0:00:02 > 0:00:05I'm not going to tell you where we are today.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I'm going to let some of the good people here who have been waiting
0:00:07 > 0:00:10patiently in the queue to inform you. Where are we?
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Malvern in Worcestershire.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- What are you here to do?- Flog it!
0:00:15 > 0:00:20- It's 9.30. I think it's time to get the doors open and get the show on the road, don't you?- Yes!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Come on, then.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48Our venue is tucked just under the beautiful Malvern Hills.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53This is the spa town famous for the Malvern water which was first bottled nearly 400 years ago.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59It became a popular resort in Victorian times as people came here for the famous water cure.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Today this lot are queuing outside the Malvern Theatre complex for a Flog It cure.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12This is the programme where we take your unwanted antiques
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and collectables and turn them into cash.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Everyone knows the Meissen sign. Don't they just.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Leading our team of experts today we have the young ones.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Adam Partridge runs his own auction house.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30He started in the antiques business when he was just 17 years old.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- A very interesting object.- He's sold everything from cars to houses.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37He once spotted a £10,000 vase on Flog It.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Royal Mint condition.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Kate Bateman nearly became a professional ballet dancer but realised her future was
0:01:44 > 0:01:47more auction house than opera house and set up business with her father.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I don't think you'll appreciate the ducks, really.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Not at all.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I wonder who will be topping the bill in today's show.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Somebody here in this queue is going to go home with a lot of money.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Who's it going to be? Stay tuned and you'll find out.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05When I say a lot of money, I mean thousands.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09£1,000 I have, 1,150, 1,200, 1,250.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Will we get £2,000?- Done.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Also on the show today Adam's all a fumble with this toy from yesteryear.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- That's going to go on for a while, isn't it?- Yes.- Shall I stop it?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25While Kate is hoping Susan's coffee pot is worth a few beans.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28What would you buy if we sold it for that kind of money?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Probably put it towards a holiday.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- You could go somewhere where they grow coffee.- That's true.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Sounds good to me, so let's get on with the valuations.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Adam is already getting stuck in.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42He's with Josephine, no stranger to the Malvern Theatres complex.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- I believe you were here late last night as well.- Yes, 11 o'clock.
0:02:46 > 0:02:53- Were you?- Yes, dancing. We go dancing four or five times a week.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Do you? That keeps you fit.- Very.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00You've got a delightful little Royal Worcester cabinet cup here.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Isn't it pretty?- It is lovely.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05What area were you working in?
0:03:05 > 0:03:12First of all I started in the factory and then I went into the shop.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17You brought along this lovely little example today, which I presume you got while you were there.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Yes, I did. - Do you remember when that was?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22In the '70s.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Did you used to get a staff discount? - Oh, yes, a very good discount.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It must have been around £70.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Quite a lot still.- Yes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35It was a lot of money in those times.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37It's still a fair amount now, isn't it? Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40The Cup is painted inside.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- And all around the outside. - It's beautiful.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51- It's 22 carat gold.- You've got the Royal Worcester mark on the bottom.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54You're selling it to me. Still in sales.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Oh, yes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57It's got a signature on there as well.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59That's the signature of...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02the painter called Nutt.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05His first name was Terry. Terry Nutt.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Very talented. To be able to paint that...- Very, very talented.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I've got very small hands,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14but look how tiny that cup is next to my finger.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19To be able to paint like that, so precisely, in the Royal Worcester tradition with the fruit on the
0:04:19 > 0:04:25typical background that they have always done is quite a skill.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27And it really tings.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Put a pen on it.- You do it.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32RINGS
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Wow. That's really good.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36SHE SOUNDS A DIFFERENT NOTE
0:04:37 > 0:04:40You can play a tune on china.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44If we had loads of them, we could. Isn't it going to be hard for you to part with this?
0:04:44 > 0:04:51Yes in a way, but I don't mind selling it now. I've got
0:04:51 > 0:04:58so many beautiful things at home and a lot of them are shut away.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59It's a job to fit everything in.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I've only got one corner unit.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Right.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07All the best things go on there.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Well, your £70 is going to have increased in value.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I think...
0:05:13 > 0:05:16let's hope it makes £200 plus.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I hope so.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I think we should put a reserve on it, because I'd hate to have you disappointed.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- I wouldn't let it go under £100. - I agree with you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30No, I wouldn't let it go under £100, no way.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Then we'll put an estimate of 120-180 to get them encouraged about it.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Hopefully I'm going to get the price right.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I'm sure our auctioneers will, because they handle so much fruit painted Worcester.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I know it's extremely popular.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- Let's hope that all the Worcester collectors are there.- I hope so.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's been lovely talking to you.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Thank you very much.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- I'll see you at the auction. - Yes, you will.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57That Adam is such a charmer.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00And I'm falling in love as well.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- What's Ted called?- Just Teddy.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- How long have you had him? - Since I was seven.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Oh, let me have a look.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Look, he's hung his head down. He doesn't want to be flogged.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16He doesn't want to be sold. You're not going to sell him, are you?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18See how much he fetches.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24That's exactly what everybody is here for, to find out exactly what it's worth and if they're happy
0:06:24 > 0:06:27with the valuation, well, they just might sell.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Poor old Ted, he doesn't want to go.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32But there's plenty more here that does want to go.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38Kate is with Susan and a 100-year-old relic from the days of fine dining.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41You've brought in this rather handsome coffee pot.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44What can you tell me about it?
0:06:44 > 0:06:51I really can only say that it was my mother's. I can remember it as long as I've been around.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55She had the teapot to go with it, but I don't know what happened to that.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Oh, no. You're left with the coffee pot. Ever used it?- No.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It just sits there in a cupboard?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It sits in a glass cabinet.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08It's rather nice. If we look at it round the other side we've got some
0:07:08 > 0:07:13hallmarks and the maker's main name which tells me it's Sheffield, 1902.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18R and B for Roberts and Belk - quite a good Sheffield maker.
0:07:18 > 0:07:25It's in style copying the Georgian silver, so you've got this
0:07:25 > 0:07:29plain top, half reeded bottom and then these ebonised handles.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35But it's a really attractive piece. I suppose if you don't use it, you want to sell it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38That's right, I'm getting to the age where I'm going to have to de-clutter.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43It's not the sort of thing that children want any more, is it?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's not very practical. You can use them.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Silver has gone up recently, but I think it's still underpriced compared to gold and other things.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Any idea price wise what do you think it would make?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Possibly 120, 130.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Is that based on things you've seen similar selling?- Yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:07If we pick it up, it's got a good weight to it and it's solid silver, apart from the handles.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10You've got the ebonised wood which is adding a bit of weight.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16But it's probably 15 - 20 ounces and silver is high at the moment anyway.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The condition is pretty good. What's also nice is there's no inscription at the front,
0:08:19 > 0:08:25so it's not dedicated to somebody, which always makes it harder to sell if it's got initials or something.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29It's a really nice thing and I think silver collectors would be happy to have it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Obviously if it was an earlier, properly Georgian piece, we'd be tripling or quadrupling the price.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36But I think your estimate isn't far off.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44What we think is probably a reserve of maybe 120 and maybe a slightly higher estimate just
0:08:44 > 0:08:49for the auction, so 150 - 200 as an estimate for the auction catalogue.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Is that something you'd be happy with?- Yes.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I think it'll do all right.
0:08:53 > 0:09:00Let's hope it goes in the sale and somebody can pour themselves a cup of coffee out of it and see it go.
0:09:00 > 0:09:07Kate has got a real eye for quality items and it also pays to keep your ears open.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09CHEEPING
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Has that been in the family long? - About 15 years.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It was bought for me as a gift when I was younger.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Is it something you're thinking of selling now?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Possibly, I don't know.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Just interested to see if it's worth anything.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28It's entertaining you, isn't it?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30He loves it, yeah.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42We see a lot of childhood toys on Flog It and this next one is real tops.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Adam is with John who has brought in his grandfather's spinning top, carved from a nut.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Fantastic, isn't it?- Yes. That's going to go on for a while, isn't it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:58- It's going to go on for a while, yes.- Shall I stop it? - That's absolutely dead upright.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- There we are.- Almost!- So, you've had this from grandad, have you?- Yes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06And you played with it as a child?
0:10:06 > 0:10:11I played with it as a child, and then when he died back in the '70s, he left it in his will to me.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Did he ever tell you anything about it?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Nothing at all, no. It was just there. I just played with it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20It was the first thing I asked for when I arrived on a Sunday morning.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I think it's a charming little thing.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I just wonder what makes you want to sell it?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, it's now been in the attic
0:10:27 > 0:10:29for about 20 years. It's just been in a box.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32No-one else in the family would want it?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I've got four boys, I've got 10 grandchildren.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- It makes an argument, doesn't it? - What do you do with it? Yes.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39"I wanted it!"
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Exactly.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- It's going to come to auction? - Yes, I think so.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47It's a lovely little piece. It's a good, solid material, isn't it?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50It's just a pleasing object. There's something really lovely about it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It's very tactile.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Well, have you got any ideas what it might be worth?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58No idea at all, no. I thought I'd leave that up to the experts.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00It's a tricky one. It is a tricky one.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I'm usually on the cautious side.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05It's 19th century coquilla nut spinning top.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- I'd say £50 - £80 estimate, but I think it will make more than that actually.- Do you think?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Yeah.- All right, OK. - How does that sound to you?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13That sounds pretty good.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15It will go
0:11:15 > 0:11:17towards something I'm sure.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- I wouldn't be surprised if it did a bit more than that.- Really?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Because it's a lovely object, and a novelty thing.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25It's a curio for a cabinet.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27It's got a lot of appeal to it.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32- I think where we're going, the auctioneer is going to like that as well.- Is he?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35He's into his little bits of things like this.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39We'll put a reserve in at £40, but if it doesn't make £40, I think you'd be underselling it.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Right. - We don't want that to happen.- No.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46We're here to protect your interests, make sure nothing's given away.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Don't want it going for a tenner. - No.- That would be upsetting.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53More for you than for me. But I wouldn't like to see it go for a tenner either.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- Really lovely. Thanks ever so much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Well, that's our first crop of collectibles from Malvern, and now we're going to sell them
0:12:01 > 0:12:04at Philip Serrell's Valuers and Auctioneers,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07where sellers pay a 17% commission plus VAT.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11This is what I love to see, an auction room packed full of people.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15And I hope all this lot are going to put their hands up and bid on our lots.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20But before the action starts, a quick run-down of all the items going under the hammer.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Adam's in a spin with John's top.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26It belonged to his grandfather, but now it's got to go.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31This 1902 coffee pot belongs to Susan, but she's never used it.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Josephine used to work at the Royal Worcester factory and really knows her stuff.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39She can even get a tune out of this hand-painted cabinet cup.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Auctioneer Philip Serrell loves Royal Worcester and he's an expert on the subject.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It's time for tea. I hope you're not thirsty?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Not with that, no!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It's good, though, isn't it? Royal Worcester.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58- It's a cabinet piece.- This is all hand-painted, totally hand-painted.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- You're buying a work of art.- It is.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And what makes it harder, if you think, to paint inside out.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08Inside that shaping, sloping side, is really awesome.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The factory's shut. It's not in Worcester any more.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Makes you sad, doesn't it?- This is interesting - this is quite late.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18It's painted by Terry Nutt. They started to paint it in the 20s and 30s,
0:13:18 > 0:13:23but in my eye and my taste, the earlier stuff I prefer. It makes more money.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26We're looking at £120 - £180 for this?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28A little miniature coffee cup and saucer
0:13:28 > 0:13:34like this, retail would cost you, I would guess, between £300 - £600.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36If you bought it new, retail.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40So it's actually, if it makes £150, it's jolly good value for money.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Very good value for money, yes.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Come and buy them at auction!- And, there's a huge army of collectors.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48They'll be here to buy it. They'll be on the phone to buy it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51There will be commissioned bids on the book to buy it. And it'll sell.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55So, let's find out if he's right.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Josephine's Royal Worcester cup and saucer is our first item under the hammer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Why are you selling this?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The artwork is stunning.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It is, absolutely lovely.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08It is so tiny. Surely you've got a space for that?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I've had to reduce down in size.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I'm in a flat now.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15That's perfect for a flat, isn't it?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Yes, I know.- Well, good luck anyway.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- We've all had fun talking about this and looking at it. - It's a beautiful thing.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25And you've probably got your own opinion what it's going to go for, but let's hope it's the high end
0:14:25 > 0:14:28of Adam's estimate. Good luck. Here we go.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Start me off, someone. Bid me £100 to start.
0:14:34 > 0:14:3880 I'm bid. At 80, give me 90? 90 bid.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40100 on the telephone.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- We've got a phone now.- 110, 120.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49What? At £110 only.
0:14:49 > 0:14:56110. 20 on the net. At £120 on the net. 130 on the net.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Within the estimate at the moment.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05130, 140. At £140.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07150. Is there any more at all?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09At £150 and I sell, then.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- Spot on! £150.- I'm so pleased.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- I'm pleased for you as well. - Thank you very much.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- It's a pleasure.- It's been lovely, I've enjoyed every minute.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Good. So, a wonderful result for Josephine. Let's hope we're on a roll.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Going under the hammer right now, we've got an Edwardian silver teapot in a neo-classical style.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31We've got that, but unfortunately we don't have Susan, its owner.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35But we do have Gladys, who's Susan's best friend, aren't you?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- I am.- So, how long have you been mates, then?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- About 15 years. - And you live close by?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41No, I live in Worcester, Susan's in London.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47- You've obviously seen this coffee pot, in her house? - I haven't actually, no.- You haven't?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51You might want to buy it. You should have a quick look on the screen when it comes up!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It's a nice bit of silver.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Is it?- I really like this.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56It's good quality.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It's a classic thing, so it's lovely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02But the fact that you haven't seen it just shows that it was never on display and not really appreciated.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I think she'd had it hidden away.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08But she did polish it up. It's going under the hammer now. Good luck.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15Lot number 387 is the Edwardian silver coffee pot. A nice lot this.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Bid me for that, put them in the bidding, start me off.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21It looks so good.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22And I'm bid £50 for that.
0:16:22 > 0:16:2860, 70, 80, 90.
0:16:28 > 0:16:3190 bid. 100, 110, 120, thank you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Good.- At 120.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Fast and furious!- Is there any more?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's being sold. There's the bid.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42At £120.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Any more at all?
0:16:46 > 0:16:51At £120, 30 anywhere? At 120.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53There's the bid. At £120 and I sell, then.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Excellent.- At £120 and done?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00That was quick. That was heavily contested and it was very quick.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Well done. Are you going to get on the phone and tell her?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- I will.- Thanks very much.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Well, that's the kind of phone call that would make your day.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Let's see if we can make it three in a row.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14Here's John with that spinning top, valued by Adam at £50 - £80.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Why do you want to sell it? - Well, I've got 10 grandchildren.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Crikey!- They all want to come on holiday with us.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- You can't decide?- No, I can't.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So it's going into the holiday fund.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Best thing to do. Lots of memories, though?
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Lots of memories.- And this thing is so tactile, it's beautiful. - It's right up your street, isn't it?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Yes it is. I'd like to see this do way over the top end, but you just don't know what's going to happen.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Three figures. 100 quid plus.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Yeah. 120, 130.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- That would be nice. - It would be, wouldn't it?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- We put 50 to 80, didn't we?- Yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44A nice, sensible estimate. "Come and buy me."
0:17:44 > 0:17:47We just need all these hands going up, three or four at once.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- We're going to find out right now. - OK.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Lot number 290 is the coquilla nut and bone spinning top.
0:17:56 > 0:17:5940 bid. £40 only.
0:17:59 > 0:18:0150, 60, 70, 80.
0:18:01 > 0:18:0580 bid, I've got to take 90 here.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- 100, madam? 100 bid.- Got it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10- We've got 100.- Cracked it!
0:18:10 > 0:18:15100, 110. 20 now, ma'am?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20120. The internet's out. 130.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23This is brilliant.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25At £130,
0:18:25 > 0:18:2740 is it? It's only money!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Philip's enjoying selling this, he's doing us proud, actually.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34£130, on the net. At £130.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37130...
0:18:37 > 0:18:38...and done, thank you.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Under the hammer! That are so many treen collectors out there,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and I know a lot of them would love this as part of their collection.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That was well over estimate, and a great little item.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50We'll be back at auction later on in the programme.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I'm a musician, and I love playing music and listening to it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But, is a musical instrument a good investment?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21The highest value instrument has to be the violin.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26In 2006, Christie's New York sold a Stradivarius for over £2 million.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Italian Antonio Stradivari really set the standard for violin making
0:19:33 > 0:19:37300 years ago, with his beautiful instruments.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41And it's by his craftsmanship that all the violins made since are compared.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54To be a good instrument, and a great investment, it doesn't have to a Stradivarius.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Even newly-made violins will eventually go up in value.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Believe it or not, there's a violin maker here in
0:19:59 > 0:20:04the Jinney Ring Craft Centre, just outside Bromsgrove, that's turning out the most wonderful instruments.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08His name is Bill Piper, so let's go and meet the man.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16Bill started playing the violin as a lad, and at the age of 16 became an apprentice repairer.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Now, with over 40 years' experience, his instruments sell for £2,500 - £3,000 each.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Hello, Bill.- Hello. - Lovely little workshop, isn't it?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- How are you doing? It's fine. - What have I caught you working on?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31That looks like the back of a cello, not a violin.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33That's correct.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37The stage I've got to with this is that I've contoured the outside, as you can see.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39This is maple, isn't it?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It is maple. Now I'm just turning it over and doing the thicknessing.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44So, is this the same process as a violin basically?
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Exactly the same, except of course that the cello is bigger. It's lovely working with wood, isn't it?
0:20:50 > 0:20:54And feeling the fresh shavings when they hit the floor, and then smelling the aroma.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- There's something about it. Well, it's a workshop, isn't it?- Yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The aroma of the workshop. I know what you mean.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04You start with a template, you draw that shape out?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08And you get the contour by hollowing it out with that tiny plane?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12That's right. These planes are peculiar to violin makers.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14So the tools haven't really changed over the last 300 years?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17No, Stradivari would have used a plane very similar to this.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It may not have been metal, it may have been wood.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22That's incredible. Can I have a go at that a minute?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Be careful, because the blade is very sharp.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- And you're going across the grain? Literally?- I'm going across the grain, that's right.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And just...?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Yes, very good.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I've done a lot of woodwork - that's quite a nice smooth action.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- That's right.- How long will that take to dish out like that?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41It would probably take me about a day to do that.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- But then obviously the face side? - That's right. That took me a day.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Well that takes care of the back, and of course the front face. Can we talk about the sides?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Yes.- Can I pick one of these up?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55If I give that to you rather carefully, you can see
0:21:55 > 0:21:57how thin you've cut this wood.
0:21:57 > 0:22:05Yes. Now these ribs are about 1mm, 1.1 mms thick. Which is very thin.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- It's veneer.- How did you cut that?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09It is almost veneer.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15First of all I cut them down on my bandsaw. And then I used a block plane like this.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16And then you start to glue them around this mould?
0:22:16 > 0:22:21That's right. First of all, we put in the six blocks.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Which are those.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25They hold the whole structure together?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- They hold the ribs together. - Once that mould's removed.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Then we glue in the middle bout, as we call it. Which is this one.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Then we fit on the top and the bottom.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Is all that steam-bent or heat-bent, that wood?- It's heat-bent.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42The tool we use is this one.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Which is what we call a bending iron.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50You can just bend the wood around it for the ribs, you see?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52This is so clever. And how long for that stage?
0:22:52 > 0:22:57Usually to make up a set of ribs like this will take me a couple of days.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Right. And then you obviously face it back and front.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And the last thing to work on will be the neck and the head stock?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- That's right. You can see this is cut from a 2 inch block of wood.- I can, yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It's roughed out on the bandsaw, and then I will gradually carve this.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And that's a sea scroll, very much like you see in Chippendale's furniture.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16That's right, it's exactly the same.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Gosh, what a lot of work. How long does that take?
0:23:18 > 0:23:25To carve one of these? I can usually carve a violin one in maybe two days, three days.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28So, all in all, there's about, what? Three weeks' work in one violin?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Maybe a month?- I always say it takes me about a month.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41During his life, Antonio Stradivari made around 1,100 violins.
0:23:41 > 0:23:48Only 650 are accounted for, which means there could be another 450 still out there.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Do you think, as a violin maker, the older you get
0:23:56 > 0:23:58and the more violins you make, the better they're becoming?
0:23:58 > 0:24:05Yes, I suppose they say that the golden period for violin makers is the period between 40 and 60.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Which you're in. - That's right. Just about, just about.
0:24:11 > 0:24:18And they say that that was Stradivari's golden period, because before 40 you're inexperienced.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And then, after 60, your faculties start to go.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Although, of course, Stradivari lived till he was 93.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Did he really?- He did, and he was making violins up until then.- Gosh.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34The last violin that is known by him, he'd got "De anni 93,"
0:24:34 > 0:24:36"Made in my 93rd year."
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Are you passing these skills on to anybody?- Yes.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I've taught other people to make instruments.
0:24:41 > 0:24:48I used to teach at a college in Wolverhampton, and during that time I certainly taught over 100 people.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- I did it for 13 years.- So there is a lot of talent out there.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Hopefully one day their instruments will be a good investment as well?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Indeed.- Bill, thank you so much.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Shake your hand, the hand of the master.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02And I know you're really busy, so I'll let you carry on.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Thank you.- A pleasure meeting you. - And you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Fabulous. It's wonderful to see skilled artisans like Bill
0:25:18 > 0:25:23working away with their hands, producing something of such good quality.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27And the great thing is, it's a trade that's not dying out.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44At our Malvern valuation day, we have got a great crowd.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48And I love getting a sneak preview of what people have brought in.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I just push the foot here, just there?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Isn't that great? Thank you.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58More fun later on inside, I think.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- See you at the blue tablecloths. - Thank you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Still to come, a familiar city landscape, but will Big Ben ring true with the bidders?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07So this could be your inheritance?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I think that scene is a classic.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Everybody can identify with that, that's what's going to sell it.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Thank goodness you've hung on to this.- Yes, I'm glad I did.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19You didn't throw it out. And feast your eyes on this collection.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Jill's gold coins are probably worth a mint.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Any idea of price?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I've no idea, no.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Well, if I said I'd give you 100 quid for them, would you take it?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- No, I wouldn't. - You're fairly canny with that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35And first up, our expert Adam Partridge just can't avoid trouble.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41- Good morning, June.- Good morning. - Welcome to Flog It.- Thank you. - Where did you get this from?
0:26:41 > 0:26:47It was a friend of my mum and dad's passed away about 15, 16 years ago.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Had no-one else to leave it to, so I finished up with it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- And you like it?- Yes, it's been over my bed for the last 11 years.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00- Traditionally the dragon is a protector, a powerful symbol in Chinese culture.- Yes.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Obviously, in European culture the dragon is an aggressive beast. - That's right.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10But in Chinese culture, it's a symbol of power, protection, success and control and that type of thing.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14And then they have different levels of dragon as well.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19Of course, the Imperial Dragon, the Emperor's dragon, five claws.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Yes.- So if you've got a five-clawed dragon,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25you've usually got something that was a more valuable object as well.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27And then the commoners were four- and three-clawed dragons.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- How many's on this one? - Well, we were trying to work it out.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Is that it there? One, two, three?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34It looks like it, doesn't it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- It's hard to tell, isn't it? - It's very hard to tell.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Now, a lot of people may think this is a painting or something, but it's not, of course. It's a tapestry.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47And you've got the dragon in gold thread.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Which is really quite intricate.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- There's an awful lot of work in that.- Yes, a lot of work.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I wonder how many hundreds of hours that would have taken?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- I dread to think. - Do you do any tapestry?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- I hate sewing.- Do you? - Yes. I can't sew a button on.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Can't do anything? - No. Useless.- You and me alike.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Exactly. There's a lot of things I can do, but that's not one of them.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- It's a curious shape as well, isn't it?- It is.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- Very curious.- What do you make of the shape? Did you have it that way? - I think we had it upside down.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- Did you?- Yes.- I just wonder, perhaps it looks as though that might be part of a larger work.- It could be.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Of course you've got this business here that could be carrying on.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26- Maybe you could have another one, or even one of four.- Exactly.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I think it was probably a fragment that was brought back and framed up
0:28:31 > 0:28:34in that curious shape, which I think really works rather well.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- It does.- Quite eye-catching.- It is.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Value wise... - Yes, it is there any value to it?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42There is some.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45But it's fairly limited, fairly limited I would have thought.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- Yes.- I think if we get over 100 we're doing well.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Yes. I thought over 100.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54I hope it makes over 100, but I'd be tempted to put the estimate slightly lower than that at 70 - 100.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- That's too low.- Is it too low? Right.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58- You want 100 minimum?- Yes.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03- June, I like a lady that knows what she wants.- I do.- Very good. Well, we'll try it.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- We'll try it. Put 100 - 150. - Yes.- We'll put 100 reserve.- Yes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10If it doesn't make 100, you're going to have to have it back, won't you?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Yes, that's right. And I can always put it on the net.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15That's swearing! Don't tell us that!
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Real auctions, put it on a real auction.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- I'm sorry.- No, it's alright. You must do with it what you wish.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23But I think 100 is a sensible reserve.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Let's hope it sells very well.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- Thanks for coming in, June. - Thank you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I've got my eye on this engraving of Westminster Bridge, brought in
0:29:33 > 0:29:35by Christina and her mum Janet.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Tell me the story, how did you come by this Janet?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40This was in front of a fireplace
0:29:40 > 0:29:45at the house that we were going to move into when I was getting married,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49and there was a girlie picture stuck to it and this fell from behind it.
0:29:49 > 0:29:55"Oh that's nice, we'll have that framed", and we had it framed and kept it ever since.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57And have you had this on the wall?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Yes, it has been.- I'm just going to take a closer look.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Hung on the wall in my lounge.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- And I bet it looked good on your wall.- It did actually.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- Why did you take it off the wall? - Well, I put something else there.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Why, because you got fed up with it?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Well, yes, it's been there all these years, and I thought "Oh, let's put something else there."
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- What do you think of this, Christina?- I don't actually like it. - You don't like it?- No, I don't.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- I do.- I like it as well. It's quite moody.- Yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- It's a copper engraving.- Oh, is it?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23And it's been signed by the artist.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Frederick Arthur Farrell.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27He had a short innings, you know.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32- Did he really?- Yes, he did. He was born in 1882 and he died in 1935.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35And I would imagine this
0:30:35 > 0:30:38was possibly done when he was flourishing in the 1920s, looking
0:30:38 > 0:30:41at the traffic going over Westminster Bridge.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46There's a feel-good factor after the First World War and it's London's at its busiest.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48The tide's high, the tugs are moving through.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53And of course there's Big Ben, famous clock there, made by Dent.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56But that's lovely, isn't it. But it's the moodiness of copper.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01Because it's a very soft metal, the more print run you take from it,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04the softer, more impressionistic it gets, because the metal's so soft.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08You don't get that clarity like you do with a steel engraving.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09That's lovely.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13And this is an affordable way of buying into Farrell's work.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15It really is.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18So, the etching's in very, very good condition.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Right. - What do you think this is worth?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22I've no idea whatsoever.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28- I think on a very good day it might push £250-£300.- Oh, very good.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31But I'd like to get it into auction
0:31:31 > 0:31:34with a fighting chance of getting that figure...
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- Yes.- ...at £150-£250, with a reserve fixed at 150.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Yes, that's fine.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Happy with that?- Yes.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I think that scene is a classic.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Everybody can identify with that, and that's what's going to sell it.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- Thank goodness you've hung on to this.- Yes, I'm glad I did. - And didn't throw it out.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01Well, time's running out, but it looks like Kate Bateman has hit the jackpot, with a set of four 22 carat
0:32:01 > 0:32:06- gold coins belonging to Gill. - What do you know about them?
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- Not a lot. My dad bought them, and when he died left them to me.- Right.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- And I've come to sell them. - They've just sat in a cupboard?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Under the bed.- I suppose you've never thought of selling them before now?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- No, I haven't. No.- Just brought them along to a Flog It valuation day.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- I have, yes.- OK. Well, at the moment, gold is very high, and actually if
0:32:21 > 0:32:25we look at them, we can see that each one has a certificate.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28They're obviously made to commemorate Winston Churchill,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31so if we have a look at them, turn it over,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34we've got his catchphrases, some of his best known sayings here.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37"We shall never surrender" and "Our aim is victory."
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Usually when we get commemorative coins they're silver or silver gilt, so silver covered with gold, but
0:32:42 > 0:32:48these are actually solid 22 carat gold, which is a good start and each one is a limited edition of 2,000.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Yours are various numbers, so he's bought different ones in a series,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53they're not a consecutive numbered set.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55And they've got some weight to them.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- Any idea of price?- I've no idea. No.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00OK. Well, if I said I'll give you £100 for them, would you take it?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- No, I wouldn't. - You're fairly canny with that. OK.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I mean with gold being so high, they've got a certain amount
0:33:06 > 0:33:10of value purely from the weight of them, irrespective of them being coins.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15So with the weight, I suppose they're going to be worth about £1,000 for the four.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- £250 each, does that surprise you? - It does really, yes, it does.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22OK. What would you do with the money if we made that kind of money?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24I've got four daughters, give it to them.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Well, there are four coins, so do they not want one each?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I don't think so, no. I think they'd rather have the money, I think.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Well, they're not very girly things, coins, not like rings or jewellery or something sparkly.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37So, yes, I think I'd rather have some money and buy a pair of shoes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42From a gold point of view they're saleable and also from a collectable coin point of view
0:33:42 > 0:33:47they are saleable, so for an auction estimate I'd probably put between £1,200 and £1,500 on them.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- Lovely, yes.- Reserve, as I said, we should set it at about £1,000.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- Would you be happy with that? - I would indeed. Yes, thank you.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57So even if you got £1,000, it's easy to split four ways.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- It is, yes.- Let's hope we get something, a multiple of four that's going to work.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04They look like they're going to fly, unlike this chap.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Oh, I like the owl.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Wise old bird.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18Wise, but not wanted for auction, and here's a recap of the three items we will be selling.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19June's dragon tapestry.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23She's determined she wants at least £100 for it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28Janet and Christina are divided over the merits of this copper etching.
0:34:28 > 0:34:34And last but certainly not least, Gill could be in for a big pay out with these gold coins.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Kate thinks they could be worth up to £1,500.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44We're selling our items at Philip Serrell's Valuers and Auctioneers in Malvern.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47But before the next session starts, I've been nosing round a bit.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50There is so much to see.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I could spend hours browsing in an auction room.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Now this takes me back to my childhood, because
0:34:56 > 0:35:00I used to go fly-fishing with my father an awful lot in Somerset.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02God, I had a good collection of flies as well.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Fishing memorabilia is big business and it's possibly the biggest sport in the world.
0:35:07 > 0:35:15So many people go freshwater, coarse fishing or sea fishing than any other sport combined really.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18It's a wonderful relaxing past time. I know a lot of women are shaking their heads, disagreeing with me,
0:35:18 > 0:35:23but it is megabusiness, there's so many fishermen worldwide.
0:35:23 > 0:35:29Look at this. Some old boy's sat in a little room and made all these wet nymph flies up.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34There's a selection on each page, different flies, certain things to look for.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Made in the manner of little grubs or moths.
0:35:36 > 0:35:42This particular one here, with a large bobble at the top, that's known as a bead head fly.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Catch trout with that.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48These are wet nymphs. These are all trout flies.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53The wallet would be picked up separately and then you'd collect flies when you could afford them.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57It depends what you were fishing for really, certain conditions.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You had to have a fly for almost every day of the week.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Absolutely lovely.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And it's contained in a wonderful leather wallet. Look at this.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Moroccan leather.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09It's all hand tooled as well.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10There's 100 odd flies in here.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Gosh, I think that's a cracking little lot.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18It's catalogued at just £40-£60. I think it'll make double that.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22We'll find out later.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Let's hope auctioneer Philip Serrell can reel in the bidders on our items.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28First up, June's tapestry.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35I absolutely love this. I agree with Adam's valuation as well, 150.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- Thank you.- Spot on. But it's one of those things that can either fly or get stuck mid-estimate.- Yes.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42But hey, you're selling this, you've had this a long time.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Yes.- But you need to get some money together for a new carpet.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Yes, exactly. - Sitting room, bedroom, stairs?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Bedroom.- The bedroom.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Are you going to redecorate as well? - Yes.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Hopefully, if there's a bit more money left.- That's right.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Did the tapestry hang above the bed?
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- Yes, it did.- So the tapestry's gone, the bedroom's being redone.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Yes.- That's a good exchange. That's a fair swap, isn't it, really.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- It is, yes.- Let's see what the bidders think, shall we?- Let's hope.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Here we go. Here we go.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Lot number 280 is the really good quality tapestry picture.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- There we are.- Oh, he's being enthusiastic about it as well.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- That's unusual, isn't it.- Yes, but it's a proper lot, isn't it.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Philip likes early pieces. - Go on. Phil.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Good quality, and 50 for this. 50. 50 bid.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Take 5 and 5 and 60. 60 bid.
0:37:30 > 0:37:3565, 70. 5. 80. 80 bid and 5.
0:37:35 > 0:37:3885. At 85 only. One more. At 85.
0:37:38 > 0:37:4090 and 5. 95.
0:37:40 > 0:37:4495. Can I say 100 anywhere?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48At 95.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52He's going to sell. He's going to sell. £95. 100 is it?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54At £95. 100 anywhere at all?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Let it go.- At £95. Any more?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Let it go.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02No, I'm sorry, I haven't done that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Why didn't he let it go?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Because he didn't have a bit of discretion, did he?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- Stupid. - I tell you what, we'll have a word
0:38:09 > 0:38:13with Philip afterwards and if he can find that bidder, let it go for £95.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- That was close enough, wasn't it, June?- Exactly.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17You'll get the underlay.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Get the underlay.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- £10 a metre isn't it? How big's the bedroom?- Oh, it's quite a big one.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Is it?- You're very au fait with the cost of underlay.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30I am. I've got another business on the side. Hey, I'll come round and do it!
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Listen, I don't want to have to hang about.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Bad luck, June, that's the danger of a fixed reserve.
0:38:36 > 0:38:42If she had given Philip Serrell the auctioneer's discretion of 10%, he could have accepted the bid of £95.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Remember the fishing flies I showed you earlier, the wet flies and dry flies.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50They're just about to go under the hammer, and I love that leather wallet they're contained in.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Let's see if this lot fall hook, line and sinker for it, shall we?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Philip's just about to reel them in. Here we go.- I start at £130 bid.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Look at that, straight in 130.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02140, 150, 160, at £160 only.
0:39:02 > 0:39:09160, is there any more? At £160 and I sell then at 160 and done.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Good result. Great result in fact. Ever so pleased.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21The auction seems to be hotting up, so fingers crossed for Janet and Christina and their copper etching.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25I love this and it's in good company as well, because look behind.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Copper plates.- Yes.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Yours is the end result of that, obviously. That's the image printed off on paper.
0:39:31 > 0:39:37We have £150-£200 on this and we are hoping for the top end because it's been signed by the artist.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42He's approved the etching, so he worked closely with the master engraver and said yes, that's OK.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43I'm hoping it's going to do the top.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- I hope it will.- Have you been feeling rather nervous about this?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Well, yes and no.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51We'll wait and see.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Am I in trouble if it doesn't sell?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- No, I'll forgive you. - Oh, will you. Please, please.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- Put it on the wall. Take it home if it doesn't sell.- I will.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Hopefully it will. Look.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Look at this. It's a room packed full of bidders. Hopefully...
0:40:04 > 0:40:06They're bidding for me.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Right now it's going under the hammer. This is it, good luck.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Lot number 162, the Fred G Farrell.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Black-and-white etching, a view of Westminster.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Bid me for that, put it in, start me off, wherever you want to be.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22£100 to start me. 100.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2650, I am bid at 50. 50 only at 50.
0:40:26 > 0:40:2860. 70. 70 bid.
0:40:28 > 0:40:3180. 90. 100. 110. 120.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34130, 140, 150, it's your bid, sir.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36At 150 bid.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Bid seated at 150, any more?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40At 150 only, any more at all?
0:40:40 > 0:40:48At £150, seated, it's your bid, sir, at £150. One more, may I?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50At £150 and I sell at 150.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- It's gone.- It's gone.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Just right on the reserve as well.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- I'm ever so pleased.- So am I.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01There is commission to pay, but hopefully that's a nice meal out for both of you.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03It will be, yes. Thank you very much.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Thank you as well. Thank you for trusting me.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07I was close.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Yes, you were.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14It might be close, but a sale is a sale, and now for the moment I've been waiting for.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Gill's four gold coins.
0:41:16 > 0:41:23Kate valued them at £1,200-£1,500 with a reserve of £1,000.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Well, somebody could be in the money and she's standing right next to me now. It's not Kate, it's Gill.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Four 22-carat gold coins, and I know since you've done the valuation,
0:41:32 > 0:41:37which is about six weeks ago, the gold market has really shot up. So fingers crossed.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43- It's a good time for gold selling at the moment.- It's a great time. Why are you selling all your gold?
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Everybody's investing in it.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Your money's not worth a penny in the bank right now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- Can't do a lot with a coin.- You can save it for another ten years.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- No.- Oh right. OK. I've been outvoted.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Anyway, this is Flog It and we've got to sell things haven't we,
0:41:57 > 0:42:02so let's get on with the show, shall we. They're going under the hammer right now.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05At the last moment Gill's decided to increase the reserve to £2,000
0:42:05 > 0:42:09because she wasn't happy with the original valuation,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and that does rack up the tension.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Will they make the new figure? - There we are.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18What will you bid me for that lot? Start me off, £1,000 I have. 1,150.
0:42:18 > 0:42:231,250. 1,350. 1,450.
0:42:23 > 0:42:271,550. 1,650. 1,700. 1,800. Any more?
0:42:27 > 0:42:30£1,800. At 1,800. At £1,800.
0:42:30 > 0:42:321,900 on the net. At 1,900.
0:42:32 > 0:42:352,000.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39At £2,000. One anywhere? At £2,000.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42There's the bid at £2,000.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Any more at all? At £2,000 and done.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50You've got to be so pleased with that surely. £2,000.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53There is commission here to pay, don't forget, it's 17%,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- but wow, at least you know where the money's going.- I do indeed, yes.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Lovely, I can't believe it. - That's a great result.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01That's a good price. It was worth the wait from the valuation day
0:43:01 > 0:43:04to the auction, because the gold prices did shoot up.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05It did us a favour, that wait.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09It can work in the other way, but then so can auctions for you.
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