0:00:26 > 0:00:29Hello and welcome to Ten Of The Best of "Flog It!"
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I've put together a collection of my favourite items from the archives.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Today we're at Syon House,
0:00:34 > 0:00:36nestling on the Thames in West London.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's a home full of beauty and magnificence, with great
0:00:40 > 0:00:42oil paintings, furniture by Thomas Chippendale
0:00:42 > 0:00:47and arguably the finest Robert Adam interior in the country.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Beauty is my theme for today's show.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Looking good is something that men and women constantly strive...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04to achieve.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Over the years, we've found our share of beauty-enhancing items.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11So, stand by for my top ten head-turners as we look back through the archives.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21We begin in Skegness in 2008,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25where Elizabeth Talbot couldn't help but admire the reflection
0:01:25 > 0:01:27cast in Mary's gorgeous vanity mirror.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I've been sitting drooling over this lovely, what is called,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36an object of virtue. This lovely gem of craftsmanship.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38And I'd like to hear your story about it
0:01:38 > 0:01:40because I think it's lovely.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Well, I bought it in the mid-1960s,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48from an antiques fair in Chichester.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And it just caught my eye.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I loved its tactile shape, you know.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And it sits in the palm of my hand.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03And I used to use it to put my make-up on before I went out.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I used to go round the folk clubs singing.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I was very much part of that scene in those days
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and, yes, I've always loved it.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I think you must've been the best equipped folk singer in the time, then.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16What we have here, which isn't obvious from
0:02:16 > 0:02:19looking at the outside, is a little vanity mirror.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21And I think that that is just charming.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Do you know what it's made from?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I know it's tortoiseshell and, um,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I understand it's not tortoiseshell but turtle shell.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32That's one thing I have learned from Flog It!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34And I presume it's inlaid with silver.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Absolutely.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39The silver is so fine that it is impossible for it to have been assayed.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- So, you cannot look for a mark to date it.- I see.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The silver is inlaid and then it's chased to give the detail
0:02:46 > 0:02:49of the feathers, to give it that three-dimensional appeal.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Yes.- Absolute charming thing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55So, you used to use it, does that mean you don't use it any more?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I like having it, but at a certain age
0:02:57 > 0:02:59you don't like to look in mirrors so often.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Oh, get away! I can't believe that at all.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05It is very much a collector's piece
0:03:05 > 0:03:09and I think that it would go to a specialist collector
0:03:09 > 0:03:12who would, at the moment, be prepared to pay somewhere between
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- £70 and £100 for it.- Right.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18And, reserve, would you like a reserve on it?
0:03:18 > 0:03:23I'm not really bothered, I'd leave that to the auctioneer.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I think that's a good idea. He'll monitor it.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28We can have a chat nearer the time and he'll look after it for you.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- But, £70-100 and we'll see what response we get.- Splendid.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37That mirror was a stunner,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39but beauty is in the eye of the beholder
0:03:39 > 0:03:42as Thomas Plant discovered in Watford back in 2006,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44when he met Debbie
0:03:44 > 0:03:47and her extraordinary-looking Wemyss wash set.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Why did you come along and bring along this, what it supposedly is,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54a toilet set?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I believe it's Wemyss Ware
0:03:57 > 0:04:02and we're just really interested in how much it's worth.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04You're quite right, it is Wemyss Ware,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Wemyss being a Scottish manufacturers.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Now, where's it come from?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Originally it was from my grandmother's house.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It was on display there for many years.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Unfortunately, when she died it was too big for anyone else's house
0:04:17 > 0:04:19so it's been in storage since then.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I'm intrigued, because your mum obviously took it from your grandma's
0:04:23 > 0:04:25when she died, and she put it in the loft
0:04:25 > 0:04:27because she couldn't fit it anywhere else.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Something must have clicked with your mum and maybe you,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33to say, "Hang on a minute, we might keep this Wemyss toilet set".
0:04:33 > 0:04:37She knew it was a name that she'd heard before,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39so it might be worth something.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42So, she kept it. She just couldn't have it on display.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45It is great, it's a lovely, lovely set.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- You normally see Wemyss with lots of big flowers on.- Right.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52You don't normally see a full set like this.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55You are missing the cover to the bucket,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56the water bucket, here.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Do you remember that or was that always broken?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I remember this more than anything.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I can't remember the bucket.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The bucket, really, is vastly unattractive.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- Really, the most attractive items are the jug and basin, here.- Yes.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15The sponge dish. Sponge is in there to keep it all dry.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19And then this is a soap dish and cover.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20What's nice, is on here,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- we've got the Wemyss stamp and this T Goode & Co., London.- Right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Now, that's the retailer.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Probably bought in London in the early 20th century.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Late 19th, early 20th century, I would have thought.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I would like to put this in
0:05:35 > 0:05:38at about £400-600 for the set.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41How does that grab you?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Um, yes, that's...that's lovely.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46More than I expected, I think.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- What were you expecting? - I don't know.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51To me, it's just not very attractive.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Say we get you £350, what will you do with it?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Well, obviously, I'll give it to my mother.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Of course, it's hers.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Yes, it's hers. What she decides to do with it will be...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03So, how long have you waited today?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Oh, a good few hours.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09A good few hours? Surely it's £100 an hour, isn't it? For this waiting.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12But did Debbie's patience pay off?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Well, you'll just have to wait and see.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Now, over to Cambridge, where, in 2003, my head was on the block
0:06:20 > 0:06:23when I had to put a price on Andy's barber's chair.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27A lady asked me to clear her loft out
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and this was in it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And before I put it in the skip
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I turned this recliner up
0:06:34 > 0:06:37and thought, "That looks nice", and kept it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39You were going to throw this in a skip?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It was going to be skipped, yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Good for you, I'm so pleased you didn't.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45You've earned yourself an extra few bob, now.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Any idea of its date?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48No.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49This is early 1900s.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52This is about circa 1900, 1910.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56And it's made of oak, it's very good quality, but it is machine-made.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00It's been manufactured and there's a little sticker to tell us who's made it.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04But it is wonderfully made and, if you see, this will recline right back
0:07:04 > 0:07:07so he could have a proper shave.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11And this is the bit I like, I love this.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Because it can adjust for your neck height.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18It reminds me of that film, Sweeney Todd, where everybody went...
0:07:18 > 0:07:20ANDY LAUGHS
0:07:20 > 0:07:22That kind of thing.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23But I think this is so quirky.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Here we've got two little spandrels on the front
0:07:27 > 0:07:29which just help the construction.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And if we follow the arms down, you can see these legs are straight
0:07:32 > 0:07:36and they taper and they almost terminate here
0:07:36 > 0:07:38on this little tulip shape.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41So, value-wise, any idea?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm not sure.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I think if we put a reserve of £60 on it
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- and hope to get somewhere around £75-80.- OK.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Would you be happy with that?- Yeah.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52So why do you want to sell it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- He doesn't want to sell it? - Doesn't he?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Do you, or don't you?- Yes, it's going!- He loves his barber's chair.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01All it does, really, is sits in the dining room.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03But is it going? Definitely?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07It's definitely going, yeah. I mean, it is nice but it's got to go.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Well, we'll see you in the auction,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and let's hope it makes a clean cut in the sale room.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15On to Milton Keynes now, where, in 2008,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Kate Bateman sensed the sweet smell of success
0:08:18 > 0:08:20with an item that Jan had with her.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Jan, you've brought this mysterious box, here.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26What's inside? Let's have a look.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Ah, a scent bottle.- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32What can you tell me about it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I bought it from an antiques fair,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36probably about five or six years ago.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And I was actually looking to buy some powder compacts,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42which is what I used to collect at the time.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46And I walked past a stand and I just saw it and thought,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48"I've got to have it", just loved it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- An impulse buy. - Absolutely, an impulse buy, yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It's lovely. Do you know anything about age?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I think it's Victorian.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Erm, I mean, basically, I spoke to the person who sold it to me,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and she thought it was about 1886.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05She'd have got that from the hallmark,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08because it's quite clearly marked up and that's great
0:09:08 > 0:09:13because it tells me the maker who made it, and the year, 1886.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17What's nice about it, is this maker, SM,
0:09:17 > 0:09:18is a well-known maker.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Sampson Mordan,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23he's one of the better late- Victorian makers of scent bottles.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25And this is a really nice example.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Ovoid body, it's an overlay,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32so it's a glass body and then over painted with glass and refired.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- Right.- And you've got a silver gilt - so silver covered in gold plate - mount.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39It's a really lovely thing. Why are you selling it?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Well, I've sort of done my compact collecting now,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46and I'm now sort of collecting '50s things.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And I'm decorating a room at home
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and I want to buy a '50s lamp, one of these tall lamps.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54So I need to get some money, basically.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56So you're on a one in, one out policy.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59You can't buy something until you get rid of this.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00- So it's here to sell.- Yes.
0:10:00 > 0:10:07- For auction, I'd probably put an estimate of £300 to £400 on it.- OK.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Is that the sort of price you'd be happy to sell it for?- Yes, yes, I think so. That sounds fine.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15What you would do is put a reserve of some kind on it to make sure
0:10:15 > 0:10:19it doesn't sell for so little that you'd be gutted on a quiet sale day.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What's the least you'd take for it?
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Um, I wouldn't want to sell it for less than £250.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29OK. Well, that's below the low estimate, so what you could do
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- is put a reserve at £250 and make that a firm reserve.- OK.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35And the estimate in the catalogue will be £300 to £400.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I think it's got a really good chance of selling at that.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43if we can put it in and get you enough money for a lamp, that would be a good result.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47So let's see which of these little beauties wowed the crowds the most
0:10:47 > 0:10:49when they went off to auction.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55What kind of interest was reflected in Mary's vanity mirror?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Debbie thought her mum's Wemyss wash set was ugly,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02but did it manage to clean up at the auction?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Kate Bateman may have thought Jan's perfume bottle was heaven SCENT,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12but did it come up smelling of roses at the auction in Ely?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15It was like a scene from Sweeney Todd for me
0:11:15 > 0:11:19when Andy asked me to value this rather unusual item of furniture -
0:11:19 > 0:11:23an early 20th-century barber's chair.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28So let's see if Mary's mirror pulled in the bidders in Grantham.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Why are you selling this, Mary?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35It's been on the road with you, you've loved and cherished it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Well, I think it deserves a new face. Mine's completely worn out!
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Nothing wrong with your face.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49The 19th-century tortoiseshell and silver pique work vanity mirror.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51A very pretty little lot, this one.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Who's going to start me at £50 for it? Straight in, 50. Thank you. 50.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57We've sold it. Straight in.
0:11:57 > 0:12:0255, 60. And five now. 65, 70. five, surely. 75.
0:12:02 > 0:12:0775 bid. 80 bid. Five. 90. Five. 100.
0:12:07 > 0:12:1010 now, 110 bid. 20 or not?
0:12:10 > 0:12:14120 now, surely. 110 at the back of the room, 120, 130.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- At 135, we may have an Internet bidder. We do.- Oh, yes!
0:12:19 > 0:12:26140. Thank you, sir. 140, 145. 145. 50 now. 150, 155, 160.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32Thank you. 170. 180 now in the room. 180, 190. 190. 200.
0:12:32 > 0:12:3520 anywhere else now? 220, it's the last call.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38At 200, my bid's in the room, then, at £200.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40All done and finished selling, then, in the room.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43And definitely selling at £200.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Brilliant.- £200 - now that's a real, true reflection of its value.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I think somebody's buying all the love that little piece contains.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- You know, the feel-good factor's there.- Yes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Wow! Mary, that was a nice encore, wasn't it?- It certainly was.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Fantastic!
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Mary's mirror went for more than double Elizabeth's estimate.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Now, back in 2008,
0:13:06 > 0:13:12I joined Jan and her sister at Charlie Ross's auction room in Woburn.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I know Kate fell in love with this.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17It belongs to Jan, possibly for not much longer.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It's a gorgeous little scent bottle. We're looking for 300 to 400.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It's a good day in the saleroom. It might.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If two people want this, you don't know what'll happen.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27This will be exciting.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30The Victorian smoked-glass scent bottle.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Enamel decorated, bearing hallmarks for 1886.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And I'm bid £340.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46- OK, well, it's sold. - 360 I will take. At 340, 360 now.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49At 340, the bid's with me.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53350, 360. 380?
0:13:53 > 0:13:57380, 400.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- 420, 440. - This is more like it, isn't it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:08440. Still with me, 440. Commission bid at 440.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10460, 480.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- I'm liking this.- This is nice.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14At 480, then.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18The bid's here with me at £480.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19All done.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Hammer's gone down sharp then. £480.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Yes, that's really nice. I'm very pleased with that.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Are you going to reinvest the money in the antiques trade?
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Yes. I need to buy a 1950s lamp for one of my rooms at home,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33or, if I can't find one, a coffee table.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- OK.- Something like that. - That's half the fun, isn't it?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Going to the antiques shops, antiques centres and auction rooms,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41having fun days out shopping.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- You can learn so much.- Absolutely. - Good luck.- Thank you very much.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48That little bottle shattered Kate's estimate.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52It's back to Cambridge now in 2003, where for Flog It friend
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Will Axon was putting the barber's chair under the hammer.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Andy. Hello, Katie. Another addition to the family. Who's this one?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- This is Thomas.- Hello, Thomas. Shake my hand.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10- Is this your first auction?- Um, yes. - Yes. Wow!
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Doesn't seem that excited, does he? - No, not quite.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- So it's a family day out, is it? - It is. It's school holidays.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Right, where's the wife, then? - She's working.- She's working, is she?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- She is.- So you've taken the day off? - I have.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Let's hope we can send you home with some money.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29We're going to find out right now. Good luck, kids. This is it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Lot 160 now, here we are - the barber's chair.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Interesting lot.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I can see it in a big bathroom, in the corner somewhere.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Interior lot, there we are. What's it worth?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Give me £50 for it, start me. At £50 only. Surely at 50.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Where are you at 50? Hello. At £50. Anywhere at 50?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51£30, a voice. At £30 now, the voice, at 30.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55£30 I have now here at 30. At £30 now. Who else is in at £30?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59The voice at 30. It's you and me. It's in at 32.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Still going.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06At 42, 45, 48. 50 now.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12Five with me. One more if you like. Shakes the head. At £55 with me.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15At £50 now, are you sure? At 55.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17£60.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18- It's done it.- 80, 80.
0:16:18 > 0:16:25We're away at £60. You all done elsewhere, then? At £60. Sold.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- That'll do, lovely.- Are you pleased or are you upset?- No, that's fine.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Are you sure?- Yeah. - Cos you did want to take it home.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34That's not bad. We can go out and have a meal or something.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Daddy said we're going to the zoo.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39You're going to the zoo? Oh, brilliant.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40A good result.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44And Katie and Thomas got a fun day out with the proceeds.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47But was Thomas Plant's estimate just a little too conservative
0:16:47 > 0:16:49when it came to Debbie's wash set?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Before it came up for sale at the Tring auction rooms,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56I went and had a chat with auctioneer Stephen Hearn.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59This has been in her mum's loft for the last 16 years.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And there's not a lot of money on it for the amount you get of Wemyss.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04400 to 600.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Well, I think we're going to do well for Debbie on this one.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13I think there's been an enormous amount of interest in the set,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16despite the fact it might have had a beaker with it.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Yes.- And it could even have had a couple of chamber pots.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I've seen a lot of Wemyss on the show before.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It's always been the flowers, the pigs, the honey pots, the preserve pots,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29but I've not ever seen any with a black grounding like that.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Yes, well, this black grounding was introduced by Shapland.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37He introduced oil into the colour mixture
0:17:37 > 0:17:40to give it a rather more robust...
0:17:40 > 0:17:42And it didn't chip as much.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44But did it sell as well?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47It does look slightly dour compared to the brighter vessels.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51A lot of it was to order. Possibly why Thomas Goode retailed it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55That normally cost about 15% more.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Did it?- Yes, to have the oil introduced into the glaze.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- So this could be rarer and it could put the value up.- That's right.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Has there been a lot of interest in this?- There has been.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06- Has there?- Yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- I think it's probably going to go back home to Scotland.- At what cost?
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- Three times estimate. - £1,800, top end?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Hm, that may be real top end.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- OK.- I can see it doing 1,200 anyway.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Can't wait for this sale to start. - If they were all like that, I'd sit all day doing it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- I bet you would. Yeah, with a big grin on your face. - I certainly would.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Well, that sounds promising, but did it do the business?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It's the Wemyss, a big collection of it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40It belongs to Debbie, and not for much longer.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Especially at 400 to 600. That's what you were happy with, weren't you?- Yes.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46If you had 600 quid, what are you going to spend it on?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It's my mum's money, but we've booked a holiday,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51so it's going to go on a big family holiday.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- It's going to go towards that. - Thomas.- Yes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- We're going to do the 1,000 plus, aren't we?- Let's...
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- You're being cautious on the day. - I'm being cautious on this one.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Still a bit cautious. I think it could well do it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05You have seen, and you've been on Flog It many, many a time.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- You love your 20th-century stuff. - I've seen Wemyss do really well.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12You've seen little preserve pots do £300.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Yeah, I have, but it's such a big thing and you think,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- "Hang on, will a Wemyss collector want it?"- They like the big pigs.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- They like the big pigs but do they want a big, you know, toilet set? - Yes.- Well...- Yes, they do.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26And the pattern - never seen that pattern, that grape and vine.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Right, this is interesting, this Wemyss toilet set.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34There you are. You have a jug, a bowl, a sponge, a soap dish,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36a cover, a slop pail.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- £500 for it, then. - Come on.- 300, we're off.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43320 I'm bid for it, 350 bid.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48380 bid. £400 bid, 420, 450, 480, 500.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51A rapid climb - they love it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55700, and 50. 800, and 50.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I love these moments.
0:19:57 > 0:20:001,000, and 50. No?
0:20:00 > 0:20:011,050 I'm bid for it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:041,050.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- £1,100.- Come on!
0:20:08 > 0:20:09At £1,100.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Quite comical, isn't it? - Squeeze some more.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15For £1,100, then.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Thank you.- Debbie, it's gone. 1,100.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- The hammer's gone down.- Fantastic. - That's great, isn't it?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Twice what you were expecting. - Yes.- Have a great holiday.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- That's all I can say. Have a great holiday.- I'm sure we will.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Well, that's the first four of my ten beauty items.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Now, while we place great importance on face value,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45being in good health is where you find real wealth,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48as I found out on a visit to Tring back in 2008,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52when I visited Britain's oldest health farm.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03# You make me feel so young... #
0:21:03 > 0:21:06For decades, people have been pummelled and half-starved
0:21:06 > 0:21:11in these establishments in the pursuit of health and beauty.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Nowadays, it's all about relaxation and pampering.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17But in the early days, the focus was on natural healing
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and providing cures for a number of conditions.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23And it all started here at Champneys, just outside Tring.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26And it's still a health spa today.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30In 1929, the naturopath Stanley Lief,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32along with a grateful patient, purchased the mansion
0:21:32 > 0:21:37along with 170 acres of landscaped gardens from Baron Rothschild
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and set about turning it into a mecca for those that wanted
0:21:40 > 0:21:44something alternative to normal medicine, really.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49And Stanley's idea was to promote treating the body as one - holistic health -
0:21:49 > 0:21:52mind, body and spirit.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Stanley had been an obese child with a weak heart
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and it was the desire to strengthen his body that led him
0:21:59 > 0:22:01to seek natural cures.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06An early incident in his life convinced him that they worked.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Stanley's arm was badly injured during the First World War
0:22:10 > 0:22:13with shrapnel, and he believed he avoided its amputation
0:22:13 > 0:22:18and regained its use with a strict exercise and diet regime.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20# Keep fit, take exercise
0:22:20 > 0:22:21# Keep fit and you'll be wise
0:22:21 > 0:22:24# That's it, grow twice your size
0:22:24 > 0:22:27# Whatever you do keep fit... #
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'm here in the games room,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32which is pretty much how it was back in the 1920s.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Nothing much has changed. And behind me, there,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37is a bronze bust of Stanley Lief, the man himself.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41And to find it a bit more about him, I've come here to talk to Dennis Kylie...
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Hi, Dennis.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47..who was trained by Stanley and worked here back in the 1950s.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Does it bring back many memories? - Yes, it does, actually.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Obviously, it's more modernised than when I was here 50 years ago
0:22:55 > 0:22:58But, nevertheless, it's good to bring back a bit of nostalgia.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02What was he like? Tell me a little bit about Stanley.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Obviously, he was a pioneer, I would have thought a very nice gentleman.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11He was a natural healer but he liked discipline
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and he ran this place like a little rod of iron.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17But he was a most approachable character.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Explain a little bit more about his treatments.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Well, basically, naturopathy, or nature cure, is wholeness.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28In other words, you treat the person as a whole.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31So all the treatments involved were things like manipulative treatment.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33There was psychotherapy,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36we used to have all the hydrotherapy, of course.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40There was gymnastics here, there were walks that he arranged.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44There were quite a lot of disciplines. Did you have to adhere to them as a strict regime?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47It was a strict regime in those days, yes.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Not so nowadays, really, is it? - No, it's more loose, I'd say, these days.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53But he was very strict indeed.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57If he said to a patient, "Look here, I want you in bed by 9pm."
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- Then 9pm it was. - By golly, you were in bed. - You were in trouble, yes.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04# Keep young and beautiful
0:24:04 > 0:24:06# It's your duty to be beautiful... #
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Being afraid of Stanley was not the only thing that had his patients turning hot and cold.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14These are the famous sit baths that we have,
0:24:14 > 0:24:15and we have the hot and the cold water.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19The patient has a minute in the cold, four minutes in the hot,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22and alternates them, three times in each.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26It's for the repletion and depletion of the abdomen and to increase the circulation.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28And I think, on the whole, they enjoy it.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33If you had contrast bathing, like hot and cold, you were going to stimulate an area.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36In other words, if I put my hand, say, in some cold water,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38then the blood's going to go away from it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42If I put it in hot, the blood comes. So it's like an internal massage.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45It does sound like a bit of a shock treatment, though.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Sort of hot one minute, perspiring, and then freezing cold.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51It wasn't such a shock, no. You could do it nice and gently.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52THEY LAUGH
0:24:52 > 0:24:55How much can anybody stand in that machine?
0:24:55 > 0:24:59No more, I would say, than about 15 minutes to 20 is enough.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00I'm on low at the moment, you see.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05And we have three different temperature gauges on it - the high, the medium and the low.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Do you feel faint when you come out? - No. Invigorated.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11As long as you have a shower, a cold shower, and lie down.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15What about diet here? What did most people sort of eat?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18First of all, today, they use this word "detox".
0:25:18 > 0:25:23In those days they put people on a fast, a similar thing. You're detoxing, resting the body.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27So some people just had water, water fast only.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Others, it may be just fruit juices and so on.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Jolly good health!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And then he would introduce the diet very slowly.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37And that would be things like, say, fruit first of all,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41then he may go onto salads and so on for two or three days.
0:25:41 > 0:25:47Whatever you thought the patient required, so that the individual is the most important thing,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- which is lost today, unfortunately. - Exactly, yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53It seems very sort of soporific to walk around during the day,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58not working, wearing a dressing gown and sort of slippers and just relaxing.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Yes.- It's a wonderful thing to do, isn't it?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I know people check in here for two to three days,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05but back then did they check in for a lot longer?
0:26:05 > 0:26:09A lot longer. Yes, you might have people come for a fortnight,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11three weeks, four weeks, sometimes longer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15As I say, they came from all over the world for his treatment, yes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19I don't think I'd have lasted four weeks of Stanley's treatments.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Thankfully, Champneys today is more beauty camp than boot camp,
0:26:23 > 0:26:29with the emphasis on relaxation and providing an escape from the stresses of busy modern life.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Right now, I'm going to enjoy the grounds in a way that Stanley
0:26:33 > 0:26:34would have approved -
0:26:34 > 0:26:38on my bike, getting lots of fresh air and exercise.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I suppose there's no gain without a little pain,
0:26:45 > 0:26:49but the next part of my collection of pretty pieces
0:26:49 > 0:26:53makes the business of beauty look effortless.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58We're off to Aldershot where, in 2004,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Kate Bliss had her head turned by Sharon's 1940s
0:27:02 > 0:27:06costume jewellery, and her fabulous bust of a Hollywood legend.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10# I wanna be loved by you alone
0:27:10 > 0:27:11# Boo-boo-be-doo. #
0:27:11 > 0:27:15We really have got quite a selection here, haven't we?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17It dates from the '40s, '50s, '60s,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21but the thing that strikes me is the selection of designs.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23And if we look at it a little bit closer,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25we can see that a lot of the designs
0:27:25 > 0:27:27are a throwback to much earlier styles.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31So, for instance, this brooch caught my eye.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34And this is what we would call, in Georgian jewellery,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37a jardiniere brooch with a jardinere there,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and the two doves drinking from it.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42And this would be a typical design in, say, 1820,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44in the George III period.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46But, of course, it's being used here
0:27:46 > 0:27:49in a piece of '50s costume jewellery.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51And then, moving on from the Georgian period,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55we've got pieces, again, '50s in date,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59but dating back, in design, to the Victorian period.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02And here we've got acorn leaves and acorns,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04a typical motif of the Victorian period.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08And working on through into the 20th century,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12you've got motifs from the Art Nouveau period.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14And then, of course, into the 1930s and Art Deco
0:28:14 > 0:28:16and these fantastic earrings.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Really striking. I love them.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- I bet they're heavy to wear, though! - They're quite heavy.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24The great thing about costume jewellery is it's affordable.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29And it really came about because the huge names in jewellery -
0:28:29 > 0:28:33we think of Van Cleef and Arpels, Boucheron, Bulgari -
0:28:33 > 0:28:37producing really glamorous pieces in the 1910s, 1920s.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39People couldn't afford to buy them, of course,
0:28:39 > 0:28:41the everyday man on the street.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47And so copies came about, using paste to produce glamorous pieces.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50And it's great that we have Marilyn here.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Tell me about her, where did she come from?
0:28:52 > 0:28:55I was looking for something to display the lovely necklaces
0:28:55 > 0:28:59and things, and I went past a charity shop and she was in the window.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01So I went in. She was £10,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04but I thought, "Oh, I'll buy her anyway. She's lovely."
0:29:04 > 0:29:07It's very fitting that she should be here.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09She's made of resin, fairly heavy,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12but a fantastic bust to model this costume jewellery.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16And, of course, a lot of it was made for stars
0:29:16 > 0:29:18to wear in films and on the stage.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Rather than their expensive jewels and diamonds?- Exactly.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26It's very fitting that she should be here, modelling this necklace.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29What about value? Have you any ideas?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I'd like to get a minimum of 100.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- That's with the bust and the jewellery in one lot?- Yes.- Right.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36I thought in the region of £70-£100,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39but I understand you would like a reserve of 100.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I don't think that's out of the question at all.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44So you've obviously been collecting for some time.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Why do you want to sell it all now, Sharon?- The car engine's died
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and we need a new engine for the car, so...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- So it would come in quite handy. - It would come in very handy.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56I'm glad you brought it in. I hope we can flog it for you.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58I hope so, too. Thank you very much.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03But, before I introduce my next beauty,
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I've just got to dazzle you with these three unforgettable items.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14In Dover in 2009, Joanne brought along this beautiful
0:30:14 > 0:30:17early 20th-century porcelain toiletry box.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21I got it from auction in a box of other items for £5.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- No!- I won't tell you where. - No, no, don't tell us where.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Tell me afterwards.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Mark Stacey loved it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31And the £200 it reached in the saleroom confirmed
0:30:31 > 0:30:35that the best things really do come in small packages.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40In 2007, Elizabeth Talbot had the tortuous challenge
0:30:40 > 0:30:43of assessing an extreme beauty item when Lynn brought in
0:30:43 > 0:30:46her great grandmother's bloodletting kit
0:30:46 > 0:30:49to our valuation day in King's Lynn.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52You hold it onto the skin and, by releasing the button,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55the little knives shoot through.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00But the £420 it made in auction didn't seem to hurt one bit.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03And Kate Bliss hit upon a crowd-pleaser
0:31:03 > 0:31:08back in Newmarket in 2002 with Angela's dressing table set.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14I love the square border on here, which is very Art Deco,
0:31:14 > 0:31:16really, isn't it, in design?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19It had been a gift bought from Harrods for her aunt
0:31:19 > 0:31:23and, at auction, it reached the handsome price of £550.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31We're heading back to 2003 now, when Mark Stacey was astonished
0:31:31 > 0:31:35to discover Sue's stunning Cantonese porcelain had become
0:31:35 > 0:31:40a dumping ground for her mother's dressing table accessories.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44This piece was on my mum's dressing table
0:31:44 > 0:31:46and she used to put bits and pieces in it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It's survived remarkably well,
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- considering it had rings and things in it.- Yes.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52They're actually quite decorative.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55They're what we call Cantonese famille rose ware.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59And we get the famille rose from these sort of pinky colours,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02pinky green and blues in the pattern.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05And they're very typically decorated with these oriental scenes -
0:32:05 > 0:32:09people in different courtyards, buildings in the background.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12These ones will date to the end of the 19th century,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16so maybe between 1890 and 1910, that sort of period.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18That 20-year period.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20And it's quite a nice collection.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23There's a little bit of damage on one or two pieces,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and a lid's missing from one of the rouge pots, or whatever.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29But there is a pair of vases and quite a nice pair of tureens
0:32:29 > 0:32:33and stands, and this rather nice kidney-shaped dish.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37At the time these were made, you could buy as much as you wanted
0:32:37 > 0:32:38and use it as a dinner service
0:32:38 > 0:32:43or just decoration in the kitchen or the dining room.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45So they've been up in the loft for 25 years.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Have you ever thought about the value?- No.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- So it's why you brought them today? - Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53And I think it's such a shame. It's just a waste, isn't it?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55They will sell. I think they're quite popular,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59and they're quite good quality, nicely decorated. If we put it in,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I suggest we put it in as a little group.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05And if we did put them in for sale, I think we'd be looking at
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- an estimate of maybe £200-£300 for the group.- Oh, right.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14- Is that all right?- Yeah, that's... - Quite surprised?- Quite good, yeah.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17And I think we should fix a reserve at maybe 200, with 10% discretion.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Now, if we got a good price for it,
0:33:19 > 0:33:22is there anything you'd put the money towards?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- I'd put it towards a conservatory. - Let's hope we get a good price
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- and I look forward to seeing you at the auction.- Thank you.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32We'll be back to find out if that porcelain smashed any records
0:33:32 > 0:33:34in the saleroom a little bit later.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37But first, let me take you back to Ely where, in 2009,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Charlie Ross became very excited when he came across
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Janet and Donald's sewing case.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Quality, quality and more quality. Donald and Janet.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Janet, does this belong to you? - Yes, it does.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52And how did you get it?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- I bought it a good many years ago, about 30 years ago.- Did you?- Yes.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Why did you buy it? Was it to use or because you liked looking at it?
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- I liked looking at it.- Did you buy it in a shop?- Yes, I did. Yes.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Can you remember which shop? - I think it was down Magdelen Street.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- A church shop I bought it from. - How interesting.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- He's been gone years. - Do you remember what you paid for it?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15No, I can't remember. I paid about £30 odd.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17That was a lot of money in those days.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21It's called a necessaire, ie, every woman should have one.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23It's necessary to have one,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26to repair anything that might be damaged in terms of clothing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29This would be for instant repairs.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31If you went to a ball and you were a smart lady,
0:34:31 > 0:34:36you thought, "Blimey, my hem's gone," out with your necessaire.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Sometimes they were on little chains and you kept them about your person.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43This would have been kept in a handbag.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- The case is made of...- Ivory. - Correct. And I've had a quick look.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50They're not silver or silver-gilt. But they're gilt medal.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52And because you've kept it so beautifully,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55the gilding is still on there, which is wonderful.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57If it had been used much,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01the gilding would have rubbed off and it would have lost some of its...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03I kept in shut.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05The other thing I particularly like and makes it so rare,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08is the fact that it's all there.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Needle, scissors, thimble and needle case, I think.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17I'd put that at 1860 or 1870. Donald, why is it being sold?
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- We want to buy our granddaughter's wedding dress.- Right.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- It'll go towards it.- Yes. - So, valuation.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- What would you like it to be worth? - Well over £100.- Over 100?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I don't think you're unrealistic there because you've said
0:35:31 > 0:35:34it cost £30 and that was a lot of money when you bought it.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Yes, it was.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I'd like to estimate it at £100 to £150.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42I'd like to put a fixed reserve of £100 on it.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Ideally, I'd like to see it make £150 or £160.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- Lovely, yes.- Thank you very much. Lovely to see both.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Before we find out how the rest of my collection of cosmetic items
0:35:52 > 0:35:55performed when they went to sale,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58let me just take you through the line-up once again.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Kate went weak at the knees
0:36:00 > 0:36:04when Sharon introduced her to a silver screen starlet.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Janet and Donald's unusual ivory necessaire
0:36:07 > 0:36:09certainly pricked Charlie Ross's intrigue.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13But did it entice any bidders when it came up for sale?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18And finally, Mark went mental for Sue's oriental porcelain.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22The question is, did it catch anyone's eye at the auction?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31First under the hammer is Janet and Donald's necessaire but did it
0:36:31 > 0:36:34raise enough cash to pay for their granddaughter's wedding dress?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37What a fabulous item you've brought into the valuation.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41We're talking about the necessaire, that gorgeous little sewing kit
0:36:41 > 0:36:44in the ivory case and they're rare to be so complete.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47There's always something missing. You got this a long time ago.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- I did, over 30 years ago. - We're going to get your money back.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- You can bet your life there. 30 quid you paid, did you?- Yes.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59It had to go because my girls aren't interested in needlework at all.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Are they having some money from this? Will you treat them?
0:37:02 > 0:37:07My granddaughter's getting married so it might buy a button or two for her wedding dress.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11A few. Well, all the talking is over with. It's now down to the bidders.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14OK, here we go. It's going under the hammer now.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Good luck both of you.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20The continental case, sewing thing. Pretty little lot.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Very nice, straight in, £50. £50 I'm bid. 50, 55...
0:37:23 > 0:37:25A couple of ladies down the front.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2880, 85, 95, 100 now.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33At 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240...
0:37:37 > 0:37:39This chap hasn't put his hand down.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43He's just standing there with his hands in the air.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47270, 280, 290, 290 I've sold on here. Done then...
0:37:48 > 0:37:54..with the lady at 290. 300. 300, I've got in the room. 310?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Back here at 310. Back with the lady at £310.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02You're out. 320. 330, here in the room at £330.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- This is good, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06You're out.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Bid now or I sell... 340. With the internet at 340.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13A rich home!
0:38:13 > 0:38:18350. With the lady at 350. £350, it goes then at 350.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Janet, fantastic! £350.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25That's going towards the wedding, the wedding dress
0:38:25 > 0:38:27and hopefully, come on, a new hat for you.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I've already got that.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32OK, shoes. Treat yourself.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Yes, the hat I've got but nothing else so...
0:38:34 > 0:38:37You can't go to a wedding in just a hat!
0:38:37 > 0:38:41I'm sure that £350 gave their granddaughter
0:38:41 > 0:38:45a spring in her step as she walked down the aisle.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Now on to Horsham to find out if Kate Bliss's estimate sparkled
0:38:49 > 0:38:52when Sharon's costume jewellery came under the gavel.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Costume jewellery, all that glitter. - Marilyn is right up there.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- She is, in prime position up there. - She is.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Fingers crossed, here we go, Sharon.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07The collection of costume jewellery.
0:39:07 > 0:39:1170 and five. 80 and five. 90 and five. 100 and ten now.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14It's flying.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19120, 130, 140, 150, 160,
0:39:19 > 0:39:24170, 180, 190, 200, 210.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Go on, make it the two.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31220, 240, 260, 280, 300,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and 20, 300 at the back?
0:39:34 > 0:39:38At the back, selling now at £300. All done at 300.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- £300!- Brilliant!
0:39:41 > 0:39:46- Sharon.- That's so good. I knew it was worth it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49At double the estimate, it just goes to show,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51diamonds really are a girl's best friend.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55But did Sue's corking Cantonese porcelain
0:39:55 > 0:39:58dazzle the bidders in Hampshire in 2004?
0:40:01 > 0:40:03There's a lot of lot in this next lot
0:40:03 > 0:40:06and it's Sue's Cantonese porcelain.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10There's a little bit of damage but it's 19th century, nice colours,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13and as you said, a lot of pieces in that lot.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Thank you, Cilla.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Yes, but I'm not on Blind Date yet. But it should do that.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I should do the top end, I hope.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23I notice you've got all the family with you.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Is that just in case it doesn't sell and they can carry it home?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28I hope they don't because here we go.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Cantonese, 19th century Cantonese.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Start me at 300 for this. £200?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40He's dropped.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I'm bid 220, 240, 260,
0:40:43 > 0:40:48280, 300, 320, 340...
0:40:49 > 0:40:54360, £340. All done at 360.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59360 here, 380, at 360 on the phone.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Any advance on 360? 380, 400. 420.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06They're getting competitive now.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09460. 480.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12500.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16520. 540...
0:41:16 > 0:41:18It's not going to stop.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22560. 580. 600.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27And 20. 640.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29660.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31What was the valuation?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34680. 700.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38And 20. 740.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44760. 780.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46800. 820.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49We could be here all night.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53850. 880. 900.
0:41:55 > 0:42:02And 20. 950. 980. 1000.
0:42:03 > 0:42:10- And 50.- Do you need a seat? - 1,100. And 50.
0:42:10 > 0:42:121,200. And 50.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17£1,200 on the phone here. Against you all in the room.
0:42:17 > 0:42:211,250 in the back. 1,300.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25And 50. 1,400.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29And 50. 1,500.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- Against you at £1,500. Selling...- Yes!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35On the phone, £1,500.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- That's great.- I don't believe it. - That's just great.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- I don't believe it. - The eyes have glazed over.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I honestly thought I'd take it home. I honestly thought that.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52All the family were here, there are about six of you.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55You were all going to carry a piece home, weren't you?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Get your breath back.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Mark, £1,500.- I know. I was being cautious, obviously.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- Come and buy me! - What else can you say?
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I mean, you know how I like people to come and get it
0:43:09 > 0:43:13but I think that's taking the biscuit but it's great.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Well, that was the last of my bevy of beauties
0:43:21 > 0:43:23and what a stunning result for Sue.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26I'm ever so pleased for her and it also brings us
0:43:26 > 0:43:28to the end of today's show.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Do join me again soon for another trip down memory lane
0:43:31 > 0:43:34when they'll be plenty more to feast your eyes on but until then,
0:43:34 > 0:43:36it's goodbye from Syon House.
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