0:00:02 > 0:00:09Today, Flog It is in its home town. Everything you see on screen is put together inside this building.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Welcome to Bristol.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Bristol's probably most famous
0:00:41 > 0:00:45for its dubious history of slavery and tobacco,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49but it's become one of the best cities in Europe to live in.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Bristol boasts an array of artistic talent from Portishead to Roni Size,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57JK Rowling of the Harry Potter books
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and the world famous graffiti artist, Banksy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06They are all connected to this magical wonderful city.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13'Flog It is at the Council House on this snowy day
0:01:13 > 0:01:18'to see if the people of Bristol have any antiques or collectables to sell.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24'These will be valued by experts David Barby and Philip Serrell
0:01:24 > 0:01:29'then taken to auction to put the valuations to the test.
0:01:29 > 0:01:36'Phil has been in the business for over 30 years and has an obsession with wooden shovels -
0:01:36 > 0:01:40'to dig himself out of the holes he gets himself in!'
0:01:40 > 0:01:42So, Angela...
0:01:42 > 0:01:48Angela! I was coming round to Angela. It was just a slight move.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52'David is a fan of New Hall pottery and William Morris designs.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59'If you don't know what they are, you haven't been watching enough Flog It.'
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Put them in the attic then bring them out in 30 or 40 years' time.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09'Today, Tony goes to extreme measures to get to his valuation.'
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Did you fly in? - Yeah. The rest of it's outside!
0:02:13 > 0:02:17'David lets slip some tricks of the trade.'
0:02:17 > 0:02:19We put a sensible "come and get me" price.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23'Diane has second thoughts about her grandfather's medals.'
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Well, I don't know now... You've got me going now.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34Everybody is safely seated inside and David is first at the table.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Unfortunately, the weather has kept a lot of people away,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42but Flog It fan Jude has brought in these marvellous paintings.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50These are so evocative of a certain period of art
0:02:50 > 0:02:52appealing to tourists.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Where did you get them from?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- I bought them in Greenwich market in London in 1986.- Right.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03And they cost me, I think it was a fiver for the two.
0:03:03 > 0:03:10The reason I say these are tourist pieces is because there were artists painting in this manner.
0:03:10 > 0:03:18This is Herbert William Hicks born in 1880 and he died in 1944.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23But he was painting in the manner of another artist called Edward Whymper.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26With that sketchy heavy gouache
0:03:26 > 0:03:30application of paint onto the surface.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34You get brilliant touches of colours like these heathers.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Most of the pictures are named.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40This is Vixen Tor near Princetown.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45And the other one is Picton, is it? It's rather rubbed off.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48So, these were local beauty spots.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52That area of the country was being opened to tourists.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Cyclists, certainly cars at that time for the more wealthy,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00would visit the area and then purchase objects.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Pictures like this were very desirable.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08They'd take them back to suburbia London
0:04:08 > 0:04:12and hang them as a memento of their holiday.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Did you have them hanging at home? - I had them hanging on my wall
0:04:16 > 0:04:19in a flat I lived in in London.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24- How appropriate! Back to London. - Yes. They reminded me of childhood holidays.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Right.- In Dartmoor.- Same idea.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Since then, they've been in my attic so I'll be happy to flog 'em!
0:04:32 > 0:04:36A lot of these paintings have gone to auction.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Single ones will sell between £30 and £55.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47- Pairs go up to £120 and £155.- Right.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51So your £5 investment has brought in a good return.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55I think the condition is excellent.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Oh, good. - The colours are still vibrant.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01These are towards the top end of the market.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04We've got to put a reserve on them.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I would suggest a reserve about 80. Do you agree?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- £80 sounds very good. - OK, £80 we'll accept as a reserve.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Let's say if we get over £80,
0:05:15 > 0:05:20say £100, are you going to buy a more contemporary work of art?
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- I might well do.- That's a good idea. - Maybe by a local artist.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Local artists need all the support they can get.- Yes. I'm one myself.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Really? Jude, thank you very much. Lovely meeting you.- You're welcome.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38'David's sure someone else
0:05:38 > 0:05:41'will appreciate these landscapes of Dartmoor.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47'He's not the only one interested in pictures.'
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Look at that! Everyone uses a mobile phone nowadays.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Just taken one of our cameraman.
0:05:58 > 0:06:05Unfortunately, there are so many of those around, the Bakelite ones.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I doubt if you'd get more than £15 for that in an auction.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14'Some things are better left in the attic for the time being.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17'This next item is fresh out of the attic -
0:06:17 > 0:06:20'an intricate cut-out wooden design.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24'Fretwork usually adorns furniture or architecture.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29'In this case, it's a work of art in itself. Philip's not convinced.'
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Why?- He's been looking down on us!
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Has he?- Absolutely.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's a fabulous example of fretwork.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Quite what you'd do with it, I really don't know.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48It's the Lord's Prayer and I wonder whether it's to demonstrate
0:06:48 > 0:06:52either someone's work of fretwork,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54or to demonstrate an early machine.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Because you've got different scripts.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01This comes in here.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It's as fresh as the day it was done.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09From this side, it almost looks like it's 1930s, 1940s.
0:07:09 > 0:07:131950s, but when you turn it over...
0:07:15 > 0:07:19..you'll see there. That and over this side here,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22it's been in there from day one.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27And this frame is going to date from about 1900.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32If you get a painting and want to know if it's original, look at the back.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35A piece of furniture, turn it upside down.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Let's turn it round again. So...
0:07:40 > 0:07:45If lots of people want to compete in the marketplace to buy something
0:07:45 > 0:07:47that pushes the price up.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I might be a heretic here,
0:07:49 > 0:07:54but I don't believe we'll have loads of people competing to buy this.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Because if you buy it, what do you do with it?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Would you want it in your front room?- No.- Sorry, Lord!
0:08:02 > 0:08:09It's one of those things that, I think, you'd buy cos it looks an intricate piece of work.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12And you'd be thinking, "What do I do with this?"
0:08:12 > 0:08:18I think we've got to put a "come and buy me" estimate on of £30 to £50.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Where did you find it? - It's been in the loft. 40 years.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27I'm tempted to ask why you want to sell it but that's fairly obvious.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- I don't want to sell it but... - Why don't you want to sell it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Because of the workmanship. - Where would you put it?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- In the loft!- In the loft!
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- It just lives in the loft. - Counselling. You can get help here.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Flog it?- Flog it, please.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50We'll put a fixed reserve on it of £20.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I suggest, on the way home you start reciting this.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I just hope that it goes and if it doesn't, I'm terribly sorry,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- but it's back in your roof again. - Ooh!- Yeah.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06'I think that's a good decision, although Mike doesn't seem to agree.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09'Our next valuation is under way.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14'It's an item with a mystery, which also caught my attention.'
0:09:14 > 0:09:19There's David Barby in that monitor, waxing lyrical, as only David can.
0:09:19 > 0:09:26To this lady. He's found something quite special. I'm going to keep my eye on her.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28When they've finished,
0:09:28 > 0:09:35I'm going to have a chat and see if she's happy with the valuation, and why she wants to sell.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Could be interesting.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43- Margaret, I find watches quite intriguing.- Yes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Not from the point of view of a just a timepiece.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50This timepiece dates from the latter part
0:09:50 > 0:09:53of the 19th century, because it has a top wind.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Oh, I see.- So it doesn't have a key.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00This was an innovation that came about in the latter part of the 19th
0:10:00 > 0:10:04so you can immediately date it to that period.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Also, I love the white enamel face
0:10:08 > 0:10:12with the Roman numerals and the little second hand.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15What is intriguing about this watch...
0:10:16 > 0:10:22- ..is the engraving on the back.- Yes. - Do you know anything about that?
0:10:22 > 0:10:27No, I don't. I tried to find out but I couldn't.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33We have a date here of 1829, 1879
0:10:33 > 0:10:35and 11th June.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40So we might be able to research as to which monarch celebrated
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- 50 years of marriage.- Oh!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I misread the dates!
0:10:45 > 0:10:51- Because I think this is a golden wedding.- That makes sense.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You've got a golden watch.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57This gold watch is 14 carat,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59which would also tell me,
0:10:59 > 0:11:0414 carat, you'd expect to find in a Continental model.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08So I find this quite intriguing, the design, but equally so...
0:11:08 > 0:11:12we have an inscription inside the case.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19What's the significance?
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Henry was my late father-in-law and Dick was his father-in-law.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27But what happened on 8 November?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31I'm sorry. I have no idea!
0:11:31 > 0:11:37I know it wasn't Henry's birthday, but I don't know Dick's birthday.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41This is quite a nice little pocket watch.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- Did your husband use it? - No. He's never used it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- So you've got no lovely watch chain. - No.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53- Or a waistcoat it would hang on? - No. He doesn't wear waistcoats.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58The value, I will be quite honest with you, is in the gold.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02If that goes up for auction, for a very plain simple watch
0:12:02 > 0:12:07with the intriguing engraving, it'll probably go 100 to 120.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Yes.- As gold rises, goes down,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15it may alter by the time we go to auction.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21Perhaps a minimum price of £100, reserve price.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26I shall be happy with that. I'm sure the auction house will be as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30'Now David has finished, I'm keen to find out what Margaret thought.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:35- Why have you decided to sell it? - It doesn't have sentimental value.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42We've got other items which belonged to my father-in-law.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46And we never saw it. We only found it after he died.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49He must have kept it in a drawer.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52It's nicely preserved in this little box.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I'll look forward to the auction, and hopefully we'll get more.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00'So, that's three lots ready to see how they fare at auction.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03'We've got Jude's paintings of Dartmoor,
0:13:03 > 0:13:08'Mike and Jan's fretwork Lord's Prayer that divided opinion
0:13:08 > 0:13:12'and Margaret's watch with a mysterious provenance.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16'And we're taking all of our items to the Clevedon salerooms,
0:13:16 > 0:13:22'where Mark Burridge, will be working hard to get the best results.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25'Both buyers and sellers pay commission.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27'Here in Clevedon,
0:13:27 > 0:13:32'if an item is less than £1,000:'
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Under the hammer now, two paintings of Dartmoor belonging to Jude.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Unfortunately, Jude can't be with us but we've got our expert Mr David Barby.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44They are local.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49West Country. It's only a county away. We are in Somerset.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- I love the soft shades.- Yes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:59Hopefully, somebody's going to be like-minded in the saleroom right now, let's see some hands go up.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Herbert Hicks, a pair of gouache studies, Dartmoor landscapes.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Nicely displayed. I've got 80, 90, 100.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14110. 120 on the book...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Straight in.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19..130 now? 130 now?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23130 now? 130. 40.
0:14:23 > 0:14:2550?
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Against you, sat down. With me, still, then at £140...
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Great price. Well done, David. - I feel vindicated.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40I just wish Jude could be here but she can't make it today.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42We'll get on the phone and tell her.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47'Jude was very pleased and I hope Jan and Mike say the same,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50'as Mike didn't want to sell his picture.'
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- This little panel has gone from house to house.- It has, yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- Why are you selling it now? Have you decided to stop moving?- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01But it's a shame that it's not...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It's in the loft. No-one's able to see it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09- Imagine the guy with his fret saw. - It's a massive amount of work.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- It isn't really that sought after. - Religious things aren't commercial.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19It's got some angels and a sun. Hopefully, this is going to sell.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Lot 80 there is the fretwork Lord's Prayer picture.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Interest here on the book.
0:15:28 > 0:15:3120. Five. 30. Five. 40 on the book.
0:15:34 > 0:15:3645?
0:15:37 > 0:15:3945. 50. And five?
0:15:42 > 0:15:47£55 bid in the room. 60, anyone else?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51All done? Selling, then, at £55...
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Hammer's gone down. £55.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I think that's well sold.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- Are you happy with that?- Yes. - Hopefully that goes on a wall now.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04'That's more than they'd hoped for.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07'At least it'll go somewhere other than the loft.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10'Time for Margaret's engraved pocket watch.'
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- This was given to your father-in-law.- Yes. - It's a good item.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I know the money is going to charity.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Yes. It's going to Help For Heroes.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24He was a soldier in the Second World War.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It's a commemorative piece.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29People interested in royalty will go for it,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32as opposed to just a pocket watch.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- And it's 14 carat.- Yes. - Better than nine!
0:16:35 > 0:16:38And it's going under the hammer right now.
0:16:40 > 0:16:47Lot 400 is a gold coloured metal top white pocket watch, stamped 14k.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50We're selling. £100 I'm bid...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52He's got 100.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55..30, 40. £140 with me.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57150, now?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02150. 60. 70. 80. 90.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05200. 220...?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08This is fabulous! They love it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13..220 in the room. 240? 240...?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15My goodness!
0:17:15 > 0:17:19..£220. Selling on 220, then.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Yes! £220!- Oh, that's good. - All going to Help The Heroes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- Thank you for bringing it in. - Thank you.- What a fabulous result.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Totally shocked. Are you surprised? - I'm not shocked.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34We put a sensible "come and get me" price.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Wasn't that exciting? - I'm very pleased.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49'One of Bristol's adopted sons
0:17:49 > 0:17:54'is the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58'We have him to thank for the Clifton suspension bridge,
0:17:58 > 0:18:03'the SS Great Britain, the docks and Temple Meads station.'
0:18:05 > 0:18:09At 27, Brunel was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railways.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13He had a vision that a passenger would buy a ticket
0:18:13 > 0:18:17from London to New York via train to Bristol
0:18:17 > 0:18:20then onwards by steam ship across the Atlantic.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25As well as the tunnels, bridges and viaducts,
0:18:25 > 0:18:30he designed the terminus buildings at Paddington and at Temple Meads,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33which was the first to be built, in 1840.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39If you get off at Bristol Temple Meads today,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43you arrive in this section, which wasn't designed by Brunel.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46This extension was added a little later.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51The success of the railway put pressure on Brunel's two platforms,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55so extensions were added to the station, first in the 1870s
0:18:55 > 0:19:01and then in the 1930s, both of which give us the station we see today.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Down there is the entrance to the main station.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09A wonderful piece of Victorian architecture in the gothic revival style
0:19:09 > 0:19:13added after Brunel's death by his understudy Digby Wyatt.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17You can see where Victorian architecture meets
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Brunel's original terminus.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23You can see the coloured stitching of the brickwork.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Brunel's style is softer, more in the Elizabethan manner.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Brunel's original design is just as it was when it was built.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34The platform has been filled in
0:19:34 > 0:19:37but the structure with the hammer-beamed roof
0:19:37 > 0:19:42and windows for the steam from the trains to escape, is still all here.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47It's a shame we can't go inside because there's a conference.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Believe me, it's absolutely stunning.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54You can see where Brunel's station stops
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and the Victorian extension starts.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04You get a sense of the massive scale of this building.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10Gorgeous hammered beams. Great big robust pieces of wood!
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I know they look a little shabby but they're in total contrast
0:20:13 > 0:20:18to the lightweight classic Victorian engineering.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Brunel's unique design is no more evident than on the facade,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28which is now somewhat overshadowed
0:20:28 > 0:20:32by a main arterial road in and out of Bristol.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37This was symmetrical but the arrivals archway, on the right,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39was demolished.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43The departures archway is now the entrance to the car park.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48This is where the people would have entered the original station.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52It's hard to imagine. Off the road, through that archway.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56It's a car park, full of wheelie bins and doesn't look that exciting.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00But it would have been a hustle and bustle of activity.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04People arriving on foot with their bags to catch the steam train,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07or by horse drawn carriages.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09The carriages would drop people here
0:21:09 > 0:21:12so they could enter the platform there.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18The carriages would go through that archway, through the other arch, back onto the road.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22You can see one or two massive stone troughs.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27They'd be full of water so the horses could drink.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30This is the grand entrance.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34The interesting thing is the train isn't at this level.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38You had to climb a staircase to get up to the platform level
0:21:38 > 0:21:44which is where that row of windows on the first floor is.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50This is the level the trains would have entered the building.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56They'd go to the end of Brunel's terminus, and back the way they came.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02When the extension was built in the 1870s, the focus was on the right-hand side.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07So this part of the station changed from being the front to the back.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11That can be clearly seen in the difference of Brunel's design
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and the Victorian extension.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18It's a lot more simple. It's quite crude, in fact.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Trains finally stopped using Brunel's terminus in 1955.
0:22:23 > 0:22:29Even in slightly bleak surroundings, Brunel's brilliance shines through.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Bristol is home to some of his greatest engineering feats,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42and also to an extensive Brunel collection.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49It was donated to Bristol University's arts and social sciences library
0:22:49 > 0:22:53by Brunel's granddaughter, Lady Celia Noble, in 1950.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56It's been added to in various ways.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I'm lucky enough to look at some of the thousands of drawings
0:22:59 > 0:23:04and personal effects, and I'm very excited about that!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Here are Brunel's technical drawing instruments
0:23:07 > 0:23:10in a lovely a mahogany case.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15They've all been stamped with his initials IKB.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23This is the best thing in the collection, as far as I'm concerned.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28Brunel did these drawings when he was just 23 years old.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32This won him the competition to build, to design,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Clifton suspension bridge.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Sadly, Brunel never saw it finished.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41It was completed by a chap called Hawkshaw.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44This is the next stage on from that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47This is almost how it is today.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52He wasn't just a creative genius, he was also a technical genius,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55an accomplished draughtsman.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02The people of Bristol are proud of Brunel's achievements,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06which are what makes this city so special.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10He revolutionised transport and many things he built are used today.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15That is the work of a true, true genius.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30'The Bristol valuation day might be quiet,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32'due to the cold weather,
0:24:32 > 0:24:37'but Philip has discovered an amazing set of personal medals.'
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- Are these all from the same person? - Yes. They're from my grandfather.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- He was born in north Wales... - Are you Welsh or English?- English.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54- And he was Welsh.- Definitely Welsh. - Very Welsh.- He was a Welsh speaker.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- English as well?- He didn't speak English until he left the village
0:24:59 > 0:25:03to join up for the First World War.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- These, in a way, track the history of your grandfather.- Yes.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10From his Welsh speaking days
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- to when he first joined up.- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18They were medals awarded for serving in the First World War.
0:25:18 > 0:25:25- Presented to Private Roberts? JE Roberts?- John Edward. Yes.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28He was ASC, the Army Service Corps. Served in the war.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32And then we've got other things he did.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Joined the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes in the Grand Lodge of England.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42GLE is the Grand Lodge of England.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48He had the title City Minstrel because he was a fantastic pianist.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54- The lodge organist!- Yes. He was the church organist in his village.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- At 14.- Sounds a fascinating man. - He was. Yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01We've got John Roberts' war medals.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06For recreation, he joined the Ancient Order of Buffaloes.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09There was quite a lot of recreation.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13And the way he earned his living was working on the buses.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19They're going to make between £40 and £60. Put a reserve on of £30.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22This is your granddad.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Yes.- This is your granddad's life. - Yes.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It's all his social history and you want to flog 'em?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Don't!
0:26:31 > 0:26:37Um...I'm the only one left in the family who actually remembers him.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42My cousin was quite young when my grandfather died.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47I don't think he remembers an awful lot about my grandfather.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52So once I'm gone... Well, I don't know. You're now...
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- You've got me going now.- Family heirlooms can become a liability.
0:26:57 > 0:27:05The next generation haven't got the first idea of what they've got, just that they can't sell them.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08It was only because of today that I got them out.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Nobody else would want them after me. But now you've said it...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17It's a conundrum for everybody. Do you keep these things?
0:27:17 > 0:27:23And then when you've gone, they're just stuffed in a drawer?
0:27:23 > 0:27:28- It's nice that we have told his story.- Yes.- Shall we do him proud?
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- I think I'll take them home. - Really? That's fine.- I think I will.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- I'm happy with that.- You don't think about things stuffed in drawers.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Then you get them out.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45All I would urge you to do is don't put them back in the drawer.
0:27:45 > 0:27:51No. Absolutely. I need to talk to my cousin, who is part owner.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- God bless John Roberts, I say. - He was lovely.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Thank you for coming along. - Thank you so much.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01'I'm sure Diane won't regret that decision.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04'Sentimental value outweighs monetary value
0:28:04 > 0:28:09'but our experts value every item, whether you sell it or not.'
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- This is nice. - It's from Pitcairn Island.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15It was inherited by my wife from her grandfather.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20He was stationed in the southern hemisphere in the Second World War.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23He wrote an account of the expedition.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Is this something you're thinking of selling or is it too precious?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32I like it. It's one where... I don't know what we'd do with it.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- If the price is right...- Yeah.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39I think, on the market, it's only going to realise about £100.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- OK.- I think you should hang on to them.- OK.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Put it this way. Do you have kids?- Yes.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51- I've got one boy. He's nearly two. - He's going to want them one day.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54That's part of his heritage, his social history.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59Keep them together and on display. They do put a smile on your face.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03'That's a collection that Patrick's son really might treasure.
0:29:03 > 0:29:09'This isn't the case for David, who brought a book of musical scores.'
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Tell me about it. How did you acquire this?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I acquired it when setting up a book shop
0:29:15 > 0:29:17with my then young lady.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23They didn't specialise in music but they sold a lot of music.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Do you play yourself?- I tinkle the piano for my own amazement!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31It's gorgeous, isn't it?
0:29:31 > 0:29:36A beautifully written manuscript. This is dated August 1820.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Yes. We noticed, talking about them,
0:29:39 > 0:29:43that they're probably all waltzes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45So we were wondering, perhaps,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- if this lady... - Had a favourite song book.
0:29:49 > 0:29:55..she went round to friends' houses and actually entertained.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59She was the disc jockey of the age!
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- She's handwritten all this. - It's fantastic. I'm a draughtsman.
0:30:03 > 0:30:09- So I've had to draw to under 10,000th of an inch accuracy.- Yeah.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13And I couldn't maintain this sort of accuracy
0:30:13 > 0:30:16for more than a page or two.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Is this something you're thinking of selling?- Yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24It's hanging about in my home. I've recently lost my wife.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28This was one of the things of mine there.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31I've got all the music that I love to play.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Absolutely fabulous.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41- As to a value?- Well, it's in a class of its own.- It is, really. Yes.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46- Name your own price.- It definitely needs somebody who really wants it.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51- Do we know her name, anything about her?- Nothing about her whatsoever.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Was she a celebrity of the day? That would add value.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- There's initials there, but nothing more.- The condition is fabulous.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05It's been well looked after by somebody that appreciated it.
0:31:05 > 0:31:1030-odd years, nearly 50 years, I've had it in my keeping.
0:31:10 > 0:31:17As I say, it's just tucked away and nobody sees it.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20This will appeal to a musician or a collector.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24It's got the look, the decorator's look. It's a prop on a desk.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Even in a bygone museum somewhere.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33I don't think it'll be used by a musician to actually play. You need terrific eyesight.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- I have tried it.- Your eyesight's very good, then!- It was then!
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Shall we put it into auction with a value of around £40 to £60?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- I think that would be fair. - Would you be happy with that?- Yes.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51A bit of discretion on £40 reserve.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I'll see you at the auction room. I'll look forward to this.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Let's make some music! - Let's make some music.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00'Next up is our own David with Jane
0:32:00 > 0:32:03'and her collection of Doulton porcelain.'
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Jane, you've got an accumulation
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- of Royal Doulton.- Yes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- Did you collect Royal Doulton? - My main collection was Worcester.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Ah, right.- Royal Worcester. - So did you buy these...?
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- Along the way.- Along the way.- Yes. - It's difficult as a collector.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26You sometimes get another branch line to your main collecting.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I do exactly the same.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I collect one thing but something intrigues me so I buy that.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- That's right. - Why did you buy the large vase?
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Because it was quite reasonable at the time.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44- I thought, "That seems quite a bargain."- How much did you pay?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- £120.- £120. How long ago did you buy that?
0:32:48 > 0:32:53- About ten years ago. - You bought top end of the market.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59Since then, this type of vase, this shape, this richness of gilding,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01has tended to wane slightly.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Then I look at the condition of this.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08The gilding is excellent.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12But this duck egg blue greenish finish,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15if you look carefully, there's marks on it.
0:33:15 > 0:33:22Scratches. The saving grace is the image on the front.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27- I love those sepia tones against this duck egg blue.- Yeah.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- It's missing something, isn't it? - The lid.- It's missing its lid.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37You can tell because there's a groove all the way round there
0:33:37 > 0:33:39where the lid would have sat.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42The mark on the bottom is the Doulton mark.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45It has England underneath it.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50When you see that, you associate it with American legislation.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Anything from a foreign country had to have the place of origin.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59That will date it after 1891.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03I think we're looking at the beginning of the 20th century.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- So it's quite old, then. - Over 100 years.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08In complete contrast,
0:34:08 > 0:34:13there's this coffee service, but we're missing two cups and saucers.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- Are we? I bought it like that. - It would be for six.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21And I notice there's slight damage on the jug there.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26- You didn't pay a lot for it, did you?- No. £40, I think it was.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31I like this design. It's very typical 1950s design.
0:34:31 > 0:34:38It reflects the hunting, shooting, fishing interest at that time.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43They're both flawed. One without the lid and scratches.
0:34:43 > 0:34:49The other one, not a complete service and one piece is cracked.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I'm going to put a price for all of this Doulton.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56The auction house may decide to separate them
0:34:56 > 0:35:00and offer the coffee service from the vase.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Right.- The price, at the present state of the market, is 80 to 120.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08That's fine.
0:35:08 > 0:35:15- Are you saying you've had your enjoyment and can put the money to something else?- Yes. A holiday.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19It wouldn't go far on a holiday, but it'll help.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- A night's accommodation somewhere. - Yes.- In Bristol!
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Yes!
0:35:24 > 0:35:31'The Youth Hostel's much cheaper than 80 to 120. Some people discover they won't even get that.'
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- Are you going home rich?- No.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Well... Sort of knowledgeable.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40That's what it's all about really.
0:35:40 > 0:35:47'And Philip is just about to impart his knowledge to Tony about his wooden propeller.'
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Did you fly in? - Yeah. The rest of it's outside.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I think this is lovely.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57It's one of those bizarre instances of the way
0:35:57 > 0:36:00the antique world has progressed.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06When I started...30 years ago, people bought chairs and tables,
0:36:06 > 0:36:12and as time's progressed, people have become much more decorative.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15You find yourself looking at this,
0:36:15 > 0:36:21and it's got possibilities in the antique world.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23You could fit a clock in there
0:36:23 > 0:36:27and it would be wonderful in a flying club.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Or decorating someone's house. You could fit a barometer in there.
0:36:31 > 0:36:37I'm not an aviation expert. I would guess that this dates to between
0:36:37 > 0:36:401915 to 1930. As a guess.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43It's made out of mahogany.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48And it's laminated so that you've got almost like layers.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51You can see that there.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53You can see these lines.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56It's small in size.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Other propellers that I've seen,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02you can add that much more on to them.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04What do you know about it?
0:37:04 > 0:37:09My grandfather acquired it, probably 1930s.
0:37:09 > 0:37:15He was a bit of a collector of antiques - more nautical,
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- than from the air.- Ahead of his time, collecting this 70 years ago.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24He was actually a manager of a local oxyacetylene company.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28He had a contract to run to Southampton and Portsmouth docks.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30They were breaking up boats.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36- He then acquired or bought this. - I bet he's got fascinating stuff.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40I think it's a really good decorative thing.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Have you thought about its value? - Not a clue.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47I think you could put £120 to £180 as an estimate on it.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50A fixed reserve of £100.
0:37:50 > 0:37:56I think if you have a good result it could top the £200 mark.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00I think it's good. Don't ask me why, but I'd love to own it!
0:38:00 > 0:38:04It's a good, fun, cool thing. Why do you want to sell it?
0:38:04 > 0:38:09I wanted to come to the programme and Mum said, "Take the propeller!"
0:38:09 > 0:38:15'We're very glad you did, Tony, and that's our last valuation.'
0:38:15 > 0:38:18It's time to put those valuations to the test.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Will our experts be on the money?
0:38:21 > 0:38:26We're going to leave you with a few items going under the hammer.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Hopefully, some of them will fly away!
0:38:31 > 0:38:36'Along with Tony's propeller, we're taking David's musical scores
0:38:36 > 0:38:40'and Jane's collection of Royal Doulton, which is first up.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46'Since valuation day, the tea set has been withdrawn, so it's just the vase going to auction.'
0:38:52 > 0:38:56- Thank you for coming. You look very smart.- So do you.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02- This came in with something else. - Yes. A coffee set. - But that's been withdrawn.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07- We've got 80 to 120 on this, David. Happy?- We should do it.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11It's a nice piece of porcelain.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14You know what we bang on about. Quality always sells.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19- Let's watch this one fly away. Here we go.- Thank you. I hope so.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Lot 200 now. The Doulton two-handled urn shaped vase.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Signed.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34What can we say on this? Nice piece at 45. Who's got 50?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42At five here. 60 bid. Five now? Five, five, five now?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45It's £60. Who's got the five...?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49We're struggling.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53..Five, five, five? All done? £60. Selling on the 60, then.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57The hammer's gone down. Only just. We had a reserve of £60.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02We were hoping for 80 to 120, plus a bit more.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Yes.- That was quality. Someone picked up a bargain.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- It was.- That's the name of the game. - That's auctions for you.
0:40:10 > 0:40:17'They sure can go either way, but hopefully we'll see this beautiful book go the right way.'
0:40:17 > 0:40:22This for me, David, is the best thing, not just on Flog It but also
0:40:22 > 0:40:24in the saleroom.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- It's exquisite.- It is. Absolutely. - I had a chat to Mark,
0:40:28 > 0:40:32the auctioneer, and he agreed with me.
0:40:32 > 0:40:38- We're both hoping for £60 plus. - Yeah.- On a good day, it could do anything.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42You can't do comparables. That's the beauty of antiques like this.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- And curios.- Yes.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Let's find out what the bidders think.- Yeah.- Here we go.
0:40:51 > 0:40:57Lot 260 is the leather bound album. Finely inscribed music. 1820s.
0:40:57 > 0:41:001830s. All hand-written.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06Interest in this at 40. Thank you. Five? 45? 45? 45? 45?
0:41:06 > 0:41:0945? 45? 45...?
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Oh, come on! - ..Maiden bid of £40.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15And five? 45? 45...?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19It's going to sell.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22..Bid's still with me on the book. Selling on the 40.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Nobody was there to push...? That was lovely.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- That's it.- I'm sorry we couldn't do any more.- No.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- You needed a couple of musicians in the room.- It's not a disappointment.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- They might just enjoy it. - That's the ideal situation.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41It's a lovely talking point.
0:41:41 > 0:41:47That's the beauty of antiques. They create wonderful topics at dinner parties.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Yeah. And amongst friends. LAUGHS
0:41:51 > 0:41:55'That's a good result. A quirky lot that got someone's attention.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57'It's chocks away!'
0:41:57 > 0:42:02We're flying along now to Tony and the wonderful four-bladed propeller.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Wonderful bit of laminated mahogany. Why are you selling this?
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- It should be on your wall at home. - It has been for 80-odd years!
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- My mother decided she wanted a change.- I'd like to own it.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17So would I.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22We see hundreds of things a year, but I'd really like to own this.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26The good thing is that it's a good size.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31A lot of propellers are six foot six and really hard to display.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33This little one, perfect.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- It wouldn't get us airborne. - No, it wouldn't!
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Interest here on the book. Four-blade propeller.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- I've got 12 bids on the book... - Ooh!- 12 bids!
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- ..Starting 200. 220... - They love it, Tony.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52..240. 260. 280. 300.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56320? 320, will you...?
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I meant per blade, Paul, my valuation!
0:42:59 > 0:43:02..£300 on the book. 320?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05320. 340. 360?
0:43:06 > 0:43:08380. 400? 420.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12440?
0:43:12 > 0:43:15£420 commission bid. 440?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17All done at £420, then?
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Yes! £420! You've got to be happy with that.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- Your mother will be over the moon. - She will be.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Excellent. Great result.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32If you've got anything like that, bring it to our valuation day.
0:43:32 > 0:43:38From Philip and Tony and everybody in the saleroom, I hope you've enjoyed today. See you soon.
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