0:00:00 > 0:00:07Welcome to "Flog It", the show that values your unwanted antiques and helps you turn it into cash.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Today we're in Clacton-on-Sea in sunny Essex.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Clacton-on-Sea is only a couple of hours from central London.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40It's a classic Victorian seaside resort which began to be developed in 1864.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Holiday-makers and day-trippers flock here no matter what time of the year.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48It's a place to get away from it all and have some fun,
0:00:48 > 0:00:53which is exactly what we're planning to do at our Clacton-on-Sea valuation day.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And we've set up in the heart of this seaside town
0:00:58 > 0:01:00at the Princes Theatre.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It looks like word has got out that "Flog It!" is in town -
0:01:02 > 0:01:04just look at the size of this massive queue
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and I can't wait to see what's in all of these bags and boxes.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Coming up in today's show we meet Donald who has brought
0:01:13 > 0:01:18a bronze paper knife that he bought for just 50 pence in a jumble sale.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23It's the first paper knife I've ever seen on "Flog It!", Don, but it's a very special knife or letter opener.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27He wants to sell it but how much is it really worth?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31There's Liz who wants to sell her decorative sugar bowl and spoon
0:01:31 > 0:01:34which had been abandoned in a cupboard for years,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38and we've got Monica, who's selling a couple of classic watches.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41What was that a gift, perhaps, or...?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45No, I bought that as an investment about 20 odd years ago.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Find out later if she's made a wise investment.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Leading our team of valuers today are Elizabeth Talbot and Will Axon...
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- It's right round the corner!- Do you want to go that way?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- You go that way, I'll do this. - Morning, all.- Morning.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Elizabeth has been in the auction business all her professional life.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Now running a successful auction house in Norfolk, she should know what she's talking about.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Compacts are very collectable now...- They are...
0:02:11 > 0:02:15And will has worked his way up through the antiques business.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20He started out life as a saleroom porter and now he is a senior valuer and auctioneer.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25He describes himself as a hoarder and despite his art degree, he's a fan of graffiti.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- I'll have a good look for you indoors, OK.- OK. - Keep it nice and safely wrapped up.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37'One of my favourite times of the day is first thing in the morning,
0:02:37 > 0:02:43'when I can natter to all the people in the queue and look at the goods they've brought in to show us...'
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and I've got a feeling our experts are going to be spoilt for choice.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52First up is Will, who is with Liz and she has brought in a rather intriguing box.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I must say, when we see fitted boxes like this that obviously
0:02:55 > 0:02:59contain something we're always quite excited because a lot of effort has
0:02:59 > 0:03:04gone into the box itself and before I have a look inside tell me, what's the significance of this on top?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You've got some initials and a date here.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Well, yeah, I don't really know the significance of the initials
0:03:10 > 0:03:14but I like to think that my parents bought it because September 9th is my birthday, but...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Not September 9th 1877! - No, no, I'm not that old!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I hope, yeah, I'm not going to get a slap for being cheeky of course!
0:03:20 > 0:03:26It's been in a cabinet at my mum's for, well, since they bought it which was about 40 years ago.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31So without further ado, let's open it up and have a look, shall we?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33And there we are. Look at that!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- A sugar bowl together with a spoon. - Right.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Now not any ordinary spoon. If I take it out and we have a look
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- we can see that the bowl of the spoon is actually pierced,- Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49So what that would allow is for the sugar that you scoop out of the bowl
0:03:49 > 0:03:54just to be sprinkled gently on whatever it is you're sweetening.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Strawberries, probably. - That would be perfect, wouldn't it!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Let's have a look at the bowl if I can take that out as well.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06Wonderful quality with these sort of grotesque masks here on these scrolling monopodia
0:04:06 > 0:04:09and I'm just turning it round because we should have some hallmarks here.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Now there are the hallmarks, you see those?
0:04:12 > 0:04:19We've got the Victoria's head here, we've got the date letter A for 1876,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21the lion's head for London,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25the lion passant for Sterling silver
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and here we've got the maker's mark of RH.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Robert Harper, London maker, second half of the 19th century
0:04:31 > 0:04:36which again ties in nicely with the date that we've got on that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Now the only other thing to check before we talk of value is that the spoon does actually match.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Right, yeah. - You never know. In theory,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47this should have the same hallmarks, so I'm just going to have a look.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51There they are around the bowl here, so they're a perfect match.
0:04:51 > 0:04:57Value-wise, I mean I'm going to say it's worth, to you, £100 to £150.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- How would you feel about that? - I think that's good.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I'm kind of talking myself into it because the more I look at it, the more I like it
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- so it could make a bit more, it could make 200 to 300, who knows. - Yeah.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- But I would think 100-150 it's a guaranteed seller.- Right. That's great, thank you very much.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Thanks for bringing it in. - Thank you.- Nice to meet you.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Well, if Will says it's a guaranteed seller, let's hope he's right.
0:05:18 > 0:05:25It's great to see so many youngsters here in Clacton, showing a real interest in antiques.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Hello, what's your name?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Hannah.- Hannah? Can I have a look. Yes. Are these Mum's?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32- Yes.- Are they yours are they, Mum?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34The mother-in-law's.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36You know what they are do you, Hannah?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- No.- No? I bet you do, don't you?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Copper printing plates, I think.- Yes, they are, yes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44You can see the definition, the image is starting to fade.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49This is the problem with copper, it's such a soft metal you'll start to lose
0:05:49 > 0:05:52the definition of what you're showing.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58You'd probably only have a print run from this of about 600 before you had to re-engrave it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04In the early part of the 19th century they started to use a steel plate, because steel is a lot harder
0:06:04 > 0:06:09and you can have a greater print run from steel and all this would have been hand-cut.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Oh, so there would have been grooves in there?- Yes.- Oh, OK.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Yeah, all cut in by a master craftsman
0:06:16 > 0:06:20and there's the image on the back then, I guess, that's what you'd see.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Yeah.- Isn't that lovely! And you've got two of them?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yeah, that's the Highland scene. - How did you come by them?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28My mother-in-law gave them to us when she was moving, so...
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- But that's nice, that's an early one.- Thank you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Of course, the vast majority of items people bring to our valuation days have to be portable.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40In fact the smaller, sometimes the better,
0:06:40 > 0:06:46but you really need a magnifying glass to fully appreciate what Jenny has brought in to show Elizabeth.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49You've been accompanied by a very charming lady here, Jenny.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Oh, thank you. - What is the story behind her?
0:06:51 > 0:06:58Well, it belonged to an auntie, I don't know how long she had it for and then my father had it
0:06:58 > 0:07:03when she passed on and then I had it when my father passed on, so...
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And do you know who the sitter is?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- No, no idea at all, no. - It's a mystery lady?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Yes, she is a mystery lady.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And do you have her out on display, is she out and about?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17No, I haven't, so that's why I thought I'd bring her along today.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22I think it's charming. It's a little miniature watercolour, probably painted onto ivory,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25it's sealed in its frame so it's difficult to be precise,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28painted with the finest of almost single bristle brushes
0:07:28 > 0:07:34to manage this wonderful elegant and delicate portrait here.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36She has a charming outfit of ostrich feathers hat.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I think she's a lady of high fashion, I think somebody from
0:07:39 > 0:07:44a wealthy background who sat for a portrait by a very competent artist.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49The Edwardian period is probably one of the last periods where portraits were commissioned,
0:07:49 > 0:07:50certainly in miniature form.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54One normally associates them with the Victorian or Georgian period and the Edwardians
0:07:54 > 0:07:57was the last year where people had the money and the social status
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and standing to have your portrait painted.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05The artist isn't known to me although it is monogrammed with some initials.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Have you ever had it out of the frame?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Yes, we have looked at it, yes.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- So there's nothing on the back? - Nothing on the back, no.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16I think the fact that all the elements are so positive and she's in lovely condition
0:08:16 > 0:08:19and the frame that she's in complements and sets off the picture
0:08:19 > 0:08:22rather than detracting from it and distracting from it
0:08:22 > 0:08:27would lead me to think that she should be worth in the region of between £100 and £150.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- That's very good.- Does that please you?- Yes, very much.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33So if you're happy to sell at that sort of level?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Yes.- Yes? Would you like a reserve on her?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Ooh, I think so, yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- You would, OK, so if we put on £100 reserve to protect her?- Yes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So we'll try her at the auction for that sort of level?
0:08:44 > 0:08:49So, Jenny is going to sell her miniature as long as she gets at least £100.
0:08:53 > 0:09:00Someone who is hoping to clean up at the auction room is John. He's showing Will three vesta cases.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03These were once fashionable ways to carry around your matches
0:09:03 > 0:09:06with the ability to strike them on the rough edge.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10What I like about them is the sort of embossed decoration on them.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14We've got a bit of tennis, a horse galloping there and a couple of other horses
0:09:14 > 0:09:21riding out which tickles my fancy being from Newmarket, anything equine gets the nod from me.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25They nearly all have a little suspension loop on them to perhaps go on your fob chain,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29that sort of thing. So, John, are these pieces you've inherited or gone out and bought?
0:09:29 > 0:09:36Two of them I bought, one of them I got in a job lot, so to speak, in the bottom of a box.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- OK.- But they are really different from the rest of my collection
0:09:40 > 0:09:42which is why I want to get rid of them.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44So you have a collection of vesta cases, do you?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Yes.- All in silver?- Yes, all silver.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Very nice, and...- All hallmarked. - All hallmarked?- All hallmarked.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52And what sort of number does that run to?
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- I've got somewhere between 20 and 25 all together.- Very nice.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Now I've had a quick look and only one of these here is hallmarked...
0:09:59 > 0:10:03it's this little fellow at the front here, isn't it, with the applied horse.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08If we open him up, invariably the hallmarks are nearly always on this little rim on the inside
0:10:08 > 0:10:13and here we've got the anchor for Birmingham, we've got a lion there as well which tells us that
0:10:13 > 0:10:16it's sterling silver and then we've got a little date letter, "E",
0:10:16 > 0:10:231904, Edwardian period, little silver vesta with the striker there and then we move onto these others.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Here again the other with the two horses, I'll just pick that up, you can see here, rather nicely done,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31two horses, looks to me like they're just riding out.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35I don't think they're battling for the top notch in a race there
0:10:35 > 0:10:40because the jockeys are looking a bit upright and I think it's just
0:10:40 > 0:10:44out for a ride but looking again where we should see the hallmarks here
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I can just see a mark there, "925",
0:10:47 > 0:10:51which would suggest that it was probably continental, not English.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55925 just tells us about the purity per thousand units of the silver,
0:10:55 > 0:11:00925 parts out of 1,000 and then we've got this one here which is again another sport - tennis.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04We've got a tennis player there at the net having a smash.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The decoration is perhaps just a little bit weak, it's not quite as crisp.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13- Crisp.- But again here, 925 Sterling, possibly American, sometimes they say with the sterling mark,
0:11:13 > 0:11:14who knows.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17And you're going to replace them, I hope, with more vestas
0:11:17 > 0:11:20or are you going to move on to collecting something else, perhaps?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I have got quite a few other collections.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Have you? You're a serial collector! Tell me what else you collect?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- I am I'm afraid, yes. Whitefriars glass.- Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Modern first editions, books.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36So if we do sell these for you and we get a bit of cash in your pocket,
0:11:36 > 0:11:41which of your collections are you going to add to?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I don't know whether I shall get enough to invest in anything
0:11:44 > 0:11:49so possibly it will just be enough for a meal out with my partner.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52OK, you're in the right sort of ball park figure.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I'm glad you're not planning a round-the-world cruise on the proceeds.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Let's put them in, shall we say, what, 50 to 80, something like that?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- That would be fine.- Yeah, would that be OK?- Yes.- Reserve them at 50?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Reserve at 50.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09I think at that sort of money, a nice little starter collection hopefully for someone who
0:12:09 > 0:12:13will follow in your footsteps and start a vesta collection.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19So we've agreed on three lots to go off to auction so far.
0:12:19 > 0:12:26The Victorian silver bowl and spoon owned by Liz which has been languishing for years in a cupboard,
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Jenny's fabulous mini watercolour depicting a fancy Edwardian lady,
0:12:31 > 0:12:36and three little vesta cases that don't fit in with the rest of John's collection.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We're selling our lots at Reeman Dansie in Colchester.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47They have regular auctions throughout the year, ranging from
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Victorian and Edwardian furniture and furnishings to specialist collectors' sales.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Sellers pay 15% commission plus VAT.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04There are 1,200 lots here in this sale so auctioneer James Grinton has certainly got his work cut out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06£80 and are you all done?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10First up is the silver bowl and spoon set that Liz brought in.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15She was pleased to get the valuation of £100 to £150 but will it fetch more?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Unfortunately, Liz cannot be with us today but
0:13:18 > 0:13:21we've got her mum, Mary and thank you for stepping into the breech.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Can you remember this at all in the house?- I can, yes.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's beautifully presented, in great condition.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Yes, it's been sitting in the cupboard with the lid shut for years, so
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- we don't need to see it, do we? - I think this should do the top end.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Well, it's cracking quality like you say, isn't it, beautifully presented, it's in mint condition
0:13:39 > 0:13:44and it's just a nice quality piece of silver so I think £100, it's got to be worth 100 to 150.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48It's got the wow factor when you open the box and see the silver with that plush purple
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and you sort of go, gosh, that looks expensive, doesn't it?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Well, let's find out.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Hopefully a few bidders in the room will feel the same so it's going under the hammer now.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Lot 257 is the Victorian silver circular sugar bowl
0:14:02 > 0:14:04in its case there with the sifter.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09Start me, at £100 start me, £100 I have, at £100. Do you want 10?
0:14:09 > 0:14:14110. 120. 130. 140. 150. 160...
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Gosh, they love this!- 170. 180. 190.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- 200. At £200 on my right now.- Ooh!
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- That's good.- £200, are you all done?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Yeah, it's £200. Do you know, it looks like £200, doesn't it?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- it just looks expensive.- Lovely.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Very good result, very good.- Very.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34What do you think she will put the money towards?
0:14:34 > 0:14:35- Who, Elizabeth?- Yeah.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- She'll give it to the children. - Will she?- Yes!- Bless her!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Thank you for stepping in. It was lovely to meet you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Thank you very much, lovely. Thank you. Bye bye.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Well, done, and give her our best.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Aw, well it's always nice to get a kiss from a happy customer!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51That was a good result... double what we'd hoped for.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Now we've got Jenny's miniature watercolour.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58She won't let it go for anything less than £100.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Why are you selling this?
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Well, it belonged to my father and I've never put it on the wall,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06so when I knew you were at Clacton I thought I'll bring it along.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- You'll bring it along and show Elizabeth.- Very wise!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- And were you happy with the valuation?- Very happy.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Hopefully we can get the top end. - I'm hoping...
0:15:13 > 0:15:16I think this is gorgeous. I think the quality of this young lady
0:15:16 > 0:15:20sort of shouts out from the painting and I think she's in lovely condition.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Good skin pigment, it's the tones, everything's right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- Absolutely.- The brush, it's fantastic. That's what you get, painting on ivory.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Absolutely!- It's so smooth.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- A good example.- And the fine art is doing well here.- It is. I've had a very good run today.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- Some things are shooting up. - Including other miniatures, so they have been seen by a specialist.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- Fingers crossed!- Fingers crossed!
0:15:39 > 0:15:41It's going under the hammer now, good luck, Jenny, this is it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Number 674 is a good quality
0:15:43 > 0:15:47late Victorian miniature on ivory, portrait of the lady.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I have two commissions with me and I start the bidding at 80.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- At 85, at £85...- More, more. - Now I need 5, 90.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59At £85 bid, any advance at £85?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Any advance, ladies and gentlemen, no? No advance.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I'm sorry, that lot is unsold.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- That is terrible, I have to say. - I don't mind.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- He said two commission bids. Both bids must have been £80 and left.- Must have been.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Yes. Never mind, it doesn't matter. - Oh, well, it's going home.- Yes.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- And do you know what? It's got to go on the wall now. - It's going on the wall, definitely.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I'm going to get my husband to put it up when we get home.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25There's no excuse because you've got to have wall space for something that big!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Yeah, definitely, yes, you're quite right.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Disappointing for Jenny but it's worth holding onto a little gem like that or selling it maybe again
0:16:35 > 0:16:40in another auction room or maybe just deciding you CAN find a place in your home for it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Next up is the three silver vesta cases owned by serial collector John.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Will they reach the reserve of £50?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53It's a nice thing to collect because they're affordable, small, portable,
0:16:53 > 0:16:58you can put them in your pocket, you don't have to have a van to load them up with
0:16:58 > 0:17:01so it's a lovely little collection and I hope you're going to carry on collecting.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- I am, thank you, Paul.- OK, and have you got your eye on any silver here? There's a lot.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08No, I haven't bought anything yet, no.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Yet!
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Hopefully someone in the room is going to buy your vesta cases. Here we go, this is it.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17234 now is the Edwardian-style silver vesta
0:17:17 > 0:17:19and two other vesta cases,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I have two commissions and I start the bidding with me at £90.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Wow!- At £90 with me now...
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- That's good, isn't it? 95...- I can't believe it!
0:17:26 > 0:17:29At £90 with me. At 95, I'm out.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32At £95. In the room now at £95.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Any advance? All done now at £95.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38That was short and sweet, very quick, £95.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I'm really pleased, Paul.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42There you go... back out buying some more!
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Perhaps, perhaps!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I think it was a meal for two, wasn't it?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47- It was. - Is that what you're going to do?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Yes, with wine!- With wine!
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Well, you can afford the wine now, brilliant!
0:17:53 > 0:17:59That's a good result for John and maybe they'll form the basis of a new collection for someone else.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03More from the auction room later but right now I'm heading further inland
0:18:03 > 0:18:07where something is stirring in the Suffolk countryside.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23There's always been a strong tradition of animal painting in the UK, particularly images
0:18:23 > 0:18:30that capture the power and the beauty of prize livestock and that tradition is being kept alive today.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35I've come to Bury St Edmunds to see a new exhibition of life-size champion bulls
0:18:35 > 0:18:38painted by one of the country's best animal artists,
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Mark Fairnington.
0:18:41 > 0:18:47Gosh, do you know I feel slightly excited, slightly intimidated but I'm not nervous!
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- I wouldn't want to be in a room with three bulls that size, would you?- No.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Not even in a field with one bull that size, he is huge! What's his name?
0:18:57 > 0:19:02His name is Tally, he's from a farm down in Kent.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Look at the muscle tone!
0:19:04 > 0:19:07He reminds me of a sort of Mr Universe, a muscle-man standing on
0:19:07 > 0:19:11a podium saying, "look at me, look how good I am!"
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Yes.- Where did the inspiration come from for this because
0:19:14 > 0:19:17these weren't really commissioned for an exhibition here, were they?
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Well, I first saw bulls like these at the Castlewellan Show in Ireland.
0:19:22 > 0:19:30and I was just amazed by the image of them, really, and what happens is that
0:19:30 > 0:19:35hangs around in your mind for a few years before it becomes a painting.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42These magnificent beasts used to be common sight in rural towns all across Britain.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Proud farmers brought them to weekly cattle markets for sale
0:19:46 > 0:19:48or for exhibition. Now, though, it's rare
0:19:48 > 0:19:54to get close to animals like these as the town centre markets have all but closed.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- If I have to choose a favourite it's got to be this chap.- What's his name?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00This is Turbo Tommy.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Turbo Tommy!- Yes, he's a prize-winning stock bull.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- He's looking at me, isn't it... you can see him looking at me. - He's looking at you, yeah.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12How do you go about painting these life-size?
0:20:12 > 0:20:19When I go to the farms I would take about 50 or 60 photographs and that would be a shot of it,
0:20:19 > 0:20:24the overall bull and then lots and lots and lots of detail shots and then I put those together
0:20:24 > 0:20:31on a computer to make a kind of compilation and then that gets projected up onto the canvas.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35I see, and once you've got the projection, you can then go around the outline.
0:20:35 > 0:20:42And then all of these photographs are printed out so I'm working from ones that might be just a photograph
0:20:42 > 0:20:47of a piece like that and they all come together to make the single image.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- You're a stickler for detail, aren't you?- Well, detail is the main thing in the work.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54How long does each one take you to do?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Each one takes about three months to paint.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02So you've become a bit of an expert on bulls, you could tell what a good bull is now for breeding, could you?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I can tell what a good bull looks like,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07which isn't quite the same thing!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11But you particularly like this one, don't you?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Yes, I think it's because Tally is a bit of a star.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21When I was photographing him, he seemed a bit nervous and I said to
0:21:21 > 0:21:24the guys looking after him, "Is he nervous of me taking photographs?"
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and he said "No, people come and photograph him all the time
0:21:27 > 0:21:32"because he's quite well-known," so it's the glamour of him that I like!
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Each bull is set on a vast white canvas, almost like a museum specimen.
0:21:37 > 0:21:44This precise, almost scientific, style stems from Mark's earlier work.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Mark was resident artist at the Natural History Museum where his exhibition, Fabulous Beasts,
0:21:49 > 0:21:55depicted specimens of birds, animals and insects as they appear in museum cases.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Again, such incredible detail.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01It looks like something out of a sort of Georgian volume, you know,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04sort of line drawing from the Natural History Museum in a way.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Yes.- Is that what you wanted to capture?
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Well, certainly those kinds of illustrations have been an important influence on the work.
0:22:11 > 0:22:18I mean, I wanted to make work that reflected the idea of collecting collections.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24- The difference is that they would make an image of the insect as it was in its perfect state...- Right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30..whereas mine reflect the damage and the things that have happened through the process of it being collected.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I feel sorry for these two for some unknown reason.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35They look a little bit sad.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41What I liked about these was the way the wings do look exactly like leaves.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- Yes, they do, don't they?- They don't just look like a leaf, they look like a leaf
0:22:45 > 0:22:50that's rotted in a particular way or that's been eaten by a particular fungus, you know.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52The mimicry is actually astonishing.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Wasn't that just fabulous!
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Contemporary art does come in all shapes and sizes but
0:23:00 > 0:23:05this was definitely on the massive scale. If you get a chance to check his work out, please do because
0:23:05 > 0:23:10it's contemporary art with a scientific twist and the attention to detail is just mind-blowing!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21We're at the Princes Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex
0:23:21 > 0:23:24and our team of valuers are led by Elizabeth Talbot and Will Axon.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28They're dispensing pearls of wisdom to the queue of people
0:23:28 > 0:23:32who have brought in their unwanted antiques for a valuation.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Boo!
0:23:36 > 0:23:40And Elizabeth is assessing a pewter dish owned by Norman.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42So tell me about your dish.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Where did it come from and what do you know about it?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Well, I bought it off an internet site about a year ago
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- and it actually came from France. - Oh, really?
0:23:52 > 0:23:56It's an Archibald Knox piece for Liberty's
0:23:56 > 0:24:04and it's all signed and dated and numbered underneath and I just think it's a lovely, simple but...
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- But it appeals to you, does it? - Well, it appeals to me, very much so.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- It's so simple but very functional.- Yes, absolutely.
0:24:09 > 0:24:16But the reason I'm selling it today is because my wife hated it from the moment I got it home.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21- Does she do the dusting or just not like the pewter? - She doesn't like the pewter, no.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- It's not to everybody's taste. - She didn't approve at all. - But it's lasted in the house a year?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30It lasted a year. I've had it a year but I've finally conceded.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33So are you a collector of Liberty's, or what?
0:24:33 > 0:24:40What I do, I've retired now through ill-health and it gives me a hobby, really.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Yes. What we have here is a basket which I suppose had been used for sweet meats or biscuits I guess?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Too shallow for bread but it's a nice
0:24:48 > 0:24:52table centrepiece made for Liberty's with the Tudric mark and the number.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56They established their Tudric range in 1902 and of course, as you say,
0:24:56 > 0:25:01they employed the wonderful skills of Archibald Knox to design some marvellous pieces
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and I think he influenced a lot of other designers of his time.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Can you remember how much you paid? Is that a silly question a year on?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I really can't but I think it was about £40 or £50.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Right. Do you hope that you'll make a profit, do you think you... - Well, of course, yes!
0:25:14 > 0:25:19It's difficult. I think the market is a little stickier than it was a couple of years ago
0:25:19 > 0:25:25for the Tudric and I would have thought realistically somewhere between perhaps £60 and £80
0:25:25 > 0:25:28would be attainable. So if you're happy at 60 to 80, we can give that a try.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Yes, yes, that will be lovely.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Would you like a reserve on it? - I paid about 50 quid, so...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- So if you put 50 on it... - If you put £50 reserve.
0:25:36 > 0:25:42- 60 to 80 estimate and we'll see how they respond to it. - Well, that sounds good to me.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43So have you got your eye on something else?
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- I've constantly got my eye on bits and pieces. - But it will be well spent?
0:25:47 > 0:25:53It will be well spent and it will be something again that I can bring to a "Flog It!", I'm sure.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Very good. Let's see how we do for you.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56- Thank you very much. - See you soon.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02So Norman is happy with Elizabeth's valuations and will be selling his pewter dish at the auction room.
0:26:02 > 0:26:09You know at a "Flog It!" valuation day, you'll always find something you've never seen before,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13like an electric fire disguised as a yacht!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15That's nice!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17That's sort of kitsch '50s.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21They always look good when you stand them in front of an open fireplace.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Something visual to look at.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Will has got two wrist watches to look at, brought in by Monica.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I don't suspect they're both yours?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- No, just the Omega lady's is mine. - That was yours, was it?- Yes.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- And then this is obviously a gent's wrist watch?- Yes.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40How have you come by this? Is this your husband's?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46No, that was actually given to me by my father quite some years ago and he inherited it from his father.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- So your grandfather's watch? - Yes, yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51And he obviously wore it every day, it looks like.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Yes, yes.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Nice gentleman's gold case watch.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Right.- I've had the back off. Right. Had a quick look.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- OK.- I was hoping it was going to tell me it was 18 carat.- Right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02- It turns out it's 9 carat.- Right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Still nice, gold case, but not as valuable as if it had been 18 carat.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13- You've got the nice plain dial, little subsidiary seconds dial, made by Longines.- Right.- Good make.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Is that French?- Good name. Swiss.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- Oh, right, OK.- I suppose if it was your grandfather's, when's it going to date from?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- It's probably sort of 1930s, 1940s something like that? - I would have said so, yes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29- We've got the seconds dial ticking away happily there, haven't we?- Yes. - So it's in working order.- Yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33It needs a bit of attention on the strap and so on, not the original strap.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37You'd expect a gold clasp perhaps if it was the original strap.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42- Oh, right, OK.- I suspect it's been replaced and now over to the Omega which you say is yours.- Yes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48- What was that, a gift perhaps? - No, I bought that as an investment about 20-odd years ago.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50An investment, interesting!
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Who were you taking advice from, your financial adviser?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58No, in actual fact my parents and the jeweller told me it was a good investment!
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Did they?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Well, what did you pay for it back then?
0:28:02 > 0:28:07- I think if I remember rightly about £325.- And that was some time ago?
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- Yes.- The trouble with these watches is a lot of it is fashion.- Yes.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14It does go round in circles.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- Not a terribly wearable watch nowadays, fashion-wise. - That's right. No.- 9 carat gold.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- I think you're looking at 150 to 250.- OK.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28I'm going to say £150 to £200 and I would suggest putting a reserve on that at the bottom figure,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30but this one perhaps may be a bit more sentimental value.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Yes.- Now because there's a bit more sentimental value on that,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I'll stretch the value as much as I can.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41- I'm going to say shall we put a value of 200 to 250 on it with a fixed reserve at £200.- OK.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46- Let's offer them as two lots.- Right. - Because I think they're going to appeal to different buyers.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- Right, OK.- You've got the original box for the Omega. - I have, yes.- And all the documents.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- Yes.- That helps it along.- Right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57- Listen, I hope we do well for you and I'm confident we'll get them away.- OK, thank you.- No problem.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- We'll see you on the day.- Thank you very much indeed, thank you.- Thanks.
0:29:01 > 0:29:07So Monica will take her two watches off to auction and hopefully come away with a tidy sum for the two.
0:29:11 > 0:29:17Elizabeth has been asked to value a bargain bought by Donald 15 years ago.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20It's the first paper knife I've ever seen on "Flog It!", Don.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24- Really!- But it's a very special paper knife or letter opener. What can you tell me about the story of it?
0:29:24 > 0:29:31Well, the story is that about 15 years or so ago my other half and myself went to a jumble sale
0:29:31 > 0:29:37and it just took my eye and I asked the person how much
0:29:37 > 0:29:41and it was quite costly, it was 50p.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- 50p!- 50p.- OK.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45It didn't break the bank, but...
0:29:45 > 0:29:48But you liked it and bought it?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Yeah, yeah.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Has it been prized by you ever since and on display and...?
0:29:54 > 0:29:59The only way I can put it is it's been prized but only in a drawer.
0:29:59 > 0:30:05It's been in a drawer that whenever I've cleared it out, it's come out
0:30:05 > 0:30:10then it's gone straight back in over the 15 years so apart from that, it's not really been anywhere.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13So what was it about the item that drew your attention, then?
0:30:13 > 0:30:20I think perhaps because all my life I've dealt with tools and things like this brass, copper and so on
0:30:20 > 0:30:25and immediately I saw it, I thought it was in brass initially
0:30:25 > 0:30:30or bronze, possibly, and I did like the look of it, as well, you know.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Well, it certainly strikes me as a quality piece, even if you don't like it,
0:30:34 > 0:30:38because it is actually made of bronze, it represents Venus and Amour,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41the little cupid on her shoulders and it dates from
0:30:41 > 0:30:48the 1920s and probably about 1928 and it was designed by a French gentleman called Lucien Bazor
0:30:48 > 0:30:56who was one of the leading French Art Deco artists of the period and from about 1930 he then went to work
0:30:56 > 0:31:02for the French Mint and made a name for himself designing their coinage and medals and so on.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05So you paid 50 pence for it, the grand sum of 50 pence.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Rather costly! - And that was 15 years ago.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- About 15 years ago.- You know, you know, have you any idea
0:31:11 > 0:31:13what it might be worth now?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Not really.- You've not researched it or seen anything like that, no?
0:31:16 > 0:31:23- No, no.- Value-wise in the current market I think that it has a fair chance of selling for
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- sort of about £100 to £150 I would have thought.- Really!
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Are you happy with that?- Very happy.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33And would you like a reserve on that to protect it?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Yes, and I'll leave it to your judgment as to what it should be.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Well, I think we should aim for the £100, I think we should put £100
0:31:40 > 0:31:45- but ask the auctioneer to use his discretion if we got close within a bid.- That sounds great.- Excellent!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Well, in that case we shall take it to auction and see what we do.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Thank you very much. - Thank you for bringing it in.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54So we've got three more lots confirmed for auction.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59The pewter dish Norman's wife would rather not have in the house,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03two classic watches which Monica has no use for
0:32:03 > 0:32:08and Donald's bronze paper knife which has got to be worth at least more than the 50p he paid for it!
0:32:10 > 0:32:16The auction we're selling these lots in is a specialist fine art and antiques sale in Colchester.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19All the lots are online to give them the best exposure to buyers
0:32:19 > 0:32:21everywhere in the world,
0:32:22 > 0:32:27So we're off with the Liberty dish which Norman's wife would happily see the back of!
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Norman will be glad to settle for just £50.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33This is quality, it's a great name, it belongs to Norman
0:32:33 > 0:32:36and your wife doesn't like this so she's making you sell it?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- That's right, yes.- It's such a small thing, it's beautiful. - Well, I know.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- Why, doesn't it fit the house? - Possibly not, no.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47We've had it in the house for over a year and I've held out till now but it's time to go.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Held out till now!
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Something's got to go...
0:32:52 > 0:32:53Norman or the dish!
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- That's about right.- Well, we've got £60 to £80 on this, Elizabeth.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Yeah, a very fair price, I think.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03It's not too exceptional although it is a good example of simplicity that Tudric do
0:33:03 > 0:33:06so I've got my fingers crossed for just a gentle sale, really.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09So moving along nicely, it's going under the hammer now.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Number 471 is the Liberty & Co. pewter dish,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16£50 to start me, 50 for the Liberty here?
0:33:16 > 0:33:1840, then, £40 to start me.
0:33:20 > 0:33:2340 I have, at £40 now, 42, 44...
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Good.- 46, 48, 50.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28At £50 over here now, at 50.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32£50 bid, 55 anywhere?
0:33:32 > 0:33:33- At £50 is bid...- It's going...
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- Are you all done?- For the estimate.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Yes, he's gone £50.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Well, the wife will be happy! Indeed!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42You can take her out for a meal with that, and celebrate!
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- I shall probably spend the £50 here today, so...- Will you?- Yes.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Oh, gosh, it looks like Norman may be a compulsive collector.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Let's hope this time he'll find something her indoors really likes.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Next up it's Monica, she's selling her two classic watches.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58We've put them in as two separate lots.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02- Time's up for the watches. - It seems like it. - Two are going under the hammer.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Yes.- Why are you having a clear-out right now of watches?
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Not really a clear-out but just time for them to go.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I have twin daughters who have gone off to senior school,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15we've got some school trips looming, need a little bit of money.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- It costs money.- It does when there's two!- Love the man's watch.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22I think that's so understated, something I could wear and I'm a big fan of leather straps.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24- Right.- I like that worn-in look.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Right.- And we've got 200 to 250 on this. Great make.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32- Yes, Longines is a good name, very wearable. It should be a commercial watch.- You could wear that.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Yes, I would, certainly.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- And anybody, any woman would love the Omega.- Oh, thank you.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39And that's a lovely watch, but why don't you wear it?
0:34:39 > 0:34:43I just don't tend to wear so much gold.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47More white gold and that sort of thing, I'm afraid, now rather than the 'gold' gold.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- First up is the man's watch. - OK.- Here we go, this is it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55Number 349 is a 1950s gentleman's 9 carat gold Longines wrist watch.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58On there I have two commission with me and I'm starting at £200 with me.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02At 200, 210, 220, 230, 240...
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- Yes, and there's a phone bidder on this.- Oh, right.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09270, 280. At £280 with me now, at 290. 300.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13At £300, at £300 with me now at 300.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17At £300, are you all done?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Brilliant, good result, deserved that.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Monica has done well to get more
0:35:21 > 0:35:24than the higher end of Will's valuation.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Now, will the lady's watch fare as well?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- Now the lady's watch. - Lot 350 is a 1980s
0:35:30 > 0:35:329 carat gold Omega wrist watch.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34I have 150 with me.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38At 150 with me on the book now at 150. Do I hear 160 anywhere?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41At £150 is bid, any advance?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43All done now at £150.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Short and sweet but it's gone, 150.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- Yes, absolutely.- That's not bad, that's a good total, £450.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Thank you, yes, pleased with that, pleased that the men's went.- Yes.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54That was the saving grace, wasn't it?
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- That bit more than we thought. - Yes, because that had sentimental value.- That's right.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03But it just illustrates how we were saying, one was commercial, gent's wrist watch, classic,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- and the other a little bit dated, you know.- Yes, yes.
0:36:05 > 0:36:11- And that was reflected in the price, but I'm glad we got them away. - Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14So, Monica's lady's watch wasn't such a brilliant investment after all
0:36:14 > 0:36:20but £450 is a good return for the two watches she never used.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25Finally, it's Donald's 1920s bronze paper knife with an eye-catching handle...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Well, it caught my eye, anyway!
0:36:28 > 0:36:35Elizabeth is aiming high with her valuation but Donald will happily settle for something close to £100.
0:36:35 > 0:36:41- I like the image on the handle. - It's rather nice.- Is this why the wife's told you to sell it?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Well, I don't know. It's been tucked in the drawer for about 15 years.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- It should be on show, shouldn't it? - It should really.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52We've got a figure here, a nice figure, of £100 to £150.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57A quality piece, Paul. I mean it's by a very well-recorded sculptor and designer so
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- I've got high hopes that she'll be bought by a collector.- It's different, isn't it?- Very.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- Very, very different. - A spot of quality.
0:37:03 > 0:37:0750p in a jumble sale! Let's hope we get £150 plus.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10This is classic recycling going on right now. Here we go.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Number 511 now is a good quality Art Deco bronze letter opener,
0:37:14 > 0:37:18the one there, what will we say for it, 80? £80 to start me?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20£80 to start me somewhere. 70, then.
0:37:20 > 0:37:2770 I have down there now, at 70, at £70. 75, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30At £95, down here now at 95.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Do I see 100 anywhere?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35At £95, are you all done?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Just!
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- Under the wire.- Just got it in.- Not bad for a 50 pence jumble sale now!
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- No, no. Very good. - Fantastic, fantastic for 50p!
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- And good on you for spotting it, as well.- Thank you.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Oh, well, it didn't fulfil Elizabeth's ambitions but allowing auctioneer's discretion
0:37:50 > 0:37:57on the reserve meant he could accept the £95 bid and Donald's paper knife gets away.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01I love it when something like this happens, a speculative investment that 50 pence turns into
0:38:01 > 0:38:04a magnificent £95 and it just goes to show,
0:38:04 > 0:38:09you've got to keep your eyes peeled at jumble and car boot sales.