0:00:26 > 0:00:30Hello and welcome to Sherborne Castle in Dorset and to another
0:00:30 > 0:00:33special edition of "Flog It!" Ten Of The Best.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I have to say, the grounds here are absolutely stunning.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39I think you will be hard pushed to find a more romantic spot
0:00:39 > 0:00:41than this lawn I am walking on,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43especially underneath this marvellous tree.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47It's a ginkgo tree and it was planted in 1780.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It was one of the tallest specimens in the country,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54but sadly, it was damaged by the storms in the 1990s.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Now, with the orangery behind me
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and the lake adjacent, it creates the perfect backdrop
0:00:58 > 0:01:00for this romantic setting.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And me, being a bit of an old romantic,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I've made that my theme for today's programme.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06So sit back and enjoy
0:01:06 > 0:01:09this selection of romance from the "Flog It!" archives.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm looking back fondly to series one, when in Derby,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Nigel Smith found an item to share a drink or two with a loved one.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21This was something that really caught my eye.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24What can you tell me about this? Because this has got local interest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Well, I was bored one Saturday afternoon and got my bike
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- and went to a jumble sale. - All right.- I was too late, really.
0:01:31 > 0:01:37And they were packing up and that was on one of the tables.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And I said, "Well, how much is that?" "Oh, ten pence."
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- So, I bought it for ten pence. - You didn't knock them down at all?
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Well, I tried.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- How long ago was this, do you say? - Oh, about 12, 14 years ago.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Well, it has not come very far because this type of stoneware
0:01:54 > 0:01:57is typical to this part of the world, to Derbyshire,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Nottinghamshire.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01It's probably from Tickhill, which is not too far from here.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05It is salt glaze stoneware. It's nice for two reasons.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's early 19th century. It's dated December, 1823.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10And it's got the name here.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- It was probably made as a christening piece.- Yeah.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Salt glaze stoneware. It's got this lovely iridescence to the glaze.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- You know how they make this?- Yeah.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23They shove a big shovelful of salt into the kiln
0:02:23 > 0:02:25when this is being fired.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28And it forms a fine, sort of, silica cover
0:02:28 > 0:02:32on the stoneware that is a very thin, tight, close-fitting glaze.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35And it's just a nice piece of English pottery,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37the sort of thing that collectors like to go for.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It's been in the wars a little bit. You can see there,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- that has been filled.- Yeah.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Just really to stabilise that little chip.- Yeah.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47There is a tiny little crack coming away from it,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50but not too serious on an early piece of pottery like this.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- No, no.- Dated documentary pieces are always popular.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55What do you think it's worth now?
0:02:55 > 0:03:00I've not really got a clue. Not for ten pence.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- I think we can show you a profit, a slight profit.- You can?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I would think at the moment, it's worth around 150,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and that's taking into account its date. It might make a bit more.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- But I think 150.- Oh, lovely. - That's not a bad return, is it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14That's not a bad return, no.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Better get on your bike and find a few more, I think.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21What a lovely gentleman Charles was,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24he seemed really chuffed with that valuation.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I was delighted to see our next item,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30which was brought into our valuation day in Basildon.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Faith, hope and charity.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- I think we're going to need some of that right now.- Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39We look like the three wise monkeys here.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I love these, copperplate engravings.
0:03:42 > 0:03:4518th century. Nice period things.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Whose are they?- It occurred to me... - You are brothers.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Reg and...?- Les.- Les.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Tell me about them. - They come from our uncle's estate.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58He died in the mid-'90s. We just kept them at home for a while,
0:03:58 > 0:04:03but I never really got them valued before.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I thought I would just come along today.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Have you ever tried to research some of the history?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- You know they are by Burnet Reading.- Yes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I was going to go to the Colchester Museum.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I've been meaning to go down there, but I never got round to it.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17I would've gone down there.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Because that's where the local interest is, isn't it?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Here, in Essex. Because he was a Colchester chap.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23But I think they're beautiful
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and they're in their contemporary frames.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28We've got the right little Georgian rings, as well,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30which should hold them on the wall.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35But somebody has had a closer inspection of them
0:04:35 > 0:04:38at some stage because the backs have been taken off
0:04:38 > 0:04:40and this really does let the value down.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43This is devalued immensely. I can't tell you by how much,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46because nobody likes to see
0:04:46 > 0:04:49brand-new steel panel pins in the back of the picture.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Understandable.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Do you really want to sell them? You want to let go of them?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Well, yes. I've got them in the attic at the moment.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57That's a shame.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00And I've got nowhere to hang them properly
0:05:00 > 0:05:01and they don't go, you know?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04What would you think they're worth for the three of them?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I thought about 150 or 200, perhaps.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I think on a very good day, if we had two people that were really
0:05:10 > 0:05:14keen on them, we might get close to the 150, 200 mark.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I'd like to put a reserve of £90 on them
0:05:17 > 0:05:18and hopefully watch them climb.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21What do you think about that? Just under the £100 mark.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Yes, that would be OK, a reserve around that area.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- I mean, if we take them back home... - They'll be back in the loft again.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30And that's a shame. So, hopefully, if we get an even figure,
0:05:30 > 0:05:31you can divide the money up, can't you?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34That's no problem. We don't worry about that really.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I hoped Reginald and Leslie had some faith in me.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Now, Anita Manning found a lovely set of jewellery with a sad,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45romantic tale in Keswick in 2005.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Chris, I can't wait to see what's in this box. Can I open it up?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Let's see.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59Wow! This is what I call a big cracker.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Tell me, where did you get it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Originally it belonged to my grandmother,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05which was handed to my mother.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Since my mother died ten years ago, it has come down to me.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Handed down the family, yeah? - There is a lot of romance involved.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Oh, romance! I love romance! - I know, don't all girls love it?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Right, well, my grandmother had a little bit of a fling
0:06:20 > 0:06:24with a man nine years her senior when she was in the late teens.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- This was in 19...?- Yeah. 1923.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- A wild thing to do in those times. - It was.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And, unfortunately, the inevitable happened.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38When his family found out about it, they shipped him
0:06:38 > 0:06:42straight to the States and nobody ever heard anything of him since.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- Cast out of the family! - Yep, that's it. Yeah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51So anyway, the story was passed down in a very,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53sort of, abbreviated form to my mother.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56And when my grandmother died, she wanted to try and find out
0:06:56 > 0:07:00if she could trace her father, which is understandable.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04And the search led us all the way to me travelling to Salt Lake City
0:07:04 > 0:07:07and the Mormon archives there.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Although it was an unusual name
0:07:10 > 0:07:13and there were only six registered in the US,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15we eliminated all of them and it was just a dead end.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20These were the love tokens when they were young and in love
0:07:20 > 0:07:22and cast away to America.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Yes. Unfortunately, but that's the way it was then.- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Well, what we have here is
0:07:29 > 0:07:31three pieces of jewellery.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34The first one, a cameo, a carved cameo.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39The carving isn't of the highest of quality.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43The best of cameos come from Italy and they're signed.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46The second one, a little bit finer in detail.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50We have unmarked metal here. It looks to me like gold.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54And the other thing, if you have unmarked gold,
0:07:54 > 0:07:59it's often been made specially for someone.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01So again, a love token.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06He may have had it commissioned. The third one is a little more standard.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10It's your standard Victorian bar brooch.
0:08:10 > 0:08:1315 or 18 karat gold, a higher karat of gold,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16with some rather nice diamonds along here.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21I think that these will be well fancied at auction.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25I would put them in at an estimate of 70 to 90.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Would you be happy at selling them at that?- Yes. Yes, that's fine.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29That's fine, yeah.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- You don't feel bad about it being a family piece?- No, no.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Memories stay in your head.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The memories are in your head, yes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40What will you do with the money?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Keep buying flowers for my mother's grave.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48That's a very sweet thought. You're a lovely man.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54What a lovely gesture. I really hoped we'd do well for Chris.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I'm taking you to Eastbourne now, where in 2006,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Jethro Marles was really taken with a beautiful arts and crafts vase.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Hillary, now every now and again somebody brings something in
0:09:04 > 0:09:06and my eyes light up.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09You've brought something along today which is intriguing.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11First of all, tell me all about it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13How did you come by it? What you know about it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:18I got it for my husband's parents for their silver wedding anniversary
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and I got it from a junk shop, which I used to go past
0:09:20 > 0:09:22on my bike every day to work.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24It was their silver wedding anniversary and I thought,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27"I'll go in and see if there's something I can find."
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- And I saw it. And I liked it. And it was five pounds.- Five pounds?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- And I was only earning £1.17 a week.- Blimey!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37I said to the lady, "I can't afford it."
0:09:37 > 0:09:40But she was a mumsy lady and she said,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43"I'll put it by for you, dear, and if you'd like to come in once
0:09:43 > 0:09:46"a week with ten shillings, pay for it that way."
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- So what was it that appealed to you about it?- The shape, the handles.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I just thought it was sweet because I like things different.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Yeah, it is. That's the important thing - you like it.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And it was an awful lot of money for you in those days.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Yeah, it was.- That was over a month's wages!- Yes, it was.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Blimey, that's a lot of money.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07All right, now this vase is silver,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09but you wouldn't recognise it as such at the moment.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10No.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13And that's because silver reacts with the oxygen in the atmosphere
0:10:13 > 0:10:17and over time it will go black, which is why you polish silver.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And this black builds up to such an extent
0:10:20 > 0:10:23that it's extremely difficult to remove it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29It needs to be professionally cleaned or...left completely alone.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Ah, right.- And my advice to you,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34for this one, is to leave it completely alone.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Because now people can see that it is a genuine article.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It is what it says on the box.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44A beautiful little Art Nouveau-cum-arts and crafts piece
0:10:44 > 0:10:46made about 100 years ago or so.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Of course, there is a silver hallmark on it.- Yes.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Which tells us all about it.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54The silver hallmark says that it was assayed in London.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Right.- In 1898. That's good, it makes it 100 years old.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02A silver vase like this, 100 years old, worth about £100.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- That's quite good.- Yeah. - Would you sell it for £100?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Um... Yes.- You would?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I think I would now, because it's not seeing the light of day.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- I've got some slightly better news for you.- All right.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Because the maker's stamp is Liberty & Co.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Goodness, I didn't know that. - Now that is good news.- Yeah!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Now, when you say Liberty & Co.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27and you look at this arts and crafts style, now it all comes together.
0:11:27 > 0:11:311898, Liberty & Co., a lot of people love Liberty.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35So I think a collector of Liberty silver will pay, not 100,
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I hope £200, possibly more.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Very nice. - There is a little bit of a downside.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46And that is a bit of damage.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49So we've got to take that into consideration.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51My feeling is that even with that damage,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53which can be repaired quite easily,
0:11:53 > 0:11:57everything in its favour, £200 to £300
0:11:57 > 0:12:00should be a come-and-get-me estimate.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Lovely.- So, did they come and get it?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I'll show you soon, but first, here is a quick
0:12:05 > 0:12:08reminder of our other lots that went under the hammer.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13I had my fingers crossed for the lovely Charles and his salt glaze
0:12:13 > 0:12:15loving cup and had high hopes for Reginald
0:12:15 > 0:12:17and Leslie's copper engravings.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Anita Manning loved Chris' collection of Victorian jewellery.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28And Jethro thought Hillary's Liberty vase was a real gem.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35To Derbyshire first for the sale of Charles' loving cup.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39I was feeling nervous, as I wanted it to do really well for him.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I had just a few moments before the sale to get our auctioneer
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Paul Beighton's thoughts on the cup.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Wonderful old character bought this for 10p.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Bought it in a jumble sale, rode to it on his bike.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It might just get away at 100. It's nicely inscribed.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55There's a couple of chips.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57There is one on the rim and another one there.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58So it has been restored.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Yeah.- But it might just get there.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So as it came to the sale, it was touch and go
0:13:04 > 0:13:06as to whether the loving cup would sell at all.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Charlie, are you getting excited? - I'm a little bit.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16We're about four lots away. There is a lot of tension here, isn't there?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18What do you think, Nigel? £100?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21It should make it. Again, in the right sale, it is a rare thing.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23It's dated. It should make it. It's a rare piece of pottery.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28But you never know. You know, it's in a mix sale.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31What I want is two people who want it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33You just need two, that's all you need.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- One person is not good. - No, of course it isn't!
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- 73 is a salt glaze loving cup. - Here we go.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It is inscribed JR, December 12th, 1823. Puts some age on it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- Salt glaze. Where would you be? 20. - It's a low entry, isn't it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:5220 bid.
0:13:52 > 0:13:5630 now. 40. 50. 60. 70. 80.
0:13:56 > 0:13:5890? £80 the bid's there.
0:13:58 > 0:13:5990, will you?
0:13:59 > 0:14:0390. 100. 110? £100 on my right.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- 110, can I say?- Yeah.- 110.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09120. 130. 140. 150.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- This is great.- It's going well. - You were right.- At 140.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Don't lose it for a tenner.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18At 140 then and we finish the show.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Brilliant, brilliant!- Excellent.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Well done, Nigel. That's fantastic. - That's a new bike.- It is actually!
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Yeah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31I'm glad somebody was punching for me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Thanks, Nigel, as well. We've all done really, really well.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Brilliant, what a great moment.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Charles thoroughly enjoyed his auction experience.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Now it's my turn and I was really feeling the pressure as faith,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47hope and charity went up for sale in Leigh-On-Sea.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It's now time to put the copper engravings under the hammer.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I did the valuation.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55This is my little bit of expertise coming out now, Reginald and Les.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I've got the faith, you've got the hope,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Les wants the bidders to be charitable.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02We need the 90 quid, and I know we're going to get it.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and he's really, really confident.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09So that's good. And they're right above our heads.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Take one last look because right now they are going under the hammer.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Good luck, this is it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18We come now to a set of three late 18th century copperplate
0:15:18 > 0:15:21engravings, depicting faith, hope and charity.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Lot 300. I sell. Commission bid I have.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I must start the bidding at £50.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Here at £50. We're going at £50.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31And five. 60. Five.
0:15:31 > 0:15:3570. Five. 80. Five.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40- 90. Five.- Yes!- 100. And if you like, 110.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45120, 130, 140,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48150, 160.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53170. We're at £170 now. It's on my right, £170.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Are we all done? Last time at £170.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Yes! The bidders were charitable, how about that?
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- 170 quid, Les.- Very good. - That is good, isn't it?- Yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Thanks very much for coming in. I think somebody got a bargain.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I think they're great. I really do.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I would loved to have owned those
0:16:14 > 0:16:16and was really pleased how they went.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Now, Anita hoped the romantics were out in force in Penrith,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22when we went to sell Chris's family heirloom,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25a love token to his grandma.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Now, where is Chris? He is missing.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- He's in Sweden at the moment.- What's he doing out there?- He's working.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- He's videoing quarter scale car racing.- Is that his hobby?- Yes.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Oh, brilliant. Fantastic!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- I'm a racing widow.- Are you?- Yes.- Oh!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Let's hope you're going to go home with lots of money today. I hope so.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47We are looking for £70 to £90 on this.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Let's hope we get the top end, will we?- I hope so.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54We have three pieces there. A very nice Victorian brooch with diamonds,
0:16:54 > 0:16:59a nice little cameo pendant and a huge cameo brooch.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I like that piece. It's something for the ladies.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Let's hope they're not sitting on their hands and they're bidding,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07because right now it's going under the hammer. Good luck. This is it.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12Two pieces of cameo jewellery and the set stone brooch there.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I have £50 is bid. £50. I'm at 55.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17£55 bid. 55, 60.
0:17:17 > 0:17:2160 bid. 65. £70. 75.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23£80. 85.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27£90. 95. 100.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30And 10. 120. 130.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34140. 150. 160.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Two people really want this.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I think it's two ladies.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41170. £170. Against the telephone.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Come on, another one.- All done?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46At 170 and going. 170.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51And it sold! How about that? They liked it. They liked it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Two ladies, desperate for them.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55And they went for them.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59And they certainly weren't sitting on their hands, were they, today?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Well, that was fantastic, and what a lovely memory of Chris' grandma.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07To Eastbourne now to see the sale of Helen's stunning Liberty vase.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I thought this was a cracker.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14We've got some real quality on the show right now. Liberty & Co.,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- what a name. And also, Hillary, you're quality, aren't you? - Of course.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And it's classic recycling going on as well,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- because you got this from a charity shop for a fiver.- I did.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24What is it valued at?
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Well, Jethro, our expert, has put £200 to £300 on it.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- You love this.- I love it. I think £200 to £300.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32I hope we're going to be in
0:18:32 > 0:18:34with a bit of a surprise today with this one.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Could it be the sleeper of the show? - I don't know about that.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38But I've got high hopes.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41A bit of damage, but it should get the top end, shouldn't it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It's right in the market that everybody's after at the moment,
0:18:44 > 0:18:45arts and crafts, Liberty.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It's got all that going for it. It's a nice looking piece.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50You've got a good eye. That's what it's all about.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I thought it was pretty. I had to pay 10 bob a week for it
0:18:53 > 0:18:54till I paid it off.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Well, let's find out what it sells for right now,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59it is just about to go under the hammer. This is it.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Three-handled silver vase there, with the embossed decoration.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Liberty & Co., London, 1899. A bit of interest in this one
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and we start this one at 200.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10220, 240, 260.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13280. 300. 320, 340.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- 360.- It's a horse race.- 380, 400.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- They absolutely love it. - 450. 480. 500.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21550. 600.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23550 at the back of the room.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24600 on the phone now.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- Yes!- 650. 700. 750.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31800. 850. 900.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33900 on the phone.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36950. 1,000.
0:19:36 > 0:19:371,000 on the phone. And 50?
0:19:37 > 0:19:391,000 on the telephone.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41The telephone has it at 1,000.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Are you all done at £1,000?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46The hammer has gone down, it's sold.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51- Hillary.- Wow! Thank you!- My gosh! - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54£1,000, what a fantastic result!
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Wow! £1,000, Jethro. It was the sleeper.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Do I know what I'm doing? Sometimes I don't know.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Well, Liberty seems to be one of those names that always
0:20:10 > 0:20:15attracts a great deal of attention no matter what sale room we go to.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Now, I'm sticking to my theme of love and romance.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19We've all received,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23or been given a fine box of chocolates as a love token.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Back in 2005, on a trip to North Wales, I met the most
0:20:26 > 0:20:31eccentric chocolatier who showed me exactly how they were made.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Chocolates progressed from being a drink
0:20:35 > 0:20:39of ancient Latin American tribes, some 3,500 years ago,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43to a delicacy favoured by the elite of European society,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46as a drink and then later as a food.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52In the 1500s, chocolate already gained a reputation for being
0:20:52 > 0:20:55a medicine and an aphrodisiac, no doubt because of the surge
0:20:55 > 0:21:00and the rush of energy that would accompany every sip or bite.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Mmm.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12The art of handcrafted chocolate has all but melted away.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Although a handful of master chocolatiers still remain.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The question is, what on earth is Swiss-trained master chocolatier
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Roy Nesling doing here?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Roy, I've got to ask you, how did you end up here,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28in this beautiful part of Wales?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I think the main reason is I couldn't take to the cities.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35The enclosed environment didn't give me
0:21:35 > 0:21:38the sort of sense to create that I wanted.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So here, I have the environment.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I have the river, I have the mountains
0:21:43 > 0:21:48and I have this sort of environment that allows me to think and create.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Exactly.- And also, I have this beautiful building.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Looking at your work though, I mean, it is incredibly creative.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- You are really an artist, aren't you?- I hate people saying to me,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01"You make chocolates." I don't make chocolates.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Because chocolates are a luxury, they are beautiful.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07If you are talking about ordinary chocolates, then fine.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10You can eat those day in and day out.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14These are not to be eaten like this. These are to be savoured and enjoyed.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- OK, what defines good chocolate? - A good chocolate consists of one...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22You must find the finest ingredients from around the world.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23The best cocoa beans.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- The best cocoa beans, where the cocoa bean comes from.- Where is that?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- Where do the best ones come from? - Mostly from the Ivory Coast.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33This is my own opinion.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Other chocolatiers would say, "He's wrong,"
0:22:36 > 0:22:38but that is what I think because I believe
0:22:38 > 0:22:42chocolate should be smooth, not harsh on the palate.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45To me, harsh and bitter with a beautiful delicate filling
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- just does not go.- No. - You must have smoothness.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50What is your favourite chocolate?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54My favourite chocolate, I think, has got to the Kirsch.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I love amarino cherry, which I placed inside,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and then I make a beautiful, fine ganache.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04And I like it nice and smooth, so when you put in your mouth,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07the chocolate snaps, it cracks in your mouth.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10And then the filling just goes and rolls round the back.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So it's important, really, the actual coating, the chocolate
0:23:13 > 0:23:16itself has got to be crispy, wafer thin so it just cracks.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21It must. It must. A lot of chocolatiers make a very thick shell.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- Too heavy.- It's too much.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27A chocolate is to withhold the beauty that is within.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31To do this, you must use one third couverture, two thirds of filling.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35You will then have a luxury chocolate.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Gosh, this is making my mouth water.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Right, you've got lots of equipment out there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- You've got some chocolate making machinery, can I have a go?- You can.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Come on, then.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50# Magic moments
0:23:50 > 0:23:55# When two hearts are carin'. #
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Oh, I'm getting the hang of this. OK, on the agitator.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Now?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Right, the filling, what sort of filling are we going to use?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- We're going to use a rum.- Oh!
0:24:11 > 0:24:15And now we just bring the whole concept together.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It smells fantastic.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Oh, perfection!- Well... Yes.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- What should I do, a nibble or all-in-one?- Oh, all-in-one.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Go for it, OK.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And just let it savour and melt in the mouth.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I get all the best jobs on this show.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46My next stop is Leatherhead,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49when back in 2002, Thomas Plant clapped eyes
0:24:49 > 0:24:50on our next cheeky item.
0:24:50 > 0:24:5450 years ago I was newly married, and I'd married a very young,
0:24:54 > 0:24:55handsome bodybuilder.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00And my mother bought this because she thought it was the image of him.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Where did your mother get it from? - I think she bought it in an auction.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I tried to remember where and when, but at 50 years ago,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08it's a bit of a strain.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13- And so you had this on display?- Yes. - With your bodybuilder?- Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17And the husband only lasted two years and the statue has lasted 50.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20That goes to show that antiques are more of an investment,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- and a better one.- Much better, yes.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Well, that's a wonderful story. And he did look like this?
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Exactly like that.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31He had been a Junior Mr Britain, so he was very top of form.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- You liked your men big.- I still do, even as an old-age pensioner.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I'm still a bit that way.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39What appeals to you about this figure?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I think then it was the shape of it
0:25:42 > 0:25:46and that fact that I was also into bodybuilding at that stage.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48You know, health and fitness thing.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's gone by the board a bit as I've got older.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- This is a fable, as it says here. - Well, my mum was a bit of a romancer.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58She tended to ad-lib with stories.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03But she said the fable represented that if you were a single individual,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05you could be broken,
0:26:05 > 0:26:10but if you got together in crowded, or families united, you're strong.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13And she said that's why he's got a bundle of sticks
0:26:13 > 0:26:15and not just one stick.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18As to value... We tried to look up the artist.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- So, on the base there, but not in any of our books.- No.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25We do have to look at books because they are not that clever really.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I'm going to be quite harsh on the value
0:26:28 > 0:26:32because most people like their statues to be upright,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35head up, or them posing, doing something.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I did suggest you lay him on his back.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Well, then you'd miss his buttocks.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Oh, right, and that seems to have impressed all of you chaps.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Now, all the ladies around here have been looking at his bum.- OK.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50But I think £200 to £300.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52We've got a good chance of it making a lot more.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Right. Let's keep our fingers crossed, besides our wood.- Exactly.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- So we'll see you at the auction? - Yes.- By the way, what's his name?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Well, George, we always called him, because of George.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Because of George, your husband.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I suppose Adonis it should be, or something like that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- Or Adam, and you being Eve. - Yes, that's not bad.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I thought Thomas handled himself well there,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and I'll show you later on how George, or was it Adam, sold.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18But before that,
0:27:18 > 0:27:23I want to show you more of my favourite items related to love.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27In Lancaster, back in 2008, Dorothy brought in this beautiful,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29detailed cushion, which Philip Serrell fell in love with.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31£1 was all she paid for it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34This is interesting. Where does it come from?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39I bought it at a bring-and-buy sale about 30 years ago.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42It's a Victorian love token, really.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- Oh.- It's been done by a sailor for his sweetheart.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Can you see these anchors? You've got the anchors and the hearts.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Ah, are those hearts? - Yeah, I think they are.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56It would date, I'd think, to the last half of the 19th century.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I think that is going to make between £30 and £50.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- You went to your bring-and-buy, and now, take it and flog it.- Yes.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Absolutely right. Let's hope it does well at the auction for you.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Was Philip right with his £30 to £50 estimate?
0:28:08 > 0:28:1048. £50 now.
0:28:10 > 0:28:1350 bid. We will sell away this time at 50.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Dorothy was thrilled with Philip's top estimate.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- I make that a good profit.- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24On the Isle of Wight, back in 2004, I found this gorgeous dresser base,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26which we helped Lynn struggle in with.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Well, it belonged to my parents. My grandfather bought it for them.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33My grandfather was Ralph Lynn. And he bought it for them for their wedding.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37It's English fine oak. It's got good colour, it's got a good hue.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It's got all the looks of a Charles II piece, but it's not.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42It's a Victorian copy.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43The legs do give it away.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47They've taken this section of leg from a piece of furniture
0:28:47 > 0:28:49from the 1920s.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53The two cross stretches, one on either end, are 18th century.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54They've come from something else.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57The back legs have been added from another piece of furniture.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Again, 18th century back legs, but they been scarf jointed on.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03And here is the joint, look.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Although not a period piece, I still love that dresser
0:29:05 > 0:29:09and it did make its reserve at auction.
0:29:09 > 0:29:1010, 20, 30.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13And 40. And 50. And 60.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14In the room at 750.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Back in Portsmouth, in 2006, Anita Manning spotted Margot's
0:29:18 > 0:29:21fabulous pair of Royal Worcester candlesticks.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Which had been a wedding gift to an old family friend.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30I love to see a bit of quality, and this is what we have here.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Do you have them on display, Margot? - Yes, I do.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I've got them in the cabinet in the corner of my living room.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- But you can do without.- Absolutely.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40We have quality, we have Worcester.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Worcester, the best of the factories.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Dated about 1886, so they are a fair old age.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51They are in good condition.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55If there are Worcester buyers in the room, they will go for these.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58There will be fierce competition.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Let's keep it three to five,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- and hopefully it will go a lot higher.- Good.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05So, with Anita's valuation of £300 to £500,
0:30:05 > 0:30:09how did the candlesticks fair when they we took them off to auction?
0:30:10 > 0:30:15- 600. 650. 700 with me. - This is great, they love it.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Selling at 750.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Hammer has gone down, that is a lovely sold sound.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Margot, I am ever so pleased for you. £750!
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I am taking you to Glasgow now,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36when in 2005, Mark Stacey found a beautiful token of love.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Hello, Liz and Tracy.- Hi. - Hi, there.- This is a rather
0:30:41 > 0:30:44sweet brooch you brought in, why aren't you wearing it, Liz?
0:30:44 > 0:30:48It's not my style, really. Too romantic for me.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50It's a very sentimental subject, isn't it?
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Yeah, it belonged to my grandma and I've had it quite a while now,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55but I thought it's time to sell it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- And that's why you brought it in to show us today, of course.- Yes.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- And if it's a good price?- Well...
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Well, we're hoping to go to New Zealand to visit some friends
0:31:04 > 0:31:05that emigrated.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Oh, gosh, I'm not sure I can send you to New Zealand.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- I might get you to Glasgow airport. - £12 taxi fare!
0:31:11 > 0:31:15No, actually, it is worth a bit more than that.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17I mean, it's typical of a love symbol.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19You've got two hearts entwined
0:31:19 > 0:31:23with Cupid's arrow going through the middle.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26It's full of Victorian sentimentality, isn't it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29And those are little diamonds in there. I like it a lot.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Not the original box, again. I think it would appeal to somebody.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I think it has a commercial feel to it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38If we were putting it in for auction,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- I'd probably say it was worth around £200.- What date is it from?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46It's almost certainly late Victorian, Tracy.
0:31:46 > 0:31:471890, 1900, something like that.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- Great.- But I certainly think about £200.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- Fabulous.- Not bad, is it? - No, it's not bad.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Is it something you'd be considering selling with us today?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Yeah, definitely.- Well, with a bit of a wing and a prayer,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00let's hope we get a good price at the auction.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- I look forward to seeing you then. - Thank you.- Excellent.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Liz and Tracy were really pleased with Mark's estimate.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09I'll show you a bit later if love was in the air
0:32:09 > 0:32:11in the Glasgow sale room.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15My final destination on my journey of love is Doncaster,
0:32:15 > 0:32:20when in 2007, Adam Partridge found this stunning pair of vases,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22which he had plans for.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- Welcome to "Flog It!", how are you doing?- Lovely.- All right, dear.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- What are your names?- Betty and Charlie.- Nice to meet you both.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- My name is Adam. - BOTH: Pleased to meet you.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32These are lovely.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- They look like a pair, but I'd sell these separately.- Would you?- Yeah.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I'd sell them consecutively, you know, one after the other.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Yeah.- Royal Worcester, where did you get 'em from?
0:32:42 > 0:32:46I think we got them from Spencer's, at Retford auction.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- That auction isn't going anymore, is it?- No. We used to go regular.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- Each week.- How long ago do you reckon you got them?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- About 20 years.- 20-odd years ago.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- Was it?- Yeah, definitely.- And who bought them? Was it you, Betty?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Now, the pair of us. We always buy things together.- Joint decision.
0:33:01 > 0:33:07- Yeah.- You've been together a long time.- Yeah, nearly 50 years.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- So, what attracted you to these? - I just liked them.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14We bought something else with cattle on it and then I saw them,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16and they've got the sheep on them.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20And with it being Davis, I was told it were a good name.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Yes, it is a good name.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- So, I decided to bid for them.- Yeah. What did they cost, do you remember?
0:33:26 > 0:33:31- I think they were about 600 for the pair.- Right. So, not cheap.- No.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Then they're never going to be cheap, these.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Royal Worcester always makes good money.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Hand-painted here by Harry Davis,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- one of the top Worcester artists, specialist in sheep.- Yeah.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45A lot of Worcester artists specialise in different things.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Some did flowers and fruits, cattle, sheep, game birds, different ones.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Harry Davis was mainly a sheep man.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53They're both signed there.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57They are both nicely marked on the bottom. We've got the signature,
0:33:57 > 0:33:58- which is there on this one.- Yeah.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01And it will be down in a similar place on the other one.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04You've got this puce coloured mark, the shape number on the bottom.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08And all these dots. You can add the dots together to get a date code.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- I reckon they date to about 1910. - 1910.- Something about there.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16I would sell them separately now, as I probably said,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18with an estimate of four to six on each.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Very nice.- There is a bit of a return there.- Yeah.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23- Do that?- Lovely.- Yeah.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25What has made you decide to sell them, please?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Well, we've got a grandson, Jamie. He's six months old
0:34:28 > 0:34:30and we want to give him some money for in the bank.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- That's nice.- And then we've been married 50 years next year,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35so it's a golden wedding coming up.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37What are you going to do for that?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- We don't really know. - Might go on a cruise.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- A cruise!- Or go to Caribbean.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I used to work on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I'll talk to you about that later.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- We've been.- We've heard tales of what you do on those cruises.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53- Really?- Yeah, we've heard a lot of tales, haven't we?- Have you?- Yeah.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58I won't say any more. OK, well, £400 to £600 each, estimate.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- A reserve of 400 on each?- Yeah.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02If they don't make that, they're not worth selling.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Let's hope they make a good price.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- I'll be at the auction, stand with you there.- Good.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- They'll do well.- Lovely. I hope they do.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14I had everything crossed for Betty and Charlie
0:35:14 > 0:35:17as they planned their golden wedding celebration.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20But before I reveal if our second lot of items
0:35:20 > 0:35:24marched off in the sale room, here's a quick reminder.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Eve had brought in the wedding present
0:35:26 > 0:35:29she had been given by her mother.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34Mark felt the love in the room in Glasgow with Liz and Tracy's brooch.
0:35:34 > 0:35:40We all had high hopes for Betty and Charlie's Royal Worcester vases.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44So, it's off to Chichester first, where I caught up with auctioneer
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Simon Langton to find out his thoughts on Eve's cheeky bronze.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52We've got this rather fine figure of this woodcutter, in bronze,
0:35:52 > 0:35:54brought in by Eve.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Our experts have said 200 to 300.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Well, I think they're being very conservative with that figure.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02I can see it making an awful lot more than that, really and truly.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Really? How much can you see?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Well, I would imagine about the £900 mark.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10It's a good classic bronze. It's a good subject. Good size.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Eve will be very pleased. Not for me, unfortunately.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- A bit of a ladies' piece this one, isn't it?- It is, yes.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Would you give it house room?
0:36:18 > 0:36:22I could probably find a corner somewhere for it.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Eve had upped the reserve. I was sure that was the right thing to do.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29She wanted a special trip abroad.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Eve, we're nearly coming up to selling this statue.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Let's hope it goes for an awful lot of money.- I hope so.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35You brought in a photograph here.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38That was what the statue was supposed to have copied.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- You bought it cos it reminds you of your husband.- My mother did.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43We were newly married. Gives my age away, doesn't it?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45The bronze figure
0:36:45 > 0:36:47of the standing woodcutter.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Here we go, this is our lot.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Now, we need to get you into club class, don't we?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Yes, preferably. - We need a lot of money.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Starting us here at £400.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59And 20. 440, 460.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Brilliant!- 500 already. 520. 540.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06560. 580? 600. And 20.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- 640.- 640!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11680. 700.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Crikey!
0:37:13 > 0:37:16760. 780.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17800.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Wow!- And 20.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Standing now at 820 then.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23840. 860.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27880. 900.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30And 20. 940, sir?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- 960. - Are we nearly in business class?!
0:37:35 > 0:37:391,000. And 50. 1,100. And 50.
0:37:39 > 0:37:421,200. And 50.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Wow, 1,250!- That's amazing!
0:37:46 > 0:37:49And 50. 1,400, seated?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51At 1,350 then.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56At £1,350, at 1,350, standing then.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Oh, that was fabulous, wasn't it? - Super.- That was a super surprise.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I am so pleased for you. I knew I didn't like it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04If it was a woman, if it was a statue of a woman.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- You're making excuses. - No.- Yes, you are!
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Do you know what he said? You remember what he said?
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- He didn't like it.- If it was in my shop, I wouldn't be able to sell it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- I was very hurt. - He valued it at 200 to 300.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20That was us told.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Now, were there romantics in the sale room when we went off
0:38:24 > 0:38:27to Glasgow for the sale of Liz and Tracy's diamond love brooch?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Well, I have just been joined in the nick of time by Tracy and Liz.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Thank you very much. It's packed out there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36The excitement is building. We've got a brooch for two sweethearts.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- It's absolutely gorgeous. It was your gran's.- Yes, it was.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42So, who was the sweetheart in your gran's life? Do you know?
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- It would be her husband, I would think. Thomas.- You think so?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- No secrets there?- I don't think so. Well, I don't know! You never know.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We've got a valuation of £200 to £250.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Were you happy with that? - Yes, absolutely, that's great.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58OK, let's just tempt fate right now.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00What would you put the money towards?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Well, what I would like to do is put it towards a fare
0:39:03 > 0:39:05to go to New Zealand to visit some friends.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Have you been there before?- No. - Trip of a lifetime then.- Yeah.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Good luck with that, Liz Mark, what will this brooch do?
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Well, it is full of sentimentality, the two entwined hearts
0:39:16 > 0:39:18and the little arrow going through it.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21So I hope there are few Cupids in the room today.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25He's such a romantic, isn't he? He is, isn't he? Don't you think?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Well, let's hope there are a few romantics amongst the bidders
0:39:28 > 0:39:30right now, because this is it. Good luck, you two.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35With two hearts entwined and a Cupid's arrow.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Are there any romantics in the room?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Very fine quality brooch, ladies and gentlemen.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Start me at 100. 100 bid.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46- We're in.- Any advance in 100?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49110. 120. 130.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52140. 150. 160.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54I'm so pleased, cos I asked you what you'd do with the money
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- before we started.- 190.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58£190.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02200. 200 with Ian.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Come on, a bit more. - Any advance with 200?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05All done at 200.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09£200, that's not bad, is it? We're happy with that.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- It will get you part way, won't it? - That's right.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15It'll get you saving up the rest, that's for sure.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- It will get me to the airport.- Yeah. Are you a good saver?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- No.- Rubbish.- Rubbish!
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Well, I hope they got there in the end.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Finally, we're off to Derbyshire to see if we got enough money
0:40:26 > 0:40:29for a very special golden wedding celebration.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Well, we've got some real quality on the show for you right now
0:40:32 > 0:40:35because I've just been joined by Betty and Charlie.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37We have Royal Worcester vases, two of them.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Both decorated by Harry Davis, both with a value at £400 to £600.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- It sounds like you're selling up your collection.- Yes.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47A few more to go, but these are the best.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51If everything goes all right, so much for the golden wedding
0:40:51 > 0:40:54and so much to the grandson, our first grandchild.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Oh! What a lovely occasion that is, to be a grandad.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Looks like you been on holiday, have you?- No, golf.- Golf!
0:41:01 > 0:41:03I golf every day.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Well, good luck, let's hope we get that top end.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Adam, what you think, will we?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09I'd like to think I know the Worcester market.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12I think they'll go. We put our neck on the line with the valuations,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- but I think we're going to be just fine.- OK. Good luck.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Lot 55 and 56.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Please, be sure that you realise that they are two separate lots.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Lock 55, the Worcester slender vase. Where should we start it?
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- 500.- Fantastic.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Six. Six.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Seven. 800. Nine.
0:41:29 > 0:41:311,000.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- Keep going.- 11. 12.- Fantastic!
0:41:34 > 0:41:3613. 14.
0:41:37 > 0:41:3915. 16.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4117. 18.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Oh, dear!- There are a lot of Worcester collectors here.
0:41:44 > 0:41:482,000. 22. 24?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Oh, I say...
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- 23. 24, phone two. 25? - I can't believe it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- At 2,400, phone two. - I can't believe it.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59At 2004, on phone two. Are we all sure?
0:41:59 > 0:42:04- 2,000...!- 25.- 25, 25! They're at 25.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06- 26.- They're still going.
0:42:06 > 0:42:0927. He's wavering, one more.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13At 2,600, all sure? Phone two at 26.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Come and buy me. Yes, 2,600!
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Fantastic, fantastic! Brilliant!
0:42:18 > 0:42:21OK, there is one more to go, Betty.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Here is the second lot.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Lot 56, a similar one.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26£1,000 somewhere straight in.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28At 1,000.
0:42:28 > 0:42:3111 at the back. 1,200. 1,400.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- Keep going, keep going.- 1,600. 1,700.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38New phone. 1,700, 1,800.
0:42:38 > 0:42:401,800. 19?
0:42:40 > 0:42:4219. 2,000?
0:42:42 > 0:42:452,000. 21?
0:42:45 > 0:42:4821? At £2,000, all done.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52£2,000, the hammer has gone down. That's not bad, is it?
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- A grand total of 4,600.- Marvellous!
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Wow, Betty!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58What a magical moment.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00That is what "Flog It!" is all about.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Well, I thought that was a lovely moment to end today's show on.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12What a happy couple. Sadly, it does bring us to the end,
0:43:12 > 0:43:15but I hope you've enjoyed our little trip down memory lane,
0:43:15 > 0:43:18looking at some of my favourite romantic moments.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19So, until the next time,
0:43:19 > 0:43:24from a stunning Sherborne Castle here in Dorset, it's goodbye.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd