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The Bidding Room - Season 7 Episode 21 -
Abbey Road Transparencies, Gerd Lang Chairs, Georg Jensen
Abbey Road Transparencies, Gerd Lang Chairs, Georg Jensen
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00:01Nigel Havers, is there anything you won't turn into a lamp?
00:05Nothing.
00:08In the heart of Edinburgh, sellers of the curious and collectible.
00:12Do you think the dealers will snap it off for a good price?
00:15You'll face five dealers with money to burn.
00:18Look into my eyes. You need this.
00:21Like eclectic collector Ian.
00:23Pizza!
00:24Decorative dealer Joe.
00:26Toy trader Rambo.
00:28That is so nice to know.
00:29Our collector John.
00:31And scrap metal expert Melissa.
00:35First auctioneer Simon is valuing the items to nail the best sale.
00:39Could be a, you know, life-changing amount of money.
00:42So, how will today's lot do?
00:44Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews.
00:46Oh, wow!
00:48Oh, my days.
00:49I know exactly what this is.
00:51Oh, I've never done this before.
00:53When they enter the bidding room.
00:56Here we go.
00:57This is what I came for.
00:59700.
01:00Go up.
01:01Go up.
01:02500 pounds.
01:03It's getting a bit warmer.
01:04Would you accept our offer?
01:05That's awesome.
01:06Yay!
01:08Let's enjoy another illuminating visit to the bidding room.
01:11First into the bidding room is Romy, bringing in a cheeky fellow with a star-studded past.
01:28It's a decorative item from the 1950s.
01:33It's very collectible to certain people.
01:39Have you heard of Archie?
01:43Um, slightly before my youth, possibly.
01:46Yes.
01:47Smack on my neck, in a way.
01:48Hmm.
01:49Well, let's, Romy's here, so let's, Romy.
01:52Yes.
01:53Welcome to the bidding room.
01:55And I'd love you to tell me all about this.
01:57Well, my father was Peter Brough, and his dummy was Archie Andrews, and the program was Educating Archie on the radio.
02:10So he was ventriloquist.
02:12We grew up, my brother and I, with a wooden-headed brother.
02:17Okay?
02:18And, er, that causes quite a few interesting remarks when you're at school.
02:25Yeah.
02:26So, when Dad was downsizing his house, I rescued the poster, because it's classic 50s graphics, isn't it?
02:37And, of course, I've got family photos.
02:39All the family photos.
02:40I've got duplicates of, so my kids are quite happy for this to be added to the lot.
02:47Amazing.
02:48So, it's extraordinary.
02:49I have a great friend who's a ventriloquist, and he knows all about your father.
02:54Oh, really?
02:55Yes, yes.
02:56Ah.
02:57And he was incredibly famous, and the show was very, very popular.
02:59Quite a large-scale...
03:01Yes, he was human-sized.
03:03Yeah.
03:04Well, what a collection.
03:06Just amazing.
03:07Mm, yes.
03:08Absolutely.
03:09But you're right, I've not seen the poster before.
03:11Right.
03:12But, yes, classic 50s.
03:14Yep.
03:15Obviously produced for a particular road safety campaign.
03:18Yes.
03:19I don't know if these things are collectible.
03:22They must be, because people know about the show.
03:25We know from experience, don't we, that anything advertising is always, and vintage advertising
03:31posters are always at a premium.
03:34I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest in it next door.
03:36Absolutely.
03:37Well, it's tough to be.
03:38Yes.
03:39So, can you educate me, please, on the value?
03:46It is a difficult one, Romy.
03:48If it was just a one-off poster, I'd quite happily value it, but it's kind of special because
03:57it's come from the family, we've got the photos, and so obviously I'm going to up my estimation.
04:03It really should be three to five hundred pounds.
04:07Yep.
04:08I can quite see that easily, you know?
04:09Yep.
04:10Romy, how does that sound to you?
04:12Yep, absolutely fine.
04:13Yes?
04:14Yes.
04:15Well, Romy, I wish you the best of luck.
04:16Thank you very much.
04:17I hope you do very well with Adidas.
04:18And I hope Dad's keeping his fingers crossed on me.
04:21I'm sure he is.
04:22OK, we're lovely to meet you.
04:24And you, Nigel, thank you.
04:26Thank you for coming.
04:29Simon valued the poster at three to five hundred.
04:34Meeting Nigel, of course, was delightful, and he does remember Dad from the radio, which
04:42was lovely, so we had a good chat.
04:48Hello.
04:49Hi there.
04:50Hiya.
04:51Hello.
04:52Hello.
04:53Welcome to the bidding room.
04:54What's your name?
04:56It's Romy.
04:57Romy.
04:58Nice to meet you, Romy.
05:00Lovely.
05:01Oh, I've never done this before.
05:04Oh, that's interesting.
05:07Oh, wow!
05:08And we've got these bits on the table as well.
05:10Let's have a look.
05:12Oh, gosh!
05:13Oh, hey!
05:14What have we got here?
05:15Ooh!
05:16I know exactly what this is.
05:18I vaguely remember educating Archie, but I have a feeling you know...
05:23I know a little bit.
05:24It was Peter Broth was the puppeteer, wasn't he?
05:27Yes.
05:28He was very, very popular.
05:29He had lots of people come on his shows.
05:32Loads and loads of stars of the day were on there.
05:35And it was a massive sensation for children on the radio.
05:40Yes.
05:41And Archie Andrews.
05:42And Archie Andrews.
05:43I loved him that much, you know.
05:44I even called my son Archie.
05:46Oh, so it was like a radio show then?
05:48It was a radio show.
05:49I mean, when you think about it, you know, a ventriloquist show on radio, nobody sees him
05:54talking.
05:55But he got away with it because people knew the puppet and he used to go to theatres all
06:00around the country.
06:02Romy, can I ask you, where did you come by this, please?
06:07Well, Peter Broth was my dad.
06:09Oh!
06:10Oh, wow!
06:11Really?
06:13That is so nice to know.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Wow!
06:17Fantastic.
06:18So, the photographs are actually of my brother and myself, my parents and Archie.
06:25Archie and Dad with, obviously, Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews.
06:32Oh, wow!
06:33All these stars.
06:34Oh!
06:35That's the famous Archie with his school blazer.
06:38Can I just say, I love the fact that they're all on the same scale.
06:41Yes.
06:42They're all the same size.
06:43Yes.
06:44OK, guys, shall we start the bidding?
06:46Mmm!
06:47With all of the dealers charmed by Archie, can Romy educate them into offering the target
06:53price of three to five hundred pounds?
06:56I'll open the bids with sixty pounds.
07:00Eighty.
07:01One hundred.
07:03One twenty.
07:04One thirty.
07:06One forty.
07:08One fifty.
07:10One sixty.
07:11One seventy.
07:12One eighty.
07:13Two hundred pound.
07:15Two twenty.
07:16Two twenty.
07:17Romy, I'm just going to tell you where I am.
07:19I am going to be out on this one, but I'm sure you've got a lot of people here very interested.
07:24Romy, I'm going to join Mel and say, I'm out, but thank you very much.
07:29Romy, I'm going to leave it to these guys here, so respectfully I'm out, but it's lovely
07:34to meet you.
07:35OK.
07:36Two hundred and thirty-five pounds.
07:39Two forty.
07:41Got the photos as well.
07:44Two hundred and fifty.
07:47Two sixty.
07:48Three hundred pound.
07:49Three twenty.
07:51Three hundred and fifty pounds.
07:53I think that's going to be the top end for me, I'm afraid, my love.
07:57So I think at three fifty I'm out.
08:00So Romy, I've put three hundred and fifty pounds on the table.
08:05Would that offer be acceptable to you?
08:07I'm really sorry.
08:09OK.
08:10Could you give me some idea how far away I am on that?
08:13Simon said three to five hundred pounds.
08:16OK.
08:17What would it take for me to get that?
08:19What would you want for that?
08:21Well, I think five hundred, to be honest.
08:24OK.
08:25Having said five hundred pounds, you've got yourself a deal.
08:28I love that.
08:29OK.
08:30Fantastic.
08:31Thank you so much and so pleased for that.
08:34We have a chat later, can we?
08:36Yes, we can.
08:37Rambo paid five hundred pounds and he played it very cool actually at first.
08:44Thank you so much, Romy, and a little cuddle.
08:47That's brilliant.
08:48But when I revealed who I was, Peter's daughter, it was sort of like, oh wow.
08:57Romy, I think you've made Rambo a very, very happy chap today.
09:03Dad would be delighted.
09:05And so would Archie.
09:07That's great.
09:08Well listen, thank you for coming and thank you for giving me the opportunity to even buy it.
09:13Thank you later.
09:16Love it all.
09:27Next in is Sarah with a classic antique.
09:30Older and distinguished.
09:32Just like yours truly.
09:34Today I'm selling an object that's made of wood.
09:38It's quite old.
09:39And it can be used for display or for leisure, pleasure purposes.
09:46You know, if there was ever a piece of brown furniture, this is it.
09:51This is it.
09:52Well, let's ask Sarah to come in.
09:54Hello.
09:55Welcome.
09:56Welcome to the bidding room.
09:58It's lovely to be here.
09:59Thank you for bringing this bit of brown furniture.
10:00A bit of brown furniture, yes.
10:01Yes.
10:02Tell me about it.
10:03It belonged to my parents and they had it for about 30 years.
10:08And it was my desk when I was studying down in Aberystwyth and I brought it back to Edinburgh
10:14with me.
10:15I have a desk and I need a bookshelf.
10:18So I want to, I want to, you know, how they say, one out one in.
10:23Yes.
10:24So that's got to go.
10:25That's all the way out.
10:26Yeah.
10:27Here we are.
10:28And we always say the thing about brown furniture.
10:29It's such a shame because it's such elegant furniture and it's just not fashionable.
10:32Yes.
10:33And it's not made in Scandinavia and it's not mid-century.
10:36But if we look at the top, we've got this beautiful mahogany, flame mahogany veneer.
10:44Obviously, we've got these little points of bubbling in the veneer.
10:47And that usually comes from either water damage or heat damage or whatever.
10:51It's quite striking in its form.
10:54And then, of course, we open up.
10:57Very clever, these.
10:58The original space savers.
11:00So our rather heavy mahogany top then folds open to create what I call a tea table.
11:08And then, obviously underneath, we've got our little storage place for our...
11:13Secret things.
11:14In this case, with it being a tea table, you keep your sort of napkins and cutlery
11:19and all that kind of thing in there.
11:21Date?
11:22Date, early 1800s, probably 1830-ish, something like that.
11:27That's older than I thought.
11:29Yeah.
11:30Yeah.
11:31So a nice functional piece of furniture.
11:32But as you probably know, it's all down to fashion, isn't it?
11:35Yes.
11:36Pointing out the...
11:38As I have to do, pointing out the problem elements.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Obviously, the bubbling, as we've mentioned.
11:44So it would need a complete re-polish.
11:47And therein lies the problem.
11:49Is the cost of restoration going to be too much to justify for this piece of furniture?
11:55I love it. I think it's just...
11:56Yeah. No, it's still perfectly functional.
11:58What do you think on the price then?
12:03It's not all bad news.
12:05OK.
12:06But no, in this condition, in a sale room, you're probably only going to be looking at
12:12sort of £60 to £100, which is embarrassing to say that, but it's pointless to be putting
12:18fancy figures in your head.
12:19I know.
12:20You know?
12:21Yeah.
12:22It's £60 to £100.
12:23But let's just, fingers crossed, thank you for bringing it and best of luck.
12:27Lovely to meet you.
12:28And to you as well.
12:29Thanks.
12:30I'm quite nervous about going into the bidding room to see the dealers.
12:40I'm relying on the fact that maybe one of the dealers will fall in love with it because
12:45it is an unusual piece.
12:49Hello.
12:50Hello.
12:51What's your name?
12:52My name's Sarah.
12:53Hello, Sarah.
12:54Welcome to the bidding room, Sarah.
12:56It's lovely to be here.
12:57Hi, Sarah.
12:58I'm curious now to know what's under the green cloth.
13:00You want the big reveal?
13:01You do.
13:02Could you do that, please?
13:03I could.
13:05Ooh!
13:07Guess what?
13:08What?
13:09It's a nice piece of 19th century mahogany.
13:11Well...
13:12Got it.
13:13Tell us all, Mr Humphreys.
13:14It is, as I suspected, a piece of 19th century mahogany.
13:18Figured mahogany top, slightly bubbling.
13:21Have you had it by the radiator?
13:23My mother had it in her house by the radiator and she always kept flowers on it.
13:27But it should, in theory.
13:29It's a tea table.
13:31Oh, a tea table?
13:32Yeah.
13:33Are we having afternoon tea, Ian?
13:34You could do.
13:35And you know, if it had got the green baize in, it would have been a card table.
13:38Yeah.
13:39So it's the better version.
13:40Oh, OK.
13:41And sometimes you get two versions in one.
13:42You can have a card and a tea.
13:43Be a bit like the Mad Hatter.
13:44Ooh, yes.
13:45Cards and tea.
13:46Oh, well, we know what Ian would be.
13:48Ian would be the dormouse.
13:50Yeah.
13:51Always asleep.
13:52Yeah.
13:53We have to wake him up every so often.
13:56But I just think, because it's what it is now, it lends itself as a good console.
14:01Yeah.
14:02Rather than a tea.
14:03I've also had it where I've had it half open.
14:05Yeah.
14:06Because it will display, you know, if you have a nice lamp or something or a particular objet.
14:11Absolutely.
14:12The thing is, these things have taken such a knocking and I am in support of all this because
14:17a lot of 19th century furniture over the years is just repurposing and using it for
14:22maybe something else like the console.
14:24Right then.
14:25In front of me, ladies and gentlemen, I have a tea table.
14:28So whatever you want, get bidding.
14:31With a valuation of 60 to 100 pounds, Sarah's hoping the dealers will put good offers on
14:39the table.
14:40What am I going to bid on that?
14:4220 quid.
14:4330 pound.
14:4440 pound.
14:4545 pound.
14:47I'm going to say where I am, I don't deal in furniture.
14:51It is really nice.
14:52So hopefully one of these will fight for a lot of money.
14:56I'm hoping.
14:57Sarah, I would give you 50 pound for that.
14:59I'm going to join Mel and say I'm out.
15:02Thank you very much.
15:04Furniture is not really my cup of tea.
15:06I'll be honest with you.
15:07I'm going to have to say I'm out.
15:09Okay.
15:10Thank you for that.
15:11My problem is this, it's just a bit too nice for me.
15:14I can vouch for that.
15:16Yeah, I like myself a bit more knackered and primitive.
15:19Give me 10 minutes so I can do that.
15:22Unfortunately, my love, I think I'm out on this one.
15:25Okay.
15:26So.
15:27So, Sarah, 50 pound is my final bid.
15:30You don't have to take it, that's up to you.
15:33Oh, I know.
15:34But if it goes to a place that appreciates it, then I'm happy.
15:38Fantastic.
15:43Brilliant.
15:44It wasn't as traumatic as I thought it might be.
15:49They're really nice people.
15:51And once again, what Simon had said before came to fruition.
15:57It was echoed around the room about brown furniture and antiques and stuff.
16:03So, but Ian loved the table and he bought it for 50 pounds.
16:08Sarah, you've been marvellous and you've met us all smile, which is a good thing, isn't it?
16:12Yeah, absolutely.
16:13Thank you so much for coming and come and see us again.
16:15I will.
16:16Thanks.
16:18Bye-bye.
16:24So now you've got a table for a tea party.
16:26Can we all come?
16:27Yes.
16:28Tonight.
16:29Tonight?
16:30Tonight.
16:31No, let me get prepared.
16:32I've got to do the dusting first.
16:34As long as you bring cake, you can come and see me.
16:36Okay, they'll do that.
16:43Third in is Gareth, with a special collection of something that is truly iconic.
16:48Today, I've brought in a piece of pop memorabilia and I think the dealers will be interested
16:56to see what's in it.
16:57They'll instantly recognise the piece when it comes out and it's one of the top ten most
17:05recognisable of its kind in the world.
17:09Wow.
17:11A photographic paper box.
17:13Yeah.
17:14I guess the clue is in what's pencil written on the lid which says, Beatles, save.
17:21Well, anything to do with the Beatles, one should save.
17:24Yeah.
17:26Hello there, Gareth.
17:27Hi.
17:28You've put a mystery box in here.
17:30These are the transparencies from the Beatles' Abbey Road album.
17:35Right.
17:37They've been in that box and been kept under the bed for a couple of years.
17:42I got it from a friend of mine who used to be a roadie.
17:46I did a deal and got it from him.
17:48We haggled a little bit and I eventually bought them for 700 pounds.
17:54700 pounds.
17:55Right.
17:56Now, from what I know, the transparencies, they do, they're from the, obviously, the original shot.
18:02This was probably for, I'm told, maybe a promotional item or a flyer or whatever.
18:10These would all be put together to create one shot?
18:14Yes, you've got, obviously, your primary...
18:16Primary colours.
18:17Primary colours and then you overlay and overlay and overlay, don't you?
18:20Yeah.
18:21Until you build a finished image.
18:24And the original shot, of course, was taken by a photographer called Ian McMillan.
18:31Yeah.
18:32What year was this album?
18:33I can't remember.
18:3469.
18:3569.
18:36Yeah, but the Abbey Road album, it wasn't...
18:39They had a working title, Everest.
18:41Yes.
18:42And they were going to take...
18:43They were going to go to the foothills of the Himalayas to do the photo shoot, but they
18:47couldn't be bothered to put it politely.
18:49Yeah.
18:50So they said, oh, we'll just go outside the studio and do it there and then.
18:54Yeah.
18:55Wow.
18:56Incredible.
18:57So, that's a hell of a thing to have.
18:58I just don't know what you do with them.
19:00Come on.
19:01Heads up here.
19:02Simon.
19:03Yeah.
19:04What do you think?
19:05Well, the market for Beatles, in general, is huge, as you know.
19:11If we could authenticate that they were from the studio and to be used for promo and obviously
19:21had connections with Ian McMillan, then it's a serious item of Beatles memorabilia.
19:29You know.
19:30Yeah.
19:31What do you reckon it's worth it, son?
19:33I don't envy you.
19:34No.
19:35No.
19:36It is a complete one-off, so I have no comparables to go off in that respect.
19:45But to me, Gareth, it's specialist rock-and-pop memorabilia auction written all over it.
19:53However, my feeling would, that potentially we could be looking at, I don't know, five,
20:02eight thousand?
20:03Hmm.
20:04It's a fact.
20:06But your guess would be as good as mine.
20:09I thought something around the same.
20:11Well, Gareth, thank you so much.
20:12No.
20:13Great stuff.
20:14Thank you very much.
20:15It's just lovely to be part of this little mystery.
20:18Yes.
20:19Well, let's see where it goes.
20:20Yeah.
20:21I'm excited to find out.
20:22Nice to meet you.
20:23Thank you very much indeed.
20:24Cheers.
20:26Yeah.
20:27Great album as well.
20:28Yeah, one of them.
20:29Yeah, great album.
20:34Going into the Billy Room, I genuinely don't know what to expect.
20:37It might draw a blank from the dealers.
20:41It may not be their thing.
20:43And I do realise that the amount with the valuation,
20:47it's not going to be something someone's going to possibly take a punt on,
20:52unless they think they can move it on.
20:58Hi.
20:59Hi.
21:00Hello.
21:01Lovely to meet you all.
21:02You too.
21:03Welcome to the Bidding Room.
21:05What's your name, please?
21:06My name's Gareth.
21:07Gareth.
21:08Hi, Gareth.
21:09Thank you, Gareth.
21:10Well, Gareth, normally we ask the person to reveal all,
21:14but I have got a slide to reveal.
21:17It's a box.
21:18You might recognise what's in it.
21:20Right.
21:21Who's going first?
21:22Oh, I'll have a look.
21:23I think John's itching to get up.
21:24Oh!
21:25Rambo beat me.
21:27We'll tell you, Mel.
21:30Oh, my days.
21:31I can see.
21:32I know exactly what this is.
21:34The Beatles needs no introduction,
21:37and this negative image is so iconic.
21:40It really is special.
21:41Is this an original negative from...?
21:43Original transparencies.
21:45From the actual album cover?
21:47From the original shot.
21:48So, what used to happen back in the day was an image that was required for an album cover was done in a transparency the size of the album cover.
21:59But this was done for a different sized image.
22:02Maybe promotional material, but it is the full set boxed front and back of the Abbey Road album.
22:09Wow, this is super special.
22:12Gareth, have these been authenticated?
22:15They've not been to Abbey Road or whatever it is to be authenticated, no.
22:20But I've been to a photographic expert in Derby, and he says that it's almost impossible to copy these images.
22:31So, it's come from the same process, the same shot.
22:35So, it's an original.
22:38I mean, I think these are just really fabulous.
22:40And do you know what I'm really sad about?
22:42Because, you know, nowadays we're all digital, aren't we?
22:44We don't have negatives.
22:46And all these iconic things that we have nowadays, we'll never have those.
22:51And we'll never be able to display anything like this.
22:53So, sort of this kind of history is really cool to have, isn't it?
22:57Really cool.
22:58How many pieces are there in there, please, Gareth?
23:03I think there's about a dozen.
23:05Yeah, 12.
23:06Well, well, well, how exciting to be able to bid on this.
23:11The dealers are blown away by the transparencies of one of the most famous
23:15images in the world.
23:17But are they prepared to dig very deep for the £5,000 to £8,000 valuation?
23:23It's got to start somewhere.
23:25So, I'm going to start it at 50 quid.
23:28100 quid.
23:31150 pounds.
23:34200 quid.
23:36250.
23:37Just before we carry on, Gareth, are we miles off?
23:41Yeah.
23:42Yeah.
23:43Mmm.
23:44The thing is, though, they don't have the authentication with them.
23:47I mean, what...
23:48I don't think you need it, personally.
23:49No.
23:50Do you not?
23:51No, because the technique's gone.
23:53You can't copy these.
23:54Do you know what I mean?
23:55I'd be at another, you know, I'd be at 300 quid.
23:58I'd be at 350.
24:00400.
24:01500.
24:02Six.
24:03£1,000.
24:04Yeah.
24:05Right, so, £1,000, are we getting closer?
24:09Still quite a way off.
24:11What's your bottom line figure?
24:14£4,000, and you can own it.
24:16I don't think that's a lot, but for me, personally, I like things more tangible and displayable that I can pick up and look at.
24:24Gareth, I'll tell you where I'm at, I'm afraid I'm going to be out on this.
24:28I'll tell you where I am, I'm going to be out.
24:30I think for you to get the best price possible for this, you definitely need a specialist auction, you know.
24:36Yeah.
24:37That's it.
24:38Simon valued it at £5,000 to £8,000.
24:40Oh, there you go.
24:41If you do me the honour of giving me a little bit of time to think about it, let's stay in contact, and I think I could help you sell these for a true value.
24:52So, for now, I'll be out on it.
24:54No, appreciate it.
24:55Unfortunately.
24:56But for now, thanks for bringing them in, and we'll see you soon.
25:00Thank you all for your kind comments.
25:01Brilliant.
25:02Great to be here.
25:03See you in a bit.
25:09I thought the guys really appreciated the item, and I think it was Rambo and John who were most interested, but the bidding didn't quite get to where it needed to be.
25:23It was a nice experience, the guys get it, and I think I've made a very useful contact.
25:28They are pretty cool things, aren't they?
25:29They are.
25:30And I think they do really, really well in a specialist auction.
25:33I think so.
25:34Joe.
25:35Yeah?
25:36I've had three vans this year, and that is no word for lie.
25:37I've had the blue one, I've had big yellow, and now I'm on to a grown-up van.
25:40You've gone through them, haven't you?
25:41I have.
25:42I have.
25:43I have.
25:44I have.
25:45The vans are our life, aren't they?
25:46Yeah.
25:47Yeah, I spend more time in the van as a bed than my own bed.
25:48Yeah.
25:49Yeah.
25:50You see, when I do it, it's all full of all my antiques and everything, so I have to sleep
25:52in the front.
25:53The best technique is this.
25:54Empty out some of the back of the van.
25:55Right.
25:56Right.
25:57I have.
25:58The vans are our life, aren't they?
25:59Yeah.
26:00I spend more time in the van as a bed than my own bed.
26:03Yeah.
26:04You see, when I do it, it's all full of all my antiques and everything, so I have to sleep
26:09in the front.
26:10The best technique is this.
26:11Empty out some of the back of the van.
26:13Right.
26:14Right.
26:15Yeah.
26:16Make a level playing field.
26:17Some blankets.
26:19On top of said blankets, almost like a camper.
26:22for me you know what you wear it's really important so so you have to do
26:29this sort of like you're sitting there you know trying to change into your posh
26:34gear but we do it I don't as you well know I don't pretend you don't either
26:40this is true yeah you rock the disheveled look don't you I like to call
26:47it Dickensian right whatever
27:00next in is Debbie with a decorative shiny object that should entice the dealers the
27:07piece I brought today it's silver it's Danish and it's a piece of jewelry
27:14call that a ring yes that's a chunky one doesn't it a bit of silver yeah original
27:22box which we like we like the box don't we hello Debra hi Nigel welcome to the
27:28bidding room lovely to see you and this is this is Jet very lovely and you bought a
27:33beautiful he's having a look at it he's having a good look yes a lovely ring yes
27:38tell me the tell me the story about the story is back in the 70s and it was a
27:42gift from a boyfriend so I did wear it it was very trendy but it got a bit too
27:49big on my hands so it's been such in the drawer yes well immediately
27:54recognizable as your against certain yes it's got a good weight I think it's
27:58about 21 grams I have weighed it yes yeah so it's a fairly chunky piece on your
28:03hand yeah yeah which was that classic 60s 70s design wasn't everything was quite
28:09chunky sort of knuckle duster it all the marks we need to see perfectly yeah we've
28:18got the York Jensen cipher in there we've got the 925 for sterling silver so
28:23everything we need is in there and we've also got the number one four zero which is
28:26the design yes yes I mean he was famous wasn't he yeah very period 60s 70s yeah and of course
28:33you know still going today the brand is still going today collectors really love
28:37these organic designs because he he grew up and he was very influenced by nature and
28:43the forests and all that kind of thing with a few surface scratches yeah but I don't mind
28:48that it's not over scratch so at least it shows it's genuine all this jewelry is very
28:54collectible it is I reckon Estelle will have a good go at it yeah maybe Mel as well actually
29:00so what do you think it's worth Simon yeah the market's very very strong at the moment for 60s 70s
29:10design so you couldn't have picked a better time really to to move it on I think the fair
29:15auction estimate would be 150 to 200 yeah but it's the type of thing next door Nigel I think
29:23they'll all latch onto it and you may do a little better even than that yeah how does that sound that
29:29sounds about right um it'd be nice to see it out of the drawer and on somebody's finger yeah thank
29:35you very much thank you thank you Sam I think you'll do fine with that thank you thank you very much
29:39thanks thank you thank you okay thanks let's get a pop it on see if it yeah I haven't tried it for size actually I can't give it off
29:49so Simon valued the ring at 150 to 200 pounds um and obviously um we'll try and push them to get the the top price I've brought along Jet who was a rescue dog three years ago hopefully his little smile and his his waggy tail will will push the bits up
30:12Debbie will meet a new lineup of dealers joining Mel are eclectic buyer JB vintage hunter Moses 70s fanatic Estelle and brothers Sharkan and Jay dealers in mid-century
30:28oh hello hello hello hello hello hello how are you both we're both fine thank you good and what's your name I'm Deborah or Debbie and this is Jet
30:43Debbie and Jet hello hello Jet he wants to say hello he wants to say hello oh let's do let's do the walk round now let's have a walk around then and then you can see it can't calm down
30:54oh hello oh yeah there we go hello nice to meet you don't be scared hello Jet hello mate
31:03hello mate hello mate say hello to myself there you go he feels there very good oh you're going to stay here aren't you
31:09I've been on cross come on he loves a fuss well Deborah it was lovely to meet you both um would you mind doing
31:17the reveal yes I will oh we have a little cardboard box you brought us a cardboard box yes who'd like to
31:25open it I will obviously got the name yours Jensen on the box there who did who's a Danish designer did a
31:33lot of I can hear you clapping um a lot of jewelry silver and was really renowned ooh ooh ooh
31:44normally I don't like jewelry to be honest it's not my thing at all but that is gorgeous isn't it
31:50it is really is how long you had this mid-70s it was a gift I mean you're gonna love this
31:58I'm already panicking quite frankly yeah and she fits my little finger as well that looks really
32:04good well that is really stylish so nice to meet you both thank you you will have to come and look
32:14at it well of course I'm gonna come have a look at it oh that is rather gorgeous isn't it so you know
32:21I'm gonna have to try it on oh I think you feel like the shoe it fits perfectly it's very nice
32:30so if one of us buys it today what would you spend the money on it could be donated to the
32:34charity that I got checked from oh yeah brilliant enough chat time to get bidding
32:42simon valued the silver ring at 150 to 200 pounds and with 70s jewelry now back in fashion which dealer
32:50will put in a sterling offer i'll start at 50 pounds 100 125 150 175 it's all very quick wasn't it that very
33:01quick 180 190 i'm gonna say where i'm at i'm more of a gold girl yeah so thank you anyway 200
33:12210 this is where we say we're out thank you very much thank you 220 230 okay i think i've been left
33:24behind with this one so i'm out you're out thank you thank you moses i'm gonna pull a green out 235 240
33:32245 250 last bid 260 270 i'm out at that but thank you thank you that means i'm left 270 would you
33:49accept oh jett's got excited yeah jett's got excited yes i'll accept that the bidding room was really
34:03amazing um jb and estelle really liked it um and they upped the bidding between them and we got a
34:11really good price 270 pounds um estelle just outbid jb she was determined to get it thank you so much
34:20debbie and jett i am absolutely stoked with my purchase thank you so much for bringing it in
34:26thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
34:35i won it i won it you're a bit happy i i am really happy i know i paid a little bit extra but i
34:41it's something i'm going to keep and wear made for your finger as well it is it fits perfectly it
34:45definitely suits you nice and nicely
34:47last up is john with a cutting-edge collection that should have the dealers sitting pretty the items
34:59i brought today are from the mid-80s um and they they can be used in different settings
35:05in the 70s you would have probably put them in the skip if you fucked them but now now oh
35:17hello john welcome to the bidding room thank you look at these eight chairs yeah famous designer
35:25yeah yes i believe so where did you find them yeah i thought i got them in a shop in edinburgh back in
35:3184. and have you used them since then yeah they were bought for my hairdressing salon they were
35:37cutting chairs really and then they became reception chairs they've been well used yeah
35:43well used do you remember what you paid for them um i think i paid about 85 pound a chair
35:48was that quite a lot do you think it was in the 80s in the 80s that's quite a lot of money
35:52they're now taking up room in my garage oh yes that's why uh i always knew they were too good
35:58to get rid of yes um they're not skip material they're not skip material no so i i've just kind
36:04of stored them designed by a chap called good lang in the early 70s right the original design yeah
36:12the legs uh usually solid beechwood yeah um then we got vineyard slats at the side
36:20and then it's a kind of polypropylene or something like that so it was all about the mix of wood and
36:25plastic right okay yeah um they came in a variety of colors but this the design was was pretty
36:32standard right um it's always nice when we have a nice clean mark on the top so we've got the thon
36:38a mark there for the brown name yeah on all of them which is great but it also says nigel made in
36:44western germany so that kind of dates exactly bang on the way you say yeah so we're pre-unification
36:52uh obviously with four elbow chairs and then four without haven't we so yeah we're kind of two sets
36:58of four fours rather than a set of eight yeah they're quite comfortable really surprisingly i've never
37:05sat in one before and you know excuse me a second of course yeah they are aren't they they're surprisingly
37:11comfy yes they are how much am i looking at we've got a little bit of a crack in the back of one john
37:21oh okay but otherwise you know no issues at all so we're fine i'm gonna say i'm gonna say
37:30two to four hundred for a set of four okay so that would be four to eight four to eight four to
37:37eight so if we aim for somewhere in the middle of that okay that's fair for this color right okay
37:44all our dealers will know the commercial value of these so yeah yeah we're fine yeah great brilliant
37:51well very nice to meet you yeah nice to meet you very good luck thank you very much thank you thank you
37:55well i sit down didn't you yes i think enjoy the it's been a long day it's been a long day
38:04simon valued each set of four chairs at between two and 400 pounds when i go into the bidding room
38:10i'm going to tell them that i bought the chairs from you and they're quite welcome to give them a try
38:15hello hello hi hi hi hi how are you i'm fine thank you welcome to the bidding room thank you and
38:28what's your name hey my name is john nice to meet you hi hi john hello there so i think we can all tell
38:34the chairs yep so would you do the big reveal please of course oh they're a bit wacky a bit different
38:44john where did you get these from hey they were bought from a short store in edinburgh i bought
38:49them in 1983 but i believe they were designed in 73 by a german designer called gerald lang i think
38:58the plan was 20. yeah i think you're right yeah have you been using these as well john yeah i used them
39:04in my hairdressing salon for many years um very good condition yeah they are yeah you've looked after
39:11them they look like they stack do they do stack yeah that's always a good thing come and have a
39:17seat next to me my brother looks like you're at the doctor's you two we're at the barber's at court that
39:24that sounds more they are very comfortable chairs actually they are comfortable i do need some
39:31dining chairs you always buy him for yourself aren't you jay i know he's so greedy john can i ask why
39:37you had four carvers and four um just normal dining chairs four were for reception right and for the
39:44four ones with the arms were for cutting ah right okay in terms of condition because you've obviously
39:51been using these as a salon chair but they all look because a lot of time like the vinyl will all be
39:56split and the tears or from jean pockets and whatnot but they're actually looking pretty much ready to go
40:02condition is there any sort of damages that we should be aware of before yeah i think there's a
40:06crack in the back of one yeah that's the one i i sat on i'm not sure no no there no that i can see it
40:13now yeah that's the only one oh yeah is that going through that yeah yeah that's gone right through
40:19right so this is no longer eight years yeah so that becomes seven chairs no sitting around ladies and
40:26gentlemen i think we should start bidding with simon valuing the chairs at four to 800 pounds
40:32are the dealers ready to make a sit down deal i quite fancy them for my book club
40:39i will go in at a low but starting there 50 pounds i'm gonna say that i know nothing about
40:45these chairs i'm gonna leave it to the experts so i'm out 80 pounds sorry john i'm out on this one
40:52okay thank you 100 pounds 120 150 180 200 220 250 255
41:05oh the greens are coming out 255 260 265
41:16280 285 290 295 300 305 310 315
41:26at that i'm leaving it to moses and jb thank you very much but we're out thank you
41:36moses
41:40one last bid
41:41moses and moses i'm happy with the money i got today but i'll probably give it to my daughters and
41:56they can treat themselves john thank you so much for bringing these chairs in it's been a pleasure and
42:15uh you're welcome congratulations moses on the purchase thank you right there's one for each of us let's go
42:29oh
42:32oh
42:32it's like musical show
42:34isn't it he's always the last i've got two
42:40they are quite comfortable though moses you've got a bargain man don't lean too much on that one
42:43well that's another day of high octane action join us again soon to see what fantastic objects
42:55pass through the bidding room simon wait for me
43:09you
43:10you
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