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00:00every day here is full of surprises it's just one interesting thing after another interesting thing
00:12after another interesting thing um no sorry i think i think that belongs to you
00:18in the heart of edinburgh sellers of the curious and collectible i'll get my people to ring your
00:26people yes okay okay fine we'll meet five dealers with money to burn look into my eyes you need this
00:34like vintage buyer jb mid-century hunter moses 70s fanatic estelle scrap metal trader mel
00:43and brothers sarcan and jay dealers in mid-century auctioneer simon is first valuing the item to nail
00:52the best sale could be a you know a life-changing amount of money so how will today's lot do
00:58look at him go that's the quickest i've seen moses move in seven series 50 pounds joking
01:05almost around it up to 200 pushing it now you're not that good when they enter the bidding room
01:11here we go this is what i came for 700 go up go up a little bit five hundred pounds getting a bit
01:18warmer do you accept our offer it's yours then hey let's get the show started welcome to the big
01:24first into the bidding room is stephen with a colorful contraption that is sure to catch the
01:40dealer's attention and wallets i've brought the type of thing you might find at a fairground or at a
01:47circus and it's quite colorful and it's a little bit of light entertainment for friends when they come
01:51around and visit hello steve hello how are you very good how are you yeah good thank you where did
02:00you find this so i found that in an antique store and i thought i'm going to buy that i'm going to put
02:06it on the wall and when my friends come around for a cup of tea we've got a game to play it'd be a
02:11hoopla game yeah from a standard point of distance we would then throw the ring and hopefully we would
02:19get a a five or a result they were sort of made from rudimentary bits that were yeah
02:27lying about really weren't they made of sort of planked construction isn't it yeah so it's almost
02:33as if somebody's taken a barn door sawed it in half and given it a lick of paint basically but
02:39our traditional happy clown's face in the middle with his little rudolph red nose very difficult to
02:45date steven because they did give them a spruce up at the end of each season but it's one of those
02:51it is what it is it's great fun yeah we will know anything to do with funfares and things it's
02:56always sells well doesn't it yeah always sells well and this is you know it's interactive yes great bit
03:02of fun so whatever money you make what are you going to do with the money i've written my autobiography
03:06have you so i'm either going to get some special hardback copies made just to give out to friends
03:12yeah or i'll use the proceeds to making it into a film which part would you like me to play in the
03:17film i think we need to find a part we need to have a chat i'll get my people to ring your people
03:21yes okay okay fine the big question is what do you think it's worth in an auction easily it would be
03:3060 to 100 pounds but i know with your gift of the gab you think i might be able to talk them up yes
03:36do you think if i offer them a free book and bribe them i think you should try that i'm going to do
03:41that yeah i'll try that yeah push the fun elements that's the big selling point here fairground is is
03:47always popular it's a great fun game i'm sure they'll have a good play with it happy to meet you
03:52and you and very best of luck thank you very much thank you okay bye so shall we have a go
03:59of course all right then
04:00thank you wow wow wow wow
04:06guess if i get anywhere in the region of 100 150 pounds i'd be happier if it goes for more i'll be
04:15happier so i might try and get them to up their price a little bit more by giving them a free copy of
04:21my sign book it might actually drop the value i don't know but they're going to get a free copy
04:25anyway hello welcome to the bidding room thank you what's your name my name's steven hi steve hello
04:33everybody hello would you like to reveal what's underneath yeah are you ready yes indeed i can't wait okay
04:38i hate clowns but actually he's quite he's quite charming yeah he's quite he's not terrifying is
04:52no no he's a jolly clown which is a friendly looking clown isn't it yeah is it a two-player game well
04:57well it's a three-play because we've got three hoops i think the brothers should demo yes yeah
05:01we'll see who the best brother is i think we know that already jb it is a fairground game and
05:06normally you've got to pay wait we'll see when we get to the beginning we'll see when we get to the
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05:41Everyone's having free go, just, just, uh...
05:46CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
05:48I've never tried it. I'm going to throw them all at once.
05:52Oh, yeah! I got one!
05:57What did Simon say about it?
05:59So, Simon thought it was really difficult to age,
06:02because, of course, if it's original,
06:04it could have been painted over a dozen times.
06:06They utilise stuff until it's, you know, till the very end,
06:09so it will be painted over and over and over again.
06:12So, if it is from the 50s, I would expect lots of layers on it.
06:16I don't think it's 50s, personally.
06:18The problem is, is because this has become so popular
06:21in the past, say, five years,
06:23people are using the same methods as they did back then to fake it,
06:26and they are so good that it's quite difficult to tell.
06:29I mean, it's age, it doesn't really matter.
06:31It's reality of being used in a fairground
06:34is the most important thing to us.
06:37With that in mind, I don't think it really matters too much,
06:41whether it's a reproduction, whether it's always original or not.
06:44I think the value is in its charm.
06:48You know, you've got a lot of charisma going on.
06:50Are you a salesman?
06:51I'm not a salesman, no.
06:52I'm a motivational speaker.
06:54Oh, that makes sense. So I speak professionally.
06:56How did you even get into all of that?
06:58What's the story behind it?
06:59It was by accident, really.
07:00I was really badly bullied at school,
07:02and my only escapism was motorbikes,
07:04and I bought a motorbike at the age of 13.
07:06At the age of 18, I lost my right arm on that motorbike,
07:09and obviously all my job opportunity had gone,
07:11so I didn't know what a one-armed guy could do.
07:14So I tried everything, and I found that I was good at things
07:17that had previously been rubbish at,
07:19and I drifted in and out of different areas,
07:21and I started restoring jukeboxes and one-armed bandits,
07:24would you believe?
07:27And I sold them all over the world.
07:29And then I invented a digital jukebox that earned a lot of money,
07:33and then I decided I wanted to face some of my fears,
07:36and my fears was that of horses.
07:38So I took horse riding lessons,
07:40and I came third in the National Dressage Qualifiers.
07:43Wow.
07:44And then I was afraid of flying,
07:45so I took flight training with the help of a charity
07:48called Flying Scholarship for Disabled People.
07:50I needed a prosthetic arm-making by the NHS,
07:53but that arm failed dramatically at 3,500 feet.
07:57So I made my own prosthetic arm,
07:59and I became a private pilot in 2015.
08:02Wow.
08:03And off the back of that, and all the successes,
08:04I wrote my book, and off the back of that,
08:06I became a motivational speaker,
08:08being invited around the world to speak at different events.
08:11You're an amazing person.
08:13You really are.
08:14Well, I'm going to throw in a signed copy as well,
08:17along with this, to the winning bidder.
08:19Wow.
08:20So hopefully that pushes the price sky high.
08:22Well, that's your job,
08:23because you're the motivational speaker.
08:25Well, I'm motivating you now.
08:27You've been motivated to spend some money.
08:29With the dealers motivated, can it reach Simon's £60 to £100 estimate?
08:35Actually, this would be great for my village fate.
08:39You've motivated me. I will start the bidding at £50.
08:44I think we should all stop clowning around, and I'm going to go in at 60.
08:48I'll go 70.
08:4970.
08:50I'll put 80 on it.
08:51Don't forget, there's no such thing as failure.
08:53Only different degrees of success.
08:55With that in mind...
08:56With that in mind...
08:57You could be more successful if you owned this.
08:59I think I'll bid at 85.
09:03An extra £100, surely.
09:05£90.
09:06I'm going to round it up for you, £100.
09:08I like that.
09:09Oh, once I round it up to £200.
09:10I like the sound of that.
09:11You're pushing it now, you're not that good.
09:13Oh, sorry.
09:14I'm not pushing it.
09:15In actual fact, you know, the winner can have a signed copy.
09:17Everybody else can have an unsigned copy.
09:19Oh.
09:20I'll give you a fiver to sign it.
09:22The price has gone up to £105, then.
09:24No, because I don't really want that.
09:25So I'm going to say that I'm out, but I will.
09:27Oh, don't be out.
09:28I'm sorry.
09:29Well, you can have a book anyway, but...
09:31You know what?
09:32I don't want to be going any further than £100, really.
09:34Couldn't go any more than £100.
09:36Could you go £110 in a cup of tea?
09:38You know, I don't drink tea.
09:40I don't like cups of tea.
09:42I don't know.
09:43I can't go more than £100, so I'm out.
09:46No.
09:47We are offering you a tonne, sir.
09:49£100.
09:50Would you accept?
09:51Yes, I'm going to accept it.
09:52Yes!
09:53Well done.
09:54Thank you very much.
09:55Do you know, as dealers, when we sell something,
09:57we never sell the item.
09:58We always sell the story behind the item.
10:00And that has an amazing story.
10:02Thank you very much.
10:03Oh, you're welcome.
10:04Thank you for buying.
10:05What did Simon value out, by the way?
10:06So he said he thought it was somewhere between £60 to £100,
10:09somewhere around there.
10:10I did OK.
10:11I think the book really pushed the bidding up.
10:15Here's the book.
10:16Here's your cash.
10:17Thank you very much.
10:18Steven Spielberg, I've got £100 in my pocket.
10:20If you want to start producing my book as a film,
10:23I've got an investment.
10:26Enjoy the book.
10:27Let me know what you think.
10:34All right, all right, all right.
10:39Oh!
10:40Oh!
10:41Oh!
10:42Oh!
10:43Shh!
10:49Next into the bidding room is Evie,
10:51with a decorative pair displaying an unusual subject.
10:56The pieces I've brought today are from the 30s.
10:59They're made of board and they're educational.
11:03You know, I broke my metatarsal.
11:05Sounds nasty.
11:07Hello, Evie.
11:08Hello.
11:09Lovely to meet you.
11:10Nice to meet you too.
11:11Welcome to the bidding room.
11:12Yeah.
11:13Look what you've brought in.
11:14So I've brought in two, I think, 1930s medical boards.
11:18Where did you find them?
11:19Just from a market.
11:20At the time I was studying radiography
11:22and I really liked anatomy
11:23and I just thought they were really interesting.
11:24I really liked them and want to put them on my wall.
11:26Are you still studying radiology?
11:28No.
11:29What are you doing now?
11:30I'm doing theatre and film.
11:31Do you remember what you paid for them?
11:33For both of them I paid around 40.
11:35So you thought time to bring them to the bidding room?
11:37Mainly because I wanted to know more about them.
11:40The name, I don't know if you noticed, the name was William Shull.
11:43Yeah.
11:44A very famous name even in today's market for foot pair products.
11:48Evie, if you noticed the publishing dates, I think this one is 1937 and then 1939.
11:55These would have been produced reasonably early in his career
11:58because he didn't graduate until about 1922-ish.
12:01Really interesting chap.
12:02He produced over a thousand foot care products.
12:05Most of these charts were obviously for educational purposes.
12:09Yeah.
12:10He was really, really focused on promoting foot health because he believed that everything stemmed from that.
12:18I read that he encouraged the first self-serve shop as well.
12:21So they moved away from clerks and you could actually pick up the shoes yourself.
12:25Fascinating guy.
12:26We know they're connectable.
12:27They always sell.
12:28Yeah, they are.
12:29Without the connection, to be honest, just as decorative posters, if you like, really.
12:33Wherever you get, what would you do with it?
12:36So I run a local music collective in Edinburgh, so it'll go back into that.
12:40Fantastic.
12:41Excellent.
12:42Yeah.
12:43Okay.
12:44Put your best foot forward.
12:45How much are they worth?
12:48I think you bought quite well.
12:50I can see a profit.
12:51And actually, I don't think the condition's that bad, Evie, to be honest.
12:55A little bit of fading on the corners, but it's not affected the image at all.
12:59I'm going to quote you an auction value of between £50 and £80.
13:06Sound all right?
13:07Yeah, it sounds amazing.
13:08Fantastic.
13:09Way more than I thought.
13:10So, Evie, thank you so much for bringing them.
13:12It's been a joy meeting you.
13:14Thanks very much.
13:15Thank you so much.
13:17Bye.
13:18It was writing there.
13:19Yeah, it slightly faded.
13:20It was.
13:21Yeah, but we could write our own things in there.
13:23Yes.
13:24Ouch.
13:25You just trot on my big toe.
13:29They gave me a better evaluation than I thought, around £50 to £80.
13:34I'm very happy with that, considering I only paid £40 for them.
13:37I feel pretty confident because I know a lot about the area.
13:41I also know quite a bit about the pieces now.
13:47Hello.
13:48Hello.
13:49Welcome to the bidding room.
13:52And what's your name?
13:53My name's Evie.
13:54Hello, Evie.
13:55Hello, Evie.
13:56Would you like to reveal the item so we can have a look?
13:58Here we go.
13:59Ooh.
14:00There we go.
14:01They're anatomical boards.
14:02If anyone knows the name of Dr Shawl at all.
14:05Oh, so you mean like the foot cream people?
14:07I've not heard of the company Shawl.
14:08You will have seen the shoe.
14:10You know the wooden soled with the single strap across?
14:13Everyone wore them in 70s.
14:14Oh, yeah.
14:15So they obviously made these to nail, to basically get the science behind the shoe, didn't they?
14:19I think that he gave to them to basically show other shoemakers about the science because he used to hold like classes to do with podiatry and to basically sell to shoemakers that you could be better at making your shoes if you know this information.
14:36So they're basically advertising?
14:41The colours are quite nice on them, actually.
14:43They're extremely decorative.
14:45They are.
14:46Much more than I thought.
14:47What size feet are you, Moses?
14:48They look like a size 14.
14:49Mr Average Me.
14:50What size are you, Moses?
14:52Yeah.
14:53Do you get yours handmade?
14:54Nice colours.
14:55And they're in fair good condition as well, apart from a bit of light damage there, but...
15:00They're quite decorative.
15:01They are.
15:02It's nice to have the yellow though, isn't it?
15:03Yeah.
15:04Because usually they're like white background and a little bit bland, but...
15:07You've got two different markets for these, which is interesting with anything anatomical,
15:10because usually it's people who collect the macabre, collect the sort of weird and wonderful things.
15:14But you've actually got the advertising side of things as well, so you've got two markets to appeal to, which is quite good for you.
15:20And because they're quite brightly coloured as well, that also helps.
15:23Do you know what date they are?
15:25So, on the bottom, one has 1939 and one has 1937.
15:29Why have you decided to sell them now?
15:31I'm not putting them anywhere, they're just in my cupboard.
15:34Locked away.
15:35Yeah, I think someone else would enjoy the history a bit more than me.
15:38Yeah.
15:39OK, you lot, I think it's about time we got bid in.
15:45Oh, the dealers seem to be head over heels.
15:48But does Evie have enough of a foothold to secure Simon's £50 to £80 valuation?
15:54I have lovely feet, by the way.
15:57I think I'm going to put my foot straight in it.
15:59Go on then.
16:00At £30.
16:01I'd say £35.
16:03£40.
16:05£50.
16:07We'll do £60.
16:08Will you now?
16:09Nearly.
16:10£60.
16:11£60.
16:12£60.
16:13£60.
16:14£60.
16:15£60.
16:16£60.
16:17£60.
16:18£60.
16:19£60.
16:20£60.
16:21£60.
16:22Evie, I'm going to say that I'm out, but thank you.
16:25I'm also going to say that I'm also out.
16:28I'm out.
16:29I quite like him.
16:31£70.
16:32£75.
16:33We, as in me and my brother, are going to step back and we are going to leave it to Moses.
16:38Do you accept £75?
16:41I would be very happy with £75.
16:43Oh, thank you.
16:44Well done.
16:45APPLAUSE
16:46Can I ask what Simon valued in that?
16:49Um, he said £50 to £80.
16:51Can we ask what you paid for them?
16:53I paid £40.
16:54£40, well done.
16:55That's a good boy.
16:56Everyone made a bid, everyone was quite interested in the pieces, but Moses came out on top.
17:03I'm really happy with this because I get to put it back into my collective.
17:07We'll probably use the £75 to make our next magazine.
17:11Thank you so much, Evie, for coming in and allowing me to buy two beautiful decorative items.
17:18No problem.
17:19Thank you very much.
17:21Lovely to meet you.
17:23Bye.
17:24You know what?
17:29That Moses is always strides ahead.
17:34Get it?
17:35Strides.
17:36Very good, Jake.
17:38Integious.
17:39Don't give up your day job.
17:41I'm here all week.
17:51Are these those feet pictures that you like?
17:53I'm gonna ask you some questions on feet.
17:57And if you get the question right, you get the chance to eat.
18:03Always up for a chocolate brownie.
18:06So you ready?
18:07I'm ready.
18:08This part of the foot.
18:10Hmm.
18:12Brownie's looking good.
18:15Oh, the heel?
18:16You mean your heel?
18:17You mean your heel?
18:18What's the right medical term?
18:21Helius heel?
18:23Helium, helius, heel, heel-age?
18:28It's not looking too good, is it, Melissa?
18:30What?
18:31I've given you a chance.
18:33I'm gonna have to.
18:35Oh, Moses!
18:37I hope it tastes like your foot.
18:43Third into the bidding room today is Ruth, with a luxurious item that's a cut above the rest.
18:48It is something that's about, I'm guessing, 70, 80 years old.
18:53It is made out of green velvet, I believe.
18:56And it has come from America.
19:00I think there's a reason why we're staying down here in the dealer's room for this one, isn't it?
19:05Oh, dear.
19:09Hello, Ruth.
19:10Hi.
19:11Welcome to the bidding room.
19:12Thank you for having me.
19:13Thank you for bringing this quite heavy piece of phone to it.
19:17I know, it's heavy, yeah, really heavy.
19:18I think it's a barber's chair, isn't it?
19:20Yes, you're right.
19:21And where did you find it?
19:22I found it in a shop that sells jukeboxes, just outside of Birmingham.
19:26Because you were after a jukebox?
19:27Yeah, my dad was, yeah.
19:28But you ended up with this?
19:29And a jukebox.
19:30And where does it live?
19:31We have a party room, and it lives in there.
19:34Why didn't you invite Simon and I over for a party?
19:36It's too late now.
19:37My mum has decided the party room is no more, hence why I'm here with my chair.
19:41Do you remember what you paid for it?
19:42So my dad bought it early 90s, and he paid £1,200.
19:46Did he now?
19:4730 years ago.
19:48So he'd have paid probably retail, in the retail market.
19:50Yeah.
19:51OK, have we got Simon here?
19:52I can't wait to hear what he has to say.
19:54Well, there's lots to talk about, isn't there, really?
19:56Yeah.
19:57It's so much more than a barber's chair.
19:59It's almost a work of art.
20:00Yeah.
20:01There's so much going on.
20:02We've got fabric, we've got chrome, we've got enamel.
20:06It's all about the design from this period, which was very early 1900s.
20:10Oh, you think?
20:11Probably originally this was about 1910-ish.
20:13Oh, wow.
20:14Right about then.
20:15You've probably noticed the maker on there.
20:16Yes.
20:17Emile Padere of Chicago.
20:18Yes, I did.
20:19One of the top makers at the time, and they became sort of synonymous, really, with this
20:25kind of chair.
20:26Originally it wouldn't probably have had a fabric covering, because that wouldn't make sense
20:29with hair clippings.
20:30Yes, we did think that.
20:32And I love the footrest, because you think, oh yes, nicely decorated footrest, but of
20:37course, it does that as well for extra comfort.
20:40It's in absolutely beautiful condition, I must say.
20:43If you're going to be really, really picky, with one little button missing on there, I
20:49love the way it still turns.
20:51It'd be a great TV chair almost.
20:53It's great, watching the TV.
20:55Position yourself as you wanted to.
20:56For a few years my dad did use it to watch the TV.
20:58Really?
20:59Yeah.
21:00I told my mum to move it.
21:01Absolutely stunning, and very, very popular.
21:03A lot of these trendy barbershops would love to have this as a centrepiece.
21:07You walk in, you see one of those, oh yes, I'm going in there.
21:10So, Simon, what do you think my chairs were?
21:14Well, it's a cut-up of the rest, Ruth, so I think you should be doing really, really
21:19well.
21:20I think a confident auction estimate would easily be in that £500 to £800 bracket.
21:28Well, sounds great.
21:29Yeah, I'm sure my mum will be very happy with that.
21:31Push the condition, I think that's fabulous.
21:33It's such a visual thing as well, I think instantly they will be hooked on it.
21:37Yeah, great.
21:38I think you'll do very well.
21:39I hope so.
21:41Nice to meet you.
21:42Cheers, likewise.
21:43See you later.
21:44Bye.
21:45If you had it at home, where would you put it?
21:47I quite like the TV idea.
21:48Yeah.
21:49You can lean back, whatever you want.
21:51If you wanted to nod off during the advert break.
21:53Yeah.
21:54It's fantastic.
21:55Hmm.
21:56The barber's chair has been valued between £500 and £800.
22:02When I get into the bidding room, I'm going to focus on how good the condition of the chair
22:07is.
22:08Maybe they can sit in it and see how good it really is.
22:11Yeah.
22:12Hello.
22:13Hello.
22:14Hello.
22:15Hello.
22:16Welcome to the bidding room.
22:17Thanks for having me.
22:18And what's your name?
22:19It's Ruth.
22:20Hello, Ruth.
22:21Good to meet you, Ruth.
22:22Could you do the big reveal, please?
22:23Ooh.
22:24Ooh.
22:25He's rather nice.
22:26So has it been in your home?
22:27Yeah, we've had it at home for over 30 years now.
22:30It was in the lounge for a bit.
22:31My dad used to watch the TV on it.
22:33Nice armchair.
22:34And then it's been in our party room ever since.
22:39I like your house.
22:40A party room.
22:41I know.
22:42Yes, a party room.
22:43JB, what can you see from there?
22:45So I think the upholstery is not original, so have you had this recovered?
22:48We haven't had it recovered.
22:49No, we bought it like that.
22:51Colours work really well together.
22:53So it's an American one.
22:54So it's from Chicago.
22:55How do you pronounce the name?
22:56Padere.
22:57Padere.
22:58They were one of the leading brands of the time.
23:00Is this a 30s one?
23:02I thought it was 50s.
23:03Yeah.
23:04But Simon said it was early 1900s.
23:06Oh, really?
23:07Oh, wow.
23:08Yes.
23:09It's so, so stylish.
23:11I mean, these have fallen off a little bit.
23:14Having said that, this is better than most of you will find.
23:18Could give you a beard trim.
23:20Do you need some scissors?
23:21Nope.
23:22No one's cutting my beard.
23:23Not today, not ever.
23:24How old's your beard again?
23:25I haven't shaved since 1994.
23:27Before you were born, Jamie.
23:28Older than me.
23:30I like it.
23:31We like it.
23:32We like it.
23:33We.
23:34We.
23:35You may like it, but we are going to pay for it.
23:37Right, bro.
23:39Give us a bit of a massage.
23:41I'll have it.
23:42Oi, oi, oi.
23:43Pull the beard.
23:44I would give you 100 quid if you just whipped out some scissors and just chopped that beard
23:48off.
23:49You're not made of money.
23:50You've got to buy a barber's chair.
23:52Sap your power.
23:53Do you agree that barber's chairs have gone off a little bit, having said that, if you're
23:56after one, that's probably the best you'll get.
23:58Yeah.
23:59Yeah.
24:00Do you know, I bought one of these five years ago, and I've still got it.
24:03I can concur with that, because I also have as well.
24:06But, mine's no ain't as good as that, so.
24:08The thing is, there's loads and loads of traditional barber shops that are decorated
24:13them in traditional barber's chairs like that.
24:17So, in reality, there should be a huge market for it.
24:20Yeah.
24:21I think, with it being velvet, though, would it not work in a barber's?
24:23You'd have to recover that in vinyl.
24:24You can't sell it in green.
24:25No.
24:26I mean, the colour is very, very in at the moment, though.
24:30Yes, it's that green velvet.
24:31The green is very...
24:32The colour suits my living room.
24:35It's that nice green I've got.
24:37There you go.
24:38You can watch it.
24:39You know, everything that we've been bidding on is for your house.
24:42What the hell are we going to sell?
24:44With a price tag of £500 to £800, Ruth will want more than a trim for her barber's chair.
24:50I just think it's a shame they never invited me to the party.
24:54I'll start it off at £50.
24:57You're joking.
24:59Hold on.
25:00150.
25:01200.
25:03250.
25:04255.
25:05260.
25:06It's beautiful.
25:08I agree.
25:09But I'm out.
25:10I am actually going to be out.
25:11If it was orange and plastic from the 70s, I probably would, but it's a bit too early
25:15for me.
25:16270.
25:17300.
25:18310.
25:19Ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:20Ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:21Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:23I can see a lot of...
25:25Lads, shut up.
25:27320.
25:28At 320, I think I am...
25:35I am out.
25:36We are out.
25:37We are out.
25:38We are out.
25:39So we have 320 on the table.
25:41325.
25:42Oh.
25:43What are you doing?
25:44Seriously.
25:45Seriously.
25:46You are not going to be another pound on this one.
25:50Are you going to go one more, JB?
25:51Do it, JB.
25:52JB, don't do it.
25:53JB, do it.
25:54Do it.
25:55I am going to say I am out.
25:57Oh.
25:58Thank you, JB.
25:59Yes.
26:00Right, Ruth.
26:01They are all out.
26:02325.
26:03Do you accept?
26:04I don't think I do, no.
26:05Oh.
26:08So, Ruth, what would be your absolute bottom line to leave it here today?
26:11I think 500.
26:12I am so sorry we weren't able to get you a deal here today, Ruth, in the bidding room.
26:16I get the feeling your dad might be quite pleased about that.
26:19I bet he will be, actually.
26:20Back in the front room.
26:21The party room is back in business.
26:23We would all have to come round for a party, though.
26:25Welcome any time.
26:26Fantastic.
26:27It's been lovely having you here.
26:28Thanks for having me.
26:29Fantastic.
26:30It's been fantastic.
26:31Thank you very much.
26:32Cheers.
26:34The chair's coming home with me.
26:38And it will sit with the jukebox again until we find it a new home.
26:42Lads, you missed out there.
26:44Your beards do need a good trim, especially yours.
26:46I didn't miss out.
26:47I didn't miss out.
26:48Jay looks gutted.
26:49Jay looks gutted.
26:50I think he was saved.
26:51I'm not going to hear the end of it.
26:53He's always going to remind me.
26:54Do you remember that time I saved it?
26:57Next in the bidding room is Stephen, with a collection of relics from a bygone era.
27:04So today I have brought with me some collector's items that could be quite possibly over a
27:11hundred years old, well used and functional at the time, and a wee slice of history.
27:20Hello.
27:21Hello, Stephen.
27:22Welcome to the bidding room.
27:24Very nice to meet you.
27:25I'm going to be a little thing cigar.
27:26We own a family tobacconist, which has been in my wife's family since 1957.
27:32These come from the shop, I take you?
27:33Yes, they do.
27:34They've been collected over the years, mainly by my father-in-law, and they've been given
27:38to us when we've taken over the shop.
27:40Very interesting.
27:41The big wooden rectangular pieces, they're actually Dutch cigar presses.
27:48Holland was the biggest producer of cigars in the 1800s in the world.
27:52You're right, Dutch, because this one is actually stamped on the back.
27:56Right.
27:57Dating late 19th century.
27:58What fascinates me is the box.
28:00This probably dates, what, early 1900s?
28:02It's what we call a dual top.
28:04Mm-hm.
28:05German manufacture.
28:06We've got the DRGM mark underneath, and that slid out for you to get your little waste
28:11materials out.
28:12Yes.
28:13But what would you have put in that, then?
28:15So, that would be the head of the cigar.
28:17Is it true that the guys and the girls' rolling cigars would have stories read to them?
28:23Yes, that's absolutely true.
28:25They have one person on a tannoy reading a story like Roman Juliet.
28:30The Count of Monte Cristo.
28:32Exactly.
28:33And then they would read that on the tannoy, and they just work away, you know?
28:36You know these two chaps here?
28:38Yeah.
28:39What do you think about them?
28:40They're supposed to be tobacco pickers.
28:43Ah.
28:44It's when my father-in-law went to Cuba, and he's picked this up along the way.
28:48It's a souvenir.
28:49I can see it in the street somewhere, in the street market, yeah.
28:51Fantastic.
28:52Really great.
28:53OK, collectible?
28:54Yeah.
28:55But, of course, we wouldn't recommend taking up the habit of smoking.
28:59But there are still very strong collectors for this kind of item.
29:03How much do you think the collection will fetch?
29:06So, we've got a good span of eras.
29:09We've got late 19th century here.
29:11We've got early 20th century, and then sort of mid-century as well.
29:16So, Stephen, I reckon, as a whole collection, I'm going to give you an estimate of 500 plus.
29:24Yep.
29:25Sounds right.
29:26Yeah, it sounds right enough.
29:28Yep.
29:29Fantastic.
29:30Well, thank you so much for being here.
29:31Thank you very much.
29:32I appreciate it.
29:33Cheers.
29:34All the best.
29:35Simon valued the whole collection between £400 and £500, and I think I would be happy to receive that.
29:50Hi there.
29:51Welcome to the bidding room.
29:53What's your name, sir, and where did you come from?
29:55I'm Stephen, and I'm from Edinburgh.
29:57We can't work out what that is, so if you could do the honours.
30:00Oh!
30:01So, we've got a collection of cigar-related items.
30:03Oh, look at those.
30:05What's the little paper mache figurine there?
30:07I don't know, they're just like two guys with hats.
30:09Yeah, no, these are Cuban farmers who will probably work in a tobacco field.
30:14It does say at the bottom, it does say Cuban Tobacco Pickers.
30:19We do collect stuff like this.
30:21Yep.
30:22Although I do have a few of them.
30:25Nowadays, people use these as, you know, decorative, and I've even seen some of them being framed up and on the wall.
30:31Wow.
30:32But these, this is pretty good.
30:33I've not really seen one like this.
30:35You just leave it on the table and you put your cigar on it, and it just cuts it.
30:39And the models as well, they're really nice.
30:41Again, decorative, the model, yeah.
30:43Yep.
30:44There's a market and they're collectible, but at the end of the day, you know, smoking's bad for you.
30:48It's kind of gone out of fashion in the last season.
30:50They're good pen trays.
30:51Or you could use them for paintbrushes, pencils, crayons, magic markers, you know, that kind of thing.
30:56It would really fit into some London interiors to kind of, like, repurpose its actual use rather than try and use it for what it was made for.
31:06Yeah.
31:07Stephen, how old did Simon say they were?
31:08I think we agreed on early 1900s.
31:11That is lovely, isn't it?
31:12Yeah.
31:13I must admit, there is a huge collector's market for anything tobacco-related, whether it's tobacchiana or whether it's for actual cigars,
31:20but this particular piece, out of all of them, this one I've never seen.
31:24It's quite an interesting little piece.
31:25Yeah, I've never seen it either.
31:26This is kind of our bag, but we're keeping our poker faces.
31:30You've not kept your poker faces very well, lads.
31:32In fact, you are rubbish.
31:34You just told me you wanted it.
31:35Absolutely rubbish.
31:37It's good we don't play poker.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Little gambler.
31:40Right, so should we start?
31:41Go for it.
31:42The tobacco collection was valued at £500 plus, but will the dealers dig deep enough to meet Stephen's price?
31:52So I'm going to put 25 quid down.
31:55I'll go 50 quid.
31:5655.
31:57And is this for the whole collection?
32:00The whole collection.
32:01The shade.
32:02I know.
32:03I guess I'm out at that point.
32:05Sorry Stephen.
32:06OK, thank you.
32:07I don't really know too much about him, but I'll give him a go.
32:09£60, please.
32:11Oh.
32:1265.
32:1370.
32:14Getting more there.
32:16100.
32:17I'm just after the cutter.
32:19I'm after the cutter.
32:21The cutter's worth twice that in itself.
32:23110.
32:24Because they're related to tobacco, I'm going to be out.
32:28I understand.
32:29I understand.
32:30120.
32:31150.
32:32Anything higher on 150?
32:35No, I'm going to say I'm out at that, Stephen, but thank you.
32:39OK.
32:40At 150, I think we'll...
32:42That's where we are.
32:43Where we are.
32:44Yeah, you know when I give me 170 for the lot?
32:46I want to make a bit of profit on him.
32:48I'd like to stick at 150.
32:50OK.
32:51Well, you've got to be in it to win it, and I will take 150 for him.
32:55Yay!
33:02Can we ask what does Simon value at?
33:03He reckoned we'd get £500.
33:05Really?
33:06Ooh!
33:07Yeah, yeah.
33:09Melissa ended up going for the sale, and I think she got a bargain.
33:13So with the £150, we will reinvest it in our new business venture,
33:18which is a coffee store.
33:19Well, Stephen, I am extremely happy with my buy today.
33:22And thank you for bringing him in and telling us the history.
33:25It's been great.
33:26I'm glad you're happy, and thank you for having me.
33:28Thank you so much.
33:29It's been a pleasure to see you.
33:30Thanks very much.
33:31Do you know, I really like them.
33:32I can't wait to just fill them up, you know, with paintbrushes and belt tips.
33:43Do you know what you can do?
33:44You know the cigar cutter?
33:45You can cut the ends of your crayons with them.
33:47I can sharpen things.
33:48Yeah.
33:49Oh my goodness.
33:50That's amazing.
33:51Pencils, everything.
33:59Last into the bidding room are Abigail and Jessica, with a stylish, practical piece that's bound to turn heads.
34:06So today we've brought something that's quite big, functional.
34:09It's teak, and you could find it in a bedroom.
34:12You know, it's funny, because it looks as though it was on the floor, and then they built something to pop it on top of.
34:24The feet look as though it's just gone, right, we'll just put it on there.
34:27Boom.
34:29Hello, you two.
34:30Hi.
34:31Welcome to the bidding room.
34:32This is a nice piece of furniture.
34:34You probably know all about it.
34:36I wish we did.
34:37OK.
34:38First of all, where did you find it?
34:40We found it online.
34:42Someone was giving it away.
34:43Really?
34:44Yeah.
34:45We liked the style of it, but we didn't know too much, really, about the designer.
34:50Yes, what a great, great find.
34:52It's just an area of furniture that everybody wants at the minute.
34:55It's so commercial.
34:57We get all the information, don't we, when we open the top drawer.
35:01We've got a little stamp in there for G-Plan, but not just G-Plan, G-Plan Danish Design.
35:07And this was a range that started in 62, somewhere around there.
35:12And this is a Covard Larson one.
35:14And he was one of the top guys.
35:16I love the fact when you look at it from the front to start with, you think three drawer.
35:20Of course, they're all split, aren't they?
35:22Yeah.
35:23So it is in fact a six drawer chest.
35:24And I think that's quite clever.
35:26How clever is that?
35:27I think it's brilliant.
35:28It keeps things simple and cluttered.
35:31Yeah.
35:32And then, of course, we've got, as Nigel said, quite a short, short leg.
35:37But that's what we expect.
35:38This bit of a sweep on the edge there is typical of this range.
35:43Did you do any sort of polishing up to it or was that how it was?
35:46There were a few ring marks and things like that.
35:48And then when we picked them up, so we just lightly sanded it back and then just re-oiled it.
35:52The only bit I'm not happy with ladies is the backboard.
35:56I think that's probably a replacement.
35:57Yeah.
35:58But as with a lot of these, they did tend to get woodworm affected, you know.
36:03But the front, the bit you see, the important bit, is really, really nice.
36:08So we know they're very collectible.
36:10They are.
36:11And JB immediately came to mind.
36:13Yes, no, absolutely.
36:14Moses is good too, isn't he?
36:15Yes.
36:16On this sort of thing.
36:17They're not going to lose on this, the dealers.
36:19No, no.
36:20You're in for zero.
36:21Yeah.
36:22So anything is going to be good news, isn't it?
36:24Yeah, definitely.
36:25It's like hitting the jackpot.
36:26Right.
36:27Whatever it makes, what will you do with the money?
36:29And let me give you some advice.
36:31Get into the business, because you seem to be very good at it.
36:33Well, yeah.
36:35I mean, we are already in the business.
36:37Are you?
36:38But we upcycle and refurbish furniture, so...
36:41Oh, right.
36:42So you know how to do all this?
36:43Yeah.
36:44Yeah.
36:45OK, it's time to ask that question.
36:46How much do you think it's worth?
36:48It's bang on commercial at the minute, so you shouldn't have any problem getting plenty
36:53of bids next door.
36:55I think in an auction room it's going to be anywhere between $400 and $600, that kind
37:01of bracket.
37:02Yeah, lovely.
37:03Lovely.
37:04I don't think you'll have to say much next door, to be honest.
37:07Yeah, just push on the commercial aspect.
37:10Yeah.
37:11That's all you need to do.
37:12Perfect, thank you.
37:13You're in for a treat.
37:14Thank you very much.
37:15Thanks for coming.
37:16Thank you for having us.
37:17Nice to meet you.
37:20Bye.
37:21Look at this, I love this.
37:22I mean...
37:23That's so clever.
37:24Yeah.
37:25Well made.
37:26Yeah, yeah.
37:27I know it's in a factory and everything.
37:28Yeah, sure, yeah.
37:29But they had pride in doing it, didn't they?
37:30They did.
37:31Simon valued the Cofford Larson draws between £400 and £600.
37:38We're really happy with that because it's more than we'd originally thought.
37:41We're feeling quite excited about it, aren't we?
37:43Yeah, a little bit nervous, but yeah.
37:45Quite excited, yeah.
37:49Hello.
37:50Hello.
37:51Hi.
37:52Welcome to the bidding room.
37:54What's your names?
37:55I'm Jess.
37:56I'm Abby.
37:57Hi.
37:58Hi, Jess and Abby.
37:59Hi.
38:00Nice.
38:01Nice.
38:02Nice.
38:03Nice.
38:04Nice.
38:05It's a nice G-plan chest of draws.
38:06Is it the Cofford Larson?
38:07It is.
38:08It's the Cofford Larson.
38:09With the generous draws.
38:10So good.
38:11With that man.
38:12Well spotted.
38:13With the generous draws.
38:14Wonder if I can have a quick look.
38:15Absolutely.
38:16Look at him go.
38:17That's the quickest I've seen Moses move in 17.
38:18I've just been woken up.
38:19It's by G-plan but it was commissioned.
38:31They commissioned a designer called Cofford Larson who did a collection of different types of styles.
38:38This is particularly a good one because of the generous size of the draws and the very very stylish front.
38:45This one is in particularly reasonable condition.
38:49Just a little bit of wear at the bottom runners and it's a good example of mid-century modern design.
38:56So why are you selling it?
38:58We just found it online and someone was about to throw it in the tip.
39:03So we rescued it.
39:04Well done.
39:05And it's just been sat in our workshop so.
39:07Have you guys done any work to that or?
39:09Yeah.
39:10Yeah I love it.
39:11It had a few ring marks and a few scratches when we picked it up.
39:13I don't think it had much love for a while so.
39:15Have you done anything to the front?
39:17It's just been re-oiled.
39:18Re-oiled.
39:19So did Simon tell you anything else about the chest?
39:21He said that the back might have been replaced at one point but that weren't done by us.
39:25You've done well saving it out of a skip definitely.
39:27That's amazing if you got it out of a skip.
39:29Yeah.
39:30And did you know what it was when you picked it up or did you just pick it up because you thought it was attractive?
39:33I mean mid-century we know it's quite good anyway but yeah when we picked it up we did a little bit of research and we're really glad we saved it up.
39:41Using old lens on the old internet.
39:44Yeah.
39:45Well do you know something?
39:46I'm not a furniture type of person and I know nothing so I'm kind of just listening to everybody with this because I'm hoping that you're going to just lead me.
39:54These are popular for so many reasons like new build houses and flats and stuff in London that is the perfect chest because your bigger chest of drawers you're not going to fit it up the stairs and such.
40:03So there is a huge market for it especially this sort of range as well the Danish inspired stuff.
40:09It's a really nice compact piece of furniture.
40:11It wouldn't look out of place in a living room or a hallway.
40:14I think it's got a really nice sort of broad range of versatility with it.
40:18Imagine a nice London flat.
40:21Nice record player on top.
40:23North London somewhere nice.
40:25See I see it more of a Manchester house with like a nice plant on top.
40:29Manchester?
40:30Going back to South London you know it often.
40:34You lot will be rubbish at poker.
40:36Poker babies have gone.
40:38Abigail and Jessica have a long way to go to meet Simon's four to six hundred pound valuation for those drawers.
40:46Actually they look rather smart in my dressing room.
40:49I'll start the bidding at fifty pounds.
40:52Seventy pounds.
40:54One hundred.
40:56One fifty.
40:57One sixty.
40:58Two hundred pounds.
41:00I'm out of the bidding but I'm sure you will get a very good price.
41:04Two twenty.
41:05Two thirty.
41:06Two fifty.
41:07Two fifty five.
41:08Two sixty.
41:09Two seventy five.
41:11Three hundred.
41:12Ouch.
41:13Three or five.
41:14Three ten.
41:16It's gone too high for me for that one.
41:19Three fifty.
41:21Three twenty.
41:22Three to five.
41:23I'm going to say I'm out at that point but thank you for bringing it in.
41:29Yeah.
41:30I think it's worth more than that.
41:32Three thirty.
41:33Three three five.
41:34Stop.
41:35Stop.
41:36You should give it to me at three fifty.
41:39I think these two are going to be out because it's far too much.
41:44It's hit my.
41:46It's hit my limit.
41:47Good.
41:48Good.
41:49But I'm going to do one more cheeky.
41:50We are going to do one more cheeky one.
41:52You sure you don't want to talk about it?
41:54No we don't want to talk about it.
41:55We're telepathic now on this.
41:59Three five five.
42:04I'm out.
42:05Oh.
42:06I've paid five pound more than I wanted to pay for that.
42:08That was my top.
42:09Three fifty was my top but.
42:11Three five five.
42:12Snatch his hand off.
42:13Do you accept?
42:14Yeah.
42:20And what did Simon value it at?
42:21Between 400 and 600.
42:22Well done.
42:23Whoa.
42:24Whoa.
42:25We're absolutely over the moon.
42:27We picked it up for nothing and we're going home with 355 pounds worth of brunches.
42:32Here's your tosh.
42:35Thank you very much.
42:36It's been a pleasure.
42:38Yeah we're happy we brought it up.
42:39Really glad we came on the show.
42:40Yeah.
42:41It's been a fun day.
42:42Well that was interesting wasn't it?
42:43We have South London on the right here versus North London on the left.
42:52South London saw sense.
42:53There is only one part of London Moses.
42:54North London.
42:55North London forever.
42:56Well that was exciting.
42:57Join us again for another great day on The Bidding Room.
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