0:00:07 > 0:00:13The bracing sea air. People first came here in the 18th century on doctor's orders, believe it or not,
0:00:13 > 0:00:19because they were extolling the virtues of the salt water to invigorate a bit more life into you.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22And they've been coming back ever since.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27But people should enjoy it even more today as Flog It is here in Worthing on the Sussex coast.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51This is where it starts, a Flog It valuation day.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And today we're in this magnificent building,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hundreds of people have turned up, laden with bags and boxes.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Who knows what treasures we'll find?
0:01:02 > 0:01:07- It's 9.30 and time to get the doors open. What are you going to do? - ALL: Flog It!
0:01:09 > 0:01:16'We have a full team of experts promenading amongst our owners at the end of the pier.
0:01:16 > 0:01:22'In the lead are Michael Baggott, an antiques boffin who seems to know a thing or two about future trends.'
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Keep it. Come back to Flog It in four years' time.- I will do that.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And then whoever's there will go, "Can't believe it."
0:01:29 > 0:01:34'And David Fletcher, who cites Arthur Negus and Going For A Song
0:01:34 > 0:01:38'as one of the reasons he got into the business.'
0:01:38 > 0:01:45- It's not worth a fortune.- It's not worth 10,000?- No, it's not worth 10,000. Might be worth a tenner.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49'Coming up - Michael makes a few strategic moves.'
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Checkmate.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Well done. Good game.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00'And David uses his intuition, but will he be proved right?'
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Now, I've seen nothing quite like him before, so I'm going to be stabbing in the dark a bit.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'And I visit Christopher Lloyd's gardens at Great Dixter.'
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Just breathtaking.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Well, everybody is now safely seated inside the Pavilion. There's a great atmosphere.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- You're all happy, aren't you? - ALL: Yes!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Who'll go home with lots of money?
0:02:25 > 0:02:30It could be this person here as Michael has found a gem. Let's take a closer look.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Pat?- Yes?- First of all, thank you
0:02:32 > 0:02:36for bringing this wonderful set in.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Um... Where did you get it from?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It was my father's.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44I don't know where he got it from. He's never played with it.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- It's just been stuck in the cupboard. - Oh, no. Really?- Yes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Yes.- Stuck away. And did he tell you where he got it from or any idea...?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- No. No.- Oh, dear.- I haven't a clue where it came from.
0:02:55 > 0:03:02It's unusual because normally you see these sets incomplete or with a little damage or with a knock.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07People will think, "That's a peculiar chess set," as we're very familiar
0:03:07 > 0:03:12with the standard pattern of chess set that we get now, which was first done by Jaques,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14their Staunton pattern.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18You've got the turreted castle, not this turned finial.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Of course, the king looks nothing like that. He's got a little crown with a cross on top.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Now, the Staunton pattern sets, I think came out in about the 1850s.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Before that, you've got a number of different makers producing their own patterns.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- And a lot of these were influenced by Chinese and Indian sets.- Yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Now, at first I thought this set was ivory.
0:03:42 > 0:03:50- Yes.- But if we look, we've got these tiny black flecks, which are little vesicles, which you get in bone.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52So it's actually a turned bone set.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55They've left these pieces undyed
0:03:55 > 0:03:57and these are stained red.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03- And that's quite common to get a white and a red set, rather than a white and a black set.- Black.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05And in terms of date,
0:04:05 > 0:04:10they're around 1835 up to 1850 in date.
0:04:10 > 0:04:17- Gosh.- Where it was made is a little bit more difficult.- Yes.- But we know the date. We know the material.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23And we know, to a chess fanatic or someone who likes playing chess sort of habitually,
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- it's lovely to have different boards to play.- Yes. - And I think this is a delight.
0:04:28 > 0:04:35- Any idea of what the value is?- Well, my son went on the internet to have it valued as he thought it was ivory.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41- And the valuation for that was about £500.- Right. Ivory sets are incredibly sought after.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45And a set of this pattern in ivory might be £800 to £1,200.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51- Golly.- An original Staunton set, £7,000, £10,000.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- £15,000, if it's in its original box.- Oh, gosh!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Bone, I have to bring you back down to earth.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Bone are very much more abundant.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07- But this set is in lovely order. - Yes.- And it's got its board, so let's put £150 to £250 on it.- Yes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Let's put a fixed reserve of 140 on it. It won't go for a penny below that.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- And with any luck two chess fanatics will just get carried away at the auction.- Lovely.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23- So we'll put it in for you. Do you play, Pat?- I do, but not very well, because I haven't played for years.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Well, white moves first. It's your move, Pat.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29You're testing me now.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32You're testing me. I don't know what to do. There we go.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36'Well, as you can see, Michael's a bit chess mad,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38'so Pat's come to the right place.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44'While the rest of us are busy looking for antiques...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47'..the game continues.'
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Checkmate.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well done. Good game.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59'Wow, what a bonus! Time to catch up with David, who's having a look at an Art Deco piece,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01'brought along by Jason.'
0:06:01 > 0:06:09- You've brought along a clock.- Yes. - What can you tell me about it? - Not much. It was my nan's uncle's.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Do you know anything about the Art Deco style?- Very little.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18The Art Deco style is characterised by bold geometric shapes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22So this rectangular shape is absolutely typical.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28- I'm interested that it's in an onyx case.- So that's what it is?- It's onyx, yes, a sort of green marble,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32which suggests a relatively early date, really.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37We all know about the recession which hit America, in particular, in the late 1920s.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And from that date on,
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- you tend to find less exotic marbles being used in the cases of these clocks than onyx.- Right.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51So I think this is going to date from before 1930, so that all adds up.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53And it's by Mappin and Webb.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- Is that important? Is that a good name?- Mappin and Webb is a good name. - Yeah.- Not the best.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Had it have been Garrard or Tiffany
0:07:03 > 0:07:09- or Cartier, it would've been better. But Mappin and Webb is pretty good, really.- Yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15- Tell me, why are you thinking of selling it?- It's sitting on a corner in a dark room gathering dust.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21- It has got a bit of dust on it. I noticed that.- All authentic.- All authentic dust. You don't use it?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- No.- Does it work, do you know? - It does.- It does. OK.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Have you any idea what it might be worth?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- £40, £50?- 40 to 50, I don't think you're far out.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37In fact, I think you should be a valuer, because that's exactly what I was going to say.
0:07:37 > 0:07:44I reckon we should put an estimate on this of £40 to £60. It might make a bit more with a bit of luck.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49But I would suggest a reserve beneath the bottom estimate of, say, £35.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- OK.- Is that all right with you? - That is, yes.- OK. We'll go ahead along those lines then.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- And I'll look forward to seeing you at the sale.- OK.- Thank you.- Cheers.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02'It's a good-looking Art Deco clock,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06'so it deserves to have a little bit more limelight.
0:08:06 > 0:08:13'Someone who is not usually in the limelight is Pippa Deeley, one of our off-screen jewellery experts.'
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- I notice you're not wearing any diamonds, Pippa.- I know.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20We should do something about that, shouldn't we?
0:08:20 > 0:08:25'Back to Michael, who's excited by some family silver that Marilyn has brought along.'
0:08:25 > 0:08:29You may not know, and a lot of our viewers may not know,
0:08:29 > 0:08:35- but I'm a member of a society, and it is the Silver Spoon Club... - Really?- ..of Great Britain.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- Good Lord.- And look what you have brought me, Marilyn - silver spoons!
0:08:39 > 0:08:45- So are these something that you've collected?- No. - Where have they come from?
0:08:45 > 0:08:52- They were my mother-in-law's. And I think they've come down to her, I think.- Right. Right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Any of these initials family names?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Well, the only one that I've noticed is that one - "MH".
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Now, my father-in-law's mother's name was Hawling.- Ah.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- So I wondered if that "H" had anything to do with that?- Possibly.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Possibly. These are often...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11This is a prime example of a marriage initial.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14So you have the surname at the top.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16And then you've got the husband,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19being the 18th century, first, and the wife second.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Yes.- These are all individual sets of initials,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24so these would've been the owner.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30- And often they're given as a christening gift.- Right.- That would be your spoon for life.- Yes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Although when we move the date that these are,
0:09:32 > 0:09:37mid-18th century, you do tend to see them more rather in sets,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40rather than individual spoons.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45We'd better get the pattern out of the way as patterns are very important. And these are Hanoverian.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Are they?- Because unlike old English, the stem turns up.- Oh, right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54And that was meant because you sat them that way at the table.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Yes.- And Hanoverian pattern comes in very early in 1709, 1710.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Good grief! - And then it goes right through it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07It can be as late as this, which is the latest, which is 1776.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Is it?- They're all London made.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12That make is Ebenezer Coker.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16And those series of punches will date it between
0:10:16 > 0:10:201739 and 1755.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23That one's by a man called Robert Sallam.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And that was made in London in 1763.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30This one is probably by John Lamfert.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And is 1766.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36And the last one is by Charles Hougham.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And that's London 1776.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Right. Any idea of what they're worth?- None at all.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48- It's not huge figures, which is why I think more people should be collecting them!- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:55Because they're, you know, they're eminently collectable. And they're perfect as a start for somebody.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- On the market, they're between £30 and £50 each.- Oh, right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04So if we put them into auction between £120 and £200, they'll find their level somewhere in between.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And put a fixed reserve of £120 on them.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- If you're happy for us to put them in, we'll do that?- I think so, yes.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Hopefully there'll be lots of spoon collectors there.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- I'll certainly let them know. - Thank you. That was fascinating.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30We are now halfway through our day. I've escaped the mayhem to get a bit of fresh air
0:11:30 > 0:11:34before we go to the auction room. Here's what we're taking with us.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Pat's chess set could give a lot of pleasure,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41so it's a good move to get it into the saleroom.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47Art Deco has a keen following, so Jason's mantel clock should attract a buyer.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52We just need a few fellow members of The Silver Spoon Club at the auction room
0:11:52 > 0:11:55and Marilyn's family silver is on its way.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00There's our first batch of items and this is where we're putting them under the hammer.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04This is where it gets exciting - Denham's Auctioneers in Warnham.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You've heard what our experts have had to say.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10But ultimately, it's down to the bidders.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15So let's get inside. And fingers crossed, we've got some big surprises.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19What do you say for that? 110. 120.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Now 120 then. Are we done and selling? At £120.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29You could say it's game on, which brings us nicely to this lovely chess set belonging to Pat.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- It's all made of bone. Beautiful. We've got a valuation of £150 to £250.- It's worth that.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I think chess sets are a really good investment.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42- If you love a game like that... - You've got to have a good set.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45A good board and a set new is maybe £150, £200?
0:12:45 > 0:12:51- Buy an antique one.- Exactly. Even if it doesn't have a board, you can pick up a pretty good board.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54But always invest in a quality chess set.
0:12:54 > 0:13:00And even the basic wooden ones, as long as they're weighted with lead - wonderful feel to them.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Let's hope the bidders want to buy this chess set because it's going under the hammer right now.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08The red and white carved chess set,
0:13:08 > 0:13:12complete with games compendium box. There it is.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16What do we say for this one? £100 for it, do we say? 75 then? I'm bid 50.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- And five.- It's very low.
0:13:19 > 0:13:2270. And five. 80. And five.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- 90.- Come on, more. More.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29£90 then. Are we all done? Selling at £90 then.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34You're done with it at 90. At £90 then... Can't sell that at 90.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37He didn't sell it and he was just telling everybody
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- that it didn't reach the reserve. - Yes.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Never mind.- But it's worth that. And I think you should go back home.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Get it out and start playing again. - Even just display it, as it looks wonderful.- Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Thank goodness we put a fixed reserve on that.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55'It's always worth protecting something good with a reserve.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58'Now for some Art Deco.'
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Our next item belongs to Jason, who unfortunately can't be with us.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08But you'll remember that he brought in that little Art Deco clock made by Mappin and Webb.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13David, our expert, has put £40 to £60 on this. Hopefully, it's going to fly away.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Art Deco's very fashionable today.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21Mappin and Webb, as you say, a good maker. It would've been better still had it been Asprey's or Garrard's.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Well, then it would be £100 to £200.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Let's see what the bidders think. Time is up for the Art Deco clock.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Nice little clock, this one.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35The Art Deco clock in the marble case. What do we say for this one?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I'm bid 20. And two. 24.
0:14:38 > 0:14:4026. 28. 30.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42And five.
0:14:43 > 0:14:4440. And five.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- We're there.- Yes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50We're now at £45 then. Are we done and selling now at £45?
0:14:53 > 0:14:5545, are you...?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Yes! Well done. Within estimate, £45.- Yep.- That's good.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- I think you should get on the phone and let him know. - OK. I'll do it now.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08'I think Jason will be pleased with that.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12'Now for those lovely Georgian spoons belonging to Marilyn's son.'
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I must say, cracking lot. It's a nice little collection.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- Had you started to collect?- No. They belonged to my mother-in-law.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22And when she died in her nineties,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27well, my son just literally went to the table and said, "Well, I'll have those."
0:15:27 > 0:15:34- He picked up the silver spoons with some other stuff. It was as arbitrary as that.- And your son's here today.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- And your granddaughter. What's her name?- Evie.- Evie.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Look, waving at us now. Aw!
0:15:40 > 0:15:43So let's find out what the bidders think. Good luck.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Four antique, silver bottom-marked spoons
0:15:46 > 0:15:49or English pattern spoons, there.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I'm bid 70. And five. 80. And five.
0:15:51 > 0:15:5390. And five.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55100. And ten.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00There we go. A silver spoon will never let you down, Paul.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02120. We're now at 120 then.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Are we done and selling now?
0:16:06 > 0:16:10At £120. All done and selling at 120, are we?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Spot on, Michael.- Thank you, Paul.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16If you want to start collecting something like that,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20start with early silver spoons. You can't go wrong. Thanks for bringing them in.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26'I'm a bit surprised they didn't go a little higher. But what a great start for a collection!'
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Are we done and selling? At £50 then...
0:16:32 > 0:16:38Now, while I'm here in Sussex, I'm off to visit a place I've wanted to see for many years.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55This is Great Dixter, an idyllic house in a heavenly setting in the Sussex Weald.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01It is a place of pilgrimage for many people because it was the home of the late Christopher Lloyd,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05one of the most remarkable of British gardeners.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Christopher was known for being witty and opinionated.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15And his rise to fame came from the gardening books and the magazine and newspaper articles that he wrote.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20And he spent much of his life here, putting his ideas into practice.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24And many of them, you could say, were revolutionary.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Sadly, Christopher died in 2006.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30But thankfully, not before setting up a charitable trust,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33so the garden here at Great Dixter could flourish.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Christopher grew up here with his parents and four brothers and a sister.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48His father Nathaniel had employed the architect, Edwin Lutyens,
0:17:48 > 0:17:53to restore and enlarge the house in the then popular Arts and Crafts manner.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57At the same time, Lutyens set out the framework for the garden,
0:17:57 > 0:18:03incorporating many old farm buildings, in a formal style radiating out from the house.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09And this gave Christopher's father the opportunity to indulge his enthusiasm for topiary.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14And over the decades they've grown into marvellous, majestic, magnificent shapes.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20And this gave Christopher the framework for his later flower planting.
0:18:22 > 0:18:29I was very lucky to be presented with a ready-made skeleton for the garden.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35It was lovely to be able to put flesh on the bones.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It was also fortunate
0:18:37 > 0:18:41that I didn't have to make the bones myself
0:18:41 > 0:18:44because I'm no good at that at all.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48But it was Christopher's mother Daisy, not his father,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52who was the real gardener in the family.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54It was she who first planted out the borders.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57She had a particular love of wild flowers.
0:18:57 > 0:19:04And it's wonderful to see the meadows that she planted are still thriving here at Great Dixter today.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09But I'm not sure she'd recognise some planting that Christopher brought to the garden.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16It's only when you look around, you can see his approach is so bold and unconventional.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22Who'd have thought that all of these bright colours would mix together in harmony at such wonderful heights?
0:19:22 > 0:19:29So who better to talk to than Fergus Garrett, who worked with Christopher as head gardener for many years?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Christopher described Fergus as brilliant and creative.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36You must've learnt a lot from him?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Oh, absolutely. And you know what I've learnt? It's to be free.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45And not to be dictated to. There are various rules you have to obey in a garden.
0:19:45 > 0:19:51There are rules of ecology. And if you put a dry, shade-loving plant in a wet, moist area,
0:19:51 > 0:19:57then it's not going to survive. So there's no point in you even thinking about the combination.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Other than that, it's an expression of your taste.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Christopher thought, "Well, I'm going to go ahead and do whatever pleases me.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09"And at least I'm pleasing one person and that's myself."
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Did you ever fall out with him over ideas?- All the time.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I mean, I never ever forgot that it was his garden.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19But if I thought that something wasn't going to work, I'd say.
0:20:19 > 0:20:26I think he wanted me to say to him. And in the same way, if I thought that I was wrong on something
0:20:26 > 0:20:31and he was right, I'd admit it and he'd do the same. And it worked really well.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36But a lot of thought has gone into there. I couldn't go and do that and throw a load of plants there.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Yes. It's very complex, actually,
0:20:39 > 0:20:45because you want things to look natural in their setting. But there are many seasons in there as well.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49And you've got the framework of all these shrubs in here
0:20:49 > 0:20:53and layers and layers of plants. So you may have one plant come up.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00Then another one takes over. Climbers go over the top of the shrubs. So you have something for every season.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And that's the excitement of a garden.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07I love the little colours, the big colours, and also the big, broad leaves that go with it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10It's just absolutely brilliant.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Our planting style is to mimic what happens in nature, in a way.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23We want plants to look very comfortable in their setting, as if they've just landed here.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26If you took Christopher Lloyd to one side and said,
0:21:26 > 0:21:32- "What's most important in a plant?" He'd say, "Shape, more than colour." - Really?- Yes, absolutely.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53What a beautiful and romantic place this is.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I've thoroughly enjoyed my time filming here today.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02And all I can say is, if you're unsure about planting up with mixed colours,
0:22:02 > 0:22:08lots of hot colours together, come here, because it will certainly change your opinion.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12It's just breathtaking. And it's clear talking to Fergus that he shares Christopher's vision,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15so the gardens are going to be in safe hands.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I think it's only fitting that we leave the last word to Christopher Lloyd himself,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23a man full of inspiration and talent.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31Every generation has to make its mark in its own way.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37I think that copying the past is a cop-out.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44I don't fear in the least about what will happen
0:22:44 > 0:22:50to the garden design or its contents when I'm dead
0:22:50 > 0:22:53because it's somebody else's turn.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Welcome back to our valuation day at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10We've still got pretty much a full house.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15It's time for Act Two, so let's catch up with our experts to see what they're up to.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18The heat and the tension is really rising here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Can I borrow this for a second? Phew!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I'm off.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28'Our next owner, Liv, has brought something in that's got David rather foxed.'
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Now you're going to have to explain what this is to me. I'm mystified.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35This is a nutcracker.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37A nutcracker, right.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And it's a nutcracker for special nuts,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43which are for macadamia nuts...
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Oh, right.- ..which have a very, very hard shell, they say.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Right.- I'll show you how to do it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53So I swing the handle like that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And you put the nut in there.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57And now... LOUD CRACK
0:23:57 > 0:24:01- Like that.- Gosh.- And hopefully the nut is cracked by now.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- It works, I'm sure. - I'm sure it does, yes.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Well, talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- This is the very embodiment of that sentiment, isn't it?- Absolutely.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17It's described as being "anvil craft".
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And it's manufactured, I see,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25by a factory operating out of Gladstone Street in T'mba,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29which I wouldn't have known, but that's in Queensland.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- Are you aware of any Australian connection?- Yes, there is actually.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- Right.- I got this one from my now ex-husband.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Right.- He got it from his first ex-wife.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Right.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And she and her family are in Australia.
0:24:45 > 0:24:52Well, that seems to be it, doesn't it? I mean, we seem to have cracked it. No pun intended.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56So your husband got the house and the car. And you got the nutcracker?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Um... No, it wasn't actually like that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Good. I'm pleased to hear it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I don't think there's very much you can say about it,
0:25:05 > 0:25:10except that someone has quite consciously attempted to make a decorative item
0:25:10 > 0:25:13out of something which is really just useful.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18William Morris would be spinning in his grave at the sight of this,
0:25:18 > 0:25:22because William Morris believed that form should follow function,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26and didn't approve of unnecessary ornamentation.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29And this really is more or less entirely unnecessary.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I mean, you could put the nut in there and hit it hard with a hammer
0:25:33 > 0:25:41- and it would do exactly the same. - Absolutely.- There's something a bit laddish about it, isn't there?- Yes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46You could imagine the chaps sitting round in a bar in Australia somewhere,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50drinking their lager and cracking their nuts on this.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Have you ever used it in anger?
0:25:53 > 0:26:00No, I've never tried it, actually, because my feeling is that if you put a walnut or a hazelnut,
0:26:00 > 0:26:06- you've got nuts and nut shells everywhere.- It would just turn it to pulp, wouldn't it?- Absolutely.
0:26:06 > 0:26:13- And perish the thought, but if you got your thumb stuck in there, it doesn't bear thinking about.- No.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19Now, do I really need to ask you why you've decided to divest yourself of this nutcracker?
0:26:19 > 0:26:24- No, it's the same old story, that I'm downsizing, moving to a smaller flat. - Right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30- And this is just another piece of... - Clutter?- Clutter, yes, which you have to carry with you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36I was just thinking, if you had a list of 20 things you'd want to get rid of in the downsizing process,
0:26:36 > 0:26:42- this would probably be top of the list.- Absolutely. - I don't mean to be rude about it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- But it has its limitations, doesn't it?- Absolutely. - Well, certainly in a visual sense.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52As a piece of engineering, it's fantastic. But let's hope somebody likes it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58I don't know if there are collectors of nutcrackers out there. But if there are, if they're serious,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02they'd certainly want to own this. Let's hope that person is out there.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07I think what we've got to do, seriously, is go easy on the estimate.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Because I would hate to put an estimate of £100 to £150 on this and not sell it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- And if we did, we wouldn't sell it. - No.- So if you're philosophical about it,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and would agree to an estimate of say, £20 to £30,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24and crucially, agree to offer it up without reserve,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- then we've got a deal.- That's fine, yes. That sounds good.
0:27:28 > 0:27:36- Jolly good. We'll go ahead on that basis. I look forward to seeing you at the sale.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40'For once I can understand why Liv is trying to move this one on.'
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- It's hot in here, though, isn't it? - Yes.- It really is. Temperatures are rising.
0:27:46 > 0:27:53'Next, Michael has found a couple of figures belonging to Karl, which are somewhat more delicate.'
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Karl, thank you for bringing in these very attractive figures.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03Are you a diehard porcelain collector? Where did these come from?
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- I bought them off somebody in the local newspaper.- Really?- Yes.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11They were advertised as French, possibly Samson figures.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Right. Did they give you any idea of date?
0:28:14 > 0:28:191880, but um... Possibly. I'll probably be proven wrong.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Let's have a look at this chap.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24The first thing we've got
0:28:24 > 0:28:28is we've got this very bright gilt band.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32And you get gilding on 18th-century figures sometimes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36But it isn't this bright metallic finish.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- OK.- So this is more typical of early 20th-century figurines.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43If we turn it over...
0:28:43 > 0:28:44Blast!
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- We don't have a factory mark. - No mark!
0:28:47 > 0:28:53It's not uncommon for a lot of the minor German, and sometimes even Italian factories,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57not to have a mark on the base of the figurines.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02- And the only thing is, it does tend to hold the value back slightly. - Right.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07What you want to see when you turn these over are the crossed swords of Meissen.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Or even a mark for Sitzendorf, one of the larger more famous factories.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15We've got a visible seam mark there.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Now, if it was a very good factory, they'd have tidied that up.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23It's obviously been in a mould. It just needs a bit of hand finishing.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25But they haven't gone to that care.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I think from their costume,
0:29:27 > 0:29:32you can tell that these are modelled on 18th-century figures.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38They're after that vogue in 1740, 1750, for these little figures.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41But when these were made,
0:29:41 > 0:29:47and I think 1900, maybe even 1910 is a better date than 1880,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49these figures were all the rage.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53They have got some good points. The modelling of this dog
0:29:53 > 0:29:55is not bad at all.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00All of this has been hand-painted, all the lines to imitate its fur.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02It's got good points and bad points.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07- So now we get to the thorny question - how much did they cost you?- £100 I paid.
0:30:07 > 0:30:14That's very fair. I mean, there's no shame in paying £100 for a lovely pair of figurines like this.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I think at auction we'd be a little bit more cautious.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21But bearing in mind you really want to get most of that money back,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25let's put them in at 80 to 120. Let's put a fixed reserve of £80.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29And hopefully two people will be charmed by them,
0:30:29 > 0:30:34and look at the work involved in them, and just think, "I'll go one more" on the day.
0:30:34 > 0:30:41- So why have you decided to part with them now?- I thought I'd bring them along here and have a day out.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Well, hopefully, the day out at the auction will be a profitable one.
0:30:45 > 0:30:52- Hopefully.- Fingers crossed.- I'll be happy either way.- Splendid. Thank you so much for bringing them in.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57'Good show. It's always good to hear that someone has come along to enjoy the day.
0:30:57 > 0:31:03'Glenn has brought in a couple of dolls which could not be more different from each other.'
0:31:03 > 0:31:08Now what can you tell me about these dolls you've brought along with you today?
0:31:08 > 0:31:13- Well, the small one, I was given when I was five.- Five. Right.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15So I've had him quite a long time.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19And the other one was my daughters'
0:31:19 > 0:31:25- and they've had it probably for about 40 years.- Do you like them? - This one? Yes.- Right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- But the other one - no.- No. OK.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Let's start by talking about him.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35Now, he's dressed, of course, in stars and stripes,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39which can only suggest, really, that he's Uncle Sam, I think.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Why don't you like him?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44It's his face!
0:31:44 > 0:31:48His... His... No, he still frightens me now.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52It's strange that they should've chosen a rather sinister face
0:31:52 > 0:31:57for such a sort of totemic figure, really, as Uncle Sam.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00He wasn't made in America, of course.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03That may account for it in part, perhaps.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07If I turn him over and we look on the back of his head,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10he is indeed marked "Germany".
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Right.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14He's bisque-headed,
0:32:14 > 0:32:18which means his head is made of unglazed china.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I don't think he looks too bad.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22He's got a grin on his face.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28- He looks dishevelled but that's probably because he's been around for a long time.- Possibly.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I must be honest, I've never seen a doll like this before.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- I would suggest he dates from the turn of the century.- I think so.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38So, in fact, he's 110 years old.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44- As I say, I've seen nothing quite like him before, so I'll be stabbing in the dark.- Oh, dear.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50- I would've thought that he's got to be worth £60 or £70. It's a hunch, really.- Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:56On the other hand, if you do find two buyers who want him, he could make a lot more than that.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58So as I say, I am speculating a bit.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01But let's go for £60, shall we,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- as a reserve?- OK.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07An estimate, say, of 60 to 100?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Mm-hm.- And um... We'll hope for the best.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13OK. That deals with our American friend.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17And we'll turn now to a rather more conventional doll.
0:33:17 > 0:33:24- And tell me about her.- It's just "Dolly". That's all she was ever called by my children.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28No-one in the family has ever played with her by the looks of things?
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- Oh, do you not think so?- I think she looks in pretty good nick.
0:33:33 > 0:33:39- I'm afraid she's been played with and played with.- She's done well. She's lost one or two of her fingertips.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45Her body will be made of papier mache, but her face has survived. We'll look at the back of her head.
0:33:45 > 0:33:52And it tells us that the doll was made in the Armand Marseille factory,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55which is actually in Koppelsdorf in Germany.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59I think a German manufacturer like this
0:33:59 > 0:34:03would've chosen the name Armand Marseille
0:34:03 > 0:34:06to give it just a suggestion of sophistication.
0:34:06 > 0:34:13French dolls are more saleable now, and they were more expensive when they were new, than German dolls.
0:34:13 > 0:34:20So this dignifies it a bit. It might have deceived people into thinking that it was French but it's German.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26And we know that because it's marked "Germany". Now why are you sending her off to the saleroom?
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- I've only got boys in the family and the girls are grown up.- OK.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37If a granddaughter comes along, you have to buy another one because this one will have gone by then.
0:34:37 > 0:34:44And I think she's going to make more money because she's more commercial as a doll, really.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49She's pretty. She's got a lovely smile on her face.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54She makes you feel better. Poor Uncle Sam makes you feel a bit worse, perhaps.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59So let's go for an estimate of 100 to 150.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03And I would suggest a reserve just below the bottom estimate of £90.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- That's fine.- OK?- Yes.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09'Well, we'll just have to wait and see how they do.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14'Let's remind ourselves of what our experts picked to take off to the auction.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18'How could anyone forget Liv's nutcracker?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22'But then they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26'Whereas Karl's hand-painted French figures
0:35:26 > 0:35:29'will have much wider appeal.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33'And finally, David speculated a bit about one of Glenn's dolls.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37'So it'll be interesting to see exactly what Uncle Sam makes.'
0:35:41 > 0:35:43130. 140.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47We have 140. Are we done? Selling then...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50'Now for something of a first on Flog It.'
0:35:50 > 0:35:57Going under the hammer right now, we've got a doorstop. Well, of a kind, anyway, haven't we, Liv?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00An Australian nutcracker doorstop.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I've not seen anything like that before. I also had a play with it.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07You've got to, haven't you, David? It works.
0:36:07 > 0:36:13- I think it's over-engineered. - I think it is.- Maybe.- The design didn't take off, did it?
0:36:13 > 0:36:18- No.- If it did, I've not seen another one.- I thought it was quite dangerous as well.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24- Right. OK. I think it's about time we put it under the hammer, don't you?- Absolutely.- There's no reserve.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- It's got to go. You don't want to take it home?- No. - Let's flog it. Here we go.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32The Australian nutcracker.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34There it is.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38It's a talking point. What do we say for it?
0:36:38 > 0:36:41£20 for it do we say? Come along now. A real curio.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- Fingers crossed. - 10 to get us going? Five anywhere?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I'm bid five. Six. - We got some bidding.
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5212. 14, are you going? Yours at 12.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Do I see 14? At £12. 14.
0:36:54 > 0:36:5516. 18.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- They're going nuts over it. - What a cracker!
0:36:59 > 0:37:0020. And two.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0424. 26. 28. 30.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05And two?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Straight down the middle at 30, I'm going to sell. All out at 30, are we?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14£30. Top end of the estimate. Well done. I'm very impressed with that.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Probably never ever see another one like it. Well done, Liv.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23- Thank you for bringing it in. It's not a lot of money, but it's a great talking point.- Yeah.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27'And I'm very glad it sold as well as it did.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30'Next, something continental to tempt the bidders.'
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Well, moving along swiftly now.
0:37:33 > 0:37:39We've got a classic 80 to 120 valuation on two French figurines just about to go under the hammer.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43They belong to Karl. Valued by Michael. Will we get the top end?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46The quality's there, but I don't know.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Bizarrely, when they were made, everybody wanted these figures.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55That's why they were made as there weren't enough of the antique ones to meet demand.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Well, let's put it to the test here.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02The pair of 19th-century continental porcelain figures.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05There they are. What do you think? £100 for them?
0:38:05 > 0:38:0875 then. Was that 50? I'm bid 50. And five.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Someone's interested. - 60. And five. 70. And five.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1480. And five.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Here we go.
0:38:15 > 0:38:1890. And five. 100. And ten.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21120. With me now at 120 then.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- That's OK.- They're coming back into fashion.- That's good.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Now at £120 then. Are we all done at 120?
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- You got your money back. - Yeah.- Well done. Well done.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Well, we got it right.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39These things are worth the price that they're worth.
0:38:39 > 0:38:45- But I think for the work that goes into them...- They're cheap. - So buy them whilst they're £120 now
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- before they hit 300 again.- And then put them back on the market in ten years' time.- Don't hold me to that.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55There is very little that is certain in the antiques world.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Before the sale started, I caught up with auctioneer Simon Langton.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Glenn's dolls, she's selling them because she wants to downsize.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12We've got the German bisque head one, which has got a value of £100-£150.
0:39:12 > 0:39:18And little Uncle Sam there, also bisque head. He's got a value of £60 to £100. He's also got a broken leg.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And she was given Uncle Sam when she was only five,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24so she might regret selling that little fella.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26She's had it a long time.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- He doesn't take up much room for someone's who's downsizing.- No.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32But if he's got to go, he's got to go.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- I would definitely keep that. - It's quite a rare doll.
0:39:35 > 0:39:42- They came out about 1915, just before the First World War.- Have many survived?- This is the question.
0:39:42 > 0:39:48This is the question because £60 to £100 could quite easily turn into 300 to 400, couldn't it?
0:39:48 > 0:39:54- It could do.- If he's the only one! - If he's the only one in the world, then yes, the sky's the limit.
0:39:54 > 0:40:00Unfortunately, the market has gone down a little bit in dolls the last two or three years.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05But we have got the right people for dolls and we've got the internet, so we shall see.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- Fingers crossed.- Let's hope so. - He does look a bit frightening, doesn't he?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Hopefully, we'll have smiles on our faces at the end of the day.
0:40:13 > 0:40:20We've got two wonderful dolls going under the hammer. They belong to Glenn, but she hasn't turned up yet.
0:40:20 > 0:40:26But she might walk in any moment. We're just about to sell the first lot, the German bisque head doll,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32which you put a valuation of 100 to 150, David. And the second one is that wonderful 20th-century one,
0:40:32 > 0:40:38Uncle Sam, again with the bisque head. We've had a chat to the auctioneer. You know what he said.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The first one, you were right, bang-on.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47- But Uncle Sam is a bit different. - Why does he look so miserable, do you think?- I don't know.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Maybe the person that was moulding his face had a bad day!
0:40:51 > 0:40:57- But he's so miserable, he makes you laugh, doesn't he? He's not frightening.- No.- Here we go.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Armand Marseille porcelain-headed doll. There it is.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Nice doll, this one.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06What do we say? Bids here start us at 70. And five.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0880. And five. 90. And five.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11100. With me at £100. Looking for the ten.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15And ten. 120. 130, madam?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Well done.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22With me at 120. All done and selling now at £120 if you're done with it?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Mid-estimate for the first one. And now the second.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Glenn might walk in at the moment it makes a lot of money.
0:41:29 > 0:41:35- I find the other dolls quite spooky. I don't like them at all. But I could live with Uncle Sam.- Yeah.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Let's find out if this lot could. Here we go.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Uncle Sam doll.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42There we have him.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44What do we say for him?
0:41:44 > 0:41:47£100 for him, do we say? 75 then?
0:41:47 > 0:41:5050? I'm going to start at 30. And five. 40. And five.
0:41:50 > 0:41:5450. And five. 60. And five.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Lady's bid at £65. 70.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58And five. 80. And five.
0:41:58 > 0:42:0090. And five. 100.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- Right. Top end of the estimate. - 130. 140. 150.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06160. 170.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08180. 190.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- 200.- Do you know, I think Uncle Sam's beginning to smile.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13240. 260.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16280. 300.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18And 20. 340.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19360.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21380.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23400.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24And 20.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25440.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28460. 480.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29500.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- Undercooked this one, David, a bit. - I have got dolls wrong before, Paul.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Well, I wouldn't know what to value them at.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40540. 560?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42560?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45At £540 in the room now. At 5-4-0.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I'm going to sell at 5-4-0... 560.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50That's auctions. 580.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52600?
0:42:52 > 0:42:56At £580. Are we all done? Are you sure about this? At 5-8-0.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Going to sell at 5-8-0 now...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Where is Glenn when you need her?
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Hopefully she'll come running in right now for the golden moment!
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- £580. Who could've predicted that? - Well, Paul, these things are rare.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12They're scarce. You put an estimate on them. You hope for the best.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17- And sometimes you're lucky enough to get the best. - We know what they're worth now.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21If you've got anything like that at home, we'd love to see it. Bring it to one of our valuation days.
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