0:00:02 > 0:00:04Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Ashbourne
0:00:04 > 0:00:07was granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Some 400 years later, the celebrations continued with a visit from Queen Elizabeth II.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Today, the party goes on - Flog It is in town.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Ashbourne is one of the finest market towns in the country,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41with historic buildings, cobbled streets,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and it even has its own town crier.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46O, yay! O, yay!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Welcome to Flog It
0:00:48 > 0:00:54at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Ashbourne, in Derbyshire.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56God Save the Queen!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58ALL: Hooray!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06The sun is shining and the people of Derbyshire have done us proud.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09They're all laden with bags and boxes, full of treasures
0:01:09 > 0:01:12that our experts can't wait to get their hands on.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15And hopefully, somebody here is going to go home with a lot of money.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Now, every team or every group needs a good leader,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and today on Flog It, well, as you know, we've always got two.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Michael Baggott has a taste for antiques of all shapes and sizes.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- It's weird.- It's weird.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Will Axon has worked his way to auctioneer and valuer
0:01:32 > 0:01:35from the bottom up, starting as a saleroom porter,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and he's brushed off his knowledge
0:01:37 > 0:01:39in case something amazing comes in today.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I think I could maybe do a little bit of that!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46It's now 9:30am, the bell has gone,
0:01:46 > 0:01:47it's time to go back to school.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54- Can we go in, then?- Yeah.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02'Coming up, there's a new addition to the Flog It family...'
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Oh, she's just so beautiful.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Beautiful, isn't she?- Oh, gorgeous!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08'..an exciting result at auction...'
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Any of them going to fly away?- Yes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Oh, Carol, the tension's mounting, isn't it?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17'..and I discover a mind-blowing digital portrait.'
0:02:17 > 0:02:21It's a perfect example of contemporary art.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Everybody is now safely seated inside the venue.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31There's a terrific atmosphere, lots of excitement, lots of anticipation.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34It could be you going home with lots of money, or you with this painting.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37We'll find out later on, but Will Axon is first at the tables,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and let's take a closer look at what he's spotted.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43And it's this rather exotic-looking vase,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46brought in by Patricia and daughter Erica.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Thanks for coming along today. And you've brought
0:02:49 > 0:02:51a sort of flavour of the East with you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53What can you tell me about this? How have you come by it?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58My mother gave it to me to put into an alcove in my new home.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02I wish she hadn't lost its top there, but these things happen.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05You've pointed out one of the issues I was going to draw attention to,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- the fact that it has got a little bit of damage on the top.- Yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Was it like that when your mother passed it to you or...?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15She had done the damage the very morning
0:03:15 > 0:03:17she brought it up to bring to me.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20She thought she'd wash it, you see?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- Yes.- And I don't know what happened exactly but she brought it and she said, "Do you still want it?"
0:03:25 > 0:03:26So I said, "of course."
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Because it looked beautiful in the alcove, being illuminated.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Is there any connection with your family to Eastern Europe, perhaps?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36No, no, no, none whatsoever.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Because this isn't an English piece.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- No.- I mean, looking at it, a lot of people would say
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- it's almost got a sort of Persian or Islamic feel to it, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46With this sort of, the double gourd shape
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and then this sort of piercing and these very Arabesque bands here.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52We call it sort of Persian wear.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54If I take it off, we'll just turn it up
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and have a look at the marks underneath.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59If we have a close look here, we've got there,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03"Zsolnay of Pecs." In Hungary.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06So it's originally East European, the factory.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Yes.- Established 1862, and then you've got a little mark there,
0:04:10 > 0:04:11a little gilt 13...
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Yes.- So that would've been who had applied the gilding.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16So if it wasn't quite up to scratch...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18They know who to blame.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Exactly. I think originally,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24something like this would've been an incense burner.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Yeah.- Oh.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29But this piece has been produced purely for decorative purposes.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It was never intended for use.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It is a purely decorative piece.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Well, it is, isn't it? - It is very decorative.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- I mean, it hasn't cost you anything. - No, that's right.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- So what do you think it's worth? - I haven't a clue.- No?- No idea at all.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45I would say a sensible estimate would be around a £60 to £80 mark.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47How do you feel about that?
0:04:49 > 0:04:55Well, considering I didn't pay anything for it,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and I can't see it being of any use to anyone.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Well, I mean, I like the way you're... That's the right way to sort of approach it.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Let the market sort of decide what they think it's worth. What's it going to go on to?
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- Are you on your way out for lunch, perhaps, you two?- Erica and I could have a very nice lunch for that, yes.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Hi, what's your name? - I'm Tracy.- Amy.- And Amy.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Thank you so much for bringing furniture in because we don't see much of it on Flog It,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23because obviously you've got to carry it and put it in an estate car,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and it's a bit of hassle, isn't it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27But if you come along to a valuation day, please,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29please, bring more furniture,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31because all of our experts love talking about it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Now, this is classic brown. what the trade do call brown shipping furniture.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It's 1930's. Unfortunately, most of it's made of plywood
0:05:38 > 0:05:41which has been stained to look like mahogany.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- It's not worth a lot of money, you know.- OK.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47But I tell you something. Although it's only worth around 30 quid,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51£20, an auctioneer might say, don't throw it away like most people do.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Use it, be practical with it, be funky with it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58You must be into art, OK? Get Dad to break up loads of Mum's old plates.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02If you've got some bright coloured crockery that you don't want anymore,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05break it up with a hammer, lay all those broken mosaiques on there.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Even put "Amy", your name, right across it. Just be creative with it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Get Dad to grout it with some tile grout, and hey-ho, then you've got a table
0:06:13 > 0:06:17that you can use in the garden or the conservatory to put teas and coffees on.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19And paint the legs a bright, funky colour.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22And I don't mind doing that kind of thing with sort of antiques
0:06:22 > 0:06:24that aren't of any virtue, really.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Obviously, it's not a serious piece, otherwise you can't do things like that to it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30But just be creative with it.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31- Yeah? Don't throw it away.- OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33And don't put it back up in the loft!
0:06:33 > 0:06:35In the loft, no!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37It's such a shame when items
0:06:37 > 0:06:40are just hidden away and forgotten about.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42The sword that Michael has found
0:06:42 > 0:06:44hasn't been out and about for a long time.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Thank you for bringing in something
0:06:46 > 0:06:48we don't normally see on Flog It.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Thank you. - A little bit of militaria.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52So where's this been in your home?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55It's been stored in a cupboard for the last 45 years,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59well, since we got married, well, as I got married,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02the year I got married, and it was under a shed.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04The gentleman that gave it me, Henry Greenwood,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09he said, "I've got a present for you", and went down the garden,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12came back up, pulled this thing from under the shed.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15How long it had been under there is anybody's guess.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16So this was your wedding gift?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yes.- 45 years ago. - 45 years ago.- From under a shed?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Yes.- Well, we've heard some unusual stories on Flog It.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I mean, that probably caps it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26With anything like this, the best thing to do,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- and we'll take our life in our hands and...- Try it, yes!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Whip it out. There we go.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Well, what we've got is an infantry officer's sword.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Right.- And if we flick it over here,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40one good indicator of date is we've got a crown sipher there.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Right.- Which is for Queen Victoria.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- Right.- So we know that it dates between 1837 and 1901.- Right.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50We've got the emblem of the Grenadiers.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Right, that is the Grenadiers. - And that's also emulated...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- On the hilt.- In the basket work here.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56We've got their emblem.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- And then we've basically got a list of their battle honours.- Right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05So we go from Waterloo, Peninsula, and down here we've got Lincelles,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07and then we pop over to the Crimean War
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- and we've got Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol.- Sebastopol, yes.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17And what's really nice to see here is we've got the maker's mark,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- which is Henry Wilkinson of Wilkinson Sword fame.- Yes.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Pall Mall, London, which is lovely.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25But then just to reinforce that,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- on a little gilt lined, and that is lined in gold...- Is it? Oh, right.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Now, we've got his maker's punch, "HW."- Right.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33So that's a lovely thing.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Michael, the only real problem with edged weapons is they have
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- to be in wonderful condition to be worth big money.- Yes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45And I think it's the time under the shed that has done the most damage.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46It won't have done it a lot of good.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Moisture, I mean, even fingermarks can have an effect.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Yes.- But I think we're beyond that.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53- Right.- The one saving grace
0:08:53 > 0:08:57is that the blade is in reasonably nice condition.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01In good order, I mean, really pristine order, this sword might be worth between £400 and £600.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Right, right.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- It does fall off dramatically. - Yes, yes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- I think if we were to put this into auction at £60 to £100...- Yes.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14..and put a reserve of £50 on it,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16for which it wouldn't go for any less.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- That's nearly just over a pound a year since the wedding.- Yes!
0:09:20 > 0:09:22So now, Michael, why have you decided
0:09:22 > 0:09:24to part with this really lovely sword?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Well, it's been standing in a cupboard for the last 45 years,
0:09:28 > 0:09:29well, since we got married.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'm going to put it probably to a new gun.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I do a bit of game shooting and that sort of thing.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well, I would think a rifle's going to be more use
0:09:37 > 0:09:39catching game than a sword!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Well, yes, definitely.- Yes, yes.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Well, hopefully we'll get you up to your rifle or some way towards it...
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Somewhere towards it, anyway.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49..and hope we've got two cavalier gentleman at the sale room who'd go for this.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Hopefully. - We can always hope, Michael.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54At the other valuation table,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Will's hoping that Joan's jewellery
0:09:56 > 0:09:59will attract the ladies to the saleroom.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You've brought two quite distinct pieces of jewellery.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06What can you tell me? Let's start here with this
0:10:06 > 0:10:09bracelet and locket. What can you tell me about that?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10It belonged to my grandmother
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- and it's just come down to me.- Yes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I don't remember anybody actually wearing it
0:10:16 > 0:10:19but I've just kept it in a box in my loft, sort of thing.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Same old story.- Yeah, we hear it a lot, certainly on this programme.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Yes.- And, you know, people are sometimes quite surprised
0:10:25 > 0:10:28at the amount of value they have languishing in the drawer.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30But something like that that,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33again, isn't terribly fashionable nowadays...
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I mean, I don't think you'll see many of the sort of younger ladies
0:10:37 > 0:10:39wearing that type of piece.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43So it's really all down to the gold in that piece. It's nine carat gold.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Yes.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51So it's less pure gold in the mix, shall we say.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55We weighed it earlier and it's just under 27 grams.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59So if we put it in at about 150, that sort of figure,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02then it's going to entice the bidders in,
0:11:02 > 0:11:03I think, at that sort of money.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Is that a figure you would be happy with, do you think?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I think so. It sounds fair, really.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14- Like I say, I mean, I suspect it's going to end up as sort of scrap value.- Really?
0:11:14 > 0:11:19I'm afraid, yes. And then we move on to the cameo brooch, which,
0:11:19 > 0:11:24again, is not a terribly wearable piece of jewellery.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26They're a little bit dated.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Maybe for the, like I say, the '70s dinner party or something
0:11:30 > 0:11:33like that, you may have seen the hostess wearing one or two.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36It's reasonable quality, though, isn't it?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39The carving can vary quite substantially on these.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43You can get some very deep relief carvings.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45So almost the sort of deeper the carving,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49the larger the starting piece that they've had to work from
0:11:49 > 0:11:51so it's almost a more expensive piece to make
0:11:51 > 0:11:53than one that's very shallow carved.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I mean, if that's 150, where would you see that?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Do you think that's sort of similar money?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- No, less, I would think.- Yep, good.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Makes my job a bit easier to break it to you gently.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08I've seen them make £20, £30, I've seen them make £30 to £50.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12So what I'm going to say to you is, let's incorporate the cameo brooch
0:12:12 > 0:12:15in with the estimate for the gold bracelet.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- So I think keep the estimate at sort of 150, 200.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20If we get a sale on the day at the auction,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22are you going to buy yourself
0:12:22 > 0:12:25something, you know, your piece of jewellery that you will wear
0:12:25 > 0:12:26or is the money going elsewhere?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28I think it'll go elsewhere,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32to a new grandchild which is expected any day, really.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Any day? Really? So when we see you again at the auction, you may...
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- Could be a grandma again. - It may well have arrived.- Yes. - That's excellent. Great news.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Which now brings us to my favourite part of the show.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46This is where it gets exciting because we're going to put our valuations to the test.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48We've been working flat out
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and we've now found our first items to go off to auction and go...
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Under the hammer!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Look at this jam-packed saleroom.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55That's what I like to see.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Today's venue is the Mackworth Hotel in Derbyshire,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and hopefully all of this lot are going to put their hands up
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and bid on all of our owners' items.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And hopefully some of our owners are here already,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07they're probably feeling really nervous
0:13:07 > 0:13:09because it's their first auction.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So I'm going to give you the quick run-down of all the items
0:13:12 > 0:13:14that are going under the hammer,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17and fingers crossed, we should have a classic day.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- You made it!- I made it!
0:13:19 > 0:13:24We've got Patricia's Eastern European vase.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Along with Michael's sword, which might have seen better days
0:13:27 > 0:13:29but could still get the bidders excited.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34And finally, Joan's gold bracelet and cameo brooch.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Charles Hanson and David Greatwood are our men on the rostrum today,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42and with over 800 lots in this antique and collectors' sale,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44it's good to share the load.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45First up, it's Patricia's vase,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47which she hopes will make enough money
0:13:47 > 0:13:52for her and daughter Erica to enjoy a slap-up meal.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You both look absolutely fabulous. You look really glamorous.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- Thank you.- You've done us proud. Oh, in fact, I look a bit scruffy today.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Well, I haven't even got a jacket or tie, Paul.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Unusual for you, Will! Mind you, it is really hot outside. - Well, it's too warm.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Yeah. Good luck, anyway. Good luck. Here we go. This is it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14The Zsolnay, Pecs, double gourd-shaped vase
0:14:14 > 0:14:15with the reticulated body.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18There we go, in arabesque and green-yellow glazed decoration.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21It's got the look.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I've interest here, I will go straight in at 38,
0:14:24 > 0:14:2542, 45, £48, I'm bid.
0:14:25 > 0:14:2748, I'll take 50. 50 bid.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31At 50 and I'm out. At 50, my commissions are clear at 50.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Any advance on 50? Five behind, 55.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35At 65, I'll take 70.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38At 65, 70, surely?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40This is what we want, a little battle in the room.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42£80 in front.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Selling at 80, by the doorway at 80.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Any advance now? At 80. £80 and selling to you at £80.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51£80. It's gone.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Ooh, lovely. - That's going to come in useful.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Yeah. A nice lunch and another bottle of wine.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Room for two more?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Well, we haven't got time to join Erica and Patricia.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05But it sounds like they'll enjoy spending the money.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Next up is the sword which Michael and his wife Sylvia
0:15:08 > 0:15:10were given as a wedding present.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12But will the condition put the bidders of?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Good luck, Sylvia, good luck, Michael.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17This is where we're putting the Wilkinson sword to the test
0:15:17 > 0:15:20in the cutting edge of the sale room, if you'll pardon the pun.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- I gather the money is going towards a sporting shotgun?- Yes, it is.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Good luck.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Let's set our targets on...
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Well, hopefully £100, shall we? - Let's see.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- Time will tell.- Oh dear.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Really, that low? Here we go, it's going under the hammer now.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Yes, a very fine 19th century officers sword there.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42The Wilkinson's blade,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45as detailed with all the military honours.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49The quality is superb. For £100, it's nothing, if it's all you get.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Nice thing, this one, there. We have one on the telephone.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55We've had interest and commissions.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I can go straight in at £80, I'm bid.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Good. That's a nice in, actually.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03I'll take five, surely, now? At 80. Where's five?
0:16:03 > 0:16:04At £80. Five anywhere now?
0:16:04 > 0:16:09At 80. Five anywhere? At 80, I'll take 85. I have 90.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Someone is in the room now.- Yes.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14130, I have 140.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17140, still with me, on commission at £140.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21140. I'll take 50. 150? And I'm out.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23On the telephone with Ruth, £150.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Any advance now, at £150?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Last chance at 150.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Selling on the phone at 150.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33That's more like it, isn't it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36£150. £50 more than what we were all expecting.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Pleased with that.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41How much will the shotgun set you back? The 12-bore?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- £450, £460. The one that I want. - A modern sporting gun?- Yes.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Not going for a vintage?- Oh, no, no.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Modern.- A Purdey or something?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Oh, no. I've already got one of those!
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Have you? Well, we'd like to see that.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Bring that one along to a valuation!
0:16:55 > 0:16:58After being hidden away for over half a decade,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00the bidders loved the sword.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Let's hope they feel the same
0:17:02 > 0:17:04for Joan's cameo brooch and gold bracelet.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07She's come along to the auction with her daughter, Cat,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and a much smaller member of the family.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14A couple of months have passed since we last saw them and there's been a new addition.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Congratulations, Cat.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Thank you very much. - And grandma. What is her name?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Evie.- She's so beautiful.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Beautiful, isn't she?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Oh, gorgeous.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Takes us back a bit, Paul, doesn't it?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Yes, it does. They don't stay like that for long!
0:17:27 > 0:17:32- They don't.- How old is she now? - She's four weeks.- Four weeks?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Everything going well? - Yes, everything's going really well.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38She's been very good. A very good little baby.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Nice feeling, grandma? - Absolutely wonderful.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Good luck, all three of you.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Thank you.- Thank you. - This one's sleeping through it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Very, very fine nine carat gold link bracelet with a heart-shaped lock,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59together with a nine carat gold cameo brooch.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Delightful lot. Lot 18.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Lots of interest.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I will start at £100.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08110, 120. 130.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11140, 150.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13160, 170.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16180, 190.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19185? Why not. 190, 200.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It's a good time to sell gold, though.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24The prices are up. They're high.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27200, 210, 220.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Come on. 210, do I see? 220 now?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31210. Do I see 220? Come on.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- 210, I'll take 220.- We'll take 210!
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Or 210, fair warning.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38You're out, I'm in at 210.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40We say sale.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Well done. And look at that, you slept through the whole thing.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well done, Will.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47No, I'm glad we could help.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Are you having any more, Will?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Well, it's not really my decision, is it?- It's not.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54That was a diplomatic answer.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I think poor Philippa's had enough. I've got three of my own.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59That's perfect, you know?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Any more than that, we're going to have to buy a flatbed lorry.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05What a fabulous result.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10I bet lucky granddaughter Evie is now going to be spoilt rotten by Jo.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Well, that went really well.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17That concludes the end of our first visit to the auction room today.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18We are back later on in the show.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21So, fingers crossed for one or two big surprises.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23But right now I'm going off into the local countryside
0:19:23 > 0:19:26to explore possibly one of the grandest houses,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29not just in the county, but in the country.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42We often see people with their collections on the show,
0:19:42 > 0:19:43but the Cavendish family,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45the dukes and duchesses of Devonshire,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48have brought a whole new meaning to the word collection.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51For over 450 years the Devonshire collection of artefacts
0:19:51 > 0:19:54has evolved and continues to grow,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57here in this magnificent setting of Chatsworth House.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12The house contains an extensive private art collection
0:20:12 > 0:20:15which includes a magnificent sculpture gallery,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Old Master drawings and paintings, furniture and much, much more.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28The list is absolutely endless,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31so I'm going to focus on one particular part of the collection
0:20:31 > 0:20:34which, for me, fuses history, wealth, style
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and the forward-thinking attitude that has come to represent the family.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40And that's their personal portraits.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Portraits are a method of recording and displaying family history
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and have long been a status symbol for the nobility.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Faces of ancestors line the walls of many a stately home.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02But none more so than here at Chatsworth.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm on the oak staircase, surrounded by portraits of the first,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07right through to the eleventh dukes,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09with some of their family and friends
0:21:09 > 0:21:12through the last 16 generations.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The Cavendishes have kept up with the modern times
0:21:18 > 0:21:20by employing the best artists,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23using up-to-date technology, to capture their family portraits.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30The wife of the 5th duke, Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34commissioned portraits from some of the most famous artists of the day,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36including Gainsborough in around 1784
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and this one, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41As you can see, it's slightly unfinished,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43on the shoulders and the upper part of the body.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49But I absolutely adore this portrait. She is so beautiful.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54And there's a confidence about Reynolds' work, his loose brushstroke. This is so feminine.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58This remained in Reynolds' studio right up until his death.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00They say it was left by his desk.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Maybe he intended to finish it or he just liked looking at her.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09You can imagine him falling in love with her while he was painting this, can't you?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It's just beautiful. And so was she.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Georgina's son, the 6th Duke,
0:22:15 > 0:22:19was the first to have his photograph in around 1852,
0:22:19 > 0:22:24soon after taken the technique had been invented.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29In more recent times, the tradition of using eminent artists to capture family portraits
0:22:29 > 0:22:34has been continued by Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Deborah.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36This is by Lucian Freud.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38It was done in the early 1950s.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43He became a family friend and stayed at the house on many occasions, doing a series of portraits.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Deborah sat for this when she was 36 years old,
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and she described Freud as having incredible insight.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54She is quoted as saying, "The older I get, the more like the picture I become."
0:22:54 > 0:22:59And this is so typical of Freud's work, the brushstroke here, rather flat, broad brushes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Again, very, very confident.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Striking. Absolutely striking.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07And this is as close as I'll ever get to Lucian Freud.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Look, nearly touching it.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15The family continued the tradition of using artists and the style of the day
0:23:15 > 0:23:18with this incredible portrait of Laura Burlington,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21daughter-in-law of the current Duke. William, the Duke's son,
0:23:21 > 0:23:26commissioned a digital portrait of Laura by artist Michael Craig-Martin
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and this was unveiled at Chatsworth in 2010.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33There are nine areas where the colours keep changing. It's a wonderful likeness,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35but I've been told you could stand here all day
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and probably never see the same colour combination twice
0:23:38 > 0:23:41because there's just millions of different variations.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45As you can see, the background's changing, the lips are changing,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48the skin tone, the colours... It's going to alter again.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54It really is a wonderful likeness but, also, it just reflects the fast-moving times we live in today.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It's a perfect example of contemporary art.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22'At our valuation day at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26'Michael and I are excited about a collection of pocket watches.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28'But there's more where they came from.'
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Do you live far?- Stowe.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Stowe.- I could go back and get 'em.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- Yeah. Do you mind?- No.- Then we could put them in as one lot,
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- or separate them accordingly. - It'll take a couple of hours to get there and back.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Gosh.- It would take two hours, an hour each way.- That's OK, we're here all day.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Someone's on a mission, and is going to drive now for two hours to get the rest of the collection.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- I'll be back in a while.- 39 of them.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Drive carefully.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56I will do, yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Before they come back, Michael's just got time for another valuation,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and Pamela's collection of brushes has caught his eye.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07If I ever needed a hairbrush
0:25:07 > 0:25:09now would be the perfect time to have one.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Thank you for bringing in
0:25:10 > 0:25:14this wonderful dressing-table set and other pieces.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Can I ask you, where did you get it from?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18They were my mother's.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20I used to see them on her dressing-table,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- and I used to have to polish them. - Ooh.- Yes.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Does that bring back fond memories, or...?- Sort of.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The hallmarks in this case, if we have a look,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32W&H, which is the mark of Walker & Hall,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36who were manufacturers in both Birmingham and Sheffield.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40And we've got the Birmingham marks on this for 1915-16.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45We can show what's very uncommercial at the moment,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- which is engine-turned silver backs.- Oh.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53- Nobody really wants those. They were made in huge numbers.- Right.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56They're quite light quality, not worth much at all.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Then you go from the middle of the bottom range to the top quality,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04which is this wonderful tortoiseshell backing.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- It is tortoiseshell. - It is tortoiseshell.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10This would be laid over a coloured ground, probably yellow,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- to bring out these flecks here.- Oh.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19And then you've got this wonderful, I mean, most attractive inlay into it.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20It's a wonderful set.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23The most important thing is that you've got the mirror
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- because that is the most commercial thing there.- Is it?
0:26:26 > 0:26:30People are a little bit queasy about using other people's brushes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36And if you want to get that brush refitted with a new block and bristles,
0:26:36 > 0:26:37that can be £30 or £40,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40which, I mean, you really want to have it done.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Any idea of the value of it?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Not at all. No.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I think those pieces will just add into them as a lot,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51just for a little bit of interest.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- This set of five are going to be about £100 to £150 at auction.- Right.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Lovely. Thank you.- Why now have you decided to sell them?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Well, I'm clearing cupboards out, decluttering, as they say,
0:27:03 > 0:27:08- and I don't suppose the family will want them, so... - Other people's brushes again.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Yes, and they certainly won't want to polish them like I do.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Let's hope that someone has got their polishing mitts on at auction
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and isn't restrained by the thought of cleaning them.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22If you want to take part in Flog It, this is where it begins - our valuation days.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Some of these people will go through to the auction later on in the show and hopefully make a lot of money.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31To find out where we are going to be, log on to...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Follow the links and hopefully,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39we will be coming to a town very near you soon.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Kathleen and Ralph took that advice and have brought something most viewers will recognise -
0:27:44 > 0:27:46a Flog It favourite.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- It is of course a piece of... - Moorcroft.- Exactly.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I'm sure viewers at home are shouting that at the television.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56What I like about the piece that you have brought in is that it's small,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59a good sort of starter piece, shall we say, for collectors,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02any young collectors out there who are looking for something
0:28:02 > 0:28:04and I like the yellow ground as well,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08because most of the time it's in that very dark blue ground.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- Is Moorcroft something you collect? - I've got another two pieces.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Is there a certain pattern you collect?- Just the anemone.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20The anemone pattern. Yes, well, you have identified the pattern for me as well, thank you.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- I'll take the cover off. It's a sort of ginger jar and cover, I would call it.- Yes.- Ginger jar.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Let's take the cover off.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30And I can see here we've got a paper label, the original paper label.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- The late Queen Mary is 1953-1978.- Yes.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- That's when they used this label.- Yes.
0:28:38 > 0:28:44So I suppose in the big scheme of things, as far as the collectors are concerned, it is quite a late piece.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49They tend to like the sort of earlier 20th-century pieces.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I'll just turn the base up again,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55and I see again you've got another example of the paper label there
0:28:55 > 0:28:59so that ties in nicely. And why have you decided to sell it now?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Because Ralph said, "I don't like them?"
0:29:01 > 0:29:06- I don't like him dusting them, I don't want him to break it. - Oh! Blaming you, Ralph.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- Well, you know what the answer to that is? Don't dust!- Don't dust.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Listen, like I say, it's a perfect sort of entrance level piece
0:29:15 > 0:29:18for the starter collector, and I would value it as such.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- I think let's go for that classic 80-120, straddle that £100 mark.- Yes.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26I've seen them make 100, 110, sometimes a bit more, but let's play it safe.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30You know the name of the show. Let's hope that on the day, we flog it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I'm sure we will. Moorcroft usually sells,
0:29:33 > 0:29:37although sometimes on Flog It, things don't always go according to plan.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Ready?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42This is an anon... An anon... Oh.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44I've never seen one so big before.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46BOTH LAUGH
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- I looked up, sorry. - Let's do it again.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Beryl, thank you so much for talking me... Oh.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58bbc.co.uk...
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Three, two, one. I'm not applauding myself. I'm not delusional yet.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Stop it!
0:30:08 > 0:30:10At the Royal Queen Elizabeth...
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Ash Grove, whatever it is, football game.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15LAUGHTER
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Oh, dear, it's too near lunchtime.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Action!
0:30:19 > 0:30:21The town comes out in force for the...
0:30:21 > 0:30:24The town in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Oh, it's getting worse, isn't it?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28I've waited a long time to meet you.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I have to just watch you on the television.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Cut!- OK, let's do that again.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Michael's back on form next with Carol's completed collection of watches.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42It was well worth
0:30:42 > 0:30:45that two-hour trek to go and get them.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- Carol, do you know what the time is? - I've no idea.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49It's a long time since I've seen
0:30:49 > 0:30:53a collection of watches as impressive and vast as this on Flog It.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57No doubt to say there must be a collector in the family somewhere.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00They belonged to my father before he passed away.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Did he have an approach to collecting?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Anything and everything. - Those are the best sort
0:31:05 > 0:31:07of collections, really.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- I won't tell you about each one individually.- No.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Because the programme only lasts 45 minutes
0:31:13 > 0:31:17and I don't think we'd get it done there. What I've done is
0:31:17 > 0:31:21I've picked out a couple of the most interesting watches your father had.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26This, I think, you can immediately tell is the earliest because of the size of it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28It should be a pair-cased watch.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30If we open it here...
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Oh, that's lovely. That's something collectors look for, watch papers.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Oh, right.- Whenever you took your watch in to be repaired,
0:31:37 > 0:31:43the watchmaker would put a little panel there and it can give you the history of a watch, which is lovely.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- You've probably seen the movement inside this...- I haven't looked, no.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49No? I'm surprised.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53That's nice. We've got the hallmarks there for London, 1838.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57It's a good, early 19th-century watch. Then we've got...
0:31:57 > 0:32:02I think if your father either repaired this or cleaned this, he did a wonderful job on it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05He was very careful with them.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08That is a nice watch on its own for a collector to go at.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- The next thing, of course, we've got are the gold watches.- Yeah.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Everyone knows gold is incredibly saleable at the moment.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19We've got this nice little slim 1920s-1930s
0:32:19 > 0:32:21gentleman's pocket watch.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Then we've got this funny little fellow,
0:32:25 > 0:32:27which is actually a conversion.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31If we can get it open, to show the face,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33it's pocket watch form,
0:32:33 > 0:32:39- but it's had these bars added to work as a wrist watch.- Yeah.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Why now have you decided to...?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45With my dad passing away suddenly,
0:32:45 > 0:32:49we want to raise money now for a gravestone for him.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What a worthy cause.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53So the watches are going back to him.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55In a sense, yes. Isn't that wonderful?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00- I think at auction we've got to think of these probably as four separate lots.- Right.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04The first and largest lot
0:33:04 > 0:33:07are these silver gentleman's open-faced pocket watches.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11They range in date from about 1880 right up to about 1920.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15A lot are metal-cased, rather than silver-cased.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Let's put them in at £250 to £400.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Yeah!
0:33:21 > 0:33:26The next group back, if you like, are the gilt metal-cased watches.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Sadly, I wish those 12 were gold.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34- And me! - Again, if we say £150 to £250.- Yeah.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- And I hope they'll do better.- Yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Then we get to the more commercial, collectible lots.- Right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:47The little gold watches, they're not very heavy in gold weight,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50so we'd put those in at about £100 to £150 for the pair.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Then, probably my favourites, which is the early fusee.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59I mean, I really think if you're a watch collector you want to own that.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03It's in lovely condition. You've got the chain with it and the later fob.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Let's put that in at £200 to £300.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Let's put a reserve of £180 on it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Let's see how they do over a period of time
0:34:12 > 0:34:16by the time the auctioneers finish selling all of them.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18That's the last valuation of this show.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Which means it's time to put those valuations to the test.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25'They're going to go under the hammer. Let's get off to the auction room.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29'We're taking with us Pamela's Victorian hairbrushes,
0:34:29 > 0:34:33'Kathleen's and Ralph's Moorcroft ginger jug
0:34:33 > 0:34:36'and Carol's father's huge collection of watches.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42'Hansons Valuers and Auctioneers
0:34:42 > 0:34:45'have set up in Mackworth House Hotel for the auction
0:34:45 > 0:34:49'and on the rostrum are David Greatwood and Charles Hanson,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52'who is also excited about this extensive watch collection.'
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Our expert Michael really had his work cut out at the valuation day.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Carol came in with a massive collection of pocket watches, as you can see.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Fantastic.- Michael split them up into four obvious lots, really.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Any of them going to fly away?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Yes.- Go on, tell me which one.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Wait and see. - Oh, no, come on, please.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Let us into a secret, go on.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18I think the biggest, boldest bag of silver ones will do really, really well.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20There is so much there for the money.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- When you add up all the silver content, it's well worth it.- Yeah.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27It looks to me worth a lot more than £400.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- It ought to make a lot more than £400.- Double?- Let's wait and see, you never know.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- Oh, gosh! - You never know.- Oh, the suspense!
0:35:35 > 0:35:40'Of course, it will be down to the bidders whether the watches fly or not when they go under the hammer.
0:35:40 > 0:35:45'First, let's test the waters with this classic piece of Moorcroft.'
0:35:45 > 0:35:48If everybody else is buying, why are you selling?
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- Because I'm frightened to break it now I'm getting older.- Are you? Getting older?! Look at you!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- 50!- 50, yeah.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Yeah?
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Right answer. Well done.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Ralph doesn't look bad for 48 either.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07I'm not really going to ask you how old you are, don't worry.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Let's see what the people in Derbyshire think of your bit of Moorcroft.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13It's going under the hammer right now.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Moorcroft pottery, anemone pattern, ginger jar and cover.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24This large one. No, small one. There we go.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27On the yellow ground,
0:36:27 > 0:36:30this very nice ginger jar and cover on the yellow ground.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31295.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I'm straight in at £110.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Straight in. That's great.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38I have at 110. Where's 20?
0:36:38 > 0:36:41I have 110 with me, at 110. At 110.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44120. At 120. Where's 130?
0:36:44 > 0:36:48At 120, I'll take 130 now. 130. You sure?
0:36:48 > 0:36:51At 130. It's with me on commission at 130.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54We're out in the room and on the phones.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59At £130, last chance. At 130.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- It's gone down at 130.- That's good.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02You'll settle for that, won't you?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Yes, yes. Very nice.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- The money will come in useful. - For the grandchildren.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Is the money going towards the grandchildren? How many have you got?- Two.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14One's a teacher and one is studying medicine at Nottingham.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17So one needs the money and one doesn't!
0:37:17 > 0:37:22'Not a huge surprise for us, but a welcome one for Ralph and Kathleen's grandchildren.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26'Can Pamela's dressing-table set continue our success?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30'They can be difficult to sell, but we all think they will have some interest.'
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Pamela, good luck.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36- Thank you.- This is the start of Pamela's decluttering in the auction room. Is it your first auction?
0:37:36 > 0:37:37- It is.- What do you think?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Sum it up.- Very interesting.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- There's a lot of people.- Yes.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- It's hot in here.- Yes, it is.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Temperatures are rising.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49- Pressure's on, Michael. - No pressure. It's a bit of silver. - It's lovely, isn't it?
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Very fine George V
0:37:51 > 0:37:55silver and tortoiseshell-backed five-piece dressing-table set.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Very nice collection of dressing-table brushes and mirrors.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Silver and tortoiseshell-backed.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02He's about 20 feet away.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07Then you've got another three items as well. Various dates and makers.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Interest here at £65 a bid.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1165. Where's 70 now?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At 65, I'll take any advance now.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15At 65, I'll take 70.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18At 65. 70, surely? 65. 75.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21No. 75. Still with me at £75.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Last chance at £75.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Against you all now, surely. Last chance. Are you sure now?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30All done now. Against you all now
0:38:30 > 0:38:33at £75, last chance at £75.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Oh.- It didn't sell. - I'm flabbergasted.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Yeah.- So am I. There was a lot there.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I am absolutely stunned.
0:38:39 > 0:38:45Those sets, normally, they're touching £130, £140. The buyers were here.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49It's a shame this is Pamela's first auction. We wanted it to be a special one.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53'That's such a shame and I hope it doesn't put Pamela off coming back to auctions.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55'That's just the way they go sometimes.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00'Fingers crossed we have a different result for Carol and her father's collection of watches.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02'She's joined by her mother Doreen.'
0:39:02 > 0:39:07Time is ticking away, and not quick enough for Carol and Doreen, who are right next to me.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- You've been waiting a long time for this. It's been weeks.- Yes.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Hopefully we can send you home with £1,000. That's what we'd like to think.
0:39:16 > 0:39:1912 various gold plate and gilt metal-cased
0:39:19 > 0:39:20gentleman's pocket watches.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24A very fine lot. A great number of them. There they all are.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Look at them. Where do we start?
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Lots of interest, and I will start my bidding at £200. Do I see 220?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33220...
0:39:33 > 0:39:35We're in on estimate, that's good.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40280, 300. 320, 350.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I've got 320. I'll take 350 now.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44350, 380, 400.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I've got 380. Do I see £400?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I look for £400. Come on.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52380, all done. Fair warning, we sell.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Once, twice, three times at £380.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58All out? Yes, we are.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02So far, so good. The second lot is this wonderful fusee pocket watch.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Do you know what this reminds me of?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Alice In Wonderland, because it's so big.- Yes.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- It's so big and comical, isn't it? - Yes.- Lovely big pocket watch.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13You'd need quite a big waistcoat for it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16I might have one at home in my wardrobe, Paul.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23A very fine Victorian silver pair-cased...
0:40:23 > 0:40:26The porter's having trouble lifting it. That's a good watch!
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Case hallmarked - London, 1854.
0:40:29 > 0:40:35- Lots of interest here.- Oh! - I will start this lot at £210.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Do I see 220? 210, come on.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Do I see 220? 210.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Do I see 220 now? Surely, come on.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45210. It's got to go at 210. I'll take 220. All out.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Do I see 220?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Fair warning, all done, we're selling it. All out, we are.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54We say sale at £210. All out.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57That's two down, we've got the third one coming up now.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02A very fine 1930s gold pocket watch,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06together with a gold plate case watch. There they are.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Lots of interest in these. £100.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Wow. That's good.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17120. 125. I can now go 130.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22130. 135. 140. 145. 148.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24I've got 150.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29152. I'm out. Do I see 155? Come on! Once, twice,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32three times, we're selling at £152 to you, sir.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36£152, sold to that gentleman over there.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37One more lot to go.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42Hopefully this is the lot that's going to fly away, because there are a lot of watches in this bag.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47We've got...
0:41:47 > 0:41:48a big collection here.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- A whopping collection. - An understatement.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54But a wonderful collection of key wind pocket watches.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Oh, Carol, the tension's mounting, isn't it? Now you're getting warmer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01This is what it's all about.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03They're all there for you.
0:42:03 > 0:42:0735, one, two, three, four bids. Where do we start?
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- I am bid straight in at £250. - Though he was going to say 400.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- 300. 350, 400, 500... - He's going up in 50s though.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16550, 600, 650, 700,
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- I've got 650.- 650! - Do I see £700 now?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24700, 750, 800, 820.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Wow!
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Now I'm tingling. Are you tingling?- Yeah.- Good.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Do I see 850? Come on! 820, I'll take 850 now. 820, all done.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Where's 850? You're out. All done.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39We are selling at £820.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41The gavel is falling now.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46£820. Doreen, Carol, what a day, hey?
0:42:46 > 0:42:47- Lovely.- A lot of money as well.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- It's all down to Barry's connection.- Yes.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I've got to tot it up. That was an odd figure to tot up.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58He squeezed the last £2 out of it. £1,562.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Thank you, Michael.- Very good.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01A lot of money.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- Yes.- A lot of money, enjoy it.- Yes.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Enjoy it.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Do I see 310? At £200 now...
0:43:07 > 0:43:11That's the end of the auction for all of our owners.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?
0:43:13 > 0:43:16All credit to both our auctioneers today and our experts.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20If you've got any antiques you want to sell, we'd love to see you.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Come on, bring them along to one of our valuation days and experience one of these Flog It auctions.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27For now, from Derbyshire, bye-bye.
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