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Welcome to Flog It, the show that values your | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
unwanted antiques and collectables and then whisks you off to auction. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
And today we're in the most stunning part of the world, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
North Wales. This auction room is where we're putting our valuations | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
to the test a little later on in the show. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
First, we need some antiques to sell, so it's off to Bangor. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
Bangor lies on the coast of North Wales near the Menai Strait, | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
which separates the Isle of Anglesey from Gwyneth. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
It's one of the smallest cities in Britain but that doesn't stop it | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
boasting a cathedral, a university and a rich cultural life. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:03 | |
Well, for such a small city, I'm delighted to see such a large crowd | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
gathering here outside Bangor University's Pritchard Jones Hall. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
I can't wait to see what's inside these boxes, | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
because hopefully there's going to be something interesting | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
that's going to bring big results for our owners | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
when we put them under the hammer later on in the show. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
Our team of experts are here in force and are led by Mark Stacey, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
who enjoys both the antiques and the tales behind them. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
-Where did you get this from then? -That's a long story. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
Is it? Do tell. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:38 | |
And Adam Partridge, a tenacious auctioneer who searches | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
high and low for the right item to take off to auction. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
Normally this wouldn't be right, would it, | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
rummaging in a lady's bag like this? | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Coming up, Mark's got something rather enjoyable. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
It's really rather grand, isn't it? You've got this wonderful | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
classical scene, revolving round in sort of silver plate. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
They're having a really good time there. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
But unfortunately most of them are clothed as well, which is a bonus. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
And I find something top rate. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
I like that a lot. Yes, yes, I do. Isn't it super? | 0:02:08 | 0:02:13 | |
It's a lovely example. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
We also take the opportunity to visit Portmeirion to find out about | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
pottery designer, Susan Williams Ellis. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
One of our reps was rather intelligent. He said, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
"What we want is a very smart coffee set." | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
I thought, all right, I'll try and do one. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
Mark's up first with Dora, but not at the table because she's brought | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
in an old family trunk, which is full to the brim. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
-Is it going to be a treasure trunk today, Dora? -I hope so. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
Shall we have a look? I can't resist any longer. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
Well, we'll open it up here. There we are. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Now, tell me about this lovely set. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
Well, my cousin bought it for my boys. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
And it was second hand. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:58 | |
She bought it off somebody else whose children had outgrown them. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
Wonderful. Your sons were very well behaved children, weren't they? | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
They had to be, we only had a small house! | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
Once they finished playing with it, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
they all had to go back into the boxes. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Fantastic. It's lovely because this is what collectors | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
-really want to see, is these original boxes. -That's right. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
And there are a few bits of scuffing on this but at the end of the day, | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
it's 50 years old or more | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
and it's going to have that sort of damage and when we open this up, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
we've got the locomotive here and some of the carriages | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
in its box there. I particularly like seeing these sort of boxes, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
because you never know what you're going to find in them, do you? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
Oh, that's wonderful, isn't it? | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
Look, one of the little station units, what have we got here? | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
The goods depot. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
And really in quite good condition. These are transfer printed on here. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
When kids play with them, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
you know, they get scuffed, chipped and scratched. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
Thanks for struggling in with it all. You've obviously had it | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
a long time. Why have you decided to sell it today? | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Well, I had three boys. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
I couldn't give it to one without the other, so I said I'll keep it | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
and I'll sell it one day and they can have the money. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
And what are you hoping it might be worth? | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
Do you have a specific figure in mind? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
The more the merrier. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
Of course. I like your answer. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:21 | |
It's not the earliest type of train | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
but there's a lot of it here. I think we should be looking | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
-at an estimate of somewhere in the region of £150 to £250. -Yeah. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
Would you be happy with that? | 0:04:33 | 0:04:34 | |
£150? More than that. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
More? Well, we'd always like more. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
How much more do you think it's worth? | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Um, well... | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
I don't know. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
Over £500, I'm sure. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
Oh, well it might make that but I think we've got to be realistic. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
We could try maybe at £200 to £300 and put a reserve of £200, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
because then we won't sell it below that figure and hopefully | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
-we'll chug into the station in first class. -I hope so. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:03 | |
It's a lovely collection but I think Mark is right to be conservative. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
It looks like a watercolour. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
Adam has found some nice-looking silver belonging to Jim and Eileen. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
Tell us about this little cruet set? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
Well, we bought this about ten years ago in an antiques fair. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:25 | |
We saw it and thought it was very attractive | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
and were rather taken with the design. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
It has a lot of nice qualities to it. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
It's a very attractive design | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
and these are not engraved with any initials on any of them, are they? | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
-That's right. -The shields are blank. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
All nice matching hallmarks, good condition for the blue liners | 0:05:41 | 0:05:46 | |
and most unusually really, the amount of these we get through | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
the saleroom that have the wrong spoons. They've lost their spoons. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
The hallmarks on these are the same make, | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
the same year as everything else. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
So everything matches, doesn't it? | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
I wonder if once it might have been in a fitted case, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
that's the only other question I have. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
Perhaps originally you see them in those fancy fitted cases | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
-but it's a lovely set, isn't it? -It is, yes. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
-Have you dated it? -I think it's 1907. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
That's what I looked up. I checked it as well. Birmingham 1907. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
And the initials CEW on there, which is CE Williams of Birmingham, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:23 | |
who was in operation from 1901 to 1909, I had a quick look. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
So that all ties up very nice. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
So, ten years ago you purchased it. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
-Who spotted it? -You did. -Well, I did really. Yes. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
Do you have a shared interest or are you more of a small silver... | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
No, it was shared, it's one thing we agree on. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
One thing! You don't agree on much else? | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
-Sometimes. -Off and on. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
I think most people agree with us that these are pretty nice, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
aren't they? What did you pay for them? Do you mind if I ask? | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
I think it was about £150 we paid. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
Well, that's not too bad for a fair. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
I'd suggest a lower estimate. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
I think we should put a reserve of £100, as long as you don't mind | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
potentially losing £50, but that's the name of the game, isn't it? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:15 | |
An estimate of £100 to £150 and I think there's every chance | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
of getting the £150 you paid for it, which would be quite nice. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
What would be extra nice would be a small profit so that after your | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
commission, you end up with what you paid for. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Yes, so we'd have broken even. That's right. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
Why are you selling them? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
Because we've moved on now to collecting silver, | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
-pin cushions, animals, birds. -Very nice. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
We'll put these in the auction, 100-150. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
Thank you very much for coming. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
-Nice to see you. -Yes, lovely. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
I'll have my fingers crossed that they do break even. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
These are nice. Parry and Webb? | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
Yes, indeed, yes, but no-one's owned up to them sadly. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
What, they're just sitting here? | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
Well, let's hope the owners turn up soon. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
Liz has brought in an interesting piece of jewellery | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
which has caught Mark's eye. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
You've brought this rather nice brooch in. Is it a family heirloom? | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
No, I actually bought it in a charity shop about ten or 12 years ago. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:14 | |
-Really? -I just thought it was really pretty. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
It is. Dare I ask what you paid for it? | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
-I think I paid about £5 for it. -Not bad, is it? | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
This is really rather nice. We've got a sort of shotgun here | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
and then you've got a pointer or something like that, a hunting dog. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
It is actually nine-carat gold, did you know that? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
No, I didn't. I knew there was a hallmark on back | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
but I didn't know what year. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:37 | |
Yes, it's stamped 375 at the back, which says nine-carat gold. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:43 | |
I mean, it's a quirky item. It appeals to those people who are into | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
hunting and shooting, I suppose. Not the most politically correct subject | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
these days but there are a lot of people who like country pursuits and | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
I think a lady would like that on her hunting jacket or whatever. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
It's quite well modelled. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
The little dog has had his body chased, so you can see | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
the texture of the hair on it. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
Is all this gold or is some of that silver? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
I think it's a mixture. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
Certainly the butt here is gold, but it does go up to this white | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
metal which is not marked. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:13 | |
It could just be that it was silver gilt that has come off. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
I think we've got to value it as a decorative piece of jewellery. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
-It's not going to send you to the Bahamas, I'm afraid. -Right. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
You might get to Prestatyn. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Oh, right, I quite like Prestatyn, so that's fine. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
Well, you've had it for about ten years. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
After all this time why have you decided to bring it along today? | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Because I've never worn it, it's just been in the drawer. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
I'd like somebody to buy it and actually wear it, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
somebody maybe, as you say that shoots guns | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
or does the hunting or shooting that would actually appreciate it | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
and wear it. I think it's a shame, it's very pretty. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
Certainly I think somebody living in the country | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
who likes that sort of thing would appreciate it. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
In terms of value I would probably say around about £70 to £90, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
£70 to £100, something like that. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
We'd need to put a reserve on it | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
because we don't want to sell it for nothing. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
So maybe a £70 discretionary reserve which gives | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
the auctioneer 10% leeway on the day. Would you be happy with that? | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
I would be happy. Just as I said, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
I don't wear it, I'd like somebody to buy it, wear it and appreciate it. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
All I can say is I look forward to seeing you in the auction | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
and let's hope we get a lot of hunters on the day. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
That's a very bad joke! | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
I can understand why Liz bought it. I liked the dog too. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:35 | |
Right, this is where we up the tempo, this is where it gets | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
exciting because we are now going to put our valuations to the test | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
and we're doing it right here in this building. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
Roger Jones's auction room in Colwyn Bay. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Right now, I know our owners are feeling | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
really nervous or really excited. | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
That's auctions for you, it's a roller coaster ride of emotions. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
I'm going to go inside to make sure they're feeling OK, join up with | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
them, settle their nerves and leave you with a quick rundown | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
of all the items going under the hammer. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
Dora is hoping to get a good figure for her Hornby train set so we need | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
the toy collectors on the day. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
Jim and Eileen's collecting has moved on to other things, | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
so the little silver cruet set will go to the highest bidder. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
And finally, there's plenty of countryside around here, so we | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
have a good chance of finding a new owner for Liz's gold hunting brooch. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
It's always a good sign to see plenty | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
of browsers at the auction house. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
Start at £100. 100, I'm bid. At 110. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
There's quite a buzz in the saleroom. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Our auctioneer on the rostrum is David Rogers Jones. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
First up it's Dora with her wonderful Hornby train set. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:54 | |
-And boxed up as well, isn't it? -Oh, yes. -Beautiful. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
A good collector's item. 200 to 300? Good luck, Dora. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
It's going under the hammer now. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
Ladies and gentlemen, the Hornby Clockwork train set. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
A lovely selection of boxed rolling stock in lovely condition. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:12 | |
Station accessories. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
There's a water tank, a large quantity of track. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
Everything is here for the model railway enthusiast. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
It's a great lot for somebody to invest in to start a collection. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
£300. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
The Hornby Clockwork, lovely condition. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
Come on, they're not battered and flake, mint to good condition. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:33 | |
250? | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
Push me off at £200? | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
£140. I'm bid at 140. At 140. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
140. 160, 160. Is there 80? | 0:12:42 | 0:12:48 | |
At 160. 160. 80 anywhere? | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
At 160. Is there 80? | 0:12:52 | 0:12:53 | |
-We want a bit more money than that, don't we? -We do. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
At 160. I would've thought this is a very, very cheap lot. At £160. 170. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:03 | |
170 bid. At 170. Struggling badly. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
At £170 online. 170. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
It's not going to sell. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
All I can do is sell it subject to approval or otherwise... | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
No, we don't want to sell it. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
£170 online. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
80, anybody? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:21 | |
£170. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
Final call. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
Has to be with owner's approval, if at all. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
-No. -170. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
£170. Doesn't want to sell. OK. 170. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
Any advance? Passed on at 170. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
The auctioneer was calling for £170. We didn't get it. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
We had a reserve of £200. I think you're right. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
I think so, don't you? | 0:13:41 | 0:13:42 | |
Yes. Good on you for bringing that in, Dora. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Oh, all right. Thank you very much. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
You live to fight another day in the auction room though, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
if you need to get rid of it. That's auctions for you and it's not | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
worth giving things away. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
Next Jim and Eileen with the silver cruet set. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
Here we go. Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
We need someone with a posh bed and breakfast to show it off. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
-Or a castle. -Yes, that's right! | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
A four-piece silver condiment set. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
All with Bristol blue liners and the nice twist handled salt spoons. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
The right spoons as well, wasn't it? | 0:14:17 | 0:14:18 | |
So often they come without the right spoons. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
With me at £70. 70 I'm bid. 80. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Straight in. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:25 | |
90. 100. £100. At £100. Is there 10? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:31 | |
£100 seated in the room. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
At £100. I'll take 10. Anybody new? | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
£100. Everybody done? | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
I'll take 10 before they go. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
Anybody coming in? Final call at £100. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
Well, we got away with the estimate, that's the main thing, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
and hopefully someone's going to use that as well. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
It is a practical thing to use. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
It is showy but practical. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
-I'm glad it didn't sell for too little. -That's right. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
Hopefully it's gone to the castle down the road. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
I'm sure you use yours all the time. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
In fact there are about ten castles within 16 miles. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
-We live near one. -Do you? | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
Oh, lovely. Thank you for coming in. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Here comes Liz's hunting brooch. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
She's had a little crisis of confidence | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
and has dropped the reserve to £50. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
Liz, fingers crossed. It's going under the hammer right now. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
Let's hope there are some dog lovers here | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
because that'll put the price up. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
Nine-carat gold bar brooch. Very nice bit of novelty jewellery in | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
the form of a shotgun with a gundog. A lovely bit of novelty jewellery. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
It starts with me at 60. £60 I'm bid. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
At 60, 70, 80, 80 I'm bid. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
90 anywhere? At 80. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
80. Come on, you've got to have this if you are a sporting type. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
At £80 only. Is there £90? | 0:15:52 | 0:15:53 | |
Final call , £85. I'm bid. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
90. 90 bid. You want five again? | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
It's going then at £90. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
Everybody done at 90? | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
Yes. Thank you very much indeed. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-Thank you. -We're happy with that? | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
I am very happy. Thank you. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
Well done, Mark. That sold at the top end of the estimate. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Now something for all you pottery fans. I'm off to Portmeirion. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
I've come to the village of Portmeirion, | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
just down the coast from Bangor, to find out about a remarkable woman | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
called Susan Williams Ellis. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
Susan was an imaginative and multi-talented designer. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
She's most famous for being the creative force behind Portmeirion | 0:16:50 | 0:16:54 | |
pottery, which hit the big time when Susan launched | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
her Botanic Gardens range in 1972. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
Her inspiration may well come from her love of horticulture. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
Her father, Clough Williams Ellis, the creator of Portmeirion village, | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
had nurtured Susan's gardening ambitions. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
To find out more about Susan, the woman and the artist I've come | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
to have a chat with her son, Robin Llewellyn. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
Robin, thanks very much for meeting up with me today, | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
especially right here, your mother's favourite spot. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
I can see why. It's rapidly becoming one of mine. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
What did this mean to her? | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
Well, this is where she enjoyed | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
putting a bit of her creativity into Portmeirion. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
She was very heavily involved in the gardening | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
and in developing the formal gardens within the village. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
She studied at Chelsea School of Art | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
under Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
so shapes were important to her, but she didn't really want to | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
become an artist who was simply producing one-off pieces. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
She wanted to become an industrial artist who could design | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
elegant and functional pieces for daily use. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
One of our reps, who was rather intelligent, he said, | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
"What we want is a very smart coffee set." | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
I thought, I shall try and do one. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
It was something that nobody had done before. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
That was a tremendous success. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
This desire to make useful art works led Susan to establish | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
the Portmeirion pottery brand with her husband in the early 1960s. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:38 | |
When they first started out they were producing innovative patterns | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
such as Cypher and Totem. Those striking shapes are now iconic. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
But it was the Botanic Garden design which made Portmeirion | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
a household name. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
The Botanic Garden is a classic and it has continued to flourish. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
That was when she wanted to do other things. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Was she proud of that legacy? | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
She was proud of it but she always thought, "Well, why can't people forget Botanic Gardens? | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
"I want to design something else!" | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
40 years on, Botanic Gardens is still a top seller, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
but thank goodness its success didn't dampen Susan's creativity. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
What was she working on, in her final years? | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
Well, her passion during the last decade or so | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
or more of her life's work, was underwater painting. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
-Really? She took up snorkelling? -She did. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
At times she felt more at home in the water than she did on the surface. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
It was another world | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
and she invented a method of drawing underwater | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
using a special crayon and a board. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
And my father would look up in the books the exact names of the fishes, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
the colours and annotate the drawings. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
So it was quite a scientific process as well. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
But that was her passion, the underwater painting. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
On November 27th in 2007, Susan Williams Ellis, sadly passed away here in Portmeirion, | 0:19:55 | 0:20:02 | |
the village she dearly loved. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
Leaving behind a wonderful legacy for all of us to enjoy today. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:10 | |
Our experts are deep in their studies at the Pritchard Jones Hall at the University of Bangor. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:25 | |
Coming up: | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
One of our owners gets more than just a financial reward at the auction. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
The condition made that sell. It was in perfect condition. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
-Your luck has changed forever now. -I hope so! | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
Alun and Gwyneth have brought in a little treat for Mark. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:44 | |
You have brought in this spectacular cup. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
-Yeah. -Is it a treasure of your family's? | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
No, not at all. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
I'm representing here today St David's Hospice in Llandudno. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
This has been donated, really. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
It came in a box with lots of other items in this last week or so to our distribution centre. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:02 | |
So my staff there were looking at it and they thought, | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
"This might be an item for Flog It!" | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
Wonderful, so you thought, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:08 | |
-"I'll come along and see whether it is worth anything." -Yes. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
Were you as excited as Alun when you saw this piece? | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
I love the cup, I think it's beautiful. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
Fantastic. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
-It's a remarkable object, isn't it? -Is it a loving cup? | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
No, it's not really a loving cup. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
I know why you say that because it has two handles. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
It is a remarkable looking object. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
It's really rather grand. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
You have this wonderful classical scene | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
revolving around it in silver plate. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
I don't think it is silver. Then you have the sort of gilt bronze | 0:21:36 | 0:21:41 | |
or gilt metal which forms the rest of it. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
I'm a little bit concerned about one thing. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
There's a little rim just underneath here which is plain. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
-I think that would have sat on a bigger base. -Oh! | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
I think it's copying an old Roman or Etruscan drinking cup... | 0:21:54 | 0:22:00 | |
..of years BC. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
I think it was probably done in the 19th century. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
It's very much in the style of the early 19th century, | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
the Empire period in France, but I think it could be a little bit later than that. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:15 | |
I wouldn't be surprised if it was English. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
And possibly by a firm called Elkingtons. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
There are very few marks underneath. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
Some scratch marks. There is a little mark which has been partially obliterated that says "B". | 0:22:22 | 0:22:28 | |
-And what a lovely thing to have donated. -That's right. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
It's lovely, this almost whole almost Bacchanalian scene | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
going along there, with all these figures. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
In various positions. They're having a really good time. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
Unfortunately most of them are clothed, as well, which is a bonus, | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
so we will not get offended by them. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
If I was putting it into auction, I would suggest a realistic estimate | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
for something like £150 to £200. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
That's fine. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:58 | |
And we'll put a reserve on it of £150. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
-OK. -With 10% discretion if that's OK, for the auctioneer, | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
and I think if he catalogues it well and puts it on the internet | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
-we should get quite a lot of interest. -Excellent. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
Well, Alun and Gwyneth, it is a pleasure meeting you | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
and I look forward to seeing you at the auction. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
-Let's hope we can really raise a good amount of money for the hospice. -Lovely. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
It's always nice to hear of a charity benefiting from the auction. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
Next, Adam's enjoying examining a scientific item belonging to Gillian. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
-This is an interesting collection, isn't it? -Yes. I think so. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
How have you accumulated all of this? | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
The man who had the factory next door to my father | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
collected microscopes. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
He had a big collection of them, and he knew I was interested | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
and he gave me all this. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:49 | |
-How long ago was that? -About 40 years ago. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
Right. Excellent. Well, I think this is a nice little collection. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
Firstly, you've got this mahogany cased microscope, | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
which is a lacquered brass microscope. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
A nice quality instrument. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
-About 100 years old now. -Oh, right! | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
Getting on a bit. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
Retailed by Baker of High Holborn in London. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
A good quality thing, and the case is fitted | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
with your extra bits and pieces, accessories and lenses. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:16 | |
But what people find of particular interest these days, | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
I mean, these are fairly common, but the slides. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
People are really getting more interested in the slides, and whenever microscopes... | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
-I nearly didn't bring those. -..slides come up, they're getting much more inquiries about. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
-It's funny, isn't it? -I nearly didn't bring those at all. -Really? | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
-Yeah. -Well, they've improved the value of this fairly significantly. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
Because this one on its own, without being rude, it's a fairly ordinary one. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
Yes, well, I thought that. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
Still a nice example, but you've got a whole load of slides here | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
and they're from all around the world. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
Yes, there seems to be different countries. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:52 | |
In this one we've got insects. Quite easy. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Butterflies and bees. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
And all that sort of thing. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
This one looks like... | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
little micro-organisms of some sort. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
These are privately prepared ones, so they're not going to be... | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
-There might be one or two - not sure whether... -..of great value these ones. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
No, I think most of these are the man himself. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
I think the value is mainly in these ones and these ones, that were purpose made. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
This one's from Santa Monica, from Venice, from Colombia. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
Coast of Dalmatia. Sweden. So there's a whole geographic selection here. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
We'd have to have a really good look through, and some are rarer than others. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
Have you any idea what it might be worth? | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
Not at all. No idea at all. I've never looked at them or anything. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
Well, based on the fact that this is worth 60, 80, maybe 100, | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
-and I would think these are worth similar amounts. -Very good. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
-So you've got 150 to 250, probably. -Very good. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
And it might go on. I wouldn't be surprised if it went on a bit longer. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
-So does that sound all right? -That sounds very good. Yes. -Good. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
I wasn't thinking they were worth anything at all. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
Now, why have you decided to sell them? | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
I don't have time to look at them now, and they've been sitting at my mum's house for years now. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:03 | |
-Right. So time to get rid. -I think so. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
-They'll go to a collector, I'm sure. -Lovely. It would be nice if they were. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
If they made a few hundred pounds, would you have any plans for that? | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
Doing things in the garden really. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
-Are you a keen gardener? -Well, I bought an old house with a field behind it, | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
and I'm making a vegetable plot, and doing, you know, my own little allotment in the back. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:24 | |
That's great to hear. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
Thanks for coming in and I really hope that they take off. I think they probably will. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:31 | |
-Oh, lovely. -We'll put a reserve of 150 just in case. -Lovely. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
Thank you very much. Thank you. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
What a fascinating collection of slides. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
Someone's going to really enjoy looking at those. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
Gill and Peter must have had me in mind when they decided to bring in | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
this next item. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
I just love it. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
Tea caddies are so collectable. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
They come in all various shapes and sizes, and different materials. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
We've seen them in pewter, seen them in silver, | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
I've seen them in sort of pottery items, | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
but my favourite obviously are wood. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
But this is particularly nice because it's a Regency one, | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
and it's got a lot of paper scroll work on it. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
-Quilling, isn't it? -Yes. Can you see that, where all the paper's folded up very neatly? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
-Yes. -Well, I like that a lot. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
-You like it? -Oh, I do. Yes. Yes, I do. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
That sort of 1815, 1820s. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
-And that would have been used in this country? -Oh, yes, it's English. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:25 | |
Made in this country. Yes. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
Someone with a lot of money and a lot of quality and a very good eye would have owned this. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:32 | |
Looking at this, I suspect this has been gilded | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
-slightly at a later date. You see this gold leafing. -Yes. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
It's not - to me, that doesn't look like gold leafing. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
That looks more like gold enamel paint, | 0:27:42 | 0:27:44 | |
which is probably put on in around the '40s or '50s by somebody. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
Then inside you've got this small lid. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Yes. Well, that would have sat on a little recessed rib there, | 0:27:50 | 0:27:56 | |
so the lid wouldn't drop down, and that would house your tea. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:00 | |
This is a single blend caddy. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
Now some tea caddies are double blends. You can have green tea and black tea. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
You can have a large one with a bowl in the middle and mix the two blends together if you want. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
"Caddy" comes from the Malay word "kati", | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
which is the amount of weight the tea was sold in. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
-Can you see there's traces of tin foil there and there? -Yes. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:19 | |
Well, that was all lined in tin foil to keep the tea fresh. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
So that would have sat there, that would have kept the tea fresh, | 0:28:22 | 0:28:26 | |
a single blend, maybe a green tea or black tea. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
The lid would shut down and it would be put under lock and key, | 0:28:29 | 0:28:34 | |
because tea was so expensive. It was such an expensive commodity. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
Only people in the sort of upper echelons | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
could really afford it, to start with in the 1600s. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
It became very fashionable in the 1700s | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
and by the 19th century everybody was drinking it. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:51 | |
-But isn't it super? It's a lovely example. -Yes. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
It's quality all round. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 | |
Whoever made this was a master of his genre, put it that way. | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
-There's a bit of restoration here. Whoever buys this... -Yes. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:04 | |
-..has to spend a couple of hundred pounds on it. -Yes. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
They have to spend 200 on it. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
If they get it at £400 in the auction room and they spend £200 on it, | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
it has cost them £600. They're going to be wanting to sell this for £1,200 maybe. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
And it will probably be worth that after a lot of TLC. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:22 | |
I think the collectors will love this. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
£300-400 is the valuation. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
Reserve at three but not a fixed reserve. Use a bit of discretion. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:31 | |
-Yes. -So it might sell at 280. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:34 | |
-That's fine. -Is that OK? -Yes, that's fine. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
And we'll let them fight over it, and hopefully one of them will be a good restorer, pay top money for it, | 0:29:36 | 0:29:41 | |
which benefits you. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:42 | |
And cuts the middle man out. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
-Yes. Lovely. -OK. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
Even needing restoration, it still looks fabulous. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:52 | |
Let's have another quick look at our items before they head off | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
to the auction house. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:57 | |
The silver-plated trophy cup is stylish, so it should raise | 0:29:57 | 0:30:01 | |
a reasonable amount. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
Gillian's microscope is of little interest to her, | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
so it's time to move it on. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
And finally, my choice, the early 19th century tea caddy, | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
which is pure quality and a beautifully crafted thing. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:16 | |
Alun and Gwyneth are first with the classical cup. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
Let's hope this next lot is a real winner, it should be. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
It should be, shouldn't it? | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
It's a trophy, for crying out loud. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
We want to hold it up high and say "Yes, we won." | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
£200, top end of the estimate. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
That's the top end. We know you'd like to get the top end each time, but I don't know. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:35 | |
It's a speculative thing. But I think it should make 150. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
I can't imagine you'd want it. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
Well, look, there's no accounting for taste. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
Someone here in this room will absolutely love it and they'll display it beautifully. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
We hope so, we need the money. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
-All proceeds to the hospice, anyway. -OK. Good luck. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
Something very, very good quality about this. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
The quality of the figuring is brilliant. Six inches high. 200? | 0:30:56 | 0:31:01 | |
200? | 0:31:01 | 0:31:03 | |
It smacks of quality, doesn't it? | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
150? | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
100, I'm bid. 100. 100, bid. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
100, hope you're lucky. It's at the bottom though. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
-100 bid. 20 anywhere? -Now, just go upwards. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:15 | |
120, 140. Is there 60? | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
140, 140 bid. 60 anywhere? | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
£140. 60 now. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
£140. I'll go 50, even. At 140. 150. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:31 | |
We've got 150, so we've made our reserve. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
150. I'm selling at £150. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
Just, on the reserve. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
60, a new bidder at 160. Worth every penny of 200, in my view. At 160. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:46 | |
All done at 160 and going. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
-It's gone. -There we are. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
-We're happy. It's gone within estimate. -Yes, it has. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
Good estimate. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:56 | |
Well, that's £160 towards the hospice. | 0:31:56 | 0:32:00 | |
Now, Gillian's been holding on to the next item for about 40 years. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
So let's see what she gets for it. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
-Gillian, good luck. -Thank you. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:09 | |
We're talking about the microscope with the three boxes of slides, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
which are wonderful. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:14 | |
-You must have had so much fun looking through those. -We could've sat there for hours. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:19 | |
Shame we had other people to deal with. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
In a way, the interest is in the specimens. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:23 | |
Yes, they're collected nowadays as well. Microscopes appear a lot. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
A lot of interesting styles, especially the named ones, the specially produced ones. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:31 | |
I guess it's harder to pick up these early slides now. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
Yes. Always great demand for them. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
I'm quite confident today. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:37 | |
Also, it's a named instrument as well, so that's in its favour. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:43 | |
-I'm not good at selling things. -Do you do not win things like raffles and lotteries? | 0:32:43 | 0:32:48 | |
-I've never managed to sell things. -Actually, I don't either. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
Neither do I, but now's the time for Gillian's luck to change. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
We're going to find out, it's going under the hammer right now. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:58 | |
This is by Baker. | 0:32:58 | 0:32:59 | |
Lights, lenses and a very nice parcel of mixed slides. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:05 | |
Bid me 200? | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
Got to be. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:09 | |
It's all gone quiet, hasn't it? | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
Start me at one and a half? | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
120, I'm bid at 120. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
If you pitch it at one and build them up... | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
180, 180 bid. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
We're back up there now. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
-180 bid. -190. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
190, 200. 200 bid. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
Online, the bidding now at 200. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
200 bid. Is there 10 there? £200. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
-210. -210. Still online. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:38 | |
That's good. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
And again now. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:41 | |
250. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:42 | |
250, 250 bid. Online at 250. 250 bid. 250. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:47 | |
Again? Two online. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
260. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:51 | |
We've got an online battle here. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
Is there 70? At £260? | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
Online, the bid at £260. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
70, if you like. All done? | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
-70. -70. 270 bid. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
I think there might be a little tickle in this yet. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
It's gone very, very quiet. At 270. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:12 | |
-Trying to get more... -Sit there and... | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
-I've never been to an auction before? -Haven't you? -No. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:17 | |
280. And again now. You could hear a pin drop. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
At 280. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:22 | |
It's a baptism of fire, isn't it? | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
In at the deep end. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
Final, final call at 280. All done? | 0:34:26 | 0:34:30 | |
£280. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
Yes! That's a good result, top end of the estimate. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
We're really happy with that. Condition made that sale. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:39 | |
It was in perfect condition. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:40 | |
-Your luck has changed forever now. -I hope so! | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
I'm glad that that Gillian's first trip to auction | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
has been so successful. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:48 | |
Now, remember that beautiful tea caddy that I picked out earlier? | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
Well, it's time to see what auctioneer David makes of it. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
We've seen a lot of tea caddies on Flog It! before but I've never seen | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
one with rolled paperwork. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
Wonderful filigree work. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
Partially gilded, in good condition, that's well over £1,500. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:10 | |
But there's a few bits missing. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:11 | |
I've put £300 to £400 on this. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
Yes, I don't blame you, Paul. Tea caddies are very in and the workmanship on this one | 0:35:14 | 0:35:19 | |
is really unbelievable. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
And we've got people in this locality | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
who will take on the restoration of this, no question about it. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
We've had internet interest in it so it augurs well. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
Happy with the price? 300 to 400? | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
I think so. You're paying for workmanship | 0:35:32 | 0:35:34 | |
and in fairness it's a fantastic bit of workmanship. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
It's an unusual tea caddy. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
As I say, tea caddies are all the rage at the moment. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:44 | |
Watch this space. It's time to put the kettle on, | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
settle down into the chair and enjoy this auction. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
Well, it's all sounding positive. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
I'm quite confident about this tea caddy, it belongs to Jill and Peter, | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
and hopefully for not much longer. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
-The auctioneer liked the lot as well. -Oh, good. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
There's a great deal of work that's has gone into it. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
I know it needs a little bit of TLC, | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
that's why we've got £300 to £400 on it. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
It's a wonderful thing. Have you had second thoughts? | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
No, it's going towards our anniversary. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:13 | |
We're going on a trip for our 50th anniversary. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
-Oh, congratulations. 50 years together. -Yes. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
Wonderful. Where are you going? | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
On a cruise. Not far, though. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
-OK. Not around Anglesey, a bit further. -No! | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
A bit further than that. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:28 | |
Hey, look, good luck. Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
Very nice quality. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
Early tea caddy with filigree scrolls and filigree decoration. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:40 | |
OK, it needs a bit of attention but it's a lovely, rare piece. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
Fingers crossed. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:45 | |
£400? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
350? | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
300, I'm bid. At £300. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
£300, I'm bid. 350. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
400. 425. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
450. 450. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
75, if you like. At 450. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
75, anybody? At £450. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:11 | |
That's a good price. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
Very. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:14 | |
Final call at £450. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
Once again... | 0:37:18 | 0:37:19 | |
Yes. £450. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
I'm very pleased with that. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
Good tea caddies always sell well and that's quite a rare one. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
Even though it had a bit of damage. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:32 | |
-Yes. -That could be sorted out. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
That was on you. You take the credit for that. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
Not at all. I've just seen them sell for that kind of price before. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:42 | |
The more you go round the block, the more you get to know, really! | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
Well, that's it. It's all over. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
All of our owners have gone home and they've gone home happy. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
OK, there were one or two sticky moments but that's what auctions are all about. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
You get lots of highs and lows and lots of surprises. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
And I hope you've enjoyed today's show, because we've loved being here | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
in North Wales, and all credit to our auctioneer and our experts. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
Everyone was on the money today. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
Until the next time, it's goodbye. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 |