Love is in the Air Flog It!

Hello and welcome to Sherborne Castle in Dorset and to another

special edition of "Flog It!" Ten Of The Best.

I have to say, the grounds here are absolutely stunning.

I think you will be hard pushed to find a more romantic spot

than this lawn I am walking on,

especially underneath this marvellous tree.

It's a ginkgo tree and it was planted in 1780.

It was one of the tallest specimens in the country,

but sadly, it was damaged by the storms in the 1990s.

Now, with the orangery behind me

and the lake adjacent, it creates the perfect backdrop

for this romantic setting.

And me, being a bit of an old romantic,

I've made that my theme for today's programme.

So sit back and enjoy

this selection of romance from the "Flog It!" archives.

I'm looking back fondly to series one, when in Derby,

Nigel Smith found an item to share a drink or two with a loved one.

This was something that really caught my eye.

What can you tell me about this? Because this has got local interest.

Well, I was bored one Saturday afternoon and got my bike

-and went to a jumble sale.

-All right.

-I was too late, really.

And they were packing up and that was on one of the tables.

And I said, "Well, how much is that?" "Oh, ten pence."

-So, I bought it for ten pence.

-You didn't knock them down at all?

Well, I tried.

-How long ago was this, do you say?

-Oh, about 12, 14 years ago.

Well, it has not come very far because this type of stoneware

is typical to this part of the world, to Derbyshire,

Nottinghamshire.

It's probably from Tickhill, which is not too far from here.

It is salt glaze stoneware. It's nice for two reasons.

It's early 19th century. It's dated December, 1823.

And it's got the name here.

-It was probably made as a christening piece.

-Yeah.

Salt glaze stoneware. It's got this lovely iridescence to the glaze.

-You know how they make this?

-Yeah.

They shove a big shovelful of salt into the kiln

when this is being fired.

And it forms a fine, sort of, silica cover

on the stoneware that is a very thin, tight, close-fitting glaze.

And it's just a nice piece of English pottery,

the sort of thing that collectors like to go for.

It's been in the wars a little bit. You can see there,

-that has been filled.

-Yeah.

-Just really to stabilise that little chip.

-Yeah.

There is a tiny little crack coming away from it,

but not too serious on an early piece of pottery like this.

-No, no.

-Dated documentary pieces are always popular.

What do you think it's worth now?

I've not really got a clue. Not for ten pence.

-I think we can show you a profit, a slight profit.

-You can?

I would think at the moment, it's worth around 150,

and that's taking into account its date. It might make a bit more.

-But I think 150.

-Oh, lovely.

-That's not a bad return, is it?

That's not a bad return, no.

Better get on your bike and find a few more, I think.

What a lovely gentleman Charles was,

he seemed really chuffed with that valuation.

I was delighted to see our next item,

which was brought into our valuation day in Basildon.

Faith, hope and charity.

-I think we're going to need some of that right now.

-Yeah.

We look like the three wise monkeys here.

I love these, copperplate engravings.

18th century. Nice period things.

-Whose are they?

-It occurred to me...

-You are brothers.

-Reg and...?

-Les.

-Les.

-Tell me about them.

-They come from our uncle's estate.

He died in the mid-'90s. We just kept them at home for a while,

but I never really got them valued before.

I thought I would just come along today.

Have you ever tried to research some of the history?

-You know they are by Burnet Reading.

-Yes.

I was going to go to the Colchester Museum.

I've been meaning to go down there, but I never got round to it.

I would've gone down there.

Because that's where the local interest is, isn't it?

Here, in Essex. Because he was a Colchester chap.

But I think they're beautiful

and they're in their contemporary frames.

We've got the right little Georgian rings, as well,

which should hold them on the wall.

But somebody has had a closer inspection of them

at some stage because the backs have been taken off

and this really does let the value down.

This is devalued immensely. I can't tell you by how much,

because nobody likes to see

brand-new steel panel pins in the back of the picture.

Understandable.

Do you really want to sell them? You want to let go of them?

Well, yes. I've got them in the attic at the moment.

That's a shame.

And I've got nowhere to hang them properly

and they don't go, you know?

What would you think they're worth for the three of them?

I thought about 150 or 200, perhaps.

I think on a very good day, if we had two people that were really

keen on them, we might get close to the 150, 200 mark.

I'd like to put a reserve of £90 on them

and hopefully watch them climb.

What do you think about that? Just under the £100 mark.

Yes, that would be OK, a reserve around that area.

-I mean, if we take them back home...

-They'll be back in the loft again.

And that's a shame. So, hopefully, if we get an even figure,

you can divide the money up, can't you?

That's no problem. We don't worry about that really.

I hoped Reginald and Leslie had some faith in me.

Now, Anita Manning found a lovely set of jewellery with a sad,

romantic tale in Keswick in 2005.

Chris, I can't wait to see what's in this box. Can I open it up?

Let's see.

Wow! This is what I call a big cracker.

Tell me, where did you get it?

Originally it belonged to my grandmother,

which was handed to my mother.

Since my mother died ten years ago, it has come down to me.

-Handed down the family, yeah?

-There is a lot of romance involved.

-Oh, romance! I love romance!

-I know, don't all girls love it?

Right, well, my grandmother had a little bit of a fling

with a man nine years her senior when she was in the late teens.

-This was in 19...?

-Yeah. 1923.

-A wild thing to do in those times.

-It was.

And, unfortunately, the inevitable happened.

When his family found out about it, they shipped him

straight to the States and nobody ever heard anything of him since.

-Cast out of the family!

-Yep, that's it. Yeah.

So anyway, the story was passed down in a very,

sort of, abbreviated form to my mother.

And when my grandmother died, she wanted to try and find out

if she could trace her father, which is understandable.

And the search led us all the way to me travelling to Salt Lake City

and the Mormon archives there.

Although it was an unusual name

and there were only six registered in the US,

we eliminated all of them and it was just a dead end.

These were the love tokens when they were young and in love

and cast away to America.

-Yes. Unfortunately, but that's the way it was then.

-Yeah.

Well, what we have here is

three pieces of jewellery.

The first one, a cameo, a carved cameo.

The carving isn't of the highest of quality.

The best of cameos come from Italy and they're signed.

The second one, a little bit finer in detail.

We have unmarked metal here. It looks to me like gold.

And the other thing, if you have unmarked gold,

it's often been made specially for someone.

So again, a love token.

He may have had it commissioned. The third one is a little more standard.

It's your standard Victorian bar brooch.

15 or 18 karat gold, a higher karat of gold,

with some rather nice diamonds along here.

I think that these will be well fancied at auction.

I would put them in at an estimate of 70 to 90.

-Would you be happy at selling them at that?

-Yes. Yes, that's fine.

That's fine, yeah.

-You don't feel bad about it being a family piece?

-No, no.

Memories stay in your head.

The memories are in your head, yes.

What will you do with the money?

Keep buying flowers for my mother's grave.

That's a very sweet thought. You're a lovely man.

What a lovely gesture. I really hoped we'd do well for Chris.

I'm taking you to Eastbourne now, where in 2006,

Jethro Marles was really taken with a beautiful arts and crafts vase.

Hillary, now every now and again somebody brings something in

and my eyes light up.

You've brought something along today which is intriguing.

First of all, tell me all about it.

How did you come by it? What you know about it?

I got it for my husband's parents for their silver wedding anniversary

and I got it from a junk shop, which I used to go past

on my bike every day to work.

It was their silver wedding anniversary and I thought,

"I'll go in and see if there's something I can find."

-And I saw it. And I liked it. And it was five pounds.

-Five pounds?

-And I was only earning £1.17 a week.

-Blimey!

I said to the lady, "I can't afford it."

But she was a mumsy lady and she said,

"I'll put it by for you, dear, and if you'd like to come in once

"a week with ten shillings, pay for it that way."

-So what was it that appealed to you about it?

-The shape, the handles.

I just thought it was sweet because I like things different.

Yeah, it is. That's the important thing - you like it.

And it was an awful lot of money for you in those days.

-Yeah, it was.

-That was over a month's wages!

-Yes, it was.

Blimey, that's a lot of money.

All right, now this vase is silver,

but you wouldn't recognise it as such at the moment.

No.

And that's because silver reacts with the oxygen in the atmosphere

and over time it will go black, which is why you polish silver.

And this black builds up to such an extent

that it's extremely difficult to remove it.

It needs to be professionally cleaned or...left completely alone.

-Ah, right.

-And my advice to you,

for this one, is to leave it completely alone.

Because now people can see that it is a genuine article.

It is what it says on the box.

A beautiful little Art Nouveau-cum-arts and crafts piece

made about 100 years ago or so.

-Of course, there is a silver hallmark on it.

-Yes.

Which tells us all about it.

The silver hallmark says that it was assayed in London.

-Right.

-In 1898. That's good, it makes it 100 years old.

A silver vase like this, 100 years old, worth about £100.

-That's quite good.

-Yeah.

-Would you sell it for £100?

-Um... Yes.

-You would?

I think I would now, because it's not seeing the light of day.

-I've got some slightly better news for you.

-All right.

Because the maker's stamp is Liberty & Co.

-Goodness, I didn't know that.

-Now that is good news.

-Yeah!

Now, when you say Liberty & Co.

and you look at this arts and crafts style, now it all comes together.

1898, Liberty & Co., a lot of people love Liberty.

So I think a collector of Liberty silver will pay, not 100,

I hope £200, possibly more.

-Very nice.

-There is a little bit of a downside.

And that is a bit of damage.

So we've got to take that into consideration.

My feeling is that even with that damage,

which can be repaired quite easily,

everything in its favour, £200 to £300

should be a come-and-get-me estimate.

-Lovely.

-So, did they come and get it?

I'll show you soon, but first, here is a quick

reminder of our other lots that went under the hammer.

I had my fingers crossed for the lovely Charles and his salt glaze

loving cup and had high hopes for Reginald

and Leslie's copper engravings.

Anita Manning loved Chris' collection of Victorian jewellery.

And Jethro thought Hillary's Liberty vase was a real gem.

To Derbyshire first for the sale of Charles' loving cup.

I was feeling nervous, as I wanted it to do really well for him.

I had just a few moments before the sale to get our auctioneer

Paul Beighton's thoughts on the cup.

Wonderful old character bought this for 10p.

Bought it in a jumble sale, rode to it on his bike.

It might just get away at 100. It's nicely inscribed.

There's a couple of chips.

There is one on the rim and another one there.

So it has been restored.

-Yeah.

-But it might just get there.

So as it came to the sale, it was touch and go

as to whether the loving cup would sell at all.

-Charlie, are you getting excited?

-I'm a little bit.

We're about four lots away. There is a lot of tension here, isn't there?

What do you think, Nigel? £100?

It should make it. Again, in the right sale, it is a rare thing.

It's dated. It should make it. It's a rare piece of pottery.

But you never know. You know, it's in a mix sale.

What I want is two people who want it.

You just need two, that's all you need.

-One person is not good.

-No, of course it isn't!

-73 is a salt glaze loving cup.

-Here we go.

It is inscribed JR, December 12th, 1823. Puts some age on it.

-Salt glaze. Where would you be? 20.

-It's a low entry, isn't it?

20 bid.

30 now. 40. 50. 60. 70. 80.

90? £80 the bid's there.

90, will you?

90. 100. 110? £100 on my right.

-110, can I say?

-Yeah.

-110.

120. 130. 140. 150.

-This is great.

-It's going well.

-You were right.

-At 140.

Don't lose it for a tenner.

At 140 then and we finish the show.

-Brilliant, brilliant!

-Excellent.

-Well done, Nigel. That's fantastic.

-That's a new bike.

-It is actually!

Yeah.

I'm glad somebody was punching for me.

Thanks, Nigel, as well. We've all done really, really well.

Brilliant, what a great moment.

Charles thoroughly enjoyed his auction experience.

Now it's my turn and I was really feeling the pressure as faith,

hope and charity went up for sale in Leigh-On-Sea.

It's now time to put the copper engravings under the hammer.

I did the valuation.

This is my little bit of expertise coming out now, Reginald and Les.

I've got the faith, you've got the hope,

Les wants the bidders to be charitable.

We need the 90 quid, and I know we're going to get it.

I had a chat to the auctioneer earlier

and he's really, really confident.

So that's good. And they're right above our heads.

Take one last look because right now they are going under the hammer.

Good luck, this is it.

We come now to a set of three late 18th century copperplate

engravings, depicting faith, hope and charity.

Lot 300. I sell. Commission bid I have.

I must start the bidding at £50.

Here at £50. We're going at £50.

And five. 60. Five.

70. Five. 80. Five.

-90. Five.

-Yes!

-100. And if you like, 110.

120, 130, 140,

150, 160.

170. We're at £170 now. It's on my right, £170.

Are we all done? Last time at £170.

Yes! The bidders were charitable, how about that?

-170 quid, Les.

-Very good.

-That is good, isn't it?

-Yes.

Thanks very much for coming in. I think somebody got a bargain.

I think they're great. I really do.

I would loved to have owned those

and was really pleased how they went.

Now, Anita hoped the romantics were out in force in Penrith,

when we went to sell Chris's family heirloom,

a love token to his grandma.

Now, where is Chris? He is missing.

-He's in Sweden at the moment.

-What's he doing out there?

-He's working.

-He's videoing quarter scale car racing.

-Is that his hobby?

-Yes.

Oh, brilliant. Fantastic!

-I'm a racing widow.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Oh!

Let's hope you're going to go home with lots of money today. I hope so.

We are looking for £70 to £90 on this.

-Let's hope we get the top end, will we?

-I hope so.

We have three pieces there. A very nice Victorian brooch with diamonds,

a nice little cameo pendant and a huge cameo brooch.

I like that piece. It's something for the ladies.

Let's hope they're not sitting on their hands and they're bidding,

because right now it's going under the hammer. Good luck. This is it.

Two pieces of cameo jewellery and the set stone brooch there.

I have £50 is bid. £50. I'm at 55.

£55 bid. 55, 60.

60 bid. 65. £70. 75.

£80. 85.

£90. 95. 100.

And 10. 120. 130.

140. 150. 160.

Two people really want this.

I think it's two ladies.

170. £170. Against the telephone.

-Come on, another one.

-All done?

At 170 and going. 170.

And it sold! How about that? They liked it. They liked it.

Two ladies, desperate for them.

And they went for them.

And they certainly weren't sitting on their hands, were they, today?

Well, that was fantastic, and what a lovely memory of Chris' grandma.

To Eastbourne now to see the sale of Helen's stunning Liberty vase.

I thought this was a cracker.

We've got some real quality on the show right now. Liberty & Co.,

-what a name. And also, Hillary, you're quality, aren't you?

-Of course.

And it's classic recycling going on as well,

-because you got this from a charity shop for a fiver.

-I did.

What is it valued at?

Well, Jethro, our expert, has put £200 to £300 on it.

-You love this.

-I love it. I think £200 to £300.

I hope we're going to be in

with a bit of a surprise today with this one.

-Could it be the sleeper of the show?

-I don't know about that.

But I've got high hopes.

A bit of damage, but it should get the top end, shouldn't it?

It's right in the market that everybody's after at the moment,

arts and crafts, Liberty.

It's got all that going for it. It's a nice looking piece.

You've got a good eye. That's what it's all about.

I thought it was pretty. I had to pay 10 bob a week for it

till I paid it off.

Well, let's find out what it sells for right now,

it is just about to go under the hammer. This is it.

Three-handled silver vase there, with the embossed decoration.

Liberty & Co., London, 1899. A bit of interest in this one

and we start this one at 200.

220, 240, 260.

280. 300. 320, 340.

-360.

-It's a horse race.

-380, 400.

-They absolutely love it.

-450. 480. 500.

550. 600.

550 at the back of the room.

600 on the phone now.

-Yes!

-650. 700. 750.

800. 850. 900.

900 on the phone.

950. 1,000.

1,000 on the phone. And 50?

1,000 on the telephone.

The telephone has it at 1,000.

Are you all done at £1,000?

The hammer has gone down, it's sold.

-Hillary.

-Wow! Thank you!

-My gosh!

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

£1,000, what a fantastic result!

Wow! £1,000, Jethro. It was the sleeper.

Do I know what I'm doing? Sometimes I don't know.

Well, Liberty seems to be one of those names that always

attracts a great deal of attention no matter what sale room we go to.

Now, I'm sticking to my theme of love and romance.

We've all received,

or been given a fine box of chocolates as a love token.

Back in 2005, on a trip to North Wales, I met the most

eccentric chocolatier who showed me exactly how they were made.

Chocolates progressed from being a drink

of ancient Latin American tribes, some 3,500 years ago,

to a delicacy favoured by the elite of European society,

as a drink and then later as a food.

In the 1500s, chocolate already gained a reputation for being

a medicine and an aphrodisiac, no doubt because of the surge

and the rush of energy that would accompany every sip or bite.

Mmm.

The art of handcrafted chocolate has all but melted away.

Although a handful of master chocolatiers still remain.

The question is, what on earth is Swiss-trained master chocolatier

Roy Nesling doing here?

Roy, I've got to ask you, how did you end up here,

in this beautiful part of Wales?

I think the main reason is I couldn't take to the cities.

The enclosed environment didn't give me

the sort of sense to create that I wanted.

So here, I have the environment.

I have the river, I have the mountains

and I have this sort of environment that allows me to think and create.

-Exactly.

-And also, I have this beautiful building.

Looking at your work though, I mean, it is incredibly creative.

-You are really an artist, aren't you?

-I hate people saying to me,

"You make chocolates." I don't make chocolates.

Because chocolates are a luxury, they are beautiful.

If you are talking about ordinary chocolates, then fine.

You can eat those day in and day out.

These are not to be eaten like this. These are to be savoured and enjoyed.

-OK, what defines good chocolate?

-A good chocolate consists of one...

You must find the finest ingredients from around the world.

The best cocoa beans.

-The best cocoa beans, where the cocoa bean comes from.

-Where is that?

-Where do the best ones come from?

-Mostly from the Ivory Coast.

This is my own opinion.

Other chocolatiers would say, "He's wrong,"

but that is what I think because I believe

chocolate should be smooth, not harsh on the palate.

To me, harsh and bitter with a beautiful delicate filling

-just does not go.

-No.

-You must have smoothness.

What is your favourite chocolate?

My favourite chocolate, I think, has got to the Kirsch.

I love amarino cherry, which I placed inside,

and then I make a beautiful, fine ganache.

And I like it nice and smooth, so when you put in your mouth,

the chocolate snaps, it cracks in your mouth.

And then the filling just goes and rolls round the back.

So it's important, really, the actual coating, the chocolate

itself has got to be crispy, wafer thin so it just cracks.

It must. It must. A lot of chocolatiers make a very thick shell.

-Too heavy.

-It's too much.

A chocolate is to withhold the beauty that is within.

To do this, you must use one third couverture, two thirds of filling.

You will then have a luxury chocolate.

Gosh, this is making my mouth water.

Right, you've got lots of equipment out there.

-You've got some chocolate making machinery, can I have a go?

-You can.

Come on, then.

# Magic moments

# When two hearts are carin'. #

Oh, I'm getting the hang of this. OK, on the agitator.

Now?

Right, the filling, what sort of filling are we going to use?

-We're going to use a rum.

-Oh!

And now we just bring the whole concept together.

It smells fantastic.

-Oh, perfection!

-Well... Yes.

-What should I do, a nibble or all-in-one?

-Oh, all-in-one.

Go for it, OK.

And just let it savour and melt in the mouth.

I get all the best jobs on this show.

My next stop is Leatherhead,

when back in 2002, Thomas Plant clapped eyes

on our next cheeky item.

50 years ago I was newly married, and I'd married a very young,

handsome bodybuilder.

And my mother bought this because she thought it was the image of him.

-Where did your mother get it from?

-I think she bought it in an auction.

I tried to remember where and when, but at 50 years ago,

it's a bit of a strain.

-And so you had this on display?

-Yes.

-With your bodybuilder?

-Yes.

And the husband only lasted two years and the statue has lasted 50.

That goes to show that antiques are more of an investment,

-and a better one.

-Much better, yes.

Well, that's a wonderful story. And he did look like this?

Exactly like that.

He had been a Junior Mr Britain, so he was very top of form.

-You liked your men big.

-I still do, even as an old-age pensioner.

I'm still a bit that way.

What appeals to you about this figure?

I think then it was the shape of it

and that fact that I was also into bodybuilding at that stage.

You know, health and fitness thing.

It's gone by the board a bit as I've got older.

-This is a fable, as it says here.

-Well, my mum was a bit of a romancer.

She tended to ad-lib with stories.

But she said the fable represented that if you were a single individual,

you could be broken,

but if you got together in crowded, or families united, you're strong.

And she said that's why he's got a bundle of sticks

and not just one stick.

As to value... We tried to look up the artist.

-So, on the base there, but not in any of our books.

-No.

We do have to look at books because they are not that clever really.

I'm going to be quite harsh on the value

because most people like their statues to be upright,

head up, or them posing, doing something.

I did suggest you lay him on his back.

Well, then you'd miss his buttocks.

Oh, right, and that seems to have impressed all of you chaps.

-Now, all the ladies around here have been looking at his bum.

-OK.

But I think £200 to £300.

We've got a good chance of it making a lot more.

-Right. Let's keep our fingers crossed, besides our wood.

-Exactly.

-So we'll see you at the auction?

-Yes.

-By the way, what's his name?

Well, George, we always called him, because of George.

Because of George, your husband.

I suppose Adonis it should be, or something like that.

-Or Adam, and you being Eve.

-Yes, that's not bad.

I thought Thomas handled himself well there,

and I'll show you later on how George, or was it Adam, sold.

But before that,

I want to show you more of my favourite items related to love.

In Lancaster, back in 2008, Dorothy brought in this beautiful,

detailed cushion, which Philip Serrell fell in love with.

£1 was all she paid for it.

This is interesting. Where does it come from?

I bought it at a bring-and-buy sale about 30 years ago.

It's a Victorian love token, really.

-Oh.

-It's been done by a sailor for his sweetheart.

Can you see these anchors? You've got the anchors and the hearts.

-Ah, are those hearts?

-Yeah, I think they are.

It would date, I'd think, to the last half of the 19th century.

I think that is going to make between £30 and £50.

-You went to your bring-and-buy, and now, take it and flog it.

-Yes.

Absolutely right. Let's hope it does well at the auction for you.

Was Philip right with his £30 to £50 estimate?

48. £50 now.

50 bid. We will sell away this time at 50.

Dorothy was thrilled with Philip's top estimate.

-I make that a good profit.

-Yeah.

On the Isle of Wight, back in 2004, I found this gorgeous dresser base,

which we helped Lynn struggle in with.

Well, it belonged to my parents. My grandfather bought it for them.

My grandfather was Ralph Lynn. And he bought it for them for their wedding.

It's English fine oak. It's got good colour, it's got a good hue.

It's got all the looks of a Charles II piece, but it's not.

It's a Victorian copy.

The legs do give it away.

They've taken this section of leg from a piece of furniture

from the 1920s.

The two cross stretches, one on either end, are 18th century.

They've come from something else.

The back legs have been added from another piece of furniture.

Again, 18th century back legs, but they been scarf jointed on.

And here is the joint, look.

Although not a period piece, I still love that dresser

and it did make its reserve at auction.

10, 20, 30.

And 40. And 50. And 60.

In the room at 750.

Back in Portsmouth, in 2006, Anita Manning spotted Margot's

fabulous pair of Royal Worcester candlesticks.

Which had been a wedding gift to an old family friend.

I love to see a bit of quality, and this is what we have here.

-Do you have them on display, Margot?

-Yes, I do.

I've got them in the cabinet in the corner of my living room.

-But you can do without.

-Absolutely.

We have quality, we have Worcester.

Worcester, the best of the factories.

Dated about 1886, so they are a fair old age.

They are in good condition.

If there are Worcester buyers in the room, they will go for these.

There will be fierce competition.

Let's keep it three to five,

-and hopefully it will go a lot higher.

-Good.

So, with Anita's valuation of £300 to £500,

how did the candlesticks fair when they we took them off to auction?

-600. 650. 700 with me.

-This is great, they love it.

Selling at 750.

Hammer has gone down, that is a lovely sold sound.

Margot, I am ever so pleased for you. £750!

I am taking you to Glasgow now,

when in 2005, Mark Stacey found a beautiful token of love.

-Hello, Liz and Tracy.

-Hi.

-Hi, there.

-This is a rather

sweet brooch you brought in, why aren't you wearing it, Liz?

It's not my style, really. Too romantic for me.

It's a very sentimental subject, isn't it?

Yeah, it belonged to my grandma and I've had it quite a while now,

but I thought it's time to sell it.

-And that's why you brought it in to show us today, of course.

-Yes.

-And if it's a good price?

-Well...

Well, we're hoping to go to New Zealand to visit some friends

that emigrated.

Oh, gosh, I'm not sure I can send you to New Zealand.

-I might get you to Glasgow airport.

-£12 taxi fare!

No, actually, it is worth a bit more than that.

I mean, it's typical of a love symbol.

You've got two hearts entwined

with Cupid's arrow going through the middle.

It's full of Victorian sentimentality, isn't it?

And those are little diamonds in there. I like it a lot.

Not the original box, again. I think it would appeal to somebody.

I think it has a commercial feel to it.

If we were putting it in for auction,

-I'd probably say it was worth around £200.

-What date is it from?

It's almost certainly late Victorian, Tracy.

1890, 1900, something like that.

-Great.

-But I certainly think about £200.

-Fabulous.

-Not bad, is it?

-No, it's not bad.

Is it something you'd be considering selling with us today?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Well, with a bit of a wing and a prayer,

let's hope we get a good price at the auction.

-I look forward to seeing you then.

-Thank you.

-Excellent.

Liz and Tracy were really pleased with Mark's estimate.

I'll show you a bit later if love was in the air

in the Glasgow sale room.

My final destination on my journey of love is Doncaster,

when in 2007, Adam Partridge found this stunning pair of vases,

which he had plans for.

-Welcome to "Flog It!", how are you doing?

-Lovely.

-All right, dear.

-What are your names?

-Betty and Charlie.

-Nice to meet you both.

-My name is Adam.

-BOTH: Pleased to meet you.

These are lovely.

-They look like a pair, but I'd sell these separately.

-Would you?

-Yeah.

I'd sell them consecutively, you know, one after the other.

-Yeah.

-Royal Worcester, where did you get 'em from?

I think we got them from Spencer's, at Retford auction.

-That auction isn't going anymore, is it?

-No. We used to go regular.

-Each week.

-How long ago do you reckon you got them?

-About 20 years.

-20-odd years ago.

-Was it?

-Yeah, definitely.

-And who bought them? Was it you, Betty?

-Now, the pair of us. We always buy things together.

-Joint decision.

-Yeah.

-You've been together a long time.

-Yeah, nearly 50 years.

-So, what attracted you to these?

-I just liked them.

We bought something else with cattle on it and then I saw them,

and they've got the sheep on them.

And with it being Davis, I was told it were a good name.

Yes, it is a good name.

-So, I decided to bid for them.

-Yeah. What did they cost, do you remember?

-I think they were about 600 for the pair.

-Right. So, not cheap.

-No.

Then they're never going to be cheap, these.

Royal Worcester always makes good money.

Hand-painted here by Harry Davis,

-one of the top Worcester artists, specialist in sheep.

-Yeah.

A lot of Worcester artists specialise in different things.

Some did flowers and fruits, cattle, sheep, game birds, different ones.

Harry Davis was mainly a sheep man.

They're both signed there.

They are both nicely marked on the bottom. We've got the signature,

-which is there on this one.

-Yeah.

And it will be down in a similar place on the other one.

You've got this puce coloured mark, the shape number on the bottom.

And all these dots. You can add the dots together to get a date code.

-I reckon they date to about 1910.

-1910.

-Something about there.

I would sell them separately now, as I probably said,

with an estimate of four to six on each.

-Very nice.

-There is a bit of a return there.

-Yeah.

-Do that?

-Lovely.

-Yeah.

What has made you decide to sell them, please?

Well, we've got a grandson, Jamie. He's six months old

and we want to give him some money for in the bank.

-That's nice.

-And then we've been married 50 years next year,

so it's a golden wedding coming up.

What are you going to do for that?

-We don't really know.

-Might go on a cruise.

-A cruise!

-Or go to Caribbean.

I used to work on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

I'll talk to you about that later.

-We've been.

-We've heard tales of what you do on those cruises.

-Really?

-Yeah, we've heard a lot of tales, haven't we?

-Have you?

-Yeah.

I won't say any more. OK, well, £400 to £600 each, estimate.

-A reserve of 400 on each?

-Yeah.

If they don't make that, they're not worth selling.

Let's hope they make a good price.

-I'll be at the auction, stand with you there.

-Good.

-They'll do well.

-Lovely. I hope they do.

I had everything crossed for Betty and Charlie

as they planned their golden wedding celebration.

But before I reveal if our second lot of items

marched off in the sale room, here's a quick reminder.

Eve had brought in the wedding present

she had been given by her mother.

Mark felt the love in the room in Glasgow with Liz and Tracy's brooch.

We all had high hopes for Betty and Charlie's Royal Worcester vases.

So, it's off to Chichester first, where I caught up with auctioneer

Simon Langton to find out his thoughts on Eve's cheeky bronze.

We've got this rather fine figure of this woodcutter, in bronze,

brought in by Eve.

Our experts have said 200 to 300.

Well, I think they're being very conservative with that figure.

I can see it making an awful lot more than that, really and truly.

Really? How much can you see?

Well, I would imagine about the £900 mark.

It's a good classic bronze. It's a good subject. Good size.

Eve will be very pleased. Not for me, unfortunately.

-A bit of a ladies' piece this one, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

Would you give it house room?

I could probably find a corner somewhere for it.

Eve had upped the reserve. I was sure that was the right thing to do.

She wanted a special trip abroad.

Eve, we're nearly coming up to selling this statue.

-Let's hope it goes for an awful lot of money.

-I hope so.

You brought in a photograph here.

That was what the statue was supposed to have copied.

-You bought it cos it reminds you of your husband.

-My mother did.

We were newly married. Gives my age away, doesn't it?

The bronze figure

of the standing woodcutter.

Here we go, this is our lot.

Now, we need to get you into club class, don't we?

-Yes, preferably.

-We need a lot of money.

Starting us here at £400.

And 20. 440, 460.

-Brilliant!

-500 already. 520. 540.

560. 580? 600. And 20.

-640.

-640!

680. 700.

Crikey!

760. 780.

800.

-Wow!

-And 20.

Standing now at 820 then.

840. 860.

880. 900.

And 20. 940, sir?

-960.

-Are we nearly in business class?!

1,000. And 50. 1,100. And 50.

1,200. And 50.

-Wow, 1,250!

-That's amazing!

And 50. 1,400, seated?

At 1,350 then.

At £1,350, at 1,350, standing then.

-Oh, that was fabulous, wasn't it?

-Super.

-That was a super surprise.

I am so pleased for you. I knew I didn't like it.

If it was a woman, if it was a statue of a woman.

-You're making excuses.

-No.

-Yes, you are!

Do you know what he said? You remember what he said?

-He didn't like it.

-If it was in my shop, I wouldn't be able to sell it.

-I was very hurt.

-He valued it at 200 to 300.

That was us told.

Now, were there romantics in the sale room when we went off

to Glasgow for the sale of Liz and Tracy's diamond love brooch?

Well, I have just been joined in the nick of time by Tracy and Liz.

Thank you very much. It's packed out there.

The excitement is building. We've got a brooch for two sweethearts.

-It's absolutely gorgeous. It was your gran's.

-Yes, it was.

So, who was the sweetheart in your gran's life? Do you know?

-It would be her husband, I would think. Thomas.

-You think so?

-No secrets there?

-I don't think so. Well, I don't know! You never know.

We've got a valuation of £200 to £250.

-Were you happy with that?

-Yes, absolutely, that's great.

OK, let's just tempt fate right now.

What would you put the money towards?

Well, what I would like to do is put it towards a fare

to go to New Zealand to visit some friends.

-Have you been there before?

-No.

-Trip of a lifetime then.

-Yeah.

Good luck with that, Liz Mark, what will this brooch do?

Well, it is full of sentimentality, the two entwined hearts

and the little arrow going through it.

So I hope there are few Cupids in the room today.

He's such a romantic, isn't he? He is, isn't he? Don't you think?

Well, let's hope there are a few romantics amongst the bidders

right now, because this is it. Good luck, you two.

With two hearts entwined and a Cupid's arrow.

Are there any romantics in the room?

Very fine quality brooch, ladies and gentlemen.

Start me at 100. 100 bid.

-We're in.

-Any advance in 100?

110. 120. 130.

140. 150. 160.

I'm so pleased, cos I asked you what you'd do with the money

-before we started.

-190.

£190.

200. 200 with Ian.

-Come on, a bit more.

-Any advance with 200?

All done at 200.

£200, that's not bad, is it? We're happy with that.

-It will get you part way, won't it?

-That's right.

It'll get you saving up the rest, that's for sure.

-It will get me to the airport.

-Yeah. Are you a good saver?

-No.

-Rubbish.

-Rubbish!

Well, I hope they got there in the end.

Finally, we're off to Derbyshire to see if we got enough money

for a very special golden wedding celebration.

Well, we've got some real quality on the show for you right now

because I've just been joined by Betty and Charlie.

We have Royal Worcester vases, two of them.

Both decorated by Harry Davis, both with a value at £400 to £600.

-It sounds like you're selling up your collection.

-Yes.

A few more to go, but these are the best.

If everything goes all right, so much for the golden wedding

and so much to the grandson, our first grandchild.

Oh! What a lovely occasion that is, to be a grandad.

-Looks like you been on holiday, have you?

-No, golf.

-Golf!

I golf every day.

Well, good luck, let's hope we get that top end.

Adam, what you think, will we?

I'd like to think I know the Worcester market.

I think they'll go. We put our neck on the line with the valuations,

-but I think we're going to be just fine.

-OK. Good luck.

Lot 55 and 56.

Please, be sure that you realise that they are two separate lots.

Lock 55, the Worcester slender vase. Where should we start it?

-500.

-Fantastic.

Six. Six.

Seven. 800. Nine.

1,000.

-Keep going.

-11. 12.

-Fantastic!

13. 14.

15. 16.

17. 18.

-Oh, dear!

-There are a lot of Worcester collectors here.

2,000. 22. 24?

Oh, I say...

-23. 24, phone two. 25?

-I can't believe it.

-At 2,400, phone two.

-I can't believe it.

At 2004, on phone two. Are we all sure?

-2,000...!

-25.

-25, 25! They're at 25.

-26.

-They're still going.

27. He's wavering, one more.

At 2,600, all sure? Phone two at 26.

Come and buy me. Yes, 2,600!

Fantastic, fantastic! Brilliant!

OK, there is one more to go, Betty.

Here is the second lot.

Lot 56, a similar one.

£1,000 somewhere straight in.

At 1,000.

11 at the back. 1,200. 1,400.

-Keep going, keep going.

-1,600. 1,700.

New phone. 1,700, 1,800.

1,800. 19?

19. 2,000?

2,000. 21?

21? At £2,000, all done.

£2,000, the hammer has gone down. That's not bad, is it?

-A grand total of 4,600.

-Marvellous!

Wow, Betty!

What a magical moment.

That is what "Flog It!" is all about.

Well, I thought that was a lovely moment to end today's show on.

What a happy couple. Sadly, it does bring us to the end,

but I hope you've enjoyed our little trip down memory lane,

looking at some of my favourite romantic moments.

So, until the next time,

from a stunning Sherborne Castle here in Dorset, it's goodbye.

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