0:00:04 > 0:00:06Just look at this, the bracing sea air
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and boats bobbing up and down on the shimmering water.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Today, we're in the seaside resort of Herne Bay on the Kent coastline.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42This shingle beach conceals a lot of its own treasures.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Since its Victorian heyday as a seaside resort,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Herne Bay has been a popular place to collect sharks' teeth and fossils.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57But our experts won't be hunting for fossils today. Oh, no.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02They'll be hunting through all these bags and boxes brought along by this massive, great big queue
0:01:02 > 0:01:05to our wonderful venue today, the Kings Hall in Herne Bay.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Stay tuned and you'll see lots of treasures.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13And joining us in our hunt for all those special pieces are our experts...
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Kate Bateman, a second-generation auctioneer,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21and Mark Stacey who has more than 20 years' experience in antiques
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and a particular interest in the decorative arts.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Kate originally trained as ballerina but now it's antiques that put her in a spin.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Not a real painting.- No?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Sadly. If only it was.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Mark learnt the tricks of the trade through years
0:01:36 > 0:01:40as a dealer and consultant, so we know we're in safe hands.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42So you haven't actually assembled it all?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Well, once upon a time we did.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Now, don't do that at home!
0:01:49 > 0:01:54And coming up in today's programme, Mark puts in a bid for one of our items...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- I'll double your money for you. How about that?- No!
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And even finds something to dance about.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Shake those hips!
0:02:03 > 0:02:09And I get to see how this area so inspired one of our greatest writers, Charles Dickens.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15The hall's filling up and I'm pleased to see people of all ages.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Mum's come here to ask a very important question, hasn't she? And what's that question?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22What's it worth?
0:02:23 > 0:02:30Well, let's get started. And also wanting to know "what's it worth?" is Joan and her son-in-law Chris,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33who have brought in some intriguing books to show Mark.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Before television, before things like that,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39when you had long, lonely nights and you wanted to play with things,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42you'd get one of these little books,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and you'd teach yourself how to play golf the Bobby Jones way
0:02:45 > 0:02:49by flicking and seeing how he does his strokes and things.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50They're wonderful.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Where did you get them from?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57They belonged to my aunt. I found them when I cleared her house after she died.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I've looked at them occasionally,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02but they've stayed in the drawer in my bedroom.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03That's a shame, isn't it?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07They wouldn't be in that condition if I'd let the children have them.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11That's true. The staple has rusted there, but that's an unfortunate sign of age.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13What connection to these are you, Chris?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- I've just come along today to assist my mother-in-law.- Oh, right, OK.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Just moral support.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23- Absolutely. And chauffeur! - Chauffeur.- Chauffeur! We all need a chauffeur!
0:03:23 > 0:03:28I particularly like this one, the dance lesson from the good old days.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32If you flick it this way, you get a sort of...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34almost a sort of Charleston-type dance.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I'm not quite sure how old they are.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I would've thought they're going back to the sort of 20s, really.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42That sort of period, you know,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45when kids wanted something to do in the evenings.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We had the wireless but we didn't have much else entertain us,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51not like today when they've all got their computers.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I don't think they'd be very popular now.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Quite mundane, quite slow-paced for today,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- but hopefully a collector out there will want them.- I hope so.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I've had a word with a colleague
0:04:02 > 0:04:05because this is a real collectors' field.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08It's not the usual antiques we see which makes them quite a joy.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11We see lots of china and silver and furniture,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14but it's quite nice to see these ephemera-type items.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17And, of course, not a lot of them would have survived.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20They would've been thrown away, broken and then just discarded.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I would've thought we're probably looking at £50 to £80,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27something like that. Would you be happy to sell them for that?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Oh, yes, there's not much point in keeping them any longer
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and knowing my son everything will probably go in a skip.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Oh, dear. Well, we want to save them from skip,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41and they might dance off and make a bit more. You never know.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- You never can tell. Oh, dear, bless you! - Excuse me. I didn't mean to do that.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51It must be all the excitement, Mark, or perhaps a little dust.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Next, I'm going to have a chat with Peter, if I can get to him.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Well, there are so many people in the main hall,
0:04:58 > 0:05:04the queue goes through the reception area, through the cafeteria where everyone's getting refreshments,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06back out on the seafront and back up the hill,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and I've just come here to meet up with Peter
0:05:09 > 0:05:13because he's brought in this most wonderful campaign writing slope to show me,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and hopefully put through to auction, make lots of money.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Thank you for bringing in some wood for me to get my hands on. How did you come across this?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I bought this at a prestigious boot fair about three years ago.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31Local landowners near Rolvenden in Kent have a clear-out every two years or so...
0:05:31 > 0:05:32What did you pay for it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- 250. 250.- £250.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Sensible money. You paid sensible money.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40You didn't steal it and you didn't pay over the top.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- It is a lovely thing. - It certainly is.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48I would say this is the last third of the Victorian period, 1860, 1870, 1880, around there.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Let's just start with the outside.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56Looking at this flamed-cut Cuban mahogany, an exotic hardwood
0:05:56 > 0:06:00first introduced into this country in the early 1700s.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02An officer and a gentleman would have owned this
0:06:02 > 0:06:06and because we're talking about the portable British Empire,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08taking luxuries away with you on campaign...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10that's what it was all about.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- He wouldn't have carried this, though, would he?- Oh, no.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14He would've had his back man.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And in a pack on a donkey probably. Who knows?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Things like this could've been used in the Crimean. Think of the history.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27Opening it up, you can see there's a wonderful Moroccan leather, tooled slope for writing on.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33A little feature I do like, because I noticed, when I opened it...
0:06:33 > 0:06:35look at this. This is a good touch.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37You've got a good eye.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39This little arm comes up,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43it goes into one of the retaining holes here...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Yeah.- That slots in there...
0:06:46 > 0:06:51And there you are, there's your wonderful reading slope.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55You can read by candle light outside the tent,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- fighting off all the midges. - Yeah, that's right.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Isn't that lovely?
0:06:59 > 0:07:00That's decadence, isn't it?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Oh, yeah.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Rather than have the book on your lap, getting neckache, stick it up there.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Oh, I love it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Absolutely love it. So it's all there.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13It's all there, isn't it? Some of these have secret compartments.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- This one does as well. - Does it? I'm getting excited.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19This is the fun part, because...
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I need to flip this out there,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28and another little well for putting correspondence under,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30but if I use this retaining pin...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32This is quite clever. Watch this.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40A little secret compartment.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Did you like that? Isn't that cute?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Look, it's spring-loaded.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51And there it reveals three fitted little drawers.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56That's where the money went and anything else that was valuable, maybe the watch.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Isn't that cute?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02And that just springs back in there like so.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05As I said earlier, I think you paid sensible money for this.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09I'm quite excited about it because it looks good from the outside,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12it looks fabulous from the inside.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I think we put this into auction with a reasonable valuation
0:08:15 > 0:08:18of £200 to £300, fixed reserve of £200
0:08:18 > 0:08:20so you don't lose too much money.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21On a good day this is going to do £300
0:08:21 > 0:08:25so by the time you've paid your commission,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27you'd end up with your £250 back.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Why do you want to sell this?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Cos I love wood, and I actually want to go on a restoration,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35wood restoration course.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36- Oh, fabulous.- Yeah.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I've got a couple of bits and pieces that I want to do up professionally.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I can appreciate you're really good with your hands.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Hopefully you can do a few things up,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46turn them around, make some money.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Yeah, well, give it a try.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52What a lovely thing, just up my street.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Also up my street are the albums of postcards which Jane has brought in to show Kate.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03Hello, Jane. You've brought quite an interesting collection here. What have we got?
0:09:03 > 0:09:08These are a collection of postcards which came from my grandmother,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and most of them date from either before the First World War
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- or during the First World War.- Right.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20A large number were sent by my father and his brothers when they were fighting during the war.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Right. And did he survive? Presumably he did.- My father did.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27One of the brothers died in what is now Iraq, but two of them survived.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Persia as they would've called it, I suppose.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33OK, well, let's have a quick look. This is an album she's collected.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35These are First World War ones.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38We've got Royal Army Medical Corps, and these are the sewn silk ones.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42We see these quite often at auction but they're still quite collectible.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You're talking £3 or £4, £5 each,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47a bit more for the more collectible ones.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50And you've got a whole book, by the look if it, of others.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53What have we got here? Various Victorian ones.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Oh, right, OK, this is cool.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58This is the Christmas box and what have we got?
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Oh, it pulls out. Oh, look at that. That's great fun, like a concertina.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Close it up again.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07There. That's quite a novelty one.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Lots of collectors like the slightly unusual ones.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Yes.- That's great fun. Let's have a look.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Oh, wow, a burning Zeppelin
0:10:14 > 0:10:17brought down at Potter's Bar in 1916,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19so a bit of local interest there.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21OK, that's quite interesting there,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- you've got these loose cards as well.- Yes.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- They're not just military, some local interest, topographical...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- That's right.- And a few photographic cards of soldiers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Do you know who these people are in this photo?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Yes, it's my father's regiment in the First World War,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38and he's the one in the glasses just there.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40OK, the only one wearing glasses.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Yes, he was blind in his left eye.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- What, when he went into the Army? - Yes, he cheated the medical.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48He made it up, reading the numbers?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Yes, covered the same eye both times, and he was only 17 when he did it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Oh, my goodness. But he got in and survived.- Yes, survived.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Brilliant. What a good story. A few here are interesting, social history.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You've got Boy Scouts here, and where was that?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I think that...
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Is that the New Romney? Yes, Lydd and New Romney.- OK, Romney.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11A local street scene here, again Romney,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15with a car and vintage advertising, lots of people, a really animated scene.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Think about what that would look like today.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Nothing like that. That's really good fun.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You're not tempted to keep them cos they're family history?
0:11:23 > 0:11:28No, I've got several others that have got more sentimental value.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31OK, so we need to find somebody that's interested in Boy Scouts,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33social history and military all at once.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Pricewise, probably £80 to £120. Is that the sort of figure you'd be happy with?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- That's fine, yes.- You should put some kind of reserve on.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I would probably suggest like a £50 or £60 reserve.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Shall we try it in a sale?- Yes, do.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Are you going to be here to see them sell?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Unfortunately not. We'll be on a cruise.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Oh, right. Well, you'll have to send us a postcard, clearly!- I will.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Thank you very much.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58What fabulous snapshots of bygone days.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02It's a shame Jane won't be able to join us in the saleroom.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Well, we're now halfway through our day and you know what that means, don't you?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Yes, it's my favourite part of the show.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11This is where we put the valuations to the test.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13You've just seen our experts' choices,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15you're probably got your own favourites,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18but let's see how they fare over at Canterbury Auction Rooms.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23And we're taking with us the unusual flicker books from the 1920s,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26the campaign writing slope that I loved so much,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32and the fascinating and historical collection of postcards.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Well, I'm getting excited,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41especially seeing this massive, big crowd, a room full of bidders,
0:12:41 > 0:12:46and this is where they're putting our valuations to the test, the Canterbury Auction Galleries.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Don't go away because it's auction time.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52There'll be commission to pay, it varies between auction houses.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Here it's 20% plus VAT, and first up we have Jane's postcard album.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01She can't be here so her friend and neighbour Irena is standing in.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04We have seen these do really well,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06especially if all the social history
0:13:06 > 0:13:08is about the area we're selling it in,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and I know a bit is about Kent, isn't it?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11- Yes, yes.- So fingers crossed.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16There's a few military bits. A bit for everybody, all sorts of collectors, hopefully it'll go.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- Yes, fingers crossed. - It's a good trade lot this. They like this kind of thing.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Individually, some can sell for maybe £8.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24- Oh, really?- Yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Some of them £2, some of them 50p.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30They'll have to take the rubbish with the better ones. That's why we grouped it together.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Let's find out what the bidders think. They're going under the hammer right now.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Lot number 389 is the early 20th-century postcard album,
0:13:40 > 0:13:41et cetera. Lot number 389.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Two bids, starting at £160...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Straight in.- Fantastic.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47160, I'm looking for 170.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Any further bid? If not, I'm selling at £160. If we're all done at 160...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Yes, straight in! Two bids, both at 160.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Short and sweet, but that was great.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Are you going to get on the phone and tell her?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I shall get on the phone and tell her, yes.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Where is she holidaying? We want to know.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- St Petersburg.- Oh, is she?- Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- They're on a Baltic cruise, tonight she's in St Petersburg. - That sounds really romantic.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16She'll need a nice warm jacket or a hat when she's in St Petersburg!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Yes. She'll be very excited.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22What a good result, and I'm sure Jane will be thrilled.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Next up it's Peter and that lovely wooden writing slope.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- £250 you paid for this.- Yeah, I did.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- We've put two to three on it. - It's a nice box.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33It's quality and I enjoyed talking about that as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37We've got a packed room here, it's coming up right now. Good luck.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38That's all I can say.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41It's been a long wait and I'm a bit nervous. Here we go.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Lot number 277 is the late George III
0:14:45 > 0:14:47mahogany and brass-bound writing box.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Who'll start me at £100?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51£100, lot 277, the writing box there.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Any bids in the room, at £100, lot 277, the writing box.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- On the phone, anywhere else, online? No bids?- It's not selling.- No.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The writing box, no bids? Pass it, then.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05It's not that it's too expensive.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- It's definitely worth £200 to £300 as you know.- That's right.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Oh, well, I'm really, really sorry.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12No, that's fine. I mean...
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Take it home, enjoy.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Oh, yes, I shall enjoy.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17- That's life.- These things happen.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19These things happen.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23That's a shame. I really thought that writing case was worth the money.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Let's hope we have more luck with Joan's flicker books.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Your flicker books put a smile on Mark's face.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Well, they're very ancient.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Yes, something like me!
0:15:33 > 0:15:34These are good. I like them.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37They're great fun. There's a golfing one.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- Yes, and the dancing one. The dancing's good.- The Charleston.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Yes. We like the dancing. - Can you do the Charleston?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- No, not unless I've had a drink.- Oh.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- We'll try later.- Wonderful.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48I'll look forward to it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53We'll watch that later on, but right now this is going under the hammer. Here we go.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Lot number 309 are the four early 20th century flicker books.
0:15:58 > 0:16:0060 I'm bid. 70, 80,
0:16:00 > 0:16:0490, 100, 110, 120,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07130, 140. Who's in at 140?
0:16:07 > 0:16:12140 online. 150, 160...
0:16:12 > 0:16:14This is great!
0:16:14 > 0:16:18180, 190, 200...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Come and buy me!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23It's on the internet at £200 now.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26If you're all done in the room, I'll sell at £200.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Yes, the hammer's gone down.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I think that deserves a little dance from Mark.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Shake those hips!
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Hey, £200, Joan!- Fantastic.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Your first auction as well. - Yes. I'll try again.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You're going to go home really happy.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45What a good result, enough to make us all feel like dancing.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48There'll be more fun at the auction house later,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53but first I'm going to explore the life and times of one of the area's most famous residents.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Charles Dickens's links with Kent go back to his early childhood
0:17:06 > 0:17:09where his father worked as a clerk in the naval dockyard at Chatham.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14In his early 40s at the height of his fame, just after the break-up of his marriage,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Charles Dickens returned here to Kent where he lived for the rest of his life.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25He settled just outside the town of Rochester where you can still see Dickens's influence today.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Dickens loved walking.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31He'd walk just about anywhere. You couldn't stop him.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36He even walked back from a night out at the theatre in London, and that's a good 30 miles.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Rochester hasn't changed much since Dickens' day.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42These are the buildings and streets that inspired him,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45and many of them have ended up in his novels.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55And it's not just the buildings and the streets that gave Dickens his inspiration.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I bet when he was walking past this churchyard
0:17:57 > 0:18:01looking at that tombstone with the name Dorrett inscribed on it,
0:18:01 > 0:18:06that's where the inspiration for the character Little Dorrit came from.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15This magnificent red-brick Elizabethan mansion house
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'm standing in front of is known as Eastgate House,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22and it appears in Dickens' first novel, Pickwick Papers, as Westgate House.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27It also reappears in his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30as Miss Twinkleton's Seminary for Young Ladies.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39This beautiful building behind me is called Restoration House,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42so called because Charles II stayed here the night before
0:18:42 > 0:18:46he was restored to the throne in 1660 as the King of England.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It's also Miss Havisham's house in Great Expectations,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53where young Pip goes to visit and falls in love with Estella.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Isn't that magnificent?
0:18:59 > 0:19:03You can imagine Charles Dickens peering through these very gates
0:19:03 > 0:19:04I'm looking through right now,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07just staring at this wonderful house,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10conjuring up all those wonderful scenes in Great Expectations...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Miss Havisham in her wedding dress,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14the wedding banquet covered in cobwebs,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and then the whole thing just going up in smoke.
0:19:22 > 0:19:29And my journey today has taken me here to Gad's Hill Place, the home Dickens bought in 1856.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34He first set eyes on Gad's Hill as a young lad whilst out walking one day with his father.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44In a letter to a friend, he wrote, "I thought it the most beautiful house ever seen,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48"and my poor father used to bring me here to look at it and used to say
0:19:48 > 0:19:53"that if I ever grew up to be a clever man, perhaps I might own that house."
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Gad's Hill has been a school for the past 80 years and Dickens' study is now the headmaster's office,
0:19:59 > 0:20:05and I must say it's been quite a few years since I was last summoned to see the headmaster.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Sarah, pleased to meet you.- And you.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I know you're not the headmaster. You're head of PR at the school.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I'm not the headmaster, no.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17Thank you for letting us film here today. It's a real honour just being in Dickens' study.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I've been here for four years and that honour never goes away.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25- Has it changed much?- It really is pretty much as it would've been when Dickens was here,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28with the exception of a few sort of pieces of furniture.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31His desk would have looked out towards his front lawn,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34and the desk obviously isn't there now. We don't own that desk.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39Probably the most interesting thing we have here are the book ends on the back of the door.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- That's a nice touch, isn't it? - It is. I think it's fantastic touch.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44That's just the spines.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It is, and it gives us a bit of an insight into the character of Dickens, I think.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51The book ends you've got on there, Cat's Lives in nine volumes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56- So it goes up to nine?- It does. - He had a sense of humour.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Yeah, a real sense of humour, quite an interesting feature in the room.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Although this was Dickens's study, it's not where he wrote.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Each day, he would walk through a tunnel at the bottom of his garden to a Swiss chalet.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13It was given to him in kit form by a friend
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and built on a patch of land known as The Wilderness.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The historic chalet was moved to the centre of Rochester in 1961.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23There are plans to open it to the public,
0:21:23 > 0:21:28but the exterior can already be viewed by anyone who visits the town.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33What's interesting about the tunnel is there are two masks, stone masks,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- on the tunnel at either end.- Really?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37The one at this side, this is what I like to think,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40the one at this side is the mask of comedy
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and on the other side is the mask of tragedy,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45so I think when he was going over to do his writing,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47he saw that mask of comedy.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51When he wanted to come back into the real world through the portal, it was the mask of tragedy,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54so he was coming back into the real world,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57back to perhaps where he didn't 100% want to be.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00The more and more I learn about him,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02the more interesting he becomes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06A very, very complex character, and he had a very difficult upbringing.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10His father went to prison, he went to the work house and I think, because of that,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14he was constantly trying to get away from his past, and I think that he...
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I think he struggled with life a bit. He had ten children.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Big family man, although, um, slightly scandalous...
0:22:21 > 0:22:24his wife didn't live here so he sort of left her behind,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28so very complex but still immensely famous today.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31And I think that, in order to understand his characters,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33you have to be interested in the man,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and I think I've probably grown to love him just a little bit.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Gad's Hill Place was clearly more than a house to Dickens.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It was his family home and the place from where he was inspired to write
0:22:45 > 0:22:48some of the most famous books in British literature.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53It was also the place where, at the age of 58, he passed away.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It's really nice that he died here,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57because he had a great affection for Kent.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00As I say, he'd grown up here, he loved walking around Kent,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05lots of elements of Kent within his writing, so it was really nice
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- he spent his last few years here in Kent.- He came home. - He did come home, yes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18Even though the house has been a school for over 80 years, there's still a great sense of Dickens here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22It is a very special place where somebody extraordinary has lived, breathed and imagined
0:23:22 > 0:23:26some of the most memorable characters and stories ever written.
0:23:30 > 0:23:37Our valuation day is being held at the fabulous Kings Hall in Herne Bay on the north Kent coast.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Mark's obviously been enjoying being by the sea.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43He's talking boats with Terry and Marilyn.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48The story starts a few months back. My auntie came to visit us and I don't know what it was...
0:23:48 > 0:23:54- She was getting something out of the back of the car, and there was this box with these in it.- Oh, right.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I said, "What are you doing with those?"
0:23:56 > 0:23:57She said, "Throw them away."
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And I said, "No, no, don't do that.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03"Leave them with me and I'll dispose of them
0:24:03 > 0:24:06"and, if it's all right with you, whatever we get for them
0:24:06 > 0:24:10"we'll donate to our local branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society."
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Oh, what a lovely idea. What a lovely idea.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17So somebody said, "Oh, they're doing a Flog It! at Herne Bay,"
0:24:17 > 0:24:20so we thought, "Right, go for the adventure."
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I'm glad you did. They've obviously been played with a bit
0:24:24 > 0:24:27and they're not in their boxes or in pristine condition,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30but generally speaking Tri-ang are very well known
0:24:30 > 0:24:33for the quality of their manufacture.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36They're very tiny but the detail is quite exquisite.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Well, when we unpacked them from this box from my auntie's,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I was really impressed with the amount of detail.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Just such small items, you know, the guns on the battleships
0:24:46 > 0:24:49and some of the rigging on some of the other boats,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53and how on earth they did that in the model-making process
0:24:53 > 0:24:54I don't quite know.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58They specialised in all sorts of toy-making, of course, Tri-ang,
0:24:58 > 0:25:03and if we look at this boat, which of course looks quite stupendous,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06and it should do because it's actually the Queen Mary.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10The detail of the funnels and all the decking, the lifeboats,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and even the little windows punched out
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and the detail of the stud work...
0:25:14 > 0:25:16And they're so small as well.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I know. It's really good fun, actually.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20We've got it marked underneath,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Queen Mary, and we've got the mark for Tri-ang as well.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- I think they were based in Margate... - Which is just up the road.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32- I think they were part of Hornby Hobbies at one time.- Oh, right.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37I'm sure, in the saleroom, people are going to find them interesting,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39but at what level is difficult to predict,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42because collectors of this type of thing
0:25:42 > 0:25:47are quite specific about having the box, being in mint condition and that kind of thing,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49but we've got to be quite sensible.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Obviously, we've got to try and raise as much money as we can for the charity.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56We're probably looking at about £60 to £100 for the lot.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Right.- So you're happy with that? - Yes, we're very happy.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Fantastic. Let's do it. They might even sail past our estimate.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I'll let you get away with that pun, Mark.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Right now, I'm heading outside to see how the queue's doing.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Who owns this? Let me shake your hand.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20I think, apart from you, only one other gentleman today has brought some furniture along,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23so good on you, because we do need more furniture on the show.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28If you've got some, bring it along to one of our valuation days because we don't see enough of it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31We have stewards to help you unload it from the car
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and carry it into the venue, so please bring it along.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38We do get an awful lot of smalls and it looks so great to have these big things on TV.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- So hopefully you'll be selling this later on, will you?- Hope so.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Fingers crossed.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50We might not get a lot of big items, but we do get a lot of Clarice Cliff and we're always happy to see it.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Anne and her son Spencer have brought in a piece to show Kate.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I was bored one day
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and I was reading the local paper,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05and I saw for sale a Clarice Cliff bowl.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- In a private advert?- Yes.- OK.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- £65 was the asking price.- Right.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I paid it happily.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- And how long ago was this? - 20 years ago, wasn't it?- 20 years.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22That was a lot of money back then, wasn't it? 65.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Yeah, I love Art Deco.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27So do you know anything more about this particular pattern?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I did have a Clarice Cliff book that I looked through
0:27:31 > 0:27:33and I never found the pattern, no picture.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35You haven't been able to find it, have you?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39It's not one I've seen, but I don't think it's one of the most rare ones.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44The best thing would be for it to go to auction but for the auction house to have a look
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and do more research on the pattern and see if they can find the name.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52It's possible it's an unlisted pattern but there are websites and collectors' clubs
0:27:52 > 0:27:55that list all the patterns so they'd be able to find out.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58But it's quite a funky piece of design, anyway.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- I can see why you liked it. It's classic Clarice Cliff, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05You've got the really good acid colours, the green, the yellow.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09These really strange... a bit like fried eggs, the fried-egg flowers.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Yeah, they are fried eggs!
0:28:10 > 0:28:12So it's a really iconic bit of design.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16We go on about Clarice Cliff but they are the best of their era,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19but I'm going to moan about condition.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Yeah. They told me, the couple I bought it from, they were quite elderly.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26They'd used it as a plant pot.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I can see in the front here, there is a lot of damage wear-wise to the paint
0:28:30 > 0:28:33and also there's a great big hairline crack along the bottom,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36so that's obviously going to affect the price.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Any ideas what you're hoping to get for it if you put it in a sale?
0:28:40 > 0:28:44I was hoping for 80 to 100.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I think, with the condition being as it is,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50it's going to be maybe a little bit less.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I would have said, in that condition, £40 to £60.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54You can never tell, can you?
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Would you sell it?
0:28:55 > 0:28:59If we put it in with a reserve of £40, would you sell it at that
0:28:59 > 0:29:01or would you be gutted?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Could it run to 60?
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It's your item so if you would be really disappointed to sell it for lower than your reserve
0:29:08 > 0:29:11obviously there's no point putting it in.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16If you'd take 60 as the least, put that as your reserve, we'll put 60-100 as an estimate.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21There are people that collect and sometimes condition won't matter if it's a very rare pattern.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24It's worth a go. That's the best thing about auctions.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26You have no idea what'll happen.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- It's what someone wants to pay. - And it'll go on the internet.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- You loved it and hopefully somebody else will.- I did. I do.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Why are you selling it now, then?
0:29:34 > 0:29:39We're thinking of downsizing as I have Parkinson's...
0:29:39 > 0:29:41She can't do the stairs.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45I can at the moment, but there'll be a time when I can't.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48I've got to start letting go.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Sorting through your collection, getting rid of stuff.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Dad likes to break things as well. He's a compulsive cleaner!
0:29:55 > 0:29:59That's not what you want in a room-full of china, is it, really?
0:29:59 > 0:30:03I hope we can get it sold and help with the move. That would be great, wouldn't it?
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- Yeah.- Thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I'm sure that bowl will do well.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15At least Anne's husband won't break it when he's dusting!
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Now, where shall I go next?
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Kieran, this is a very nice map by John Speed.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Early 17th-century map.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23He was a surveyor
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and he was championed by royalty in this country,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29and they actually financed a lot of his work.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34The secret of Speed maps is the fact that they were all printed
0:30:34 > 0:30:37in Holland, the quality of the printing was superb,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41then brought back here and hand-coloured. This shows the shires.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire. Look at this.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Look at Reading. - Very detailed, isn't it?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Quite incredible! Look how small it was then.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54And this is a good sign, seeing lots of armorials,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56because he would've got sponsors as well.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01These crests, family coat of arms, actually sponsored and paid him so they could be part of the map.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06What's the other side for? I've inherited, or been given this by my parents.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Whoever framed this did a jolly good job
0:31:08 > 0:31:11because it's so nice to have the map on one side,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15but also the history of Buckinghamshire on the other,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19so it tells you a little bit about the place, which is fascinating.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22The condition is superb, there's no foxing.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Now, when I first started Flog It! about ten years ago,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27these maps were very, very popular.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32They'd just about peaked then and were fetching £800 to £1200 in good condition,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34but they've started to lose their popularity.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40The ones that people want now are the ones that show the coastline, a slight bit of coastline.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Nevertheless, if you put this into auction,
0:31:43 > 0:31:47it should realise around £500 to £700. What were you hoping for?
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Probably double what my father paid for it, which was 500.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- So you were hoping for £1,000? - Probably about there.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Maybe hang onto it, and hopefully fashions will change again.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01And the key to this actually if you do want to sell it, is sell it
0:32:01 > 0:32:05in the Reading area because that map of Reading is quite unique.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Look at that street plan. Look at the way Reading's spelt.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09R-E-D-D-I-N-G.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12That did cross my mind, actually.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Yeah. Yeah.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15If you want to sell it, put it into an auction room
0:32:15 > 0:32:17in the Home Counties, in the shires.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21But what a wonderful thing and thank you so much for bringing that in.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Thank you very much for your time.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Kieran's holding on to his map so we won't sell that one.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I wonder if Jan will feel the same about the bronze stag she's showing Mark.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Well, what can I say? What a lovely stag you've brought in.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36I like him too.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Tell me all about him.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44I bought him about 40 to 45 years ago in a flea market in Greenwich, London.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- How much did you pay for him? - £4.50.- £4.50?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52- In the old money.- I'll double your money for you. How about that?- No!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Quite right. So what attracted you to him?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58His eyes. If you look, he'll follow you about.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Beautifully painted.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Yeah, they don't move but they feel as though they do.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04He's very freaky, actually.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It's very beautifully painted.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- Was this antler like this when you bought it?- Yes.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14So I think it has been dropped somewhere cos that antler would almost certainly be up here.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Now, do you know what it was made of?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18No, I thought it was just metal.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Well, it's actually made of bronze,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24and this technique of decorating is called cold-painted bronze.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28So this has been painted once the figure has cooled down,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31and it's quite a specialist technique.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35It's most popular in places like Austria and Germany.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40The maker you always associate with pieces of this quality is Franz Bergman.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Now, he specialised in these sort of cold-painted bronze animals,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46birds, lobsters, all sorts of things,
0:33:46 > 0:33:51and he sneakily did some very risque ones
0:33:51 > 0:33:54where there was a young lady, say,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56with a bronze cloak on, all beautifully decorated.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00And then, when you opened her up, she'd be naked inside.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- Ohh.- Now, on those ones,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07he signs his name is reverse, so it says Namgreb instead of Bergman.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- I see.- Cos he didn't want to be associated with those,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12but those I'm sure were his most profitable ones.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17Unfortunately, I've had a chance to look at this,
0:34:17 > 0:34:18I can't see a mark.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23What I can see, in a very indelicate part of the stag's anatomy,
0:34:23 > 0:34:27is a stamp for "geschutz"
0:34:27 > 0:34:30which is a German or Austrian word which means registered.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35You normally find that in association with Bergman so that's a very good sign.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39The other reason I think we can safely say that it's a Bergman
0:34:39 > 0:34:41is just the sheer quality of it...
0:34:41 > 0:34:46the decoration, the quality of the eyes, the painted nose.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49It looks like a stag, doesn't it? It's wonderful in quality.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52And you paid £4.50 for it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:56They're quite popular. There's quite a big market for these.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00I'm a little bit cautious, Jan, simply because of this.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03When you try to adjust these, if you adjust them too much,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06you'll snap the whole thing off,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08so I'm being a little bit cautious on that.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11What do you think it might be worth? Have you got an opinion?
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Not really, no. I think about ten years,
0:35:15 > 0:35:18a friend of mine, her husband offered me £100 for him.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- Well, that's too little. - But I said no.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26If it was in absolutely perfect condition, with the antlers and signed,
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I think we could easily say this was worth...
0:35:29 > 0:35:32oh, gosh, £400, £500 or more.
0:35:32 > 0:35:40If we tried it in at say £250 to £350 and put a reserve of £250...
0:35:40 > 0:35:43I'm not bothered about a reserve, to be honest.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- I think we should.- We should?- Yeah.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50If the internet goes down or whatever, or if people aren't there,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54then it could go for £50, though I doubt it.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57But you don't want it back, is that what you're saying?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Then let's put a slightly lower reserve of £200 on it,
0:36:01 > 0:36:05but this is such a quality piece and it's really made our afternoon.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Thank you very much.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09That's a rather special thing.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11I think this is the one to watch.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13There you are. You've just seen it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Our experts have made their final choices
0:36:16 > 0:36:19so now it's time to say a fond farewell to Herne Bay.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21It's been wonderful filming here for the day,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25but now we're moving inland to the Canterbury Auction Rooms.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29And we're taking with us Terry and Marilyn's miniature boats,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31that charming Clarice Cliff bowl,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37and Jan's fantastic bronze stag.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Before the sale,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42I got the chance to talk to auctioneer Cliona Kilroy
0:36:42 > 0:36:44about the bronze stag.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Absolutely love this. Big fan of cold-painted bronze,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50especially if they're signed Bergman, but this is gorgeous,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52this stag and it belongs to Jan.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Mark, our expert, put £250 to £350 on this,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58and I think that'll fly away cos the small ones do that.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Absolutely. He's just stunning, stunning quality.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Everything about him, features, detail,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06it's all there, and I just think he's great, really unusual,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09and I think he'll make all of that money easily.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- You're enthusiastic about this? - I really like him, yes.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14OK, stick your neck out...
0:37:14 > 0:37:18OK, there has been a bit of interest and I would hope that he would...
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Four to six? - ..break his top estimate.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22I'd like him to do that and I think it is possible.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24The buck stops here.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30We'll see how the stag does a little bit later on, but first up
0:37:30 > 0:37:34it's Terry who's come to see the miniature boats go under the hammer,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36although his wife Marilyn couldn't make it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40We've got £100 riding on this at the top end, £60 to £100.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44We hope, for the cause they're going to, they get as much as they can.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49- Exactly. Remind us again.- I'm the local chairman of the Thanet branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society,
0:37:49 > 0:37:55and whatever this raises will go to help with the work that that branch does.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Great cause. Going under the hammer right now.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05Lot number 245 is the Tri-ang model ship of RMS Queen Mary.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Lot number 245, who'll start me at £40?
0:38:07 > 0:38:08Thank you, 40 I'm bid.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Who's in at 50 now?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Bid is on my right at £40.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14£50 I'm looking for. Any interest at 50?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Come on, please, come on. - Any interest at £50?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19On my right... 50 I'm bid. 60? 70?
0:38:19 > 0:38:2370 anywhere? On my right at £60, then, and selling at 60...
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Every little penny helps.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Every little penny helps.- It does. I thought it was quite cheap, though.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- So did I!- I thought it would've gone for a bit more.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33But thank you for doing what you've done
0:38:33 > 0:38:36and it's raised a few pounds towards running a local branch.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40And raised the profile so hopefully more people will be aware.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41- Yes. Thank you.- Thanks.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45You've got family support. That's your daughter. What's her name?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46She's Emily.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Emily, hi there.- Come to support me.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50A good result for a good cause.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52We're happy with that.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Next up it's the Clarice Cliff bowl
0:38:54 > 0:38:57being sold by Anne and her son Spencer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01This really is your inheritance. Mum should be handing it down to you, Spence.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Yes, I know, but...
0:39:03 > 0:39:06But I can't see Spence wanting a bit of Clarice Cliff, can you, Kate?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08It's a bit girly.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11You might like that, I don't know.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- I'll take the money!- Take the money.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- You paid £65 for this.- Correct.- Yes.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- How long ago?- A long, long time ago.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Top money, then? - I'd like to, I'd like to.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Hopefully, we can improve on that over 20 years, Kate.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27It has got a crack so that might do for it, but you never know.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- That's what's fun about auctions. Fingers crossed.- Yeah.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Lot number 37 is the Clarice Cliff Erin pattern octagonal bowl.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Who'll start me at £50? Any interest at 50? 50 I'm bid.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Who's in at £60 now?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- 60 for someone? - We want two people.- Yes.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Thank you. £60 I'm bid. 70?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- 80?- There's a telephone bidder. - Good.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- 90, 100, 110...- They like it.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00120, 130, 140, 150,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04160, 170,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05180, 190...
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Oh, they love it, don't they? Clarice!
0:40:08 > 0:40:11200? Anybody at £200?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13I'm selling at £190 if we're all done...
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Hammer's gone down. £190.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Excellent, isn't it?
0:40:17 > 0:40:18That's my first...
0:40:18 > 0:40:24I'm really pleased. That was great. I thought maybe the condition would do it, but that's great.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- Yeah, that's quality. - It is nice, though. Good pattern. Erin pattern was a lovely pattern.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- It was lovely. Lovely colours.- Yeah.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Are you going to treat each other? I think you should take Mum out for lunch.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36She can take me out now!
0:40:37 > 0:40:42A good result. Clarice Cliff still does the business.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47Next up it's Jan who bought her magnificent bronze stag more than 40 years ago.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- Well, I'm excited. Are you?- No.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54No? Oh, come on, you must be, Jan.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55- You must be!- I am a little bit.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59We're just about to say goodbye to that wonderful Bergman bronze.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03We're looking at £350 at Mark's top end but I had a chat to Cliona
0:41:03 > 0:41:06and we both feel it could easily double that.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09You just don't know. If two people want it...
0:41:09 > 0:41:11It's weird the way the eyes look at you.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17- Why do you want to sell it? - I'm getting old now so I want to buy some double glazing.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Oh, we could get you some of that, hopefully,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21if this goes for double the top end,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23and if it does, Mark's there to catch you.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25We both will.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Lot number 524, the cold-painted bronze figure of the stag.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Who'll start me at £200?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Any bid at £200?- Oh, come on.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38£200 I'm bid. Who's in at 210?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Any interest at 210, 220, 230, 240, 250,
0:41:44 > 0:41:47260, 270, 280, 290,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50300 and 20, 340, 360, 380...
0:41:50 > 0:41:53This is more like it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57440, 460, 480, 500, 520,
0:41:57 > 0:42:02540, 560, 580, 600? Anybody at 600?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05600 and 20, 640,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09660, 680, 700,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12720, 740, 760...
0:42:12 > 0:42:17- I'm shaking.- 780, 800...
0:42:17 > 0:42:22820, 840, 860, 880,
0:42:22 > 0:42:27900, 920, 940, 960,
0:42:27 > 0:42:29980, 1,000,
0:42:29 > 0:42:341,100, 1,150.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38The bid is at £1,100 on the telephone now. Any further offer?
0:42:38 > 0:42:39If not, I'm selling at £1,100.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42The bid is with Chris at 1,100.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Yes, the hammer's gone down. £1,100!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- They love that.- Fantastic quality.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52I knew I was being a bit cautious, but it never lets you down, does it?
0:42:52 > 0:42:54No, no, not at all.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Well, that was a nice surprise, wasn't it?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Thank you.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00I told you I'd give you a kiss.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Oh, I'll never wash again!
0:43:06 > 0:43:09It doesn't get much better than that. Well worth a kiss.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Well, sadly we're coming to the end of another show.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15A few lows and a few highs there, but that's auctions for you.
0:43:15 > 0:43:21But I can guarantee something, they're always full of surprises, so do join me again for many more.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23But for now, from Canterbury, it's cheerio.
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