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Burghley House is an absolute magnet for film crews. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
The virtually unaltered Elizabethan facades and historic interiors | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
provide authentic backdrops for many blockbuster movies, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
including Pride And Prejudice and The Da Vinci Code. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
And today, it's the turn of the Flog It! crew. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
Here they come, our faithful following. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
Who knows what wonders they're carrying up to the house? | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
Thank goodness the sun is shining, because hundreds of people | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
have turned up, which means hundreds of antiques to look at. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
We've got our work cut out so let's get on with it. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
Burghley House has a long history going back to the times of Elizabeth I. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
Today we have Philip Serrell and our very own Elizabeth, Elizabeth Talbot, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
the king and queen of our team of experts. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Elizabeth has a great interest in history, and knows how to evoke a bygone era. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
Imagine it on the side of a liner ship of the day. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Very much... Very Jeeves and Wooster. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
Philip is also excellent at dating items. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
1919. If I were guessing, these are early 20th century. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
-This is about 1941, I would have thought. -It's written on the back. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
Yes. It's also written there! | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
Coming up, I find myself in a delicate situation. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:42 | |
Look, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news... | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
I know, I know, I know. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
I know the value... It hasn't held its value. I know that, yes. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
No, things have gone down a little. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
And good results bring excitement to the auction room. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
150 for it. 150. Thank you, 150. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
-Ooh! -Straight in at the top end. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
We can relax now. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
How do you know it's silver? | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
There are some real surprises to be found in people's bags. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
This one is adorable but sorry, madam, we don't do pets. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:12 | |
Browsing in the queue at the start of the day is always rewarding. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
Neil and Linda have brought in a large collection of showbiz memorabilia, | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
including a photo album believed to have belonged to Frank Sinatra. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:29 | |
He was a big star, a wonderful voice, as well. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
-Terrific. -That's really nice. That's quite contained, isn't it? | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
-It is. -What else have you got here? | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
-Christmas cards signed by the stars. -Yes! | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
Philip is first at the table, with mother and daughter, Jacqueline and Nicole. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:48 | |
-Tell me about these, where you got them from. -They were my father's. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
When he died, obviously, they were left to me. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
I've no brothers or sisters. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
I think they're quite nice watches. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
This is a gold case. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
It's clearly had a replacement strap. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
A little bit dated in its appearance, really. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
I don't think a gentleman would wear that today, necessarily, but what I think is... | 0:03:04 | 0:03:09 | |
-sad about it is this is going to get sold on its gold content. -Oh... -Yeah. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:15 | |
OK? And I think... I think we'll make these two lots at auction. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
-OK. -We'll put that at £80 to £120. -Mm-hm. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
And we can reserve that at £60 for you, and it'll fly, all day long. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:29 | |
-OK. -And this one we can put at, er... | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
-I actually prefer that in style. -It's lovely. It's classic. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
Yeah, it's earlier. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
It's hallmarked gold again. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
-And whilst I could never see myself wearing that... -You could do that. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:45 | |
-Yeah, I just think... -Me too, it's male or female... | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
It's just quite a stylish watch. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
I think this one we can estimate at £60 to £90. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
Put a reserve on it at £50 for you. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
I think that they'll both do very, very well for you, and the estimate's a real "come buy me." | 0:03:54 | 0:03:59 | |
You know? And I think they'll do very well indeed. How does that sound to you? | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
That's fine, thank you. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:05 | |
If they make £150, what will you do with the money? | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
-There's a baby coming. -Really? -Yes! | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
Past experience tells me it'll cost more than 150 quid. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
-It already has done, actually, but it certainly helps. -You've all got to pay for your pleasure, you know! | 0:04:13 | 0:04:19 | |
Yes, Philip, that's true. Babies don't come cheap. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
And they're not easily impressed. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
HE PLAYS TUNE | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
Remember the memorabilia I was looking at? | 0:04:36 | 0:04:38 | |
Let's catch up with Elizabeth, who's having a look at it with owners Neil and Linda. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:44 | |
To whom do they belong? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:45 | |
Myself. They were bequeathed to me. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
-OK. -Yes, I was the editor of a national magazine called Yours, | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
a magazine for older people. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
And among our readers was one Alice Dawson, who lived in Manchester. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:58 | |
Her husband happened to be a showbiz journalist. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
and obviously had the privilege of meeting all sorts of wonderful stars | 0:05:02 | 0:05:08 | |
and gathering all sorts of material, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
and her wish was to use them to raise money for any charity that I chose. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
-Hence bringing them today... -Exactly. I saw Flog It! was in town, | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
and I thought, "It's time I flogged it." | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
So Alice would have approved? | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
She would have certainly approved. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
It's very interesting story and a very interesting package. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
Some of the photographs I looked at earlier, they go right back to the 1930s, and some very well-known | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
-musicians and actresses and actors and some, as you say, international stars as well. -Exactly. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:42 | |
I'm a bit on the spot as to potential value here, | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
because we haven't had an opportunity to really go through everything piece by piece. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
But instinctively, I think that it should be reasonable | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
to expect somewhere between £150 and £300, I would guess. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:58 | |
So if you're comfortable in the principle, obviously we'd take it forward as a "in progress," | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
a sort of project in progress. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:04 | |
-That would be fine. -On behalf of Alice. Is that OK? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Excellent, thank you. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
I'm grateful you brought them, because it's a really interesting collection. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
Good story. And it's always nice when people are using their sale | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
as a way of giving to charity. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
I'm next with Shirley, who's brought in a lovely collection. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
Have you been to Tunbridge Wells? | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
-I have, yes, many times. -Do you get this from Tunbridge? | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
Yes. Yes, I did. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
Obviously, you know that's the centre of Tunbridge Ware. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
I think Tunbridge Wells, because it was a spa town, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
towards the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
-this was sold as tourist wares. -Was it really? | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-Yes, that's how it started out. -I hadn't realised. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Two families specialised in it, the Wise family and the Burrows family, | 0:06:44 | 0:06:48 | |
but it's wonderful pieces of little wood laid in, sort of micro mosaics. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
-Yes, yes. -Little geometric patterns. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Gorgeous. So how long have you had this little set? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
-Since the 1980s. -Have you? | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
Well, yes, my husband collected it, and I used to buy him a small piece every birthday and Christmas. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
-Oh, that's nice. -Anniversaries, things like that. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
-So you're getting a collection over the years? -Yes. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
I've got quite a few more pieces at home, but I just brought those today. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
Very nice. Why are you letting these pieces go? | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
Well, when my husband died five years ago, | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
I downsized to a much smaller house. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
-I haven't really anywhere to display them anymore. -OK. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
-And I don't have any family to pass them on to, so I thought, well, you know... -Use the money? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:32 | |
-Yes. -I don't blame you. I love the little pen, the little nibbed pen. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
-Look at that. -Yes, it's beautiful. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
-I think that's my favourite piece. -Is it? -Yes. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
-Look at the repetitive patterns. -Yes, they're quite rare. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
Made of exotic hardwood and local woods, as well. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
Yes, it is amazing. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
The craftsmanship was superb. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
This is interesting, because I think, turning that upside down, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
that's a little match vesta. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
-Oh, really? -And that's a striker. -Oh, of course. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
We always thought it was a needle case. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
Yes, so did I, to start with. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
-Did you? -But it wouldn't be turned underneath. -No, it wouldn't. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
No, no. Oh, how interesting. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
And that would dress any little bureau, or writing table. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
My husband had them on his desk. Yes. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
Gentlemen's toys, aren't they, really? | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
-Yes. -Condition is superb. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
Condition is very, very good. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
-I think we'll put them into auction as a set. They belong as a set. -Yes. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
And I'm kind of thinking in the region of around £100 to £200. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
-I'd like it to get the top end. -Yes. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
-What do you feel about that? -Um... | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
Yes, I know that probably I paid over £100 for each of those, originally. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:38 | |
-What, £100 each, each, each? -Yes. -Did you? -Yes, in Tunbridge Wells. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
Wow. How long ago was that? | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Well, probably in the '90s. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
Look, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
I know, I know, I know. I know the value... | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
It hasn't held its value. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 | |
No, things have gone down a little. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
-Yes. -Obviously, you bought these from a shop. -Yes. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
-If a dealer buys these, he'll want to be selling them for 350. -Yes. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:04 | |
He's got to pay, you know, his tax, his VAT, his time, his labour. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
-Of course. -Plus the commission... | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
-Yes. -..in the auction room. Shall I reappraise my valuation, then? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
-Please. -I tell you what, why don't we say... | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
Let's put them into auction. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
-Yes. -OK? With a guideline of £150 to £250? | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
-Yes. -And we'll put a fixed reserve on. -Yes. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
-At £140. -OK. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
Because I don't want you to lose money on this. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
-No. -No. It's sad but that happens, doesn't it? It does. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
-Tricky business, isn't it? -It is. It is, yes. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
It's hard but I think we found middle ground there. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
-Yes. I think we have. -Are you happy? | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
-Are you sure? -Yes. -OK, well I'll see you in the auction room. -All right. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
Top condition but Shirley will be lucky to recoup all of her money. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
Next we have Philip with Nick, who's here showing his support for Flog It!. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:59 | |
Why have you come here today? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
Well, I'm a great fan of Flog It!, and it occurred to me, | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
well, unless people actually make the effort and come along, | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
how can you possibly continue with the programmes? | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
Oh, good man! That's the spirit! So you've brought us this. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
Yes. It says Lalique on the bottom, but whether or not it is or not, I don't know. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:21 | |
The ability to read in this business is all encompassing, isn't it? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
Lalique, France. That's Rene Lalique. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
-I think he was born in about 1860 and died in 1945. -Right. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
And early Rene Lalique wares, they can be worth a huge amount of money. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
-Right. -You could be looking at thousands if not tens of thousands of pounds. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:38 | |
It really is hugely sought-after. But before I build your hopes up, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
this is not one of those. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
-Oh, right, OK. -Really. -Oh, dear. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
I'm guessing that this is probably... | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
Post Rene Lalique's death, so certainly after 1945. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:56 | |
And I'm guessing it might be 1960s or '70s. Guessing. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
I would estimate that, I think, at probably 30 to £50 | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
and I'd put a fixed reserve on it of 20, £25. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
-OK. -And I think it's a bit of a "come buy me". | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
-OK. -It's a bit like the old 19/11d. -Yeah. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
I think if you pitch it low, you have a chance. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
It might make £60 or £70 and I'd be delighted if it did. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
-OK. -I think it's got little chance of creeping over | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
the £100 mark but you never know. So, are you happy with that? | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
I am, yes, yeah. If we could make the reserve 25? | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Absolutely. Yes, wizard. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:30 | |
OK. Thank you very much for making the effort to come, Nick. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
OK, it's a pleasure. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Come on, everyone, we need more enthusiasts like Nick. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
We've been working flat out and we've found our first items to take off to auction. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
Now, you've heard what our experts have had to say about them. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
You've probably got your own opinion, but let's find out the opinion of the bidders. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
Let's test the market, let's up the tempo and get over to the sale room. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
The sale is being held by Golding Young in Grantham, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
and auctioneer Colin Young is wielding the gavel for us. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:09 | |
Just being here today has brought back brilliant memories. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
Some of you might remember my recent trip to the Moorcroft factory. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
They let me have a go at decorating one of their vases. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
-It's not going. It's not running. -He's doing quite well. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
Well, it was sold in this very auction room for Children In Need. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
I've got a surprise for you. Here it is. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
I haven't seen it finished. Look at that. Isn't that marvellous? | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
And its owners are right here standing next to me! | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
Chris and Eric, thank you so much for pledging so much money towards Children In Need for this. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
It's a wonderful piece of Moorcroft. And here's the evidence, | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
signed by me down there. | 0:12:57 | 0:12:58 | |
-How many pieces of Moorcroft do you have now? -17. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
And when's the collection going to end? | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
When does it ever end? | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
It doesn't, does it? Once you're a collector, you're bitten by the bug. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
-You can always trade upwards, buy and sell. -Yes. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
Thank you so much for reuniting me with that. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
-Our pleasure. -Oh, it's my pleasure making that as well. -A beautiful piece of Moorcroft. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:21 | |
Before we start, let's remind ourselves of our lots. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
Phil's first with his "come and buy me," | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
the two gold watches belonging to Jacqueline and Nicole. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
I like that. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
Elizabeth was as intrigued as I was by the extensive collection of showbiz memorabilia. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:40 | |
Shirley's charming collection of Tunbridge Ware caught my eye, but will it make what she paid for it? | 0:13:42 | 0:13:48 | |
We'll have to wait and see. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
And finally, the late Lalique bowl, which Nick brought in | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
because he wanted to come along to enjoy Flog It!. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
And why not? | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
It's the Lalique bowl first, and Nick's brought another Flog It! fan with him. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
He's brought his mum, Joan, along, because you are a big Flog It fan, aren't you? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
You've been following the programme for years. Now, you're a big fan of Anita's, aren't you? | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
-Yes. -And you've been up to her saleroom in Glasgow? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
Yes. She came leaping across and gave me a big hug and said, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
"Would you like a wee cup of tea now?" | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
Oh, bless! | 0:14:25 | 0:14:26 | |
We don't get that treatment up there, do we? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
-No, not at all. Oh, but she is wonderful, Anita, isn't she? -Yes. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
-She's great. She is. -She really is. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
-She is. -A tonic. A real tonic. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
-Yes. -I thought you said "atomic"! | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
-Oh, sorry, Anita! -Yeah, don't get on the wrong side of her, though! | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
No, I didn't mean that. I really didn't! | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
There we go. Very nice piece of modern Lalique there. Acid etched. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
Who's going to start me at £30 for it. 30? 20 to go then, surely? | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
£20. Who's going to be straight in? 20 bid. 22, 25. Five bid. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
28. 28 bid. 30, at 30 bid. 32, 32. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
35, 38. 38 bid now. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
Have another one. 38 bid. 40. 40 now. 40 bid. 42? No. £40. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
We're over here at 40. Mid estimate. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
Yes. Fresh legs now. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
Five now, do I see? I've got 42 here. At 42 bid. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
Anybody else joining in? At 42. Are we all done and finished then? | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
-Selling in the middle of the room at £42. -That's good. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
-Good. -I'm delighted with that. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
-That's great. -That's great, yes. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:21 | |
-That's a good fish and chip supper, isn't it? -I think so, yes. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
Well, Colin did a really good job there. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
Next, the fascinating collection of showbiz memorabilia. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
-It's good to see you both. -Thank you. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-There's a lot here. -There is. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
And I know, I know you were looking through this meticulously, thinking, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
-"How do I separate this," weren't you, Liz? -Well, it was almost... | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
-It was a difficult call. -It seemed a shame to actually separate it | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
cos there's so much interaction between the different elements of it. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
-Exactly. -So I passed it to the auctioneer. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
-Yes, and we've left them in the wallets that they came in. -Right. -You did kind of do some kind of... | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
Classification, yes. We tried to. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
-Good luck. -Thank you. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:03 | |
The money's going to Alzheimer's Research so the higher the better. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
-And Colin is going to wave all commission. -Oh, that's brilliant. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
-Fantastic. -A great gesture. -Because the money's going to charity. -That's fantastic. -Every little helps. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
Right, let's find out what the bidders think, shall we? Here we go. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
A collection of showbiz ephemera and autographs, including Tony Bennett, | 0:16:21 | 0:16:25 | |
Bob Hope, Nat King Cole, Liberace, Eartha Kitt, | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
to name but quite a few. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100? £100, anyone? 100? | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
50 to go, then, surely. 50. Where are you going to start me? | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
50. 50 on the internet. 50. 60 now, do I see it? 50. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
Who's going to join in the room? 60 now, 60. At 60. And 70 now. 70. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
At 80 now. At £70. Nobody interested? | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
We're up to 75. 80. At 80, bid five. 85. 90. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
-That's great, isn't it? -Yes, yeah. 100, 110. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
-Lots of competition on the internet. -140, 150, 160. 160 there. | 0:16:54 | 0:17:00 | |
170, 180, 190, 200 now. £200 bid. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
Oh, this is marvellous, isn't it? | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
This is much better. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
260, 280, 300, 320, 340, 340 in the room, then. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:13 | |
At 340 bid. Any more now? At 340. Gentleman's bit down here then. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
Last call. Selling at £340. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:18 | |
Yes! The big stars helped us out. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
-Oh, that's fantastic! -That's great. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
£340. And no commission to pay, | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
-so all the money is going to Alzheimer's charity. -Brilliant. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
-Terrific. Thanks very much. -That's wonderful. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
-Thank you so much. -Very generous of you. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:32 | |
I'm so pleased. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
What an excellent result. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
My choice now, Shirley's Tunbridge Ware. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
It's a nice little group of three. It's a good nucleus for a collection. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
Good. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
On the other hand, they could struggle. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
Oh, dear. Here we go. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
We're going to find out now. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:54 | |
Quite a sweet little desk set. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
Sounds good. Looks good. Is good. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
Shall we start bottom estimate, 150 to start me? 150. 100 to go, surely. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
£100, anyone? 100? | 0:18:06 | 0:18:07 | |
That's the roller coaster ride. They say, "Oh, it'll find its own level." | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
It starts at 150. 100. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 190 bid. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:23 | |
At 190. Any more now? At 190. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
Commission bidder has it, then. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
Any more bids at 190? And 200. 200 with you. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
At 200. 210, now. 210 with me. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
At 210. 220 anywhere else now? | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
At 210, you're out in the room. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
The commission bidder has it and we sell then at £210. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
Fine. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:42 | |
-That wasn't a bad result. -No. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
-I think the market has changed. -It has changed. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
And don't forget, you bought that retail. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
-Yes. -So it's found its right level. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
Thank you for bringing it in, it's lovely just talking about Tunbridge Ware. It's a wonderful thing. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:56 | |
-It is. -A lovely piece of social history from that part of the world. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
-Absolutely. -That's what it's all about, we can all learn from that. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
I'm sure somebody will get the same enjoyment out of the collection as Shirley's husband. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:07 | |
Now for the two gold watches being sold as two lots. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
Jacqueline and Nicole, it's great to see you again, and the baby's nearly due. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
Another few weeks and you wouldn't be here, would you? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
-No. -We've got two gold watches. This is the first of the lots so we're looking at £80 - £120. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:24 | |
Time is now up for that watch. Is it your first grandchild? | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
-No, my fourth. -Your fourth grandchild, but your first child. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
-Yes. -Congratulations. -Thank you very much. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
OK, let's see how the first watch does, going under the hammer right now. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
The gentleman's wristwatch, '60s/'70s, good looking watch this one, stand 585. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:46 | |
It is a good looking watch. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
-It is, yes. -At £80. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
Five anywhere else? 85 bid. 90. 195. 100. 110. 120. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
130. 140. 150. 160, now. 170. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:59 | |
180. 190 now? 180 bid. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
-This is for the baby fund. -Jumping around happily at this news. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
-Selling at £180. -Yes, £180. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
That's amazing, thank you. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
One down, one to go. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
Mid-sized wristwatch with one jewelled Swiss movement. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
Who's going to start me and £50 for it? 50? 30 to go then. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
30, I'm bid. 35. 40. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
45. £50 bid. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
And five now. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:28 | |
50. 55. 60. 65. 70 now. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
70? At £70. Lady's bid at £70. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
And 72 as a last call, two anywhere else now? | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
Going then, all done... 72, fresh blood. 75? 78 bid. 80 now. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:43 | |
82? No, £80 bid, back with the lady then, all done and finished and selling at £80. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:48 | |
That's £260, isn't it? | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
Yippee! | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
-Look at the look of excitement and joy. -Let's go! | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
Well, that's a rattling start for the baby fund. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
Coming up: Phil, armed and looking dangerous. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
It's a cavalry officer's sword. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
Don't worry, you're all right! | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
Getting a bit anxious here! | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
Time now for a gear change. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
Donington Park race circuit has been a key part of the British motorsport history since the 1930s. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:35 | |
Its museum is also home to the world's largest collection of Grand Prix cars. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:40 | |
There are well over 130 exhibits here in five huge, great big halls, including | 0:21:48 | 0:21:54 | |
virtually a complete collection of British Vanwalls from the 1950s, | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
an almost perfect collection of Formula One McLaren racing cars | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
from the team's inception onwards, and many other fabulous racing cars | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
driven by iconic stars, such as Jackie Stewart, Stirling Moss and Ayrton Senna. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:12 | |
This is a highly personal collection which came together | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
because of the determination of one man, the late owner of the circuit, Tom Wheatcroft. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:25 | |
Tom's success as a builder enabled him to buy the circuit and fulfil his dream by setting up the museum. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:33 | |
I'm here to speak to his son, Kevin, who spent a lot of his early years | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
travelling with his father, tracking down these cars all over the world. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
My father discovered motorsport as a hobby as a young child. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
Once he'd got through World War II and created his business, the first | 0:22:48 | 0:22:54 | |
thing he indulged in was to buy cars to form, | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
not necessarily a collection, it was just a small gathering | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
of cars at home, which eventually grew into what we see today. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:05 | |
Unbelievable. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:06 | |
You must have lots of wonderful early memories of him, and I know | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
he took you on the road buying, didn't he, all over the world? | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
Right from an early age I spent every minute of the day with him. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
-I sacrificed school, and I just got on with him. -Worth doing, though? | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
Yes, we're a similar nature in that we're both collectors. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
He bought his first Grand Prix car in 1964. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
Well, I never thought I'd see this, a Ferrari in green. Didn't think it was possible. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
Well, it was two firsts, really. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
This is the car that started the collection, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
and, yes, it was the first Ferrari delivered in green, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
it being the chosen colour of Tony Vandervell's new formed team, Thinwall Bearing Company. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:55 | |
So this was raced by the British team? | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
Yes, and it was used as a test bed for the later Vanwalls. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
So this really was the forerunner to the Vanwalls we are surrounded by? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
This is the only complete collection of Vanwalls anywhere in the world. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
-Have you driven this? -I have indeed, yeah. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
Hard to steer? | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
-Not at speed, it actually lightens up. -Gets warmer and hotter. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
Yeah, it's quite a nimble car, and Ferraris were. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
Very well balanced, it's actually quite a comfortable thing to drive. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
In 1975, Blue Peter's John Noakes got the story of Tom's first car straight from the horse's mouth. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:32 | |
Is there a history behind it? | 0:24:32 | 0:24:37 | |
Yes, quite a big history, really. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
I saw this advertised in a British magazine, so I wrote off... | 0:24:40 | 0:24:44 | |
-Where was it? -In Australia, actually. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
I wrote off and finished up buying it, and it was advertised | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
as the ex Peter Whitehead's 1.5 litre 12 cylinder supercharged car. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:56 | |
When I bought it, it arrived in a packing case. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
I undone it and, to my horror, there was a Chevrolet engine in it, a five litre one. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:04 | |
-You'd been conned a bit, I bet. -I really had. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
The engine actually was in a speedboat in Australia, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
and worse luck happened for me, it kept winning every race. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
It won three years' championships. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
I don't know if it was more successful in the boat or in the car, but we finally got it. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:23 | |
The Italians have always married style with speed, but in the early days that came with a price. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:36 | |
Lovely Maserati. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
It is, isn't it? 1934. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
I'd imagine back in the late '30s and '40s there was a lot of fatalities in racing? | 0:25:43 | 0:25:48 | |
It was terrible. Virtually every race there was someone seriously injured or lost. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:53 | |
They're like bombs on wheels, you're sitting in the fuel tank. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
They are, you're sitting in a bath of fuel with no protection. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
The helmets and the race overalls of the period offered little | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
or no protection, so it was down to your skill and your luck. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
-I think the earlier the cars, the more personality they've got. -They've got a lot of character. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:13 | |
What are we looking at here? | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
This started life as a 1940 Auto Union, which was one of the German Silver Arrows. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:21 | |
Its career was interrupted by World War II, and it was later, | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
at the end of the war, liberated by the Russians, | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
who completed it in 1947 as a Sokol, | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
so, in effect, becoming the first and only Russian Formula One car. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
This car was actually driven by Joseph Stalin's son, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
and he was all for trying to get his father to promote a Russian Formula One team, | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
and eventually a circuit, but it never materialised. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
How did you get this out of Russia, what was the story? | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
Well, we bought it legitimately, but couldn't get an export licence, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
so we literally smuggled it out on a coal barge buried in coal. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
-You didn't, did you? -That was the only way we could get it out. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
-And then pick it up from the border? -Yes, literally. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
It was an incredibly advanced machine. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
Could that outrace anything in its day? | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
In its day, yes, it would have done. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-It looks like a rocket on wheels. -Yes. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
In Monaco in 1963, Stirling Moss shocked the world by winning in a British car. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:26 | |
Even an extra 30 bhp is no substitute for the skill of Moss, | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
as round and round the classic Monaco circuit he drives the race of his life. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
This is a car that stole the crowd for Lotus. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
A little garage built car that could take on the might of the Ferraris and beat them. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
-A tiny little firm. -Yeah, unbelievable. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Probably one of the most legendary of all surviving Lotuses. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
Incredible, where did you find this? | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
Amazingly, this was found in the mid '60s, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
fairly local to here on a pig farm, | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
and somebody had run the car after the heyday of Moss and the car had been altered somewhat. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:13 | |
-But we collected all the original parts that were scattered around the farm. -It was in a barn? -Yes. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:18 | |
-You'd think Stirling Moss wouldn't let this out of his sight! -I think it's something he may regret. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:23 | |
-It looks so light. -It is incredibly light. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
Nothing there, is there? In fact, look, I'm just rocking this with my knee now and look at that. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:32 | |
I'm not even touching that. Well, barely. Look how light that is. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
This car goes out once a year and is demonstrated. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
-I bet it's a thrill, isn't it? -Yeah, it is. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
Doesn't it put a smile on your face? | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
Yeah, it actually sends a shiver up your spine | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
when you think something so simple | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
can have done something so important nearly 50 years ago. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
Kevin has really brought some of these stories to life for me. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
Without Tom Wheatcroft, many of these iconic cars would no longer exist. | 0:28:58 | 0:29:03 | |
Father and son have made a lasting contribution to the sport. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:07 | |
Back at Burghley, the day is going with a swing. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
Elizabeth is with Stephen and Kate who have a very special reason for wanting to "Flog It!". | 0:29:24 | 0:29:30 | |
Kate's lost her engagement ring. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
Oh, no! | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
So what I'm going to do is sell these so she can have a new engagement ring. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:40 | |
Aaw, that's lovely. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
Yeah. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
It's a Victorian sovereign which has been put into a loose mount | 0:29:44 | 0:29:49 | |
which is good which means it can be easily retracted | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
and then placed in the gold ring shank. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
In all honesty because of | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
the condition of the basket and the shank there, | 0:29:58 | 0:30:02 | |
the value's really mainly in the sovereign but you cannot ignore the intrinsic value of the gold as well. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:08 | |
-OK. -In the case of the other ring which is slightly smaller. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
You have a half sovereign there which is actually an Elizabeth II one | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
so it's a much later piece. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
It's not as collectible and interesting as one that's so much earlier. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
Gold at the moment is very strong. People are investing in gold. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
It's a good time to sell gold. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
If we break it down into components, | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
the Victorian sovereign on its own is currently worth | 0:30:27 | 0:30:31 | |
anywhere between I would have thought £65 and £85. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
So if you look at, I suppose, 70 to 100, 80 to 120 on this ring on its own. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:40 | |
And the other ring anywhere between I suppose... | 0:30:40 | 0:30:45 | |
-£38 and £55. Very broad band but it just depends on gold on the day. -OK. -OK. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
So you need to sell them together I think to make it worth your while. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
Yeah, definitely, yes. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:54 | |
So if we did that and put a combined estimate of... | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
I'd be happier at 100 to 150 if you could cope with that. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
Are you happy with that? A £100 reserve on? | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
Anything towards it would be just lovely. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
-We'll see what we can do for you at the auctions. -Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
All I can say is that Stephen seems like a very understanding man. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
Philip's with Tony and Janet who've brought in something for a friend. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
You've been walking through Stamford with this? | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
Not quite. Just from the car park. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
Well, what can you tell me about it? | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
It's a friend of ours. It doesn't belong to us actually. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
She inherited it from her... | 0:31:34 | 0:31:38 | |
-Sister in law. -Sister in law. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
They believe it was used in the Charge of the Light Brigade. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:45 | |
-1854, wasn't it? -It is. -Battle of Balaclava. Crimean War. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
"Onward, onward, half a league onward, into the valley of death, rode the 600." There you are. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:53 | |
They think it's sort of back end of the 19th century. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
I was wondering if it might be a little later than that. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
Might be the first part of the 20th century. Sort of 1912, 1914. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:07 | |
But I don't know. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:08 | |
It's either late 19th or early 20th century. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
What I do know is that it's a cavalry officer's sword... | 0:32:11 | 0:32:15 | |
Don't worry, you're all right! | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
Getting a bit anxious here! | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
Thinking about it, whilst I'm holding this, my grandfather's sword which I know is First World War | 0:32:20 | 0:32:25 | |
has a thumb piece there like that and this doesn't have that so this could well be 19th century. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:30 | |
What amazes me about those guys is any sort of cavalry officer, you're on horseback, | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
you're trying to ride a horse with one hand and with the other hand trying to put that. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:39 | |
How you didn't do yourself all sorts of untold damage is beyond me. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:46 | |
This hilt looks continental there. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:49 | |
I think that's called the pommel. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:52 | |
This is meant it to look like it's whipped with cord. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
We've got the maker's stamp there on the blade | 0:32:56 | 0:33:01 | |
which is A & E H. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
I think it'll do quite well actually because I'm renowned for being mean on this programme. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
I would put a £60 to £90 estimate on it. £50 reserve. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
Wouldn't surprise me if it made 150 quid. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:16 | |
-You happy with that? -Yes, indeed. -I'll just try and get it back in. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:21 | |
Isn't it funny how things come back you that you forgot like from when you were a kid? | 0:33:21 | 0:33:25 | |
I remember getting my grandfather's sword out and what I used to love was... | 0:33:25 | 0:33:29 | |
Isn't that brilliant? | 0:33:29 | 0:33:32 | |
Yes. Very good. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
That's what I call getting straight to the point. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
Elizabeth's attention has been captivated by an exquisite piece of folk art. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:44 | |
Laura and Alec, you have brought a lovely piece of scrimshaw in here. What is the story behind this? | 0:33:44 | 0:33:49 | |
I don't know a lot about it. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
It was in the house ever since I was very small. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
How it got there, who brought it, I do not know. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:58 | |
-Did you handle it and have a look with it? -Yes, I used to hold it and play at it. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:03 | |
My mother used to shout, "You'll drop that on your toe!" | 0:34:03 | 0:34:07 | |
And did you ever? | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
No. But it got taken away and put into a drawer but it didn't stop me. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
I used to sneak and have a look. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
-You are fascinated by it? -Yes, I suppose I was. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
-And do you like it? -I like it, yes. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
I find it quite intriguing that I believe how it was done - | 0:34:21 | 0:34:27 | |
sailors must have had a lot of time on their hands is all I can think of. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
I guess they did with long voyages. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
Scrimshaw is often using whale or walrus tusk or whale bone. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:38 | |
They used whatever natural products they could lay their hands on. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
It's thought to have been primarily sailors who would undertake this form of craft | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
using knives or needles to scratch away at the surface | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
and to actually make the design up. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
Normally they represent the ship that they were serving on. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:57 | |
There it is. The nice masted galleon there with the billowing sails. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:02 | |
Now if that ship were traceable | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
or if it were known as to where that sailed, | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
who might have sailed on it, | 0:35:07 | 0:35:09 | |
that would potentially add value to the piece itself. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
Date-wise it's going to be probably mid-nineteenth century. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
It has a little bit of damage but I think that's been like that for a long while. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:21 | |
-It's always been there. -That wasn't when you dropped it? | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
-No! -Just about proof of an incident not reported. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:28 | |
When it comes to value... | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
You can't get much scrimshaw for 100, 150. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
So 200 to 300 for that is not out of the way. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:38 | |
-We could be cheeky and do a wider estimate and say 200 to 400. -Yes. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
-You are giving people the thought it could make more without frightening them. -That's right, yes. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:47 | |
-Shall we say 200 to 400? -Yes. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
Put a reserve on of £200. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
-Make that firm? -Yes. -Yes. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Thank you for coming in today. We shall see you at the auction. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
Yes, and we've enjoyed it, thank you very much. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
That's a canny estimate from Elizabeth. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
Time to take a look at our last items. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
It is the right time to sell gold so Stephen and Kate should get | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
a reasonable contribution to the cost of the new engagement ring. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:19 | |
Philip really enjoyed looking at the cavalry officer's sword. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
It's extraordinary to think it might have been used at the Charge of the Light Brigade. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:29 | |
Finally, that lovely piece of scrimshaw, | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
just like the sword, it's an object which fuels the imagination. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:37 | |
Before the sale in Grantham, | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
I caught up with our auctioneer Colin Young, | 0:36:42 | 0:36:44 | |
to see if he's had much interest in the scrimshaw. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
I saw this at the valuation day | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
and Elizabeth beat me to it but I was absolutely fascinated by it. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:55 | |
We've seen a lot of scrimshaw before. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
But I've not seen one with a Highland infantry soldier in full tartan regalia on the back. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:05 | |
I must admit I haven't come across any either. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
I thought I'd do a little bit of research beforehand | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
and I couldn't find any, so we're in new territory. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
So surely that should make it very rare and put the price up. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
We've got £200 to £400 on this. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
Yeah, that's fine, I think we published 200 to 300. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
We know that it's low hundreds. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
And with that sort of estimate we shouldn't scare anybody off. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
-No, it's still got a fixed reserve of £200. -Absolutely. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
It's going to be anchored and it'll be fine at that level. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
That's going to sell. Has there been any interest in the room at all? | 0:37:33 | 0:37:38 | |
In the preview we've actually had the quite a few people asking for extra images, for condition reports. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:44 | |
-So there certainly has been the interest that you would expect for a piece like this. -OK. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
I've got high hopes for that one, do you know that? | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
I personally would like to see that sell for maybe around 500 to 700. Somewhere out there. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:56 | |
I would love it too as well but we are working on commission! | 0:37:56 | 0:38:01 | |
You just don't know what's going to happen at auction, do you? | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
You don't. But at least we know we're safe. It's protected with the reserve. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:08 | |
Good luck. I know you're going to do your best on this one. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
I'll get my teeth sunk into it. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
Do you know, I knew you were going to say that! | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
Well we're going to have to wait and see how the scrimshaw does | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
because it's the sale of the two gold rings first. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
We've got the rings, we've got Elizabeth our valuer. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:24 | |
She's put £100 to £150 on these rings but unfortunately we don't have the owners Stephen and Kate. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:30 | |
-No, sadly not here. -But hopefully these are going to go for the top end of the estimate. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
It's a good time to sell. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:35 | |
The rings are in quite poor condition actually but the gold content is good. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:39 | |
-The scrap value's good. -Absolutely, yeah. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
-That's all that matters right now. -I'm hoping we'll do well for them. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
Here they are, going under the hammer now. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
A Victorian full sovereign 1893 and a nine-carat ring mount. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:56 | |
Also a distorted half sovereign as well. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
I'd be in trouble if I lost an engagement ring. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
You would, wouldn't you? | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
-You would, definitely. -Start me at 150 for it. 150 for it, 150. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:08 | |
Straight in at the top end. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
-I can relax now. -220, 240, 260, 280? | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
At 280, do I see? | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
275 I'm bid. 280? 280 bid. At 280. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:22 | |
290 now, at 280 at the back of the room. Any more bids? | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
Selling at £280. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
-Hammer's gone down. -They will be pleased, won't they? | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
I said it was a good time to sell precious metals. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:34 | |
It's a brilliant time. £280! | 0:39:34 | 0:39:35 | |
Yes. They weren't in great order, it is just the value of the gold. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:39 | |
Do you know how much the original ring was? | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
No, they didn't impart much knowledge to me about that. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
I don't know what they are aiming for now but I think she's got her eye... | 0:39:44 | 0:39:48 | |
-Well that's a good start. -Yes. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:50 | |
Well, a result like that is certainly going to help. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
Now it's Toby and Janet selling the cavalry officer's sword for a friend. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
We are looking at £60 to £90 and I absolutely like this. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:04 | |
I think it's a fabulous lot. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
There aren't many other items, I'm looking around feeling a bit worried for Philip | 0:40:06 | 0:40:11 | |
but there's not a lot of items of militaria here. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
It's standalone. I think I might have undercut this a bit. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
I think it's more like 120, 180. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
Because I think it is 19th century. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
Yeah, you're a little unsure of the valuation, weren't you? | 0:40:22 | 0:40:26 | |
19th-century cavalry trooper's sword together with its scabbard. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:34 | |
Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100. 80 to go then. 80. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:38 | |
Silence, 50 then. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
-Oh dear. -At the back 50 bid. And five now. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
£50 bid, £5 now surely. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
55. 60, sir, 60. 65. 70. 70 bid. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:52 | |
75. 80. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
85 and 90. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
95. 100. 110 on the book. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:05 | |
120, 130. And 130 do I see? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
120 on my right, 120 is the last call then going at £120. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:15 | |
-That was good, wasn't it? -You were spot on there, weren't you? | 0:41:15 | 0:41:19 | |
-More by luck than judgement! -That was good. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:23 | |
-It found its level so... -Happy? | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
Yes, more than happy with that. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:26 | |
Yes, that's lovely. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
That's good news for them to take back. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
Norma and Alec's engraved whale tooth known as scrimshaw, looks like a promising lot to me. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:39 | |
Let's see if I'm right. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
I'm sure this will find its way into a big collection. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
I think at £200 to £300 it's here to go. That's for sure. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:49 | |
-Our little grandsons will be pleased. -Is the money going to the grandsons? | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
Yes it is. Joseph and Oliver. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
They're two. They're very small children but it's going in their savings account if we get anything. | 0:41:54 | 0:42:00 | |
That's a great start, isn't it? | 0:42:00 | 0:42:01 | |
-Yes. -Well you're going to get something, believe me. Hopefully a lot! | 0:42:01 | 0:42:05 | |
Here we go, it's going under the hammer. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
There we go - very nice piece of scrimshaw. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
A lot of interest in it. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
-Here we go. -What's it worth? | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
-We're going to find out. -We are going to have to start at 150. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
160 do we have now? 160, 170, 180. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
190. 200 now. 200. 220, 240. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:27 | |
260. 280. 300. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:30 | |
£300 bid. 320 anywhere else? | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
At 300 at the back of the room. Any more bids? 320 from Australia. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:37 | |
Oh! | 0:42:37 | 0:42:38 | |
360 now. 360. 360. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
400 now. £400 bid. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
400, do I see? 400. 420? | 0:42:45 | 0:42:50 | |
420. 440 now. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:54 | |
This is good. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
440 in the room. At 460? | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
At 440 the net bidder has it. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
We sell then to Australia at 440. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
The grandkids are going to be happy. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
Very much so. Yes. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:10 | |
Worth every penny. Worth every penny. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
-Yes. -A lovely thing. -Really good. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:14 | |
Well that's it. It doesn't get much better than that because we've sold everything. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:22 | |
All credit to Colin Young and to our experts. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:25 | |
Everybody has gone home happy and they've enjoyed themselves | 0:43:25 | 0:43:29 | |
and I hope you've enjoyed watching. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
So from Grantham, until the next time, | 0:43:31 | 0:43:33 | |
when there's plenty more surprises on "Flog It!", it's cheerio. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
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