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Today we're in Truro, in the heart of Cornwall, where hundreds of people are waiting patiently, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:07 | |
laden with bags and boxes, outside Truro's magnificent cathedral. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
How about that for a venue today? | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
And they're all here to have their antiques and collectables valued. This is Flog It! | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
Rising 250 feet over Truro at its highest spire, the city's cathedral | 0:00:44 | 0:00:50 | |
was built on the old site of St Mary's Parish Church, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
and the Victorian architect John Loughborough Pearson incorporated it into the new structure, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:58 | |
so it's a wonderful piece of conservation. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
Now, little did Mr Pearson know that the modern wonder of television | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
would one day enable hundreds of people not just to come in here and worship, | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
but to have their antiques valued by our team of experts, led by Mr David Barby and David Fletcher. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:14 | |
-I've got a lovely Georg Jensen ring here. -OK, let's have a look at that, then. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
The first lot David Fletcher ever sold as an auctioneer was a live rabbit, | 0:01:21 | 0:01:25 | |
but he couldn't get anyone to bid on it so he ended up buying it himself. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
No, I don't know what happened to the rabbit, but | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
fingers crossed his items interest the bidders in today's programme. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:34 | |
Look at the state of those handles! | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
And today our Flog It! boy David Barby turns on his trademark charm | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
when Marianne and Rebecca bring in an Art Deco brooch. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
How long ago did you buy this? | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
-30, 40 years ago. -So you were very astute when you were ten. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Yeah, abso... Oh, you flatterer, you! | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
Barbara comes on behalf of her son with a diamond ring, but we never quite hear the whole story. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:02 | |
-I wonder if it might have belonged to an ex-girlfriend. -I'm not saying a word. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
And there's huge excitement in the auction room when one of our items exceeds all expectations. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:12 | |
But which one will it be? | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
This is madness! | 0:02:15 | 0:02:16 | |
Before all that, we're getting the queue into the cathedral | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
so our team of experts can get on with the enormous task of valuing every single item. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
What you are looking at here? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
We've got a couple of things. We've got a nice little Cartier lighter, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
-but as I was explaining to this gentleman, basically... -Hi. -Smoking's not very PC at the moment. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
No. And how much is that worth? | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
If that was to go into auction I'd put a presale estimate on it of about 60 to 100 and keep it low, | 0:02:37 | 0:02:43 | |
-but it could make around the £100 mark. -Well done. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Well, it looks like David Barby has spotted a real curio. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
Let's see what it's all about, shall we? | 0:02:49 | 0:02:50 | |
It's actually a table full of corkscrews, which Frank has bought in. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
-Were you in the sort of publican trade? -No, no. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
So where did you get all these corkscrews from? | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
My brother collected them. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
I didn't know he collected them until... | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
his daughter gave me a box full of corkscrews after he'd died and I've had them in a wardrobe for years. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:13 | |
I think they're fascinating. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:14 | |
They cover a wide period from the late 19th century, which is | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
this one here, very sort of Art Nouveau inspired. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
And then you've got natural olive branch examples here. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:27 | |
Novelty brass ones from the 1930s and '50s, and then you've got some | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
interesting ones which were probably produced anything from the '20s right through to the present time. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:38 | |
-I just want to ask you one question. -What's that? -What's that for? | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
Ah, that's an interesting one because this is for opening bottles of port... | 0:03:41 | 0:03:47 | |
-Oh. -..where the ends have been sealed with wax. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
-So, they would tap away the wax before they used the corkscrew section. -Oh, I see. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
Now, there are collectors of corkscrews. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
You haven't got any of the real valuable ones, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
-the bronze and ivory ones dating from the 19th century. -No. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
These are all comparatively recent, apart from the one in the middle. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
So I think we're looking at a price range maybe round about £40 to £60. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:16 | |
-Yeah. -If they go any more, I shall be delighted for you. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
-And me. -But somehow... Somehow I don't think they will. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
I'm going to ask you whether in fact you want to put a reserve on them... | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
-Not... -Or whether in fact you just want to sell them? -Just to sell them. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
-Just sell them. -Yeah. -So if they went for £10, you wouldn't be upset. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
-Not really, no. -You just want them out of the house! | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
-Yeah. -Well, I hope we can do well for you. Put it there. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
Thank you very much indeed. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Hopefully we'll do better than a tenner for Frank's inherited corkscrews. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
Many people bring in items to the valuation day that have been handed down from generation to generation. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:52 | |
Some have brought them as an investment, but often they're just gifts, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
like Heather's Minton plates, which have caught David Fletcher's experienced eye. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
I love these plates. How did you come by them? | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
I went to help an elderly friend to move furniture. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
When I went to see her some days later, they were wrapped up | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
-in newspaper and she said, "Heather, would you like these plates..." -Gosh. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
-"Because I haven't got room for them." -So you acquired them... | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
-A gift. -A tip, a gift in return for a favour rendered. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
-Yes, yes. -Now, they would date from the 1870s or the 1880s | 0:05:21 | 0:05:29 | |
and they are in the so-called Aesthetic style manner. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
I think when we think of the Aesthetic movement we think of | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
one man in particular, a chap called EW Godwin, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
who designed Japanese-style furniture, and he liked | 0:05:40 | 0:05:45 | |
to decorate rooms with blue and white china like this. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
Oscar Wilde talked about his love of blue and whites. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
It was extremely fashionable at the time and of course it has an oriental origin. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
This dish in particular I think is great fun. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
-Not only is it decorative, but it's also amusing, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:07 | |
These little frogs are sitting here looking as if they've had a jolly good meal, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:12 | |
relaxing in the sun on a lily pad. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
Unbeknown to them they look as if they're about to be gobbled up... | 0:06:14 | 0:06:20 | |
-Yeah. -By the fishes. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Let's just turn this one over. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
And we can see the Minton factory mark. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
Now, Minton was one of the great Staffordshire factories | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
founded in the late 18th century in Stoke on Trent. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
-Very helpfully, the Minton factory used a system of date coding. -Yeah. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
So we can tell this dish, and presumably this one as well, was made in 1881. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:49 | |
-Have you any idea what they might be worth? -No. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
I can see these doing really quite well. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
I would have thought that we could expect them | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
to make between £100 and £150. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
-I would therefore suggest a reserve of 100... -That's fine. -On the lower estimate. -Yes, that's fine. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:08 | |
And who knows, they're so striking, they might just make more than that. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:13 | |
-Good. -Thank you very much. I'll look forward to seeing you at the sale. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
-I will, too. -Indeed, we'll be seeing Heather and her plates at the auction. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
Now, occasionally people don't want to sell, but they do want to find out more about their treasures. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:26 | |
Now, here's a little teaser. Look at that. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
It looks like something off a Christmas tree, doesn't it? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
It's made of glass. What do you think that is, do you know? | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
-I've got no idea. -I think it might be a hand grenade. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
Close. It is something you actually throw. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
These were made from around about... | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
Yes, 1870 to 1900. The Victorians had them. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
They hung them on the wall in brackets | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
and they were for extinguishing fires, believe it or not. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
You actually, she was nearly right, threw them into the fire and it put it out | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
because there was a little stopper in there made of cork which was sealed with cement and that | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
was full of carbon tetrachloride, and if you threw that into the fire, | 0:07:59 | 0:08:04 | |
hopefully it would extinguish it. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
But value-wise, if you put that into auction, that would fetch around £20 to £40. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
Wouldn't set the world on fire. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
But this amethyst and pearl brooch that belongs to mother and daughter | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
Mariana and Rebecca could do just that. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
This is lovely. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
It's something that I acquired many, many years ago. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
Where, I can't quite remember. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
-Did you pay a fantastic amount for it? -No. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
-No, you didn't. -I don't know what I paid, but it wouldn't have been very much. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
How long ago did you buy this? | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
Years ago. I mean, maybe 30, 40 years ago. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
So you were very astute when you were ten. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Yeah, abso... | 0:08:44 | 0:08:45 | |
-Oh! Oh, you flatterer, you! -This... | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
This is a lovely piece of French jewellery. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
-Yes. -The exquisite point of this is the design and the materials used, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:57 | |
so they've got a silver framework and then if we think of these as wings... | 0:08:57 | 0:09:03 | |
-Yes. -They're filled with a see-through enamel... | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
-Yes. -And it's called plique-a-jour. -Plique-a-jour. -Plique-a-jour. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
-Lovely name. -Open to the light, you see through it. -Yes. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
-And then we have this combination of amethyst and these delicate pearls, real pearls. -Yes. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:20 | |
And that is a typical arrangement for jewellery of the Art Nouveau period. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:25 | |
There were so many makers. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
Lalique produced jewellery like this, but there's no marks on this particular piece. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
-No, I was going to say. -So it's not in that sort of league. -No. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
-So, I think we're probably looking at something in the region of about £300 to £400. -Wow! | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
-That sounds most exciting! -Yeah, very exciting. -Gosh. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
And I think the reserve again ought to be tucked under the lower figure. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
-We should talk in terms of probably about £250. -OK. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
-And you'll be there to witness it. -Certainly. -Will you be there, Rebecca? -I do hope so. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
I hope I've invited at least to see my heirloom go... Go out the window! | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
-I'm just wondering who's going to bring the champagne. -I don't know! | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
-We'll wait until after it's sold! -Yes. -Thank you very much for coming along, both of you. -Thank you. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
Well, we've now found our first batch of items to take off to | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
auction, and this is where it gets exciting, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
because you just don't know what is going to happen. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
Somebody is going to go home with an awful lot of money, it might be you, | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
but we're going to put our experts' valuations to the test right now. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
They're normally pretty good, aren't they? | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
-I'm sure. -They are, aren't they? They do a proper job. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
The auction is at Jefferys in Lostwithiel, 22 miles up the road from Truro. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:35 | |
Well, that's a good sign, they're starting young down here | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
in Cornwall. I hope she's bidding! | 0:10:39 | 0:10:40 | |
There are over 1,000 lots in this antique and modern furniture and | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
effects sale, including everything from garden furniture to jewellery. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
If you're thinking of buying something at auction, | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
take my advice and come to an auction preview day | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
where you can look around, take your time, | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
view the objects, buy a catalogue. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
All the information is printed on each lot, | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
and also, it'll tell you exactly what the buyer's premium is. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
Here today in Lostwithiel, it's 15% plus VAT. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
There's commission to pay if you buy something | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
or even if you sell something, so factor those costs in, won't you? | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
Make sure you've got enough money to pay for the item. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
We're in the business of selling, | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
and the first lot to go under the hammer is this corker of | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
a collection, although Frank doesn't want to hang on to it any longer. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
The pair of Minton plates were a gift to Heather, | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
and David Fletcher thinks their cheeky design could help them sell. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
And the amethyst and pearl brooch caught my eye | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
and has also caught the eye of our auctioneer, Ian Morris. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
This is one of the nicest things I've seen. It belongs to Mariana. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
We've got £300 to £500 on this and it's the most wonderful little Art Nouveau pendant, in a way, isn't it? | 0:11:51 | 0:11:56 | |
It's got all the characteristics of the Art Nouveau style | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
and Art Nouveau is quite in vogue. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
It is beautiful, isn't it? | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Nicely cut as well, good colour, | 0:12:05 | 0:12:06 | |
so hopefully, everything is right to try and get it sold. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
Would you have put three to five on that? | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
I probably wouldn't have been so brave as to put £300 to £500 | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
on that. I might have said... | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
£150 to £250 would have been more my kind of guesstimate. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:22 | |
There are a few types of items which you either do well | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
or don't get any interest in at all. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
-This is one, isn't it? -This is going to be one of those lots. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Why is that, do you think? | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
Jewellery is a very personal thing, | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
so unless two people really want it and fight over it... | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
We've 200 or 300 lots of jewellery every sale. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
A lot of items can easily get left on the shelf. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
Well, I hope with the Art Nouveau styling | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
that somebody likes the period enough to pay the money. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
The auction room is fit to burst. First up are | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
Frank's corkscrews which are driving him around the twist. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
-Happy with the valuation? -Yes, very happy. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
Let's hope we get the top end and they go with a good pop, eh, David? | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
Absolutely. Frank just wants to get rid of them because | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
you don't use them. If you don't use anything get rid of it. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
Exactly. We're looking for £40 to £60, Frank. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
18 assorted corkscrews there. Some nice examples. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
I have three bids and I've got to start at £70. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
-Well, straight in at 70! -70?! -Yes. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
At £70, the bid's on the books. At £70 I'm bid, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
but there is 18 of them. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
75. £80. 85. £90. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
-I wouldn't give a tenner for them! -At £90 I'm bid. Five or not? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
At £90. Five? Are we all done? I'm selling at the £90. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
-£90! -That's good! | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
-That's brilliant, brilliant! Isn't that good? -That's brilliant. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-How are you going to celebrate? -I'll buy some wine! | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
Who'd have thought they'd fly out of the auction room? | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
Frank certainly didn't, but he's thrilled with his £90. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
Luckily, he's got another corkscrew at home to open that wine! | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
The Minton plates are next, but I've got some bad news. | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
We've just been joined by Heather, and next up we've got | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
the two blue Minton plates, the Secession movement, | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
but unfortunately we had a little accident, as you know. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
Earlier on in the sale, a picture displaying over there on the wall | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
fell onto one of the plates. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:14 | |
Now, this does affect the value, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
because we had a fixed reserve at £100 with a value of £100 to £150. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
So, now we've only got one plate to sell. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
Well, my theory would be as follows. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
I suspect that the one remaining plate | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
will be worth about a third of what the pair would have been worth, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
but having said that, | 0:14:32 | 0:14:34 | |
I think the one that has survived is the better of the two. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
It's the amusing one decorated with the frog on the lily pad. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:41 | |
So, I'd be inclined to be thinking in terms of £50 or £60. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
I may be proved very wrong, but that's how I would... | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
The auctioneer is prepared to make up the difference to | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
the bottom end of the reserve. We're happy with that, aren't we? | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
-Yes. -These things do happen. It was an accident. -Yes. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
It was a terrible accident. The good thing is nobody got hurt, though. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
Anyway, let's find out how this one Minton plate does, shall we? | 0:15:00 | 0:15:05 | |
Here we go. Good luck, Heather. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
What shall we say for it now? | 0:15:10 | 0:15:11 | |
Just the one. What shall we say for it now? | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
£80 away? £50 for one. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
£50? £30 to start me. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
£30 I'm bid. At £30 I'm bid. I'll take 5 if you want. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
35. £40. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
45. £50. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
-55. £60. 65. -This is good. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
At 65. At 65. At 65. 70 now. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:31 | |
At £65 I'm bid. At £65 I'm bid. £70. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
-75? 75. £80. -Oh, this is good. -It is good. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:39 | |
£90? £90. 95? 95. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
At 95. 100 now. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
At £95. 100 or not? 95. At 95. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
Brilliant, hammer's gone down at £95 | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
and he will make up the difference to 100. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
It would have been interesting to see what the pair would have made, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
-but it's academic. You've been very understanding. -That's all right. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
-And flying the flag for Kernow as well. -Oh, most definitely. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
What a good result! But a shame about the accident. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
The auctioneer has compensated Heather for the broken plate | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
and didn't charge her any commission, | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
so in the end, Heather was satisfied with the outcome. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
And now we've got Mariana and Rebecca | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
with their beautiful amethyst brooch. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
It's good to see you, and all I can say is fingers crossed. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
There's a lot of money riding on this one. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
-Yes. -A wonderful piece of jewellery. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
Why aren't you inheriting this? | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
We've already spent the money, so we may as well try and get it back now! | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
They had a superb meal last night. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
-Yes, we did. -Oh, did you? -And several bottles of, you know, hooch! | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
It's wonderful and it's going under the hammer | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
and hopefully, you're going home with lots of money. Here we go. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
Our lot 212 there. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
Some nice French amethyst and pearl brooch there | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
in the Art Nouveau style and some interest there. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
What shall we say? £200 quickly to start? | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
£200? 150 I'm bid. At 150. 160. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
180. 200. 220. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
240. 260. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
-I can't hear. -260, 270. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
280. 300. £300 there. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
At 300. At 300. 320 now. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
Come on, come on, come on! | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
At £300. 320 or not? At £300. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
-He's put the hammer down. It's gone, £300. -£300. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
-We did it. -Yeah, thank you. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
There is commission to pay. It's 15%. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
-Everyone has to pay that, whether you're buying or selling. -What?! | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
Not that as well! | 0:17:32 | 0:17:33 | |
That's how they earn their wages though, isn't it, let's face it. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
-Yeah. -Pays for all of this. -Of course, I know. Yes. -OK? -Yeah. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
-Had a good time? -Brilliant. -Absolutely. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
That's the end of our first visit to the auction room today. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
We are coming back later on, so don't go away, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
because I can guarantee one big surprise, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
but while we've been filming down here in Cornwall, | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
I took a trip out to sea to learn a traditional old skill. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
Take a look at this. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
With 326 miles of coastline and 49 ports, a huge variety of boats | 0:18:09 | 0:18:16 | |
bring back as many as 40 species of seafood to Cornish shores every day. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
And one of those species which conjures up an image | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
of romance and glamour is this, the oyster. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Now, that's a Pacific oyster, | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
which you find in all good seafood restaurants, and this, | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
well, that's a native Cornish oyster fished from the River Fal, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
which is just out there. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
The River Fal's shallow banks are perfect for oysters | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
and they've been fished ever since Roman times | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
when the beds were first laid with native oysters. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:47 | |
To prevent overfishing and to preserve the ecology of the area, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:52 | |
ancient rules allow only sail and hand dredgers | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
to be used in the waters here. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
Cornish families have been fishing for oysters for hundreds of years, | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
and the skill of dredging for them has been handed down | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
from generation to generation, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
but it can hardly be described as romantic and glamorous. Far from it. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
In fact, it's downright hard work. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
Tim Vinnicombe has been working the Fal since he was an 11-year-old lad, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
when his father got him out on to the water | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
in a special mini-sized boat. The business is a family affair. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
Tim's 84-year-old uncle still fishes in the bay | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
alongside his cousin and brother. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
We got the perfect day for it. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:30 | |
This whole stretch of water is known as the Carrick Roads. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
It's just off the Falmouth Harbour which is just over there, | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
which is the third naturally deepest harbour in the world, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
so we've got some prime fishing to do, haven't we, Tim? | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
-What? -A lot of fishing to do here. -Oh, yes, yes. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
So this is in your blood, isn't it? | 0:19:46 | 0:19:47 | |
-Absolutely, yeah. I mean, we're five generations. -Five? | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
-Yeah, five generations. -All working this boat? | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Yeah, all working on this fishery. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
This boat goes back to 1923 when we bought her. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
-It's quite primitive, isn't it? -Yeah. -It is. -It is, yeah. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
I mean, it's been unchanged for hundreds of years. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
Apparently, the design of the dredge is Roman. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
-It's as simple as that, isn't it? -Yeah. It's very kind to the seabed. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
It just goes along, it chips and some of the shells and oysters | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
go in and some don't, and you catch | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
little crustaceans and crabs, but it doesn't damage anything. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
-It keeps you fit, Tim. -Yeah! | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
That's a real nice oyster. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
First one. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:30 | |
-Molluscs! -That's a small oyster, you see? | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
-Not big enough. -No. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
Gosh, out of all of that, we've got two so far. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
Yeah, two good ones. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
'At the height of the season, as many as 100 oysters can come up | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
'in a single dredge, although most of them will be too small. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
'And it's not all oysters. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
'The dredge brings up scallops, whelks, | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
'starfish and a variety of sea creatures. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
'It's all tipped back once Tim has sifted through.' | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
Tim's now put about six dredging nets over the side | 0:20:57 | 0:21:01 | |
and we've probably got, what, six oysters? | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
No. Yeah, about that. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:06 | |
'It's definitely hard work and made even tougher by the strict rules. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:11 | |
'Oyster fishing is only allowed in the bay between 9am and 3pm | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
'and from October to March. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
'Plus, each oyster has to be more than two inches in diameter, | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
otherwise, it must be put back in the water. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
-If he sits in the ring, he's legal. -Gosh, just! | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
I can't let Tim do all the hard work, can I? | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
Put a pair of gloves on, I'm going to pull a couple out myself. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
Ooh! | 0:21:35 | 0:21:36 | |
Well, here you go, look. That is | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
the end of the drift. That is our morning's work! | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
But I've thoroughly enjoyed being in the Carrick Roads with Tim, | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
and I just hope this boat continues to earn its living | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
-for many, many generations to come. Thank you, Tim. -You're welcome. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
What a way to spend a day in one of my favourite parts of the world. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
Absolutely fantastic! | 0:22:09 | 0:22:10 | |
Our team of Flog It! experts | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
examine every single item at our valuation days. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
At Truro Cathedral, David Fletcher has turned up | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
a wonderful piece of jewellery that belongs to Barbara's son, Nigel. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:33 | |
-What can you tell me about it? -Well, I had a telephone call from my | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
son last night urgently saying, "Mum, I've heard Flog It! is coming, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
"could you possibly take this ring for me?" | 0:22:42 | 0:22:44 | |
They've decided that they'd like to sell it | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
simply because their eldest daughter, Rhianna, | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
needs to go on a trip with school which is £250, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
-and for Cornwall, that's an awful lot of money! -Good. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
So it belongs to your son. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:00 | |
-Yes. -Does it have any sentimental attachment to him? | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
I've no idea. That's something you would have to ask him. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
Might it have belonged to an ex-girlfriend? | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
-I'm not saying a word! -It's a platinum ring. -Yes. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
And it was made in London. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
The hallmarks tell us that. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
-And it's set with nine graduated diamonds. -Yes. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:21 | |
So called channel set, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:22 | |
which means the diamonds are recessed in the band itself. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
Very collectable, very fashionable sort of ring. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
The sort of thing that endures. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
It could be worn just as easily today as it could have been worn | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
when it was new, probably about 30 or 40 years ago. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
So it's going to cost £250 to send Rhianna off on her course. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
I don't think we're going to get £250 for it. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
You don't? | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
But a contribution would help. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:50 | |
Of course it would. Would you put a reserve on it? | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
-I'm thinking in terms of the figure in the region of £180 to £220. -OK. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
Somewhere around the £200 mark and I would suggest a reserve of 180. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:03 | |
-Right. -I hope we'll get £180 for it. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
Who knows, we might get 250. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:07 | |
-You'll make one little girl very happy. -That's good. -Yes, you will. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
Well, we aim to make our sellers happy, | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
although it always comes down to the bidders in the auction room. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
Expert David Barby is often on the money, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
but will that be the case with Elaine's pot? | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
Elaine, I'm fascinated by this lovely little box | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
with its crystal base and its silver mounted top. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
It has a special purpose. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
Now, you've always had this, have you? | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
It's not something that I remember from childhood, really, | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
but I ended up with it rather than my two sisters. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
So what did you do with it? Did it go on your dressing table? | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
It used to do and I used to keep cotton wool balls in it, | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
and then I got fed up of cleaning it and now I use it... | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
-For what? -Dog treats. -Dog treats? | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
You put dog treats in there? | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
-Yeah. -What sort of dog treats? | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
Well, there's one in there. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:05 | |
When the dog's being good, and the top makes a noise, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
he gets one of those to eat. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
-I've never tried them. -I'm going to give you that one back. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
I'm hungry, I nearly bit it! | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
-This is lovely and it's not for dog treats. -Oh, right. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
This would have been intended possibly for, | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
I would think, a lady, and you were close, too, when you said | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
you put cotton wool balls in there, because this has a special purpose. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
It may be that it contained powder | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
or it may be that it contains these newfangled cotton-wool balls | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
-or little bits of lint. -Right. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
Because it has a two-way mirror on the top, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
so when I look here, I can see myself reflected normally, | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
and then I just open it up like this, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
work it on this gimbal here, turn the mirror round | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
and there, unfortunately, is an enlarged image of myself. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
And just at the side there, can you see that? | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
There's a little grip, so you can get your finger in | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
to lift it up and down. But what is important is this - | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
it was made in London by quite a well-known, important silversmith | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
of the early part of the 20th century. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
It's the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
who made quality, quality items, so I think we're looking at a price range, | 0:26:22 | 0:26:29 | |
-maybe, round about 80 to 120. -Really? | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
That sort of price range. I think it's lovely. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
-It's the sort of novelty item that appeals to collectors. -Oh, right. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
But we've got to put a reserve on it, and I would hate it to go below... | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
Shall I say £60? | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
-Oh, that's very nice. -So what shall we do, put a reserve of £60 on it? | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
That would be lovely. I thought, you know, maybe £10. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
Well, just think of how many dog treats you can buy with £60! | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
Elaine will have to get another container for all those dog treats | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
as this little beauty is going under the hammer very soon. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
Not everyone wants to be featured on the show, | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
so they put their unsuspecting relatives forward. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
Stacey's here on behalf of her mother, | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
who wants to sell this old doll. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
Is this yours? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:16 | |
-No, it's my mum's. -Right. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:17 | |
It was given to her after my grandmother died, and it was my | 0:27:17 | 0:27:22 | |
great-grandmother's before that, but it's just been kept up in | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
the attic in a box, so it wasn't until my grandmother died | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
that we actually found it in a box and retrieved it. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
-Now, it dates, I suppose, from the late 19th century. -Right. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:39 | |
I would have said 1890, possibly just into the early 1900s. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:44 | |
She's a bisque doll, as I'm sure you know, which means she's a china doll. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:50 | |
The bisque is French for biscuit, and it means unglazed. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
Now, I think she must have been made in Germany, | 0:27:55 | 0:28:00 | |
although, if we quickly turn her over, | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
there's nothing to substantiate that. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:06 | |
So often, if you look on the back of the neck of a doll like this, | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
you can see a factory mark saying, "Made In Germany," | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
-but in this case, there's nothing. -No. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
I must say, to be a little bit rude, | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
-the quality is not the best I've seen. -No. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
She wasn't made by the very best doll manufacturer. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:26 | |
-You can tell that, really, I think just by looking at the arms. -Yeah. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
The way you see that mould running down there. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
-OK. -I think a really good manufacturer, whilst the china | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
-was still wet, would have just taken that ridge out. -Yeah. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
Do you like it? | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
I don't mind the body, but I don't like the eyes. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
Why don't you like the eyes? | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
-They're a bit scary. -They are a bit starey, aren't they? -Yeah. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:51 | |
And that's another thing. On some dolls of this period, you'd have | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
found the eyes would have closed, so when you'd have sat her up... | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
-Yeah. -But these are fixed. -OK. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:01 | |
And to be, again, hypercritical, | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
she's got a closed mouth, | 0:29:03 | 0:29:04 | |
and collectors of dolls do like an open mouth. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
Having said that, and having sounded as if I'm being a bit dismissive, | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
there are collectors in this field, as you might imagine. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
I think that she's going to make somewhere in the region | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
-of £60 to £100. -OK. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
And I'd like to suggest a fixed reserve of £50. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
-Brilliant. -OK? -Yeah. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
We'll find out exactly how much she makes shortly, when all our | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
remaining items go up for sale | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
at Jefferys Auctioneers in Lostwithiel. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
David Fletcher's got his fingers crossed that the diamond ring | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
will fly out of the auction room. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
Elaine was in the doghouse when David Barby found out | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
she kept treats for her pooches in her crystal and silver pot. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:55 | |
Stacey's mother's doll has been living unloved in the attic, | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
so it's time to sell, but what does our auctioneer Ian Morris think it'll fetch? | 0:29:58 | 0:30:03 | |
This lot caused a bit of a stir. Stacey brought this in. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
It belongs to her mother. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
You either love them or you hate them. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:10 | |
There's lots of doll collectors, and I'm sure they will love | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
to get their hands on this little figure, | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
because we've only got £60 to £100 put on this. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
It's a nice doll. It's certainly got a bit of age to it. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:22 | |
What I do like is the neck which swivels, | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
which you don't first of all see underneath the pearl necklace. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:29 | |
Pearls nice as well, | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
little things that you don't normally see on a doll. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
Has there been much interest? | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
There's three telephone lines bid so far. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
So it's going to easily clear £100. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
Hopefully do two to three? | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
-I would stick in the 250 to 350 bracket. -OK. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-I think I'll be confident at that. -That's fabulous. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
That's such good news. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
That's so exciting! We'll find out if the doll collectors | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
are out in force very soon. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:52 | |
Now, remember that fabulous platinum ring with the diamonds? | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
Well, it's just about to go under the hammer with a value of | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
£180 to £220. It belongs to Barbara, | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
but unfortunately, she can't be here. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
We've got the ring and we do have Barbara's daughter-in-law, Jane. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
It's good to see you. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
The money is going towards your daughter's school trip. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
-Yeah. -Where does she want to go? | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
-It's to Okehampton for an adventure holiday. -Really! OK. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
I'm sure we can manage that, can't we, David? | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
I think this is the sort of ring that can appeal to everyone. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
Simple, understated. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:26 | |
I love platinum. Looks good. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:28 | |
Let's find out what the bidders think. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:30 | |
Here we go, it's under the hammer now. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:32 | |
It's a ladies half-eternity platinum ring | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
set with nine graduated diamonds. London hallmark. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:38 | |
Can I say £200 away? | 0:31:38 | 0:31:39 | |
£100 to start me? | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
Not so good. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
£100 I'm bid. At 100. 110. 120. 130. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
140. 150. 160. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
170. 180. 190. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
I can't see where the bids are coming from. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
210? 210. 220? 220. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:56 | |
230? 230. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
230 to my left, then. At 230. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
At 230. 240 or not? Are we all done? | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
£230 it's on now. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
-Yes. 230. -Very good, thank you. -You have to get on the phone. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:11 | |
What is she doing in Okehampton? | 0:32:11 | 0:32:12 | |
It's a residential adventure holiday. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:15 | |
That's absolutely fabulous, £230. That gets her off to Okehampton! | 0:32:15 | 0:32:19 | |
Just above the top estimate, what a good start! | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
Now, I can't believe this silver and crystal pot | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
was used as a container for dog treats! | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
I think the bidders might have | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
different ideas about what to use it for. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:32 | |
Coming up now, we've got a wonderful silver powder pot dated 1908, | 0:32:34 | 0:32:38 | |
and it belongs to Elaine, who's just joined me. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
In fact, just before the valuation day this contained dog treats. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
This was a little container for dog treats, wasn't it? | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
-On the dressing table. -With the dog treats in it. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
-And what dog have you got? -A boxer. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
-How lovely. -A rescue dog. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:54 | |
Oh, wonderful. They slobber a lot, though, don't they? | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
-Yes. -Yeah, they do slobber. | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
-A design fault. -David's sort of looking at us. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
-He's a cat man. -Yeah, I'm a cat man, really. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
-But you've just taken on a cat, haven't you? -Yes, I have. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
It's just turned up on our doorstep. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
But this is a lovely piece of dressing table equipment. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
It had the insert mirror at the top | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
and it's angled so you can adjust it to close up or some distance. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
It's quality, absolute quality, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
and I think it's going to go to a new home. 80 to 120, it's bound to! | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
Let's see what the bidders think. Here we go. Wave goodbye. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:26 | |
It's a crystal silver powder pot with a London hallmark there, 1908. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:31 | |
What shall we say for that one very quickly? £80 away? £50 away? | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
£50 I'm bid. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
£50 I'm bid. At £50 I'm bid. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
I'll take five to get on. 55. 60. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
5. 70. At £70. The bid's in the middle. 75. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:47 | |
-It's going. -85? 85. -It's gone. -£90? | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
85 to my right. At £85 I'm bid. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
90 or not? We're done at £85. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
Oh, it's done! £85. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
-That's good. -That's very good. Are you happy? | 0:33:56 | 0:33:59 | |
-Yes, very. -Lots of dog treats? | 0:33:59 | 0:34:00 | |
Yeah, maybe a dog passport. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
A dog passport! Really, taking the dog abroad? | 0:34:02 | 0:34:05 | |
-Might do, yeah. -Over to France or something? | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
Yeah. We've got a boat, so it would be nice to take him... | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
Oh, how lovely! Hey, what a spoilt boxer dog! | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
So that's another one of our sellers | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
off on their travels thanks to Flog It!, | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
but will Stacey be in for a treat | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
when her mother's doll goes under the hammer? | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
Next up, that 19th-century bisque doll. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:25 | |
It belongs to Stacey who's right next to me now. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
Remember what the auctioneer said? | 0:34:28 | 0:34:30 | |
Well, we heard what David said at the valuation day, £60 to £100, OK? | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
-Yeah. -Happy with that? £60 to £100? | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
Yes, yeah, we want it to go. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:37 | |
Stacey doesn't like it. You think it's spooky. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
It's got scary eyes, so, yeah. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
I think it's spooky, as well. Do you? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
I think it's OK. Your mum doesn't like it either, does she? | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
-No, we don't. -Is it something you'd buy? | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
-No. -Not really. -But it's... | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
But I don't get spooked by it. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
That's the way they were. They made them to look realistic. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:57 | |
Now, the auctioneer said to me there's been a lot of interest, | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
a great deal of interest. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
-Right. -So it's quite a rare one. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:03 | |
-OK. -Hopefully, the doll collectors are here today in Lostwithiel, | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
because we've got a packed auction room and we could have a surprise. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
When I pushed him, I said, "Come on, Ian, put your neck on the block, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
"what do you think it could do on a good day?" | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
-he said, "I'm pretty confident at £300 plus." -Oh! | 0:35:16 | 0:35:20 | |
-Crikey. -Right. -My mum will be pleased. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
Lot 617 there, the late-19th-century | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
continental bisque porcelain doll. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
17 inches high and a silk dress there. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
A lot of interest in this lot and I've got two bids on the books | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
and I'm going to start at £200. At £200 I'm bid. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
220. 240. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
260. 280. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:40 | |
300. 320. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:41 | |
340. 360. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
380. 400. 420. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
-At 420. -Stacey! | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
We're on a lot of money. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
Look, everybody wants it! Everybody wants this! | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
440 on the first phone, there. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
At 440. 460. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:55 | |
At 460. 480? 480. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
500. 520? | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
520. 540? | 0:36:00 | 0:36:02 | |
540. 560? | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
560. 580? | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
-580. 600? -Ten times my estimate. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
-Yeah. -620? 620. 640? | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
-This is bonkers! -640. 660? | 0:36:14 | 0:36:15 | |
660. 680? 680. 700? | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
You're in the money! | 0:36:19 | 0:36:20 | |
-My mum is! -740. 760? | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
780? 800? 800. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
And 20? 840. 860? | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
880. 900? | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
Two people are stuck in like Jack Russells | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
wrestling with an old sock and won't let go. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
They really want this. That's the beauty of auctions. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
980. 1,000? | 0:36:41 | 0:36:42 | |
My dad's not going to believe this. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
1,100. And 50? | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
-It's not stopping! -1,150. 1,200? | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
1,250? | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
1,250. 1,300? | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
Gosh! What were you saying, David, 50 to 100? | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
I'm sorry! | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
1,400. 1,450? | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
1,450! Do you need a chair? I think I do. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
1,650? | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
1,600 there. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
They're just not letting go. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
-At £1,600 I'm bid. Is it 50 anywhere? -Yes. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
At £1,600 on one of the phones. It's £1,600. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
On the phone. Cor! Don't you just love auctions? | 0:37:18 | 0:37:21 | |
I told you someone was going home with a lot of money, didn't I? Wow! | 0:37:21 | 0:37:24 | |
-I cannot believe that! -Stacey! -£1,600! | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
I'm shaking. What's going through your mind? | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
I'm holding on to the sideboard. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:30 | |
I have to hand it to Ian, he knew far more about that doll than I did. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
-Congratulations to him. -Oh, thank you. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
Mum's going to have all the money, is she? | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
-I think it might be split between me and the grandchildren. -Good. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
Thank you for bringing it in. It's made our day. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
If you've got any antiques you want to sell, we would love to see you, | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
but you have to come to one of our valuation days, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
so check the details in your local press or log on to our website at - | 0:37:52 | 0:37:58 | |
Press F for Flog It! and follow the links, | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
and hopefully, we're near a town very close to you. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:04 | |
What a fitting end in Lostwithiel in the heart of Cornwall. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
It's wonderful to be back here. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:09 | |
The sun's shining, everybody's been fabulous. Good old Kernow! | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
I think we did a proper job. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 |