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A 14th century dungeon, several portcullises, not to mention a magnificent building | 0:00:07 | 0:00:12 | |
with a dramatic grand hall, a pretty splendid location, you'd have to agree. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:17 | |
Well, today the gorgeous, the splendid Warwick Castle is playing host to Flog It! | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
It's not just this historic venue | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
this massive crowd have turned up to see on this lovely summer's day, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
its our experts - the gorgeous Anita Manning, Thomas Plant | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
and myself who will be doing all the valuing. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
We'll be dipping into these boxes, looking for the best items to take off to auctions. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
Someone here today is going home with a lot of money. Stay tuned and you'll find out | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
but right now let's get on with the show, let's Flog It! | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
And leading today's team of valuers in finding the treasures packed away in all the bags and boxes | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
are today's experts, Anita Manning and Thomas Plant, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
who are already meeting the Flog It! fans. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
Barbies are collectable now and you've kept them in good condition. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
-Did you pay a lot for it 40 years ago? -I can't remember, dear. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
'Coming up...' | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
And the main players on the Flog It! stage are going absolutely animal crackers. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
A menagerie of beasts. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Thomas! | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
'And they're getting hot under the collar.' | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
Love's thermometer and it's hot! | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
And I take a sneaky peak behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:59 | |
I bet one or two antiques have slipped through the net. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
Its time to get on with the show, get everybody inside the courtyard | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
so they can ask that all important question... | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
ALL: What's it worth? | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
Well, I think we are going to be in for a marvellous day here at Warwick Castle. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
The sun is shining, there are smiles on everybody's faces, everybody's now safely seated in the courtyard | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
and it looks like Anita Manning is our first expert to the tables. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
Let's take a wee peek at what Anita is looking at. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
Penny's brought in a funky jug to show Anita. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
Penny, this is a delightful stoneware jug. Where did you get it? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
Well, I believe it belonged to my great grandmother, my gran's mum. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
And that's about as much as I know about it. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
And does it belong to you? | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Well, my mum very kindly has given it to me so that I can raise money for the Cat Protection League, | 0:03:05 | 0:03:11 | |
because I've just started fostering cats. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
So all funds will go to a good cause. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
-Yeah. -OK, do you know anything about it? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
I know nothing about it. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
Well, it's a lovely piece of Royal Doulton. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
And we often associate Doulton with a porcelain body. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
This is a stoneware body, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
and they made this type of wares between about 1880 and 1910, 1915. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:40 | |
And I like this slightly modern style of decoration. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:46 | |
At that time, they were moving away from the ornate Victorian decoration | 0:03:46 | 0:03:52 | |
into a simpler style. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
If we look at the back stamp, | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
we can see the initials and the monogram for Frank A Butler. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:05 | |
Now, he was one of Doulton's most prestigious decorators. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
He worked for them for over 40 years, over a long period of time, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
and this is certainly one of the decorators that the Doulton collectors will like. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:21 | |
The shape is very pleasing, it's very sympathetic. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
The decoration is simple, it appeals to modern tastes. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
I would put an estimate | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
on this jug of between £50 and £80. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
Penny, would you be happy to sell it at that price. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
Yes, I think that's fine. That buys a lot of cat litter. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Well, I'm delighted at that, hopefully it'll do very well. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
-Brilliant. -Feed a lot of kittens. -Absolutely. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
Toy man Thomas has been overwhelmed by Terry's menagerie of animals. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
So, Terry, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
are these your toys? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
They are. I used to play with them quite a lot when I was small, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
way back in the '40s, as you can probably see by looking at them. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
I used to love setting them up and moving them around. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
I can remember wishing that they could move, actually. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
-Really? -Yes. I did quite enjoy them. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
-We've got a sort of mixture of animals. A menagerie of beasts. -Indeed. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:33 | |
So, you've got two sets, you've got the domestic, farmyard | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
and then we've got the zoo, or the exotic, but by different makers | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
which is interesting. Most of these figures are marked on the base. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
Here we've got made in England and we've got Britains, paint's a bit smudged but Britains Ltd is on there. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:55 | |
You can start the B there. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
But these ones here are marked John Hill and Co. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:04 | |
He used to work for Britains and obviously thought, "I can do this myself." | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
His work is quite good because this is premier division, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
this is sort of what we'd call Manchester United | 0:06:12 | 0:06:16 | |
of making figures. And then this is sort of probably a bit less but going for the cup as well. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:23 | |
And these were mainly home painted. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
-Oh, right. -People got paid for painting at home, which is quite interesting. -It is, actually. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
-They got paid per figure. -Oh, right. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
Very nice collection, quite clean and good condition. Well, done you for looking after them. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:41 | |
I hate geese. When you go into a field of geese and they attack you. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-Put their little necks and they hiss at you. -I like these actually, the little cygnets | 0:06:44 | 0:06:49 | |
that go with the swan. Something different again. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
-I mean, they're so tiny, I'm amazed they're still there, actually. -Absolutely, you didn't eat them. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:57 | |
You know, if they are of any value to anyone I would like them to go. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
Absolutely, we're not talking mega money. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
-No. -As a collection I think that we're looking at between £60 and £80. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:12 | |
I would put the reserve at £50. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
-That's fine, I'm very happy with that. -I look forward to seeing you at the auction. -I look forward to it. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:21 | |
'And as usual I'm scouring the queue to find something to catch my eye.' | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
Because art is so subjective, | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
-it's so arbitrary, what I like, you may not like. -You're wrong. -I'm wrong. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:38 | |
I thought it was Lalique. They self lubricate all the time. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
Oh, well, moving on. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
-Can you play? -No. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
-Hi, what's your name? -Jo. -Hi, Jo, you're very young to be into antiques. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
-Yes. -Do you like antiques? -No, I'm here for my mum. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
-Do you know, I kind of guessed that? So, what's your mum sent you out for? -They're teapots, two teapots. | 0:07:55 | 0:08:00 | |
Are they? And she wants to sell them? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
-Yes. -Can I have a peep? -Yes. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
Can I have a look? Oh, I know what they are, they're barge ware, aren't they? | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
Have they got a teapot on the lid? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
-I don't think so. That one hasn't. -Let's have a look. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:17 | |
Yes, they do, look at that. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
See? You didn't even know what you'd brought in, did you? | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
You'd not even bothered looking, had you? Have you not seen this before? | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
-I have in my granddad's house, that's where they're from. -Oh, are they? -Yes. -And now they're your mother's? | 0:08:26 | 0:08:32 | |
-Poppa passed away so we are trying to sell all the stuff in the house. -Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. -That's OK. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:37 | |
-So, this really is your inheritance, really, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
-But Mum doesn't like them? -No, they're not the prettiest of things I don't think. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:44 | |
But they are highly sought after, especially the ones with a teapot on them like that, look at that. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
Unfortunately, there's a little bit of damage to the lid on this one, | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
it's been extensively repaired just here and here. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
That will hold the collectors back. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
It's also had some restoration around the rim of the larger teapot. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
It is such a shame. Let's have a closer look anyway. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
It's known really as barge ware because people that lived on narrowboats | 0:09:06 | 0:09:11 | |
love to collect this kind of thing, it just goes with the whole image, goes with the look. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
All of these have been applied by hand with a bit of wet slip glaze before the firing. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:22 | |
And look at the way this treacle glaze just runs down. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
It is a known as a drip glaze | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
and you can't control what's happening, that's the beauty of it, | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
that's why it looks very eclectic. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
It almost looks like the patina of a piece of wood, doesn't it? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
And you can't manufacture that. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
Let's have a look at the other one before I go on any further. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:43 | |
-Are you a student? -Yes, I'm at Exeter University. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
-Are you, do you like it down in Exeter, the West Country? -I do, love it. -Oh, this is nice. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:49 | |
It doesn't have another teapot on the lid but I'll tell you what it does have. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
That's what I was looking for, a date. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
It mentions here, "Florence Skirrow, God bless our home, 1910." | 0:09:56 | 0:10:01 | |
Well, I think these are terrific and this one's even got its little saucer to sit on. Look at that. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:07 | |
Isn't that great, its own coaster. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
I think they're lovely. I'd be inclined to put them in as two separate lots. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
-This one, we could definitely put £250 to £350 on as a valuation. -OK. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:20 | |
This one, the larger one, which is the more sought after one, | 0:10:20 | 0:10:25 | |
because it's got the teapot on a teapot if I show it you and display it like this. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:31 | |
I think it's absolutely divine, but unfortunately it's had some extensive renovation. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:37 | |
-I'd be inclined to put this into auction with a valuation of £180 to £250. -OK. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:43 | |
OK, with a reserve of £180. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:44 | |
Will you make it to the auction room? | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
-Definitely. -Have you been to an auction before? -No. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
Oh, boy, have you got some excitement to experience. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
Oh, I can't wait for it. See you there. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Well, we are now halfway through our day, so it's time to up the tempo. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
This is my favourite part of the programme. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
Anything can happen in a sale room. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
You've heard what our experts have had to say, you've probably got your own opinions, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
and so have this big crowd here. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
We are halfway through the day, you know what that means. Where are we going? | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
ALL: Off to auction! | 0:11:19 | 0:11:20 | |
Let's do it. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:21 | |
So, we're selling Penny's Royal Doulton jug with the added bonus of a renowned decorator's back stamp. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:29 | |
It's animal magic with Terry's lot of toys from the farm and from the jungle. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:37 | |
And, it's teapot time with Jo and two barge ware examples, | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
but will the restoration just put the bidders off? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
We're going to put those valuations to the test, | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
and this is where we're doing it, Bigwood Auctioneers and Valuers in Stratford upon Avon. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
We have two auctioneers on the rostrum today | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
it's going to be a busy time. Stephen Kay and Christopher Ironmonger. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
I'm going inside to have a chat with one of them about one or two of our lots, | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
even one of my lots, | 0:12:02 | 0:12:03 | |
fingers crossed we are going to be on the money. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
But I am feeling a bit nervous. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
Since the valuation day, the auction house has recommended to Jo | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
that the reserves on her two teapots should change because of the damage. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
I spoke to Christopher to find out why. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
These are very popular, we've seen them on the show | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
many times and we've sold many for £200 to £300, quite easily. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
There's a lot of restoration on this one. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
There've been some fairly dramatic changes. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
We had the vendor have a chat with us and obviously the restoration was of some concern, | 0:12:31 | 0:12:37 | |
so the reserves have been substantially reduced. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
-Go on, tell me what? -£35 a piece. -OK, I'm going to get my cheque book out now. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
We have said to her that often low reserves can be the recipe for a good result. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
I think so. I will be gobsmacked if these went for £35 each. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
If I give you £45, can I take them now, please? | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
No, no, no. We are definitely going to open them to competition. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
Auctioneer Stephen Kay is on the podium to the sell the teapots and mum, Anna, has joined Jo | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
to see how they do. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
Joanna is standing right next to me with mum Anna. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
You didn't know, did you, that Joanna got picked to be on TV? | 0:13:13 | 0:13:17 | |
-No. -So, you went home and obviously said to Mum, "The teapots have gone." What was your reaction? | 0:13:17 | 0:13:23 | |
It was just nice to think they were of some interest to somebody, | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
they've sat on the window for a long time. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
The auctioneer has had a chat with you and reduced the estimate, not the estimate, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
he hasn't reduced it, it's still printed in the catalogue, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
but he's reduced the reserve, he's taken the reserve right down. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-So, you're happy with that. -Yeah. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
-Yeah. -Well, fingers crossed anyway. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
Hopefully Mum will treat you, buy you a pair of shoes or something. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
I don't think we'll get the money. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
Oh, please, maybe I have over-quoted. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
I don't know but I particularly love them, I love barge ware and I love that treacle glaze. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:55 | |
I think they're great. A good bit of social history. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
That first lot I really like, Florence Skirrow, that should do well. I'll be shocked if it doesn't. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
And it's going under the hammer right now. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
The barge ware teapot with the matching stand. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
I've not got any bids, would somebody like to start me at £30... | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
30 I've got... I'll take 2... from anybody else. 32... 35... | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
37... at 35... I've got here. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
37... 40... and 5... | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
50... and 5... and 60... | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
and 5... and 70... and 5... | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
and 80... and 5... | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
No. Nobody interested, 80 I've got here, I'll take five... | 0:14:32 | 0:14:38 | |
All done at £80. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
Well, it's gone its better than £35, isn't it? OK, here's the next one. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:46 | |
Another barge ware teapot. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
How about £30 for this. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
30... I've got 32... 35... 37... | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
at 35... I've got here. 37... 40... | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
and 5... and 50... and 5... | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
and 60... and 5... | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
and 70... 65... seated, anyone else? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
All done at 65. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:14 | |
It's gone £65, are you happy? | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
-Yes, yes. -That is a pair of shoes, isn't it? | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
-Not for Joanna. -Oh, isn't it? | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
-Has she got expensive tastes? -She's got very expensive tastes. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
We'll have to find some more little gems to bring here. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
It's a shame the teapots didn't do better but that damage, well, it must just have put some people off. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:36 | |
Onwards and upwards, let's turn our attention to Terry's herd of animals. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
And, going under the hammer right now we've got a wonderful collection of animals belonging to Terry, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:45 | |
with a valuation of £60 to £80. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
-Happy with that weren't you? -I am very happy with it. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Well, played with, lots of memories. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
-Indeed they are. -I've got to say, I admire you because you've hung on to them for such a long time. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
Well, I have to say it was my mother who hung on to them, they were up in her attic, actually. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:01 | |
My mum's done that to some of my toys. Whenever I go down and visit her I see my toys dotted about. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:06 | |
-I try and go back with them because I want to have those, but she won't let me have them. -I have none left. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
-Oh, Thomas. -Is it like a stab? | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
No, I do I have one, I have a robot. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
And do you know what, Thomas has his own auction room specialising in toy sales. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:21 | |
Yeah, but I'm an auctioneer and a toy expert. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
So, you like to sell everything and get rid of everything. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
I take the mantra from my grandmother, if you haven't looked at it in a year, move it on. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:35 | |
You came to the right man for valuation, because Thomas thinks they'll do quite well. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
I hope he's right, because I tell you, my wife does not want them back. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
Thomas, we are putting Tommy under pressure. Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
It's going under the hammer now. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
The assortment of Britains and other farm animals, figures, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
die cast, all unboxed but nevertheless, | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
very collectable indeed, these figures there, very interesting. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
Who's got 50 for these, the Britains, lead animals, etc. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
Come on, they ought to be 50... 30 I'm bid, all right. 35... | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
40... 45... 50... 55... 60... 65... | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
60... standing here and I'm going to sell it. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
£60, the bid's here at 60. Do I hear 5? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
All sure, at £60. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
Sold, £60. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:25 | |
Done. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
Job done. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
-Really pleased with that. -The wife will be pleased. -Yes, she will, actually. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
You can treat her for a meal, can't you? | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
-Yes, I suppose so. -Just, with the money after commission. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
Celebrate. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
I hope those toys end up getting played with in their new home. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
The Royal Doulton jug is under the hammer now and Penny's waiting in the wings to find out the result. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:50 | |
If you like salt glaze, you will love this next lot. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
It's an early bit of Royal Doulton, late Victorian. It belongs to Penny, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
-who's just joined me. I love what you're wearing. -Thank you, I made it. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
-Did you make it, really? -I did. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
-What do you do for a living, then? You obviously make clothes. -No, I don't, no I'm a librarian. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:09 | |
Really? Could be the new Stella McCartney. Here we go. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
The Frank Butler stoneware carafe. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
Interesting piece, very pretty. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
I have a number of bids here on the book and I can start at £100... | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
Oh, yes. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
-Yes, straight in. -I have 100... 110... | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
and I'm out. Anybody give me 120? | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
I have 110 with the gentleman standing, anyone else? | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
No, all done at £110. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
It's gone down, in and out, straight away. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
-Blink and you'll miss that one. -Good result. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
That was, because it was as you said it was 'a wee bit cheap'. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
It was a very good result. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
-Are you happy? -Yes! | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Well, our first three items have sold but come with me | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
to discover some more magic happening elsewhere in Stratford. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
Well, when it comes to the Royal Shakespeare Company, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
they take their stage preparations very seriously indeed. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
They create whole new worlds for their audiences to enjoy, in all of their sensational theatres | 0:19:46 | 0:19:51 | |
just like this one here at Stratford upon Avon. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
But if it's anything like television | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
it's not all glamour, there's a lot of hard work that goes on behind the scenes. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:01 | |
Just outside the bustling town of Stratford upon Avon lies one of | 0:20:01 | 0:20:06 | |
the entertainment industry's best kept secrets, the RSC's warehouse. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:12 | |
Preparation for a new play at one of the company's theatres | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
can start up to one year in advance, | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
often while other performances are going on. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
And it all starts here in this room with a meeting between the designer and the director. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:27 | |
Discussions lead to a scaled down architectural model, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
just like this one here, which was made for a production of Anthony and Cleopatra. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
This is the first link in the design chain. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
From here it goes on to the scenic workshop. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
There's a new challenge happening right now, because the plays at Stratford | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
have a thrust stage. This means part of the stage actually projects right out into the audience, | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
so they can get a three dimensional experience from the whole thing. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
It is very exciting so there's lots of technical challenges. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:01 | |
Not only do they have to construct the set so it looks absolutely fabulous and realistic, | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
but also it has to be made in a way where it can be broken down really quickly | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
to take to other theatres around the country. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
With over 5,000 square metres of space, the warehouse is where | 0:21:17 | 0:21:22 | |
the director's imagination and vision of a performance starts to come alive. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
The painters often have an artistic background and work with all manner of techniques and materials. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
I'd love to work here. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
But despite the excitement of this exclusive behind the scenes peek, | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
the best is yet to come, its right up those stairs, the props department. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
There are over two floors here, absolutely jam packed full of things from floor to ceiling. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:54 | |
Stuffed bears, false fruit, chairs, beds and even things like this - | 0:21:54 | 0:21:59 | |
leather bound volumes which you think look really heavy, | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
but look at that, there's absolutely nothing in them, not even any pages. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
There's well over 4,000 different items here | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
all waiting to be recycled for another production. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
They've got absolutely everything. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
False flowers, tea caddies, hundreds of walking canes, a little natural history unit here, | 0:22:24 | 0:22:30 | |
jewellery, swords, and look at this - | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
rows and rows of really cheap bits of pewter, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
silver plate, goblets and tankards which the actors would use on stage. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:40 | |
Maybe they'd be in a tavern and they'd get a bit merry | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
and they'd throw these around. So, obviously you can't use a real genuine antique. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:47 | |
Some of these were even made on site. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
Makes sense to use something like that. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
But I bet one or two antiques have slipped through the net in here. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
Well, you could quite easily get lost in here. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
I seem to be going round in circles. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
Take these chairs, for instance, made by the props department | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
back in 2008 for a performance of Hamlet. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
David Tennant and Patrick Stewart sat on these chairs. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
Well, some famous bums did, anyway! | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Now, look at this aisle. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:35 | |
That reminds me of an auction room, | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
different chairs of different periods throughout the ages, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
all shapes and sizes, neatly stacked. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
Just look at this one. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
This to me, at first sight, looks like a Cromwellian wainscot chair, | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
something from the late 17th century, made of heavy oak, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
very understated, typical of the period. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
You go to lift it up and it's feather light. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
This is in fact made of a soft wood, a pine that's been heavily stained | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
to look like that heavy bog oak. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
That's the skill of the craftsmen in the props department. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
They've studied reference books and the real item to get an almost exact likeness. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
Well, everything's just vying for my attention at once. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
I don't know where to go. I think I'm going to go that way. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
There are obviously a fair few stories | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
behind some of these remarkable items. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
So, to find out more, I had to meet up with | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
head of the property shop, John Evans. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
-So, how long have you been here now? -40 years. -40 years?! -40 years. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
-Man and boy, then. -Man and boy. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
Crikey, wow. You've got some examples there. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
We have, indeed. There's various things here. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
That's a marotte from King Lear from a few years back. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:57 | |
And he sort of did his jokey bit | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
by the operation in the handle down there. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
That was David Bradley's King Lear. I forget who the fool was. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
Obviously, our friend Yorick, obviously. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
You are obviously working on something, this is work in progress. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
This is a box, so what's going to happen here? | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
Eventually when the inside is revealed, which we haven't got | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
at the moment, there is a tray of oysters | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
which are actually set down there. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
-That's nice, sprung loaded. -Yeah. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
-And then that comes up. -And I guess all this will be plush velvet? | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
-This is nice red velvet. -So, when the lights hit that, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
and you see those oysters coming up and a bit of smoke everywhere, it's like magic. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
We hope so, we hope so. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
What's the big volume, that leather-bound... | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
If you just want to walk round there and help me carry it... | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
HE STRAINS | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:25:49 | 0:25:50 | |
It's very light, by the way. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
-This was made for... -Did you make this? | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
..Love's Labour Lost. This one I did. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
One actor brought it on stage like so, and then out came | 0:25:57 | 0:26:03 | |
his ukulele to play his song. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
How lovely. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:07 | |
Nice prop. Nice prop. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
It looks massively heavy. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
That's the best ukulele case I think I've ever come across! | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
Have you ever been on stage? | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
No, I think I prefer to be here. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
-Chicken! -As an old friend and colleague said, "We don't do fame." | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
So, although it looks like an ordinary warehouse from the front, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
there is in fact a whole theatre industry going on behind this huge great big roller door | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
with artists, designers and crafts people working tirelessly and enthusiastically | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
with a shared vision of getting a production through to performance. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
It's a real team effort going on in there | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
and it's about time the artists behind the scenes took a bow. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
Back at the historic Warwick Castle on a glorious sunny summer's day, | 0:27:05 | 0:27:10 | |
there are still hundreds of people to meet and items to value. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
Somebody here today will get an awful lot of money. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
I don't know who it is, it might be you, it might be you. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
Look, there's a spare seat here, it could be me! | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Sue and Colin are with Thomas with a rather obscure item. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
Can you guess what it is? | 0:27:34 | 0:27:35 | |
-So, Sue, Colin. -Hello. -Hello. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
What have you brought me today? | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
Something a little unusual, I think. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
It's something that way back in the early '60s | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
was brought into my father's small company | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
back in the Birmingham jewellery quarter. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
-Your father was a jeweller? -No. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
He was a scrap metal merchant. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
They'd call it recycling these days, I imagine. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
It was such a lovely item and it actually worked. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
He knew it was from an old vehicle and he thought, I'll keep that. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
I won't break that up. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
This obviously is a tyre pump, made out of brass. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:13 | |
It still works, wooden handle. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
-I suggest it's probably... could be '40s, '50s. -Maybe earlier. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:19 | |
Maybe earlier, it may be pre-war, probably. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
But it is completely different. Normally you are seeing jewellery, | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
fine porcelain, good old Clarice Cliff or Whitefriars glass. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:31 | |
I've never done a car part! I think this is rather good fun. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:37 | |
-There's always a first time. -I think there is always a first time. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
Got these little aluminium feet, quite sweet, really. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:44 | |
The numbering, it's got to be British made. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
-Yes, I would think so. -I think if you've got a classic car, this is just the kind of item | 0:28:46 | 0:28:51 | |
I would have thought that one would want in the restored garage. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
I mean, it's not going to be worth mega bucks. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
I think you're looking at £40, £50. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
-That sounds very reasonable. -I think that's sensible. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
-Buy something nice for my old dad. -Is he still with us? | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
He is actually, but he's in the latter stages of Alzheimer's. So, he's in a nursing home now. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:11 | |
-We'll buy him something nice. -He won't remember this then. -No. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
So, you guys, how long have you been married? | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
-37 years. -Wow. This was your closest valuation day. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
-Yes, it was. -Any other reason why you came here? | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
We love Warwick Castle. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
-And I was queen once. -Queen?! | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
I was queen of Warwick Castle for one day. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
What happens there when you're queen? | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
Well, what happened was that I was playing Guinevere | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
in a National Youth Theatre production of Camelot, | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
and the Earl of Warwick invited us along to come to the carnival day. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
I got to be paraded through the streets, | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
had a banquet in my honour and I got to give favours out to the jousts. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:55 | |
-I was the queen who gave out the favours. -Were you together then? | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
-No. -This was before she knew me. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
About a year before I met him. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
-Pre C, pre Colin. -I guess I would have been her knight in shining armour. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:06 | |
-He came along the next year. -On a white stallion! | 0:30:06 | 0:30:09 | |
He came along the next year. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
But it was a thrilling day for me, as you can imagine. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
And I can always think I was queen of Warwick for one day. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
It's a wonderful story, thank you for sharing it with us. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
Thank you. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:22 | |
Isn't that tiny? That's a hand-hammered silver penny. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
That dates back to the reign of Edward III. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
We're looking at about 1329, 1330. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
It's wonderful. It was dug up in somebody's back garden. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
They don't want to sell it, I don't blame them. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
It's worth around £30 to £40. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
I tell you what, this little coin is older | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
than that tower. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
That's so rare. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
Sisters Jenny and Jane have got some postcard albums to show Anita. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:14 | |
Welcome to Flog It, and thank you so much | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
for bringing this wonderful collection of postcards | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
for us to look at today. Can you tell me, where did you get them? | 0:31:21 | 0:31:26 | |
They belonged to my husband. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
I'd been married for two years, and he inherited them from his mum and dad. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:35 | |
They are wonderful to look through. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:38 | |
You've got half a dozen albums. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
We have different subjects. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
Of course the heyday of postcards was between 1880 and the First World War. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:48 | |
It was the time when people were travelling, | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
the train was there, and we have one which describes that feeling here. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:57 | |
We have trains and boats and telephone. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
These were areas of modernity, and people | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
would go away for their holiday and send a photograph and so on. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:07 | |
Have you enjoyed them, Jenny? | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
I've absolutely thoroughly enjoyed looking through them. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
You know, I've only had them for a short time. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
You look, then put them away and get them out | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
and you see something different every time. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
What I love is the variety here. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
Now, I love this one here. I've looked on the back here | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
and it has been sent by a young girl to her boyfriend. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:31 | |
And...it's a wee bit suggestive. Love's thermometer, and it's hot. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:38 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:32:38 | 0:32:39 | |
It's a very gentle illustration here. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
But, um... she's hoping that his temperature will be raised | 0:32:42 | 0:32:47 | |
by receiving this postcard. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
This one here is another interesting one. This is a First World War one, | 0:32:50 | 0:32:54 | |
which is lovely with the different flags here and embroidery. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
And we have humourous ones, of course. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
These are great fun, and we have these pretty girls. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
So, what you have is a wide selection of postcards, | 0:33:05 | 0:33:11 | |
and it would be a joy for any collector to buy these. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:16 | |
Price-wise? | 0:33:16 | 0:33:18 | |
-About £300, £200 to £300. -Yep, uh-huh. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
I think you're quite good at this. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
-Perhaps I could join the show. -You can join the show! | 0:33:25 | 0:33:29 | |
Let's make the estimate wide. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
We'll put them in at £200 to £400. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
A reserve price of £200 on them, | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
-and I'll be there to hold both of your hands. -Oh, well, I'm glad! | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
Over at Thomas's table, there are some really surprising items | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
brought in by Vivian and Lorna. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
Vivian, Lorna, thank you very much for coming | 0:33:55 | 0:34:00 | |
and bringing along these fantastic bits of tribal. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:04 | |
Now, both of you don't sound like you're from this part of the world. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:08 | |
-No. -We're from Wales originally. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
I guessed you were from... | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
-And South Wales at that, not North Wales. -I also guessed that as well! | 0:34:12 | 0:34:16 | |
I want to know, you've brought along these bits of tribal works of art. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:21 | |
How did you get them into your possession? | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
I was a missionary in Africa, in the Congo. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:29 | |
-What was it like? -A bit scary. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
There were attempted coups during the time that I was there. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:37 | |
And, um... Yes, you know, it could be a bit difficult. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
So, tell me about these items here. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
This is one which is a tribal sword. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:51 | |
I was given this after I had taken a conference there. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
-Fascinating. -That's that one. -And this one here is a ceremonial piece. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
Yes, this is a ceremonial machete. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:04 | |
When a young man is getting married, | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
his family have to give a dowry to the bride's family. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:11 | |
But always traditionally, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
this ceremonial machete would be part of the bride price. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:20 | |
Brilliant. This, this next item, I love this, I love the noise. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:25 | |
The rain stick, used by | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
the witch doctor to pray for rain. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:33 | |
Absolutely. In this country, especially in the principality where you're from... | 0:35:33 | 0:35:38 | |
-We don't need it! -You don't worry about that! | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
And certainly, we don't have to wish for rain, | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
today we don't want rain, it's fantastic. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
And the next item, which is obviously the most decorative, | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
is a staff, is that correct? | 0:35:49 | 0:35:51 | |
Yes, it's a staff, it's a chief's staff from a tribe just near Zaire. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:58 | |
This piece here, the staff, and the sword, | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
I think these two are the most valuable | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
And then the next in line is the ceremonial wedding gift, | 0:36:03 | 0:36:07 | |
and then the rainmaker. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
The rainmaker's terribly commercial because of the design, | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
the pattern, somebody would like to have it as an objet. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
I have no idea of what they would be worth. None at all. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:22 | |
I think a wide estimate of £200 to £400. They could do a lot better. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:27 | |
I'm no tribal specialist but I've seen this do extremely well. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:32 | |
Yeah, so have we, watching the programme. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
If we could edge that sort of top estimate, | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
what's going to happen with the money? | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
This will go towards a holiday, somewhere. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
-A good holiday. -A good holiday. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
-Brilliant. -Mind, there's always more jewellery, isn't there? -Yeah! | 0:36:45 | 0:36:50 | |
We've found some real gems so let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
We're making our way to the auction room. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:02 | |
Here's a quick rundown, just to jog your memory, | 0:37:02 | 0:37:04 | |
of all the items that are going under the hammer. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
And this is what we've got. Colin and ex-queen of Warwick Castle, Sue, | 0:37:07 | 0:37:12 | |
taking a chance on an inflatable valuation with their old pump. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
Jenny's set of postcards is extensive and is bound to appeal | 0:37:17 | 0:37:21 | |
to specialist collectors at the auction room. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
The tribal items brought in by Vivian and Lorna are going to be an unusual lot at the sale. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:29 | |
I really hope they do well. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:30 | |
This is where we're putting our valuations to the test, | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
Bigwood Auctioneers and Valuers in Stratford upon Avon. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
Don't go away, somebody's going home with a lot of money. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
Stay tuned to find out. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
I think we're ready to see the pump rise to the challenge as it's about to go under the hammer. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:48 | |
Good to see you, Sue and Colin. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
I've got to say, I'm quite excited about this stirrup pump. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
I know it's an old bygone, it really is, and belongs in a rural museum. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:59 | |
I think the whole country had these at one stage. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
I can remember being a little lad playing with one my dad had in the garage. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:07 | |
He said, "Here you are, polish it up," | 0:38:07 | 0:38:09 | |
and I spent hours polishing all the brass up on it. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
We used to play with it as well. Lots of childhood memories for me. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
Did you get any pocket money for polishing it? | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
I can't remember to tell the truth. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
I know my dad was really generous. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
It can't be that long ago, because you're so young! | 0:38:21 | 0:38:26 | |
-Believe me it was a good... -Sounds like the plot to a pantomime! | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
..a good 40-odd years ago. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
Anyway, we're going to find out what the bidders think. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
Let's hope we get an inflated price. It's going under the hammer. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:39 | |
The probably '40s, '50s, British hand-operated car tyre pump, | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
T-shaped one there. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:44 | |
Very handy to carry one of these in your car, and it's a curio as well. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:50 | |
Got a nice old vintage car, just what you need. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
£30 to get me going. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
20 I'm bid, and five, is it? | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
All right, 22... | 0:38:58 | 0:38:59 | |
£22, only at 22. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
You think you're invincible and won't have a puncture! At £22. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
-24 now. At 24. -Come on... | 0:39:05 | 0:39:06 | |
26. 28. Perhaps I'm convincing you. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
£26. 28, is it? 2, surely. At £26. Try 28, 28... | 0:39:09 | 0:39:15 | |
All sure, £26 only, at £26, are we done? | 0:39:15 | 0:39:20 | |
-Didn't sell. -Ah, never mind. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
-Close, but I think it's worth keeping. -We will. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:27 | |
Do you have a classic car? | 0:39:27 | 0:39:28 | |
-No. -Vintage car? | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
-No. -Well, I tell you what, that is a good starting point. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
You've got to start somewhere. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:35 | |
The first piece! | 0:39:35 | 0:39:37 | |
Well, they might have to borrow the classic car for the time being. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:43 | |
Now, let's move onto the postcard albums, and Jenny and Jane are here | 0:39:43 | 0:39:46 | |
to see their wonderful pieces of history go under the hammer. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
Jenny and Jane, good luck. You've obviously watched Flog It before. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:56 | |
You've brought your collection, full of wonderful postcards. | 0:39:56 | 0:40:00 | |
It is the social history that sells well. Beautifully presented as well. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
-We've got over 500. -Did you have any favourites? | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
-I like the valentines. -OK. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:09 | |
But we have a great variety. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:10 | |
-You're a romantic. -Of course I am. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:12 | |
You were waiting for that. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
I was a bit slow. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
That's not like you! | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
No, they're great, they really are, lots of memories there for somebody. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:24 | |
-Yes, I hope so. -Yeah, good luck. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
I think they'll go to a collector. Here we go. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
This is a collection of seven modern vinyl albums containing | 0:40:31 | 0:40:35 | |
a vast number of early and mid 20th century postcards. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
There's about 510 cards in all, so it's a collection and a half. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:46 | |
-Multiple bids, I can start here at £340 on the book. -Straight in. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:52 | |
340. Is it 360? At 340. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:55 | |
With me on the book, 360, do I hear? | 0:40:55 | 0:40:58 | |
360? 360. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:01 | |
380... 400? | 0:41:01 | 0:41:03 | |
£400. 420... 440? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
440. I'm cleared, it's with that phone. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:13 | |
Do I hear 460 now? At 440 on the telephone. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:18 | |
440. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:19 | |
Are we sure we're finished? | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
All done at £440. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:23 | |
-Yes! -Good result. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
-Brilliant. -Got to be happy with that. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
Are you going halves on the money? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:28 | |
-Well, I'm treating her to a holiday. -Lovely, where are you going? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
Hopefully Malta for Christmas. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:33 | |
Oh, lovely. I've been there, it's nice. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
Fantastic, over the top end of the estimate for the postcards. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:40 | |
Now, for our final lot in the programme. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
It's the tribal items, and I've got my fingers crossed. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:48 | |
Good luck, Vivian and Lorna, and I love what you are wearing. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:51 | |
-Oh, thank you! -We have the tribal items | 0:41:51 | 0:41:53 | |
which Vivian got in the Congo when you were working as a missionary. This is a minefield to value. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:58 | |
Thomas, our expert, has put £200 to £400 on this but as you know, | 0:41:58 | 0:42:02 | |
-it could do anything. -Paul, this is a guestimate. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
-It's a guestimate. -We are going to be shocked. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
Thomas is a brave man. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:09 | |
I hope we are, Lorna, I hope we're all shocked. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:12 | |
We're not optimistic at all. | 0:42:12 | 0:42:14 | |
Got to be positive, haven't we? The cup's always half full, not half empty. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:18 | |
Let's find out what the bidders think. Here it is. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
There's a rain stick, chief's staff, sword with a monkey skin handle | 0:42:22 | 0:42:26 | |
and ceremonial tribal machete, all sort of things. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
I've got multiple bids on the book. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
I can start the bidding on the book, £200 on the book, at £200. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
-Good, straight in. -At 200... | 0:42:34 | 0:42:36 | |
with me, 20? 210 he says, cautiously. 220. 230. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:43 | |
He's got a commission bid, he keeps looking down. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
On the book at 240... | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
All sure? If there's no further advance, | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
are you all finished and done? | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
That was good. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
-£240. -I can't believe it. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
Nothing to do with me, that was a guestimate. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
Paul, thank you, because we wouldn't have sold it without Flog It, you and Thomas. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:07 | |
That's what we're here to do. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:08 | |
-Thank you, Thomas. -And if you've got anything you'd like to sell, | 0:43:08 | 0:43:12 | |
we would love to see you. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:13 | |
Now, you can find the details of upcoming dates and venues | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
on our BBC website, just log onto bbc.co.uk/flogit | 0:43:17 | 0:43:20 | |
and all the information will be there. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:22 | |
Or check the details in your local press, because we are coming somewhere near you soon. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:27 | |
Bring your antiques along, we want them. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:29 | |
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