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The Yorkshire Auction House (2021) Season 6 Episode 1- Chocks Away
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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room?
00:07Just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies.
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:19And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:27I can't break!
00:28..of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32..he's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36..finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:41..fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Oh, not so bad.
00:46..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional about the era.
00:52..and family heirlooms.
00:55Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go to auction.
00:57Oh, you've made my day.
00:58Thank you very much.
00:59Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What are the highest orders of gallantry there is?
01:04..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06..at 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:10..he delivers a fantastic...
01:12..2,000 pounds.
01:14..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh!
01:19..bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:22Good morning, Jeremy. You all right?
01:23Yeah, very well.
01:24It's looking well in here, isn't it?
01:25Very smart, isn't it, yeah?
01:26Well, the new building that we've done.
01:27A fancy new reception area,
01:28just what the auction house needs
01:29after 15 years in business.
01:30Keep developing.
01:31You have to, yeah.
01:32Yeah, yeah, onwards and upwards.
01:33You know, clients come in, it's wider, it's brighter,
01:34new windows in, display cabinets
01:37with stuff coming up for sale.
01:38We're getting there.
01:39We're getting there, yeah.
01:40What do you think, Charlotte?
01:41I think it looks great.
01:42Yeah?
01:43Do you like it?
01:44It's lovely.
01:45Much brighter in there, isn't it?
01:46Mmm.
01:47Always thinking of his customers is Angus,
01:48talking of which...
01:50Right, let's crack on.
01:51What's to do?
01:52Yeah, I'll see you in a bit.
01:53OK, all right.
01:54All right.
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02:05All right.
02:06Well, Nick, I think you're going to enjoy today's job.
02:10I'm bringing you, especially on this one,
02:12right up your street.
02:13That's Lincoln.
02:14It's going to involve some aviation stuff.
02:15Aviation?
02:16Oh, just a little bit.
02:17If there's anything Nick doesn't know about planes,
02:19it's not worth knowing.
02:20I mean, as far as aviation's concerned,
02:21you're right in the heart of it, Dan Lincoln.
02:22That's why it's called Bomber Country.
02:24He could go on all day.
02:26I mean, as far as aviation's concerned,
02:28you're right in the heart of it, Dan Lincoln.
02:29That's why it's called Bomber Country.
02:31He could go on all day.
02:34Did we have them all in here?
02:39I think we did.
02:40Look.
02:41So many watches.
02:42The boys are meeting Muriel and her daughter, Jude.
02:45Dad's Amiga.
02:46Here goes the emotion.
02:48Oh, oh, oh, oh.
02:49Wow.
02:50It's 50 years old, isn't it?
02:52That's beautiful.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Oh, wow.
02:55After serving in the RAF, Jude's dad, Muriel's husband, Stuart,
03:00worked as a TV engineer.
03:03I met him here in Lincoln at work.
03:07Muriel was the office girl and she married Stuart in 1966
03:12before raising Jude and her brother John.
03:15But Muriel wasn't Stuart's only love.
03:18My poor mother has been the other woman for most of your married life.
03:23To Lancaster.
03:24Yes.
03:25Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancaster.
03:27Really, she was everything to him.
03:30What's not to love?
03:31Probably the most famous and successful World War II bomber,
03:35the Lancaster was in service between 1942 and 1965.
03:40Stuart was chair of the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association.
03:45He ultimately received his MBE for his work to keep the Lanc flying.
03:51This is his MBE that he collected from the Queen.
03:57Sadly, in 2000, Stuart developed Parkinson's disease.
04:02The illness took its toll and made him himself but still a very different man.
04:08We lost Dad at the end in November 2023.
04:12And he's left such a big imprint on everybody's lives in so many ways.
04:19I wish Stuart was here.
04:21Yeah.
04:22Yeah.
04:27Six months on, Muriel and Jude have turned their attention to the things Stuart has left behind.
04:33There is a myriad of things.
04:35We do feel a lot of responsibility for his artwork.
04:38It's all the Concord bits, all the memorabilia.
04:40You look at them and you remember Dad.
04:42But it's time that somebody else had their memories with it.
04:45They're no good to Dad now.
04:47No.
04:48They're no good to him now.
04:49He'd be like, come on, get it done, get it done.
04:51He said, deal with it.
04:52His favourite phrase was, Jude'll take care of it.
04:55And once it's all gone, Muriel and Jude can prepare for another life-changing moment.
05:01I have decided to move in with my daughter.
05:06Yeah.
05:07It's time.
05:08It's time.
05:09It's time.
05:10It's time.
05:11It's time to move.
05:12But putting two houses into one, they're all of, just two doesn't go into one.
05:17Just the problem Angus loves to deal with.
05:20Oh, we're here.
05:21This is it.
05:22Oh, yeah.
05:23Oh, do you know what's nice about this, Nick?
05:24Well, it's a bungalow.
05:25It's a bungalow.
05:26Joy.
05:31Hello.
05:32Hello.
05:33Hi.
05:34You all right?
05:35Angus.
05:36Hi, welcome.
05:37I brought Nick with me today.
05:39Glad to see you.
05:40Hello.
05:41Would you like to come in?
05:42Please, yes.
05:43Thank you very much.
05:44We're really excited to see you.
05:45Oh, thank you.
05:48Oh, wonderful.
05:49What?
05:50Lovely to be here.
05:51What's the situation?
05:52We've lost my father.
05:53Over the years, he's collected and acquired so many things.
05:58So, really, it's a big downsize, really, isn't it?
06:01It is, yes.
06:02Yeah.
06:03And how are we feeling about that?
06:04Oh, a bit emotional.
06:06Yeah.
06:07Your eyes are already lit up, aren't they, Nick?
06:09It's an original.
06:10It's an original Gerald Coulson.
06:12Yeah.
06:13That Dad had commissioned when he managed to acquire that very aircraft.
06:17Did he actually own the plane?
06:19Yes, he did.
06:20No.
06:21He basically took it over from the Air Force when they...
06:23When they decommissioned them, he acquired that one.
06:26This painting of a Hastings by aviation artist Gerald Coulson
06:30could fetch bids between £500 and £1,000.
06:34Nick's heart just skipped a beat.
06:36Well, let's have a look round and we'll see what we can do.
06:39Please feel free.
06:40Prepare for take-off.
06:41Let's see what we can find, Nick.
06:43Is that a good one?
06:45That's nice.
06:46That's the original, isn't it?
06:48That's a John Young.
06:49John Young passed away in 2015, but he was very well known for his technical painting.
06:54Yeah.
06:55So getting the shapes right was very important.
06:57He was very good at that.
06:58Entering combat in April 1942 and able to carry bombs up to 1,660 miles, the Lancaster took the war to the heartland of Nazi Germany.
07:10But it wasn't just destruction that could pour from its bomb bay doors.
07:15Well, that's Operation Madder, so that was the very end of World War II.
07:18And where the bomber crews, instead of dropping their bombs, were actually filling up the bomb bays with food and supplies for the starving civilians.
07:25It's always nice to see original, isn't it?
07:27Being an original, you know, that just elevates it.
07:30You like that, don't you?
07:31Yeah, yeah.
07:32Gorgeous.
07:33Very, very nice.
07:34With the right buyers in the auction room, this could fly.
07:37Well, I think, Nick, there's going to be a fair bit of aviation.
07:40Do you want to sort through that side of it, and I'll go around the rest of the house and see what non-aviation there is to go?
07:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:46Good plan.
07:47Chocks away.
07:48I'm really, really glad I brought Nick with me, because he is very passionate about aviation, and I think that's going to be important for Jude and Muriel.
07:56Jude's dad was incredibly passionate about it.
07:58There's a bit of all sorts.
07:59It's not all aviation.
08:00You know, there's other things.
08:01We'll see how we get on.
08:02Let's get this show on the road.
08:05Ooh.
08:06And silver as well.
08:08That's nice.
08:09I think that's the box for it.
08:15Oh, no, it's not the box.
08:17It's another one.
08:18Let's look at this.
08:21Oh, this is really quite nice.
08:23So, we've got one here.
08:27This is all boxed pristine as it would have been.
08:30This one's been out and sort of, when you put the two side by side, I mean, you can see the stark contrast.
08:36So, this gives the effect of gold, but it's not.
08:38It's silver underneath with a very fine gilded layer, sort of golden layer over the top.
08:43So, you've got to be careful when you clean it, you don't wear that gild away like's happened on this one.
08:48So, these were part of a series that were made to commemorate some of the oldest cathedrals in Britain.
08:55And this one relates to Lincoln.
08:57There was only 700 of these made.
08:59This is number 200.
09:00And we've got 201.
09:02So, probably bought them together.
09:04Together, these goblets could fetch bits between 400 and 600 pounds.
09:09It's always nice to go to an area and get something that relates to that area.
09:13So, it's not all about the aviation, is it?
09:16Try telling Nick that.
09:18That's cool.
09:19That's a pack from Concorde, late 1970s.
09:23So, they would give out these packs to the passengers, and Stuart kept this pack.
09:28Look, you've got a pack of sealed headphones.
09:30That's quite cool, actually.
09:32Never been opened.
09:33I think all of this has flown at twice the speed of sound.
09:36I'm gutted.
09:37I'll never fly on Concorde.
09:39But, yeah, it's an amazing experience.
09:42Concorde flew between 1976 and 2003.
09:46It could reach a ridiculous top speed of 1,350 miles per hour.
09:51Stuart hopped on board in 1978, indulging a lifelong passion for planes.
09:57It's a boarding pass.
09:58It's kind of cool.
09:59I think he started before when he was younger.
10:03A lot of it was, with him being a child in the Second World War, he would see the aircraft come over.
10:11And that really fired him up the interest.
10:14It's a nice little collection.
10:15That'll do okay on its own.
10:1750 to 80, something like that.
10:19It's just a nice thing of interest to Concorde fans.
10:24OK, this room is full, and we're just going to have to get boxes and pack up what's saleable, what's not.
10:30And that there's all sorts.
10:31And in here, there's quite a lot of bleak pottery.
10:35Now, bleak is an Irish pottery, and it's very distinctive.
10:40It's very iridescent, this sort of pale colour.
10:43It's still going to this day as bleak the company.
10:45John Cadwell Bloomfield inherited the estate in what is now Northern Ireland
10:50and wanted to create employment for its tenants after the Great Famine.
10:54It really has become a symbol of Irish pottery.
10:58Very iconic in its style.
11:01So the market for it's not what it was.
11:03You know, 20, 30 years ago, the decorative ceramic market, very strong.
11:07People would pay good money for bleak.
11:09That has went, so the value will be more as a group lot,
11:13and we're in the tens of pounds rather than the hundreds.
11:15I'm sure every penny will be appreciated, Angus.
11:19It'll help us get moved in together, and you'll get yourself holiday out of it.
11:24I'm going to Bognor Regis.
11:26Bognor Regis.
11:27Love it.
11:28Hear that, Angus?
11:30We have another mission objective.
11:32Get Muriel to Bognor.
11:34Luckily, it looks like there's plenty here.
11:38How's it all going?
11:39Are you getting loaded up?
11:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:41Getting through it.
11:43It takes two hours of hunting.
11:45Might be gold, that.
11:46Wrapping anything that might merit more investigation back at base.
11:51And loading before the day is done.
11:56Hello.
11:57My hero.
11:58Oh, this is all loaded up.
12:00Superhero's the pair of you.
12:02How's it been for you today?
12:03It's been very good, but quite sad.
12:06Hopefully, the items are going to go to people that are going to be enthusiastic, like he was,
12:11and appreciate them.
12:12That's what we want.
12:13Well, we'll see you on sale day, OK?
12:15OK.
12:16Thank you very much.
12:17Thank you. Bye.
12:18Cheers.
12:19Bye.
12:20Well, it's been a good day.
12:22A little bit of contrast.
12:23We've got Jude, who is just full of energy.
12:26She's making a real effort for her mum.
12:27It really has been good fun, through the laughter and the tears.
12:30For Muriel, you can tell it's weighing on her.
12:32I hope I don't cry.
12:34Well, what are the chances?
12:36Pretty high, I'd say.
12:37Pretty high.
12:38We'll do the best we can.
12:40And, hopefully, you know, we get some good results for her.
12:43We've kept the bits that we need to keep that mean the most.
12:46I know we have, yeah.
12:47So the rest is for somebody else to take forward and enjoy.
12:51Somebody else to create memories with.
12:53Somebody else to have a passion that Dad had.
12:57And he'll go on through those things.
12:59Definitely.
13:00Oh, she's crying again.
13:02What?
13:04Angus prides himself on finding buyers for collections like Stuart's.
13:08And I suspect these pieces of aviation history will make memories at auction.
13:14Good morning, New Yorkshire Auction House.
13:26Back at base, Angus's team have rolled up their sleeves and are meticulously sorting the collection into lots in preparation for the sale.
13:35It's a really nice ring, this. I think it'll be really popular.
13:40Ah, you found some of Muriel's jewellery, Charlotte.
13:43This is a 18-carat white gold and platinum sapphire and diamond clustering.
13:48White gold is gold mixed with white metals like silver, palladium or nickel.
13:54It's often then coated with rhodium for a brighter white finish.
13:58You've got the largest stone in the middle, which in this case is a sapphire.
14:02And then it's surrounded by a border of diamonds.
14:05This type of ring is really popular because it's very similar to Princess Diana's engagement ring.
14:10I've priced the ring at £150 to £250.
14:14I'd definitely say yes if somebody proposed to me with this ring.
14:17I can see why.
14:20You might need to buy a new suit for the wedding, Angus.
14:23This collection that we've put together of riding sort of whips, crops, hunting whips, sticks, that sort of thing.
14:31They sit nicely together as a little lot.
14:33These belong to Jude, who's been riding horses since she was a little girl.
14:37This is by a company called Swain.
14:39They were founded in 1750 in London, where they still remain today.
14:43And in 1837 they got the royal warrants to the new Queen, Queen Victoria.
14:49And obviously that gave them huge patronage.
14:51Impressive. But are they worth anything today?
14:54There is still a market for riding crops.
14:56You know, equestrian sports is still massive, so some of these will still be used for that.
15:01But also, they're very decorative and people like them as a decorative piece that you can mount up in a shop, sit over something and dress a room.
15:11We've put a group together at 70 to 100, and it should comfortably do that.
15:15Yeah, it's a nice lot, that.
15:16Whipsmart is our Angus.
15:18This is so exciting. I really can't wait to see what's going to happen.
15:31I know.
15:32Morning, how are we feeling?
15:33Morning, yes, very well.
15:35And how's the house feeling now that you've sort of...
15:38We were getting there with the emptying out.
15:40It's slowly thinning back, but without your help, we would never have got started.
15:44We're on the move. We're going to be doing it.
15:46Yeah. Good.
15:47Well, come on in and have a look round.
15:49If you head through, sell room straight ahead. I'll see you in a bit.
15:51I'll try that for this time.
15:52Lovely.
15:54Oh, I see.
15:55Oh, wow.
15:56Look at that.
15:57Oh, look.
16:00Now, I have virtually no memory of these.
16:03And Grandma bought that one.
16:05We bought that one.
16:06But Grandma had hers out, didn't she?
16:08She did.
16:09That's why it looks tarnished.
16:11This pair of gobblers make up one of 50 lots Angus will be tearing through today.
16:17It's going to be an interesting one, this.
16:18There's a real interesting mix.
16:19Of course, there's all the things that are very personal to Muriel.
16:23Her husband's collection is aviation pictures and things like that.
16:26And that was his life.
16:27So, I'm really keen that we get a good result on those because they mean a lot to her.
16:32Look, it's the John Young.
16:34The manna from heaven.
16:36It really is a spectacular picture.
16:38It is.
16:39Oh, God.
16:40Oh, you're fine.
16:41It's fine.
16:42I know it's emotional because it meant so much to Dad.
16:45I think they'll enjoy it.
16:46They'll have some fun.
16:47It's about getting Muriel ready for that move and filling the house out.
16:51But there's some good bits.
16:52I'm so excited.
16:53I really am.
16:54I've been looking forward to it so much.
16:56But it'd be good.
16:57It'd be good.
16:58It's another process going where we're going.
17:00So, yeah, really, really excited.
17:02Start those engines because there's a healthy turnout taking their seats.
17:06Hopefully, they're buckled up and tempted to make some sky-high bids by cabin crew Jacob's porting proficiency.
17:13With hundreds registered to bid online, the two Charlottes will be helping them navigate the sail.
17:19Stand by for takeoff because Captain Angus is suited, booted and poised to make this sail soar.
17:25Woo!
17:27Woo!
17:28Whoever said that.
17:29It's going to be lively.
17:30Kicking things off, Angus' ecclesiastical find.
17:35These are the Lincoln Cathedral silver commemorative goblets there by Hector Miller.
17:41Two of them there.
17:42Limited edition run there.
17:43We can open at £300.
17:44At £300 a bid at £300.
17:46At £320, £340, £360, £380.
17:49At £380 is the bid.
17:51£400 fresh bid.
17:52At £400...
17:53Nice.
17:54£400 it is then at £400.
17:55The goblets at £400.
17:56We've all done at £400.
17:58Do it.
18:00Cheers!
18:01That is good.
18:02That's very good.
18:03Can Angus build momentum with the white gold sapphire and diamond ring?
18:08One day Charlotte.
18:09There we go.
18:10A little cluster ring.
18:11That's nice isn't it?
18:12Where should it be for that?
18:1390 bid.
18:14Opening bid at £90.
18:15£90.
18:16At £95, £100, £100, £110, £110, £20, £30, £130, £140, £150, £160, £160.
18:22£160 it's at then at £160.
18:24£160?
18:25At £160.
18:26I'm selling at £160.
18:28Not bad.
18:29Not bad.
18:30It makes its lowest estimate.
18:32I love it.
18:33I love it.
18:34Go.
18:35Jude's happy.
18:36I wish all my customers were enthusiastic as you.
18:38Will it remain for the next lot?
18:40Stuart's Concorde pack?
18:42Oh, this is Concorde.
18:44I think it does.
18:45And I've got bids all over this.
18:47£45, £8, £50 a bid.
18:49£50 a bid at £50 it is then at £50.
18:51Are we all done?
18:52At £50 I'm going to sell them at £50.
18:55It makes the lower end of its estimate.
18:59That's cheap really.
19:01Tough crowd.
19:02Maybe you can win Muriel back with the painting of the Hastings by Gerald Coulson.
19:08This was actually, is it his aircraft?
19:11Yeah.
19:12He saved this.
19:13Original Coulson.
19:14There we go.
19:15Big, big name Coulson.
19:16The original Coulson there.
19:17Internet comes in at £420.
19:18At £420 it is.
19:20£440, £460, £480.
19:22£500 bid at £500 at £500.
19:25£520, £520.
19:26We're all done at £520.
19:31Impressed Muriel?
19:34That's amazing isn't it?
19:36Well prepare to be further dazzled because over the next few minutes Angus' gavel falls on more lots.
19:43Ooh.
19:45800.
19:46Including...
19:47Gonna sell at £65.
19:50Muriel's bellique porcelain.
19:53At £150.
19:55The riding crops.
19:58Well I'll be.
19:59Gonna sell at £340.
20:02And Dad's beloved Amiga watch.
20:05Oh God I'm gonna have to sleep after this.
20:10How about you boy?
20:11This is exhausting.
20:12Well there's just one lot left so hang in there Jude.
20:16The Jong Young, the Lancaster heavy bomber flying over Holland.
20:21Don't often come up these.
20:22There we go.
20:23£800 start me.
20:24£800.
20:25It's an £800 sit now at £800 and bid.
20:27The original there.
20:28£820, £820, £840, £860, £880, £900, £920, £940, £960, £980.
20:36At £980 it is then.
20:37Somebody round it up for me.
20:38At £980, at £980 it is then.
20:41At £980 it is then.
20:42At £980 it is then.
20:43At £980 it is then.
20:44At £980 it is then.
20:45I'm gonna sell at £980.
20:48And on that bombshell.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Needed doing.
20:53You're done.
20:54I hate to go.
20:55It's been so good.
20:57After several difficult months without Stuart, Muriel and Jude are putting any money raised
21:03into the new home they will share together.
21:05So come on Angus.
21:06We want some good news please.
21:08Hello, hello.
21:09Hello.
21:10Gosh.
21:11Are you alright?
21:12You were very quiet through that.
21:13I don't think I've ever had two more enthusiastic and excited customers.
21:30Feel that one.
21:31Thank you so much.
21:32You're very welcome.
21:33I know we've had a lot of laughs but a few emotional bits as well wasn't there?
21:37I mean it was a couple of tough bits.
21:38Very emotional.
21:39Yeah.
21:40I suppose you'd like to know what you'll be taking home.
21:43Actually I hadn't thought about that but yes that was the point.
21:45Yes.
21:46After fees.
21:47£4,720.
21:48Wow.
21:49Oh.
21:50Wow.
21:51£4,000.
21:52£720.
21:53£720.
21:54£720.
21:55Just short £5,000.
21:56Yeah.
21:57Wow.
21:58Wow.
21:59Thank you so much.
22:00You're very welcome.
22:01It's been a very good day.
22:06It's been so relaxing except for when it was really exciting and I think the stuff that
22:13we wanted to go well has really gone to the people who will value it the most.
22:19It was never really about all the money.
22:21Wow.
22:22What an auction.
22:23Jude's very energetic.
22:24I don't think I've had two more lively clients in the room but they really enjoyed it and
22:29I think it was important.
22:30You know I think it was particularly tough for Muriel.
22:32You know all these things are late husbands and meant an awful lot to him.
22:36Yeah.
22:37Yeah.
22:38Certainly one I'm going to remember.
22:39A happy room.
22:40Happy clients.
22:41Good day.
22:43Oh, back out on the van Charlotte.
22:54Yep.
22:55It's the auction house's newest junior valuer's turn to accompany Angus on today's job.
23:01When I go south I need to take somebody with me that's, you know, from the south.
23:06Poor Charlotte can't help that she comes from Somerset.
23:09Bit of a long drive.
23:10You haven't spent much time in Essex have you?
23:12No, no.
23:13Never been to Essex before.
23:15Feel like you're always taking me to new places.
23:17Well I try Charlotte.
23:18I try.
23:19If they survive this epic five hour journey.
23:23Still got all my polar bears.
23:24Do you think you'll take them?
23:26No, I don't think so.
23:27They will be greeted by Derek and Rosemary.
23:30Derek and I met many, many years ago.
23:32I was a dancing teacher and Derek came along with some friends to round our classes.
23:38And so I was his dancing teacher.
23:40I got hooked on the dancing.
23:42It has become an important part of our life.
23:44The passion on the dance floor spilled into their real lives and they became a couple.
23:48Like the strictly cursed, but in a good way.
23:51I think what appeals to me is we like the same sort of things.
23:54We've got the same sort of sense of humour.
23:56And we've also got thumb flexation.
24:00Our thumbs both go back.
24:03Which is quite strange really.
24:06Made for each other.
24:08We moved here in 1998 and originally was a two bedroom bungalow.
24:13We've actually built this house ourselves to what it is today.
24:17But unfortunately the bigger the house the more stuff you get and the more you fill it up don't you?
24:21Maybe it was a mistake to put too many display areas to feed Rosemary's desire to own everything.
24:29Rosemary's collections include items passed down to her.
24:33I lost my parents when I was in my mid-twenties within six months of each other.
24:37So I sort of inherited the house.
24:39All the things that were my mum and dad's got boxed up and put in the loft.
24:43And really they haven't moved and I just feel it's time for them to go.
24:48It's always tricky isn't it?
24:49I think I've just come to the realisation we've got all this stuff, you know, that's just bottled up.
24:54Yeah.
24:55We need to have a fin out.
24:56So hopefully we can help.
24:58Yeah.
24:59I felt that for a long time that some of the things that my parents had may be worth something.
25:04It is an emotional thing to go through.
25:06But I think it's something that we both need to do.
25:09We are not spring chickens and realistically when we go what's going to happen to these things?
25:15Alright, here we are. We've made it.
25:17I'm going to buck in I think.
25:20It's a silly day.
25:25You'd think you'd be warmer down here, wouldn't you?
25:29Oh, morning Angus.
25:31Morning, are you alright?
25:32We're good, thank you.
25:33Morning.
25:34Thank you very much.
25:37Well, it's nice to be down here.
25:39Glad you could make it Dale.
25:40And how is it that we can help today?
25:42A lot of items gathered up, is that the...?
25:44A lot of items that were family items.
25:47Okay.
25:48And nobody uses them anymore, nobody really wants them.
25:50So it's an accumulation of a lot of things as well as your own sort of collecting.
25:54Yes.
25:55I think they need to go to someone that will appreciate them more.
25:58Well, shall we take a look?
25:59Yeah, sure.
26:00Yeah, it's this way.
26:01Yes, let's quick step into the dining room.
26:05So most of it's in here.
26:06You've given up champagne by the looks of it.
26:08We don't really drink champagne and we've sort of collected it over the years.
26:11I have no idea what this, there's a tool in here.
26:14No idea what it is.
26:15Okay, Lindley, so David Lindley.
26:17I think it's Viscount Lindley.
26:18He's...
26:19So he was nephew to the Queen, so he'll be cousin to the King.
26:24He set up this company in 1985.
26:26So he does all sorts, homewares, you know, vases, furniture.
26:30It's a little bit different.
26:31I don't think most of us would use one of these.
26:33It's a mushroom knife.
26:34Mushroom?
26:35Yes, a mushroom knife.
26:36So you can, you know, you're out cutting your mushrooms out of your little muck heap
26:40and then you've got a brush to brush off the, you know, the debris.
26:44Oh, okay.
26:45My auntie gave it to me when my uncle died and I don't think she knew what it was.
26:49You know, it's light new in its box and everything.
26:51So even a little lot on its own, 30, 40 pounds probably.
26:54Leave us to it.
26:55Okay.
26:56And we'll see what we can do.
26:57Great.
26:58Brilliant.
26:59Cheers.
27:01Good luck.
27:02Right, Charlotte.
27:03We've got some sorting to do, haven't we?
27:04Well, I think it's going to be all right today.
27:05We've got an interesting mix and I think Rosemary and Derek are in that situation.
27:08A lot of people are and it's time to move them on.
27:11Really, they need from me a bit of guidance.
27:13You know, what's worth selling at auction?
27:15What needs to go to charity?
27:16So there's a lot of sorting out to do today.
27:19How is it you always end up next to the jewellery?
27:21A happy accident.
27:22I'll let you enjoy the sparkles.
27:23I'll go through the stuff in the hallway.
27:25Yep.
27:26Let's click on.
27:27Right, what have we got?
27:28Ah.
27:29Oh, that's really quite nice.
27:30Mantle clock.
27:31So this is by a company called Jaeger Le Coutier, a Swiss-made company that specialises in clocks and watches.
27:46The company's origins can be traced back to a tiny workshop in Switzerland, where in 1833, Antoine Le Coutier founded his watchmaking business.
27:55The company's current HQ stands on the same spot today.
27:59They sort of embodied that quality of Swiss timekeeping and clock making with a little bit of French style, as you can see.
28:06You can see the perspex there.
28:08It's a little bit crazed.
28:09You can just catch it in the light.
28:11That will detract from it a little bit, unfortunately, but probably still 200 to 400.
28:16Hear that, Charlotte?
28:18Angus just found a clock worth hundreds.
28:20What have you got?
28:21Lots of gold rings here with semi-precious stones in.
28:25Looks like a proper treasure trove.
28:28They're all gold.
28:30And when we get back, we'll be able to use a gem tester to see if they're real diamonds or rubies.
28:37He's hoping.
28:39Beautiful pieces.
28:41Right, Charlotte, come on, then.
28:43What's the jewellery like?
28:44We've got some lovely bits here.
28:46Yeah?
28:47So she's got lots of beautiful rings, but I think this is the star one right here.
28:50It's the sparkler, isn't it?
28:51Yeah.
28:52Five-stone diamond ring.
28:53Nice ring, though, isn't it?
28:54It's beautiful.
28:55Have you tried it on?
28:56I have.
28:57I personally feel, though, that you shouldn't buy your own diamonds.
29:01I hope you're not hinting that you need diamonds in your bonus this month or something.
29:04No, okay, right, fine.
29:06So there's the four C's that relate to diamonds, which are?
29:10We have carrot, cut, clarity and colour.
29:14Excellent.
29:15Yep.
29:16When it comes to diamonds, carrots are a measure of weight.
29:19One carrot equals about 200 milligrams.
29:22For gold, carrot is a measure of purity.
29:25So how much is this worth, Angus?
29:26I mean, we're probably 1,000 to 1,500, something like that.
29:30Yeah.
29:31Generally speaking, it's 1,000 pound a carrot.
29:32Mm-hmm.
29:33Good ring.
29:34Well, that could be the star of the day, though, Charlotte.
29:35I think so.
29:36Woo-hoo!
29:37Yeah, that diamond ring, that belonged to my mum.
29:40Well, you've never worn it, have you?
29:41Yes.
29:42I've worn it a couple of times, but a long time ago, but I'm just too scared of losing it.
29:46Maybe it's time it went if I'm just going to keep it locked away in a cupboard.
29:49Makes sense, Rosemary.
29:51Tell you what, Charlotte, it's taking me back to my childhood.
29:53What have we got?
29:54Hedgehog Mega Drive.
29:56And then, look, Nick and Jack are definitely going to love these.
29:59Yeah.
30:00All these old games, look.
30:01Oh, wow.
30:02Like handhelds.
30:03Game & Watch, they were really popular.
30:04They're really collectible now.
30:05The first handheld games console, Mattel's Auto Race, powered up in 1976.
30:11Nintendo's Game & Watch followed in 1980, but Angus has also found a rather rare version
30:18of Space Invaders, launched by Bandai in 1979, called...
30:23Missile Invader.
30:25The Game & Watch, Missile Invader and other handheld consoles will make a dream lot for a retro
30:31gamer.
30:32I think they'll be happy with this lot.
30:33Nice.
30:34Over the next three hours, Angus chooses pieces from Rosemary and Derek's house that he thinks
30:40will make big money at auction.
30:42Derek's music, right?
30:44Including a vintage Vox Amp that could rock bids between £50 and £80 at auction.
30:51You OK?
30:53If everything sells, what's the plan for the proceeds?
30:57Ten years after I lost my parents, sadly, my brother died of leukaemia.
31:02He had a young family.
31:04At the time, they were only children, but now they're grown up and they've got their own
31:09family.
31:10So what I'd like to do, if I can sell the things that would have been mine and my brother's,
31:14and then treat their family, treat them probably to a meal out somewhere.
31:19What about you, Derek?
31:20I've been a builder all my life, but recently I've retired.
31:24So hopefully now, we'll landscape the front garden.
31:27That's this year's summer project.
31:29No pressure then, team.
31:31Wonderful.
31:32Charlotte, you couldn't do me a favour, could you?
31:34Beam me up, Scotty.
31:35Beat you up?
31:36Beam me up.
31:37Star Trek, that's what he says.
31:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:40Let the tail lift.
31:41Oh, oh.
31:42Yeah.
31:43Right.
31:44Do you know, you've got a great way of making me feel really old.
31:48As old as that furniture?
31:51Do you like Urcol?
31:52Yeah.
31:53A classic, an absolute classic.
31:54Yeah.
31:55Most people know Urcol is a British company founded in 1920 by Italian immigrant Lucien Urcolani.
32:03But did you know Urcol switched from producing furniture during the Second World War to focus
32:08on supporting the war effort, at one point supplying 25,000 wooden tent pegs a day?
32:14Good things and good sellers.
32:16We can always sell Urcol, particularly if it's this light elm.
32:19This Urcol drinks cabinet was made in the mid-70s and could fetch between 120 and 180 pounds at auction.
32:27Anyway, I'll get it on the van.
32:29And with that...
32:31We are all done, Charlotte.
32:33Lovely.
32:34Yeah.
32:35And then it's five hours north.
32:36Road trip.
32:37Whose turn is it, Fry Spy?
32:38I think it's yours.
32:39Okay.
32:40I spy something in with Y.
32:42Yorkshire!
32:43Yorkshire!
32:44Yorkshire!
32:45Yorkshire!
32:46Some tad please, Angus.
32:47We haven't left Essex yet.
32:49So, we've got everything on that we can do something with.
32:52Wow.
32:53And all the furniture's gone, apart from the table.
32:55Oh, I cannot thank you enough.
32:57Yes.
32:58Thank you very much.
32:59Well, that's all right.
33:00We haven't sold it yet.
33:01We'll hit the road and we'll see you on sale though.
33:02Okay, safe journey.
33:03Thanks.
33:04Bye.
33:05Thanks very much.
33:06Bye.
33:07Well, that went well.
33:08I thought it went really well.
33:09I was surprised at the amount of things that Angus was interested in and took away.
33:13Which is fantastic.
33:14Because I wanted to go to people that appreciate it and I just don't want it to be here anymore.
33:19And hopefully, it'll all go really well at the auction.
33:23Yeah, looking forward to that.
33:24Yeah.
33:25It's going to be exciting.
33:26Yeah.
33:27Well, it's been a good day.
33:28You know, we've got an interesting, very mixed load.
33:30You know, we've got from Urko furniture to jewellery, all sorts.
33:33So, a bit of work back at the sale room sorting everything out and getting it lotted.
33:37I know it's not really about the money for them, but hopefully we can get a reasonable summer auction that really sort of helps with a few things for the family.
33:45Right, Charlotte.
33:46Let's go.
33:47Yeah.
33:48Let's hit the road.
33:49Here's hoping it'll be a case of I spy with my little eyes something beginning with Humongous Piles of Cash on auction day, Angus.
33:58Hi, Angus.
33:59How are you doing?
34:00Oh, you all right, Sammy?
34:01Yeah, good, thank you.
34:02Yeah, good.
34:03Where have you been today?
34:04Did a job in South Woodham, Ferris.
34:19Lovely.
34:20Sounds nice.
34:21Southend.
34:22Did you go to the beach?
34:23No, but he did spend five hours on the M1.
34:25Nothing too big.
34:26No, a mixture.
34:27Real mixture.
34:28There are upwards of 50 items that will now all need to be processed, lotted up and entered into the online auction catalogue at least one week before sale day.
34:38Wonderful.
34:39Cheers, Sammy.
34:41Cheers, mate.
34:42Take care.
34:43This stood out to me straight away.
34:48As usual, it hasn't taken Charlotte long to find the jewellery.
34:52Silver and goulosch enamel, so that's when the silver has a design carved into it and then the enamel is poured on top, which creates this effect.
35:02It's really well made and it's obviously very Danish in design.
35:05And the designer, Volmer Barna, he's making jewellery between 1962 and 1988.
35:11Took a lot of inspiration from the Danish countryside, so a lot of his motifs include leaves and animals.
35:18There is a little bit of damage.
35:20However, overall it is in relatively good condition.
35:23Charlotte will put an estimate of 150 to 250 on this lot that includes the necklace, bracelet, earrings and brooch.
35:32They'll join another 15 lots of jewellery in the sale, including this 22-carat gold wedding band and a Victorian sovereign on a 9-carat gold chain.
35:41Well, we're here and the sun's shining. Let's hope that's a good omen.
35:53I hope so.
35:54Morning.
35:55Morning.
35:56Welcome to Yorkshire.
35:57How are we doing?
35:58Yeah, good.
35:59Yeah, excited.
36:00I think we're going to be in for a good one today.
36:01Yeah, it's great.
36:02It's great.
36:03Any particular items you're excited about?
36:05The jewellery, my mum's ring.
36:07Yes.
36:08We've had a lot of jewellery viewers, so...
36:09Good.
36:10Yeah, I think we should be alright.
36:11I said you were the man.
36:12Yeah, definitely.
36:13Right.
36:14No pressure.
36:15But why don't you come on in and have a look round?
36:16Yeah, that's great.
36:17Thanks.
36:18The sale room's just straight through and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
36:20That's great.
36:21Okay, thanks.
36:22Thanks.
36:23Wow.
36:24So much stuff.
36:26Wow.
36:27There's my mum's ring.
36:29I'm sad to be letting it go.
36:31We've got the jewellery, some good jewellery, including that ring of her mum's, which is a really good ring.
36:35That's probably the bit that means the most to us, so I'm hoping we get a good result on that.
36:39Is it a drinks cabinet?
36:40I'm not sure.
36:41Bureau?
36:42It's a bureau, isn't it?
36:4320-odd years we've had it, used it in our dining room, but...
36:45Yeah.
36:46We need a bit more space now.
36:47But it's solid.
36:48Yeah.
36:49I think across the board they've got a few interesting bits and we should end up with a, hopefully, a reasonable overall result.
36:54I'm really looking forward to this.
36:56This is going to be something different.
36:58It feels a bit strange seeing all my things here now, but I think it was more emotional letting it go from the house.
37:03I think it might be harder when you see people and the gavel goes down and you know it's gone.
37:09That's true.
37:10Angus's gavel's going to be working overtime because there's a good turnout today and there are 58 lots of Derek and Rosemary's things.
37:19Hopefully these keen eye collectors can be tempted into some big bids by Sophie's on point portering.
37:26Joe's covering the phones, Jasper and Charlotte have fired up their monitors ready to receive online bids and Angus is all set to go.
37:37Here we go.
37:38Oh my God.
37:39Have you got a cocktail in there or something, Charlotte?
37:41It looks very fancy.
37:42Don't be daft, Angus.
37:43It's a fortifying cup of tea.
37:46Now let's kick things off with that Swiss desk clock.
37:50That's a nice thing is that there.
37:52Got a phone line on this one as well.
37:53There we go.
37:54We can go straight in at 180.
37:56We'll start at 180 on commission.
37:57At 180, 190.
37:59190 and bid at 190.
38:00At 190.
38:01200.
38:02200 and bid at 200.
38:03At £200 and bid at 210 here.
38:04At 210.
38:05At 220.
38:06220.
38:07230.
38:08230 and bid at 230.
38:09240.
38:10Commission bids out.
38:11It's online now at 240.
38:12Commissions are out.
38:13At 240.
38:14We've got a phone waiting at 240.
38:15250, Joe.
38:16250 on the phone.
38:17260.
38:18270.
38:19270.
38:20280.
38:21290.
38:22Phone at 290.
38:23Round it up for me.
38:24300.
38:25300.
38:27320.
38:28320 on the phone.
38:30It's exciting, isn't it?
38:31Come on.
38:33At 320.
38:34It's with the phone.
38:35340.
38:36360.
38:38Phone's out.
38:39At 340.
38:40It is that I'm going to sell.
38:41Gabble up.
38:42At 340.
38:43A timely bid wins the clock that was passed down to a younger Derek.
38:48Oh, Patricia would be really happy about it if she was here.
38:51Rock and roll now.
38:52The Vox amp.
38:53Ah, there we go.
38:54Where should we be for this one?
38:55£30 for it.
38:56£30, Tommy, for the Vox.
38:5830 bid.
38:59£30 a bid at 30.
39:00Then at 30 pounds at 30.
39:01Too many worries it now.
39:02At 30 pounds.
39:03The only bid I've got at 30.
39:04At 30 pounds at 30.
39:05All done.
39:06For the amp.
39:07At 30.
39:10Not quite going up to 11.
39:11Are you happy with that?
39:12Yeah.
39:13But Derek's happy.
39:14And maybe the retro games consoles will get a high score.
39:18Oh, this is a good lot.
39:20Yes.
39:21Where should we be for this?
39:22And...
39:23Let's go.
39:24£28, £32, £58.
39:25£38, £48, £40.
39:26£40, a bit of £40.
39:27It is then at £40, a bit of £40.
39:28£40, £42, £5.
39:29£45, it is then at £45.
39:31£8, anywhere is it now?
39:32A bit of £45, £45.
39:34They get their estimate.
39:37Bye-bye.
39:38Bye-bye.
39:39Let's hope the 70's furniture does well.
39:43The Urcole cabinet.
39:44There we go.
39:45Sort of drinks cabinet.
39:46Where should we be?
39:47We've got £70 bid.
39:48£70 bid.
39:49Opening bid at £70.
39:50£75, £75, £80.
39:51£80 a bid.
39:52Then at £80 it is.
39:53Then at £85, £95, £95.
39:55Round it up for me at £95.
39:56£100, thank you.
39:57At £100 a bid.
39:58Then at £100, we're all done.
39:59£10, thank you.
40:00£110, £110.
40:01Fresh bidder coming in now.
40:02£120, £120 it is.
40:03At £120 it is.
40:04Now £120 I'm selling then.
40:05At £120, cobbles up.
40:06At £120.
40:07Surprise.
40:08Over to the Danish jewellery.
40:09Look at that.
40:10That's quite something.
40:11The enamel necklace there.
40:12£100 start me.
40:13£100.
40:14The Danish silver.
40:15Bid.
40:16£100 and bid at £100 it is.
40:17Then at £100 it is.
40:18Then at £100.
40:19Let's go now.
40:20At £100 it is.
40:21Then at £100 it is.
40:22Let's go now.
40:23Let's go now.
40:24At £100 I've got interest on both platforms.
40:25£110, £10, £10 it is.
40:26Then at £110.
40:27£120, £130, £140.
40:28At £140 it is.
40:29Then at £140.
40:30Lovely set.
40:31£150.
40:32I've got £150 here.
40:33Don't miss out now.
40:34£150.
40:35Danish and enamel.
40:36Silver.
40:37There we go.
40:38Where should we be?
40:39At £150 it is then.
40:40Lovely set there.
40:41Any advance.
40:42At £150 it is then.
40:43At £150.
40:44I'm selling.
40:45At £150.
40:46Sold.
40:47Very good.
40:48And there's more chaps.
40:50Over the next few minutes, Angus tears through the remaining lots including more of that jewellery like...
40:56At £410.
41:00A 22 carat wedding ring.
41:02At £480.
41:04A Victorian sovereign.
41:06At £260.
41:10And a gold pocket watch.
41:14I like it when it goes up like that.
41:16So do we.
41:17And there's still one lot left.
41:19Rosemary's mum's diamond ring.
41:21The 18 carat yellow gold and platinum five stone diamond ring.
41:25800 pounds Tommy.
41:26800 pounds Tommy.
41:27800 pounds at 800.
41:29Bid straight in on the net then at 800 pounds.
41:31828.
41:322840.
41:3360.
41:34900.
41:35900 around.
41:36Good ring is this at 900.
41:37920.
41:38940.
41:39980.
41:40And 50.
41:411100.
41:421100.
41:431100 pounds is the bid.
41:4450.
41:451150.
41:471150.
41:481200.
41:491250.
41:501250.
41:511300.
41:52At 1300 pounds it is.
41:531350.
41:55Round it up to 1400 for me surely.
41:56Two of you there.
41:57At 1350.
41:58Anybody in the room.
41:59At 1350.
42:00We're all done for the ring.
42:01I'm going to sell.
42:02At 1350.
42:03Yes.
42:04Four figures.
42:05Wow.
42:06It's good.
42:07Yeah.
42:08It's good.
42:09It's good.
42:10It is good.
42:11Rosemary was hoping for enough to take her nephews and nieces out for a family meal.
42:18And Derek wanted enough to fix up the garden.
42:22So.
42:23Hello.
42:24Hello.
42:25Hello.
42:26Are we all right?
42:27Yeah.
42:28It was good thanks.
42:29We were very very animated.
42:30Well you know.
42:31I like this bit and I was going to say if you want an apprentice I'm up for it.
42:34It went all right.
42:36Yeah it went all right.
42:37Any particular lot that sort of stood out for you?
42:40Aunty Trish's clock.
42:41Aunty Trish's clock.
42:42Aunty Trish's clock.
42:43And some of some.
42:44The lovely Jaeger Mantepo.
42:45Yeah.
42:46We had a phone line on that as well which was good.
42:48Yeah.
42:49So after fees and everything you'll be taking home £5,140.
42:53Ooh.
42:54Well.
42:55That's good.
42:56Thanks very much.
42:57It was great.
42:58It was an absolute pleasure.
42:59The bottom line was amazing.
43:01I just didn't expect it to go over £2,000.
43:04To come out with over £5, that's amazing.
43:07We built our own house and the only thing that's left to finish is the front garden.
43:12Needs landscaping.
43:13I'll put some towards the garden.
43:14Maybe a few grass seeds.
43:16If he needs them.
43:17I think we had a really good result.
43:20Jewelry was strong.
43:21So well her mum's ring which was the star of the job really sold well.
43:25There was a lot of competition for that.
43:27So yeah I think they're going home happy.
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