0:00:02 > 0:00:07Today we're in Truro, in the heart of Cornwall, where hundreds of people are waiting patiently,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11laden with bags and boxes, outside Truro's magnificent cathedral.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13How about that for a venue today?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17And they're all here to have their antiques and collectables valued. This is Flog It!
0:00:44 > 0:00:50Rising 250 feet over Truro at its highest spire, the city's cathedral
0:00:50 > 0:00:52was built on the old site of St Mary's Parish Church,
0:00:52 > 0:00:58and the Victorian architect John Loughborough Pearson incorporated it into the new structure,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01so it's a wonderful piece of conservation.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Now, little did Mr Pearson know that the modern wonder of television
0:01:04 > 0:01:09would one day enable hundreds of people not just to come in here and worship,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14but to have their antiques valued by our team of experts, led by Mr David Barby and David Fletcher.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- I've got a lovely Georg Jensen ring here. - OK, let's have a look at that, then.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25The first lot David Fletcher ever sold as an auctioneer was a live rabbit,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27but he couldn't get anyone to bid on it so he ended up buying it himself.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29No, I don't know what happened to the rabbit, but
0:01:29 > 0:01:34fingers crossed his items interest the bidders in today's programme.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Look at the state of those handles!
0:01:38 > 0:01:43And today our Flog It! boy David Barby turns on his trademark charm
0:01:43 > 0:01:46when Marianne and Rebecca bring in an Art Deco brooch.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48How long ago did you buy this?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- 30, 40 years ago.- So you were very astute when you were ten.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Yeah, abso... Oh, you flatterer, you!
0:01:56 > 0:02:02Barbara comes on behalf of her son with a diamond ring, but we never quite hear the whole story.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- I wonder if it might have belonged to an ex-girlfriend. - I'm not saying a word.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12And there's huge excitement in the auction room when one of our items exceeds all expectations.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15But which one will it be?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16This is madness!
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Before all that, we're getting the queue into the cathedral
0:02:20 > 0:02:25so our team of experts can get on with the enormous task of valuing every single item.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27What you are looking at here?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30We've got a couple of things. We've got a nice little Cartier lighter,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- but as I was explaining to this gentleman, basically...- Hi. - Smoking's not very PC at the moment.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37No. And how much is that worth?
0:02:37 > 0:02:43If that was to go into auction I'd put a presale estimate on it of about 60 to 100 and keep it low,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- but it could make around the £100 mark.- Well done.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Well, it looks like David Barby has spotted a real curio.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Let's see what it's all about, shall we?
0:02:50 > 0:02:56It's actually a table full of corkscrews, which Frank has bought in.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Were you in the sort of publican trade?- No, no.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01So where did you get all these corkscrews from?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03My brother collected them.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I didn't know he collected them until...
0:03:05 > 0:03:13his daughter gave me a box full of corkscrews after he'd died and I've had them in a wardrobe for years.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14I think they're fascinating.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18They cover a wide period from the late 19th century, which is
0:03:18 > 0:03:22this one here, very sort of Art Nouveau inspired.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27And then you've got natural olive branch examples here.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Novelty brass ones from the 1930s and '50s, and then you've got some
0:03:31 > 0:03:38interesting ones which were probably produced anything from the '20s right through to the present time.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- I just want to ask you one question. - What's that?- What's that for?
0:03:41 > 0:03:47Ah, that's an interesting one because this is for opening bottles of port...
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Oh.- ..where the ends have been sealed with wax.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- So, they would tap away the wax before they used the corkscrew section.- Oh, I see.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Now, there are collectors of corkscrews.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01You haven't got any of the real valuable ones,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05- the bronze and ivory ones dating from the 19th century.- No.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09These are all comparatively recent, apart from the one in the middle.
0:04:09 > 0:04:16So I think we're looking at a price range maybe round about £40 to £60.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Yeah.- If they go any more, I shall be delighted for you.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- And me.- But somehow... Somehow I don't think they will.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I'm going to ask you whether in fact you want to put a reserve on them...
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Not...- Or whether in fact you just want to sell them?- Just to sell them.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Just sell them.- Yeah.- So if they went for £10, you wouldn't be upset.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Not really, no. - You just want them out of the house!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Yeah.- Well, I hope we can do well for you. Put it there.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Thank you very much indeed.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Hopefully we'll do better than a tenner for Frank's inherited corkscrews.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52Many people bring in items to the valuation day that have been handed down from generation to generation.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Some have brought them as an investment, but often they're just gifts,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59like Heather's Minton plates, which have caught David Fletcher's experienced eye.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I love these plates. How did you come by them?
0:05:04 > 0:05:09I went to help an elderly friend to move furniture.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12When I went to see her some days later, they were wrapped up
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- in newspaper and she said, "Heather, would you like these plates..." - Gosh.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- "Because I haven't got room for them."- So you acquired them...
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- A gift.- A tip, a gift in return for a favour rendered.
0:05:21 > 0:05:29- Yes, yes.- Now, they would date from the 1870s or the 1880s
0:05:29 > 0:05:34and they are in the so-called Aesthetic style manner.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I think when we think of the Aesthetic movement we think of
0:05:36 > 0:05:40one man in particular, a chap called EW Godwin,
0:05:40 > 0:05:45who designed Japanese-style furniture, and he liked
0:05:45 > 0:05:49to decorate rooms with blue and white china like this.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Oscar Wilde talked about his love of blue and whites.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59It was extremely fashionable at the time and of course it has an oriental origin.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03This dish in particular I think is great fun.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Not only is it decorative, but it's also amusing, isn't it?- Yes.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12These little frogs are sitting here looking as if they've had a jolly good meal,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14relaxing in the sun on a lily pad.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20Unbeknown to them they look as if they're about to be gobbled up...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Yeah.- By the fishes.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Let's just turn this one over.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28And we can see the Minton factory mark.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Now, Minton was one of the great Staffordshire factories
0:06:32 > 0:06:37founded in the late 18th century in Stoke on Trent.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Very helpfully, the Minton factory used a system of date coding.- Yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:49So we can tell this dish, and presumably this one as well, was made in 1881.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Have you any idea what they might be worth?- No.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55I can see these doing really quite well.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I would have thought that we could expect them
0:06:58 > 0:07:02to make between £100 and £150.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08- I would therefore suggest a reserve of 100...- That's fine.- On the lower estimate.- Yes, that's fine.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13And who knows, they're so striking, they might just make more than that.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Good.- Thank you very much. I'll look forward to seeing you at the sale.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- I will, too. - Indeed, we'll be seeing Heather and her plates at the auction.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26Now, occasionally people don't want to sell, but they do want to find out more about their treasures.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Now, here's a little teaser. Look at that.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It looks like something off a Christmas tree, doesn't it?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's made of glass. What do you think that is, do you know?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- I've got no idea. - I think it might be a hand grenade.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Close. It is something you actually throw.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43These were made from around about...
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Yes, 1870 to 1900. The Victorians had them.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49They hung them on the wall in brackets
0:07:49 > 0:07:52and they were for extinguishing fires, believe it or not.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You actually, she was nearly right, threw them into the fire and it put it out
0:07:55 > 0:07:59because there was a little stopper in there made of cork which was sealed with cement and that
0:07:59 > 0:08:04was full of carbon tetrachloride, and if you threw that into the fire,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07hopefully it would extinguish it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11But value-wise, if you put that into auction, that would fetch around £20 to £40.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Wouldn't set the world on fire.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16But this amethyst and pearl brooch that belongs to mother and daughter
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Mariana and Rebecca could do just that.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24This is lovely.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28It's something that I acquired many, many years ago.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Where, I can't quite remember.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Did you pay a fantastic amount for it?- No.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- No, you didn't. - I don't know what I paid, but it wouldn't have been very much.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39How long ago did you buy this?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Years ago. I mean, maybe 30, 40 years ago.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44So you were very astute when you were ten.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Yeah, abso...
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- Oh! Oh, you flatterer, you!- This...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52This is a lovely piece of French jewellery.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- Yes.- The exquisite point of this is the design and the materials used,
0:08:57 > 0:09:03so they've got a silver framework and then if we think of these as wings...
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Yes.- They're filled with a see-through enamel...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Yes.- And it's called plique-a-jour. - Plique-a-jour.- Plique-a-jour.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Lovely name.- Open to the light, you see through it.- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:20- And then we have this combination of amethyst and these delicate pearls, real pearls.- Yes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25And that is a typical arrangement for jewellery of the Art Nouveau period.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28There were so many makers.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Lalique produced jewellery like this, but there's no marks on this particular piece.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- No, I was going to say.- So it's not in that sort of league.- No.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- So, I think we're probably looking at something in the region of about £300 to £400.- Wow!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- That sounds most exciting! - Yeah, very exciting.- Gosh.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And I think the reserve again ought to be tucked under the lower figure.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- We should talk in terms of probably about £250.- OK.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- And you'll be there to witness it. - Certainly.- Will you be there, Rebecca?- I do hope so.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57I hope I've invited at least to see my heirloom go... Go out the window!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- I'm just wondering who's going to bring the champagne. - I don't know!
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- We'll wait until after it's sold! - Yes.- Thank you very much for coming along, both of you.- Thank you.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Well, we've now found our first batch of items to take off to
0:10:11 > 0:10:13auction, and this is where it gets exciting,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16because you just don't know what is going to happen.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Somebody is going to go home with an awful lot of money, it might be you,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23but we're going to put our experts' valuations to the test right now.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25They're normally pretty good, aren't they?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- I'm sure.- They are, aren't they? They do a proper job.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35The auction is at Jefferys in Lostwithiel, 22 miles up the road from Truro.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Well, that's a good sign, they're starting young down here
0:10:39 > 0:10:40in Cornwall. I hope she's bidding!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44There are over 1,000 lots in this antique and modern furniture and
0:10:44 > 0:10:48effects sale, including everything from garden furniture to jewellery.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51If you're thinking of buying something at auction,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53take my advice and come to an auction preview day
0:10:53 > 0:10:55where you can look around, take your time,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57view the objects, buy a catalogue.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00All the information is printed on each lot,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and also, it'll tell you exactly what the buyer's premium is.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Here today in Lostwithiel, it's 15% plus VAT.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09There's commission to pay if you buy something
0:11:09 > 0:11:12or even if you sell something, so factor those costs in, won't you?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Make sure you've got enough money to pay for the item.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18We're in the business of selling,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21and the first lot to go under the hammer is this corker of
0:11:21 > 0:11:24a collection, although Frank doesn't want to hang on to it any longer.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34The pair of Minton plates were a gift to Heather,
0:11:34 > 0:11:38and David Fletcher thinks their cheeky design could help them sell.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43And the amethyst and pearl brooch caught my eye
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and has also caught the eye of our auctioneer, Ian Morris.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51This is one of the nicest things I've seen. It belongs to Mariana.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56We've got £300 to £500 on this and it's the most wonderful little Art Nouveau pendant, in a way, isn't it?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00It's got all the characteristics of the Art Nouveau style
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and Art Nouveau is quite in vogue.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It is beautiful, isn't it?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Nicely cut as well, good colour,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10so hopefully, everything is right to try and get it sold.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Would you have put three to five on that?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I probably wouldn't have been so brave as to put £300 to £500
0:12:15 > 0:12:17on that. I might have said...
0:12:17 > 0:12:22£150 to £250 would have been more my kind of guesstimate.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25There are a few types of items which you either do well
0:12:25 > 0:12:27or don't get any interest in at all.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- This is one, isn't it?- This is going to be one of those lots.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Why is that, do you think?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Jewellery is a very personal thing,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38so unless two people really want it and fight over it...
0:12:38 > 0:12:40We've 200 or 300 lots of jewellery every sale.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43A lot of items can easily get left on the shelf.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Well, I hope with the Art Nouveau styling
0:12:45 > 0:12:49that somebody likes the period enough to pay the money.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51The auction room is fit to burst. First up are
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Frank's corkscrews which are driving him around the twist.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Happy with the valuation? - Yes, very happy.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Let's hope we get the top end and they go with a good pop, eh, David?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Absolutely. Frank just wants to get rid of them because
0:13:03 > 0:13:07you don't use them. If you don't use anything get rid of it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Exactly. We're looking for £40 to £60, Frank.
0:13:11 > 0:13:1418 assorted corkscrews there. Some nice examples.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I have three bids and I've got to start at £70.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Well, straight in at 70!- 70?!- Yes.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22At £70, the bid's on the books. At £70 I'm bid,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24but there is 18 of them.
0:13:25 > 0:13:2775. £80. 85. £90.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- I wouldn't give a tenner for them! - At £90 I'm bid. Five or not?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33At £90. Five? Are we all done? I'm selling at the £90.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- £90!- That's good!
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- That's brilliant, brilliant! Isn't that good?- That's brilliant.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- How are you going to celebrate? - I'll buy some wine!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Who'd have thought they'd fly out of the auction room?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Frank certainly didn't, but he's thrilled with his £90.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Luckily, he's got another corkscrew at home to open that wine!
0:13:55 > 0:14:00The Minton plates are next, but I've got some bad news.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03We've just been joined by Heather, and next up we've got
0:14:03 > 0:14:05the two blue Minton plates, the Secession movement,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but unfortunately we had a little accident, as you know.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13Earlier on in the sale, a picture displaying over there on the wall
0:14:13 > 0:14:14fell onto one of the plates.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Now, this does affect the value,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20because we had a fixed reserve at £100 with a value of £100 to £150.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23So, now we've only got one plate to sell.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Well, my theory would be as follows.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I suspect that the one remaining plate
0:14:29 > 0:14:32will be worth about a third of what the pair would have been worth,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34but having said that,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I think the one that has survived is the better of the two.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41It's the amusing one decorated with the frog on the lily pad.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44So, I'd be inclined to be thinking in terms of £50 or £60.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I may be proved very wrong, but that's how I would...
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The auctioneer is prepared to make up the difference to
0:14:50 > 0:14:54the bottom end of the reserve. We're happy with that, aren't we?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Yes.- These things do happen. It was an accident.- Yes.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00It was a terrible accident. The good thing is nobody got hurt, though.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Anyway, let's find out how this one Minton plate does, shall we?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Here we go. Good luck, Heather.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11What shall we say for it now?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Just the one. What shall we say for it now?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15£80 away? £50 for one.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17£50? £30 to start me.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20£30 I'm bid. At £30 I'm bid. I'll take 5 if you want.
0:15:20 > 0:15:2235. £40.
0:15:22 > 0:15:2445. £50.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- 55. £60. 65.- This is good.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31At 65. At 65. At 65. 70 now.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34At £65 I'm bid. At £65 I'm bid. £70.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- 75? 75. £80. - Oh, this is good.- It is good.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42£90? £90. 95? 95.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44At 95. 100 now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48At £95. 100 or not? 95. At 95.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Brilliant, hammer's gone down at £95
0:15:50 > 0:15:52and he will make up the difference to 100.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56It would have been interesting to see what the pair would have made,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- but it's academic. You've been very understanding.- That's all right.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- And flying the flag for Kernow as well.- Oh, most definitely.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06What a good result! But a shame about the accident.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10The auctioneer has compensated Heather for the broken plate
0:16:10 > 0:16:12and didn't charge her any commission,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15so in the end, Heather was satisfied with the outcome.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20And now we've got Mariana and Rebecca
0:16:20 > 0:16:23with their beautiful amethyst brooch.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It's good to see you, and all I can say is fingers crossed.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28There's a lot of money riding on this one.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Yes.- A wonderful piece of jewellery.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Why aren't you inheriting this?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36We've already spent the money, so we may as well try and get it back now!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38They had a superb meal last night.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Yes, we did.- Oh, did you?- And several bottles of, you know, hooch!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44It's wonderful and it's going under the hammer
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and hopefully, you're going home with lots of money. Here we go.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Our lot 212 there.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Some nice French amethyst and pearl brooch there
0:16:52 > 0:16:55in the Art Nouveau style and some interest there.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57What shall we say? £200 quickly to start?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01£200? 150 I'm bid. At 150. 160.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04180. 200. 220.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06240. 260.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- I can't hear.- 260, 270.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12280. 300. £300 there.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14At 300. At 300. 320 now.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Come on, come on, come on!
0:17:16 > 0:17:20At £300. 320 or not? At £300.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- He's put the hammer down. It's gone, £300.- £300.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- We did it.- Yeah, thank you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28There is commission to pay. It's 15%.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Everyone has to pay that, whether you're buying or selling.- What?!
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Not that as well!
0:17:33 > 0:17:37That's how they earn their wages though, isn't it, let's face it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Yeah.- Pays for all of this. - Of course, I know. Yes.- OK?- Yeah.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Had a good time? - Brilliant.- Absolutely.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48That's the end of our first visit to the auction room today.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51We are coming back later on, so don't go away,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53because I can guarantee one big surprise,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56but while we've been filming down here in Cornwall,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I took a trip out to sea to learn a traditional old skill.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Take a look at this.
0:18:09 > 0:18:16With 326 miles of coastline and 49 ports, a huge variety of boats
0:18:16 > 0:18:21bring back as many as 40 species of seafood to Cornish shores every day.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And one of those species which conjures up an image
0:18:26 > 0:18:28of romance and glamour is this, the oyster.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Now, that's a Pacific oyster,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32which you find in all good seafood restaurants, and this,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36well, that's a native Cornish oyster fished from the River Fal,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38which is just out there.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42The River Fal's shallow banks are perfect for oysters
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and they've been fished ever since Roman times
0:18:45 > 0:18:47when the beds were first laid with native oysters.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52To prevent overfishing and to preserve the ecology of the area,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55ancient rules allow only sail and hand dredgers
0:18:55 > 0:18:57to be used in the waters here.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Cornish families have been fishing for oysters for hundreds of years,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and the skill of dredging for them has been handed down
0:19:04 > 0:19:06from generation to generation,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10but it can hardly be described as romantic and glamorous. Far from it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13In fact, it's downright hard work.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Tim Vinnicombe has been working the Fal since he was an 11-year-old lad,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20when his father got him out on to the water
0:19:20 > 0:19:23in a special mini-sized boat. The business is a family affair.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Tim's 84-year-old uncle still fishes in the bay
0:19:26 > 0:19:29alongside his cousin and brother.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30We got the perfect day for it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33This whole stretch of water is known as the Carrick Roads.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It's just off the Falmouth Harbour which is just over there,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40which is the third naturally deepest harbour in the world,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43so we've got some prime fishing to do, haven't we, Tim?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- What?- A lot of fishing to do here. - Oh, yes, yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47So this is in your blood, isn't it?
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Absolutely, yeah. I mean, we're five generations.- Five?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Yeah, five generations. - All working this boat?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Yeah, all working on this fishery.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58This boat goes back to 1923 when we bought her.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- It's quite primitive, isn't it? - Yeah.- It is.- It is, yeah.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I mean, it's been unchanged for hundreds of years.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Apparently, the design of the dredge is Roman.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- It's as simple as that, isn't it? - Yeah. It's very kind to the seabed.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14It just goes along, it chips and some of the shells and oysters
0:20:14 > 0:20:16go in and some don't, and you catch
0:20:16 > 0:20:19little crustaceans and crabs, but it doesn't damage anything.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- It keeps you fit, Tim.- Yeah!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29That's a real nice oyster.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30First one.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Molluscs! - That's a small oyster, you see?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Not big enough.- No.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Gosh, out of all of that, we've got two so far.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Yeah, two good ones.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44'At the height of the season, as many as 100 oysters can come up
0:20:44 > 0:20:47'in a single dredge, although most of them will be too small.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50'And it's not all oysters.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52'The dredge brings up scallops, whelks,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54'starfish and a variety of sea creatures.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'It's all tipped back once Tim has sifted through.'
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Tim's now put about six dredging nets over the side
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and we've probably got, what, six oysters?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06No. Yeah, about that.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11'It's definitely hard work and made even tougher by the strict rules.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15'Oyster fishing is only allowed in the bay between 9am and 3pm
0:21:15 > 0:21:17'and from October to March.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21'Plus, each oyster has to be more than two inches in diameter,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25otherwise, it must be put back in the water.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- If he sits in the ring, he's legal. - Gosh, just!
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I can't let Tim do all the hard work, can I?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Put a pair of gloves on, I'm going to pull a couple out myself.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Ooh!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Well, here you go, look. That is
0:21:52 > 0:21:54the end of the drift. That is our morning's work!
0:21:54 > 0:21:58But I've thoroughly enjoyed being in the Carrick Roads with Tim,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and I just hope this boat continues to earn its living
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- for many, many generations to come. Thank you, Tim.- You're welcome.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09What a way to spend a day in one of my favourite parts of the world.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Absolutely fantastic!
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Our team of Flog It! experts
0:22:22 > 0:22:26examine every single item at our valuation days.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28At Truro Cathedral, David Fletcher has turned up
0:22:28 > 0:22:33a wonderful piece of jewellery that belongs to Barbara's son, Nigel.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- What can you tell me about it? - Well, I had a telephone call from my
0:22:37 > 0:22:42son last night urgently saying, "Mum, I've heard Flog It! is coming,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44"could you possibly take this ring for me?"
0:22:44 > 0:22:47They've decided that they'd like to sell it
0:22:47 > 0:22:50simply because their eldest daughter, Rhianna,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54needs to go on a trip with school which is £250,
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- and for Cornwall, that's an awful lot of money!- Good.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00So it belongs to your son.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Yes.- Does it have any sentimental attachment to him?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I've no idea. That's something you would have to ask him.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Might it have belonged to an ex-girlfriend?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- I'm not saying a word! - It's a platinum ring.- Yes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14And it was made in London.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17The hallmarks tell us that.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- And it's set with nine graduated diamonds.- Yes.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22So called channel set,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26which means the diamonds are recessed in the band itself.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Very collectable, very fashionable sort of ring.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The sort of thing that endures.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35It could be worn just as easily today as it could have been worn
0:23:35 > 0:23:39when it was new, probably about 30 or 40 years ago.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44So it's going to cost £250 to send Rhianna off on her course.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I don't think we're going to get £250 for it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49You don't?
0:23:49 > 0:23:50But a contribution would help.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Of course it would. Would you put a reserve on it?
0:23:53 > 0:23:58- I'm thinking in terms of the figure in the region of £180 to £220.- OK.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Somewhere around the £200 mark and I would suggest a reserve of 180.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Right.- I hope we'll get £180 for it.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Who knows, we might get 250.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- You'll make one little girl very happy.- That's good.- Yes, you will.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Well, we aim to make our sellers happy,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17although it always comes down to the bidders in the auction room.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Expert David Barby is often on the money,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26but will that be the case with Elaine's pot?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Elaine, I'm fascinated by this lovely little box
0:24:29 > 0:24:33with its crystal base and its silver mounted top.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It has a special purpose.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Now, you've always had this, have you?
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's not something that I remember from childhood, really,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44but I ended up with it rather than my two sisters.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48So what did you do with it? Did it go on your dressing table?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52It used to do and I used to keep cotton wool balls in it,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56and then I got fed up of cleaning it and now I use it...
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- For what?- Dog treats.- Dog treats?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01You put dog treats in there?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Yeah.- What sort of dog treats?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Well, there's one in there.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10When the dog's being good, and the top makes a noise,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12he gets one of those to eat.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- I've never tried them. - I'm going to give you that one back.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I'm hungry, I nearly bit it!
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- This is lovely and it's not for dog treats.- Oh, right.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26This would have been intended possibly for,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I would think, a lady, and you were close, too, when you said
0:25:29 > 0:25:33you put cotton wool balls in there, because this has a special purpose.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It may be that it contained powder
0:25:36 > 0:25:40or it may be that it contains these newfangled cotton-wool balls
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- or little bits of lint.- Right.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Because it has a two-way mirror on the top,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50so when I look here, I can see myself reflected normally,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52and then I just open it up like this,
0:25:52 > 0:25:57work it on this gimbal here, turn the mirror round
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and there, unfortunately, is an enlarged image of myself.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04And just at the side there, can you see that?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07There's a little grip, so you can get your finger in
0:26:07 > 0:26:11to lift it up and down. But what is important is this -
0:26:11 > 0:26:15it was made in London by quite a well-known, important silversmith
0:26:15 > 0:26:18of the early part of the 20th century.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22It's the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd,
0:26:22 > 0:26:29who made quality, quality items, so I think we're looking at a price range,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- maybe, round about 80 to 120. - Really?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35That sort of price range. I think it's lovely.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- It's the sort of novelty item that appeals to collectors.- Oh, right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44But we've got to put a reserve on it, and I would hate it to go below...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Shall I say £60?
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- Oh, that's very nice.- So what shall we do, put a reserve of £60 on it?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53That would be lovely. I thought, you know, maybe £10.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Well, just think of how many dog treats you can buy with £60!
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Elaine will have to get another container for all those dog treats
0:27:00 > 0:27:04as this little beauty is going under the hammer very soon.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Not everyone wants to be featured on the show,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09so they put their unsuspecting relatives forward.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Stacey's here on behalf of her mother,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13who wants to sell this old doll.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Is this yours?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- No, it's my mum's.- Right.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22It was given to her after my grandmother died, and it was my
0:27:22 > 0:27:26great-grandmother's before that, but it's just been kept up in
0:27:26 > 0:27:29the attic in a box, so it wasn't until my grandmother died
0:27:29 > 0:27:33that we actually found it in a box and retrieved it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39- Now, it dates, I suppose, from the late 19th century.- Right.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44I would have said 1890, possibly just into the early 1900s.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50She's a bisque doll, as I'm sure you know, which means she's a china doll.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55The bisque is French for biscuit, and it means unglazed.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Now, I think she must have been made in Germany,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03although, if we quickly turn her over,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06there's nothing to substantiate that.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10So often, if you look on the back of the neck of a doll like this,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14you can see a factory mark saying, "Made In Germany,"
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- but in this case, there's nothing. - No.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I must say, to be a little bit rude,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- the quality is not the best I've seen.- No.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26She wasn't made by the very best doll manufacturer.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- You can tell that, really, I think just by looking at the arms.- Yeah.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32The way you see that mould running down there.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- OK.- I think a really good manufacturer, whilst the china
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- was still wet, would have just taken that ridge out.- Yeah.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Do you like it?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I don't mind the body, but I don't like the eyes.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Why don't you like the eyes?
0:28:46 > 0:28:51- They're a bit scary.- They are a bit starey, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55And that's another thing. On some dolls of this period, you'd have
0:28:55 > 0:28:59found the eyes would have closed, so when you'd have sat her up...
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- Yeah.- But these are fixed.- OK.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03And to be, again, hypercritical,
0:29:03 > 0:29:04she's got a closed mouth,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07and collectors of dolls do like an open mouth.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12Having said that, and having sounded as if I'm being a bit dismissive,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15there are collectors in this field, as you might imagine.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18I think that she's going to make somewhere in the region
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- of £60 to £100.- OK.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23And I'd like to suggest a fixed reserve of £50.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- Brilliant.- OK?- Yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Thank you very much.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30We'll find out exactly how much she makes shortly, when all our
0:29:30 > 0:29:32remaining items go up for sale
0:29:32 > 0:29:35at Jefferys Auctioneers in Lostwithiel.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43David Fletcher's got his fingers crossed that the diamond ring
0:29:43 > 0:29:45will fly out of the auction room.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Elaine was in the doghouse when David Barby found out
0:29:50 > 0:29:55she kept treats for her pooches in her crystal and silver pot.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Stacey's mother's doll has been living unloved in the attic,
0:29:58 > 0:30:03so it's time to sell, but what does our auctioneer Ian Morris think it'll fetch?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06This lot caused a bit of a stir. Stacey brought this in.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08It belongs to her mother.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10You either love them or you hate them.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13There's lots of doll collectors, and I'm sure they will love
0:30:13 > 0:30:16to get their hands on this little figure,
0:30:16 > 0:30:18because we've only got £60 to £100 put on this.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22It's a nice doll. It's certainly got a bit of age to it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24What I do like is the neck which swivels,
0:30:24 > 0:30:29which you don't first of all see underneath the pearl necklace.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Pearls nice as well,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32little things that you don't normally see on a doll.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Has there been much interest?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36There's three telephone lines bid so far.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38So it's going to easily clear £100.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Hopefully do two to three?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- I would stick in the 250 to 350 bracket.- OK.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- I think I'll be confident at that. - That's fabulous.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47That's such good news.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51That's so exciting! We'll find out if the doll collectors
0:30:51 > 0:30:52are out in force very soon.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Now, remember that fabulous platinum ring with the diamonds?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Well, it's just about to go under the hammer with a value of
0:31:03 > 0:31:05£180 to £220. It belongs to Barbara,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07but unfortunately, she can't be here.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09We've got the ring and we do have Barbara's daughter-in-law, Jane.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's good to see you.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14The money is going towards your daughter's school trip.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Yeah.- Where does she want to go?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- It's to Okehampton for an adventure holiday.- Really! OK.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I'm sure we can manage that, can't we, David?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25I think this is the sort of ring that can appeal to everyone.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Simple, understated.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I love platinum. Looks good.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Let's find out what the bidders think.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Here we go, it's under the hammer now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35It's a ladies half-eternity platinum ring
0:31:35 > 0:31:38set with nine graduated diamonds. London hallmark.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Can I say £200 away?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42£100 to start me?
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Not so good.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47£100 I'm bid. At 100. 110. 120. 130.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49140. 150. 160.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52170. 180. 190.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I can't see where the bids are coming from.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56210? 210. 220? 220.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58230? 230.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00230 to my left, then. At 230.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02At 230. 240 or not? Are we all done?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04£230 it's on now.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11- Yes. 230.- Very good, thank you. - You have to get on the phone.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12What is she doing in Okehampton?
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It's a residential adventure holiday.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19That's absolutely fabulous, £230. That gets her off to Okehampton!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Just above the top estimate, what a good start!
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Now, I can't believe this silver and crystal pot
0:32:25 > 0:32:28was used as a container for dog treats!
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I think the bidders might have
0:32:30 > 0:32:32different ideas about what to use it for.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Coming up now, we've got a wonderful silver powder pot dated 1908,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and it belongs to Elaine, who's just joined me.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44In fact, just before the valuation day this contained dog treats.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48This was a little container for dog treats, wasn't it?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- On the dressing table. - With the dog treats in it.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- And what dog have you got?- A boxer.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- How lovely.- A rescue dog.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Oh, wonderful. They slobber a lot, though, don't they?
0:32:57 > 0:32:58- Yes.- Yeah, they do slobber.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- A design fault. - David's sort of looking at us.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- He's a cat man. - Yeah, I'm a cat man, really.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- But you've just taken on a cat, haven't you?- Yes, I have.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It's just turned up on our doorstep.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11But this is a lovely piece of dressing table equipment.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13It had the insert mirror at the top
0:33:13 > 0:33:17and it's angled so you can adjust it to close up or some distance.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It's quality, absolute quality,
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and I think it's going to go to a new home. 80 to 120, it's bound to!
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Let's see what the bidders think. Here we go. Wave goodbye.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31It's a crystal silver powder pot with a London hallmark there, 1908.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35What shall we say for that one very quickly? £80 away? £50 away?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38£50 I'm bid.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40£50 I'm bid. At £50 I'm bid.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42I'll take five to get on. 55. 60.
0:33:42 > 0:33:475. 70. At £70. The bid's in the middle. 75.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- It's going.- 85? 85.- It's gone.- £90?
0:33:50 > 0:33:5285 to my right. At £85 I'm bid.
0:33:52 > 0:33:5490 or not? We're done at £85.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Oh, it's done! £85.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- That's good.- That's very good. Are you happy?
0:33:59 > 0:34:00- Yes, very.- Lots of dog treats?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Yeah, maybe a dog passport.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05A dog passport! Really, taking the dog abroad?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- Might do, yeah. - Over to France or something?
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Yeah. We've got a boat, so it would be nice to take him...
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Oh, how lovely! Hey, what a spoilt boxer dog!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16So that's another one of our sellers
0:34:16 > 0:34:18off on their travels thanks to Flog It!,
0:34:18 > 0:34:20but will Stacey be in for a treat
0:34:20 > 0:34:23when her mother's doll goes under the hammer?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Next up, that 19th-century bisque doll.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It belongs to Stacey who's right next to me now.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Remember what the auctioneer said?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Well, we heard what David said at the valuation day, £60 to £100, OK?
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- Yeah.- Happy with that? £60 to £100?
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Yes, yeah, we want it to go.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Stacey doesn't like it. You think it's spooky.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42It's got scary eyes, so, yeah.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I think it's spooky, as well. Do you?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47I think it's OK. Your mum doesn't like it either, does she?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- No, we don't. - Is it something you'd buy?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- No.- Not really.- But it's...
0:34:51 > 0:34:53But I don't get spooked by it.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57That's the way they were. They made them to look realistic.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Now, the auctioneer said to me there's been a lot of interest,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02a great deal of interest.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03- Right.- So it's quite a rare one.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- OK.- Hopefully, the doll collectors are here today in Lostwithiel,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11because we've got a packed auction room and we could have a surprise.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14When I pushed him, I said, "Come on, Ian, put your neck on the block,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16"what do you think it could do on a good day?"
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- he said, "I'm pretty confident at £300 plus."- Oh!
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- Crikey.- Right. - My mum will be pleased.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Lot 617 there, the late-19th-century
0:35:25 > 0:35:27continental bisque porcelain doll.
0:35:27 > 0:35:3017 inches high and a silk dress there.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34A lot of interest in this lot and I've got two bids on the books
0:35:34 > 0:35:37and I'm going to start at £200. At £200 I'm bid.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39220. 240.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40260. 280.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41300. 320.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43340. 360.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45380. 400. 420.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- At 420.- Stacey!
0:35:47 > 0:35:49We're on a lot of money.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Look, everybody wants it! Everybody wants this!
0:35:52 > 0:35:54440 on the first phone, there.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55At 440. 460.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58At 460. 480? 480.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00500. 520?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02520. 540?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04540. 560?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07560. 580?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- 580. 600?- Ten times my estimate.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- Yeah.- 620? 620. 640?
0:36:14 > 0:36:15- This is bonkers!- 640. 660?
0:36:15 > 0:36:19660. 680? 680. 700?
0:36:19 > 0:36:20You're in the money!
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- My mum is!- 740. 760?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27780? 800? 800.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30And 20? 840. 860?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33880. 900?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Two people are stuck in like Jack Russells
0:36:35 > 0:36:38wrestling with an old sock and won't let go.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41They really want this. That's the beauty of auctions.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42980. 1,000?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45My dad's not going to believe this.
0:36:45 > 0:36:481,100. And 50?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- It's not stopping!- 1,150. 1,200?
0:36:50 > 0:36:521,250?
0:36:52 > 0:36:541,250. 1,300?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Gosh! What were you saying, David, 50 to 100?
0:36:57 > 0:36:59I'm sorry!
0:36:59 > 0:37:011,400. 1,450?
0:37:01 > 0:37:051,450! Do you need a chair? I think I do.
0:37:05 > 0:37:081,650?
0:37:08 > 0:37:101,600 there.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12They're just not letting go.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- At £1,600 I'm bid. Is it 50 anywhere?- Yes.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18At £1,600 on one of the phones. It's £1,600.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21On the phone. Cor! Don't you just love auctions?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I told you someone was going home with a lot of money, didn't I? Wow!
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- I cannot believe that! - Stacey!- £1,600!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I'm shaking. What's going through your mind?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30I'm holding on to the sideboard.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34I have to hand it to Ian, he knew far more about that doll than I did.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Congratulations to him. - Oh, thank you.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Mum's going to have all the money, is she?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- I think it might be split between me and the grandchildren.- Good.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Thank you for bringing it in. It's made our day.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49If you've got any antiques you want to sell, we would love to see you,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52but you have to come to one of our valuation days,
0:37:52 > 0:37:58so check the details in your local press or log on to our website at -
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Press F for Flog It! and follow the links,
0:38:00 > 0:38:04and hopefully, we're near a town very close to you.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07What a fitting end in Lostwithiel in the heart of Cornwall.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09It's wonderful to be back here.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12The sun's shining, everybody's been fabulous. Good old Kernow!
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I think we did a proper job.