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