0:00:07 > 0:00:11Today we're in the magnificent grounds of Burghley House, in Lincolnshire,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15where scores of people have turned up to enjoy a day in the sun
0:00:15 > 0:00:19to have their antiques valued and hopefully to Flog It!
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Burghley House is one of the finest examples of 16th century
0:00:41 > 0:00:44English Elizabethan architecture you will ever come across.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46It's an absolute gem.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50And the fabulous grounds that it sits in were largely designed
0:00:50 > 0:00:54by Capability Brown in the 18th century.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Now, he's left many of the mature plantings that he came across
0:00:57 > 0:01:02where he found them, meaning that some of the design dates back well over 400 years.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And it doesn't get much better than this, does it?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09What a fabulous backdrop for our valuation day.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18And fitting right into this elegant setting is the very regal Elizabeth Talbot.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Oh, dressed for Burghley, look at this one, look at this one, my goodness.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29And the man who can spot a princely antique if he knows where to look. Philip Serrell.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Is it Paris or London?- Paris. - There you are. I don't know anything, do I?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Elizabeth is an auctioneer in her own right
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and when she's not working, she has her hands full with twin daughters.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Only for the fear of the mother-in-law.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46- There's no greater fear than the fear of the mother-in-law. - That's it, yeah.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48What a lady. Booze.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Philip's another auctioneer and he's written books on his early days in the business.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Are you a big champagne drinker? - Not really, no.- Not really.- No.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01He's got a great all-round knowledge but a particular interest in the finer things in life.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Someone once said to me, please don't drink it, and I'm not going to.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Well, I will, then.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10And I'm sure we're going to be in for some champagne moments today.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Now, let's open the gates and let everybody in.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Coming up in today's programme, we discover a painting which excites the international bidders.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28340 in the UK. 360 in Holland. 380. At 380.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- It could be going back to Holland. - Yes.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35And visit probably the most famous apple tree in the world.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36What actually happened 300 years ago?
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Newton was extremely close to making the greatest discovery in the history of science.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Right, let's get straight on with the show and it's my turn first, for a change.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Well, I found Brian with some tribal art which I'm quite fascinated about so we decided to sit on the lawn
0:02:58 > 0:03:04here at Burghley House - all we need is some strawberries and cream but that might happen a bit later.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07But thank you for bringing this in. How did you come across this set of arrows in a quiver?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11When I was working at an architect's in Kent, we were
0:03:11 > 0:03:15demolishing a building and I happened to go inside it and check around, and found it in the loft.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Good on you.- So I took it home.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- So basically you salvaged this from the wrecking ball and the skip. - Absolutely.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Do you know what, you can't get greener than antiques, can you?
0:03:24 > 0:03:31And I'm sure this set of arrows which I think dates back to the early part of the 19th century.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Really.- Yeah. They're not tourists, that's for sure.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- No. No.- No. They're not tourists.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38..fascinate me, actually. They do fascinate me.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40They're very simple,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43but do you know, I think
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- this is made of sealskin. - Really.- Yes.- Gosh.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49So I'm going to say North American.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51It's possibly Canadian or it's Inuit.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Wow. I always thought it was from Africa or South America.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I'd never have thought of the Arctic areas at all.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05Yeah, because look at the arrows, OK. Look at those barbs.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- Very sharp. - This is just made of steel.- Yeah.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10This is definitely early 19th century.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- As early as that.- This is definitely not ceremonial and it's not tourist.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17This is the real McCoy. Whether or not you'd shoot that in a straight line is another thing.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21It's not that accurate but from a short distance, you know,
0:04:21 > 0:04:26that would kill something, especially something of that size.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- Right. OK. - Which is what it's designed to do.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Yes. Right. What about this piece?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Would that have any significance?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I think purely just to carry and run with.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Right.- Yeah. And to keep the quiver straight.- Right.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Which in turn keeps the arrows... - That's interesting.- ..from breaking.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Clever piece of technology in those days.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Because this leather would have originally been quite soft in its day when it was first made.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50It's only over the years that it's developed this patina
0:04:50 > 0:04:53but it's also got rock hard and that's what leather does.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Over the course of 100 years, leather will harden and harden and harden until it's rock solid.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Oh, right.- And it's impervious to water as well...- Yeah. Of course.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02which is what you need.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04That's very interesting.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I mean, that's my gut feeling.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Maybe the auctioneer will know a lot more than I do or he will have
0:05:09 > 0:05:13experts on hand that he can call on for another opinion.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I would never have even thought about Canada or Iceland, I must admit.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- PLANE ROARS OVERHEAD - We've got a lot of aeroplanes flying over today, haven't we?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22The RAF are taking off somewhere locally, aren't they?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25There's Coningsby just up the road where
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- the main base is. - What a view pilots must have of Burghley House and the estates.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Yes. They're usually in twos.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34You get used to them after a while.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Well, I think if the auctioneer can do a bit of research on our behalf,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42he's got a bit of time, and you never know, these might find their way back
0:05:42 > 0:05:45to a museum somewhere in Alaska.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51- Gosh.- Let's put them into auction with a valuation of £80-£120. I know it's an auctioneer's cliche but
0:05:51 > 0:05:55hopefully it might do a little more than that and if it struggles, well,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- £100 is better than nothing, isn't it?- That's fine by me. Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03What fascinating objects and I'll be keen to learn where they do come from.
0:06:03 > 0:06:10Next up, Brian and Jean have brought in an intriguing jug to show Elizabeth.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I think this is a magnificent piece.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I'd like to hear from you all the history you can tell me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Well, not a lot really.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I mean, I've known it all my life.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- It was at my auntie's in her bedroom.- Oh, right.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29And I don't know a lot about it as a child, we didn't bother so much, and then as I got older I said well,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32where was it made and she said I think in Buckley.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And it was called Buckley ware.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Yes.- And that's all I know about it really.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- OK.- My wife's auntie lives in Chester
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- which is near to Buckley. - It would tie in. Absolutely right.
0:06:44 > 0:06:52Well, Buckley ware, as it's known, it's a very generic term which came from Buckley or the Buckley area.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59There were potters in that region from the 17th century and the last factory or pottery closed in 1946.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04So there's a long history of using the natural clay and so on in that
0:07:04 > 0:07:09region to make, principally, domestic wares. Do you actually like it?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Do you appreciate it?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I personally think it's awful.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Right. OK. That's fine. - Not particularly. I like the shape.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Yes.- I can't understand what
0:07:18 > 0:07:22it would be used for because there's nowhere to pour anything in.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24OK.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Well, I think the shape is fantastic.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The shape is just lovely
0:07:28 > 0:07:32and it's probably likely to be the late 18th, possibly early 19th century,
0:07:32 > 0:07:38but because they tended to use, it's a very basic earthenware base that then has these very thick
0:07:38 > 0:07:42rich lead glazes on the top, they tend to be brown and monotone.
0:07:42 > 0:07:49Along with the glaze, they were known for the very simple mouldings that they'd apply.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54So you've got some round the body, you've got some sort of along the front, the tummy of it there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57At the top, yes, as you say, it has a very limited opening here
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and then almost a sort of a sieve technique on the top there.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It looks grand enough almost to be I think a wine flagon this.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I think it's for serving wine.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It's a very...
0:08:07 > 0:08:12handsome piece. I mean, I'm going to be completely honest, I don't think I've ever
0:08:12 > 0:08:17sold anything close to resembling this at all so I mean I can't say, the last one we sold last month or
0:08:17 > 0:08:22the one we sold last year or anything cos there just isn't that sort of information available readily.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Could that be a good thing or not? - It could be a good thing.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30Instinctively, I'm thinking sort of £200-300, £200-£400 as an instinctive thing,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- but if it made 300-500, 400-600 I wouldn't be surprised...- Gracious.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Gracious.- in the right context.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42- But if you're happy to sort of look at the lower end of the 200-300, that sort of region.- It's up to you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's come from your family.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Yes. Yes. - Would you put a reserve on it?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I think it needs to have a reserve on it
0:08:48 > 0:08:54and I think, I mean you would tend to put the lower end of the estimate on it as a safety net if you like.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56If you put £200 on it, would you be happy with that?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Yes. Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02As I say, it's kind of anybody's guess but I think
0:09:02 > 0:09:06it shouldn't sell for less than that, I don't think. Instinctively I just feel that that's, you know, given
0:09:06 > 0:09:11the age and the size, you know, it's a good decorative piece of Buckley ware. It's a lovely thing.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I think it's just stunning. I think it's got a lot of character.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19And talking of character, Phil's up next with Janet and Tony.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- How are you both doing? All right? - Very well, thank you.- Yes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Enjoying Burghley?- Oh, yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Yes.- Brilliant, isn't it? Absolutely brilliant.- We intended to come and go round the house actually.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Do you live round here?- No. We're from Tamworth.- Tamworth.- Yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31How far's Tamworth away from here?
0:09:31 > 0:09:3369 miles, according to the route finder.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Really. So you've just come for Flog It! today.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Yes, we have.- Oh, that's brilliant.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- That's brilliant.- We're retired and we like to fill the days in.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Good stuff. And it's interesting, this, because
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Tamworth's a bit closer to Brummagem.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- That's right.- It certainly is, and we don't speak like that.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- And you're from Brummagem. - We are indeed.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- And this is from Brummagem. - It is indeed.- It is.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Yes, that's right. Oh, yes. - This is papier mache.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02And papier mache was a huge thriving industry in Birmingham
0:10:02 > 0:10:08in the 19th century and if you turn a lot of these over, these papier mache trays,
0:10:08 > 0:10:14they were stamped "Jennings and Bettridge" and these were the factory that produced these.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18And it's quite interesting this cos you've got, I think this is really good quality and I like it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22It could be better in one way and I'll tell you about that.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- You've got these mother-of-pearl inlays.- Yes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32And then you've got these gold leaves all the way around and it's in really good order.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Because it's papier mache, it doesn't suffer knocks and bangs too well.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38They are awfully difficult to repair.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Having said that,
0:10:40 > 0:10:47- I've just noticed here look, can you see there's a little bit of a dink just there.- Yes. Yes.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Oh, right. - Well, I suppose it was used.- Yes.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54- How could this be made better, do you think?- I don't know. I was waiting for you to advise us.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58I often think about our business, you know, it's just a question of using your eyes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04And if you look at that, it's a lovely, lovely thing, but wouldn't it benefit from...
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- something in the centre.- Agree. Yes. - Yes. Yes. Decorationwise.
0:11:09 > 0:11:17- And that then turns it from a £40-£60 estimate tray to a £100-£200 estimate.- Right. Yes.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21There's an expression in our business, if you start apologizing for things
0:11:21 > 0:11:25other than the price, you know, you've got a little bit of a problem and we're apologizing for the fact
0:11:25 > 0:11:30that it hasn't got a beautiful flower scene on there or that sort of thing.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Having said that, I think that's wonderful quality.- Yes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Good.- I think we can estimate it at £40-£60.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I think we can stick a £30 reserve on it and I think if you have a real
0:11:40 > 0:11:45good day, it'll sail through that cos it's a lovely thing. Are you happy with that?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Yes. It's pretty. - Good stuff.- Yes.- Thank you.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52As Phil says, a simple tray but very appealing in its own right and I'm sure it will sell.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55This is where it gets exciting. This is my favourite part of the show.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58We're going to put our experts' valuations to the test.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- They're normally right, aren't they?- Yes.- Yes, of course.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06We've got lots of favourite experts. Philip Serrell is one of the best in the business
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and so is Elizabeth Talbot. You've heard what they've had to say.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You've probably made your own minds up and you've got your own opinions.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Let's find out what the auctioneer thinks but more importantly, what the bidders think.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Let's get over to Grantham.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20And just 25 miles away,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24it's Golding Young Auctioneers who are hosting the sale of our items.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I've been to hundreds of auction rooms
0:12:28 > 0:12:34and it never ceases to amaze me the variety of lots that are on offer, ranging from fine art to furniture,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38musical instruments and all sorts of knicknacks which you might think
0:12:38 > 0:12:41might not be worth a lot of money, you were thinking of throwing them away
0:12:41 > 0:12:45or putting them in a charity shop maybe, a little single cup and saucer like that,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49but don't throw it away, put it into the auction room.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54It might just be worth £20 or £30 and hey, that's money in your pocket. It's worth doing.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58There will be commission to pay and it varies between different auction houses.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Here the sellers pay 15% plus VAT.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Before the sales starts, here's a quick reminder of the items we're selling.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Brian's arrows are an intriguing lot but it's hard to predict how they'll do.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16There's Tony and Janet's simple Victorian papier mache tray.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21And after having a closer look at Brian and Jean's jug, auctioneer Colin Young has something to say.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I've not come across one of these before.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It belongs to Brian and Jean and it's a Buckley ware vase.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Elizabeth put £200-£300 on this but she wasn't sure on the day. She wasn't sure.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36She was guided by Brian really. He's quite adamant this is Buckley ware.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Right.- I've not come across this.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I must admit, nor had I.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Fortunately, since the valuation day, we've had the opportunity
0:13:43 > 0:13:47to do a little bit more checking and research and an expert that I know
0:13:47 > 0:13:54that's rather good on this subject, I ran it by him and the response was no, it looks a little bit German.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Really. So it's continental.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59It does have that sort of look of the Rhinish stoneware.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Very much like the Bellarmine jugs.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Absolutely. Yes. Yeah. And when you look at the top of the ewer, you've got
0:14:05 > 0:14:10this sort of moulded part there which you know the Bellarmine faces that you would expect on there.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Yes.- So I'm fairly sure that's what it is.- OK.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Does that affect the value though?
0:14:17 > 0:14:22I would hazard a guess, there's probably plenty of it out there and fairly mass produced.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26It's just purely that we haven't necessarily seen much in the UK market.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- OK. Well, you never know, it could still do 200-300.- It could well do.- If it's that rare.- Yeah.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35OK. Fingers crossed. So, will not cataloguing as Buckley ware affect how much the jug fetches?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Find out now as it's first under the hammer.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42I don't know, I've not come across this before and I know Colin, the
0:14:42 > 0:14:46auctioneer's not come across this particular Buckley ware jug before.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48He seems to think it might be continental.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51He didn't see it in the bright sunshine like we saw it, did he? It was stunning.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I mean, I'm not au fait with the ware, but I have to say,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59it fits so well in with the family history and so on which was a bit too close for comfort.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02If it were coincidence it seems a bit strange, but the quality,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04if you see it in good light, it's a lovely piece.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10Having said that, it's not affected the value because he's still calling it £200-£300.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12But he's not catalogued it as Buckley ware.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14No. No. We noticed that.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Anyway, it's going under the hammer right now. Let's find out what the bidders think. Is it Buckley ware?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Interesting lot. What shall we say for this?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Who's going to start me at 200 for it?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25200, who's going to be straight in? 200.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27150 then. 150. 100 a go, surely.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29£100. Who's going to be first in?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- They don't like it.- £50.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Any offers then?
0:15:35 > 0:15:3950 on the net from... TR is the country. I wonder if that's Transylvania.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43They've obviously got their claws into it. At 50 bid. Five now. 55.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Multiple bids on the net.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Anybody else going to join in the room?- Come on, bids.- No.
0:15:49 > 0:15:5170. At 70. 75 now.
0:15:51 > 0:15:5375. I'm sorry this is not very interesting to the room.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59I'm just looking at the screen. At 90. 95. 95. 100 now. 100 bid.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01At 100. 110. 120 anywhere else now?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- 110 bid. At 120. 130.- Come on.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- We're getting there.- Slowly. Slowly.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10130. 140. 150 now. 150 bid.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16150 surely. 150. 160. 160. 170. 180.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20180, do I see? At 170 bid. 170. You're out on the net now.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22At 170. 180 now.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Back in the UK with the buyers now.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26At 170. 180. 190 now. 190.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29At 190. At 190. 200. 200 on the net.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30It's gone.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32220 anyone?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- 220.- Any more now? You're all out in the room then.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Commission bidders are out. At £200, it's an internet buyer then.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42We're done, we're finished, and we're selling then at £200.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43- Only just.- Only just.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Wow. Wasn't that exciting?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48They don't know what it is in Grantham but somebody knows what it is.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Yes. Yes. It was on the internet.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53For a moment, I thought that was going to struggle.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- I really thought it was going to struggle.- And me, yeah. Didn't think it was going to sell.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01That's the power of the internet for you, isn't it, nowadays?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Do you know, I'm really thrilled about that.- Thank you very much.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Thank you.- I think it was lovely. - Thank you very much.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Thank you.- I do now!
0:17:08 > 0:17:13Great. Well, somebody seemed convinced and everybody's happy.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Next up, it's Brian and me. Colin Young's done some research
0:17:16 > 0:17:20and is sure the arrows are North American or Canadian.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Well, things are moving along nicely and right now I'm all a-quiver.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26No, not because I'm nervous because it's my turn to be
0:17:26 > 0:17:29the expert, because the arrows are just about to go under the hammer.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- And they belong to Brian here.- Yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33They do look out of place here, don't they?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35They certainly do with all the china and the items.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40There's no other ethnic or tribal artefacts here. They are the only items.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- It should be interesting to see what happens then.- Yes.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48I just hope it gets picked up on the internet and some serious collectors find it because it's here to go.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Yeah. That's true. This is where you see them.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Yeah. We're going to find out right now.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Let's hope it hits the target.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Lot number 240 is a 19th century leather native quiver.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Who's going to start me at £100 for it? 100.
0:18:02 > 0:18:0480 to go then. 80. 50. £50.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08No luck anywhere.
0:18:08 > 0:18:1150. Thank you. 50. 60 now. Anybody else going to have a stab at this?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13At 50 bid. 60 now surely.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15At 50 bid. Five anywhere else now? At £50 bid. Five. 55. 55.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Bid 60. 60. And five. 65.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20We're selling, aren't we?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23It's coming. It's slowly coming up, yes. Moving.
0:18:23 > 0:18:2680 surely. At £75, we're in the middle of the room. At 75 bid.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29At 80. At 75. Last call then.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I'm going to sell at £75.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- £75.- Well done.- I'm happy.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- I'm really happy.- Not bad for that.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40It was close though, wasn't it?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43That's one of those items that can just fly away.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45We didn't have the bow to shoot them with.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46No, we didn't. That's the problem.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Yes.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52They did fine, particularly as there was nothing similar in the sale.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Now it's Tony and Janet's lacquered papier mache tray.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Don't use it, don't like it, it's got to go, that's what our next owners have said.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Tony and Janet, it's good to see you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- That's what it's all about, bring it along to Flog It! and hopefully we'll do the business for you.- OK.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Thank you. Yes. We're hoping.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I like this a lot. It's a shame it hasn't been stamped.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Obviously it comes from the Birmingham, Wolverhampton area so it comes from the right pedigree.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- They were very, very popular during Queen Victoria's reign.- Right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Obviously you don't like it.- No.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Who wants a black tray? Philip? Do you?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Do you like that?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Sadly, I think it's just a nice quality thing.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- Great quality.- And I think it'll be undervalued today because that's the way the market is.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33But if you're going to buy, if you want a papier mache tray,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- you don't want to spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds, this is the one to get, isn't it?- Yes.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41There we go, a very fine piece of Victoriana.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Who's going to start me at £30 for it? 30. 20 to go then.
0:19:45 > 0:19:4820. 20 bid. 22 bid. 25. 28.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And 30. 30 bid. 32. 35. 38. Bid 40.
0:19:51 > 0:19:5442. 45. 48.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- It's moving up beautifully. - It's going very well, isn't it?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And five. Bid 70. And five. 75.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Bid 80. And five now.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03£80 bid. Five anywhere else though?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Any more bids coming from any other quarter? No. At £80.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10We're on the book then and we're selling, make no mistake, at £80.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And it's gone down. That's very good.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- That's better than having it stuffed away in the wardrobe, isn't it?- Yes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I think that's a good price cos I was just looking at it on the auctioneer's screen there.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The centre of it is just like a great big black cavern.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24It needs to have something in the middle, doesn't it?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Yeah. That's a good result.- Yeah.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Well done.- Thanks very much.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Phew.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Crept under the wire with another one.- Yes.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well, so far so good. We're now halfway through our auction.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45We are coming back later on in the programme so there's plenty more lots
0:20:45 > 0:20:47to go under the hammer and hopefully one or two surprises.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Now, while we're up here filming in the area,
0:20:50 > 0:20:55I've taken the opportunity to find out about the most famous apple tree in the world.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09This tree lies in the grounds of Woolsthorpe Manor here in Lincolnshire.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15Woolsthorpe was home to a family of farmers back in the 17th century and when one young farmer's son called
0:21:15 > 0:21:21Isaac Newton saw an apple fall from this very tree when he was 23 years old, it changed science forever and
0:21:21 > 0:21:27I'm so thrilled to be standing right by this tree because as a schoolboy, I've been fascinated by Newton.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31I always associate the name with the theory of gravity and the laws of motion.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36He was a philosopher, a genius mathematician and astronomer.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41To understand why, we need a better understanding of Newton, and to do that, we need to get
0:21:41 > 0:21:46right back to Christmas Day 1642, the day Isaac was born.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52To guide me on the journey through Isaac Newton's formative years is University of Sussex professor
0:21:52 > 0:21:55and director of the online Newton project, Rob Iliffe.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00So this was the room that he was born in.
0:22:00 > 0:22:07Yes. He was born here on Christmas Day 1642 and he was a very small baby, probably premature,
0:22:07 > 0:22:12not expected to survive and his mother took him to a gentlewoman,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- a lady in a local parish in North Witham, and she evidently saved his life.- Incredible.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20What were his parents like?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24His father's someone who's a farmer and his mother comes from a genteel family.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28His father was illiterate and died three months before he was born.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So he was a posthumous baby.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36And Newton always styled himself as lord of the manor because we're in Woolsthorpe Manor.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41So that was something, as he went on in the world, in his later years,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45he saw himself as a descendent of that genteel side of the family.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48So was he expected to go into farming to carry on the tradition?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Well, that's certainly what his mother wanted
0:22:51 > 0:22:58and when Newton was three she went away and married the vicar of the local parish, North Witham.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04So for a number of years, he was alone with his grandmother and that obviously had an effect
0:23:04 > 0:23:09- on him, you know. He was capable of working on his own. - Yeah. Very introverted.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14In 1654 when Isaac was 11, his stepfather died.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18His mother returned to live at Woolsthorpe with her three children from her second marriage.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Isaac was packed off to grammar school just up the road in Grantham.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29At this stage, no-one knows the potential in him as a mathematical,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31an astronomer and a sort of philosophy genius.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35No, not at all. What he's known for is for making little toys
0:23:35 > 0:23:42and he's known for being, if you like, a brilliant mechanic, you know, that he made various things
0:23:42 > 0:23:47like a wheelchair for himself, he made a fantastic windmill
0:23:47 > 0:23:54- and he turned his lodgings in Grantham into a gigantic sundial. - Did he really?
0:23:54 > 0:24:00And people came from all round to see the room that he was in. They were called Isaac's dials.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Incredible. Touches of genius there.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09And who knows how much influence his surroundings and upbringing in Woolsthorpe had.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Here in Newton's bedroom, he stayed here until he was 12 years old
0:24:12 > 0:24:17and I asked Rob about the reasons behind his rebellion and his determination.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23Extraordinarily, towards the end of his life, Newton told a series of stories about how he'd been involved
0:24:23 > 0:24:30in fights with the school bully who's almost certainly one of the two brothers that he lived with,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35that he lodged with when he was at Grantham and there's one story where he goes to school probably with this
0:24:35 > 0:24:39young man and the young man kicks him in his stomach and Newton vows
0:24:39 > 0:24:45to get him afterwards and they have a fight and although Newton's much smaller than the larger boy, Newton
0:24:45 > 0:24:49gradually beats him up until the bigger boy begs for mercy.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Can't imagine Newton having a scrap.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55But it gets worse cos Newton drags him by the ears up to the side of the church
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and then grabs hold of his head and smashes his face
0:24:58 > 0:25:01against the side of the church until there's blood
0:25:01 > 0:25:06and it gets even worse because this guy was ahead of Newton at school
0:25:06 > 0:25:10and Newton made it his key thing to get ahead of this boy at school.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13And so if you like, as contemporaries said,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16it was resentment that made him surge, if you like.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Gosh. Determined character.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Yeah. I think whatever he wants to do, he can do. He is that talented.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Just as Isaac settled down and started doing well, his mother
0:25:27 > 0:25:30decided she wanted him back at Woolsthorpe to work on the farm.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35She pulled him out of school and away from his studies in 1659.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Despite being gifted intellectually, he was not skilled in practical farming.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45In fact, his mother was even apparently offended at his bookishness
0:25:45 > 0:25:49and after nine months he returned to school, progressing to Cambridge University.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54He got his degree at Cambridge.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55What happened after that?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Well, we know that at some point he starts to do his own
0:25:59 > 0:26:05independent research and he starts reading all the contemporary works in mathematics and science
0:26:05 > 0:26:13and very soon he begins to make novel, creative findings in these areas and just at the point when
0:26:13 > 0:26:19he's moving into the forefront of what Europeans know in these fields, there is the plague.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- Right, of course, yeah. - Right. In the spring of 1665,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- he has to leave Cambridge and he comes back to Lincolnshire. - Did he come back here?
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He probably spent most of his time in Woolsthorpe.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37This is the time in the mid-1660s, his annus mirabilis, when he makes his great discoveries.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43He discovers that white light is composed of more basic primary-coloured rays.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48He discovers the basics of calculus - what we now know as calculus.
0:26:48 > 0:26:55At some point during this exile in Lincolnshire, he's probably sitting in this room, the hall, eating...
0:26:55 > 0:27:00his lunch, and he looks out of the window and he sees an apple fall to the ground.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02That's the moment, the eureka moment.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07I'm pretty certain that the apple story that he told towards the end of his life is true.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12I think that this was the instigation for him thinking seriously about gravity.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- And that's the tree. - And that's the tree.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23I guess people, thousands of people from all over the world come here as a pilgrimage really, to look at it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25What actually happened 300 years ago?
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Well, most people think that an apple fell on Newton's head but actually what Newton says
0:27:30 > 0:27:34is that he saw an apple fall to the ground, he was some way away from where it happened,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37but from this he had a number of thoughts about gravitation,
0:27:37 > 0:27:41and the first one is why does an apple fall straight to the ground?
0:27:41 > 0:27:46And what we think he deduces from that is that it falls towards the centre of the earth.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52The second thing he wants to know is how far does this force that pulls the apple down reach up?
0:27:52 > 0:27:58And if it reaches as far as the moon then he starts thinking well, maybe the moon is in an orbit because
0:27:58 > 0:28:02it's moving in a straight line but always being pulled down by this force towards the earth.
0:28:02 > 0:28:08And that stands as a basis to making the greatest discovery in the history of science.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15That discovery was to become Newton's law of gravity.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19It seems clear to me that Isaac Newton's rural beginnings here
0:28:19 > 0:28:23at Woolsthorpe Manor sowed the seed for his scientific legacy to the world.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Our valuation day's in the grounds of the magnificent Burghley House in Lincolnshire
0:28:41 > 0:28:47and Elizabeth's finding out what she can about a painting Brian and his mum Maria have brought along.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53- Brian and Maria, and we have here, who's this?- This is little Zac.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Right. We've come to bring a wonderful painting to the screen
0:28:56 > 0:28:59but I know very little about it. What's the story that you have to tell about it?
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Well, it's always been on my mum's mantelpiece as long as I remember.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07It was passed to my father from his uncle.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Right.- So it has been in the family quite a few years.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Father passed away in October.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Before that it was always his wish to take the family abroad so it's kind of
0:29:17 > 0:29:23passing the legacy down really to try and probably use it as our kind of leverage to hopefully get abroad.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- That's a lovely thing to do. I'm sure he'd have approved of that, wouldn't he?- Yes, he would have done.- Yeah.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Just until recently, you couldn't really see much of the picture.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35We had it restored around Christmas time so you can actually see the detail.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39I mean, you can even virtually see the people at the front of the boat.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Right. I would say as a general rule, I'd normally advise against that.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46If you're going to sell something, because you've obviously spent
0:29:46 > 0:29:51good money on having a specialist do good work to it,
0:29:51 > 0:29:56it's difficult to recoup that and what people do like to see generally is something that looks like it's
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- been hanging on a fireplace for 20 years.- Right, I see.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02I start off with a kind of negative but just that would be the general advice.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07Having said that, it does as you say reveal what a strong image that is and walking towards it as I did
0:30:07 > 0:30:12and seeing it on the easel, it really stands out as being a lovely composition.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Now, the signature is not an easy one to read.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- You don't know anything about the artist at all, do you? - Nothing at all.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22- Nothing at all, no.- Nothing at all. - I think it's about one of the Grebes, one of the Grebe family.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27And certainly stylistically, it looks very much late 19th, 20th century Dutch school.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28It is very much of that ilk.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I like the composition. I think the eye is drawn.
0:30:33 > 0:30:39There's a sort of a triangular formation here with the rigging and the boat which is very strong.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Lots of action and people do like lots of human activity in a painting and the water is very atmospheric
0:30:43 > 0:30:50and the sky is very sort of you know, very nice, you can believe it as a painting.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Standing where I'm standing now, I can see the restoration.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57I can see the patch particularly here and I'm not meaning to be too
0:30:57 > 0:31:00negative about it but just realistic about it.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Consequently, I think we have to be then realistic in sending it to market.
0:31:05 > 0:31:12I think we've got to look at it as being 200-400, 300-500, really, as a starting point.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16If two people liked it and I mean, it really grabs your attention from a distance, it may well be
0:31:16 > 0:31:19that I'm being too pessimistic about it,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23but if you're happy to kind of bracket it somewhere in that region
0:31:23 > 0:31:28then I think then you've got your holiday almost sort of booked and then anything else is a bonus.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Yeah, sure.- Does that make sense? - Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37I think we'll leave it that we can put an estimate of £300-£500 on it, a £300 discretionary reserve.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39The auctioneer will do his best for you on the day.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- OK.- And let's meet again very soon and see how we get on.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49I think that painting could be one to watch, even if young Zac wasn't impressed at all.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54Next it's Philip who's found something intriguing, brought along by Tony.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56What's in there then?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Well, I brought it along for someone to tell me what it was.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00It came from my father.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Presumably it came down to him from somebody else in the family.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06It's always been a bit of a mystery.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Might still be.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14It's almost like a child's or a miniature sewing accessory set.
0:32:14 > 0:32:21- OK.- Some of these are like sock darners or darners for the end of gloves or that sort of thing.
0:32:21 > 0:32:28And these different shaped eggs and ovoids, they're all different darning tools, I think.
0:32:28 > 0:32:34They're in different boxwood, possibly bits of mahogany and I think it's really, really cute.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40- How did you come by it?- Well, as I say, it was my father's but how it came into the family, I've no idea.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- From years back. - Did your dad do a lot of sewing?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45No. Perhaps in the Army in the First World War.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49I think he might have got a bit of stick if he'd have taken that with him in the Army.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I think it's really, really sweet.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53What sort of age would you put on it?
0:32:53 > 0:32:57I think it's probably about 1900, 1910.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02And I think it will appeal to two types of people really.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06If I'm right and it is a sewing accessory then it's going to appeal to sewing collectors.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11But whether or not on that front, it'll appeal to someone who collects sort of turned wooden objects.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Have you ever thought what it might be worth?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- No. No idea.- I don't believe you.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Course you have. Go on.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23I didn't even know what it was, so how would I know that? All right then, about £200.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Right. Thank you. No.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31You're close. I think you're a nought close and that's not 2,000, it's 20.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36- Yes.- I think you can estimate this at auction at sort of £30-£50.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40And I'd put a £20 reserve on it and it will sell all day long cos it's a really sweet little thing.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Are you happy to put that into auction?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Yes. - Good man. Thanks for bringing it.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- I really like that. - What a great thing.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50And not at all like most of the sewing sets we see on Flog It!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Now it's Pamela and she's brought in a ring for Elizabeth
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- to have a look at.- Pamela, hello.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56- Hi.- Thank you for bringing this lovely ring in.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- OK.- What can you tell me about it?
0:33:58 > 0:34:02It was given to the family quite a few years ago by an elderly friend.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05So is it a piece of jewellery you wear or anybody in the family wears?
0:34:05 > 0:34:09It isn't, no. It's quite tiny as you can see, so it doesn't really fit.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11No. OK. It is a particularly small shank.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16- Right.- It's made of 14-carat gold and the karat is spelt with a K
0:34:16 > 0:34:18so it's continental gold, not English standard gold.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- OK.- And it's claw-set with this wonderfully cut
0:34:22 > 0:34:26pale amethyst which is just quite an unusual colour and that will either
0:34:26 > 0:34:32appeal to some people or some people like the richer darker colours, so it's a question of taste really.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36- Yeah.- But as a piece of jewellery, with this very delicate and
0:34:36 > 0:34:39decorative mount, it's a nice piece of workmanship really.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- Yeah.- Do you like it?- I do like it, the stone, yeah. I like the stone.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48You hadn't thought of sort of recommissioning it into something different you would wear?
0:34:48 > 0:34:53I only wear silver so I think it would kind of be a bit washed out if it was on silver.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56OK. OK. The market at the moment is very strong for jewellery.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- OK.- People are seeing it as a legitimate attainable investment
0:34:59 > 0:35:02whereas perhaps some of the stocks and shares and things
0:35:02 > 0:35:05are a bit more elusive these days, people like to be able to see what they're putting their money into.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07You use it, wear it, enjoy it.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Because of the size, the colour, the style, it may well be looked upon as an object which somebody would
0:35:12 > 0:35:17amend in some way, either to fit better or even because the stone is large enough, convert either to
0:35:17 > 0:35:23another ring or even to a brooch or something which was perhaps more wearable these days.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26On a bad day I think it would be somewhere in the £70 to £80 region.
0:35:26 > 0:35:32On a good day I think up to about 120 so I'd recommend an estimate of between £80-£120.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Put a reserve on it of 80. Would you be happy with that?
0:35:35 > 0:35:36That's fine.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40We'll make that fixed rather than discretionary. Would you be happy with fixed?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42- Yeah.- But thank you very much for bringing it in.- Thank you.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44- See how we do.- Thank you very much. - That's brilliant.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47That's all of our items found and ready to take to auction.
0:35:47 > 0:35:53Brian and his mum Maria brought in the evocative Dutch painting.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55There's also Tony's unusual sewing kit.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02And finally, Pamela's big stone small-sized ring.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0975. 75. 80. And five.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Well, this is what I love to see,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14a packed auction room full of bidders and some wonderful antiques.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16I've got a good feeling about today.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Somebody is going home with a lot of money.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21I don't know who it is but I've got my favourite and you've probably got yours.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26I'm going to catch up with auctioneer Colin Young, the man on the rostrum who's got all
0:36:26 > 0:36:30the local knowledge, and see what he thinks about one or two of our items.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Let's go and find him.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34This was one of Elizabeth's finds, an amethyst ring.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35She's put £80-£120 on it.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Belongs to Pamela.
0:36:37 > 0:36:44We've had the chance now to have a closer look at it and catalogue it and I'm afraid it's not an amethyst.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Right, OK. What is it?
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Well, amethyst's main country of origin is Brazil and it's
0:36:50 > 0:36:56not sort of cut the way that the Brazilian stones would be cut but it is from the same quartz family.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00It's actually a rose quartz and probably Scottish.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Does that mean it's rarer?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06No, no, no. It's just one of those little technical differences.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Will it make a lot of difference to value? No.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12No. Right. OK. But hopefully we're still going to sell this at 80-120.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I think it'll be fine at that sort of level, yes.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- Good.- Yes.- Well, let's see if the rose quartz is as popular as amethyst, as the ring is up first.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Right now, something for the ladies. We've got a rose quartz ring going under the hammer.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28It belongs to Pamela, hopefully for not much longer, I think,
0:37:28 > 0:37:30for one more minute and it won't be yours.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- We've got £80-£120 on this.- Yeah.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Now, I read the notes and it said the ring was too small for you.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Yeah.- But the stone on this ring, I ignored the shank.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40The stone is just lovely.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Nicely cut. Good size.- Yeah.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45So you can put it into a different setting and wear it and enjoy it.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Which is what the trade would do.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48A jeweller will buy this.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Yeah, for sure. For sure.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Well, good luck. - Thank you.- Good luck.
0:37:54 > 0:38:01Lot number 445 is a lady's dress ring set with a faceted rose quartz stone and multiple bids on the book.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03We start at 55, 65, 65.
0:38:03 > 0:38:0570 anywhere else now? At 65 bid.
0:38:05 > 0:38:0770 do I see now? £70 surely? 70 bid.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09And five. 75 bid. 80 do I see?
0:38:09 > 0:38:1180. At 80 bid. Do I see 80? Is that a yes?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13It is. 80. Five or not now. At £80.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Front row has it then. At £80 bid.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Five now surely. Last call then.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Front row has it at £80.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- £80.- On the nose, yes.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26It was quite confusing really cos he said multiple bids and
0:38:26 > 0:38:29all of a sudden I thought right, that means it's going to shoot away.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I guess four or five people left £60 each. Similar bids. Are you happy?
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- Yes, I am. Yeah. Very happy with that.- Gone with your estimate.- Yeah.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Well done.- OK. Thank you. - Well done, you, as well. - Thank you very much.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Pamela is happy with that. Great.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Next it's the intriguing sewing kit brought along by Tony.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Well, our next lot is certainly a bit of a mystery.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Tony showed me this in the queue at Burghley House and I didn't know what it was.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59I said exquisite quality but I'm not quite sure what it was. And I think Philip had the same idea.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I had a much longer look at it and I didn't know what it was either.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I thought it was a game to start with.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06No, no. I think it was the thing like a miniature mushroom.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08It was like a sock darner.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- To darn around.- Yeah. And I think, who knows. Somebody here will know, that's the joy of auctions, isn't it?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Yes. It's still a mystery though up until it's sold.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Hopefully the bidders will let us know later. Why are you selling this?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- I wasn't too worried about selling it actually.- OK.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- I was more worried about finding what it was all about. - I talked him into it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Well, it's too late to change your mind cos it's going under the hammer right now.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37It's a 19th-century continental beech parquetry box containing a set of miniature
0:39:37 > 0:39:43parquetry balls and implements including a darning mushroom and overall it's a darn good lot.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Who's going to start me at £40 for it? 40. 30 to go then. 30.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47£30 anyone? 30. 20 if we must then.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50£20. 20 at the back. 20 straight in.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53At 20 bid. And two now.
0:39:53 > 0:39:5722 bid. 25. 28. Bid 30.
0:39:57 > 0:39:5932. 35 now do I see?
0:39:59 > 0:40:0135. Have another one, madam. 35. You won't find another one today.
0:40:01 > 0:40:0535 now.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06No. 32. Standing bid then. 32 bid.
0:40:06 > 0:40:0835. Fresh bidder.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10That's good. Someone over there.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12£40 now may I say. Nice round figure? No.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14At 38 in the back of the room now.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17At £38 bid. Are we all done and finished?
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Buyer at the back has it at £38.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Thank you very much. - Hammer's gone down. Yes.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Well done, Philip. Spot on. - Pleased with that.- There you go.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- Thank you.- Happy?- Yes. Yes.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Another satisfied customer.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31And finally, it's that Dutch oil painting.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Right, something for all you fine art enthusiasts.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36We've got a wonderful Dutch oil on board. It belongs to Maria.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Now, unfortunately, Brian your son can't be with us.- No.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- He can't.- He's gone to a meeting.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42It's got to be important.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- With his boss.- With his boss. That's important, isn't it?
0:40:44 > 0:40:48So we're selling this because you're raising money for a family holiday.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Hopefully, yes. My husband passed away last year.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- I'm so sad. - He liked the picture but we didn't.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54- You didn't.- No.- Oh, gosh.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56You tolerated it, didn't you?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- You said, yes.- I like it. I like the subject matter.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I said at the day I like the format, I like the construction
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- of the figures and the interest and there's lots of activity on it.- Yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Right, OK. Let's find out what the bidders of Grantham think, shall we, of this Grebe oil painting?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Good luck. Good luck, both of you.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13It's going under the hammer right now.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16A lot of interest in this already.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20We're going to start the bidding at the bottom estimate of £300.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Straight in at 300. And 20 now do I see? At £300 bid.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25At 300. 320 now surely. At £300 bid.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27At 300. Any more in the room? At 320 on the net.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30340. 360 do I see now?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33I've got 340 on the net. At 340 in the UK. At 340.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35360 in Holland. 380. At 380. At 380.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38It could be going back to Holland.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39400. £400 bid.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43At £400. At 400. 420 now. At £400.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49Net has it at £400. We'll go to the telephones next then. 420. 440. 460.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50460 anyone now? 460. At 460.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52480. 500.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54£500 anyone?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56500 on the telephone there. At 500.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57550 on the net. 600 now.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Incredible. There's a battle between the telephone and the internet.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Six on the telephone.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05600 bid. At 600. 650 now.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08650. 700 now may I say.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10£700 surely. 700 on the phone. £700.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12£700.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14750. 800 now do I see from anyone? Who's coming in first at 800?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17I have 750. Commission bid has it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19800 on the telephones. At 800 bid.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21At 800. And 50 now.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- Telephone bid coming in.- Wow.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26No. At 850 on the net then.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28At 850 bid. And 900 now. Please turn your telephones off.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31At 850. 900. At 900. At 950.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34I've got a good facility. It's called vibrate. Put it in your pocket.
0:42:34 > 0:42:361,000 now do I see?
0:42:36 > 0:42:37950 bid. 1,000 surely.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39He's working this very well.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Yeah. That's brilliant.
0:42:41 > 0:42:441,000 on the telephone. Any more bids now? 1,100. 12?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Do I see 12? I do. 1,200 bid.
0:42:47 > 0:42:5013 now. Not unlucky, you know.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I said someone's going home with a lot of money.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Unless you don't bid.
0:42:53 > 0:42:551,300 bid. Thank you.
0:42:55 > 0:42:571,300. 1,400 then now. 14 do I see?
0:42:57 > 0:42:591,400. 15 now surely. 15.
0:42:59 > 0:43:011,500 may I say now?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05You know you need it.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07At 1,400 then. At £1,400. We're on the phone. You're out on the net.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10You're out in the room. Last call then.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- £1,400.- Selling at £1,400.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14The hammer's gone down.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Brilliant.- Your husband had a good eye, didn't he?
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- You see, he liked that, he saw the value in that.- He did like it, yes.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23That is marvellous, isn't it? Your first auction.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25£1,400. There is commission to pay.
0:43:25 > 0:43:32- Yes.- OK.- Yes.- Sadly, we've run out of time here in Grantham but what a marvellous way to end today's show.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34- Thank you.- I hope you've enjoyed it as much as Maria has here.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Do join us again for many more episodes to come. There's going to be plenty more surprises.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41Whatever you do, keep watching. But for now, from Grantham, it's bye-bye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- Thanks very much. - Well done, Maria. That's lovely.
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