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The sea, the sand, plenty of sunshine! But more importantly, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
plenty of people all here laden with antiques to have them valued by our experts, | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
and today we're in this magnificent building, the Kings Hall | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
in Herne Bay on the Kent coastline. And you're watching "Flog It!". | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
Look at this! We've got a massive crowd gathering outside our venue, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
this magnificent building, the Kings Hall in Herne Bay | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
on the Kent coastline. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
This venue has been used for music recitals, parties, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
and even wrestling. But we don't want any fighting today, do we? | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
Because this is "Flog It!", the show where we put your unwanted antiques into auction, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
and today somebody's going to go home with an awful lot of money. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
Hello, there! How are you? | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
Show and tell! Get them out! | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
Today's experts, Kate Bateman and Mark Stacey, | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
are already looking for the most exciting items. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
How weird is that? | 0:01:19 | 0:01:20 | |
They're lovely. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
Kate once stepped out as a ballet dancer. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
These days she's poised as an auction-house owner. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
EPNS stands for electro-plated nickel silver, so sadly not solid silver. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
You're not going to be selling the family silver today. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
THEY CHATTER | 0:01:38 | 0:01:39 | |
Stacey grew up in Wales, and started collecting silver in his teens. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
He's now an independent valuer with a taste for Art Nouveau. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
It's a lovely piece. We'll tell you more inside. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
I've got a piece that's got a signature on the bottom. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Well, let's have a quick look, because I like signatures on bottoms. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
-There you go. -Thank you very much. -Bless you. Good luck! | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
Coming up - a little bit of the wild West rides into town. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
He was issued with it by the Pinkerton Detective Agency. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
-Really? -Yes, for his own protection carrying money. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
And that was in the 1890s. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
We find out that one woman's rubbish is another's treasure. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
-That got the boundary, didn't it? -Yes! I must go and find some more. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
-Have you got any more? -Not cricket, but I've got some more rubbish! | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
And a charity-shop find knocks us all for six. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
-What are you hoping for? -I have no idea. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
-I didn't think it was worth anything. -Really? | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
Oh! I knew it had quality, but not that much. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
Find out later just how much quality this little pot has. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Oh! You caught me unwrapping man's best friend here, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
covered in bubble wrap. As you can see, it's a full house, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
and everybody is now safely seated inside. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
It's about time we got on with the valuations. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
-Everybody wants to know... -What's it worth? | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
And we're going to find out. Kate is the first expert at the blue tablecloth. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
Let's go and join her and see what she's found. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
Isabel, you've brought quite an interesting sporting collection. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
-What do we know about it? -Well, first of all, it's not mine. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
It's my late husband's, and I found it in the loft. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
-Did you know he had it up there? -I knew vaguely | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
-that there was a lot of what I might have called rubbish. -Right. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
-I knew not to throw them out. -He's collected a fantastic collection | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
of cricket memorabilia, I suppose you would call it. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
You've got signatures, mainly late 1940s, so post-war. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
He obviously has cut out some of them. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
-Yes. -Which, for a collector... -Isn't as good. No. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
In this book, you've got all the different counties, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
and he's got complete sets of quite a few of them. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
Look at this, on a Surrey headed paper. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
-That's beautiful! -That's really nice. What's this one? | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
That's a West Indies touring team, but I'm not sure of the date. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
As you can see, they've come over on a cargo ship, | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
and they must have all been sitting on the deck | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
-signing pieces of paper. -Brilliant! | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
And again, we've got a West Indies fully signed team photo here. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
New Zealand team, 1949. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
And again, a South African team. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
-I'm not a cricketer myself, obviously... -No, neither am I! | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
So most of these names are not leaping out at me, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
but I'm sure the collectors will still get interested in them. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
They're of a good age, as well, and condition-wise, brilliant. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
-So they were up in the loft. -They were in the loft. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
How much do you think they might be worth? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
To me, nothing. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
-Right. -But to a cricketer or a cricket fan, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
-who knows? -Like your husband. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
Yes! Yes, they were very precious to him. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
As a mixed collection, you've probably got an estimate for auction | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
-of somewhere between £100 and £150. -That sounds brilliant. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
-You'd be happy with that? -Yes, yes. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
Probably reserve it just below that. £80 reserve. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
-Give the auctioneer a bit of discretion, so if it gets to 75, let it go. -Yes. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
I'm sure there will be names in here that are very collectible. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
The auction house can find out some of the more collectible names, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
make sure they're listed in the catalogue, | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
and they'll contact some collectors, or it goes up on the internet, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
they'll be flagged up as worth collecting, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
and that will get your buyers in. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
-Hopefully we'll find out the more interesting people and get you a good result. -Thank you! | 0:05:27 | 0:05:32 | |
Kate's done her best to put a fair valuation on that collection, | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
but you just can never tell with this kind of lot. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
I love just looking over one of our experts' shoulders, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
sometimes some of the off-screeners'. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Michael Bowles here has just found some maritime memorabilia, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
which is what you'd expect to find on the Kentish coastline. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
Ship's wheel, port and starboard lights, and look at this! | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
A diver's helmet. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
Now, here's something we rarely see on "Flog It!". | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
Ted's brought in an antique gun. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Firearm laws don't apply to old weapons like this, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
as you can't get ammunition for it. It's clearly a collectable. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
-Can you tell us what it is? -It's a Smith & Wesson. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
It's a .310-calibre Rimfire. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
-It's what is also called a lockup. -Explain that. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
-Can you show us what that is? -Yes, certainly. Colts had a patent | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
-that they locked down the barrel. -Oh, right. OK. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
To load it, you'd lock it down and put the bullets in. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
So Smith & Wesson had to think up another idea, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
and they designed what's called the lockup, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
-so it works in the opposite direction. -Oh, wow! | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
-And then you'd load it there. -What you do is, you cock the gun, | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
take out the barrel. You then push out the old cartridges | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
with that piece, reload, | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
put it back in again, lock it up, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
and it's got a hidden trigger, so it's safe in somebody's pocket. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
-So you don't blow your leg off. -Exactly, yeah. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
It wasn't a holstered gun. It was carried in the pocket. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
-It's quite a light weight. It's not a heavy gun. -No. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
It appealed to me for several reasons, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
first of all because it's a really good, collectable firearm. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
There's lots of collectors for them. But also it's in fabulous condition. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
-I used to shoot at the pistol club in Herne Bay. -Oh, right. OK. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
Looking at it, I'm quite certain it's never been fired. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
By looking down the barrel, you can see how clean it is. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
-If you look up at the light with it, it's never been fired at all. -No. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
And the wear on it is minimal. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:35 | |
But also you've got all this wonderful blueing to the metal. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
There's not even a scratch on there, is there? | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
And the lovely turned handle. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
-So, how long have you owned it? -About 18 years now. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
-And where did you get it from? -I had a very good friend. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
He was ex-Navy, same as I was. And when he left the Navy after the war, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
he became a bookmaker, a London bookmaker. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
And he got friendly with another bookmaker who was quite older than him. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:02 | |
He asked him if he would like this when this bookmaker was retiring, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
and he said that he was issued with it | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
-by the Pinkerton Detective Agency. -Really? -Yes, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
for his own protection carrying money. And that was in the 1890s. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
-Gosh! -Yeah. -There's no reason why it shouldn't have happened, | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
but with all these stories, you need a good provenance to show that. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
You've had it for all these years. Why have you decided now to sell it? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
Having reached the great old age of 77... | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
They won't throw it in the box after me, will they? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
But the thing is that there are collectors out there, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
younger people who like to collect, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
and it seems such a shame to go to waste. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
I agree with you. They're specialist dealers and collectors | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
who want this. I think a sensible estimate is £300 to £500. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
-Is that something you'd be happy with? -Oh, yes. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
-It's better than being in the safe. -Of course it is. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
We'll put a reserve of 300, because it's not worth giving these away. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
-It's a good, collectable item. -It is a mint-condition item. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
I think it's fantastic. I'm really pleased to have met you. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
-Thank you for telling us all about it. -Thank you, Mark. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
Whoever buys this won't need a firearms licence, | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
because it's obviously an antique. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
Just look at this a moment. Do you two know each other? | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
-Not at all. -How random is this? | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
This lady has brought in the kettle, | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
this young lad's brought in the biscuit barrel. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
Tea and biscuits, anybody? Refreshments are here! | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
And I just might have found something to satisfy anyone | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
with a real sweet tooth. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
It certainly stands well, Mike. Thank you for bringing this in. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
It's a piece of sterling silver. Anybody know what this is? | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
-Sugar shaker? -Sorry? -Sugar shaker. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
A sugar shaker? | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
-A sugar castor! Yeah. -Castor. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
Well done. You got it, though, didn't you, really? | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
-So, how did you come by this? -I bought it in Portobello Road. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
Did you? That's my old stomping ground. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
-How long ago was that? -It was about 30 years ago. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
I would've been there then. I had my own little pitch. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
-How much did you pay for it? -£48. -OK. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
Well, there's the assay marks. There's the leopard's head there. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
-Does anybody know that assay mark? -London. -Do you know where that is? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Yeah, London. And the letter U, which is quite clear there. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:22 | |
-1895. -That's 1895. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
And there's the maker's initials, look - WRC. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
Now, I can't find any WRCs in my book, unfortunately. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:33 | |
There's a WRS, late Victorian, but he was a spoon maker. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
I would say you paid... | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
..the right money for that, and it's what the trade wants right now. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
It's good, it's clean, there's no dents in it. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
The finial is slightly bent to one side, but that can be sorted out. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
And it stands well. It looks good. It's got a good height. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
It's not flatware, which is quite boring. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
-It looks good in my cabinet. -Why is it here today, | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
-and not in your cabinet? -I've had it quite a few years now, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
and I've, er, really liked looking at it. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
It's given me a lot of pleasure, and it's time to pass it on to somebody else who'll appreciate it too. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:13 | |
I would say, if an auctioneer wanted to catalogue this, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
he'd put this into the saleroom at a valuation of £75 to £100. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
-How do you feel about that? -That's OK. Happy with that. Yeah. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
-Well, let's flog it. -Yeah. Flog it. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
We are now halfway through our day. We've all been working flat out | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
at a cracking pace. Our experts have made their first choices | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
to go off to auction, so let's put those valuations to the test at Canterbury auction house. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
And here's a reminder of what we're taking. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
Isabel's cricket memorabilia has been in the loft for ages, | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
but she's sure it's worth a few bob. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:53 | |
Michael's silver sugar castor is over 100 years old, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
and that's the same age as our third item, | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
Ted's Smith & Wesson revolver. It's an unusual piece, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
with a great story. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
For our auction today, we've moved a few miles inland to Canterbury. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
A quick tip, just before the sale starts. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Buy a catalogue, read all the information in it, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
and check the small print, because there is a buyer's and seller's premium to pay. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:21 | |
So factor that in! When the hammer goes down, make sure you can afford a little extra. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
Our auctioneer today is Cliona Kilroy. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
And first under the hammer is Isabel's cricket collection. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
-This is one for the boys, isn't it? -It is! | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
Let's bring Kate in, because it's a girly thing as well, cricket, | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
-let's face it, if you like... -Um, no. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
I don't know much about it, just enough to know it should sell at this price. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
-£100 to £200 we've got on this. -Yeah. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
-Cricket memorabilia is big business. It really is. -Yeah. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
-This is going to go for six, straight away. -Promise? | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
-Yes, definitely! -Might be a duck. You never know. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
No, it won't. It won't be a no-bowl. This is it here. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
Three cricket photographs autographed by the various teams | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
as in the catalogue, and a selection of other autographed photographs. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
-Commission interest. We start at... -90. -£90. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
-Oh! -90 I'm bid. I'm looking for £100. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
100 I'm bid. 110. 120. 130. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
140. 150. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
-160? -Oh, that's great! | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
160. 170. 180. 190. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
200? Anybody at 200? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
-This is good. -On my right, still at £190 now. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Any further offer? Any further bid? Anything online? | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
If not, I'm selling at £190. The bid is on my right at 190. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
You're back in at 200. 210. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
220. 220 anywhere? | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
Still on my right at £210. And selling at 210... | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
-Yes! £120! -Thank you! -Hammer's gone down at 210. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
-Thank you very much! -That got the boundary, didn't it? | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
-Yes! I must go and find some more! -Have you got any more? | 0:13:54 | 0:13:59 | |
Not cricket, but I've got some more rubbish! | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
Oh, you have some rubbish. If you've got any rubbish like that, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-we want to see it. -That's the kind of rubbish we love. -How brilliant! | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
I love it when one person's hobby proves popular with other collectors. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
Our next item is Michael's silver sugar castor, | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
which he bought 30 years ago at my old stomping ground, | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
the Portobello Road. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Unfortunately its owner Michael cannot be with us today, | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
so it's just me holding the fort. Here we go. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
Let's find out what this lot think. Let's hope the bidders are here. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
Lot number 437 is the late-Victorian silver sugar castor. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
Lot 437. Who'll start me at, er, £50? | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
50? Any interest at £50, lot 437, the sugar castor? | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
50 I'm bid. Who's in at 60 now? | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
60 for someone? 60 I have. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
-Yes. Chap down the front. -Anybody at 80? | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
Bid is at the front of the room here at £70 now. Anybody else bidding? | 0:14:50 | 0:14:54 | |
Right at the front at £70, then. If we're all done I will sell. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:59 | |
Well, that's it. It's gone. It just sold for £70. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
Straight in, straight out. Blink and you'll miss it. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
I think Michael will be pleased with that. He bought it for, | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
if my memory serves me well, £40 in the Portobello Road quite a few years ago. That's a winner. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
A lovely item, on its way to a new home. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
And now we're ready for Ted's 1890s Smith & Wesson revolver. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
The auctioneers are happy to sell, as it's clearly 100 years old, | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
and you can't buy ammunition for it. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
-Remind me, why are you selling this? -You can't take it with you. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
Well, you can't take anything with you, can you? | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
I used to do a lot of shooting at one time, but, you know, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
-I sort of packed it up. -Is there no-one you wanted to pass it on to? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
-No. Kids aren't interested these days. -Not really, are they? | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
You don't want it lying round the house. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
No. It's really for a collector, because, as you say, | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
the condition is fantastic, all the blueing on the barrel... | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
-It's just what you want. -I want to see some phone lines booked here, | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
and I want to see some internet bidding, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
-because hopefully this will just fly away. -Hope so. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
Let's find out, shall we? Ted, this is it. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
The Smith & Wesson lockup-patent five-shot-calibre revolver. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
Good thing, this. Several bids. Starting at £360. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
I'm looking for 380. Bid is on the book at £360 | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
and I'm looking for 380. Who's in at £380? | 0:16:14 | 0:16:19 | |
Anybody in at 380? | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
380. 400. And 20. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
-440. 460. -This is good. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
480. 500. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
No? It's at £480 on my right now. Any further offer? | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
Any further bid in the room? If not I'll sell at £480. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
The bid is on my right at 480. If we're all done at 480... | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
-Top end of the estimate. -We're happy with that. -Very. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
-Are you, Ted? -Yeah, not half! -Good. -THEY LAUGH | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
-There's commission to pay, don't forget. -Of course. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
-Enjoy the rest of the day. -Thank you. -And the money. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
A cheque will be going off to help the old soldiers. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
-Is that what you're doing? -Some of it. -Help The Heroes? -I shall send them a cheque. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
Ted's revolver was in mint condition and had never been fired, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
so the collectors were prepared to pay top money for it. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
That concludes our first visit to the sale today. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
We are coming back here later, and I guarantee one big surprise, | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
so whatever you do, don't go away. But while we were in the area, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
I took the opportunity to explore some of the local history. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
Take a look at this! | 0:17:31 | 0:17:32 | |
For hundreds of years, sailing barges were a familiar sight | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
-along the Kent coastline. -Up topsail! | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
Take it right up. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
Forwards, as well. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
One, the Cambria, was still plying her trade | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
well into the '70s, the only remaining commercial cargo vessel | 0:17:54 | 0:17:58 | |
in the UK purely working under sail. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
A flat-bottomed, leeboarded, spritsailed barge she is. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
Built at the turn of the century, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
the Cambria still knows no other power than the wind. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
But this romantic age was slowly ending. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
As modern ships took over the work, the Cambria was retired from working life, and left to rot in mud. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:25 | |
Well, here on the quayside in Faversham, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
the old girl is being brought back to life. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
Underneath all these temporary canvasses and covers, | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
the sailing barge Cambria lives again, | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
and the shipwrights are working on her right now, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
so come aboard and take a look. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
In 1996, a group of enthusiasts took over ownership of the Cambria, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:52 | |
and formed a charitable trust. William Collard is the project manager. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
What a wonderful vessel! It's an honour to be on the deck with you, | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
and I can't wait to see this finished, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
-because it is a huge vessel, isn't it? -Yes, it is, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
and everything around us, as you see, is chunky... | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
-Big scale. -Big stuff. -Where did you come across her? | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
Well, I first came across her in the 1970s | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
when she was down in Sittingbourne in a very bad state. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
She had been taken out of trade, | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
and a group of enthusiasts were getting together | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
to try and restore her. Unfortunately there was no funding, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
so she slowly deteriorated. She was moved around | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
from place to place, but really just only patched up. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
You've been part of this for a long time. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
I joined the Cambria Trust in 1996, | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
when the vessel was sinking on every tide. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
The big breakthrough came in 2007. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
The Trust was given a £1 million lottery grant. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
Now they could begin the enormous task of completely rebuilding her | 0:19:51 | 0:19:56 | |
from the bottom upwards. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
A great percentage of this vessel had rotten timbers in it, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
didn't it? They've all been replaced now. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
She was really falling apart, especially on the one side. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
You could put your hand through the side. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
We couldn't really recover any of the timber. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
It was beyond re-using. Many places it was rotten, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
and in many places it was split and broken. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
An example of that is that knee here, this oak knee. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
This is slightly perished now, but a good hundred years old. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:27 | |
Yes, indeed. It would've been lovely if we could've used things like this, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
but it's just beyond practical use, really. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
But the original floor was as good as the day it was put in, | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
and has formed a base for us to work from. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
And it'll probably be just as good in another hundred years. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
We would hope so. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
The Cambria was a coasting barge. She worked along the south and east coasts of England, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
and across the Channel to France. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
What do you carry in this barge mainly, usually? | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
Well, like all barges, we carry anything from manure to maize. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
We're a sort of a tramp ship, really. We pick up anything. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:10 | |
I was on a barge once that had a freight of chicken coops. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
Five chicken coops high on the deck, we were. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
The Cambria had been built in Kent in 1906, | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
so it's incredible that, 60 years later, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
she was still competing with the larger, more modern cargo ships. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
Remember, she had no engine, and relied on the winds | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
and the skills of her master to take the cargoes up and down the Thames. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:34 | |
What's going to be her place in the future? | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
What will you do with her? | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
The big hold area that you've seen down below | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
-we're converting into a classroom. -OK. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:46 | |
And the idea is, we've picked a number of ports, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
and we're going to take the vessel to the ports. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
We're starting in Kent, but then we hope to go into Essex and London. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
-Oh, smashing! -And we're going to get 20 to 30 schoolchildren aboard, | 0:21:55 | 0:22:00 | |
and teach them about the history of the Thames, | 0:22:00 | 0:22:02 | |
the kind of cargoes these vessels took, | 0:22:02 | 0:22:06 | |
and see all about the restoration of a really old wooden vessel. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:10 | |
And the project is already offering opportunities to young people. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
They've even taken on three apprentices | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
to work on the restoration, under the supervision of master shipwright Tim Goldsack. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:22 | |
Tim, can I stop you there? Hello, mate. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
-Pleased to meet you. -Hi. -Gosh, what a big vessel, isn't it? | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
It's only when you're down here you can see the immense size of it. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
How long does each one of those planks take you | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
-to cut to shape and put in? -From start to finish, | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
each one takes approximately two days, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
and there's something in the region of 150 planks on the vessel. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:44 | |
Gosh! So there's a lot of work gone into this hull. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
There certainly is, yeah. Quite a few hours. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
And obviously you're caulking it with bitumen and tar? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
Yeah, that's right. These vessels are constructed | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
with two layers of planking, and between the layers | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
it has what are called set-work, which is a layer of felt | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
-and a layer of tar. -Do you heat the tar up and mix with horse manure? | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
Yes. It's hot tar mixed with horse manure, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
which is a traditional binding agent, | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
and that helps to give it its watertight integrity. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
And you're trying to use traditional methods all the time? | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
Yeah. All the skills we use are the same that were used | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
when they were originally built, the only difference being | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
that we have modern materials and modern glues, etc. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
I know these would have been pegged and dowled with trennels, | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
-tree nails, wouldn't they? -Exactly, yeah. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
Traditionally they were built with trennels. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
These days we used galvanised iron spikes to put everything together. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
Good luck with it. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
Good luck with it. I'm sure she's going to be watertight! | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:23:45 | 0:23:46 | |
It certainly is coming together. A few licks of paint, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
but under full sail she'll look fabulous, | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
and I can't wait for that day. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
That's all down to the guys here and their hard work, | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
because this sailing barge, Cambria, is now recognised | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
as one of our most important sailing vessels. This is a piece of maritime history right here, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
and I'm touching it. Instead of being consigned to the mud | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
for another 100 years, she's going to be afloat for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:16 | |
And long may it last! | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
At our valuation day in the Kings Hall, Herne Bay, | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
there are still hundreds of eager people | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
waiting to have their items valued. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
The room is packed inside there, and the queue is spilling out still | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
along the seafront. This is where it all starts. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
If you want to take part in a show, come along to a valuation day | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
with your unwanted antiques and collectables, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
because we would love to see you. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
To find details of upcoming dates and venues, just log on to... | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
If you don't have a computer, check your local press, | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
because we are coming to an area, fingers crossed, near you soon. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
On with our valuations, and it's over to Mark Stacey. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
He's with Carol, who looks like she's cashing in her savings! | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
-You've brought a little bit of bling in to show us. -I have. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
Now, where did you get all these gold sovereigns? | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
I bought them off a dealer | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
in London, down a lane called Cheshire Street, | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
and my children were very young, | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
and I was doing market work, | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
and my way of saving was, I used to buy one a week, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
and gradually I built them up, | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
and I bought the mounts at £1.25... | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
Gosh, this must be going back 40 years or more! | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
It is going back 40 years or more! And gradually I had it made into a bracelet. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
The George IV coin I bought round about the same era, | 0:25:40 | 0:25:45 | |
but to be truthful, I've no idea at all what I paid for it. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
-Probably a tenner or something. -Something like that. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
-Not much. -A couple of quid for the mount, cos it's slightly bigger. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
No, I had the mount made much later. It cost me £100. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
Gosh! Really? Wow. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
-And I presume the mounts are nine-carat gold... -They are. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
-..rather than the 22-carat gold of the coins. -That's right. Nine. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
If I pick it up, we've got a bun- head for the young Victoria's head | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
on those, and then this one, we've got a young Queen Elizabeth head. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:17 | |
That's right. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:18 | |
Then we go on again, of course, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
to another young Queen Victoria's head. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
-Then we've got a mid-period head, haven't we? -Yes. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
And then we go back on to another young Victoria's head. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
Another one, yes. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:32 | |
And then, of course, as you say, you've got a George IV gold £2 coin. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:37 | |
The sad thing with these sort of things, Carol, | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
there's no sentimentality about them. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
-Unless they're a rare coin... -That's right. -..or a rare date, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
the dealers will weigh them and say, "That's the gold price." | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
So I've had a quick tot-up, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
and I mean, as a sensible estimate, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
we're looking at £800 to £1,200. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
-Right. -So we're looking at a reserve of about 800 quid. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
-Yes. -How do you feel about that? | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
There'd have to be a reserve of that, yes. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
What I'm looking at, really, I would like £1,200. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:09 | |
It would be lovely to get that. I can give you a valuation today, | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
but by the time the auction comes up in a few weeks' time, | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
-the gold might have dropped a lot. -Exactly. -Or it might have risen. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
What we've got to pray for is that the market will be higher | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
when we come to the auction. So I think what you've got to do | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
in your own mind is say, "Right, I'm happy to get the 800 reserve, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
-and I'll pay a bit of commission on that and that's them." How do you feel about that? -I feel fine. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:35 | |
-Are you happy with that? -I am happy. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
If you do get a reasonable price you're happy with, | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
any plans? Are you going to go off to Barbados? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
-I shall have a few holidays. -Will you? -I'm going to enjoy it. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
-Fantastic. Enjoy it while you're young enough to. -I will. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
Well, that lot should add up to a decent holiday! | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
Now to Kate Bateman. She's with Hugo and his grandson Stanley, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:58 | |
and they've brought in two old characters. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
What can you tell me about them? | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
Well, I've had them for 50 years. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:06 | |
I got them off my father when he passed on, | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
-and he got them off his father... -Right. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
..which would be my grandfather, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
and which would take us back to the turn of the century. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
Victorian, late Victorian. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
I presume you've had these in your house, if you inherited them. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
Yes. They've been hanging in my bedroom for 30 years. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
-30 years! -Yes. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
Are you not tempted to keep them in the family, then, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
and pass them on to your grandson here? | 0:28:33 | 0:28:36 | |
He doesn't want it. He wants me to enjoy myself. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
-Not at all? Oh! -No. -Do you like them? | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
-Are you a doggy person? -Oh, yes. I had five dogs. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
Are these looking like either of your dogs? | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
No. I had an English bull terrier and four ordinary bull terriers. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:52 | |
OK. I don't know quite what breeds we've got here, | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
but they're rather nice. They are late Victorian. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
They're both monogrammed. You've got here RC on this one, | 0:28:58 | 0:29:01 | |
and I think FC, or CF, on this one. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
Now, we haven't been able to look up who the artists are, | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
and if we can trace them down to a specific artist, | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
it may affect the valuation upwards. Of the two, | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
I think this one's the slightly better painting, | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
and he's got quite a sweet face. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
He's got that kind of hang-dog expression. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:20 | |
Looks like he hasn't had his dinner and he really wants to go home. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
This one's odder. He looks quite startled. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
I would offer them as a pair, though, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
rather than as individual ones. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:31 | |
I would have said a fairly low estimate, from my point of view, | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
would be £100 to £200 for the pair, so between £50 and £100 each, | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
which I know is quite a wide estimate, | 0:29:39 | 0:29:41 | |
but it will rely on somebody falling in love with the dog | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
or specifically wanting dog paintings. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
-Is that the kind of figure you'd be happy with? -Yeah. Yeah. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
OK. Well, if we put an estimate of £100 to £200, | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
would you want a reserve of £100, to stop it going for less than that? | 0:29:52 | 0:29:57 | |
-Oh, yeah. -I'd be happy with that. -To protect it, | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
so if the bidding didn't reach £100, it wouldn't be sold. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
I think somebody will fall in love with them, a dog lover, | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
-and I think they're great fun, so let's put them in the sale and see how they go. -Thank you. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:11 | |
After 30 years on Hugo's wall, | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
those two deserve to find a new home, and I'm sure they will. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
It's been such a busy day, and our experts have been working flat-out, | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
but there's still time for me to get around the queue and sniff out something special. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:31 | |
-Can I be nosy? What's your name? -It's old books. Claire. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
You never know. You never know. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
There could be something really, really valuable in there. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
-There could be, couldn't there? -And Beatrix Potter books. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-I think they're first editions. -You think they're first editions? | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
If they are, you're sitting on a small fortune! | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
-Do you know that? -That would be nice, wouldn't it? | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Have you shown them to anybody? -No. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
I've been on the internet doing searches and things. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
-Sadly they're not first edition. -Oh. -Which is a shame. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:05 | |
They're 1960s. But they're in good condition, and very collectable. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
That would've been too good to be true, wouldn't it? | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
Here on "Flog It!" we're always turning up little treasures, | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
and Mark has found a small piece of glass that might turn out to be something big. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
-Hello, Olive. -Hello. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
Sometimes they say the best things come in small packages, don't they? | 0:31:25 | 0:31:29 | |
-Yeah. -I'm talking about this lovely little vase you brought in. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
-Tell me about it. -I bought it in a charity shop. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
-No! -Yes. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
-When? -I know I bought it after my mother died, and that was '97. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
-How much did you pay for it? -50 pence, I think it was. Yeah. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
And you were just attracted by the colour, I guess? | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
-It was the poppies. -Yes. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
Because my grandmother loved poppies, | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
and she always used to wear the California poppy perfume, | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
so I saw the poppies and I thought, "Ahh!" | 0:31:54 | 0:31:56 | |
-Gosh! I think it's absolutely delicious. -Thank you. | 0:31:56 | 0:32:00 | |
It's an absolutely wonderful little object. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
It's just a little small vase, | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
and you've got the little rim here, | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
which is decorated in coloured enamels and gilt. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
And as you turn the item around, it's got an iridescent background. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:14 | |
It has that slight oily-on-water look to it. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:18 | |
And then you've got these lovely trailing poppies. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
This one is nice and open, and then you've got another little one | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
just about to come out, then this one is almost finished. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
It's seeded, really. And it screams quality. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-Mmm. -But quality that isn't English. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
-Right. -It's French. -Mm-hm. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:37 | |
What did you think it said underneath here? | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
-I thought it said "Dawn Nancy". -Well, it's actually "Daum", | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
and it's got the mark there with a Cross of Lorraine | 0:32:43 | 0:32:47 | |
and "Nancy". Now, this was made | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
probably around about... 1900, 1910. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
Really? Oh! | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
And it's sort of Art Nouveau-ish, | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
and there are three factories in France at that time | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
which really strike out for glass - that's Daum, | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
Galle, of course, which also produced this type of cameo glass, | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
and Lalique, and it just is lovely. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
There's a slight problem or two here. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
There's a couple of little fleabites around the inner rim. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
I mean, they are terribly small, but they're there, | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
-and we have to take account of them. -Right. OK. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
But I think it's a charming little thing. What are you hoping for? | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
I have no idea. I didn't think it was worth anything. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:30 | |
-Really? -Mm. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:31 | |
-Well, I think, if we put this in at £50 to £80... -Ooh! | 0:33:31 | 0:33:36 | |
..hopefully, even with the little fleabites, | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
if two people like it, it could well go over 100. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
-Lovely! -But I just think it's a charming little object. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
Are you happy to put it in at that? And we'll put a 50 reserve on it, | 0:33:45 | 0:33:49 | |
-with discretion, if that's OK. -Thank you. Yes. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
But I do absolutely adore it. I could easily walk home with this. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:55 | |
-I think it's absolutely wonderful. -You're not having it. -I know! The auction's getting it! | 0:33:55 | 0:34:01 | |
I think Mark's playing it very safe there! | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
Daum Nancy glass is very collectable at the moment. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
It's time for us to make our final trip to the auction house, | 0:34:10 | 0:34:13 | |
and here's a quick reminder of what we're taking with us. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
We've got Carol's gold coins that she's saved over the years. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
We have those two dog paintings brought in by Hugo, | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
and the tiny Daum Nancy glass which Olive bought for just 50 pence, | 0:34:24 | 0:34:28 | |
and Mark's valued it at 100 times that. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
First up, Carol's gold coins, | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
and the auctioneer has split them into two lots. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
The George IV £2 coin is now valued at £150 to £200. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
But first it's the bracelet of sovereigns, | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
now valued at £800 to £1,200 on its own. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
If you're going to have a gold bracelet, have one like this, | 0:34:48 | 0:34:52 | |
-because it's worth an awful lot of money, isn't it? -It is that! | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
Wow! I know on the day you valued the bracelet with the £2 gold coin. | 0:34:55 | 0:35:00 | |
-That's right. -We've since had them split by the auctioneer, | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
so selling the two lots separately, | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
though we've still got £800 to £1,200 on the bracelet | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
-and hopefully a couple of hundred on the coin. -That would be nice. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
-This has been a lot of collecting! -I've done a lot more than that. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:14 | |
-What, all gold? -Yes. -No! | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
-And sold a lot. -Oh, and sold a lot. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
Did you enjoy wearing the bracelet at all? | 0:35:20 | 0:35:22 | |
That was one I wore all the time. I had another one... | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
-Oh! -..with 36 sovereigns. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
-That's major bling! -That's major bling. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
That's proper, isn't it? Hey, that's showing off! | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
-That got showed off, as you say. -That was showing off! -Yeah. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:39 | |
So, you've decided to have a clear-out of all the gold? | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
-I have. -It's a good time to sell. -That's why I'm doing it. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
You're not daft, are you? Precious metals are up right now. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:49 | |
We're in a recession, and people invest in silver and gold. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
Yes. The safe options. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
So, we got two lots. One's following the other. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
Let's start with £300 to £1,200, fingers crossed for the top end. It's the bracelet. Here we go! | 0:35:56 | 0:36:02 | |
554 is the nine-carat gold bracelet set with six sovereigns, | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
as per catalogue, 57.9 grams. Lot 554. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
-Who will start me at £500? -Wait. -Sorry. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
-There's commission interest. Start £1,000. -Starting at £1,000. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:16 | |
-Straight in at £1,000! -I'm looking for 1,050. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
Any bid at 1,050, in the room or online? | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
It's a commission bid of £1,000. Any further offer? If not, I'm... | 0:36:22 | 0:36:26 | |
1,050. 1,100. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:29 | |
1,150. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
No? Bid is on my right at £1,100 now. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:35 | |
Any further offer? | 0:36:35 | 0:36:37 | |
1,150. 1,150. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
1,200. Anybody for 1,200? It's now in the room at 1,150. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
And selling... | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
-Yes! Top end. So far, so good. -I'm so excited! | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
And there's the £2 coin. Let's see if we can get the top end here. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
Lot number 559 is the George IV £2 coin. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
Lot 559. Who'll start me at £100? 100. 100 I'm bid. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:59 | |
110. 120. 130. 140. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
150. 160. 170. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
180. 190. 200. And ten. 220. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:07 | |
230. 240. 250. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:08 | |
260. 270. 280. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
290. 300. 320? | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
Anybody at 320? | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
Any interest at 320? On my right at £300 now. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
Are we all done at £300? | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
-Yes! £300! -That's not bad, was it? | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
-That's incredible, isn't it? -Wasn't it? | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
-What's that? £1,450? -Absolutely! | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
-Oh, I'm so pleased! -Oh, I'm ever so pleased! | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
-Thank you all very, very much! -It's a great time to sell gold. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
If you've got anything like that, bring it to a valuation day, | 0:37:34 | 0:37:38 | |
and it could be you in the auction room next time. Well done, Carol. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
£1,450! A good day for gold, and a great day for Carol. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:46 | |
Next up, that pair of dog paintings belonging to Hugo and Stanley. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
Well, Hugo and Stanley, we're just about to let the dogs out. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
This is our next lot, £100 to £200. Really nice oils. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
One of them I'm not sure what breed it is, | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
-but the other is a Newfoundland. -It's a bitzer - | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
bits of this and bits of that. It's a bit of a mix. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
They are quite sweet. They are lovely. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
One's better painted than the other, but they're going as a pair. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:13 | |
But the dog lovers will love them! That's the main thing. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
And hopefully we've got a room full of them. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
-This could be your inheritance he's flogging. -I'm hoping so. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Let's see how we do. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
It's down to the bidders now. It's going under the hammer. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:28 | |
Pair of oil paintings, the heads of the dogs there. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
Various bids. We're starting at £130, and I'm looking for 140. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
There's a dog lover, look. Very keen, waving away. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:39 | |
200. And ten. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
220. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
230. 240. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
250. 260. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:48 | |
270. Anybody at 270? | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
In the room at £260 now. Any further offer? | 0:38:54 | 0:38:57 | |
If not, I'm selling at £260. The bid is standing at 260. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:02 | |
-Brilliant! That was good. -Fantastic! | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
-The dog lovers were here. -Yeah. -I thought they were really nice. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:09 | |
They'd suit anybody's wall. Proper country little scene, that. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
I'm just going off to buy a nice pair of shoes. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
Is that what you're going to do? Oh, well done. Look after him! | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
-I will. -Look after him. The dog lovers were certainly here today. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
What well behaved pooches! They made well over the top estimate. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:27 | |
And now we have my favourite item of the day, | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
that delicate French glass vase belonging to Olive. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
And I've a feeling Mark's estimate could be rather mean! | 0:39:34 | 0:39:37 | |
Now, that lovely little French vase with a poppy on it, | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
-which is just incredible, isn't it? That caught your eye... -Yes. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:46 | |
-How much did you pay for it? -50p! | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -You see, it is out there, isn't it? | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
-And I think we can recycle this 50p into easily £100. -No! | 0:39:52 | 0:39:59 | |
That's my gut feeling. It just stands out so well. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
-Absolutely. -It could do twice your top end. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
£180? | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
Well, it could do, Paul. A tiny little thing. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
You could overlook it, but it just screams quality. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:14 | |
-I saw it from a distance and just - -Zoomed in. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
I saw you. Wings! You were like that. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
-You gave me quite a fright. -Did I? I've been told that before. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
When he comes charging towards you. Why are you selling it, though? | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
Because it is beautiful! This should be on your dressing table. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:31 | |
My daughter recently won a makeover and a photo shoot, | 0:40:31 | 0:40:35 | |
and she took me with her, because you get every photo, | 0:40:35 | 0:40:38 | |
but then you have to pay for any more that you want, | 0:40:38 | 0:40:42 | |
so she said, "Come with me so I don't buy any." | 0:40:42 | 0:40:44 | |
-So I went, and I bought two myself! -HE LAUGHS | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
-Oh, OK. -If it sells, I will put it... | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-OK. -Oh, wonderful. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
We can't talk about it any more because it's going under the hammer, | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
and it's down to this packed saleroom in Canterbury. Good luck! | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
-This is it. -Thank you. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
181, moving into the glassware. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
It's the Daum Nancy cranberry-tinted glass vase. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
-Several bids. We start at... -340. -£340. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
I knew it had quality, but not that much! | 0:41:12 | 0:41:15 | |
360. 360. 380. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
-400. -Can you hold me up, please? -I'll prop you up. Don't worry. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:22 | |
-460. Anybody at 460? -460! | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
460. 480? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
500. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:34 | |
520. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
-That was a cunning buy, wasn't it? -What were the chances? -540. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
560. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:43 | |
580. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:46 | |
600. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
-Oh, my God! -620. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
640? | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
-Hang on in there! -640. 660. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:05 | |
680? | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
No? The bid is at £660, with Tina. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:13 | |
680? Do you want to come in? | 0:42:13 | 0:42:14 | |
Any interest at 680, in the room or anywhere else? | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
If not I'll sell at £660. The bidder's on the phone. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
At 660. If we're all done at 660... | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
Yes! £660! | 0:42:26 | 0:42:28 | |
Ooh! | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
-Olive! -It's only this... -I know, I know! | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
But small is beautiful! That poppy was just divine, wasn't it? | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
-I have good taste. -You have very good taste! | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
-I had a sneaky suspicion about this. -You did. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
I had that feeling. You know when you pick things up, | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
you think, "Yes, that's a little sleeper"? | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
What a wonderful way to end today's show here in Canterbury, with a wonderful moment like that! | 0:42:48 | 0:42:53 | |
-You're going to live that moment for a long time. £660! -My glasses have steamed up! | 0:42:53 | 0:42:59 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
That poppy design clearly had a lot of sentimental value for Olive, | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
and it's earned her more than 1,000 times the 50 pence she paid for it. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
Just goes to show, always buy things you love! | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
What a fantastic day we've had here! | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
Everything's sold, and a lot of it at the top end of the estimate, | 0:43:19 | 0:43:24 | |
and we were clearly overwhelmed by the sale of Olive's glass vase. | 0:43:24 | 0:43:28 | |
That's definitely one to remember. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
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