December 5th 2008

Jonty Hearnden, the specialist, and the presenter Chris Hollins arrived with a family from Surrey and a total of eleven lots to be sold at auction.

The first lot was a group of nine German Porcelain groups which sold for £130 amid hopes of £100 - £120. The next lot was a watercolour attributed to Abraham Hulk, 1851 – 1922 British, which fetched £32 after hopes of around £30. The next lot was a Victorian silver mug with foliate and scrollwork decoration which fetched £65 with an estimate of £30 - £40. Still in the Silver and Jewellery section there was a Chester silver vesta case with foliate engraving together with three other silver vesta cases and a plated vesta case. The estimate on this item was £30 - £40 and it fetched £75. The following lot was a large collection of pocket and wrist watches to include a gold plated half hunter pocket watch and three gold plated open faced watches and five 9ct gold cased wrist watches. This lot fetched the bottom estimate which was £150. The succeeding lot was a George IV silver vinaigrette, unfortunately with the inner grill damaged, together with a George III silver oval snuff box and other snuff boxes. Hopes for this were between £100 and £150 and it made £110. The next lot was an early Meerschaum Pipe, carved with two horses, with silver collar and within original case. The expectation for this was £20 - £30 and it made £35. The next lot was an interesting group of three 19th Century mahogany work boxes all with their contents to include a silver cased compact, a large collection of cufflinks and costume jewellery, a Georgian silver teaspoon and a collection of coins. Hopes for this were in the region of £80 - £100 and it realised £190. The following lot was a WWI medal pair which was expected to make between £20 and £30 and it made £40. The next lot was a coin collection of mainly U.K. silver and copper with some modern commemoratives and including Georgian half pennies and pennies all contained within three albums. Hope for this were between £40 and £60 and it fetched £120. The last lot was a French brass cased carriage timepiece with carrying handle. The expectation for this was between £30 and £40 and it realised £50. The family had hoped for somewhere around £500 in total and the total came to just below £1000.

The programme was aired on 7th December 2009.