0:00:02 > 0:00:06Boy, hundreds of people here, and have we got a show for you today.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Do you know, every year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, the whole town of Ashbourne in
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Derbyshire comes out in force for the Royal Shrovetide Football Game.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It looks like Flog It has had the same effect today.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19ALL: Yay!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Once a year, the Royal Shrovetide Football Match
0:00:45 > 0:00:47plays half the town's folk against the other half,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52with the town of Ashbourne itself becoming the pitch with the goals three miles apart.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Now, we're not letting you do anything as energetic as that today, as all they've got to do
0:00:56 > 0:01:01is dust off unwanted antiques and collectables here at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Coming up, Will tries his best to break Michael's pewter plate.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07If I pick this up and just give... It's fairly soft.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- You can feel it, can't you?- Yes. Yes.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13We find out more about the game of Shrovetide football.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- Have you played it?- Well, I'm a big guy but I never have and it is quite tough and rough and tumble.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- And at the auction, one item breaks all records.- Selling.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Never!- I'm shaking, do you know that?
0:01:25 > 0:01:26I'm actually shaking.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Our team of experts is led by Michael Baggott.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36When he was 11, he saved up his dinner money for over a month to buy his first antique -
0:01:36 > 0:01:41a silver vesta case which cost him £22 - and he hasn't looked back since.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47While he was growing up around Newmarket, Will Axon's early career aspirations were as a jockey,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50although eventually he became an auctioneer and a valuer,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52which is lucky for us.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Oh, they were the cutting edge of technology, these were, at the time.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Well, everybody's now safely seated inside the venue
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and this is where the fun begins because Will Axon, one of our experts, is first at the tables.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Let's take a closer look at what he's spotted.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Michael, we're not going to leave you eating off the table,
0:02:14 > 0:02:15if we flog this for you?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- No. - It's not your dinner plate at home?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- No, no, it isn't. I've got one or two more.- Have you?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Pewter ones?- No, not pewter ones. Unfortunately not.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- A bit tricky eating off pewter because there's a bit of a lead content in there.- Right.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29So you wouldn't really want to eat your dinner off it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- No. No.- How have you come by this? You collect pewter?- No.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Have you got an oak furnished cottage that you display it all on?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Unfortunately not, no. It's one I had given me years ago.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Given to you?- Given to me.- We hear that a lot on Flog It, I tell you.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- By an old lady.- It's not hugely valuable. Some pewter is.- Yes.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Early pewter, Carolean pewter is valuable.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Can make good money, big charges, things like that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Once we get into the sort of 19th century, which I think this dates
0:02:55 > 0:02:59from, then quality does drop a bit and more of it is produced
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and it's produced on more of a sort of commercial scale, for decoration
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- and so on.- Right. Right.- I'm going to turn it upside down because
0:03:07 > 0:03:12with pewter, similar to silver but nowhere near as documented, shall we
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- say, as the silver pieces, are what we call touch marks here.- Yes.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- We've got a London mark there you can see.- Yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21We've got a crowned X at the top of the London touch mark.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Now that originally would denote the quality of the pewter.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Right.- But like I say, once you got into the sort of 18th, 19th century,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32the regulation all went a bit higgledy piggledy and they were all
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- stamping it with the crowned X, so everyone thought the pewter was of the top quality.- Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42And down here again, we've got some sort of pseudo hallmarks to try and follow on with that sort
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- of silver tradition - the feeling of being fully hallmarked.- Right.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I don't know if you've seen pewter when it's been polished up, have you?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I've seen it in some of these halls, in the big houses.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- It literally shines like silver.- Right.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Because that's originally what it was intended to impersonate.- Oh, I see, right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Silver. I mean, what's it worth in monetary terms?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I would have thought maybe £10, £20, £25.- Right.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06That sort of level, I'm afraid, so
0:04:06 > 0:04:10it's not going to sort of, no cruise this year I'm afraid, with the wife.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- No.- But if you're happy to put it into sale and
0:04:13 > 0:04:17just, shall we say, let it make what it makes, how do you feel about that?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- That's fine, yes.- Yeah, is that OK?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23They can be a little difficult to place because I mentioned the lead content as well.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- That changed in the 20th century. They put less lead in it.- Right.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Hence you get the sort of more sturdy, harder pewter.- Right.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34But if I pick this up and just give it... It's fairly soft.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38You can feel it, can't you? It flexes. Well, that's the lead content in there.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43High lead content makes it more pliable. But at no reserve, just to confirm,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- I hope it makes ten or 20 rather than five or ten.- Money for a drink.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Exactly. That's the way to look at it, Michael. Well done.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56At our valuation days we get people from all walks of life and all age groups
0:04:56 > 0:04:58but they don't get much younger than Beatrice here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02What a good start into the antiques world at eight months old. Hi, Mum.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- She's a good little girl, isn't she?- She's been really good.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07This is what Beatrice brought in to have valued.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The Wonders Of The Peake.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Where did Mummy pick this up from then?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- That is Daddy's purchase off the internet.- Oh, was it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:20It's in very, very good condition. It dates back to 1664.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Gosh. You've had it rebound in leather, haven't you?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Yes.- So how much did you pay for it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26It was about £30, I think.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Well, I think you've done very, very well.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Thank you.- And it's good because you can actually use this now.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35You're not going to damage the spine any more. That's beautifully done.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Beautifully done. That is a little family heirloom for you, Beatrice, isn't it?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42What a lovely name as well.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Thank you.- Ooh, bless her.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Well, perhaps that's something Beatrice could bring on to Flog It when she's grown up,
0:05:48 > 0:05:52just like Pamela, who has something that used to belong to her mother.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Pamela, thank you for bringing me my almost favourite thing
0:05:55 > 0:05:56on Flog It, a piece of silver.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59How did you come by this wonderful little cup?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It's from my mother, my mother won it at her club when she worked
0:06:03 > 0:06:08and it had just been in the home and when they moved home and they died,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I inherited it, really.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Oh, so this inscription on the front,
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- Bovril Swimming Club, presented by Sir James Crichton-Brown to Miss G V Wilder...- That was my mother.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- G V Wilder was your mother. - That's right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- So she won the swimming cup.- She did.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Yes.- Was she a fantastic swimmer?
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I don't think so. She never talked about it very much.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But she was good enough to win a silver cup.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36That's something to be proud about. Now, like all silver,
0:06:36 > 0:06:41there should be a set of hallmarks which tell us a little bit more about it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46And there we've got the almost ubiquitous M & W for Mappin and Webb.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Huge manufacturers and retailers in the 20th century and provided
0:06:50 > 0:06:55a lot of cups like this when they were fashionable, for presentations.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58We've got the crown for Sheffield.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02We've got the lion passant, which tells us it's sterling silver and
0:07:02 > 0:07:08we've got the date letter from 1926, which is the year or the year before
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- she would have won the cup.- Yes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Do you use it much at home? - No, I don't use it at all.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- It lives in a cupboard. - Therein lies the problem,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18because there are two real reasons
0:07:18 > 0:07:21why a piece of silver would be valuable.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24It is either collectable or it's useful.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27So candlesticks are still used for dinner.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Yes.- To a lesser extent, tea sets and wine coasters.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34A presentation cup is almost neither use nor ornament,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36although it is quite ornamental.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41It did come with a little wire thing, you use it like for flowers.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- For flowers. That's wonderful. - I presume so, yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Yes, they would provide a little wire, and you can put some oasis
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- in the bottom and put fresh flowers in it and they're actually when they're at their best.- Yes.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55In terms of value, as I say, it's not tremendously valuable.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00I think at auction we would be sensible putting an estimate of £60 to £100 on it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- Right. - And putting a fixed reserve of £60 which reflects the bullion value
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- of the cup.- Yes. - So if you're happy to do that...?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Yes, I am, rather than it sitting in a cupboard.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It's better out than in the cupboard, isn't it?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Michael's always happy when he's got a bit of silver in his hands.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Next up, Will has found something that we've already heard about
0:08:24 > 0:08:27earlier on in the show - something unique to Ashbourne.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Once a year, the whole town turns out to take part
0:08:33 > 0:08:34in a free-for-all game.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Shrovetide football. There's no offside rule.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41In fact, not many rules at all.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Only three. No mechanical means can be used, such as a car.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49If the ball is out of play for over an hour, it's void. And, finally,
0:08:49 > 0:08:54if a goal is scored before five pm, the whole game starts over again.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58So let's meet someone who's had the bruises to prove he's taken part.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04I spotted you in the queue outside here with this print, and it intrigued me really.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I came along and I said, "Hang on a minute, what's going on?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10"Prince Charles being carried aloft with a football?"
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I didn't think that was his sort of scene. And then I see here,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football, and then talking to you,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20it triggered what I've seen about Shrovetide football.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I remember in my distant memory that there are a lot of people that, over
0:09:23 > 0:09:28a few days end up getting very muddy, very tired, and some of them quite
0:09:28 > 0:09:31badly hurt with this game, Royal Shrovetide Football.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- That's correct.- Fascinating.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Tell me about it, it's something Ashbourne is well known for.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Well, it goes back to well before the First World War,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43actually, where the gentlemen used to have shirt ties and trousers on.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Yes.- And it just carried on to the present day.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Right. And it's an intriguing game.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I mean, you know it well, because you've taken part, haven't you?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Yes, I have, yes. - Yeah. On several occasions.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- And you will do in the future?- Oh, yes, yeah.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- I started playing Shrovetide when I was 14.- Really?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Quite brave, then, cos there's some big lads who play it, aren't there?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Yes. Yeah. Yep.- And the basic premise of the game, if I've got it right, tell me,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08you're meant to get the ball from one end to the other, is it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Yeah. From Ashbourne car park, there's a plinth.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- Yes.- And once it's thrown up or turned up it's one and a half miles
0:10:15 > 0:10:18down to Clifton and one and a half miles down to Sturston.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- And that's where the sort of, the goals are?- Yes, yeah.- Right.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26- Plinth and you've got like a circle in it and you have to tap it three times.- Tap the ball three times.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Once you've tapped it three times it's your ball.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- You keep it?- Yes.- For good?- Yes. Yeah.- How long does it go on for?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Two days.- And you can sort of dip in and out whenever you want? - Yes. You can do.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40You can sort of have a go in the morning and then pop home, have your tea, and join in again.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46- Later on, yes, yeah. And all the shops and that are all boarded up.- Are they?- Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Well, this print here, looking at it, obviously sort of commemorates one of these.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I mean, looking here, 5th March 2003.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- That's correct, yeah.- And Prince Charles came along.- He did, yes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59And did he take part? Did you get a chance to sort of wrestle him to the ground for the ball?
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- No. He came and threw the ball up, turned the ball up. - Turned the ball up?- Yeah.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Right. So that's quite an honour. - It is, yeah.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- You've actually got a key to who the people are.- Yes, correct. Yeah.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Obviously we've got to talk about value. This is Flog It.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15It is signed in pencil I notice, by the artist, which is good because
0:11:15 > 0:11:20that limits the edition, as well as this number here. Three out of 850.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I mean, this was on sale in Ashbourne, was it? You bought it?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25No. I won it on the raffle.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- On the same day?- Well, it was one of the special evenings.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31OK. How much did you have to pay for your strip of tickets?
0:11:31 > 0:11:36- £5.- £5. OK. So, I mean, it's got to be worth that, hasn't it, for the framing and the glazing?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I think, let it make what it makes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Yeah.- It's the right part of the world to sell it!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Difficult to value, but I think we've got to put an estimate on it, haven't we?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Let's say, what, £30 to £50, something like that?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50You wouldn't get it framed for that sort of money
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- so it's got to be worth that, but I think we should go without reserve. - That's fine.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59It's a hard thing to actually pin a value on, so you've decided to let it go. No reserve.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02We're guaranteed a sale and I look forward to seeing you at the sale.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Bring a ball along on the day. We'll have a game in the car park.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07- Yes.- Andrew, it's been a pleasure.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Well, I'm not sure the BBC health and safety department will be happy with that,
0:12:12 > 0:12:17but with any luck, we'll get as many bidders as people take part in the Shrovetide football match.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21We're now about halfway through our day and we've been working flat out.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Everybody's having a marvellous time, aren't we?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Yes.- Good, good, but right now it's time to up the tempo.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28This is where we put our valuations to the test.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Let's get straight over to the auction room.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35We've got a mixed bag of items going under the hammer today.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Michael's pewter plate might not look that impressive, but collectors
0:12:38 > 0:12:41can sometimes surprise us on Flog It.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We've also got Pamela's swimming trophy. And, last but not least,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48the interesting Shrovetide football print.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53And this is where all our action is happening today, the Mackworth Hotel in Derbyshire.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57On the rostrum, we have auctioneer Charles Hanson, who I'm going to have a chat to in just a moment.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01The room is filling up. There's an excitement, there's a buzz about the place,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05and hopefully, all of this lot are going to bid on some of our items.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15This modern print belongs to Andrew.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18He paid £5 for this at a ball he went to.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And he thinks this is the best area to sell it - lots of
0:13:21 > 0:13:24local interest because this is big business up in Derbyshire.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Shrovetide footie!- Yeah. - So tell me all about it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Have you played it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Well, I'm a big guy, Paul, but I never have.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33And it is quite tough and rough and tumble. Not my sort of thing.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34- You can handle it.- Well, maybe.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38But this, obviously from 2003, it captures international interest.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41The press come, the media come to watch the event.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44The uppards against the downards. It's a great sport.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48What sort of price would you put on this if it came into the rooms today?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I think, Paul, it's the right place to sell it. It's local.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52I would say between £50 and £80.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Oh, that's good news, cos we're looking for £30 to £50.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Great. Good. - Looks like we scored a goal there!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I hope so.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Remember, both buyers and sellers have to pay commission at auction
0:14:03 > 0:14:05which can vary from sale room to sale room.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Here, at Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11the commission is 15% plus VAT.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And on the rostrum today is auctioneer David Greatwood.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Serving up right now, we've got a wonderful 19th-century pewter plate.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24It's not a lot of money, but I tell you what, it's a cracking piece of kit, and I love pewter.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28And you can collect all sorts of sizes of pewter plates - broad rimmed and some wriggle work.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31This is a good start to a collection.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- You like this though, don't you, Sylvia?- Yes. It's all right.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35But Michael wants to sell it.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It doesn't fit in with anything else we've got in the house.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- OK.- So we're going to lighten the load in the house,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44if you like. We've been collecting for a lot of years.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Well, hopefully, Michael, it will be worth a little more
0:14:47 > 0:14:49than the £20 or £30 we're expecting.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Yeah, I hope so, but bear in mind it is sort of 19th century, it's late,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56it's mass-produced - hence, you know, the low estimate.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00OK. We're going to find out what the bidders think. It's going under the hammer now.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03This 19th-century pewter plate with a London touch mark
0:15:03 > 0:15:06and commission's here close. I'm straight in here at 12. 14.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08£16. I'm bid at 16. I have at 16.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12At 18, I'll take. At 16. At 18. 20.
0:15:12 > 0:15:1522. 25. 28.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18£28. At the end of the road. 28.
0:15:18 > 0:15:2030, new place. 32, madam.
0:15:20 > 0:15:2330. In the middle of the room at £30 and selling at 30.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28At £30. The pewter plate, £30, and selling at 30.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Well done. £30.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I'm pleased with that.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- Well, every penny helps, doesn't it? - It certainly does. It's all right.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Well, that was more than we all thought.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38What a great start to the auction.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Let's hope our luck continues with our next item, the silver trophy.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Well, we're swimming along nicely now, and let's hope we just don't
0:15:47 > 0:15:51tread water on this next lot, because it's a presentation swimming cup belonging to Pamela.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- In fact, it was your mum's. - That's right.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56She won it when she worked at the Bovril factory.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- She did, yes.- They had swimming competitions there?- Must have done.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I didn't hear a lot about it but she must have done, mustn't she?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Why are you selling this, Pamela?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Well, I don't swim.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09None of the family swim, otherwise, you know, I could have presented it
0:16:09 > 0:16:11to them. So decluttering again.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Everyone's decluttering, I know. It's priced to sell, isn't it?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19It is. And the price of bullion, I hate to say, hasn't been higher.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- Perfect time.- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25So, hopefully, we'll start you off decluttering in the right manner and the right fashion.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27If not, I'll have to have another go.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30There you go, showing on my left there.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32The George V silver twin-handled trophy cup.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Nice one with a presentation inscription, made by Mappin & Webb,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Sheffield 1926.- Good name. Good maker's name.- Interest here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Straight in at 75. 80 I'm bid. At 80 I have. At 80.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Where's five now? At 80. Five.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47I'm out. At 85. 90 I'll take.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50At £85. On the right-hand side.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52At 85. Any advance now? At £85.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53All done?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Well, that was quick, wasn't it?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58£85. We had a guide of 60 to 100.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- That was straight in at the deep end.- It was, wasn't it?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05They are worth what they're worth and you'll find bidders will often leave
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- commission bids very close to one another for bullion pieces.- Happy?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Yes, thank you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Another good result.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Can the Shrovetide picture complete the successful run?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Going under the hammer right now is something very special to this area and only to this area.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24It's the Shrovetide footie match, isn't it?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27It's a shame, Andrew, you didn't bring the ball in, eh?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31But anyway, it's a great print, it's a modern print, and it's a limited edition.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- It is, yes.- And we've got a value of around £30 to £40, Will.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38And I had a chat to the auctioneer and it is big business up here.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Everybody joins in. It doesn't get better than this for local interest, let's face it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Brilliant. I mean, we said there's not a huge amount of value in the print itself,
0:17:46 > 0:17:51but the story was great, you know, this Shrovetide football, and I think I rather foolishly said
0:17:51 > 0:17:55on camera that I would probably try and turn up for the next game, and he's going to hold me to it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59So next time, when I'm covered in bruises and perhaps an arm in a sling
0:17:59 > 0:18:03and on crutches, you'll know that I made it. But I'm seriously tempted, you know!
0:18:03 > 0:18:04OK. OK.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06We might just film that.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Yes.- Well, good luck, both of you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Very fine print after S J Avery,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16of course, the local sporting event in the Shrovetide.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20So who's going to start me off at £20 only for it, surely?
0:18:20 > 0:18:2320 anywhere now? Surely, £20. 20 bid, thank you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Where are all the footballers?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27You couldn't get it framed for that, could you?
0:18:27 > 0:18:3025. 28. 30. 32.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33£32 seated with the lady, at 32.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Any advances? With you, madam, at 32.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Any advance now? 35 surely now.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40At £32, seated dead centre at £32.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Last chance at £32.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Hammer's gone down - £32.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It's not about the value, it's about the history, the social history
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- of the game really, isn't it? - Exactly the point, Paul.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- And you've given someone the opportunity to own it and hang it on their wall.- Yeah.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Brilliant.- And hopefully tell thousands of viewers that are
0:18:56 > 0:19:02watching who hadn't heard of this, and hopefully they might turn up and watch Will get in a scrum.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Yeah. I'm the one at the bottom!
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Well, we'll definitely watch out for that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Next, one of the most magnificent stately homes that I've ever visited
0:19:11 > 0:19:14currently houses a fascinating exhibition.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26When you catch your first glimpse of Chatsworth House as
0:19:26 > 0:19:29you travel through the grounds, it really is quite overpowering.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34It's a magnificent building, and it's hard to sum it up in words to do it justice.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I feel really emotional right now.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39You have to be here to experience this architectural delight.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It was built by Bess of Hardwick in the 1500s and it's been
0:19:42 > 0:19:46handed down through many different generations of the Cavendish family
0:19:46 > 0:19:52who have all left their mark on this building, the grounds and their extensive collections.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58One member of the family who caught the collective imagination like no
0:19:58 > 0:20:01other was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Her life was recently portrayed in a movie called The Duchess,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08some of which was filmed right here at Chatsworth.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The South Sketch Gallery of the house is full of artefacts
0:20:13 > 0:20:17that Georgiana bought or collected herself. In fact, it's dedicated to her.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19She was a celebrated beauty, a socialite,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and famous for her wonderful sense of style
0:20:22 > 0:20:25and political campaigning, but perhaps more infamously
0:20:25 > 0:20:29for her love of gambling and her rather unusual marital arrangements.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33In 1774, on her 17th birthday,
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Georgiana married William Cavendish, who was the fifth Duke of Devonshire
0:20:38 > 0:20:41and one of the richest men in the country.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The marriage was an unhappy one.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48For many years, Georgiana was unable to produce a male heir
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and after introducing William to her best friend,
0:20:51 > 0:20:58Lady Elizabeth Foster, she spent the rest of her life as part of an infamous menage a trois.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And here are the paintings of the two women and the duke,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and this is Georgiana, and she's absolutely stunning.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It's painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the 18th century.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16This is her best friend Elizabeth, also known as Bess,
0:21:16 > 0:21:20again painted by Reynolds. And here's the duke in the middle,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23looking rather proud and smug and pleased with himself.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25And so he should, really, shouldn't he?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28They all lived here in the house and both gave birth to his children.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33In fact, the duke also had a child by a maid that worked at the house.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37But finally Georgiana gave birth to the long-awaited Cavendish heir.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42And this three-sided relationship continued right up until Georgiana's death
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and then the duke married her best friend, Bess.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52Georgiana's personal situation became even more complicated during her unhappy marriage
0:21:52 > 0:21:55when she fell in love with the second Earl Grey and fell pregnant.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00We've been given special access to a fascinating letter from this time.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09The duke found out and he exiled her to France, hoping maybe not many people would find out.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15Now, childbirth was risky at this particular time for mother and for child. Survival rate was quite low.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20So Georgiana wrote this letter so her son could read this when he was old enough.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25This letter was written in her own blood, and this explains why she did this.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31I know it sounds dramatic, but this was Georgiana. Just listen to this.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37"My dear little boy, as soon as you are old enough to understand this letter, it will be given to you.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42"It contains the only present I can make you, my blessing, written with my blood."
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Incredible.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49"God bless you, my child.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50"Your poor mother,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53"G Devonshire."
0:22:53 > 0:22:55That's so sad, isn't it?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59As you can see, look, the blood is fading.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The more she's writing, the more it's fading.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It is very melodramatic, but that's Georgiana.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Because she loved gambling, in fact she was really addicted to it,
0:23:14 > 0:23:19she was in debt all her life, and here's a summary of some of the gambling debts.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The gambling debts amount to around £61,859.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Now, that's a lot of money back then.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Today, that's equivalent, let's say, of earnings of around £40 million.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Now, they do say you can win some, you can lose some, but I think she was losing all the time.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Wasn't very good at cards.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41She was living on a knife-edge, wasn't she?
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Here, look, there's a list of all the people working on the estate,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48tradesmen, people like that, that haven't been paid,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52and they're owed £183, which was a great deal of money.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57It took her family decades to pay these debts off after her death.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Georgiana was definitely melodramatic and terrible with money
0:24:01 > 0:24:07but let's not forget she was a political campaigner, arbiter of fashion and taste
0:24:07 > 0:24:11and one of the most influential women of the day.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14When Georgiana walked into a room, everybody stopped and stared.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19She had a wonderful, alluring presence and, as we've seen from her letters, she was a loving mother
0:24:19 > 0:24:23but the time she lived in saw her bound by convention.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26But what a fascinating story. I'd love to have met her.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Our valuation day at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Ashbourne
0:24:36 > 0:24:40is in full swing and a bit of colour has been added to the proceedings.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46- We first must mention, Bill, because you're not in standard clothing today, are you?- No!
0:24:46 > 0:24:47So you are...?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49I am Ashbourne's Town Crier.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Oh, marvellous, marvellous. Well, thank you for coming down today.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Now, who do these belong to?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57They're actually from my side of the family.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00They originally belonged to my grandfather,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03who was an inveterate hoarder.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- Oh, marvellous.- And when he died in the early '70s, for some reason or other I hung on to these two items
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and, you know, couldn't be bothered to throw them away.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- First thing, people might be looking at that, wondering what that is.- Yes.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18So let us reveal the first mystery of today.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23And that comes out and it's marked and dated for 1874.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And we turn it and we've basically got...
0:25:26 > 0:25:29a Swedish army knife.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34And they're very useful knives because they lock into place.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38If you're in a wilderness environment and you need a knife you can trust,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40that isn't going to fold back on you.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- No.- These barrel knives, as they're called, are made
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- in many different sizes and this is about the smallest you'll get.- Yeah.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50This is more intriguing.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Closed boxes.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Very intriguing indeed.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Ooh, curiouser and curiouser.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Have you got any idea what it is?
0:25:59 > 0:26:04I haven't got a clue. It's something I've been looking at for years and years, "Shall I throw it away?"
0:26:04 > 0:26:06It looks too precision-made.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09"One day I might find out, it looks too good to throw away."
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I think your point, Jenny, that it's precision-made, is spot on.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15There is one problem with this.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It has a sliding aperture here with a thumbnail groove
0:26:18 > 0:26:23and if we could remove that panel we would know everything.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- There is only one small problem. We cannot remove that panel.- No!
0:26:28 > 0:26:33I have tried, all our off-screen valuers have tried to open this at the peril to our thumbnails.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36I have two ideas what it might be
0:26:36 > 0:26:40and I'm fairly confident that one of them is right.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43The first is that it is a quill cutter.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Interesting.- So if you think you've got a little quill feather
0:26:47 > 0:26:51and you pop it in there, into an aperture that
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- would be revealed, and you do that and it clicks the shape.- Yes. Yes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59The other thing, the more lethal and gruesome thing it could be,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03and this is what I think it is, is a scarifier.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I'm afraid,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10before the NHS and before we had all these wonderful drugs,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14one thing you did if you felt poorly might be to bleed yourself copiously.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Yes.- Yes.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19And I think this is actually a guard
0:27:19 > 0:27:23for a section of very fine lancet blades.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Interesting. - And you would remove that,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29place it on the area you wish to be bled or cut
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and then, by pressing this, that would send all the blades
0:27:32 > 0:27:36through the skin and allow you to bleed freely.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Interesting. - And that is probably why you've got
0:27:39 > 0:27:42this very firm fixed cover, so you don't cut yourself accidentally.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Yes.- What would your grandfather be doing with that?- Goodness knows.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Did he know what it was for? Could he get it open?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52As far as I know, he never managed to open it,
0:27:52 > 0:27:56and it had nothing to do with his trade because he was a painter and decorator.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Well, this is going to be a challenge for the auctioneer.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- It dates to about 1830. - As early as that?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05But I think they work quite well together as two intriguing items
0:28:05 > 0:28:08that aren't everything they appear at first sight.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- Yes. Very much so. - Would you put them in the same lot?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Pop them in the same lot,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15because they're going to appeal to the same collector,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18with the same mind for the curious mechanical bladed items.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- Any ideas of what the value might be? - No real idea at all.- No.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28I think this, being a smaller version, is worth £40 to £60.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Oh, that's not bad.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32This, with the slight bit of damage and the reservation that
0:28:32 > 0:28:36you still might not be able to get that cap open, is maybe £40 to £60.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- So about the same value each. - About the same value.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45So we're heading for that inevitable auctioneer's valuation which I try to avoid.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- The good old 80-120. - You've seen Flog It before.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Very much so.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52So let's put them in at 80 to 120.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57- Yeah.- Let's give the auctioneer a little bit of discretion and put, say, a fixed reserve of £70 on them.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Fine. And I'm glad you've solved the mystery for me as well
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- after all these years. - Halfway, Bill, halfway.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09'Well, we can't be sure what it is, but hopefully the bidders will know.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12'There's no disguising what our next item is, that's for sure.'
0:29:12 > 0:29:16OK. Game on. Well, it would be if we had the other half of the set.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Where is it, Sandra? Are you sure it's not at home?
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- It's definitely not at home. - Have you had a jolly good look?- Yes.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Everybody's looked and searched high and low. We can't find the other.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28This is possibly one of the best chess sets, or part sets,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I've come across in a long time.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32So how long have you had these?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35They've been in my possession for the last three years
0:29:35 > 0:29:38but my mother before that had them for about 40 years.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- And where did she get them from, do you know?- My late uncle's,
0:29:42 > 0:29:46when he died, so they were just found in his possession.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- And that's as far as you can trace the story back?- Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53We don't even know if he played chess. As far as I know, he didn't.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Did he tour at all for a living? Was he in the Navy?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Nothing like that, no. He never got married.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Because, you know, these come from Sorrento, these are Italian.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Right. That's what I can't understand.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06He wasn't a traveller at all or anything like that.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11I'm pretty sure these are made in around about the 1940s, 1950s,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13and made in Sorrento,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16renowned for its carving work and its inlay work.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Good tourist pieces of the day, so this isn't a rare set, or half set.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24I'm sure there's some more knocking around, but they are hand-carved.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- Brilliant.- So, there's got to be some out there.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30The condition is absolutely perfect,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34apart from the little cross missing on the castle there, but otherwise,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38look at the quality of the carving when you turn these figures around.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- Look at the king and queen. You see the folds in her dress.- Yes.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Isn't that stunning?- The bun at the back of her hair. Beautiful.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- The bases are made of black walnut, can you see that?- Yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52- OK. That's grown in Italy.- Right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I'm pretty sure this is a boxwood, or it might be a poplar,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58but it's a good soft wood, a nice easy soft wood to turn and carve.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Oh, right.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04But the detail on the pawns, because every one's different,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07and on normal chess sets they're all the same, aren't they?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- The pawns are, yeah.- It's a shame it doesn't have a lot of age.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16- That's the only thing it's got going against it. And the fact that it's a part set!- Yeah.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22- Oh, dear.- I think we can put these into auction with a value of around £100 to £150.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- OK.- Keep the reserve at £80.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- Right. OK. Yeah. That's fine. - What do you think?
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Yeah, that's absolutely fine, because I don't really want them.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Why do you want to sell them anyway?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Because it's half a chess set, basically!
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- It's a silly question really, isn't it?- And I don't play chess. Yes.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43I used to love playing chess with my father.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Thanks for making my day with these, because you know I like my woodwork,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I love my treen, and this is right up my street. It really is.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Thank you very much as well.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed for the success of the chess set.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Now, Kathleen and Ralph have brought in an interesting piece of jewellery
0:31:58 > 0:32:01for Will to have a look at.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Thank you for coming along today and bringing a lovely piece of jewellery.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09It really caught my eye. Is this something you've bought? You collect jewellery of this type?
0:32:09 > 0:32:14Yes, I do, but I bought it off me brother, about...26 years ago.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17We might as well get to the point. What did you have to pay him for it?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- £50.- Sounds all right, doesn't it?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Do you know what it is and what it's made of?
0:32:23 > 0:32:24I know it's 15-carat gold.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- You're right. It is gold. - Blue enamel.- Blue enamel... - Diamonds.- Diamonds.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I'll get me coat.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Let you take over!
0:32:32 > 0:32:35You're dead right. Diamond-centred sort of star
0:32:35 > 0:32:38to the top of this wonderful blue enamelling.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40I love that sort of deep blue.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44And then you've got this very sort of intricate sort of gold wirework
0:32:44 > 0:32:46around the central panel
0:32:46 > 0:32:49and then you've got this sort of polka dot border, again,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52which is rather attractive, isn't it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54And it's good, the condition it's in,
0:32:54 > 0:32:58because as soon as you get the enamel either cracked or chipped,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01then it's really quite a difficult job to get it repaired.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04A lot of the time the firms that repair enamelling, a good tip here,
0:33:04 > 0:33:11are sort of car badge manufacturers or restorers because a lot of the old car badges were enamelled, you see.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14If I turn it over, we can see that it's stamped 15-carat
0:33:14 > 0:33:16and then in this glazed panel at the back
0:33:16 > 0:33:20we've got a sort of plaited matt of... You know what it is?
0:33:20 > 0:33:21- Hair.- You're right, hair.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25That's typical of morning brooches, which is a little bit, you know,
0:33:25 > 0:33:32- some people don't really like the idea of wearing jewellery with sort of dead person's hair in it.- No.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I like it. I mean, do you wear it?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- No. - You don't?- No.- Where does it live?
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- In the drawer.- In the drawer. What made you buy it from your brother?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- Cos I liked it!- You liked it from the back of the drawer?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- I think I wore it about three times. - OK. Well, let's start in the centre.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52- We've got a diamond, reasonable size, about a quarter of a carat.- Yeah.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54The diamond in the middle's got to be worth £100 on its own.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58And the rest of it, the gold value, is probably another 100 on top,
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- so I would say put it in at sort of 200, 250, that sort of figure.- Right.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Would you be happy with that? - Yes. Yeah.- Yeah?
0:34:06 > 0:34:11Are you going to buy yourself more jewellery? I see you have a wonderful cameo brooch on your turtleneck.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14No, it'll go to me grandchildren.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- One's studying to be a doctor. - OK.- And the other one is in the last year of teaching.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- So the one studying to be a doctor will be straight down the student bar.- Yes.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26We know what these doctors are like, and nurses, they know how to party.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- Well, look, we'll recap. We've agreed on a £200 to £300 estimate.- Yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- We'll reserve it at that. Can I put a bit of discretion on that reserve? - Certainly.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39- Good. 200 with discretion.- Yeah. - And let's hope we get it away for you on the day. I'll see you there.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Thank you very much.- Not at all.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45The Victorian morning brooch is going off to auction in this part of the programme,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48along with Bill and Jenny's knife and mystery object.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52And the wooden chess set, which I thought was absolutely fabulous,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55but does auctioneer Charles Hanson agree with me?
0:34:58 > 0:35:03The commission here for buyers and sellers is 15% plus VAT.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08But if an item reaches more than £500, it's 10% plus VAT.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Charles, the bad news is, half the set's missing actually.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23But the good news is what we have got is absolutely fabulous,
0:35:23 > 0:35:25quality like I haven't seen before.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I think the quality is superb.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31The detail, the expressions even, it's all there. They're exquisite.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- They belong to Sandra.- Yes. - And obviously for not much longer.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40I've given this £100 to £150 as a price guide and I expect them to, well, achieve that and a lot more.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Yeah. I think that is an enticing guide. I think it's well pitched
0:35:44 > 0:35:47and hopefully with the right audience they'll race away.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You don't really need the other half. They would look great
0:35:50 > 0:35:53just on a low table like this, a walnut table,
0:35:53 > 0:35:56maybe with a table lamp here, just as figures by themselves.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Yeah. I think they are, as you say, stand-alone objects to really admire.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Have you many chess enthusiasts here which have admired them?
0:36:04 > 0:36:09- Yes, we have.- Interest?- From all parts of the world, so we're excited. - That's what auctions are all about.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- That's why they're so fascinating. - Yes.- Anything can happen on the day.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18- You never know.- Wait and see cos this one will be, hopefully, checkmate at the end of the programme.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23Auctioneer David Greatwood will be back on the rostrum to sell the chess set shortly
0:36:23 > 0:36:29but first we've got Bill and his grandfather's rather unusual collection of items.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Bill and Jenny, it's great to see you again, in your civvies.- Yes.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Without the regalia.- Instead of having my mufti on, as they say.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Michael's picked out this Swedish pocket knife
0:36:39 > 0:36:41and the mystery object... which is a scarifier, really.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45I think it is, yes, yes. Having done a bit more homework on it,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49after the valuation day, but I still don't think you can get into it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:55- I think that's a minus point, isn't it?- You can't have everything. - No. No. No.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Since the valuation, you've had a chat to the auctioneer, haven't you?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01And we've had the reserve removed.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04We thought, what are we going to do with it if it doesn't sell?
0:37:04 > 0:37:09It'll just go back into a drawer and there it will stay for goodness knows how long.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11It should make its money, whatever.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15The knife alone should bring it into a reasonable price, I would have thought.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Well, I tell you what, Bill,
0:37:16 > 0:37:21we're going to find out right now what it's worth because it's going under the hammer. Good luck.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26We have a 19th-century Swedish barrel army knife,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28together with a case scarifier.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I have commission interest here at £20 anyway. £20 I'm bid, 20.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Any advance at £20?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I'll take two surely. 20.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36And two now surely. 20. Two. Five I'm bid.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Jeopardy of no reserve, isn't it?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41At £25. And selling. Make no mistake.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's against you all at £25.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Last chance. 25, and selling at £25.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- It's gone.- OK. - It's £25 I didn't have before.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Exactly, I suppose so. When you look at it on the bright side, the cup's always half full.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01Yes. I think a collector's got a lovely start, maybe, to a collection there.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06But I would have liked to see it make a little bit more but it's gone, it's gone.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11It didn't do very well, but I don't think Bill and Jenny minded that much.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Will the Victorian brooch fare any better?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I absolutely love this next lot and I bet you do as well.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22It's real quality and hopefully that's going to shine through and reflect in the value.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Kathleen and Ralph, it's great to see you.- Thank you.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28It's so stunning, it shouldn't be called a morning brooch.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I love that Prussian blue. No-one else in the family wants it?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- No. Me daughter or me granddaughters don't really want it. - And she's over there now.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Fussy taste, that's what it is!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Well, you're right about the morning brooch sort of angle because, yes,
0:38:40 > 0:38:45- most people think morning brooch is - well, certainly the Victorian ones - black and you know...- Dour.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Exactly. But this is that sort of neoclassical morning brooch
0:38:48 > 0:38:51where they started to use those enamels, those nice bright enamels,
0:38:51 > 0:38:56seed pearls, diamonds, so, fingers crossed, someone here will buy it.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58And at £200 to £300, it's worth every penny, isn't it?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Let's see what this blue gem does.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06There we go, it's a gold, diamond and enamel oval morning brooch
0:39:06 > 0:39:09and I must go straight in at £120 bid.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- That's good to start with.- At 120.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Where's 130? 120. 130.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15140. 150.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21- Come on.- 160. 170. 180. 180 still with me. At 180.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24All done now? Last chance at £180.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26All done at 180.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- Not sold. - He didn't sell it.- Unsold.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Unsold.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34It's the morning brooch thing, when you read it in the catalogue.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I mean, I thought it was worth 200.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I still think it's worth 200.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- So do I. - Yeah. So I would say to you...
0:39:40 > 0:39:45- I'll have to wear it again, then, Paul.- Yeah! Why don't you do that? - I will.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Oh, go on, cos you're very stylish.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- It would suit you, and all your friends would be envious.- I know.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Real class, and so is our final item.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Sandra's chess set.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58It's beautifully made
0:39:58 > 0:40:02but will the fact that it's only half a set put the buyers off?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Let's hope not. I've been looking forward to this moment.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10It's my turn to be the expert and I've got a big smile on my face cos I've been thinking of you, Sandra.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16Since we did the valuation day, I can't stop thinking about that wonderful chess set that I valued
0:40:16 > 0:40:20and I did say to you, you know, on a good day this could fly away, couldn't it?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- That's what you said.- And I'm still thinking that, do you know that?
0:40:23 > 0:40:28I know I've got to be positive. It might not fly away but I tell you what, it's going to be sold,
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- and even if it sells for £150 you'll be pleased, won't you? - I will, if it sells for 150, yes!
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- Cos you thought it would be worth about £20.- That's right.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- Cos there's only half of it there. - Yes.- Shall we watch this go through?
0:40:38 > 0:40:39- Yeah.- Here we go, this is it.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Italian half chess set.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45And we've got four telephone bids in.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50Portugal, Holland, and Germany and Denmark amongst other places.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- Did you hear that? Interest from Portugal, Holland, Germany and Denmark.- Really?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I'll go straight in at £220.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Never!- £220 I'm bid here. At 220.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- That's a great start. - In the room at 220.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05With you, Charles, at 220. 240 if you wish.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- OK.- 240. 260.- 280, sir?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10280. I have 300.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14- Yes.- 320. I have 350.- 380?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- Yes.- 380. 400.- Is that 420?
0:41:17 > 0:41:18- Yes.- 420. 450.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22- 480. 500.- Is that 520? Yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- 520. 540.- Never!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- 560. 580.- I can't believe it.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- 600. 620.- Never!
0:41:30 > 0:41:33650. And I'm out. My commission bid at 650 is out.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35At 650 on the first phone.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- 680.- Oh, my.- £700.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41A lovely moment. This is what auctions are all about.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- I can't believe this.- 780. 800, David?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- 800. And 20.- 820!- 850.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- 850. 880.- Sir, 880.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I can go to Italy now for a holiday! HE LAUGHS
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Hasn't finished yet.
0:41:57 > 0:41:581,100. 1,200?
0:41:58 > 0:42:00No. 1,100. 1,100.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I'll go to the third phone, Ruth.
0:42:03 > 0:42:051,200.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Is that a bid? 1,200. 1,300, Charles?
0:42:07 > 0:42:101,300. 1,400, Ruth?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12- 1,400. 1,500?- 1,500, sir?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- No. - No. £1,400 on the third phone.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Last chance in the room. At £1,400.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20I'm going to kiss somebody in a minute.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Watch out, it might be you, Paul.
0:42:23 > 0:42:251,500. 1,600.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- 1,600.- I can't believe it!
0:42:28 > 0:42:301,800. 1,900, Tom?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33I'm shaking, do you know that? I'm actually shaking.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37I'll take 2,200. Yes? 2,200. 2,400?
0:42:37 > 0:42:39On the fourth phone at 2,200.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Never too late in the room. Come along, don't be shy. At 2,200.
0:42:43 > 0:42:452,000.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Yes!- Yes!- 2,200. - APPLAUSE
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Absolutely brilliant!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53That's what it's all about, moments like that.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- I can't believe it! - That's what we want to see.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Oh, Sandra, I'm ever so excited for you.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05I'm ever so pleased because we dream of these moments, and what a surprise, what a shock for you.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- It's absolutely brilliant. - That sums up our day, doesn't it?
0:43:08 > 0:43:11What a fantastic day. Sandra's going home very happy. I hope you're happy.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15I hope you've enjoyed watching the show but sadly we've run out of time
0:43:15 > 0:43:18and I think Sandra's going off to do some celebrating now.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Yeah, and some shopping, I think! Get the credit card out.
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