I could afford an electric golf trolley now.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- MARK GASPS - He's got it all planned out.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- He knows what he's going to do. - Yes, definitely.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Well, that sounds like the money is already spent.
0:30:04 > 0:30:11Before the sale, let's find out what auctioneer David Rogers-Jones makes of Mark's choice.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16This is an absolute cracking lot. Mark did the valuation of this.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18He's put £400-£600 on it.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Wonderful watch and also gold fob chain with a full sovereign.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- It should do that. - It should. It's lovely quality.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30We just felt, Paul, that the watch being rolled gold
0:30:30 > 0:30:33pulled the whole thing down a little bit.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Had it been an 18-carat gold watch, fine, OK.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38And because the sovereign and the chain...
0:30:38 > 0:30:41it's got two swivels, it's got a T-bar.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- That has to be worth three to four. - Yeah, and it stands on its own,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47without the watch, so, rightly or wrongly, we split it.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50No, I think you're right, actually, because somebody might have
0:30:50 > 0:30:55a wonderful full-hunter or half-hunter and they might want that chain and fob.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00We have customers just for Alberts, and very often they're not interested in the watch, so it should be OK.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02OK, so you've divided them into two lots.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04What are you putting on the fob and sovereign?
0:31:04 > 0:31:10On the watch chain and fob and the sovereign, £350-£400.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- OK. Discretionary reserve of 350. - Yeah, it's top-quality.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18And I guess, on the watch, you're looking for around £40-£50.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Yes, £40-£50. It's just a rolled-gold watch, fairly standard, Paul, so, um...
0:31:23 > 0:31:27But it still makes up the £400-£600, yes, so I think everyone's happy there, don't you?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34There's just time for a second look at what our experts have picked out to take off to auction.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Mark was taken by the boxed silver and tortoiseshell dressing-table set.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Let's hope it gets the attention it deserves.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Adam spotted the pistol.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50It's not only a nice item, it delivered an interesting tale, too.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Mark's final item was the gold watch and chain with sovereign attached.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58With gold doing so well, there's no point in it just sitting in the drawer.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02First up, an elegant reminder of a bygone era.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07This next lot smacks of real quality.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11It's a combination of tortoiseshell and silver, and it's a wonderful little vanity case.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15- It belongs to Robert and Margaret. Is that right? I got the names right?- Yes.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Now, this has been in the family a long time, hasn't it?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- It was your grandmother's, was it? - Yes, my grandmother's.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Why are you selling it? It's not a lot of money.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24£60-£80 is what we're looking for.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It's been in the cupboard, we're not using it.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Well, thank goodness in a way it's been kept in the cupboard.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34That's its virtue cos it's complete and the condition is absolutely fabulous,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- and there's no fading to the tortoiseshell, is there?- No.
0:32:37 > 0:32:38There's no cracks, absolutely nothing.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42I'd like to see what the collectors think because it is a collectible...
0:32:42 > 0:32:48- It IS collectible?- Yes, but they are a minority and I just hope they're here in this packed saleroom today.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Absolutely. They do go for the mirrors more than anything else.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- Yes.- The brushes not so much, but the mirror's in good condition, which is a bonus.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Let's find out if they're here. It's going under the hammer right now.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04The silver and tortoiseshell seven-piece dressing-table set,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06London 1922.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09You've even got the buffer still there. £80?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- £50? 40 I'm bid. 40.- Come on.
0:33:13 > 0:33:1650 anybody? At 40, 50. 50 bid.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19That's good. That's a sensible start.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23At 50 in the room, 60 anybody? 60, 70, 70 bid.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Well, we're getting there.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28At 70. 70 bid, 75?
0:33:28 > 0:33:3075, and again now.
0:33:30 > 0:33:3275, one of you?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34One more. Come on, get it up to 80.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36£75. Everybody done?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38At 75, online the bid.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Final call at 75...
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- That was a good bid, the top end of the estimate.- £75.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- Quite pleased with that. - That's good, isn't it?- Yeah. - That'll help with the decluttering.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50It's a meal out, isn't it? Let's face it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55- After commission and paying for the petrol to get here, but a bit of fun.- A bit of fun.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59OK, it's not a fortune, but I think they enjoyed themselves.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Next, Mike and Gwyneth's pistol, a find from their garden.
0:34:03 > 0:34:09In the firing line right now, we've got Mike and Gwyneth with that early-19th-century pistol.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11We've got a valuation of around £150.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Let's hope we get it. A great story involved here because you dragged this out of the ground, did you?
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Well, no, we dug it out of the ground when we tried to make a septic tank.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21- Great story, isn't it?- Oh, yes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:27- How did it end up there?- Someone hid it there one day. I wonder why.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31- Some highwayman or something.- Yes. Yeah, hiding the evidence.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37It's now down to the bidders here in North Wales to decide exactly what this one's worth. Let's find out.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40The brass and mahogany Turkish pistol.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I normally view these with a bit of disdain,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45but this is a very, very nice-quality one
0:34:45 > 0:34:49and it's got lovely patina on it, both on the brass and on the wood.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Starts with me... Well, I'd like to start it at about 180.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55150? 120 I'm bid. At 120. 120 bid.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57120, 120,
0:34:57 > 0:35:02140, 140, 140. Is there 60?
0:35:02 > 0:35:06At 140, 160, 180, 180, 200.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- 200 bid. 200 in the room. - They like it.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- I'm liking it more.- You're liking it!
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Lovely quality, at £200.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Anybody else coming in? All done. On my right, the bid, seated.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21£200 and going...
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Well, that was a good day's work, wasn't it? £200 from out the ground.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Well done. Good digging!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Everyone's happy with that.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I think David, our auctioneer, may have done the right thing
0:35:33 > 0:35:36splitting the gold watch from the chain and sovereign.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38We'll find out now.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Arthur and Karen, it's good to see you.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45We're here just in time because your lot is about to go under the hammer.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- The auctioneer has decided to split the watch from the gold fob chain with the sovereign.- Yes.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54Which he says is a good idea because not many people would want the watch,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57and it puts the value up of the fob and chain,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00so we're going to find out. First to go is the watch.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04This is nervy. It really is nervy, cos we're starting with the one with the least value.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07It would be really nice to start with the fob and the sovereign,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- then think, "Yes, we've got 500 quid or something."- Well, you know...
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Then anything's a bonus.- Things can only get better, Paul, after this.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- I think there's a song there. - I think there is.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Let's find out what the bidders think, shall we?
0:36:21 > 0:36:25The Dennison Star rolled-gold pocket watch with a white enamel dial.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Bid me 50?
0:36:27 > 0:36:3025 I'm bid. 30, anybody?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33At 25, 30, 30 bid. Five I'll take.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36At £30 only... Five, 35, 35 online.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- Come on, come on.- I'll take 40. £35. 40 if you like. Everybody done?
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- Oh, Arthur.- Before it goes at 35...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47It's gone at 35.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49That's kind of what we imagined.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53Yeah, I think I would've left it with a mixed lot and just be done with it and let someone sort it out.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59- We thought more 25, so it's better than that.- Well, at least we're not disappointed, OK?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Next to go under the hammer, we've got that wonderful fob with the sovereign.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06We're looking for around £400 for that, which would be really nice.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08It's going under the hammer now.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11This is a lovely parcel,
0:37:11 > 0:37:15so we've ended up with a gold sovereign, 1912 in a mount,
0:37:15 > 0:37:19nine-carat gold graduated double Albert,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23two swivels, T-bar, and the total - 60g.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- The suspense!- I've got two identical bids on the book...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- What's he going in with? - ..of...wait for it...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30£510.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Start at 510.- £510!
0:37:33 > 0:37:36510 I'm bid. At 510...
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- The panic's over.- It can be 20, but that's what it's got to be.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44At 510, if there's no advance on that, then it has to go at 510,
0:37:44 > 0:37:49and the rule is it's the first bid lodged in the saleroom.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Any advance before it goes at 510?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It's sold. Yes!
0:37:56 > 0:38:00510, plus the original 35,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03so that's really good, isn't it?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Gives us £545. Got to be happy with that.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Thank you for bringing that in, and you were right all along, Mark.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Well, it was great. Well done.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14I'm really pleased for you, actually. I'm delighted.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17What a lovely end to a wonderful week here we've had in North Wales.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I hope you've enjoyed the show.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21There's plenty more surprises to come on Flog It!
0:38:21 > 0:38:24because, as you've just seen, it's not an exact science.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Anything can happen in an auction. See you next time.