0:00:37 > 0:00:39Welcome to another series of Flog It! Ten Of The Best.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I'm in the magnificent surroundings of Syon House
0:00:42 > 0:00:44just a few miles from central London.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I'm in the private dining room of the Percy family.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50If only the walls could talk!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I wonder if we'd be hearing tales of drunken revelry and naughty behaviour!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Well, sometimes it's good to be bad.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58So today I've been really indulgent.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01For our little dip through the Flog It archives,
0:01:01 > 0:01:05I've picked out my top ten guilty pleasure treasures for you to look at.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I hope you enjoy them!
0:01:12 > 0:01:16My trail of hedonistic delights begins in Southampton,
0:01:16 > 0:01:22where, in 2004, I was positively drooling over Carl's nubile bronze figurine.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Talk about figures!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Beautiful bodies. Look at that.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37She's beautiful. I got her about three or four weeks ago
0:01:37 > 0:01:39in a charity shop.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- As recently as that?- Yeah. - How much did you pay for her?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- I actually paid 75 pence! - Really? 75 pence?!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Pence, yeah.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53So why have you come to a valuation day today in Southampton after four weeks
0:01:53 > 0:01:54wanting to sell this?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- I've got enough at home. - What, other bronzes?
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Other bronzes, pictures, paintings I've got over the years.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Plus I don't think my wife actually likes this one.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Doesn't approve?- No, not this one.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It reminds me of that whole pre-Raphaelite art movement.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13This is modelled on Ophelia, Lady of the Lake,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16floating around with lots of lilies and poppies.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I think it's beautiful. It really is such a romantic thing.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24It's on a little Jasperware block which might be a slight marriage.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It was possibly on something else before that.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30There's one artist and modeller in particular that works in bronzes, M.Bouval,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34a French artist, very prolific, right up until about 1912,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36just before the First World War.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Bouval is probably one of the most highly sought-after bronze sculptors
0:02:42 > 0:02:43you could wish for.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I don't know enough about bronzes. It feels right,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50there's good patina, the colour's right, the weight is right.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53The moulding is right, the undercuts are right.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Everything's so right about this. And it's signed here M.Bouval.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I can't believe you paid 75p for this.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02If you'd said 75 quid,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I'd have said, "I think that's a good buy",
0:03:05 > 0:03:08because I think this is worth 200 to £300.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14But if it is Bouval, it could be worth anything up to a couple of thousand pounds!
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Oh!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Yeah, now that's frightening.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I feel quite scared doing this because I'm well out of my depth.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26I don't know much about bronzes. I've been put up to this by our experts, putting me on the spot!
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Because none of them are sure.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30She's beautiful. I wouldn't sell her if I was you.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34But I'm so pleased you brought her in. We've definitely got to give this a go.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39I think we'll let the bidders decide if she's fake or fortune.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Well, yes. Flog it!
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Carl's sculpture certainly started me up.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I'll reveal later if it backfired when it went under the hammer.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Next, we're off to London's Alexandra Palace
0:03:52 > 0:03:58where in 2003, Henry's unusual cigar cutter really grabbed James Lewis's attention.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Originally, it was a present to my late father.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08My late father had a very good friend, he worked for this gentleman
0:04:08 > 0:04:09for more than 20 years.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12When this gentleman passed away,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17my late father and myself and only one other individual went to the funeral,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19which was very upsetting.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Shortly after the funeral, the widow phoned my father
0:04:22 > 0:04:27and asked if he'd like a memento of 20 years of friendship.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31She called him over and gave it to him. It's been in the family ever since.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33What a lovely thing to have.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38This is a really fine quality 19th-century continental cigar cutter,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41formed from the tusk of a wild boar
0:04:41 > 0:04:46with the cutter at one end and this wonderful eagle terminal at the other.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51I'm in the dental profession, but I've never pulled out a tooth with roots as long as that!
0:04:51 > 0:04:54What a wonderful thing for a dentist to have!
0:04:56 > 0:05:00This is the sort of thing that would have been in the grand houses of London
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and all over the UK and Europe.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Smoking was a social thing in the 19th century.
0:05:05 > 0:05:11The well-off, the aristocracy of the time, the ladies would have sat around after dinner,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15socialising, and the gentlemen would have retired to the smoke room.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19This is what you would have found there. It's clearly a man's object.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Dates to around 1870, 1880.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27To the right home, I would imagine that's going to make
0:05:27 > 0:05:29180 to £250, something like that.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- That's really surprising. - It's a good object.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I think we ought to put a reserve of 160 on it
0:05:36 > 0:05:38and not let it go below that.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41And it should sail away.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44You've obviously had it for a long time. Why sell it now?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I'd like to see it go to a good home. I'm not a smoker and nor are my family.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53If it went to somebody who made good use of it, that would be very nice.
0:05:53 > 0:06:00- What will you spend the money on when it sells?- It isn't sufficient to take me to the Bahamas,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04but it would suffice to take my grandchildren out for an evening.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Straight on to Crawley, where in 2007,
0:06:13 > 0:06:18Charlie Ross fancied a flutter with a game that John had brought in.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I think this is fantastic. The condition is amazing.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Where's it from?- A friend of mine bought it at auction.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Really?- Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- And gave it to you?- No, he asked me to bring it cos he can't come himself.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- How long ago did he buy it at auction?- Just a few months ago.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Got bored with it already? - He probably doesn't know how to play it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Did he buy it because he liked it?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Probably at the right price. - Blimey, we're on the spot here!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Hope he didn't pay £1,500 for it!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I think the great thing about this is the condition.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It looks as if nobody's ever played it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56This game must be 100 years old.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01It looks like this fully-fitted box has got all the correct number of horses,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- 12 horses.- 12 horses.- They're lead.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07They're hand-painted, they've got original colours on them.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12An original mahogany box of super quality.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Slightly disappointing that there's no maker's name.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21- I was surprised, on the horses, all the reins, there's none damaged. - It's extraordinary.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26It's only like a bit of cotton. With the age it is, you'd think it would be damaged.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- You would. You'd think they'd rot, to be honest.- All complete.- Yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33We haven't got the instructions,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37but I imagine you put the fences and the splendid water jump
0:07:37 > 0:07:41where you want to, and one assumes if you land on them you go back to the start.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Have a spin.- Here we go.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48We'd better ask how much he paid. Did he tell you how much he paid?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- He paid 20 or £30 for it.- Right.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Did he think he was getting a bargain?- I think he did.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I think it was a bargain, too.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I reckon it's worth three or four times that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I'd be very surprised if it didn't make £100.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06- Yes.- He'd be pleased with that, would he?- I'd have thought so, yes.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Perhaps the old Flog It estimate of 80 to 120?
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- Mm-hmm.- And there'll be no shortage of people that want to buy it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Shall we put a reserve of double what he paid? You think he paid £30?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Something like that.- Let's put a reserve of £75.- Fine.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Shouldn't we mention his name? - His name's Tommy.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- Tommy.- Yes.- Thanks very much, Tommy. We'll do our best for you. Thanks for bringing it.- Thanks.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Was the game a high-roller in the auction room? I'll let you know soon.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Let me take you to Folkestone, now, where in 2002,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Philip Serrell fancied a bit of a tipple!
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I think this is lovely, Judy and Brian.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Are you red or white wine?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- White.- Really? Red?- Red.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I'm tee-total, so we've one of every mix!
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I would think it's probably a boar's tusk, something like that,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and if you turn it over, it's silver-mounted with a hallmark here.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04That tells us that this tip is actually silver.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It fits the hand really well, doesn't it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:12You can get a good purchase when pulling the cork out of the bottle.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14There are avid collectors of corkscrews.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Corkscrews can make two, three, four, five thousand pounds. They can also make a fiver!
0:09:19 > 0:09:22So there's something across the whole range.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23How did you come by this?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It belonged to my great-grandfather and it's been handed down.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- So that takes us back somewhere in the 19th century?- Yes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Was he a collector?- No, no, it was used within the family.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39- Whether he was a wine buff, I don't know.- So it's bought by him to assist his imbibing?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- I would think so, yes. - I think it's lovely.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Have you used it?- No, but I think it would be a very good corkscrew.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53You have to be careful with these because occasionally the screw can snap off. But it's lovely.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58I think at auction, that's going to make 50 to 80, 50 to £100.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Something like that. We'll put a reserve on it of £50.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06So if it didn't make that money, you would have it back.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10I think it's lovely, but you told me earlier why you want to sell it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16- Yes, I'm vegetarian, so it doesn't please me in that respect. - And you're absolutely right.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Things become fashionable and unfashionable, the way society looks at different things.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Fur coats now, very unfashionable.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And ivories as well, the reason you're selling this.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29People tend to look at them and think, "That's not a good thing."
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But selling it gives some collector the chance to buy it
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and hopefully use it as well.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Yes.- That'll be good.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- Shall we put it in the sale for you? - Please.- Excellent. Well done.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45We'll see if the corkscrew created a fizz at the auction in a bit.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49First, let me refresh your memory with another look back
0:10:49 > 0:10:52at the first of my collection of guilty pleasure items.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Henry rang smoke rings around James Lewis
0:10:58 > 0:11:00with his eagle-headed cigar cutter.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Charlie Ross thought the horse-racing game that John brought in on behalf of friend Tommy
0:11:07 > 0:11:09was a real odds-on favourite.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16Judy's 19th-century boar tusk and ivory corkscrew certainly popped something for Philip Serrell.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And Carl's bronze nude really turned my head.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25But will it make the bidders blush when it comes up for sale?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I wanted to find out more about this fine figure of a woman
0:11:30 > 0:11:34so I met the auctioneer, Leslie Weller, at the sale room in Chichester
0:11:34 > 0:11:36to see what he thought of it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Who can forget a figure like that? Let's hope it does do good figures,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43because she's beautiful.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47I don't know a lot about bronzes. It's got the right patina,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49it's got everything about it.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52If it is Maurice Bouval, this could be a lot of money.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55If it's a copy, I still think 200 to 300.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Carl purchased this four weeks ago in a charity shop for 75p!
0:12:00 > 0:12:04This is what threw me off the scent! I'm thinking, "Oh, my word!"
0:12:04 > 0:12:07If it's the real thing, it could be a couple of grand.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10But I haven't seen enough and held enough to really know.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- It's absolutely right.- It is right? Yeah!- Absolutely right.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Nothing wrong with it at all.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20It's a marvellous bronze of that period.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25- It's really 1920s.- It's the iconic look.- Absolutely.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- Art Nouveau in every book you open. - It's exactly what you want today.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34It's sought-after. It's a real collectors' item.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38The patina is what you mentioned. That's terribly important.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Because you cannot actually reproduce that patina
0:12:42 > 0:12:45with a contemporary piece.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48That is so right, it shouts at me, actually.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- It's got the rub.- Absolutely. It's...- Crikey! I cannot wait
0:12:52 > 0:12:56for the next half hour. We have to see this fly through the roof.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59It will. It's going to make four figures at least.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Yes! Fantastic!- So, roll up!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06So, did she cut a dash in the auction room?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Is it or isn't it Maurice Bouval?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14I've put a valuation of 200 to £300 on this cos I'm not sure, right?
0:13:14 > 0:13:19But it has got the nutty patina that you'd expect from something from that Art Nouveau period.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23I had a chat with the auctioneer. Do you know what he says?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It could do between 1,000 and £2,000.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Wow!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Lot 505 now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36A little 20th-century bronze figure.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And you'll start me at 150.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42£100, then. 100 I saw.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45110, 120, 140.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47160. 180.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49200?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50- £200.- Slow.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It is.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54220.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56240.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58£240.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01260.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03280. 280, I'm bid.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06At £280. I'll take three anywhere.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- He's going to sell it!- At £280. Are you bidding there? And selling at 280.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I've built it up for you and now I've let you down!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- That's all right.- I didn't let you down on the valuation.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- It'll do.- Nevertheless, 75p turned into £280.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Good enough for me!
0:14:24 > 0:14:28What a shame that bronze didn't reach her full potential.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Still, she did make Carl a pretty good profit!
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Kate Bliss joined Henry and James to see if that unusual cigar cutter
0:14:37 > 0:14:39managed to smoke out a good price.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Are you in two minds about it? Will you be sad to see it go?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49I don't think so, really. Although it's been in the family for a long time,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52it's been lying around and I've meant to dispose of it.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54This is as good a time as any.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58James, you've estimated it at 180 to 250. Are you confident?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It's going to sell. I'm sure it is.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03It should do. It's a good quality object as well
0:15:03 > 0:15:07so there should be plenty of people here today. Hope for the best.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Lot 48 is a 19th-century cigar cutter modelled on a wild boar tusk.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16A nice eagle's head on it as well.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18£100 already bid. 110 anywhere?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22110 in front of me. 120. 130.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24140. 150. 160. 170.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27180? 170, bid's at 170. 180?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29180, new bidder. 190. 200.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And ten. 220. 230.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34240. 250.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36260?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39250. Nearer to me at £250.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Anybody else want to come in? 260 or not.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Your bid at £250. Selling.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Sold for £250!- Very good.- Not bad!
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- It's quite surprising, really. - It's good news.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54I'm really pleased. It's a thing that every gentleman would like in his smoking collection.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It's a posh boy's toy, really!
0:15:57 > 0:16:03That posh boy's toy made a classy price, hitting the top end of James's estimate.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Now, let's go back to 2002
0:16:06 > 0:16:09to see if the corkscrew whet anyone's whistle
0:16:09 > 0:16:11at the auction room in Canterbury.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- This is Brian.- Hi, Brian. Is he vegetarian as well?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19He is when he's with me!
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Hopefully you're off to Spain with the proceeds of the corkscrew?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28We may make it to Victoria on the proceeds of the corkscrew!
0:16:30 > 0:16:35A novelty corkscrew. 75. It's with you at 75.
0:16:35 > 0:16:3675.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Anybody else in the room at 75?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40At 75. 80 I have.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- He's got a bid left in the book.- 95.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44100. 110.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46120. 130.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- He can keep it going faster cos people get excited.- 170.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51170.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- It's with you at 170. Any further bidding?- Great. Brilliant result.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Bit further than Victoria!- Seville. - Excellent.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04A return to Seville for one of you, anyway!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I hope you enjoy the holiday.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Thank you very much! Thank you.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13That went well over the top end of the estimate.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15That's a result worth toasting!
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Off to the sale room now in Sussex, where I met auctioneer Nick Hall
0:17:21 > 0:17:24to find out what kind of odds he thought were in store
0:17:24 > 0:17:26for Tommy's racing game.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- Now, this is great fun.- A lot of interest in this in the viewing.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35It's Edwardian. I'm sure lots of people would like to play with this,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38although the original owners, 100-odd years ago,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42didn't play on the board because it's in crisp condition.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Well looked-after.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47This was bought by one of John's friends, Tommy, recently,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- at auction.- At auction?
0:17:49 > 0:17:54- For around about £30. - He's had a flutter of his own! - He has had a flutter!
0:17:54 > 0:17:58We've got odds on this doing 80 to 120.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I'll take those odds and have a fiver myself.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05It'll make more than that, I think. Should do.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- He paid how much at auction? - £30.- £30.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11You'd be disappointed if this only got £30 in your room?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- I think it's worth a couple of hundred.- Great. That's what I wanted to hear.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- I'd say about the same.- I hope it will now I've said that!
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Promising. Let's see what price it reached when the hammer went down.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32I absolutely love this next lot. It's an Edwardian horse-racing game, it belongs to John.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Not for much longer.- No, not at all.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40We've got a value of 80 to £120 which is an auctioneer's book price cliche for most things!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43We had a chat to Nick, our auctioneer,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47you know what he said, he said it should do £200 quite easily.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Really?- Yes.- I'd be very pleased.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55A friend of yours got this in an auction for 30-odd quid not long ago
0:18:55 > 0:18:59so he's got a good eye. I think he'll turn a good profit.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02If he turns a profit, he'll spend the money on more bits and pieces.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07- At auction?- Yeah. - You can buy and sell at auction and make a profit.- Certainly.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09It's going under the hammer now.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12397, the Victorian horse-racing game.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Together with painted lead named mounts.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Hard to find now.
0:19:20 > 0:19:26- 150? Thank you, Chris. 150. - Straight in.- 150. 160.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31170. 180.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34190. In front at 190. 200.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35210.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- They love it!- At 210 in front.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Neck and neck!- Lot of potential.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- They're coming to the last... - 210 over the water!
0:19:45 > 0:19:50- Yes!- That'll do!- £210.- Very nice.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- We'll settle for that. - He'll be very happy at that.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Give him our regards.- Will do. - Tommy, you have an excellent eye.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06That racing game certainly trotted up a fine finish in Crawley!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10But if you really want to savour the taste of the forbidden,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12then follow me back to 2006
0:20:12 > 0:20:15to West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18the birthplace of England's notorious Hellfire Club!
0:20:25 > 0:20:28West Wycombe Park in the heart of Buckinghamshire
0:20:28 > 0:20:32may look like a genteel Italianate country mansion house.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34But it hides a story of unrivalled passion
0:20:34 > 0:20:39for the Arts, food and drink and even the pleasures of the flesh!
0:20:40 > 0:20:45The estate has been home to the Dashwood family since 1698.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But it's the story of Sir Francis Dashwood, the second baronet,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54that has captured the imagination more than any other.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Sir Francis Dashwood was born into a wealthy family in 1708.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04By the age of 21, he was already a well-travelled young man
0:21:04 > 0:21:06with a taste for the high life
0:21:06 > 0:21:11having been sent on several grand tours of Europe by his family.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17And it was on one of these tours that he became obsessed with Italy
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and a lifelong fascination and also repulsion
0:21:20 > 0:21:24with what he saw as the excesses of the Roman Catholic church,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28their sumptuous ceremonies and their extreme devotional practices.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33When he returned from his travels from Europe,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36he was so fired up with a passion for the arts
0:21:36 > 0:21:39that he helped set up The Society of Dilettante.
0:21:39 > 0:21:47This was an elite club. On one hand, its aim was to promote classical art and fine taste in England.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51On the other hand, it was catering for the wealthy womanising habits
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and hard-drinking of other wealthy rakes.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04He even got into politics and quickly gained a reputation for being publicly spirited,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08helping laws get passed through for the poor and unemployed.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10As an escape from his political duties,
0:22:10 > 0:22:17Dashwood's flamboyant nature found an outlet with the formation of the infamous Hellfire Club.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23The precise activities of the Hellfire Club are to this day shrouded in mystery.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Members took part in mock religious ceremonies
0:22:26 > 0:22:31and wore costumes and masks to indulge in varying degrees of debauchery.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It was all pretty racy stuff!
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Dashwood's interest in pagan gods and goddesses
0:22:39 > 0:22:43was reflected in the decorations for his house at West Wycombe
0:22:43 > 0:22:46designed by the famous architect Robert Adam.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50The west wing of the building was a replica of a classical temple to Bacchus
0:22:50 > 0:22:53complete with a statue of the god of wine himself.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Sir Francis Dashwood continued to make improvements to the house,
0:22:58 > 0:23:04heavily influenced by the classical architecture and fine art he'd seen on his travels.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Dashwood was fascinated with the ancient world.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12This influence is most clearly seen in this stunning entrance hall
0:23:12 > 0:23:16which is among the best preserved and earliest examples of this taste
0:23:16 > 0:23:19in Neo-Classical decoration in the country.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The staircase is decorated with murals by Giuseppe Borges
0:23:23 > 0:23:27that grow increasingly erotic as they reach the bedroom floor.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Dashwood devoted his energies to a series of extraordinary public works.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44In order to create employment for the out-of-work farmers due to some very bad harvests,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48he spent three years digging chalk out of the hills above the estate
0:23:48 > 0:23:51to help build a road between West Wycombe and High Wycombe.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57A series of caves were left behind after the excavations.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00They became a centre-piece for his passion for design.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05It's thought they were inspired by his many exotic trips abroad.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09They also became a focal point for the meetings of the Hellfire Club.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13In keeping with the Hellfire tradition,
0:24:13 > 0:24:18it is even said that the caves' layout represents part of the female anatomy.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Exactly what went on in these caves is perhaps lost in time.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28But what we do know is that members of the Hellfire Club included such noted dignitaries
0:24:28 > 0:24:32as the Earl of Sandwich, William Hogarth, the artist,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36and Thomas Potter, the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41They all took part in all sorts of hanky-panky with ladies of ill repute.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43All dressed up as nuns!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Allegedly!
0:24:53 > 0:24:57We're back with more of my favourite incorrigible items from the archives.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01It's over to Kilmarnock, where in 2009,
0:25:01 > 0:25:05James Lewis sniffed out something special with Kate's Georgian snuffbox.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Kate, tell me, are you a great snuff-taker?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- I certainly am not!- No?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15No brown stains on the upper lip that tend to give it away?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I hope not!
0:25:17 > 0:25:20So tell me, what are you doing with a snuff box?
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Well, this snuff box was passed down to me from my parents.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29My memory of it is my mother, who was a very keen floral arranger,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- and making lovely miniature arrangements in it.- Really?
0:25:32 > 0:25:37She used to go to rural competitions and things like that and want to do well, obviously.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39But that's my memory of it
0:25:39 > 0:25:44and since I've had it it's been sitting in the cabinet doing very little.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Oh!- I heard you were here today, so I thought I'd bring it along.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49- Tell me about it.- I love it.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53One of the main reasons I love it is because it's so plain.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55So simple.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57It's engine-turned in bands.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Very plain, simple designs.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04We've got this engine-turning on the sides, all the way round,
0:26:04 > 0:26:05and underneath.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10What's slightly unusual is that you'd normally find a cartouche,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13a plain area, where the owner can engrave their initials
0:26:13 > 0:26:16or their crest or family coat of arms.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- This one, there's nowhere for that to happen.- No.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23So if we open it up...lovely.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Silver gilt inside to prevent the acid in the snuff
0:26:26 > 0:26:31attacking the silver and reacting and making the silver turn green.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35A nice clear set of hallmarks. WT for the maker,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38a lion passant, the mark for English silver,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41the leopard's head with the crown, the mark for London,
0:26:41 > 0:26:46the head of George III, which means the duty or the tax has been paid on the silver,
0:26:46 > 0:26:52- and a date letter, which is an R, for 1811, 1812.- Right.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- A nice early one.- I didn't realise it was as old as that. Nearly 200 years old!
0:26:56 > 0:26:59What do you think it's worth?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I haven't a clue, to be quite honest.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Obviously it's silver, so would it be about £100?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Shall we swap seats?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- You're spot on.- Really?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Am I?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Yeah.- I hadn't a clue. Is that right?
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- Oh, well.- It's a predictably boring auctioneer's estimate. 80 to £120.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Is it?- £100 is spot on.- £100.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Well, that sounds very good.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Yeah? Is that all right?- Absolutely.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Protect it with a reserve. £80 as a reserve?
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Sounds fine!- If it doesn't make that, take it home and do flower arrangements.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I can't really!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Back to 2006
0:27:40 > 0:27:44and to Belfast where Anita Manning had something to celebrate
0:27:44 > 0:27:47when Jo brought in an item close to Anita's heart!
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Ah!
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Being a Scot,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54and coming from Glasgow,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57I should know all about whisky!
0:27:57 > 0:28:00What we have is Irish whisky here.
0:28:00 > 0:28:07It was distilled by Bushmills, one of the oldest licensed distillers
0:28:07 > 0:28:10in the world. So it's a famous old whisky.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- Are you a whisky drinker, Jo? - I'm afraid not!
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- Why did you buy this?- I didn't buy it. I won it in a raffle in a charity auction.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Were you never tempted? - Never tempted.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- Not my tipple, I'm afraid! - What's your tipple?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- I like white wine.- Ah, yes.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Now, Jo, this is called Bushmills Millennium Malt.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35It was made in 1975,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- specially for celebrations in the Millennium.- Correct, yes.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45The cask number of bottles was 300. So it's what we call a limited edition.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51- If we look on the label we see it was selected for UTV, Ulster Television.- Correct.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57So this would have perhaps been donated by Ulster Television
0:28:57 > 0:29:02- to your charity.- Yes, for the auction to raise funds.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07Price-wise, how much is a bottle of Bushmills? How much would you pay?
0:29:07 > 0:29:12I think you'd probably pay £25 for a bottle of malt whisky.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17I think we have to pitch our estimate not too high above that.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19It will find its own level.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24But if we put it maybe 40 to £50, would you feel happy enough at that?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27I think someone else can get some pleasure out of it.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32- Uh-huh. If you sell it, you can buy a good few bottles of wine with that!- Very nice!
0:29:32 > 0:29:39- Let's go for it. Let's put the estimate at 40 to £50 with a reserve of 55.- OK.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- See you on the day, Jo.- Absolutely. - Sober.- Absolutely!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47See how that whisky did at auction in a little bit.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52But first, I must delight you with these two extravagant items!
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Thomas Plant loved Jill's Victorian drinks cabinet
0:29:57 > 0:30:00in Watford, back in 2006.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Have you ever used it?- No. - You've done the right thing.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Once you put your booze in there, it gets all sticky. They seize up.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- Right.- They get bloomed. What I mean by that is cloudy.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16At auction, the result was crystal clear.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Going for a satisfying £420.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Will Axon weighed up the value on John and Peggy's cigarette case in 2009.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29I bought it off a bloke that was hard up.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- Oh, dear. So he needed a bit of cash.- Yes.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38Sometimes, I'm afraid, it's all about scrap value.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I think you knew what you were buying, didn't you?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46And it lit up the sale room, making £640!
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I've an even more spectacular cigarette case now
0:30:52 > 0:30:55if I take you to Exeter where in 2006
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Jane's risque item got me hot under the collar!
0:31:02 > 0:31:05This puts a smile on my face. It's a little bit naughty.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Yes.- Tell me all about it.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Well, it came from my ex father-in-law who lived in Birmingham.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14He died in 1983.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17His elder brother had also had a jeweller's shop.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21When he died, they were clearing out his shop. There were various items.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Somehow, we acquired this.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I don't know how!
0:31:25 > 0:31:28You can't help but laugh when you see it.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It's a lovely silver cigarette case.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32The key there, as you said, Birmingham.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37I've looked through the glass and you can see the assay mark for Birmingham, the anchor.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42We've got the silver lion passant moving to the left, so it's sterling silver.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47The maker's name is EML. I've looked in the book and can't find him.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53But I can tell you the lower case r, set against the entry for Birmingham
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- this was made in 1891.- 1891?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58You had to have a bit of money to afford something like this.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01The enamel work is absolutely divine.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04There's only a bit of damage just there on the corner.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06But it's got the wear and it's got the touch.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10It's got the silver marks. It's got everything. And a gorgeous lady.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Who, let's say, is riding topless on a pushbike!
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Someone had a sense of humour!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18I absolutely adore this.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- It's not too naughty, is it?- No.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23It's titillation, if you pardon the pun, not pornography.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- I don't know what's she's holding. - It looks like a cap.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- Maybe people are putting coins in it. She says, "It's a bet!"- Yes.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35You never know, do you. You've got to use your imagination.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40If it was pornography, which they did depict a lot,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- it would be on the inside.- Right.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Slightly more discreet.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I've not seen anything so charming, so witty and funny
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- and I know this is going to sell well.- Excellent.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Are you sure you want to sell it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Yes.- Why do you want to sell it?
0:32:56 > 0:33:00It's just been in a bag in the bathroom. I spoke to my ex-husband
0:33:00 > 0:33:04and we agreed that as it wasn't of any sentimental value particularly
0:33:04 > 0:33:07that we'd sell it and split the money between the children.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- So they can get some use of it. - That's a good call.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Yeah.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16I'm going to put a value - I'm going to be quite bold - and say 300 to £400.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Not bad! Not bad at all.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20Not bad at all.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26We'll put a reserve, a fixed reserve, of £275.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28We mustn't sell it any less than that.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32That's the wrong day and the wrong auction room. There's no bidders there.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- OK.- It's worth 300 to 400.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- Not bad.- I think it's charming. Absolutely charming.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I can't wait to see this one go under the hammer.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46To Southend-on-Sea where, in 2009,
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Jenny and Susan hooked Thomas Plant in with their aquarium-themed lighter.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Jenny and Susan, thank you for coming here.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I want to know all about this Dunhill lighter.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Why and when and who owned it, et cetera. And why did you bring it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05We found it in a drawer. It's my uncle's lighter.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07We just came across it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I noticed the Dunhill name. I asked him about it.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15He couldn't remember how it got there, why it was there.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20He said, "If you like it, take it." So I said, "I will, and find out more about it."
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- Which is why we're here. - Why you're here.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26You've brought it today. Susan, how old is your uncle?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Uncle is 86. He's always telling me
0:34:29 > 0:34:33- repeatedly, that he gave up smoking 30 years ago.- Right.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38So probably the lighter found its way into the drawer 30 years ago and hasn't emerged since.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41It's a rather nice thing. It's a Dunhill aquarium lighter,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43made in about the 1950s.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47This is a good large-sized one. We've got two tropical fish on one side
0:34:47 > 0:34:53and then the one tropical fish swimming upwards. It's in very nice condition.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55We can see the Dunhill mark here.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59These are very popular in today's market. There are a lot of collectors for them.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02It's good that it's got the three fish.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Are they real fish?
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- No!- It looks plastic. - It is. It's acrylic.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's a polished acrylic.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Like something that's been tucked in there.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19It's like they've been reverse painted into the acrylic then foiled, decorated and painted.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23That's what you've got. You've got a brief idea of what you want for it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28I think we can achieve that. If we put it in at 800 to 1,200
0:35:28 > 0:35:31with a fixed reserve of 800. That's what you were thinking?
0:35:31 > 0:35:36- Yes.- But I've got a feeling that it could surpass that.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39But let's keep it at 800 to 1,200
0:35:39 > 0:35:41with the reserve at £800.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46Let's see what happens. The auctioneer will work his socks off for us. I know that.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50It will be well publicised, well marketed, on the internet.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- I think we'll have some interesting people out there.- Good.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Before I reveal how these objects did at auction,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01let me refresh your memory.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07We saw how much Thomas enjoyed playing with fire with Jenny and Susan's lighter.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09But did it deliver a red-hot result?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16James Lewis thought Kate's silver snuff box
0:36:16 > 0:36:18had the whiff of success.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I absolutely adored Jane's saucy cigarette case.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31And Anita was totally intoxicated by Jo's special edition of malt whisky.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37And that's first under the hammer at auction in Belfast.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- You won this in a charity auction? - Yes.
0:36:41 > 0:36:47It cost nothing. It's a good investment, worth at least 90 quid. It's going under the hammer now.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51The Bushmills malt whisky.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Can we say £50 for the Bushmills?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57With the porter at 50.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00At £50. Five. 60.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Five. 70.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Yes!- Please don't let me down.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Bid at 80 for the whisky.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- That's a good result. - Bottle of Bushmills at £80.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Selling now at £80.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Yes.- There we are, Jo.- 80 quid.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21The auctioneer and I were musing over this bottle before the auction,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23talking about the valuation.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25We thought really, to do a proper valuation,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28you've got to have a little taste!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Did you? - No, we couldn't let Jo down.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32What will you do with the £80?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Anita suggested I buy something I like to drink, which is white wine.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- There you go. A couple of cases. - I think so.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Hearty cheers for Jo.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47And it's Anita again, this time on the other side of the gavel,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51as we go to Glasgow to see how Kate's snuff box did
0:37:51 > 0:37:53when it went up for sale.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57This next lot should be a pinch at 80 to £120.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Kate's solid silver snuff box.- Yes.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Why are you selling this?
0:38:02 > 0:38:07This snuff box was sitting in my cabinet in the lounge for many years.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09It was gathering dust, basically.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11So I think it's time to sell it.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17We need top money because as we discussed the proceeds of the sale are going towards a painting.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- Yes.- So, what's this painting? Is it something you're buying at auction?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26No, it's a local artist, James Harrigan.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32He does lovely paintings of the west coast of Scotland, Aran, so I'm hoping to put it towards that.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Now, it's George III, a silver snuff box,
0:38:37 > 0:38:39with engine-turned decoration.
0:38:39 > 0:38:45It's London, 1812. Georgian snuff box in mint condition.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Start me at £100.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50100. 50, then?
0:38:50 > 0:38:5250 bid. 50. 60.
0:38:52 > 0:38:5470. 80.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- 90. 100.- We're getting there.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59110. 120.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03120 on the floor for the Georgian snuff box.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Any advance on £120? All done at 120? 120.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- That's great news. There's commission to pay.- Right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- But it's something towards the painting.- It certainly is. I'm delighted.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- My first experience of an auction, so I'm thrilled.- Is it?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23£120. A decent result for Kate.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Now to Rayleigh to see if the bidders were ecstatic for the aquatic Dunhill lighter.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32We've seen one on Flog It before, a few years ago
0:39:32 > 0:39:36and it sold for £800. Fingers crossed this will do the same.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Hopefully more.- Yes.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- I love the story. It was your uncle's.- Yes.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- He gave up smoking for 30 years. - Yes.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Put it in a drawer and hadn't seen it for 30 years.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- Isn't that a great story?- Wonderful.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's like when you have jeans in a wardrobe you haven't worn for months
0:39:52 > 0:39:54and there's a £20 note in the pocket!
0:39:54 > 0:39:58You put your hands in your pocket and then, "Ooh, look at that!"
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Yes!- But £800 in a drawer, we've got.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Brilliant. And he's going to split it with you two?- Oh, yes!
0:40:05 > 0:40:08The nieces have to have something.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10We'll take him to the pub!
0:40:10 > 0:40:16- Surely he'll have most of it? - He has it then shares it with us.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Tough cookies!
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Lots of interest here, ladies and gentlemen. Straight in at £800.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28At £800. And advance on 800? 820.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31850. 880. 900.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34At £900 now. The bid's on the book against you all in the room.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36The hammer's up at £900.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40920. 950.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Come on!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- 980. 1,000.- Ooh!- Yes!
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Four figures now!
0:40:53 > 0:40:55At £1,000 now.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59The bid's on the book. Make no mistake. I'm selling at £1,000.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Yes, fantastic. That's mid-estimate. Well done, Thomas.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- You've got to be pleased with that. - Excellent.- Good news.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Take him down the pub. Buy him a pint and a pie
0:41:11 > 0:41:14I guess the clothes are coming your way, are they?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16They might!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Someone certainly held a flame for that lovely lighter!
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Finally, let's see if Jane's cheeky cigarette case
0:41:27 > 0:41:30managed to light up the sale room in Exeter.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36No need to ask for your full attention now for the enamelled silver cigarette case.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39It belongs to Jane and is about to go under the hammer.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43We've got a fixed reserve. I'm sure we'll get my valuation of 300 to 400.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48- We've got a packed room. It's the first of the silver. Ready?- Yep.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Confident?- I am.- It's going under the hammer now.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56We now move on to this George V silver cigarette case.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00I think the jokes have been exhausted. Let's launch into it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:06The bidding's with me. There is interest. We're away at 300. 320. 340.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08360. 380 is bid.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12400. And 20.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13440.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15460. 480.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17500. And 20.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20550. 580.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- 600. And 20. - They absolutely love it.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29700. And 20. 750. 780.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- 800. And 50.- Wow!- 900.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36And 50. 1,000. And 50.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38That's the ball out of the room.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41£1,050. Are we all done?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45The book is out. I'm selling at £1,050.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- £1,050!- Brilliant!
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- What are you going to do with that? - Give it to my children.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- All three of them.- Three kids. - Split it between them.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- One of your daughters is here? What's her name?- Lucy.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Lucky kids, that's all I can say. Thank you so much for coming in.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17That racy item flew out of the sale room doors in Exeter. What a cracking result!
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Sadly, that's all the risque business we have time for today.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25It's the end of the show. I hope you've enjoyed looking through the archives.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30I hope you can join me again soon. For now, from Syon House, it's goodbye.
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