0:00:03 > 0:00:06This is the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing,
0:00:06 > 0:00:08the best location in town with a view to die for.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12It's played host to every variety act you could think of,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15but today, something really special is taking place in there.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Welcome to Flog It!
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Well, here I am on the promenade at Worthing, down on the south coast.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But where are all the people? I'll tell you where they are.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51It starts here. That's the end of the queue.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hundreds have turned up laden with bags and boxes
0:00:54 > 0:00:57full of antiques and treasures for our valuation day.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58We've got experts on hand.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00They all want to know what it's worth,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02and when they find out, what will they do?
0:01:02 > 0:01:03ALL: Flog It!
0:01:07 > 0:01:12On the stage today, David Fletcher's a gentleman auctioneer,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14who started out selling livestock.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Now he's a dogged expert on antiques.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Not signed?- I don't think so, no.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Were it signed, it would be of some value.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The other half of our double act is Michael Baggot.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Good morning.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36He did his first antiques deal at 11 and hasn't looked back since.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Good Lord, look at that! Unbroken.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42You've never yielded to the temptation to open them? Very good.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Coming up, Janet's got something scary to show me.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Imagine finding that at the end of the bed, waking up one night.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Michael thinks he might be on to a winner.
0:01:54 > 0:01:5518.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Gladstone, historic Prime Minister.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02A little scrap of paper bearing that great man's signature.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05That is of collectable interest.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10And a tiny piece of Doulton has David playing cat and mouse with Carl.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16You're going to make a profit but I don't want you telling me you want £300 for it.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19It's not going to make £300.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Although you think it might, by the sounds of it.- Definitely.- OK.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Find out later what David thinks it's worth and who's proved right at auction.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Look at that. Game on.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Everybody is now safely seated inside the Pavilion Theatre and it looks like a full house.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47So, are you ready for Act One? Well, I am, most definitely.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Our curtain-raiser today is a theatre playbill, brought in by Cindy.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- She's with David. - Hello, Cindy.- Hello.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Every now and then we see something which gives us an insight to a bygone age.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- And by George this does, doesn't it?- It does rather.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It advertises a series of events
0:03:04 > 0:03:07to be hosted by the Royal Dramatic College
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- at the Crystal Palace in 1865.- Yes.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Now the Crystal Palace was built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Now, how did you come by it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24I did a little cleaning job for a lady that was retired.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30And she had this on her wall. When she had to move into a residential home,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33she offered it to me along with a couple of other bits.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36The list of events it describes are fantastic.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41One of the ones which caught my eye was Wombwell's Menagerie.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Wombwell's Menagerie was well known. I would have expected them to be top of the bill.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51And they advertise lions, tigers, panthers, bears.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56"The lion weighs from 7 to 800 lbs
0:03:56 > 0:04:02"and is allowed by all who have seen him to be the finest in captivity."
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- They don't hold back, do they, these Victorians?- No!
0:04:06 > 0:04:09They think they've got something good, they tell you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13But just to make sure we don't get too light-hearted about all this,
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- there is a lecture here on comparative anatomy.- Right.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20So after you've been to Wombwell's circus
0:04:20 > 0:04:26and you've seen the amazing brothers and the gypsy cave and the fairy post office,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29you can take in something a little more cerebral
0:04:29 > 0:04:33and go off to a lecture on anatomy.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Fantastic. The Victorians loved this sort of thing.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43- I notice that the occasion or event took place on Saturday and Monday, not on Sunday.- Not on Sunday.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- That's interesting, isn't it? - Church day.- Sunday being a day of rest, exactly.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- It's printed on silk.- I think so, it's got a shine to it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- And that suggests it might have been sold as a scarf, perhaps?- OK.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Otherwise, why not just print it on paper?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I don't think it's hugely valuable.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06In fact, if you're thinking in terms of selling it,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- you should be prepared to sell without reserve.- Right, yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15I hope the auctioneers will agree with me that we should estimate it at say £20 - £30.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18But I wouldn't want to put too high an estimate on it because
0:05:18 > 0:05:24- in the great scheme of things it doesn't have that intrinsic value that collectors like.- No.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Would you be happy with that? - Very happy.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29And the lady who owned it would like that, do you think?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32She'd probably say, "Go on, Cindy, see what you can get for it."
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Good for you, Cindy, we love a determined seller on Flog It!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43It's all in here. Hang on.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52What's in there?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56This is the bit I like, where people open the boxes. It's the reveal.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Look at that!
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- It was presented to a person who used to work at Hoover. - Right. OK.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07That is a copy of one of the first automatic washing machines.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- That was presented to him as a leaving gift.- Was it?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- That's never, ever been used. - How lovely.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Well it is lovely, but sadly not coming to auction.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24But this little gem is. Michael is entranced by the silver jug belonging to Pam.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It wouldn't be a Flog It! for me unless I saw a lovely bit of silver,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and you kindly obliged by bringing this jug along.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Where did you get it from?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It was a gift from an elderly neighbour and friend.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Have you got any idea how old it is, where it was made? - No idea whatsoever.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Most silver should have a set of hallmarks. And we've got the hallmarks there.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Sadly the central mark, which is the maker's mark, was just lightly struck when it was punched
0:06:51 > 0:06:52because it's on a curved surface.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56So rather than hitting the punch down flat and making a good impression,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- they've just caught the edge of it. - Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04I can't make that out but about half of these jugs were made by David Mowden,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08who was working in London, so there's a very good chance it's by him.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12What we have got, struck nice and clear though, the sterling mark,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17and we've got the crowned leopard's head which is the London town mark.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22And most importantly the date letter, which is a Gothic A, and that's for 1756.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Oh.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29- So you've actually got a little George II silver tripod cream jug. - I am surprised.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33And you've got these little cast squat feet,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35and this leaf cap scroll handle.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39And what's most attractive is this lovely scalloped and waved rim.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44It's actually one of the cheaper bits of silver you could buy in the 18th century,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46there's not a great deal of weight to it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51You can imagine these handles being cast in quite a large number, as were the feet.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56The nice thing about yours is that it's come down in perfect condition.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01I'd say half of these were got at during the 19th century
0:08:01 > 0:08:06and the Victorians had a delight in chasing them with flowers and berries and figures.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10At the time it was jollying up something that was completely out of fashion.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14But of course it ruins the Georgian original for collectors.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18And we've got the original owner's initials on the base there.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- I'd never noticed that. - Any idea of its value?- No idea.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26As I say, they were made in relatively large numbers,
0:08:26 > 0:08:31and this is the sort of thing that someone would buy who is just starting to collect silver.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32It's very much entry level.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Let's put £100 - £150 on it.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Let's put a fixed reserve of £90. It won't go under that.- Good.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44But I'm sure a collector will love and enjoy that, so let's hope it does really well for you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59As this is a theatre, I thought I'd do my next valuation right on the stage here
0:08:59 > 0:09:02so we can keep an eye on what's going on behind us.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03I've been joined by Janet.
0:09:03 > 0:09:09We've got something that will appeal to the macabre, somebody with a wacky sense of humour.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11And it's right here. Janet's holding it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14That is pretty wacky, isn't it?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17What is a lady like you doing owning something like this?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Well, a lady that lived near me, I was friends with her and her husband.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26He died, and I used to go and visit her.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30She was throwing several things out and this was amongst it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34She said it was her grandfather's, and he did sail a ship.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39- Obviously it caught your eye. - It did, although it's not nice to look at, for me,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43but I thought don't throw that out. I'll have that.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49Well, it is a little vessel for holding tobacco, isn't it? That is definitely pear wood.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Definitely. And this is turned on a lathe, as you can see.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The little frog's applied afterwards.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00The inside has been hollowed out on a lathe and then they've left this length of pear wood
0:10:00 > 0:10:06as it came off the branch and then they've chip-carved a wonderful skull. Look at that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11All the teeth have been carved by hand into the pear wood.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17- And this is bone, by the way. - I did think ivory.- This little snake weaving through the eye sockets.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21But where the inspiration came, well, I don't know.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Somebody that had a fascination for pirates and voodoo.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Gosh, all sorts of spooky things.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- I love it but I wouldn't have it in my house.- No.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Where has this been in your house?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- It's in the shed.- I was going to say, not in the house.- No.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Definitely not. Shed, garage, anywhere but the house.- Yes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Imagine finding that at the end of the bed.- I know.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Waking up one night and going, "Ooh!"- Yes.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Any idea of its value? - No, not really.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Well, I think if you put this into auction we should be looking at £100 - £150.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02Because it's so out there, someone will like this. They really will.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Shall we call the valuation £100 - £150?- Yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Put a reserve at £100 and see what happens.- OK. Yes.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Let's say goodbye.- Yes. Goodbye!
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I hope I've got that valuation right.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19With unusual items like this, it's all about a gut feeling.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Well, we found some real gems. I think we've got one or two stunners,
0:11:24 > 0:11:28and we could have a few surprises. So let's get straight over to the auction room,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32have a chat with the auctioneer and see what the bidders think.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34And here's what we're taking with us:
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Cindy's Victorian theatre playbill dated 1865 and printed on silk.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43That 250-year-old silver cream jug belonging to Pam.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46And Janet's tobacco pot with its carved skull.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50She kept it in the shed because it was so scary.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56For our auction we're in Horsham,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but before the sale I had a chat with auctioneer Simon Langton
0:11:59 > 0:12:02to see what he made of the Victorian playbill.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I love this kind of item and I wondered if it was going too cheaply.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It's absolutely beautiful. Condition is superb, just looking at this.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14We've got a valuation of £20 - £30 on this.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18It's done well to last as long as it has. These things were throw-aways at the time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22This has been nicely framed. It's a good example of its type.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27You've got the date. Some really peculiar names, all these people of their day.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Surely this has got to be worth more than £20 - £30?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Well, there's nobody really famous on there.- Ah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You haven't got Buffalo Bill, Sir Henry Irving, people like that.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- OK, it is the Crystal Palace. - Yes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- But it's perhaps the third act as opposed to the first act.- Right.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- So 20 - 30 is about right.- Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48We won't be seeing any more topping the bill.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- I wouldn't think so. That's showbiz for you. - That is showbiz.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57And our playbill is the first item under the hammer.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Cindy's decided at the last minute to put a £20 reserve on it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04And it looks like she's brought the whole family along to the sale.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07My daughter Kylie and my granddaughter, Lily.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- How old's Lily? - She's a year a week tomorrow.- Bless!
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- Hiya. Hello.- Lily!- Lily!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19What are we selling? Well!
0:13:19 > 0:13:20So you've had this in the family quite a time.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- I've had it about 15 years actually.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25And did you have it on the wall?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Yes, I did.- You did for a bit. - My husband quite likes it.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- It's your husband that's instigated the reserve is it?- Yes.- OK.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- That's fair enough.- He said to me, "Actually, I quite like it."
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- He said, "I'll give you £20." - Did he?- OK.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42We had a chat about it. The auctioneer liked it, there's lots of history there.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45The thing is, if you had somebody in your family,
0:13:45 > 0:13:50past generations that actually performed in a play that was there,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53you've got to buy it, no matter how much it costs.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54It's an important piece of social history.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Let's find out what happens. Here we go.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01240 is a Victorian silk programme there.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Royal Dramatic College at Crystal Palace.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Numerous names of amusement and fun.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10What do we say for it? £20 for it?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Ten then. Come along now. I'm bid ten at the back.
0:14:13 > 0:14:1612. 14 you going. 16. 18 is it?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20At £18. 20 and two now, sir.
0:14:20 > 0:14:2422 right at the back. All done. Selling at 22. All done are we?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Lily nearly put in a late bid there. "Over here!" she said.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Yeah, that's right.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Well done, David. Spot on. Thanks for bringing the family in.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39And a wonderful piece of social history.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Not exactly a fortune but a spot-on estimate. And it's gone.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Next it's that 1756 silver cream jug belonging to Pam.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Why are you selling the cream jug now?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- It sits in the back of a cupboard. - Does it?- It does.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- That's what happens to silver when you don't want to polish it. - If it's not loved.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03But, the fact that Pam hasn't polished it means it's got this lovely patination to it.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- This is a pure, clean... - It's honest, that's what they say in the trade.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Very honest, very clean. - That's your favourite word. Honest condition.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14It's honest, guv. It's really honest.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I tell you what, it's a good time to sell silver as well.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Despite what other people might say, it's a very buoyant market.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Happy with all that?- Yes, very.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Shall we now find out what the bidders think?- Yes, please.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27OK. This is the real test. Here we go.
0:15:28 > 0:15:35840 is the George III 1765 cream jug.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36There it is. Handsome jug.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- I'm bid 70 and five, 80 and five, 90 and five.- Straight in. Sold.
0:15:41 > 0:15:48Ten, 20, 30, 140. 150. Are we all done and selling now?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52At £150. Done at £150 are you?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- £150.- Wonderful.- Top end.- How about that?- Very pleased with that.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Obviously there is commission to pay, here it is 15% plus VAT.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Wonderful.- That's a bit of spending money isn't it?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Yes, we're going on holiday very shortly.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- So it's towards the kitty.- It is. - Going anywhere lovely?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- South of France.- Are you? Do you speak any French?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Un petit peu.- A little bit. OK.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Thank you for translating, Paul. That's the extent of my knowledge.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Superbe! Now something that should attract the attention of some hard-core rock'n'rollers.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Busy salesroom. It's jam-packed and I'm on the lookout for Keith Richards.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I know he's in this room somewhere. I wish he was.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38He's the sort of character that would buy this next item.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I was the expert for it, I've just been joined by Janet, the owner of this lovely old skull.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- We've got to sell it. You don't want it back in the house.- No.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- And all the money has got to go towards the cats.- Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Tell us about the cats.
0:16:49 > 0:16:56- I've got a stray, and my own cat, but I do feed two others that come to me.- Do you?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58The word's got around now. All the cats are telling each other.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- "Get down to Janet's. There's free grub."- Yes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Well, let's see what this skull does, shall we?
0:17:04 > 0:17:09I really want this to sell but I'm having my doubts right now. Here we go.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17Lot 660 is the curious tobacco jar in the form of a skull. Here we are.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Bit of Eastern excitement there for you.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21What do we say for it? £100 for it do we say?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- I'm bid £100 straight in. - Straight in.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Do I see 110?
0:17:28 > 0:17:34At £100 then. And ten. 120. 130. 140.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Yes, we've done it. We've done it. Ever so pleased.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39At 150 now.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Selling now at £150. Are we all done, are we?
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- I'm ever so chuffed at that. - Bit more exciting than I thought it would be, that.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- I did have my doubts. When I arrived at this salesroom I thought, "Hmm, No".- Yes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59But, all credit to Simon, he's found the buyer. That's what it's all about.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Top end of the estimate and off to a new home.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11While we were filming down here in Sussex I just had to go off and explore
0:18:11 > 0:18:15the country retreat of one of our greatest female novelists.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Take a look at this.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31This very pretty unprepossessing house in the village of Rodmell
0:18:31 > 0:18:34was home to one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38It's Monk's House and it was Virginia Woolf's country retreat.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Virginia Woolf is the most famous British writer of the 1920s and 1930s.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Her work and her life are closely associated with women's rights.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54But she was a tortured genius who took her own life at the age of 59.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Virginia Woolf suffered from severe depression,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03and throughout her lifetime she experienced several nervous breakdowns.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08But during that period she never stopped writing - novels, journals, letters, diaries.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11And together with her husband, Leonard, she founded the Hogarth Press,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15which published works by authors such as TS Eliot and DH Lawrence.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Virginia and Leonard were members of the infamous Bloomsbury set,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25who soon adopted Monk's House as a regular retreat.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28They were intellectuals, artists and writers
0:19:28 > 0:19:33and the place was decorated in avant-garde style by various members of the group.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Monk's House was acquired by the National Trust in the 1980s.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41For the last ten years it's been looked after by Jonathan Zoob and his wife Caroline.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Very pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Do you know, as soon as I walked in to this house, it embraced me.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- Yeah.- It really did. It's like a mini Charleston. I love the artwork and the colours.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55It's a treasure trove of the whole spirit of the Bloomsbury Group.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59And not just the paintings. They painted every surface.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03That's just like Charleston. The table's been painted, the lampshades.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05There's a packet of cigars there. Are they yours,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07or is that a prop?
0:20:07 > 0:20:13No, those are the cigars that Virginia is known to have smoked.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18She would have sat there in that chair in front of the fire,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22the obvious place in a very cold, damp room like this.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28You've been here ten years, you can build up a picture of her.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Tell me a bit about the woman.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Well, she was a genius and obsessed with words.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39All her life she was focused on writing -
0:20:39 > 0:20:42it could have been letters to a friend,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46or her diaries which she kept every single day.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And of course her great works, the novels.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54She also was reviewing books, so she was just surrounded with words.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00I think she was writing at a time when men had all the political power and the wealth.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06Yeah. She was a proto-feminist in an era where that wasn't really fashionable.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11She wrote A Room Of One's Own about how she didn't just want to be an ordinary housewife,
0:21:11 > 0:21:18but that she wanted to have the space and freedom to devote herself to her work.
0:21:18 > 0:21:25Throughout the 1920s, she had a very close relationship with Vita Sackville-West.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Well, she was somebody who was maybe quite confused about her sexuality.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37She certainly explored some quite intimate relationships with other women.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Not just Vita Sackville-West but also the famous composer Ethel Smyth.
0:21:42 > 0:21:48I think this was part of the whole Bloomsbury experience, that they were experimenting
0:21:48 > 0:21:53in many of the ways in which they led their lives.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Monk's House was a retreat from the busy, chaotic London life.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01But Virginia's real retreat was the rambling garden,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06complete with orchard, which became an inspiration to her.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10In 1934, Leonard built this writing lodge especially for her.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15It's a marvellous writing studio - writing shed, in fact.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19It must be the most famous one in the world if you're talking sheds.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25It certainly is one of the most, and it's something that a lot of people come to see here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Where was she when she wrote those famous words of To The Lighthouse,
0:22:30 > 0:22:35and the paper that she wrote on, this blue paper.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Apparently she had bad eyes and didn't like white paper.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Just think how many famous people, 80 to 100 years ago, would have sat here
0:22:44 > 0:22:47under the canopy of this chestnut tree.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51They loved to come down here to work, but they entertained here as well.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56There are photographs of the Bloomsbury Group assembled
0:22:56 > 0:22:59on this very bit of terracing.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05People like EM Forster, TS Eliot, all came here and were all photographed here.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Despite her lifestyle and open relationships,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Virginia Woolf's heart belonged to Monk's House,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and the man she shared it with, Leonard.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And he did support her in everything she did, a loving man.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21And they had a great friendship right throughout their lives.
0:23:21 > 0:23:28Yes, and she, when she died, said in the letter that she left,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31"You have been the best husband that anyone could have been,"
0:23:31 > 0:23:37because she didn't want him to feel guilty about, "If only I had done this for her."
0:23:42 > 0:23:49After Virginia Woolf's death, Leonard continued to live here until his own death in 1969.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52This humble little house really does embody the spirit
0:23:52 > 0:23:55of one of the 20th century's greatest writers.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59It illuminates her life, and it's definitely well worth a visit.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Welcome back to the Pavilion here in Worthing.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17There's still plenty of people, plenty more valuations to do,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20so let's catch up with our experts.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Michael is with one of his fans.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Susan, thank you for bringing in this wonderful fan today.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Where does it come from?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Actually it belongs to a friend of mine.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- She was here this morning but had to leave for an interview.- Oh, no!
0:24:40 > 0:24:43So I am her representative.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- Do you know where she got it from? - It belonged to her mother.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50We don't know how long her mother had it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Well, first things first, we've got a box,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and everyone knows experts love boxes.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57And intriguingly,
0:24:57 > 0:25:03it seems to have little fragments of 18th-century writing inside.
0:25:03 > 0:25:10- Oh, really?- And it wasn't uncommon for these little papier-mache cases in the 18th century
0:25:10 > 0:25:12to be made from old bill heads or notes.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17They would stick them together and build up a case from that.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- So that's a very encouraging thing to see.- Oh, wonderful.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25And then we've got this sort of stamped paper applied to it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Originally this would have been a bright colour, a wonderful thing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Unfortunately you've got no top or bottom.- No.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And it's protected this wonderful fan.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37We've got ivory staves and guards.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40We've got these flowers and scrolls and bars.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44And then we've got these very simple pierced staves.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50And that's another good feature because a lot of the 19th-century fans are very elaborate.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55- A lot of the 18th-century ones, it's a much simpler form of piercing.- Right.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I've got to say, I'd probably place this on the turn.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03So late 18th, early 19th century.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07And then we've got this wonderful Chinese paper,
0:26:07 > 0:26:13which has all been cut with the most delicate scrolls and then all hand painted.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16You can imagine when this was pristine and new.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- Beautiful.- The colours would have leapt out of it.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21This would have been a brilliant white,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24an absolutely stunning thing.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28It was of a quality that we couldn't easily get to in the West.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33We could make better fabrics than they could, but they were phenomenally expensive.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36What the Chinese have always been very good at
0:26:36 > 0:26:40is making delicate and intricate things in a large scale.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44So there was probably one chap that did staves
0:26:44 > 0:26:48and just pierced those, and there was probably someone that just did the cut work,
0:26:48 > 0:26:53and someone else that painted the flowers and someone else that painted the figures.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- So you've got mass production of very high-quality items by hand. - Right.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03So Susan, why has your friend decided to part with this lovely fan?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, it's been sitting in a drawer, I believe,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10and I don't know if she has any particular use for it.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Right, well, the language of fans has gone out a little bit now.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- This is so delicate.- We've got a few little breaks and tears here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22So that's all going to affect the value.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Did your friend say how much she thought it might be?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27She didn't know.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Right.- That's why she entrusted it to me.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I hope it's a good one.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Big responsibility. Well, I think
0:27:35 > 0:27:40- we would be safe at saying £150 - £250.- Lovely.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43With a fixed reserve of £150.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- If you're happy...- I'm happy, I'm sure she will be.- She'll be happy.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Let's hope we'll all be happy at the auction.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Thank you so much, Michael. - Pleasure.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55OK, everyone happy?
0:27:58 > 0:28:03As we're on the coast, I'm searching hard for items with a nautical theme.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07That's quite nice. I like that.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It's either French or Low Countries, Belgium.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Lovely Dutch gaff-rigged barges at the end of the day, look.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Moonlight coming down, but look at the water shimmering, beautiful.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Unfortunately it's not dated. It looks like 1920s or 1930s.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27A lovely picture which the owner wants to hang onto.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29But that's not the case with our next item.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34David is with Carl, and a rather small rodent.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Where did you find him, in the skirting board?
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Well, no, I bought it at a table-top sale on Hayling Island.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Let me tell you a bit about him,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47and then you can tell me what you paid for him.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53He's Royal Doulton, as you know, because he's marked Royal Doulton.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57It also says, which is good, "flambe",
0:28:57 > 0:28:59which refers to the type of glaze.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04I suspect it was made at some stage in the 1920s.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Yeah, I think so, yeah.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10I'll be honest, I've never seen, and I've seen quite a few,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13a mouse sitting on a cube like this.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17It's marked with a little painted W there,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21which I think refers, if anything, to the painter.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25In other words, the chap who just painted the mouse's eyes.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28That's the only decoration on the mouse, really.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Why are you selling him?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Hopefully to make money.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35To make a profit.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- Tell me what you paid for it. - They were asking £3,
0:29:38 > 0:29:44but as with most of the things I buy, I knock the price slightly
0:29:44 > 0:29:45and paid £2.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48£2. You must be an antique dealer's nightmare.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50They've got something on their stand,
0:29:50 > 0:29:54they're giving it away for £3 and you're only prepared to pay £2.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- You don't know till you do the research.- OK.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Let's talk money and I'll tell you what I think it'll make.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05You'll make a profit, but I don't want you telling me you want £300 for it,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08because it's not going to make £300.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- Although you think it might. - I definitely think it might.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Do you? OK, I'm here to be proved wrong.- Yeah, right.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18You probably know more than me.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I think he's going make between £150 and £200.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Probably realistic, yeah.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29That's realistic, and even if he makes bottom estimate, that's an enormous profit.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32So let's go for that, with a reserve just below £150.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- Say £140?- Yeah, that's brilliant.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I hope you prove me wrong.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39You never know.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44David's not often wrong, but I have a funny feeling about this one.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Watch this space.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Meanwhile, Michael's about to open the pages of history.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56He's looking at a book brought in by Frederick.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01Frederick, thank you for bringing this very imposing tome to my table today.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06We've got half-calf binding but we've got to see what's inside.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Oh, that's not a good start.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09That's not a good start.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- We've got lovely watered silk. - It gets better.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Oh, wonderful, we've got an autograph album.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Where did this come from?
0:31:16 > 0:31:21It came from my father when he died. We found it amongst his possessions.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28And we've got, which is a joy, a little index here that someone has painstakingly written,
0:31:28 > 0:31:33and this purple ink tells me they probably did it around 1870-1880,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35when this colour of ink was the fashion.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40It's beautifully written. We've got Marquess of Blandford, Marchioness of Blandford,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Abingdon.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45So there's a lot of the nobility in here.
0:31:45 > 0:31:52Unfortunately, whilst some of the dukes and duchesses were important people at the time,
0:31:52 > 0:31:56today they're not tremendously valuable signatures.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59It's really like getting the Beckhams' signature now.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Over time, I don't think that will weather terribly well.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05But here's a name: Mr Gladstone,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08and we've got there in comments, "Premier".
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Historic Prime Minister, great 19th-century figure.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14That's number 18, they're all numbered.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17If we quickly flick through,
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- there we've got 15, 17, 18. - There we are.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27Gladstone. A little scrap of paper bearing that great man's signature.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Evidently cut off a letter that was sent to somebody,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33probably a personal letter, so that was saved.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36That is of collectible interest.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40It's politics, and politics never goes out of fashion.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42If we leaf on through...
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Crikey, it's absolutely stuffed with early documents.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Lots of bishops, I think. - Lots of bishops.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- They're not so popular now. - Probably not.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Letters, oh, if we had time to go through this.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- We've got half of a valuable stamp. - Is it really? I didn't know that.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Where's the other half? - Not there.- Oh, right.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Which means it's not a valuable stamp.- Oh, right.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08There's a lovely one, we've got the signature Joseph Paxton.
0:33:08 > 0:33:14He was the designer of the Crystal Palace, a massive figure in 19th-century architecture.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Well, I mean, it's just an amazing collection.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23The only downside is that, having quickly leafed through it,
0:33:23 > 0:33:27there are only a few big names in it.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Have you ever thought about its value?- Not really, no.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I think, being realistic,
0:33:34 > 0:33:39we'd want to put an estimate of possibly £200 - £400 on it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Maybe put a fixed reserve of £170 which you wouldn't go below.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48I think the auctioneer would be delighted to put it into auction
0:33:48 > 0:33:52and hope there's a gaggle of signature collectors there.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Get lucky on the day, as they say.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59- Thank you for bringing in a wonderful piece of our history. - You're welcome.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Britain's social history, cut and pasted.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07If you've got any unwanted antiques and collectibles,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10bring them along to one of our valuation days.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14You can pick up all the dates and venues on our BBC website.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Just log on to bbc.co.uk/flogit. All the information will be there.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23If you don't have a computer, check details in your local press.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29We'll be coming to an area near you, so dust down your antiques and bring them along.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36We're off to the auction house now, and here's what we're taking.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40That 19th-century fan with ivory staves, brought in by Susan.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Frederick's book full of autographs of the great and good, from bishops to politicians.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51And Carl's £2 bargain buy, the tiny Royal Doulton Flambe mouse.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54It's already generating heat in Denhams auction rooms.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58120, 130, 140, 150...
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Auctioneer Simon Langton has some exciting news.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10We're now going to turn a £2 buy, hopefully, Simon, with your help, into a £200 buy.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13This little Doulton mouse belongs to Carl.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17He got it at a car-boot sale for £2 a year or two ago.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Well, there's been a tremendous amount of interest in our mouse.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25There are one or two bids on the book and two phone lines.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30So we are going to turn £2 into £200 a bit later. Or even more?
0:35:30 > 0:35:34We're certainly in with £200, you never know. He is in great order.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37This flambe is very trendy, very in at the moment.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- It's a hot little lot.- Wow.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That's not to be squeaked at. It is all out there.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48You just have to get up early and look out for little things like this.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Down to business, and first under the hammer is the fan, brought in by Susan.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Jenny the owner couldn't make the valuation, but she is with us now.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09You couldn't make it because you were having a job interview.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- How did it go?- The interview went OK, but I didn't get the job.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- I'm sorry.- She's a fabulous stage manager.- Stage management.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- In theatre?- Yes, in theatre.- Oh.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- They missed out on you. - I felt so, but hey, that's life.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Well, the money will come in useful. £150 - £250, we've got to do that.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Well, we have.- Yeah.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32If everybody here recognises what a good fan it is.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34It's the only one in the sale,
0:36:34 > 0:36:38and often you get better results with collectors in specialist sales.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40So we've protected it with a reserve.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Are the fan buyers here today? - We're going to find out.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Hopefully they can find it on the Internet.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- I'm hoping that we have some bids. - So am I.- Fingers crossed.- Yes.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Or a phone bid at least. Anyway, let's get on with it.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Here we go, this is it.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02900 is the 19th-century fan, with the original box.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Just being held up there for you.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Handsome fan. Could do with one on a day like today.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Do we say £100 for it? 50, then.
0:37:10 > 0:37:1240, I'm bid 40. Come on.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And two, 44. 46.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16- Too low.- 50.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19And five. 60. And five. 70.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21At £70, then.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Oh, come on.- That's it at £70.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27At £70, then. Going home, I'm afraid. £70.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Away it goes at 70.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I'm sorry about that, but that's auctions for you.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38You can't predict what will happen. The buyers weren't here.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42If two collectors had picked it up, £300 would not be unreasonable.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45So it goes on to another day.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Put it into a textile sale,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51specialist with other fans, you won't have any problem.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- That's the plan. - We'll go from there. Thank you.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Good advice, Michael. That fan survives to sell another day.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Let's hope he does better with his next valuation -
0:38:02 > 0:38:07Frederick's autograph album, valued at £200 - £400.
0:38:08 > 0:38:15Did you ever think of taking the most important ones out and having them mounted?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I don't like breaking books up.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22There was a Dickens signature in there which I think my father cut out and sold.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25We found a hole. We found a hole.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Oh, wow!
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I don't like breaking books up.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32I think maybe an academic or somebody would enjoy it.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Probably, but I imagine the trade would pick this up
0:38:34 > 0:38:36and take the knife to it.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41They would, but it's got to be the specialist autograph trade.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44If they picked up on it on the Internet, it will go.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48But it's the only autograph item here today.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51So if they haven't done that, don't be disheartened.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55It won't be that much of a space on the shelf.
0:38:55 > 0:39:01What filled me with dread was David came up behind me and said, "You are brave doing that."
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- That's probably the kiss of death. - We've got £200 - £400 on this.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Let's find out what the bidders think right now.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Lot 300 then, the autograph album,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15containing numerous notables of the 19th century.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Aristocracy, ecclesiastical, etc, etc.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Am I bid £100? And ten?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24120, 130, 140.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29150, 160, 170. 170 standing now.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Are we done with selling now?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34At £170, going to sell at 170 then.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- We just got it away. - We just put it away.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I thought it would go at the bottom end, to be fair.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45It's gone, it's gone, that's a good thing.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48That's the top end as far as I'm concerned.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Any end is good.- You didn't want to take it home.- No, no.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- I've got a lot more at home. - Brave man.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00That was a close one.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05Autograph albums are always hard to value, but Michael was spot-on.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Now it's that tiny Doulton mouse that was swooped on by sharp-eyed Carl.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17This guy has got eyes like an eagle.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18HE LAUGHS
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- At a table-top sale? - On Hayling Island, yeah.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- I bet you couldn't believe your luck.- I couldn't.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29I thought it was worth 100 when I see it, but er...
0:40:29 > 0:40:31And the owners were there with a £2 price tag?
0:40:31 > 0:40:36- They wanted £3 and I knocked them down.- You didn't!- I always do.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39That verges on being mean.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42That is a bit mean. That's very mean, I've got to say.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Never pay what they're asking.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Even if you knew it was worth £100?
0:40:46 > 0:40:51Didn't you say, "Take the money," and walk away and put it in your pocket?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Gosh, well let's see if we can turn it into £200 plus.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57The auctioneer says it could fly away.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I think it probably might.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I hope it does. I might be embarrassed.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05But even if it's within estimate, it's still a bargain.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Secretly, what are you hoping for? - £500.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Are you? Have you really done some research?
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Well... I reckon it might do three, I don't know.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19- Well...- We shall find out. - We're going to learn something.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21It's an early one, like, so...
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Let's find out what the bidders think right now.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32480 then is the Royal Doulton Noke's flambe figure of the mouse.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Bids of which there are several, start us then at £200 and 20.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39240, 260, 280, 300.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- 300 straightaway!- And 20.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43With me at 320, looking for 340.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47340 I've got. 360.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48Two phonelines.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50400.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52And 20.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56440.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58- Crikey!- 460.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01480.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03500.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- And 20. - The percentage this profit is.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11£500 left-handed then.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Are we all done and selling now? At £500.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Are we done with it at 500? You going 20? And 20. 540.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20560.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26At 540. Are we sure we're done at 540 now?
0:42:26 > 0:42:31At 540 left-handed, all done at 540, going to sell at 540, yes?
0:42:32 > 0:42:37Well done, you. I hope you feel guilty for knocking them down £1.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42It might not have made anything. You don't know till you've sold it.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- What will you do with the money? - I don't know.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49I was going to buy a couple of pet rats, so I'll put it towards that.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Will you?- Yeah, rat's cage, yeah, pet mice or rats.
0:42:53 > 0:42:59That's the first time in ten years I've heard somebody say they're going to spend it on rats.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Thank you so much for bringing that along.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04If you've got anything like that, we'd love to see it.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09- We know what it's worth now. - You ought to join the team, really.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11A great result for Carl.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Those overlooked items at boot and jumble sales are rare,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17but they are still out there, so keep your eyes peeled.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20We've had a cracking day here in Sussex.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25It was a bit of a roller-coaster ride, but that's auctions for you.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Do join me again soon for many more surprises.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31But for now, from Sussex, it's goodbye.
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