0:00:03 > 0:00:06Today we're in one of the smallest cities in Britain,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09but it's said to have the longest High Street in Wales.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15Its pier, Garth Pier is 1,500 ft long and it's Wales's second largest pier.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Where are we? Well, we're in North Wales in the small, but perfectly formed city of Bangor.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Well, for such a small city, I'm delighted to see such a large
0:00:51 > 0:00:55crowd gathering here outside Bangor University's Pritchard Jones Hall.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I can't wait to see what's in some of these bags and boxes
0:00:58 > 0:01:01because hopefully there'll be something really interesting
0:01:01 > 0:01:03that will bring some big results for our owners
0:01:03 > 0:01:06when we put them under the hammer later on in the show.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10There are surprises in store for some of our owners.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13You'd rather have the money than them stuck in a drawer?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Yes.- Or stuck in me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16And some of our experts...
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Tell me about yourself, first of all, where you come from?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobw llllantysiliogogogoch.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28So whose antique knowledge will we be testing here in Bangor?
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Heading the team are Adam Partridge, who gave up his studies in Oxford because he found himself more often
0:01:35 > 0:01:38in an auction house than a university lecture hall.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41If Marks sees that he will be really jealous!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And Mark Stacey, whose enthusiasm for antiques and
0:01:46 > 0:01:53thirst for knowledge has given him an expertise now sought after by the very top names in the business.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- You really are a charmer, aren't you?- I try to be.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- Let's start with Mark who is with Margaret, but he's not giving much away.- Hello.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06You've brought a charming little piece of silver but we don't want to reveal what it is at the moment.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12- Where did you get it from? - From a very elderly lady who was with me when I was born.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14No. What do you mean she was with you?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- She was my mother when I was born. - What was she doing with your mother?
0:02:18 > 0:02:24She came in an emergency because she had just done her midwifery.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Did you stay friends all your life?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28All our lives.
0:02:28 > 0:02:35- Fantastic.- Yes, I moved away from this area but I came back and we contacted each other.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37And you've ended up back in Bangor?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Yes, back in the promised land.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45It is a lovely little piece. I think it is about time we told everybody what it is.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Yes.- Silver, of course.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Yes.- When we open it,
0:02:50 > 0:02:51it's a little purse.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- Yes.- It's Victorian?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Victorian, is it?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58The mark has unfortunately rubbed so we can't see the date mark
0:02:58 > 0:03:03but it's got Victoria's Head on there and I think it's around about 1880.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04I can't imagine where it came from.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11You can imagine, can't you, a fashionable young, Victorian lady going out for the evening...
0:03:11 > 0:03:17- To a ball? - To a ball and there she would have in here maybe a few half sovereigns.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Yes.- To pay for her taxicab.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Or whatever.- A horse drawn cab, of course, in those days.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I just love that shape. It's so simple and yet so elegant, isn't it?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Elegant, is the word.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- What do you think it's worth? - I have no idea whatsoever.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- £10, £20?- No, I think a little bit more than that!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40That's what they all say! That's what they all say.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I do think it's worth more than that.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I don't think it's hugely valuable.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I don't think I'm going to go sort of the lottery...
0:03:48 > 0:03:50I don't think so. I don't think so.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I would put it in because it's such a charming piece.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54It would catch on to people.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- I would put it in at an estimate of £60 to £80.- Yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04It might go a little higher on the day and I would put a reserve on it. I would put a reserve of £50 on it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Yes.- Would you be happy with that?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I would be very happy with that.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Aren't you just a little bit sad to see it go?
0:04:10 > 0:04:17I have a number of other things particularly liked or used when she was alive.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I can see that you're quite a determined lady, Margaret.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Once you've made a decision, that is it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Yes, that is very true.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I have been like that all my life.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- We have to be, don't we? - Yes, that is life.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37An item like that just brings the Victorian era back to life, for me.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I'm mad about wood so it's hardly surprising
0:04:40 > 0:04:43that Sandra's piece of Treen has caught my eye in the queue.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46What's the story, how did you come by this?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50We had to clear out my mother's house 18 months ago.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57I wonder if you can guess what that is, it's a nice bit of turned lignum vitae, it's exceptionally hard wood.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01You know what it is, obviously, don't you? Have you used this?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03That's where the handle is, look.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05There is the mechanism.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07That screws back on.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Ready? Is there anything in it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16There's remnants of something inside.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It's all gone over your clothes now.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22We thought they were coffee beans.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24They would have been coffee beans, yes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- This is to grind coffee down.- It is?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30If I had to stick my neck out I would say this is Continental.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Really?- Yeah. Possibly French, around about 1820.- Really?
0:05:34 > 0:05:39This is a lovely bit of table Treen, it's called Treen because it's made from the tree. Look at
0:05:39 > 0:05:41this lovely ambiguous grain.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- It is nice.- Beautiful.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Absolutely beautiful.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I like the knot, there's a knot in the wood.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Yeah, there.- And a knot at the bottom there, as well.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Yeah, lots of heart and soul.- Yes.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Isn't that lovely? Would you like to put it into the auction?
0:05:55 > 0:05:59I think it's worth around about £100 to £150, I don't know what you thought.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I had no idea.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06OK. There is a bit of damage to it, just there, but you can see so early, it's softened up.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- It's not as if it was last week.- No, indeed.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10It's got a brittle edge.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17- OK, let's put it into auction with the old auctioneer's cliche, shall we £80 to £120.- OK.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22- Happy?- Yes.- And I'm just rather hoping it'll do the 120 to 150 mark.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- That would be nice. - Yeah?- Yeah, lovely.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's got to feel right and if it feels right somebody in the auction
0:06:28 > 0:06:32will pick that up and go, "Oh, that's so tactile, I love that."
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Caress it, not want to put it down.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37They will want to own that and hopefully they will put their hand up and buy it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- See you on the day.- Lovely.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44What a nice thing, I love early pieces of Treen.
0:06:44 > 0:06:51Next Adam's extensive knowledge comes in handy with some mystery objects brought in by Gill.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57- Well, Gill, these are fantastic little items you've brought along today.- Thank you.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58- Do you know what they are? - No. No idea.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Where did you get them from?- My mum.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Did she live in the countryside?
0:07:03 > 0:07:09I think probably they came from her father originally or her grandfather who was in the farming industry.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Well, that helps, really.- Yes.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15They are Georgian, early 19th Century and they're fleams.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Fleams...- Fleams, which are blood letting instruments.
0:07:18 > 0:07:25- Right.- We have a little group of people behind us and I thought we would do a demonstration.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30They're blood letting instruments and there are three blades. This one is stamped Borwick.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Borwick was quite a well known fleam maker.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38He was in Sheffield, Roger Borwick and he started about 1790 to 1860.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I would think those are early 19 Century, they're horn handles, both similar things.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46There are collectors of medical apparatus, medical instruments out there.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48But they are more veterinary rather than human?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- I think so. Quality, aren't they?- Yes.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Nice quality. I think they should make £20 each. Something like that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- I would be tempted to put an estimate of £30 to £50 to be realistic. - Yes, each?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- For the two. 30 to 50 for the two I think would be realistic.- Yes, OK.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Would you like them back if they didn't make a certain price?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I don't know. No, I don't think so.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Oh, his input there, "No let them go."
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Really, it's not a lot of money but they're interesting objects and there will be a lot of people
0:08:16 > 0:08:19watching this that have no idea what they are or what they're for.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I didn't know what they were until I brought them today.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Good. I've managed to teach someone something.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Wonderful. Hopefully, some people watching at home
0:08:28 > 0:08:30will say, "We've got one! I never knew what it was for!"
0:08:34 > 0:08:38So, a quick reminder of the first few items which will be up for sale at auction.
0:08:38 > 0:08:45Mark's find was first, the little silver purse. What a glorious reminder of bygone elegance.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50The Treen coffee grinder was my choice. The wood is superb and it has a wonderfully warm quality.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55It caught my eye and I don't think I'll be the only one.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Adam unravelled the mystery of Gill's fleams, The blood letting
0:08:59 > 0:09:03instruments, and once again they give us a glimpse into the past.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08These little pieces of history haven't got far to go.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12They're being sold at Rogers, Jones & Co, auctioneers and valuers in Colwyn Bay.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18It's looking busy, which is always a good sign before the auction starts.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24I going to find out what auctioneer, David Rogers Jones, thinks of Sandra's lovely piece of Treen.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29I like this little lot, I'm a big fan of Treen. This is a wonderful early 19th Century coffee grinder.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33It's made of lignum. What I like about it, it's so tactile.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It's had so much use and you can see the grease and dirt all over it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41I'm hoping this is going to do around the £150 mark but I've put £80 to £120 on it.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It is nice piece, there is a nice feel to it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Yes, I would have gone along with that, Paul.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50The lady who brought it in
0:09:50 > 0:09:57was apparently quite happy with the valuation and I think we all would have agreed with her but when she
0:09:57 > 0:10:02mentioned it to other members of the family they apparently didn't agree.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Right, basically, they're saying, "Don't sell it." They don't want it to be sold.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- Yeah. There appears to be a bit of dissension.- Have the family said.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11"We want a lot more."
0:10:11 > 0:10:16The family has, a member of the family has apparently said that it shouldn't be less than £500 or £600.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- The reserve has been increased. - To what?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Its been increased to £600 with some discretion.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Well, you know what that means. They really don't want it to leave the family.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Yes, that might be the reason but I'm not wholly convinced that is the reason.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I think it is a monetary thing. I think a member of the family...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- For the right money? - For the right money, I'll sell.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- Yes.- They've got a point, you know. - It's early Treen, early Treen sells well.- It does.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Which is why a few people have already made a beeline to come and see it and look at the catalogue.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53I'd like to think this was an absolute high at £600, and if it does fetch £600
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I would be ever so happy.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00We're kicking off with Jill and her husband Peter with their pair of fleams.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02We haven't seen these on the show before.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07This is a first for Flog It!, we've got blood letting instruments, fleams, Gill and Peter?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Yes.- I hope they were never used.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Well, they were at one time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- For veterinary use, these.- Yes. - So, how did you come across them?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- I found them amongst my mother's things.- Oh, did you?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Yes. Not a lot of money there, £30 to £40.- No.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's the kind of thing that not a lot of people would want to buy.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- At a fair you'd have to give 30 or 40 each.- Would you?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Sometimes a touch more, so I think we should be about right.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32That's positive. Happy?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- Yes!- You'd rather have the money than have them stuck in a drawer, wouldn't you?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Or stuck in me(!)
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Two bone backed three bladed fleams.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44One marked Borwick, the other indistinct.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Bid me, £50, for the two fleams.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50£30? £20, thank you, sir.
0:11:50 > 0:11:5420, I'm bid. 20, 25.
0:11:54 > 0:11:5730, 35.
0:11:57 > 0:11:5940, 45.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0245 I'm bid. Is there 50? At £45.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Everybody done now? Any further?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08At £45 and going.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Yes, £45, we nearly did it.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14That's not bad, that's a really good result, isn't it? £45, happy?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Yes, very happy.- They could easily have been discarded.- Oh, yes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21That's the great thing about antiques, classic recycling.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- You can't get anything greener than that.- Absolutely!
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Not bad at all, they almost hit the top end.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35Do you remember the 19th Century coffee grinder that I valued at 80 to 120, belonging to Sandra,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37well, we've got that going under the hammer right now.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Unfortunately Sandra can't be with us but we do have her daughter, Joanne.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's good to see you, it really is.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Now, since the valuation day the family have been
0:12:46 > 0:12:51in touch with the saleroom and they've put the reserve up to £600.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- A great big quantum leap in value, isn't it?- It is.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01It says to me, really, that somebody in the family doesn't really want this to go.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Yes, they've done a little bit of research into it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Like you say, it's sentimental, it was my grandmother's.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It's hard to let things go.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Yeah, it is, isn't it?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Let's find out what happens because it's interesting.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- It is.- And this is what auctions are all about.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- That's right, you never know. - You just never know.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Good luck, Joanne, here we go.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25A 19th Century lignum coffee grinder. Bid me 500.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Early piece of Treen.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30400?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34200 I'm bid at 200. At 200 on the book. Where's 50?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37At 200. 50 anywhere?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39At £200. Is there 50?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42At £200, 50 I'll take.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Everybody done? At £200... I'm afraid this is a non starter.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49At £200, everybody done?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Well, it's good, it's going home. - It's going home, yes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's not meant to be sold, is it?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57She's looking down on us and saying, "Don't sell that."
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- You've got kids, you've got a little boy.- I have.- That'll be his one day.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03You're right.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Don't ever sell it, really.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- We shouldn't really, should we?- No.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09We've all learnt a lesson, haven't we?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Next we have Margaret and her charming Victorian silver purse.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Well we do say condition is everything in this game and this lot has the lot.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's got the look, it's got the condition.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26It belongs to Margaret and it's that lovely Victorian shell shaped purse.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29It's not a lot of money and I expect this to fly out of the room.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Oh, I do. Has it just been in a drawer?- Yes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Not on display, really. - Not on display.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It's a lovely-looking thing, it caught Mark's eye.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's a charming little bit of Victoriana Edwardian.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I mean, it's something that nobody would ever use.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47You can just imagine a lady going to the ball keeping her sovereign there for the carriage.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49The carriage on the way home.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Yes, that's right. - Keep her little dance card in there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53It's just wonderful.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- It should sell well.- Fingers crossed it's going to go to a collector who's right here in this room.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02The Victorian silver shell coin purse. It's a little beaut.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04It starts with me at 80.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Oh, that's very good.- 80 on the book.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- It's gorgeous, isn't it? - 80, 90 anywhere? £80 with me.
0:15:11 > 0:15:1590, 90 I'm bid. 90, £90 only.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Leave the gate open at 95.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Is that 100? £100.- Yes.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Oh, 100.- This is good.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I think we'll get it up to £100.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Yes! You see, straight in at 80.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Quality always sells, that's what we keep saying.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34If you're gonna invest in antiques, make sure it's in great condition.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- It was lovely, wasn't it? - It was very nice.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42A good result for a good thing. And when we return later Adam has a bright idea
0:15:42 > 0:15:45of how antiques could help the financial health of the country.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50It's been up in the loft now for 20 odd years.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53If we could clear every loft in the land I think we'd solve the economy.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I've crossed the Menai Strait to the Isle of Anglesey to visit
0:16:05 > 0:16:12Plas Newydd, one of Britain's superb country houses and like so many of these fine establishments, it was
0:16:12 > 0:16:18given over to the National Trust which has maintained it since 1976.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24There is plenty of history here, parts of this magnificent house date back to 1470.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Today, I've come to look at something relatively more modern
0:16:26 > 0:16:30and that's the 20th century work of artist, Rex Whistler.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36In 1936, when the 6th Marquis of Anglesey had architects to remodel the complete wing of this part of
0:16:36 > 0:16:42the house, he commissioned Rex Whistler to paint a mural on his recently created dining room wall.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48At the time Rex Whistler was an extremely fashionable choice.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51He was highly versatile, not only did he paint, but he turned
0:16:51 > 0:16:55his hand to book illustration and theatre design.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01He was an absolutely delightful chap, very
0:17:01 > 0:17:04popular with the country house set in the heady inter-war years.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10He became personal friends with many of the families who commissioned his work and today I'm lucky enough
0:17:10 > 0:17:15to talk to the present Lord Anglesey who still resides here in this magnificent house, Plas Newydd.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21He's going to talk me through the mural and share some of his personal memories of Rex Whistler.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Lord Anglesey, how did the commission come about and what was the brief?
0:17:31 > 0:17:35It's very interesting that, because when my father
0:17:35 > 0:17:41made this room specially for him, other people asked that.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46The answer was, he had just become THE fashionable painter.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Did the family have a say in what was going on in the mural?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Oh, yes. He discussed it with us the whole time.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54How old were you when Rex was here painting?
0:17:54 > 0:17:59When he first started, I was about 15, 16.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Yes. Did you take a liking to him? Was he a fun, artistic chap to know?
0:18:04 > 0:18:11He became, for all of us, including my five sisters, an absolutely adorable friend. He loved children.
0:18:11 > 0:18:19- He used to allow us, at all stages when it was just charcoal on canvas, to paint in.- Have a little scribble.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- He would help us. We learnt a lot. - Which was your bit?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Well, I tell you, three weeks later somehow it wasn't there any more.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Oh, really?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31How long did it take him to do?
0:18:31 > 0:18:37In good summer weather he would come and stay here, for a fortnight.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42The trouble was, as he was a very, very fast worker, if the sun was
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- shining we often found him not at it. - Oh really?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- He was sunbathing, was he? - Sunbathing, yes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52There's a lightness of touch in his work and a great sense of humour.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Does that reflect the character you knew?- Yes, certainly.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00He had a great sense of humour and he was contemplating life generally
0:19:00 > 0:19:06- while he was here because he was in love with my elder sister, ten years older than me.- I gather that.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08He had feelings for her. Were you aware of that at the time?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10She didn't have much feeling for him.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14She liked him but she didn't want to marry them.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16This is absolutely beautiful.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Will you walk through the story and tell me how it unfolds?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22There, is him as the gardener.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I don't think he'd ever got a weed out of anywhere.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27No. Isn't that a wonderful perspective.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- You feel like you can walk right through those arches?- Absolutely.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34That was what he was a particular master of, was perspective.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37He got those arches exactly right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39That's perfect.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Show me how the story unfolds.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Shall we start here.- OK.
0:19:44 > 0:19:52First of all, here are three dogs and the one on the cushion always wore the best real pearls.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Really?- Very spoilt.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57This is my favourite.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00This gothic bit here...
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Perfect symmetry he's captured, it's almost like the work of an architect, isn't it?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07He had this extraordinary memory.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12If he had seen that building in reality, 10 years earlier...
0:20:12 > 0:20:13He could capture it and remember.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17No, but more than that he could tell you exactly how many windows there
0:20:17 > 0:20:23were, exactly how many panes there were in the windows and how many doors and everything else.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25He could remember it absolutely.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30Any young man that you see in this painting is me.
0:20:30 > 0:20:38Any older man, like that man and this man, who was at this end, are Rex.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44My sister, with whom he was so madly in love, is any girl you see.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47There is my sister, Caroline.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50She was a beautiful girl, wasn't she?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53She was. All my sisters were very good looking.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- One of them is still alive and she's my twin.- Oh, really?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The water looks like it's moving.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Yes, absolutely.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07I remember as he was leaving, he had to leave it unfinished, he said,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11"Of course, I should have made this water calm."
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Yes, it's in the harbour, isn't it?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16He never got around to that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21He was often cutting out bits he painted and said there's too much of this or not enough.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Really? He was his own self critic.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28The whole time. I must just tell you one or two things about this.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30This was a ship he painted out.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I think you can see it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I can. You can just see the mast.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Why did he do that?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Because he said one day, "there are too many ships here."
0:21:39 > 0:21:41A big brush, out it goes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Next day, it's finished.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Amazing speed.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49And there's my father's pre- First World War yacht.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Yes.- Those were the days when we were rich.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55You said with a big smile!
0:21:56 > 0:22:04This is very fascinating because one evening we were all rather drunk and about to go to bed and Rex said,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08"There's a ship here which I want to take out."
0:22:08 > 0:22:14In the morning, we came down and here was this, this wonderful line.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16He did that overnight.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20He did it overnight and finished it off in the course of that day.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23It must have been great for you to get up as a teenager
0:22:23 > 0:22:28and come downstairs and wander through here and say, "I wonder what Rex has done next?"
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Absolutely right. That happened often.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- The most important historical thing is...- Look at the footprints.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37We've got footprints. Why are they there? Whose are they?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Someone's just come out of the water.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Like Neptune.
0:22:41 > 0:22:48Neptune! You're quite right and there is his crown and his coral sceptre with a golden tip.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Then he was a master of doing this rigging.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57My father, who knew about rigging, was amazed.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59The detail is very good.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It is as if he spent time at sea to understand it.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05He hadn't at all. He'd merely observed when he'd seen them,
0:23:05 > 0:23:11as he was always observing, and my father said, "It's incredible you've got them almost exactly right."
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- Nice, isn't it?- Yes.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I don't know who that is but it's probably my twin sister, Kitty.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22She's holding a little doll.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Yes, you're right. I've never noticed it before.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Thank you very much.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Thank you.
0:23:28 > 0:23:35Here is this great town and its full of all sorts of things.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Here is an amazing
0:23:37 > 0:23:40helter skelter.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44The fair going on there, which is nice, isn't it?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- How about that? - Look at that as a backdrop.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49A wonderful mountain range.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Here is my father
0:23:51 > 0:23:54as the creator of all of this.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Was your father really happy with this mural?- Amazingly happy.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00We all were, as you can imagine.
0:24:00 > 0:24:07Here we have this wonderful picture of himself which we've already looked at
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and here I longed to know what happens up there.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17What happened when Rex finished the mural? Did he come back and stay often?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22No, because the war came and he didn't finish it, as I've shown.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25He then became an officer in the Welsh Guards.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27He wanted to go over and fight.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28"I want to go and get killed."
0:24:28 > 0:24:30He did as well, didn't he, at the age of 39?
0:24:30 > 0:24:34He got killed before he saw suspicion of the German.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37It was a mortar, wasn't it, in Normandy that got him?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40It was, indeed.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Tragic.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I was in Italy at that time. Fighting the Nazis too.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51I heard the news and my first reaction was,
0:24:51 > 0:24:58"Oh, he was so incompetent at anything except painting and drawing.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59"It was too awful."
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It's just incredible, isn't it? So much to take in all at once.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You need to spend a day or two looking at it.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Well, I tell you, I spent two years before I was certain and you showed me that doll.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19I assumed, you see, and I wasn't certain where everything was.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- Thank you for that.- That's OK.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30So, there you are. Rex Whistler's marvellous 18 metre mural.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Wasn't that a real eye-opener?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I just think it acts as a time capsule, really.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41It gives us a glimpse into the past in the 1930s, with all the glitz and the glamour that the privileged had.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Living in houses like this. A last flowering of life, if you like,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49before it was cruelly swept away forever by the Second World War.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59At the Pritchard Jones Hall in Bangor, there's still plenty to be examined.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Our team of experts are at full tilt working their way through the crowd.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10Adam is in his element. He's with Edwina and Ivor, and they have a violin case on the table.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- I'm always excited to see a violin case.- Oh, right.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's one of my areas, violins. One of the things I know about.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Tell me about yourselves, first of all.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Where do you come from?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25We live in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob wllllantysiliogogogoch.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Do you really?- Yes, we do, yes. - Can you say that, Edwina?
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- I can. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob wllllantysiliogogogoch.- OK.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- And I'm not Welsh!- You're not Welsh?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38You did very well! And you've brought a violin too.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Can't get much better. Now, the case looks a bit tatty.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- It does.- Where did you get it from?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45It belongs to my son in law Peter.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Does he know you've got it?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48He does.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Last night he said, "I've got a violin in my attic. Would you like to take that?"
0:26:51 > 0:26:55And how has it come to be in his attic?
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Well, he doesn't play it.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58And neither do the grandchildren.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- So, where did he get it from? - It belonged to his grandfather.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Right.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Peter played this in a youth orchestra.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07But he doesn't play it any more.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- Shall we have a look at it? - Can do, yes.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Well, there we go. Now then.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Let's get the instrument.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18That bridge has fallen off, but that's not a major problem.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19That can be put back up.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23You're lucky that you haven't got all the strings on it, otherwise I'd be playing it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Then we'd clear that hall pretty quickly!
0:27:26 > 0:27:30It's got a one a piece back there. Sometimes they have a two piece back.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Oh, right.- This is a one piece back made from maple.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38And on the front there, we call that the table, violin people, rather than the front.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40That's made from pine.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Inside, there's a label. I can just glimpse a label.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47And it says, "M Costelli, Paris.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50"Lucier artistique 1895."
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- So it's French? - It's French.- Oh, right.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- She's smart, isn't she?- Yes, oh yes.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Now, this Costelli sounds like an Italian name.- It does.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04And the Italians were very well known for the finest violins.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07French violins are also quite highly regarded. And then, usually another
0:28:07 > 0:28:11step down to the German violins which were more mass produced.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14This is in good condition. People looking will think,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16"Ooh, it's no good, it's got no strings."
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- But it really doesn't matter. - It can be restrung.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21It can be restrung for £60, something like that.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Not a lot. Under £100 you can get that into a playable condition.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27There's no cracks, which is the major thing.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32He was obviously quite enthusiastic, granddad, because he's managed to knock a corner off there.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- With the bow?- That's from really enjoying it with the bow,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39and maybe he just caught that, as he's been playing it, you know?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42He's really enjoying himself, bang, off goes the corner.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45But that's just a cosmetic thing, again, that can be sorted.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49We always check the bows, because sometimes it's worth more than the instrument.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Oh, right.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Let's have a quick look at that one.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- What's this, horse hair? - Horse hair, yes, that's right.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59So, you haven't got any special individual value with the bows.
0:28:59 > 0:29:06- So, what do you think your broken violin and a tatty old case is worth, then?- Haven't got a clue.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Not a clue.- No? We know nothing about violins. No guesses?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- No, not at all.- 50 quid?- No idea.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Would you take that?- No idea.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14I think it's more than that.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- French violins can make a few hundred pounds.- Can they?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- The most famous ones can make even more than that. Early thousands. - Oh, right.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25This Costelli isn't a very well known or highly regarded maker.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29So, I'd go on the cautious end, and put £100 to £200 estimate on it.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Right.- And put a reserve of 100.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- It's definitely worth £100 whatever happens.- Is it?- Yeah, All day long.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- Oh, right.- If it doesn't make £100, it's not worth selling it.- No.
0:29:38 > 0:29:44So I'd try that. Put £100 reserve, if it doesn't sell, you'll have to take it up and learn it.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- I could give you some lessons. - What, at my age?
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Nice idea, but I don't think they'll be taking up the violin. I think it'll sell.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- Hello, what's your name?- Liz.- Liz, pleased to meet you. Are you local?
0:29:59 > 0:30:00- Yes.- Do you live in Bangor?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- No, Llanberis. - Is that just down the road?
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Not far, nine miles away.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Well, this is nice, it's like a yard rule, isn't it?- It is.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08I bet this belongs to a seamstress?
0:30:08 > 0:30:13- Yes. - For turning cloth on a large table.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Has this been in the family long?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Yes, it was my father's sister, she was a tailoress.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21She'd have been nearly 100 now, and she had it most of her life.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Yeah, I'd put this at early Edwardian, actually.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26So it's been around for a little bit of time.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30You don't want to sell this though, do you? You're not going to sell this?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Because we've got small grandchildren, and they tend to...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36I know what you're going to say! Sword fighting!
0:30:36 > 0:30:39It makes a good sword, doesn't it, if you're a little kid?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41So just in case. With it being so old.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Look, if you put something like that into auction, it's only going to realise around about £40 to £60.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- Uh-huh. - I think it's worth an awful lot more
0:30:50 > 0:30:53in sentimental value if you hang on to it, I really do.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I really do. Because, by the time you pay commission,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00you might not be left with an awful lot of money.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Surely you can find another use for it, not a sword stick?!
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Use it, take up dressmaking! - Oh, dear me.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Now Mark has a very good question for our next owner.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Dora.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- Why are you selling such a pretty-looking vase? - It's only stuck in the cupboard.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Only stuck in the cupboard, is it?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- It's charming, isn't it? - It is, I like it.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29It is lovely colours, really spring colours, actually. These very delicate oranges and greens.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31It really took my eye when I saw it.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- It is, and is it a family piece?- No.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- You bought it?- Yes.- When?
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Must be 18 years ago.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Gosh! And what did you pay for it 18 years ago?- Half a crown.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Half a crown, that's 25p, isn't it?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- 25p now, yes.- Wow. And is it a bargain, do you think?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Oh, yes.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49And have you used it to put flowers and things in?
0:31:49 > 0:31:53I did, yes. And then, when we had the cats and the dog,
0:31:53 > 0:31:58- I said, no.- I think it's lovely. And you've looked after it, you haven't damaged it, which is the main thing.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59It's a really nice piece.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04I don't need...we will have a look at the mark in a moment, but I won't need to look at the mark.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Because I know who designed this vase.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Very typical of her work, and we've filmed a lot of things of hers on the show.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15It's not Clarice Cliff, it's the other well known art deco designer, Charlotte Reid.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19And we know her typically, straight away, with this lovely two line decoration.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22And I love this sort of shaped, ribbed body.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25We will just have a little look at the mark. And there we've got
0:32:25 > 0:32:28"C Reid, Crown Ducal,"
0:32:28 > 0:32:31which is one of the firms she worked for. And then a shape number as well.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38But it really is quite typical of the 1930s, the mottled glaze, and the lovely decoration.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42And you've had it a long time. Why have you decided to sell it today?
0:32:42 > 0:32:4618 years I think I've had it.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47I'm getting older, nobody wants it.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Nobody wants it?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's a bygone era, isn't it, you see?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Well, I think it's a lovely item.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59It's not going to be worth a huge amount, because it's quite a small piece by Charlotte Reid.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03The things that make a lot of money are the big decorative chargers.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08But I think, if we were putting that vase in for auction, we'd be looking at around £40 to £50.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Would you be happy with that?- Yes.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Ish.- Ish, and more!
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Well, we all want more, don't we, really? But I think we've got to be sensible.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23It's a nice little piece, but if we put £40 to £50 on it, we might then hit the £50 or £60 mark.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- And we'll put a reserve of 35 on it, is that all right?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Dora certainly got a bargain there.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Next, Adam has spotted some quality decanters.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- Steve, welcome to Flog It!.- Thank you.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43- How are you doing?- All right, fine. - Good. You've got a nice thing here.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44- Yes, it's very precious.- Is it?
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- I hope so!- Well, is it precious to you sentimentally?
0:33:48 > 0:33:49In a way, yes.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54But it's been up in the loft now for 20 odd years, doing nothing. So I might as well...
0:33:54 > 0:33:59If we could clear every loft in the land, I think we'd solve the economy.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03The amount of stuff people have in the loft.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Yeah.- Where was it before the loft? How did it come to be in your family's possession?
0:34:07 > 0:34:11My grandfather and granny, and my mother, worked
0:34:11 > 0:34:12in a hall in Formby.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- So they were in service? - Yes, service.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17You know, the last of the upstairs/downstairs people.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21My granny was the cook, and my grandfather was a butler. And my mother was a maid.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- And where was that? - That was in Formby Hall.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- OK, Merseyside?- Yes, Merseyside.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Excellent. And so, how do you think they got these?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- Do you think they were given then? - I think they were given them.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- As a sort of thank you gift or retirement gift or something like that?- Could have been, yes.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Could have been. Well, it's a very posh thing this, really.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Look at the thickness of the wood as well.
0:34:43 > 0:34:49It's made out of coromandel, which is an exotic and expensive timber, that was mainly used to make small things.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55You don't see much furniture made out of it, it was all boxes and small things like this.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58It's fitted with two really nice quality decanters.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- Is it English made, do you think? - Yes, it is. Definitely English made.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Another sign of quality, you've also got the key, which is quite unusual.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Most things have lost their keys by now.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13And you've got this special type of lock on here. Brahma patent lock.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Oh, yes.- Now these locks are a special secure lock.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I remember you saying before we started, you said,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22"Don't shut it, because it's a terrible thing to open!"
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Yes.- That's because of this lock, it's a patent lock.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27And it's wonderful quality.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Brahma's patent. And you only see it on fine things.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32So it's also another sign of quality.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35That's why it took us ages to open it!
0:35:35 > 0:35:39They used to use that as they were travelling along, carriages and things?
0:35:39 > 0:35:45In a carriage, or if you were travelling out, rather than take your liqueur just in a bottle.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48The more refined people would take them in decanters in a fitted
0:35:48 > 0:35:53coromandel case with a flush brass carrying handle on the top as well.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55It's just all lovely quality, really.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Now of course it's, what, 1850s or so?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00So it's been around 150 years plus.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02150 years plus.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05It's had a bit of a hard life in places, hasn't it?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- It's not too bad.- Little nicks in it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10With these things here, they're always nice on the front and on
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- top, but then they were cheaper on the sides and the back.- Yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18And if you see on the side there, you've got a bit of damage.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21And on the back, it's not nearly as posh as it is on the front.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22No, that's right.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25So that's often the way with these things. It's a nice thing.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28How much do you think it might be worth?
0:36:28 > 0:36:29What do you think it's worth?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I don't know, I haven't a clue
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- to be honest. - Realistically, in that order,
0:36:33 > 0:36:39because the glass isn't perfect either, there are a few little minor grazes really, aren't there?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43But I'd have thought between £100 and £200 is your likely realised price.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Sounds all right. - Maybe a touch more.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47But I think that's fairly realistic.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49I'd put a reserve of 100.
0:36:49 > 0:36:54And, if it doesn't make 100, maybe give it 10% leeway just in case, if that's all right with you?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57If it doesn't make £90/£100, then keep it.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59But, all in all, a good quality object.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02If it makes 150 quid, what will you do with it?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Finish my kitchen off.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Really?
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Now that's a story I've heard before.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13Let's remind ourselves of the remaining items to go under the hammer at auction.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I really don't think that Ivor and Edwina's son in law Peter should worry.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22There won't be any problem selling his French violin.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27And I think Dora will be getting a good return on her half a crown,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30when the Charlotte Reid vase goes under the hammer.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35Steve needs to get on with that kitchen, so let's hope the sale of the decanters will help fund it.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42There's a lively atmosphere at the auction house, so fingers crossed.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45First up are Steve's decanters.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50His wife Anne has joined him, probably because she's keen to get her kitchen finished too.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Fingers crossed, Anne and Steve. OK?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56I know you're feeling a bit nervous, we're just about to sell the decanters.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58We're looking for about £100 to £200.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Happy with that?- Yeah, I think so.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Confident as ever, cocky as ever.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Yes, he is.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Let's hope we get the top end.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Good luck, it's going under the hammer right now. This is it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15And the very nice Amboina decanter box containing two decanters.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18With mushroom stoppers.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Bids all over the book on this one.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- 453.- Wow! Straight into...
0:38:23 > 0:38:25No, that's the lot number!
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You've got to keep alert at auctions, believe me!
0:38:30 > 0:38:3270 if you like? At 170.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36180, 180 bid. Is there 90? At 180.
0:38:36 > 0:38:4090. 190. Level money?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42I'd better not fan, I might bid it.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Level money? At 190.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46That's a good result.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- Top end of estimate.- At £190.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50We'll settle for that.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54I think that's drinks all round, £190. Well done, Madam.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Happy with that?- Yes, yes.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- It was our anniversary the other day.- Was it? I was about to say,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- what would you put the money towards or spend on?- 46 years.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- 46 years together, still in love as well. Happy as ever.- Just about!
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Of course they are. Next up, the pretty Charlotte Reid vase.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15It's a lovely little vase valued by Mark, our expert.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- It belongs to Dora, and I'm ever so jealous.- Are you now?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Yes, because Dora lives in Anglesey.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24I don't want the Charlotte Reid vase, but I'd love to live in Anglesey. Have you got a sea view?
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Yes. All the way from Holyhead to Point Lynas.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31And have you lived there all your life?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- No, 30 years.- 30 years.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Where were you before that? - Near Pwhelli.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Between Nefyn and Pwhelli. - North Wales born and bred, then?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- Yes.- What a great part of the world, isn't it?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43You look so healthy as well.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45That's all that sea air, isn't it?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- All the gardening. - Do you love gardening?- I do.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Look, good luck with the Charlotte Reid vase. Everyone will love this.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I'd had it for years before I found the name on it!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58It is rather sweet. The design is very typical.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00The auctioneer liked this.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- It'll do well.- Oh, good.- And it's coming under the hammer right now.
0:40:04 > 0:40:10Lot 219, the very nice Crown Ducal wide necked vase. Charlotte Reid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Number 213 to the base.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Start on the book, I've got book bids. Bids start at 70.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Top end, straight in.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21At 70, 70 bid. It's a little beaut.
0:40:21 > 0:40:245, 80? 80 bid.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2885? 90. £90. Coming back?
0:40:28 > 0:40:3290, with me. Anybody else? At £90.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34That's not bad, is it, £90?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Final call at £90. Level money would be nice.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- That's very good.- Make no mistake.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Great result, and good luck.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- Good luck with the garden, I bet all the money is going on some more plants, is it?- A bit of it.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48And a bit of manual labour?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Strong young man in to sort of...?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52No? It's all you?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Well, that's the spirit, Dora.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Our final lot is the French violin belonging to Ivor and Edwina's son in law Peter.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Edwina and Ivor, good luck with this one.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Just about to put the violin under the hammer, and it's a good job Adam Partridge was at our valuation,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15because he's the only expert that understands violins!
0:41:15 > 0:41:19We all go, "This is nice. Unfortunately Adam's not here today."
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Because he doesn't do every single one, and we kind of pass the violin around.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Will this do a little more than 150?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28It should make 200 or 300 really, I suppose.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30But it's got a few condition issues.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Just the corners, cosmetic things, which may put people off.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I think the estimate is about right.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37I'd like to see it make a bit more, of course.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39That would be nice for everyone.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Good luck. It's going under the hammer now.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Very, very nice violin. I've had a lot of interest in it.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Start me £300.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Deathly silence.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- 200?- Come on, where are the hands?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Opening bid of 100. £100.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- I'm feeling nervous now.- 100 bid.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57125, 150?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00150?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02150 bid. 175?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04That's what you said.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Is there 200? At 175, 200?
0:42:06 > 0:42:12A new bidder. At 200. 25? 225 online.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14250 on the phone.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Now it's creeping up. They don't want to lose it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19275 online.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21300 on the phone. 300 I'm bid.
0:42:21 > 0:42:2325 online.
0:42:23 > 0:42:30350 on the phone. At 350. 75 online.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32400 on the phone.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33I'd like to be going 50s now.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38425 online. 450.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41475 online.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- 475!- 500 on the phone.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49At £500. 525.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52525 online.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Final call.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- It's slowed down. - They haven't seen it!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58All done?
0:42:58 > 0:43:00No second thoughts?
0:43:00 > 0:43:07- £525. That ended in a crescendo, didn't it?- It did.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- What a wonderful moment, hey? - Fantastic.
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