0:00:03 > 0:00:08During the 18th and 19th centuries Truro was described as the London of Cornwall
0:00:08 > 0:00:11due to it being the centre of high society in the county.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Well, today we're hoping for it to be the centre of profit
0:00:14 > 0:00:18as for one day only Flog It is at Truro Cathedral.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41What a great turnout we've got! OK, it might be raining,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43but that won't dampen our spirits
0:00:43 > 0:00:46and I'm really eager to see what's inside all of these bags and boxes
0:00:46 > 0:00:49because there might be something really valuable.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Our experts today are David Barby and David Fletcher.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54It is Team David! Well, it is now 9.30,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57it's time to get the doors open because all of these people
0:00:57 > 0:01:00are eager to ask a very important question, which is?
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- ALL: What's it worth? - Let's get them inside.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07David Barby, known as The Master, has got to the top of his game
0:01:07 > 0:01:11since his interest in antiques started at just 12 years old.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- Oh, my goodness me! - Let's hope he lives up to his superhero name today!
0:01:21 > 0:01:25David Fletcher has only ever worked in the antiques business.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Does he growl or squeak?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30His first sale included eggs, produce, poultry and livestock,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32but he's come a long way since then!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It's academic because it doesn't do either!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39It's all about your antiques and collectables on Flog It.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And what a programme we've got for you today!
0:01:42 > 0:01:47As if the two Davids wasn't enough, things get even more complicated.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- I'm surrounded by Davids here. David, our expert as well! - Good name.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56There's a bronze plaque that gets David Fletcher very excited.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00This is something of a discovery, really. It's a very rare item.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04And I value a glass bottle that was fished from the sea.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07You know what people do after they've had a few?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- Yeah.- Straight in the mud.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11# It overtakes me
0:02:11 > 0:02:13# It overtakes me
0:02:13 > 0:02:15# It overtakes me... #
0:02:15 > 0:02:19So many people are seated inside now,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22which means an awful lot of antiques to look at.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24We'd better get on with the work!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28And it looks like David is first at the tables. David Fletcher, that is.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32And David's sharp eyes have find Joy and a very bright pair of vases.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- Art Deco.- Yes.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38This sums up the Art-Deco style to me this type of decoration,
0:02:38 > 0:02:45boldly potted shapes, bright colours, geometric designs and these fit the bill. Who are they by?
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- Shelley, I believe.- Shelley. Right, let's we'll just have a little look.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52And indeed they are by Shelley,
0:02:52 > 0:02:57one of the best second-division potters.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Do you know what this type of ware is called?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- No.- Well, it sometimes gets called Harmony Ware,
0:03:01 > 0:03:07but in the trades they more often refer to it as dribbled ware,
0:03:07 > 0:03:12and I understand that Eric Slater, who was working in the Shelley factory,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17was fiddling about in his workshop one day as potters do
0:03:17 > 0:03:23and entirely by accident produced this dribbly sort of glaze,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26which ran from the top of the pot to the bottom by mistake.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29In other words, it was unstable, it didn't fix,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34but nevertheless he liked it and he stuck with it.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Do you like them?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39They aren't what I would choose for myself,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43but inasmuch as they've come through the family
0:03:43 > 0:03:49from my great aunt first of all, onto my parents and now to me...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51So they do have a sentimental value?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Yes.- Right.- They're cheery.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- I suppose there is something about them that's...- Uplifting.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58- Yes, there is.- Yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02You'll find you're talking yourself into hanging onto them!
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- No! They were down-lifted this morning from the top of the dresser in the kitchen.- OK.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10They were thoroughly scrubbed from cobwebs and they'll stay down now.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12OK.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17They're not worth a huge amount of money, I think it's only fair to say that,
0:04:17 > 0:04:23- and I wouldn't put much more than £30 to £50 on this pair of vases. - Right.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Had you hoped for a bit more?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I didn't know what to hope for, to be honest,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31but, you know, it's as well to do something with them.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Yeah.- I don't think my children would want them.
0:04:33 > 0:04:41- No.- So, yeah.- £30 to £50 estimate. Can we sell them without reserve?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Yes.- Jolly good, that's what I like to hear.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- See you at the sale. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49So the vases are all cleaned up and ready to go off to auction.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55The same can't be said about all of the items we get in on our valuation days!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57That's absolutely fascinating, isn't it?
0:04:57 > 0:05:02When you get down low you can see the iridescence of the glass, look, the light shining through it.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05There's quite a lot of fractures there, isn't there?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yeah, a lot of barnacles.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10There's a lot of age. What's its story? How did you come by it?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11My partner brought it home.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15He was working on a boat taking divers out on the Scillies
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and it was too rough to go and dive wrecks,
0:05:19 > 0:05:26so they went down in the harbour at St Mary's and they pulled up about 10 of these bottles.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Wow!- And he brought one home for me.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- That was a good catch of the day! - It was.- So everyone went home happy. - Everybody had one, yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- All these are hand-blown.- Yeah.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- And these are 18th-century wine bottles.- They're lovely.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Yeah, most inns and taverns back then were actually
0:05:41 > 0:05:46by the side of harbours, in dock sides or on canals because that was the only means of transport.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Yeah.- And, of course, that's where the population gathered
0:05:49 > 0:05:52and you know what people do after they've had a few?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- Yeah.- Straight in the mud.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Which is good in one aspect because the mud, the silt, the clay
0:05:58 > 0:06:01has preserved many 18th-century wine bottles.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I mean, obviously it's bad in other aspects because it's very dangerous.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Yeah.- I'm not sure whether this is English or Dutch, to tell you the truth.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- This is what I would call a mallet-shaped wine bottle.- OK.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15You see lots that are onion glass, they look like an onion,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17you know, with the spout coming out.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22This is a straight-sided one with a long neck, but there's an applied rim here, you see that?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yeah.- That's called a string rim.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32- And, now, that detail was put on to wine bottles in 1740 to around 1760 and then it changed.- Oh, OK.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36So you can date this to around about, you know, 40 odd years.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Brilliant.- Which is quite nice. - Yeah.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39But it's got the look
0:06:39 > 0:06:42and that's what the decorators and the collectors like.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Good quality ones that are sort of onion shaped or mallet like this
0:06:46 > 0:06:48leaning to one side with clear iridescence
0:06:48 > 0:06:51can fetch around £600 to £700 if they're dated
0:06:51 > 0:06:59because lots of gentry had their own wine bottles with an armorial on and a date,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02which you could then take back to the inn to get it refilled.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Oh, OK.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09They're worth in excess of sort of £1,200 if they're dated and in good condition.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Now, what's the value of this one?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I think it's worth in the region of 100 to 200.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- OK.- Possibly the high end.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- I'm happy with that.- You're happy with that? You don't mind selling?- I don't mind selling.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25OK, let's put it into auction then with a value of £100 to £200
0:07:25 > 0:07:28and hopefully we'll get a little more than that top end.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- That would be great. - What a lovely find.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And the lovely finds just keep streaming through the doors.
0:07:37 > 0:07:43David Barby's been hard at work and has unearthed a compact that belonged to Doug's mother.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Can you remember whether your mother was a sort of... happy lady in her day?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Did she go to lots of dances and things like that?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- I'm sure she did. - She had a good lifestyle.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Very stylish, fashionable lady.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Because this is a very stylish piece.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04I look at this and my immediate thought is probably Hollywood 40s,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08but since it's your mother it's probably going to be a little bit earlier, is it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I would say '30s.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12To the '30s.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Let's say it was still being used in the '40s.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I think we're somewhere between the two.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25What I like about this is that it is sham shagreen.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31In other, words it's imitation sharkskin and it's a sort of enamel decoration onto a gilt metal
0:08:31 > 0:08:37and you could just imagine this being sort of swung backwards and forwards
0:08:37 > 0:08:42when somebody was going off to the powder room or dancing.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Indeed.- And it's a multiplicity of uses, isn't it?- It is, yeah.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50So when we open it up, and it's just a simple clasp like this,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52we've got a fitted interior there.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- This has hardly been used because this is the.... - I think it's never been used.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04- This is the original indication for stamps and this is imitation match case there.- Yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- So, these would be for cigarettes. - Yeah.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And in here.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Striker.- Striker and spent matches, I would think.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17And spent matches. That's quite good.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19And what do we have on the other side?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- You have the...- Oh, isn't that good?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The powder and the rouge.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- The rouge.- And that was used?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- The powder.- The powder and a little
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- plastic comb.- Yes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And then what does that say?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43"For your favourite lipstick," so your lipstick there.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- It is absolutely complete even down to the little powder puffs.- Indeed.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's quite good.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52These objects are quite desirable.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Anything to do with vintage fashion is sought after
0:09:55 > 0:09:59and young girls tend to spend quite a bit of money on these
0:09:59 > 0:10:03bearing in mind if they bought something original today from leading brand names,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05they'd pay a fortune,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10so they're looking for these sort of vintage retro pieces which they can still use today.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- Yes.- I noticed on one of them there's a name - Park Lane.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Yes.- Now that was the retail brand name
0:10:19 > 0:10:23for this object which was made abroad.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26So let's think in terms of value.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32If we got the right people at the auction probably £100, 150.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35We've got to box clever and put it at a price that will attract people
0:10:35 > 0:10:39and I would have thought something in the region of between 75 and 100.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Sounds fine by me.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- So, if we put a reserve of 75 on it?- Yes.- Would that be agreeable?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- It would. - I shall keep my fingers crossed.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Me, too.- Doug, thank you very much for bringing it along.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51And what's so good,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55you've got the original little sort of baize container.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yes. Well, my mother was like that.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Would she have made that or did it come like that?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02No, no, I'm sure that's how it was bought.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04And that would be put into a suitcase and...
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- And into a drawer.- Right.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Yeah.- And your wife doesn't like it? She would not use it or...?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13She wouldn't use it. She likes it, certainly, as do I, but...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16But what can you do with it? That's the point.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- No, no.- Except put it in the cabinet and look at it.- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- That's the reason for selling it. You've got no use for it whatsoever.- No.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Oh, well, I think let the younger generation have their fun with it. - Yeah.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28We'll soon find out
0:11:28 > 0:11:31if the younger generation agree with David's valuation
0:11:31 > 0:11:33as the compact is about to go under the hammer.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40It's joined in this part of the programme by the scrubbed-up Harmony vases
0:11:40 > 0:11:44and the not so scrubbed-up 18th-century wine bottle!
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Yeah! Do you know, I wish I could relax like this all day long in the Cornish sunshine,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but unfortunately I can't because there's work to do.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03We're going to up the tempo and put our valuations to the test
0:12:03 > 0:12:08and we're the guests of Jefferys Auction Rooms right here in the picturesque town of Lostwithiel.
0:12:14 > 0:12:20Please do remember if you're buying or selling antiques in auction, there is commission to pay.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22That's how they make their living and pay for all of this.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25It does vary from saleroom to saleroom.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Here in Lostwithiel today it's 15% plus VAT,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32so do factor that in to the cost of the thing you are buying or selling,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36and the information is always printed in the catalogue.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41The locals have come out in force for this antique and modern furniture and effects sale.
0:12:41 > 0:12:47With over 1,000 lots to get through, auctioneer Ian Morris has certainly got his work cut out.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50OK, something for all you Art Deco fanatics.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53We've got a pair of Shelley vases belonging to Joy
0:12:53 > 0:12:56with a valuation of £30 to £50 and no reserve at the valuation day,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01but I know the auctioneer called you and said, "We'll put a £30 reserve on these."
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Fingers crossed.- Fingers crossed we get that.- We'll see.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Here we go, let's find out what the bidders think.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09What say quickly? £50 a pair?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11£30 the pair?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16£20 I'm bid. At £20. At £20 I'm bid. I'll take five to get on.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19At £20. 22, then. 25. 28. £30. 32.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22At 32. The bid's in the middle.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25At £32 I'm bid. I'll take five now. At 32.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Come on, come on, come on. We are struggling a bit.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30We are there, £32.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33At 32. Five or not? We're done at 32?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36At 32 to 428.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Sold it.- It didn't exactly fly away.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40No, no. We've sold it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45They've given everybody else the same impression that they give my children, so...
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- What, get rid of them?- Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I don't think they're that bad and somebody obviously liked them,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56but will there are also be someone out there interested in Clara's antique bottle?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It's my turn to be the expert
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and I'm trying to make money out of something salvaged from the Scilly Isles.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03- Good to see you again, Clara.- Hi.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07I just hope people see the virtue in something from the 18th century.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- It's a lovely bottle.- Mm.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Yeah.- I'm worried, though.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I am really worried.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15It's got to make £100, surely!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It's got to make £100, that's the reserve we've got on it,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20so fingers crossed, that's all I can say.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23It's not an exact science, but we'll find out what the bidders think.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27It's 18th-century free-blown glass bottle there
0:14:27 > 0:14:29in distressed condition,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31but you would be if you were that old.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35What do you say for that very quickly? Can I say £100 away?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39£50 I've got. At 50. At £50 I'm bid. I'll take 60 now. 60. 70.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41He's got a bid on the book, look.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43At £80. £80. 90, now?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45At £80. £80. At £80. 90 now?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47At £80 I'm bid. 90 or not?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50We're done at £80.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Thank you, can't quite sell it at that price. Thank you.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- I'm ever so sorry.- That's all right.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- It's worth £100, so I'm pleased we protected it with the reserve.- Yeah.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03That's important, it didn't go for nothing.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- It's going home.- That's all right. - Look after it.- I will.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Well, that is disappointing, but I still stand by my valuation
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and I think that's a real piece of history there.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Will David Barby be saying the same thing after Doug's compact goes under the hammer?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Good luck, Doug, that's all I can say.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Going under the hammer now is that wonderful compact from the 1930s.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Sort of a faux shagreen, isn't it? It's really nice.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29It's really bright green rather than a dull green.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33I think we'll get the money on this. It has the look, doesn't it?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Well, it has great appeal, that period, sort of 1930s, movies, it's very good, yeah.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Here we go, it's going under the hammer.- The lady's compact.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Can I say £80 away? £50 away?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48£50 I'm bid. At £50 I'm bid, the compact. At £50 I'm bid.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I'll take five to get on. 55. £60.
0:15:50 > 0:15:5165. £70.
0:15:51 > 0:15:5475? 75. At 75.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- It's sold, Doug.- Good.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00At 75. At 75. The bids to my left at £75.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'll take 80 now. At £75 I'm bid. 80 or not?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Are we all done at 75, then? I'm selling at the £75.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- Yes!- Oh, that's good.- Well, done.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- It sold!- I'm pleased with that.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I bet you are. That's really good, isn't it?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Yes.- Spot on, good valuation, David. - Thank you very much.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Coming from you, Paul, that's remarkable!
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Doug, thank you very much. - And thank you. Thank you. - Thanks, Doug.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Right on the money, David, and the compact has kept everything looking rosy here in Lostwithiel.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32If you've got any antiques and collectables you want to sell, we would love to see you,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35but you've got to come to one of our valuation days
0:16:35 > 0:16:39and you can check the details in your local press or you can log onto -
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0:16:44 > 0:16:47and hopefully we'll be coming to a town very near you soon.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50That's the end of our first visit to the auction room.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53We are coming back later on in the show, so don't go away
0:16:53 > 0:16:57because I can guarantee one or two big surprises that will make you smile,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59but before we go back to the valuation day
0:16:59 > 0:17:03to join up with our experts to look for more antiques to sell,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I took a closer look behind the scenes at our magnificent venue.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25You might think Truro Cathedral looks like one of the great cathedrals of the mediaeval period
0:17:25 > 0:17:27and you'd be right...sort of.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Because during the Victorian era when it was built,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the Gothic revival was in full force.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40At its height, Gothic revival encompasses everything from furniture to architecture
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and here you can see the evidence of the movement, can't you?
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Wonderful high pointed arches which replaced sort of the softer Norman round arches
0:17:48 > 0:17:53and, of course, these wonderful great big stone cluster columns.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58But why did the Victorians embark on such a major building project in the first place?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06For 800 years Cornwall had been administered from Devon,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10but in 1877 when the Cornish diocese was re-established in Truro
0:18:10 > 0:18:13a mother church for the new diocese was needed.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15It was decided a brand new one should be built.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Well, most of it was brand new.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28There'd been a parish church of St Mary's on this site ever since 1257,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31although it was rebuilt in the 16th century,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33but what the Victorians did in their wisdom was
0:18:33 > 0:18:37instead of knocking down St Mary's to build the new cathedral,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40they actually incorporated it, as you can see here,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43into the new structure so it's a wonderful piece of conservation.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48And look how clever the designers were.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51They married the older architecture of St Mary's aisle
0:18:51 > 0:18:53to the specially designed addition
0:18:53 > 0:18:56with a beautifully crafted join in the roof and ceiling.
0:18:56 > 0:19:03This mix of Victorian innovation, traditional design and skills is evident throughout the cathedral.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08And here is the high altar, it's the focal point of any church or cathedral.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10It's where Holy Communion is celebrated
0:19:10 > 0:19:14with the sharing of bread and wine representing Christ's great sacrifice,
0:19:14 > 0:19:20but the backdrop behind the high altar here at Truro Cathedral is truly, truly magical.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Just look at that. It's known as a reredos.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29It's carved in Bath stone by Nathaniel Hitch, a man at the top of his genre.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33He made Bath stone do what it shouldn't do, because it really does come alive.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35The whole thing depicts biblical scenes,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39but the two that I'm drawn to and that anybody is drawn to here,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41are the central panels.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46There's two, one at the top, Christ sitting on the high altar
0:19:46 > 0:19:50above Christ here below, suffering on the Cross.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Your eyes drift, you go to one or you go to the other,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57you keep swapping backwards and forwards, you see the two at the same time.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Now, that is very clever.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09I tell you what, you can't walk around Truro Cathedral without admiring the stained-glass windows.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14I defy anybody that because they are truly quite amazing. Look at that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17They make your eyes gravitate upwards towards the heavens,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20and I guess that's what it's all about.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24This was the largest stained-glass project ever commissioned in the world
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and it was done by the master studios of Clayton & Bell.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And when you look at the rose windows you can see
0:20:30 > 0:20:33they really are breathtaking.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Another important part of any cathedral is the organ
0:20:44 > 0:20:48and, as with most of the impressive features in this building,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50the organ is one of the finest ever made.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Good sound, good sound.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07This organ was built by possibly one of the greatest, Father Willis,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12and it was transported to Cornwall by boat as the safest means of transport back then.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17It was installed in the cathedral in 1887 when only a third of the cathedral had been completed,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21but it was installed, as you can see, in its own purpose-built vault
0:21:21 > 0:21:24cleverly designed by the architect, Pearson,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27because it really does allow the music just to be thrown out.
0:21:27 > 0:21:33And considering Willis only had the plans to work from, the cathedral was only a third finished,
0:21:33 > 0:21:38when it was fully completed nothing had to be altered, and it's never changed since.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42And it still sounds as good today as it did back then, so take it away.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00What an amazing place and what a wonderful treat to look at
0:22:00 > 0:22:02while you're waiting for a Flog It valuation.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Well, it really is super to be back home here in Cornwall.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I'm ever so excited about this, and so is David Barby.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Look what he's spotted.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Victoria's brought in an intriguing ivory ornament.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Did you have... family in the Colonial service?
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- I didn't, but my husband probably did.- And this belonged to your husband's family, did it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Yes, it was from his family.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45So what's the history behind it? How did he acquire it?
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Well, all I know is that his family were living out in India
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and he told me that that was where it came from.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I can't tell you anything else, I'm really sorry!
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- So what part of India? - A place called Chittagong.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Chittagong.- If I'd done my homework, I could tell you what part of India that was,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05but I'm afraid I haven't even done that.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Well, this is not Indian, this is Chinese.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- Oh, right.- If you think of those...
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- very intricate carved cases where you put visitors cards in.- Yes.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21This is exactly the same sort of quality.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- Right.- This is superb carving that the Chinese excelled at.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31- Yes.- And if you look very carefully some of these leaves and flowers are actually undercut,
0:23:31 > 0:23:37- they're drilled through and then carved so you get these in high relief all the way round.- Yes.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- It's exquisitely done. Of course, this is a section of a tusk.- Yes.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46But you've also got to bear in mind this was probably purchased in Chittagong
0:23:46 > 0:23:53- because this type of carving was available throughout the Colonial areas.- Right.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59So, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, you would find this type of work available.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- It was a huge, huge industry.- Right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06This may well have formed part of a garniture,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10so these would have been on a mantelpiece with a central ornamental item
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and then two either side which could be used as spill holders.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Right.- Something as simple as that.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Or maybe peacock feathers as decoration,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22dried flowers or something like that.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Yeah.- The date of this,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- I think the date is towards the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century.- Right.
0:24:28 > 0:24:35- Of course with ivory now, people don't like buying ivory because of the conservation of elephants.- Yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37But we're looking at a piece that dates...
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- ..much earlier than this sort of consideration.- Yes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46The style of decoration is exquisitely done and therein its value.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49One or two interesting things I observed,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53first of all there's a very small hole down the side there
0:24:53 > 0:24:59and one wonders whether in fact it's finished up now as it started off life,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04because the little hole there is a pin which would probably have meant that it had a separate foot
0:25:04 > 0:25:06and we haven't got that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11- No.- I think this ebonised section is later than the original piece.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17Also, if you look carefully, this area all the way round the bottom,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19it's rubbed slightly smooth...
0:25:20 > 0:25:23..as opposed to the rest of the section here,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- so one wonders whether in fact there was another component down below. - Oh, right.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32So we're looking at a very well carved ivory piece
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- that might have started life off in a different format.- Right.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38As regards value,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42this is beautifully carved and I think at auction
0:25:42 > 0:25:46it will realise something in the region of about £100 to £150.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- Right.- That sort of price range.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I'd like to see it do more because of the amount of workmanship
0:25:52 > 0:25:55that is entailed in producing something like this,
0:25:55 > 0:26:00but I'm just a little bit concerned that it's now arrived in a different state.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Right.- You want to put a reserve on it, I would imagine.- Yes, yeah.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07I think we should put a reserve at 90.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- Right.- Is that agreeable?- Yes, OK. - You sounded slightly hesitant there.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- £100?- I know there's not a lot in that, but...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- We'll say £100 with discretion. - Right.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Well, let's hope we can do a little bit more than that for Victoria.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27This bronze plaque that Carol and husband, Ian, have brought along
0:26:27 > 0:26:31has got everyone excited, especially our expert, David Fletcher.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Now this is something of a discovery really,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36or at least a mini discovery, for us.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40It's by no means unique, but it's a very rare item.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Tell me a bit about it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Well, we won it almost 15 years ago now at a raffle,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51took it home and hung it on the wall and didn't really think a great deal more about it
0:26:51 > 0:26:56until probably four years ago or so and we did a bit of research on it.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Right, OK. So you didn't know who it was by at the time you won it?
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- We knew it was Eduardo Paolozzi. - Right.- But didn't really realise the significance of it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- You didn't realise how important he was.- No.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10No. OK.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14This is a three-dimensional flat representation,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18if you can have such a thing as a three-dimensional flat representation,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- but you know what I mean.- Yeah.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25It's a sort of maquette really of the famous piece of sculpture
0:27:25 > 0:27:29After Blake that stands in the forecourt of the British Library
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and, I mean, you knew at the time it was by Paolozzi
0:27:32 > 0:27:34and how did you know that?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38It came with this letter of authenticity with it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41OK, I'll just quickly read this.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46This obviously is on his own notepaper with the printed heading.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50"This is to authorise that the bronze plaque Newton After Blake
0:27:50 > 0:27:54"can be raffled for the Brenchley & Matfield Tennis Club." Where's that?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- In Kent.- In Kent.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57"This was executed by me
0:27:57 > 0:28:01"and a copy cast by Livingston Art Founders in 1995".
0:28:01 > 0:28:05It then goes on to say that "the original version of the sculpture
0:28:05 > 0:28:08"is being installed in front of the New British Library"
0:28:08 > 0:28:15and it's signed by Paolozzi himself, which is fantastic. Dated 1995.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Now, Paolozzi is an important man.
0:28:17 > 0:28:24He was Scottish of Italian parents who trained in London at,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I think I'm right in saying, the Slade
0:28:27 > 0:28:31amongst other art schools and had a workshop in London.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37It's bronze and it's patinated.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43The three-dimensional work itself of course is also bronze.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49Now, I suspect this isn't unique and therefore it will be possible to ascertain its value
0:28:49 > 0:28:53because we'll be able to make reference to comparable works that have been sold.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56We're going to have to do a bit of homework, really,
0:28:56 > 0:29:02but my view is that this is worth somewhere between £2,000 and £3,000.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07I know that similar editions in plaster with a bronzed finish
0:29:07 > 0:29:12have been sold recently and they made well into four figures.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15This has got to be worth more than that.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19But what I'd like to do, really, we don't always do this,
0:29:19 > 0:29:20in fact we very rarely do,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22but there's a case here to be said
0:29:22 > 0:29:25we'd like to take it in at an estimate of 2,000 to 3,000
0:29:25 > 0:29:30and then do a bit more research before we confirm that estimate
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and, more importantly, confirm a reserve.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Can I ask how much the raffle ticket cost?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- £1.- £1, gosh!
0:29:41 > 0:29:43"The draw takes place at Matfield Village Green
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- "on 22 July 1995, tickets £1 each." - £1.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- But you were generous, you bought more than one.- We bought five.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56- Five! So it actually cost you a fiver, not just a pound.- No. - You could argue.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Well, I think this is great and very exciting for us to find it.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03I won't ask you what you're going to do with the money
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- because you'll have quite a bit and could do all sorts of exciting things.- We could.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- But do you have anything in mind?- I think probably some house renovation.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- OK.- We might even do a small family holiday.- Oh, great. You could do a bit of both.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17We could.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Do you normally do the house renovation?- Yes!
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Right, so you're going to be spared this one, someone else will be paid to do it!
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- Indeed.- Quite right.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- OK, we'll go ahead on that basis, then. It'll be very exciting.- Yeah.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- I can't wait.- No.- I'll see you both there.- Look forward to it. - Thank you very much.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39Isn't that just incredible? I can't wait to see how that does when it goes under the hammer.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Now, from one great artist to another.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I just can't resist showing you something else that's on display here in the cathedral.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52A lot of the people that have turned up at our valuation day will possibly have some Royal Doulton,
0:30:52 > 0:30:57maybe modelled by George Tinworth, one of the greatest modellers in the potteries.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00What they might be unaware of is the fact that just behind them
0:31:00 > 0:31:03tucked away in a corner of Truro Cathedral is this.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07It was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11It's here now as a presentation to the safe return, it says here,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15of two loving sons back from the Boer War.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17But just look at that angry street scene.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19The whole thing does come alive for me.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23It's modelled in clay, but look at the relief of the characters.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26And there's Jesus, look, saying to this weeping woman,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28"Don't worry, everything's OK."
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Simon is being pulled out by his ear to help with the cross.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38But just look at the guards muscling people along, people jeering, saying this is totally wrong.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It's staggering, it's absolutely staggering.
0:31:41 > 0:31:48I just hope later on today we might have some George Tinworth, who knows?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Well, what a coincidence!
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Mary has brought in what looks like a Doulton figurine, but is that actually what it is?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Well, David's about to tell us.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Well, Mary, I've always wanted to meet a friend of Dorothy,
0:32:04 > 0:32:09- because this little figure is called Dorothy, is it not?- She is, yes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Where did you get this figure from?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13It's been in my family as long as I can remember.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I remember seeing it sitting on the mantelpiece.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- Oh, right.- And as a child, being told not to touch it, not to dust it,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24just to leave it alone, I could dust everything else, but leave that.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27So why are you contemplating selling it now?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30With a boisterous cat, I'm afraid it will get broken
0:32:30 > 0:32:33and it's not really something that I'm particularly keen on.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Right. Is it too fussy?
0:32:35 > 0:32:36A little bit, yes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41I think that's a problem with these ornaments now, they don't fall in line with modern taste.
0:32:41 > 0:32:47- Perhaps not.- You know, modern taste is more for Poole, Troika.- Yes.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49- Those sort of minimalist tastes. - That's right.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52And this is, I suppose, something of the '20s, '30s
0:32:52 > 0:32:56and I suppose my parents' generation, which would have been the '50s.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02This one was produced by Leslie Johnson who was a decorator with the Doulton studio
0:33:02 > 0:33:07in the '30s, '40s and he started producing on his own account
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and this one here is one of his productions.
0:33:10 > 0:33:17Very much in the Doulton style and there are collectors out there that collect Leslie Johnson figures.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23- Oh, right. - This one here called Dorothy is part and parcel of his studio productions
0:33:23 > 0:33:28and it's all beautifully coloured, all hand-painted decoration here
0:33:28 > 0:33:32and the modelling is very much on par with Doulton figures.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Now, Doulton figures aren't fetching as much as they used to.
0:33:35 > 0:33:42You know, I can remember the times, £80 to £100 and they've come down probably £40, £60.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46The last one we have on record that Leslie Johnson sold was £55
0:33:46 > 0:33:52and that was for a lady wearing a crinoline and lifting up the edges of the dress like this, you know,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55rather sort of pretty, and this is a pretty figure.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00- Yes, yes.- I think we're looking at something in the region of about £30 to £50 on this figure.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It's very little, do you still want to sell it at that level?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Yes, yes, I'm quite prepared to sell it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Will you get another ornamental object? Or spend it on the cat!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12I might spend it on the cat,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14or I might buy another jelly mould or teddy bear.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- Is that what you collect? - Jelly moulds, yes.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21- What sort, the stone ones or...? - No, glass ones. The stone ones are a bit expensive,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25I'm waiting for them to drop, but the glass ones are very interesting.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Have you got some with rabbits at the bottom?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31A large rabbit, a baby rabbit. Small ones with anchors in the bottom.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- So you've got a complete warren! - Oh, I've got a whole lot, yes!
0:34:34 > 0:34:37You should sacrifice this and buy more jelly moulds.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Thank you.- I don't know how many you'll be able to get though.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Well, no. I've only got a few hundred now.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Hundreds?- Afraid so! - So how do you display them?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48At the moment they're just stuck in a cupboard,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51but I'm looking for a cabinet so that I can show them off.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- Let's hope we sell this and you can buy a display cabinet. - That would be good.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Truro has turned out some truly fascinating items,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02but it's time to put our experts' valuations to the test once again.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Victoria's carved ivory ornament started off life as something else.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11We're not really sure what, but I hope it doesn't put the bidders off.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Mary's Leslie Johnson figurine survived her childhood unscathed,
0:35:15 > 0:35:20but now she's worried it'll get broken, so she's decided to sell it.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23And the most exciting lot of all is the Paolozzi bronze
0:35:23 > 0:35:28that was won in a raffle by Carol and Ian and I can't wait to see how that does.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33And neither can auctioneer, Ian Morris.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Great story, you won't believe this.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43It's a bronze plaque by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, wonderful architect.
0:35:43 > 0:35:51Sadly dead now. But it's inscribed with his name on the back with the date 1995 when this was won
0:35:51 > 0:35:55in a raffle at a tennis club and we valued this at £2,000 to £3,000.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Unbelievable, isn't it?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01That is, I must admit, a superb way to improve on your money
0:36:01 > 0:36:04investing £1 and getting, hopefully, towards £2,000.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07It's incredible, isn't it? And, hopefully, fingers crossed,
0:36:07 > 0:36:09the money is going towards house renovations.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14Which again is hopefully investing in the future to increase your money further.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Paolozzi would be pleased with that, being an architect, wouldn't he?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20He was into architecture, quite modernist,
0:36:20 > 0:36:27and, you know he would like modernising houses, renovating so, yeah, I think he would like it.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30At the time it was touch and go if they wanted to sell this,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34but they're happy to let it go with a fixed reserve of £2,000.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39I know their wishes and I know what they would like for it, so let's hope we get it for them.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44Will this get the top end or are you confident at just getting it away at the lower end?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- There is certainly interest.- Good.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53We've had purchasers in the room there having a look, so they do quite like the plaque.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56It's whether they put their money where their mouth is.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Well, it's now time to wave goodbye to Dorothy.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- I've been joined by Mary and it's that little Doulton-type figurine.- It is.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- You like this a lot, don't you? - Well, I like it, but I'm afraid of it being broken
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- with a boisterous cat around. - Who's this naughty cat, what's its name?- Basil.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21And I think Basil's white because you're covered in white hair!
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Yes, I'm afraid I am.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26He's very naughty this one.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Well, good luck. Good luck. - Thank you.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I hope we get the top end. It's a well sought-after figure.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- A good model.- It's an interesting figure and it's a nice name, Dorothy,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38because everybody knows an Aunt Dorothy or something like that.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- I think it's quite a comely figure. - Yes.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44That type of figure is not making great waves at the moment.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Fashions have changed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- OK.- "Comely buy me," that's what we need, isn't it? Good luck.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- That's what we need.- Here we go.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57The Royal Doulton figure, Dorothy. A studio production by Leslie Johnson.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00What do you say to that one very quickly? Can I say £60 away?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04£40 to start me.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06£30 I'm bid.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07At £30 the bids on the books.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11At £30. 35. £40. 45. £50.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At £50 the bid's with me.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17At £50. At £50. Five or not?
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Are we all done at the £50?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Buyer 802.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Top end of the estimate, yes!
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Oh, that's good! - Thank you.- Marvellous!
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- Very good. - Does the cat get the money? Are you going to treat the cat?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30- Might do.- Might do.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Might get him a few treats.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Dorothy's found a new friend.- Yes.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Yes, I'm glad of that.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Another happy owner on Flog It.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43If our next lot hits the valuation that David Fletcher expects
0:38:43 > 0:38:47it would make owners, Ian and Carol, very happy indeed.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51We've been waiting for this and hopefully it will be worth the wait.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56It's a name we are familiar with on Flog It, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, a wonderful architect.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Now, this item belongs to Ian and Carol and you got this from a tennis raffle
0:39:00 > 0:39:03and hopefully we're turning it into £2,000 to £3,000.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07That wonderful bronze plaque, limited edition.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12I came across this architect when we were filming in Scotland about six or seven years ago
0:39:12 > 0:39:15and we had this little tiny model that he made to give to the reps
0:39:15 > 0:39:19because he designed a lot of rubber flooring, industrial flooring,
0:39:19 > 0:39:24and this elephant, I put a value of a couple of thousand on it and it made it, even with the damage,
0:39:24 > 0:39:29so it's a name that a few people will really, really be determined to have,
0:39:29 > 0:39:33and I agree with the valuation, and so does the auctioneer, we had a chat.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35And this is bronze, Paul, not rubber.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38And not rubber and it's not an elephant, either, no!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41I think it's great. I love it to bits.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Two to three, hopefully.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Try to.- We're going to get that.- Wow!
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Why have you decided to sell now?
0:39:46 > 0:39:51I think we just saw Flog It in Truro and decided to bring it along and see what you thought of it.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Well, it certainly opened your eyes up, didn't it?
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Gives me a lot to think about.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I loved thinking about it, I loved looking at it, handling it.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Did a bit of research on it, as you know. It's an important name.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I love 20th century stuff. We don't see enough of it, do we, Paul?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07We're going to find out what the bidders think.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10This is the moment we have been waiting for.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Good luck, everyone. Here we go.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17I've got bids, got interest and I'm going to start at £1,500.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20At £1,500 the bid's on the books. At £1,500.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23At £1,500. The bid's with me.
0:40:23 > 0:40:261,600. 1,700. 1,800. 1,900.
0:40:26 > 0:40:282,000. Two one.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31At £2,100. The bid's with me.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35At £2,100.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37At £2,100. Two two or not?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41At £2,100. Two two or not? Are we done?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44At £2,100.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Buyer 814.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Yes, he sold it for £2,100. Got to be happy with that!
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Absolutely.- What a great result.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Spot on valuation, well done, David.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59- There is commission to pay - it's 15%. It's a lot of money, so enjoy it.- We will.- Thank you.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01That's made everybody's day.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Again, a spot-on valuation.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Will the ivory ornament, which is up next, make it a hat trick for our experts?
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Next, a touch of the Orient comes to Cornwall and it belongs to Victoria, who's joined me.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- And who have you brought along? - My husband, David.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- I'm pleased to meet you. I'm surrounded by Davids here. Our expert, as well!- Good name.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26I love this. We've got £100 to £150 on this wonderful carving, absolutely wonderful carving.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Yes.- Why are you selling this?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Well, we've a credenza full of other items which we store away
0:41:31 > 0:41:37and we just can't look at everything all the time and, really, things have got to go and...
0:41:37 > 0:41:40What I like about this is it's very tactile, you have to hold it.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Yes.- You have to turn it around in your hand
0:41:43 > 0:41:47like a Renaissance prince, you bring out these pieces and handle them.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49But if you've got too much, I quite agree with you.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- It's overbearing.- It becomes an obsession to hold on to it.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55There's no-one else to appreciate it as well.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Who do you pass it on to? They're not going to appreciate it.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- That's true.- I'd rather it go to someone who would appreciate it.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05And it's an acquired taste. A lot of young people are put off by ivory.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- That's very true. - But, anyway, I think this is lovely and it should find a new home.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14We're going to find out now. We can't do any more talking, it is down to this lot in the room,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17the packed bidders of Lostwithiel. Here we go.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21A fine 19th-century floral carved ivory on the ebonised plinth, there.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Nicely carved. I've got two bids and I've got to start at £200.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29200!
0:42:29 > 0:42:32At £200. 220. 240. 260.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34280. At 280. The bid's with me.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37At 280. 300 now.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40At 280. At 280. 300 now.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43At 300 on the phone. At 300. 320.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46At 320. 350?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48350. 380. 400?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Gosh, they love this.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- That's very good.- At 400 to the right and I'm out. At £400.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55At £400. 420 now?
0:42:55 > 0:43:02At £400 I'm bid. 20 or not? On the phone to my right at the £400.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Yes! £400!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06You've got to be so happy with that!
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Difficult thing to value. Well, done, you, for bringing it along.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- Good.- That's exciting, isn't it? - Very exciting.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Sadly that brings us to the end of a wonderful show in Lostwithiel.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21It's great to be back in my home county of Cornwall, I'll see my mum tonight!
0:43:21 > 0:43:24I hope you've enjoyed watching, so, until the next time, cheerio.
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