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The Yorkshire Auction House (2021) Season 6 Episode 4- Clocked & Loaded Auction
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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...
00:27..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?
00:44Not too bad.
00:46..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52..and family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction? That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58..then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03..and his gift of the gavel...
01:05..at 1,550.
01:07You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:09..he delivers a fantastic...
01:11..2,000 pounds.
01:13..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh!
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:30That one's Birmingham, I think.
01:32This one's Birmingham as well.
01:33That might be a London one.
01:34I think it's a nice little collection.
01:36Treasures are the lifeblood of the Yorkshire auction house,
01:40and the search for them is a never-ending one.
01:43Right, where are we off to, then, Angus?
01:45Well, we're staying within Yorkshire,
01:47but we're heading west.
01:48We're off to Ilkley.
01:49Ilkley Moor Bartat.
01:51Yep.
01:52Famous, the unofficial national anthem of Yorkshire.
01:54What does it actually mean, though, Angus Bartat?
01:57Do you know?
01:58It means being on the moors without a hat, Nick.
02:01Well, if you don't know...
02:02Can't give the secrets away.
02:04..waiting to meet the boys are roofer Sean
02:07and his wife, financial services worker Charlotte.
02:10We met about 16 years ago in a local pub.
02:14We just hit it off.
02:15We've really both got a positive attitude to life
02:17and I just really liked that about him.
02:19He's always laughing.
02:21Loved a smile.
02:22Just a strong woman.
02:24I like that.
02:25It's very good.
02:26Very spontaneous.
02:27We got married in 2020.
02:29We eloped.
02:31Just both of us,
02:32which is quite a shock for Charlotte,
02:33because she's a very planned person.
02:36Yeah, it was spontaneous.
02:39It should be a good day.
02:40A real mixture.
02:41Just having a good fin out.
02:43A lot of things that I think were Charlotte's mother's.
02:46I'm going to get an attic this time.
02:48We've avoided attics for quite a while, haven't we?
02:50Well, yeah.
02:51That'll happen sooner or later.
02:52How did you guess, Nick?
02:54Charlotte has an attic full of things for you and Angus
02:57to take a look at.
02:58My mum was a nurse originally,
03:00but she'd always had an interest in antiques.
03:02So, in about 1990, I think, she opened her first antique shop.
03:06She did auctions there as well.
03:09Known as Bunty, Charlotte's mum ran a shop in nearby town Otley.
03:13It might have been 20, 25 years that she ran that antiques business,
03:17but then her health started declining,
03:19and then, sadly, she got diagnosed with lung cancer.
03:22When her health was poor,
03:23she was finding it too overwhelming to try and just deal with everything.
03:26So, all the items from the shop eventually all came here.
03:29She's put,
03:31I like to feel that I deal in memories.
03:33I want us to try, as we look at these things,
03:35to see the people behind them.
03:36Moments of beauty preserved for us.
03:39It's a bit like she's here, sort of here with us.
03:41Yeah.
03:42I think she'll be glad that I found that, anyway.
03:44Yeah, definitely.
03:49I've had my mum's things for about nine years now,
03:53since she passed away.
03:54So, I think now's the right time to deal with my mum's stuff
03:57and move on.
04:03Must be this one on the left.
04:09It's a nice house, isn't it?
04:13Yeah, lovely.
04:19Angus, hi.
04:20Morning, I brought Nick with me today.
04:21Hi, Nick, good to see you.
04:22Well, come in.
04:23Thank you very much.
04:31So, Angus, Nick, this is my husband, Sean.
04:32Hi, how are you doing?
04:33Your eyes?
04:34What a fantastic spot you're in.
04:36We like it.
04:37How is it that we can help today?
04:39So, it's mainly, I've inherited my mum's stuff.
04:42That's why we thought, do you know what, we need some help.
04:44We need the mum.
04:45We need Angus.
04:46We need Angus.
04:47No pressure.
04:48We need Angus.
04:49Sean and Charlotte's semi-detached 1950s home
04:53has a reception room and four bedrooms to explore.
04:56Not forgetting that loft you were hoping for, Nick.
04:59Finally a loft.
05:00Yes.
05:01Yes.
05:02Great.
05:03I'll go up the loft, Nick.
05:04Do you want to make a start on the rooms?
05:05Yeah.
05:06Perfect.
05:07Right.
05:08Up we go.
05:09I like this loft.
05:10We can stand up.
05:11Yeah.
05:12There's carpet and everything.
05:13Yeah.
05:14So, these are the boxes with my mum's stuff.
05:16Okay.
05:17We've got all sorts in here.
05:18Looks like lots of interesting boxes.
05:19I mean, that's nice.
05:20Oh, Lusitania medal.
05:21Lusitania was a passenger ship and it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915.
05:28It was actually sailing back from America and was sunk just off the coast of Ireland.
05:32During World War One, the German Navy attempted to impose a naval blockade on the UK by using U-boats to sink both military and civilian ships.
05:41While in other cases, crews and passengers were given time to board lifeboats, the Lusitania quickly sank after being fired on without warning and almost 1,200 people lost their lives.
05:52The medal was designed by a German artist.
05:55So, in Germany, you can see all the passengers boarding and a sort of figure of death there selling the tickets.
06:00The Germans argued it was a legitimate military target, but it was picked up by the Allies as a call to arms piece.
06:06You know, look what they've done, civilians.
06:08These were all copied and sold over here.
06:10This is one of around 300,000 British copies of that original German medal, used here as propaganda to highlight the atrocity committed by the enemy.
06:20There's a real rallying point against Germany. They do crop up. It's nice that it's got its box with it.
06:25A phenomenal piece of important history from the First World War.
06:29The Lusitania medal will go in a group lot with some other 19th and 20th century commemorative medallions.
06:35So, really, sort of all of this, you're happy for me to go through and see what we can take?
06:39Yeah.
06:40Brilliant. Well, leave me to it and I'll see what we can rustle up.
06:43So, what's your first impression, Angus?
06:45There's a real mix of items. That's just a case of getting it all out, loaded.
06:49And seeing what we find, but it looks promising.
06:53It's not all antiques up here, either.
06:56Nick?
06:57Yeah?
06:58There's a few bits you'll like.
07:00What have we got?
07:01Wow.
07:02It's either a power drill or a game thing.
07:06I think this goes with it.
07:08OK, cool. Yeah, Super Nintendo.
07:10Early 1990s.
07:14It's discoloured a little bit, but it's a really iconic thing.
07:18If it works with a few games, they've got to be worth £60, £100 sell on the day.
07:23Also squirrelled away in the loft is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer that belonged to Charlotte's mum.
07:29Launched in 1982, it was one of the most popular British PCs with over 5 million units sold.
07:35It will go in a group lot with some other vintage electronics.
07:39Things are slowly adding up. What are the plans if Angus makes a big pile of cash?
07:45Sean's always talked about doing something more artistic.
07:48So, although he's a fantastic roofer, it can be quite a challenging job to do.
07:52Three years ago, I got a perforated bowel, so a bit of a shocker for everyone.
07:58When I was finally able to walk about, I started tinkering around in the garden, cutting slates.
08:05Then showing Charlotte, what do you think of this?
08:07You're so enthusiastic whenever you've done a sculpture.
08:10You just love it, don't you?
08:11And as I'm getting older, you know, your body doesn't want to be doing that forever.
08:16Whereas sculpting, fantastic.
08:19So any money that we get could really help, I think, just launch this into a proper business.
08:25Oh, God!
08:28You're at work!
08:29Oh!
08:30And you literally just do these with these handles?
08:31Yeah.
08:32And blood, sweat and tears.
08:34Yeah, I started off with my chest pieces, then made like a water fixture for the garden.
08:40And how many hours would you have to put into something like that?
08:42So that is full eight hours chopping away to make that.
08:44I think you're definitely onto something.
08:46Are you happy for us to try some of these?
08:47I'd love to.
08:48What better way to test the market for Sean's new business than to sell some of his pieces at auction?
08:54The heart, the head, and these multi-sided shapes that will be sold as a pair.
09:00They're heavy, aren't they?
09:01The S of A.
09:02Yeah.
09:03Nick!
09:04Yeah!
09:05Oh, dear.
09:06You're going to earn your dinner loading these, that's for sure.
09:09Well, it's manageable.
09:11Now, what else?
09:12OK.
09:13It can be a bit overwhelming walking here.
09:18We've got boxes and boxes of what we call ephemera.
09:21Now, ephemera is sort of collections of paperwork, if you like.
09:25Most of this relates to a company called Walkers, who were a Yorkshire-based printing company, very prominent in the 19th century.
09:31Walker and Sons became a key player in the printing industry by adopting the Wharfdale printing press.
09:38Pioneered in Otley in the 1850s, he used a rolling cylinder rather than a flat printing plate, making it more efficient.
09:46Charlotte's mum acquired all these pamphlets and children's books decades ago when she did a clearance job for the company.
09:52We're going to sort through all of this, but, you know, a really, really nice collection of interesting local history.
09:59Jack's going to be busy.
10:00Ah, Jack, the auction house book nerd.
10:03He will love going through these 15 boxes.
10:10Great view up there.
10:11If I only had a telescope.
10:12Ha-ha!
10:13But I do.
10:14And, actually, this is quite nice.
10:15See, looking at the style of it, this looks very much, to me, sort of World War I period.
10:20This sort of brown leather is very much sort of in keeping with sort of military issue, but banded in the tan leather, brown leather, to keep it uniform.
10:28And this is a one, two, three, four-draw telescope.
10:35Telescopes like this were issued by the British Army during World War I to allow snipers to strike targets from miles away
10:42and to aid visual communication between signallers on the battlefield.
10:47It's an important piece of optic history.
10:50Sort of 50 to 100 pounds for that.
10:52It's a nice telescope.
10:53I spy with my little eye, a nice little earner.
10:57Over the next hour, Angus and Nick load up everything else in Charlotte's mum's collection that's saleable at auction,
11:04including five more boxes of ephemera and a stash of silver coins, ranging in age from the sixties to the twentieth century.
11:12Right, so just have a little look upstairs again, so anything else, but I think that's it.
11:16Until they are done for the day.
11:18Oh wow.
11:23Oh my God, look at all the space.
11:26Oh my Lord.
11:28Wow.
11:29We've got just about everything gone, a couple of bits left, but you've got your floor back.
11:34Wow.
11:35Yeah.
11:36I can't believe how much space there is.
11:37Wow.
11:38So how are we feeling now that it's all gone?
11:40It really gives me reassurance that it's being dealt with properly and how she would have wanted.
11:45So, and I think it was time.
11:48It was time for the things to move on.
11:50So I think she would have loved the fact that we've done it in this way.
11:52Yeah.
11:53Yeah.
11:54So thank you.
11:55That's no problem at all.
11:56Brilliant.
11:57We'll get it all back to the sale room and we'll see you on sale then.
11:58Brilliant.
11:59Thank you very much.
12:00Bye now.
12:01My Lord.
12:02Wow.
12:03Look at the dance floor.
12:05There's so much space.
12:07It's an interesting one.
12:08We've got Sean's slate sculptures and I absolutely love them.
12:11I think they're beautiful.
12:12They're very decorative.
12:14Can we get them to sell?
12:16And then, you know, Charlotte's items.
12:18We've got all the mom's items and a huge collection of ephemera.
12:21Is it a massive bulk lot and not a lot of money or is there going to be some gems in there?
12:25So it's a hard one to sort of pitch how well this job's going to do.
12:30Yes.
12:31That ephemera is a pressing matter.
12:33And Sean might have slate expectations for his sculptures on auction day, Angus.
12:38Good luck.
12:55Hi, Mark.
12:56Hello, Charlotte.
12:57How are you?
12:58Good.
12:59Yes, he is.
13:00Oh, good.
13:01Value as Charlotte and Mark are doing the heavy lifting.
13:04Getting Charlotte and Sean's things off the van.
13:08So the team can start getting them ready for auction.
13:14It's up to Jack to take on the biggest job and get it ready for sale day.
13:19Those 20 boxes of material from Walker and Sons printers.
13:23They did quite a lot of these children books around the sort of pre-war period, just after the war.
13:29So what these are?
13:30These are pen and ink sketches done for the stories.
13:33And then they would publish these in the books.
13:35Yeah.
13:36All these ones here are done by a gentleman called Arthur Mansbridge, who died in 1963.
13:42He seems to have done a lot of classic folk tales that he's retold.
13:45There's two lots here.
13:47Jack's grouped together one lot of Arthur Mansbridge's artwork for a book called Thumbelina retold for the little ones.
13:54And another lot of his illustrations for an equestrian themed children's book.
13:59I think they're lovely, aren't they?
14:00They've got great character to them.
14:01Hopefully they capture the imagination on the day and they do a good price.
14:05Yeah.
14:06It's two weeks until auction day.
14:08The team have divided Charlotte and Sean's things into 45 lots, 22 of which are that printing ephemera Jack's been tirelessly putting together.
14:18Now that's a nice one.
14:19That's quite a nice little design there.
14:22Lovely.
14:23So what is it?
14:24These are book plates or ex libris stickers.
14:27Effectively like a stamp of ownership.
14:30It would be glued into each individual book and saying this is whose it belongs to.
14:34Just like when you go into a library, there's a library stamp in it.
14:36The first book plate is thought to date back to the 1400s.
14:40And by the 19th and 20th century, those rich enough to have a library would personalise their books with a specially designed stamp or pasted label inside the cover.
14:50We had a coat of arms, the name, and sometimes the location where they were, be it a hall, a park or a castle.
14:58Not that many people collect book plates.
15:01I would put the two folders together and say 50 to 80 maybe run a good day.
15:07Another lot of ephemera to watch is this one of over 80 pen and ink illustrations for children's books published by Walker and Sons.
15:15That should get the bookworms wriggling.
15:22So how are you feeling about the auction?
15:24I just hope everything sells.
15:26What about you?
15:27What about your sculptures?
15:28I'm a bit nervous.
15:29But yeah, we'll see.
15:30Morning.
15:31Morning.
15:32We all right?
15:33Yeah.
15:34How are you?
15:35Good to see you.
15:36And how are we feeling?
15:37Nervous.
15:38Why?
15:39Well, I'm just scared that it's not going to sell.
15:41I'm just into it.
15:42Yeah, I am excited as well as nervous.
15:44Why don't you come on in and have a look round.
15:46Excellent.
15:48If you head on through, I'll catch up with you in a bit.
15:50Great.
15:52Thank you very much.
15:53Oh, wow.
15:54Auction.
15:55Oh, awesome.
15:56Oh!
15:57Sculptures.
15:58Oh, that's my favourite one, the hat.
16:01I think people were going to want to have one.
16:04Hopefully.
16:05Well, I want one.
16:06Yeah.
16:07It's a little bit different, this one, because on one hand we've got Sean's sculptures.
16:11I think they're wonderful and there's a lot of work that goes into them, but is the market
16:16there for them?
16:17And then, of course, Charlotte's items, particularly that collection of all the illustrations and
16:22publisher bits that were her mum's.
16:24And the market for that sort of thing isn't quite what it used to be, so we'll see how
16:29it goes.
16:30I wanted to be able to do it in this way.
16:32I think my mum would have approved of having it in an auction.
16:34Yeah, definitely.
16:35Oh, now we're here to see my sculptures.
16:36It's nerve-wracking, but really quite exciting.
16:39Well, you're in safe hands, Sean.
16:42We have eagle-eyed Millie and Jasper monitoring the internet bids, Sophie is acting as Porter,
16:49and Angus is ready to do what he does best.
16:52Good Yorkshire collection, is this?
16:54There we go.
16:55That's right.
16:56It's a nice lot, actually.
16:57Some good bits in here.
16:58First up is the Lusitania Medal, along with some other commemorative 19th and 20th century
17:03medallions.
17:04I can go straight in at 40 pounds on the book.
17:07That's a pre-arranged commission bid from someone not watching the auction.
17:1140 it is then at 40 pounds.
17:12Two, five, eight.
17:13Let's go.
17:1450, 50 bid.
17:1555, 55.
17:16And there's no shortage of interest online.
17:18I've got three of you.
17:1960, 60 in bid.
17:2065, 70, 70 pound a bid.
17:2175, 75, 80.
17:2280 pound a bid at 85 it is.
17:2490 bid.
17:2595 and 100 at 100.
17:27100 pound a bid at 100.
17:28110.
17:29110 in bid at 110 it is.
17:30120, 120.
17:31We're still climbing at 120, 130.
17:33130 in bid at 130.
17:34140, 140, 150.
17:35160, 160 it is.
17:37170, 170, 180 it is.
17:39190, 200, 200 in bid.
17:40210, 220 in bid.
17:4130, 40.
17:42240.
17:43At 240 pound it is then.
17:45240.
17:46We're all done.
17:47Galvan is up.
17:48I'm going to sell.
17:49240.
17:52A cracking start and way over estimate.
17:55Wow.
17:56Yeah, well done.
17:57Now Jack's book plates are up.
17:59There's the man himself.
18:00Wait, what's he doing here?
18:02Two folders containing a collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century Ex Libris stickers.
18:08These are wonderful.
18:10I think these are fantastic.
18:11I can go straight in at 50 pounds.
18:1250, a bid at 50 it is.
18:13Then at 50 pounds it is.
18:14Then at 50.
18:15At 50.
18:1655.
18:1755.
18:18Aha!
18:19He's bidding for himself.
18:2065.
18:2165 pound it is.
18:22Then at 65 pound.
18:23At 65 for the library stickers.
18:25All done.
18:26At 65.
18:28What a plot twist.
18:30Jack is taking them home.
18:32Better than sitting in the loft, isn't it?
18:33Wow.
18:34Yeah.
18:35Now he is hoping for some incredible results for Arthur Mansbridge's original pen and ink illustrations.
18:41First, it's the artwork for the equestrian-themed children's book.
18:45Fantastic collection there.
18:47Let's go straight in at 50, bid.
18:495, 60.
18:505, 65.
18:5170.
18:5270 pound a bid.
18:53That's 70.
18:54We're all done.
18:55That's 70 pounds.
18:57A happy ending for the first lot of Mansbridge illustrations.
19:01I just wanted it to sell to somebody who can appreciate it.
19:04And after selling the second Mansbridge lot, drawings from the book Thumbelina retold for
19:09the little ones.
19:1050 pounds.
19:1150 pounds.
19:12Angus moves on to the bumper collection of over 80 pen and ink illustrations for children's
19:20books published by Walker and Sons.
19:22This is a really good one.
19:24We're straight in at 260, 260 and bid at 260.
19:27Wow.
19:28That's a huge commission bid to start.
19:3070 is it now?
19:31270.
19:32280.
19:33290.
19:34300.
19:35320 it's at.
19:36320.
19:39A picture-perfect result.
19:41Brilliant.
19:42Me thinking it won't sell.
19:43And there's more to come, Charlotte.
19:45Over the next 45 minutes, Angus bashes his way through 36 more lots, including...
19:51260 pounds.
19:54The Super Nintendo with accessories.
19:56At 260.
19:59The Sinclair ZX Spectrum PC along with some other vintage electronic equipment.
20:05And...
20:06At 110.
20:07A lot of British silver coins ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.
20:14Awesome.
20:16Now it's Angus's fave.
20:18There we go.
20:19Nice rubber and brass four drawer telescope there.
20:2230 pounds start me.
20:2330 pounds.
20:2430 bid.
20:2630 pounds.
20:2732.
20:2832.
20:302, 5.
20:308.
20:3138 pound.
20:3238.
20:3348.
20:3442.
20:3642.
20:3742.
20:3842 pounds.
20:3942.
20:4042.
20:4142.
20:4242 pound, a bid at 42.
20:4342.
20:4442.
20:4552.
20:46Anybody advance now?
20:47Eight upstairs.
20:48It's time for the last three lots of the day,
20:51and for Sean to find out if anyone likes his sculptures.
20:55First, it's the slate head.
20:57These are from a very talented
20:59Yorkshire contemporary slate art sculptor.
21:03There we go. And we start with the head.
21:07Internet comes straight in at 150.
21:09At 150, that's cheap, let's go.
21:10150, 160, 160, 170, 180, 180, 180, 190, 200,
21:15200, 200 pound a bit at 200, 210, I've got 220.
21:18220, 230, 230.
21:20240, 240, 240, 250, 250 it is then at 250 it is then.
21:27I'm going to sell the slate head at 250 pound it is then at 250.
21:34Well done, Sean.
21:36That's your first Arkham sale, actually.
21:38First of many.
21:40Two right, Charlotte, because...
21:42Selling at 250.
21:45The heart sculpture sells for the same price.
21:48Wow. Can't believe it.
21:50But there's still one lot left.
21:52We've done these as a pair, the pair of...
21:54Icosahedron.
21:56Sorry?
21:57Icosahedrons.
21:58Icosahedrons, of course.
22:00Icosahedrons, obviously.
22:01That's a shape with 20 faces, if you're wondering.
22:04There we go, a pair of them, the matching pair there.
22:06300 pounds, timey, at 300 pounds, at 300.
22:08It's the pair of them, not for one, for two.
22:10At 300 pounds, we've all done at 300.
22:14Free 20.
22:15Ooh!
22:16Nick of time.
22:17Get the commission.
22:18Free 40 then, at 340 it is then at 340.
22:20Free 60, I've got free 80.
22:22At free 80 it is then at free 80.
22:24Don't miss out now, they'd look lovely with their heads sat in between them.
22:27400 is it now.
22:28I've got free 400, they're in.
22:29Commissions are out.
22:30At 400 pound it is then at 400.
22:32I'm going to sell at 400.
22:35Well, I think we can chalk that up as a massive success for Sean's sculptures.
22:40Thank you very much, 400.
22:43Excellent.
22:45Charlotte and Sean's lots have gone to new homes, leaving them with a clean slate.
22:50But exactly how much has Angus managed to raise for Sean's new business venture?
22:55I think nearly everything's solved.
23:05Hello.
23:06Hello.
23:07Are you alright?
23:08Yeah, good thank you.
23:09Yeah, how was that for you?
23:10Yeah, really good.
23:11Yeah, I feel really relieved.
23:12It kind of puts an end to that chapter now, doesn't it?
23:15And we can move on.
23:16I can't believe I won't be taking any sculptures home, which is great.
23:19It was a bit of a trial for you really, wasn't it?
23:21Yeah.
23:22Clearly a market there.
23:23Yeah.
23:24So I suppose I'd best tell you what you'd be taking home after fees.
23:27Yeah.
23:28£3,037.
23:29Oh, wow.
23:30Oh, my God.
23:31I didn't expect it to be that much at all.
23:33Thank you very much.
23:34Oh, you're very welcome.
23:35Brilliant.
23:37Amazing.
23:38I decided to make you a gavel.
23:39Oh, my word.
23:40Look at this.
23:41Look at this.
23:42Please don't use it like there.
23:43No.
23:44My word.
23:45Look at that.
23:46What brilliant is that?
23:47Yeah, I won't buy it.
23:48Oh, that is wonderful.
23:49Thank you so much.
23:52I'm really proud of you for those.
23:53Oh, thank you.
23:54I just feel like I can move on now.
23:56You know, it was a bit out of the ordinary to come and do it in this way.
23:59So I think she'd been really pleased.
24:00Yeah, your mum would be really pleased.
24:02Yeah.
24:03Yeah.
24:04She'd be pleased seeing me in an auction house.
24:05Yeah.
24:06Oh, really delighted with the results for Charlotte and Sean.
24:09I really hope his sculptures will sell well because they deserve to.
24:12Do you know what?
24:13It's been a great day today and I'm looking forward to seeing Sean's sculpting career blossom.
24:18Oh, left or right, Millie?
24:19Um, left.
24:20Trainee valuer Millie is acting as navigator on the way to Angus' latest mission.
24:35We're heading west today.
24:36We are.
24:37Yeah.
24:38Sun?
24:39You can get your sunglasses on.
24:40Yeah.
24:41Oh dear.
24:42Millie's made sure to pack her shades because today they're off to the Lancashire seaside
24:47town of Lytham St. Anne's.
24:49We literally can't live like this any longer.
24:52We need to get rid of the clocks, you know, before we can even think about putting the
24:56house up for sale.
24:57Waiting for Angus, with more than a little time on her hands, is health trainer Janice
25:02and her good friend Catherine.
25:04We've both worked together for many years and we've remained friends as well.
25:10We just get each other, don't we?
25:11We've both got quite a dark sense of humour.
25:13Yes.
25:14Yeah.
25:15Janice has lived in this house for the last ten years with her partner Sean, who
25:20is away working today.
25:21Sean and I have been together for 15 years.
25:25Between us, we've got six children who are all grown up now and we are waiting for
25:32the arrival of grandchild number seven.
25:34The house, being so close to the beach, was just ideal for us.
25:39There was so much, and there is so much to do with it.
25:42The couple had planned for this to be their forever home, but a recent knee replacement
25:47operation for Sean caused them to have a change of heart.
25:51I think with Sean having been ill with his knee, it's kind of made us have a bit of a reality
25:58check that we are getting older and we need to be near a family with grandchildren as well.
26:04You know, we want to spend time with them.
26:07Once they have finished their current redecoration projects,
26:10Janice and Sean plan to sell up and downsize to a smaller home.
26:14That means saying goodbye to some of their possessions, including a timely but huge collection.
26:19We were gifted some clocks by Sean's dad.
26:28Some?
26:29He asked whether we would like the clocks, to which we said, yeah, that's fine.
26:34I hadn't actually realized that there would be 47 of them.
26:38This would drive me bonkers.
26:40Yeah.
26:41Yeah, it's been driving me bonkers for over a year.
26:45We need to get the decorating done.
26:47We can't, if we're having to shift 47 clocks from one room to another,
26:52we just need to be able to get rid of some of the stuff.
26:56And then we can start the next chapter of our lives together.
27:00Ah, here we are.
27:11Morning!
27:12Hello!
27:13Hi, Angus!
27:14How are you doing, you all right?
27:15And Millie I've brought with me today.
27:16Hi, Millie.
27:17Welcome.
27:18Would you like to come in?
27:19Thank you very much.
27:23Hi, how are you doing, you all right?
27:24Hello, I'm Catherine.
27:25Hi.
27:26Are you all good friends?
27:27Is that right?
27:28Yeah, very good friends.
27:29We've got a huge mix of things.
27:31But we're probably better off starting with the main one, the clocks.
27:34OK.
27:35Yep, those are definitely the main course for today.
27:39OK, I can see they've taken over a little bit, haven't they?
27:43Absolutely.
27:44They've taken over everywhere.
27:46Life just revolves around the clocks.
27:48But, you know, you just can't possibly enjoy all these clocks.
27:52No, and you've got a real selection.
27:53We've got mantel clocks, we've got obviously sort of grandfather type clocks.
27:57Wall clocks, these long ones on their back there, known as a Vienna clock.
28:00OK.
28:01Date back to the late 18th century, designed in Vienna, Austria.
28:04Invented in 1790 and known for its accuracy, the movement of a Vienna clock is powered by a number of weights suspended inside the case.
28:14Generally speaking, the more weights they have, the longer the clock will run for before you have to wind it up.
28:18Yeah.
28:19They've gone off in popularity to what they used to be, because people just don't have the houses filled, but there's still a market for them.
28:25Let's hope so, because there are three Vienna clocks for you to sell, Angus.
28:29We've got some toys and bits and bobs up in the loft.
28:33Leave it to me.
28:34I'll go rummage in the loft.
28:35Lofts?
28:36Why did it have to be lofts?
28:38Did you...
28:39I'm going up, I might.
28:40OK.
28:41You lost that battle, Angus.
28:43Be careful.
28:44Blimey.
28:45Say it like you mean it, Millie.
28:47You ready to catch?
28:48There's a few loose action men for you.
28:50The toys have all been saved from my children being small.
28:57I was quite a stickler for keeping the boxes.
29:01I have to admit the Furby is mine, and he used to come to work with me.
29:06That's another level, isn't it?
29:08Stingray and a Captain Scarlet.
29:11Thunderbirds.
29:12Oh, go!
29:14Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray were all science fiction TV series
29:19produced using marionettes and scale models by Gerry Anderson in the 1960s.
29:24Stingray, which is probably, out of all of them, a slightly lesser one,
29:28they had 39 episodes, came out in 1964.
29:31Is that it?
29:32That's the...
29:33Yeah, that's Stingray.
29:34I mean, look at that.
29:35I mean, that is cool, isn't it?
29:36It is cool, I quite like that.
29:37These are relatively late ones, 90s.
29:3992, this one was made by Matchbox.
29:41There's certainly a following for them.
29:43All the Gerry Anderson series models will be grouped together as one lot.
29:48While Millie gets the 15 boxes of old toys loaded on the van,
29:53I think it's time to face all those clocks, Angus.
29:56This is an Edwardian mantel clock that would have sat probably on a fireplace.
30:00Columns of it look sort of Georgian in its style,
30:02but this sort of inlay here is sort of typical Edwardian.
30:05This one has got a German movement in it,
30:07but then you might have somebody over here that makes the case
30:10and just fits them together.
30:12This bit here is where the pendulum would have sat,
30:14and that regulates the time.
30:16It's got a chimer on it.
30:17There we go.
30:18And you'd wind this up,
30:20but not everybody wants a clock that you have to physically wind up.
30:24It's an attractive piece, but realistically, it's 30 to 50.
30:28It's that sort of region.
30:30Over the next hour, Angus and Millie load the 47 clocks
30:34of all shapes and sizes on the van.
30:37Grab the bottom again.
30:38That'll be wonderful.
30:39There's still plenty space for more, though.
30:42Found something.
30:43Have you?
30:44Oh, is it Ladro?
30:45Yeah, it's some Naio mermaids.
30:46Ah, Naio.
30:47I mean, they're both spun.
30:49Go on, you tell me, Millie, you tell me.
30:51Ooh, a test.
30:52Naio is owned by the brand Ladro.
30:55A Valencia-based brand.
30:57Ladro was founded in 1953.
30:59The Naio brand is 1982.
31:02A star, Millie.
31:04Ladro was always seen slightly better,
31:06more at market pricier than Naio,
31:09but nevertheless, it was hugely popular.
31:12I think the mermaids are something you see quite a bit.
31:14There's a few pieces in there, isn't there?
31:16Yeah.
31:17Probably a little group lot of the Naio.
31:18Yeah, a nice lot, and they always tend to do pretty well.
31:20Who thought we'd come to the seaside and get a mermaid?
31:22I know, who would have thought?
31:23Hopefully someone shells out for them,
31:25as a few quid would come in handy for Janice.
31:28Lending money wasted at auction will go towards us
31:31finishing off the decorating in the bathrooms
31:34to be able for us to put the house up for sale.
31:37Yikes, I hate to be a Debbie Downer,
31:39but we haven't really found any heavy hitters yet.
31:42Lovely summer house.
31:44So what's to go in here?
31:45We've got the boat bar.
31:47My word, that's a blast from the past, isn't it?
31:51That's Sean's pride and joy.
31:52Right.
31:53We won't have the room, hopefully if we downsize.
31:56Named Cocktail Boy,
31:57the bar was made by London company Bargett in the 1950s.
32:01They're very much of their age, aren't they?
32:03You know, slightly sort of...
32:04Kitch is the right word, I think?
32:06Yeah.
32:07They do sell.
32:08Huge value, sort of 70 to 100, something like that.
32:11On a really good day, maybe a little bit more.
32:13It's not every day we put a boat in the back of the van,
32:15but we'll get the boat in.
32:16After some skilful manoeuvring...
32:18Hit an iceberg.
32:19...and the bar safely stowed...
32:21That's one boat in a van.
32:23...it's almost time for Angus and Millie to set sail.
32:26Come on through to your clockless room.
32:29Oh, my word.
32:31Wow.
32:32What a difference.
32:33This is what she needed.
32:35I can't believe the spurs.
32:36It feels so much better.
32:38Yeah.
32:39Erm, I feel we've actually made some progression
32:42and a step forward.
32:43Well, we'll hit the road and we'll see you on Selby.
32:46Oh, safe journey.
32:47Thank you so much.
32:48I'm really looking forward to auction day.
32:51To be able to see all those possessions
32:54being loved by someone else.
32:56And they're not in your house anymore.
32:57And they're not in my house anymore.
32:58Yeah, that's the bonus.
33:00This is going to really help Janice
33:02to carry on and get the building work done.
33:04I think that was really the task,
33:05about clearing space.
33:06Yes, if we can raise some funds all to the good.
33:09It's not going to be the highest value.
33:11Some of the clocks will struggle.
33:12The boat bar, it's quirky,
33:14but how many people want a boat bar in their house anymore?
33:17So it's not going to be an easy sell,
33:19but we shall endeavour to do our best.
33:21Your auctioneering better be second to none on sale day, Angus.
33:25Janice will be more than a bit ticked off
33:27if she has to take those clocks back.
33:42Now then, Millie got the van round for you.
33:44Yeah, thank you.
33:45Anything interesting?
33:46Lots of clocks.
33:47With Janice's things back at Kirby Moorside,
33:49Jack is helping with the unload.
33:51To you.
33:52It feels very Trickle Brothers.
33:54Everything will need to be researched,
33:56photographed and entered into the online catalogue
33:59before auction day in a few weeks' time.
34:03Thanks, Jack.
34:04No worries.
34:08Toy specialist Nick has found something
34:10that could have some pulling power for the bidders.
34:13Amongst the collection of toys
34:15was a collection of Power Rangers models.
34:18A hugely successful, popular series from the 1990s.
34:22It started in 93.
34:24Power Rangers was basically just a giant commercial for the toys.
34:27But, you know, the kids still loved the TV show
34:30and it did gain a special place in popular culture.
34:33They've not been played with very much
34:34because they're actually in really nice condition.
34:36I've split them up into two lots.
34:38I've put 60 to 100 on this.
34:40You've got White Tiger Zord
34:41with a few other bits and figures and so on.
34:44The other lot, 50 to 80, is not quite as much in it,
34:47but they're still nice condition models.
34:48They'll sell on auction day. They'll do well.
34:50All right, Nick. You can play with them now.
34:57Researching and lotting up all of Janice's clocks
34:59has been a time-consuming task for Angus.
35:02This one really does stand out
35:04compared to the rest of Janice's clocks.
35:05There's a bit more going on.
35:06You've got this very elaborate case.
35:08We've got shields here with lances
35:10and the coat of arms, things like that.
35:12So it's very baronial.
35:14The Victorians loved recreating armour and that sort of thing.
35:17During the Victorian era, there was a medieval revival
35:20that encompassed art, literature and design,
35:23drawing on romanticised stories of chivalrous knights
35:26and barons of the Middle Ages.
35:28This is kind of a little bit of a mismatch.
35:30It's been put together.
35:31It's probably late Victorian in its date.
35:33Certainly the movement is and the dial.
35:35And then we've got this case that's had a bit of TLC
35:38and bolted together with modern screws
35:40mounted on a modern piece of wood.
35:42We just put an estimate of £30 to £50 on this.
35:44The condition isn't great,
35:46but it is a little bit different from the standard
35:48oak mahogany case mantel clock that we see.
35:50With a total of 23 lots of clocks going in the sale,
35:53there's going to be a whole lot of time to kill on auction day.
35:57I'm a bit apprehensive.
36:03Yeah.
36:04But it'll be nice to see where the clocks go to.
36:07It'll be amazing.
36:08Good morning.
36:09How are we doing? Are you all right?
36:10Good morning.
36:11How are we feeling?
36:12Curious.
36:13Curious.
36:14Any particular bit that you're sort of worried about?
36:16I just don't want to take anything back.
36:19Yeah.
36:20You want it to sell.
36:22Some things will be more sought after than others,
36:24but, yeah, we'll be okay.
36:26Why don't you come on in?
36:27Oh, thank you.
36:29So the sale room's straight through
36:30and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
36:32Oh, wow.
36:34Gosh.
36:35Cool.
36:36Wow.
36:37Let's have a look over there.
36:38Yeah.
36:39Is that one of yours?
36:40I think so.
36:41Oh, there's more up here.
36:43This looks like clock heaven.
36:45They've got an interesting mix of items,
36:47but the clocks could be hard work.
36:49They look much better.
36:50Yes.
36:51Out in the open, don't they?
36:52Yeah.
36:53I think the one quirky star bit is the boat bar.
36:56I've had them before and they do sell well.
36:59I remember these.
37:00I had the good sense to de-clutter.
37:05Ultimately, Dennis just wants every lot to go.
37:07She doesn't want any lots back,
37:08so that's the challenge, to sell every lot
37:10and hopefully we get some good results as well.
37:12Exciting times.
37:14It's just about moving on and getting that move done.
37:19It's the moment of truth for Janice's 36 lots
37:22as it's almost time to start the sale.
37:25auction clerks Emma and Heather are ready
37:27and waiting to oversee all of today's internet bids
37:30and Jacob has donned the brown coat as porter for the day.
37:34Now we just need Angus to take to his rostrum
37:37and get things going.
37:39You want?
37:40Yeah?
37:41OK.
37:42Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
37:43Here we go on to this wonderful collection.
37:45First up, it's toys, starting with three Power Rangers figures.
37:49The Power Rangers, including Funda Megazord.
37:53I'm old enough to remember them when they were first out.
37:55£30, start me.
37:57£30, start me.
37:59Doesn't look like the Power Rangers fans are in today.
38:02£30 bid.
38:03At least one internet bidder is interested.
38:05£30 it is then at £30 at £30.
38:07Power Rangers.
38:08£32, £32, £32.
38:09That's how the song went.
38:10Go, go, Power Rangers.
38:11At £32.
38:12£32 a bit at £32 a bit at £32.
38:13Come on, I'm not the only one who remembers them.
38:15At £5, £5, £5, £38.
38:17£38 it is then at £38.
38:18We're going now.
38:19The Power Rangers are going at £38.
38:21Round it up for me.
38:22At £38.
38:23Go, go, Power Rangers.
38:24At £38.
38:2540.
38:26Round it up for me.
38:27At £38.
38:28I'm trying.
38:29At £38 it is then at £38.
38:32Not an epic start, but at least they sold.
38:37Fluminack.
38:38Hopefully the other Power Rangers lot of ten figures packs a bigger punch.
38:43Oh, now this is good.
38:45Including the White Tigerzord.
38:47We've got a lot of interest in these.
38:49We open at £60.
38:51It's a powerful commission bid to start.
38:54£65, £75.
38:55And the online bidders are joining in too.
38:58£85, £95, £100.
39:00£100 a bid.
39:01At £100 it is then.
39:02I'm going to sell then.
39:03At £100.
39:05That's more like it.
39:08That's amazing.
39:10Now there could be some strings attached to this next lot.
39:14A collection of Gerry Anderson theme models there.
39:16Playsets there including Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds etc.
39:20There we go.
39:21That's a great lot is this.
39:22£50, £55 a bid at £55 it is then at £55 a bid at £55.
39:26The Matchbox Thunderbirds there at £55 it is then at £55.
39:29Just two bids but they've met the estimate.
39:36Wow.
39:38Over the next ten minutes Angus flies through nine more lots from...
39:42At £30.
39:44The Furby along with 18 other cuddly toys to...
39:48At £35.
39:50The six neo-pottery figures including the three mermaids.
39:57That's right then.
39:58Right.
39:59Let's see if time is money.
40:01It's a lot of clocks today.
40:02They've got like a clock gallery up there.
40:04The first of the clocks is a 20th century Vienna wall clock along with another Vienna wall clock case.
40:10So then we've got bids coming in all over here.
40:1232, 5, 8, 40.
40:1440 pound a bid at 40 it is then at £40.
40:16There's two clock watchers on the internet.
40:1842, 5, 5, 5.
40:20At 45 it is then at £45.
40:23So for bang on the estimate.
40:25Oh wow.
40:27What's next?
40:28Oh my word, look at this.
40:30The Victorian medieval inspired mantel clock.
40:33This is something isn't it?
40:35Very baronial.
40:36We're at 22, 5, 8, 32, £52.
40:38A bid at 32, 35, 48, 40.
40:40Yep, £40 it is.
40:41At 42, thank you sir.
40:43Fresh bid in the room.
40:44Internet's now at 42 in the room.
40:45At 5, 5, 8 sir.
40:46Oh go on, you won't find another one of these.
40:48At 45 it is then at 45.
40:50I'll take six if it helps sir.
40:52At 46 he's in at £46.
40:53We'll get every pound out of them.
40:54Wow.
40:55At 46.
40:5647 is it now.
40:5846 it is.
41:00He's done it.
41:01It's always worth one more bid at 46.
41:03Sold to the room bidder.
41:05And that's the most ugliest clock.
41:075, 2, 9, 14.
41:08In half an hour, Angus winds his way through 21 more lots of clocks,
41:14including...
41:15At 25.
41:16The Edwardian inlaid mantel clock and...
41:20At 42.
41:21A 20th Century Mahogany long case clock.
41:24Wow.
41:25Good spelling.
41:27Bringing us to the last lot of the sale.
41:30Right, this is the lot you've all been waiting for.
41:33This is quite something.
41:35The 1950s cocktail cabinet in the form of a boat.
41:39These are quite sought after.
41:41My boat.
41:42Yeah.
41:43What do you think?
41:44Erm...
41:45I don't know.
41:46100.
41:47100 quid?
41:48OK.
41:49Well we're at 170.
41:50170, 170.
41:51A commission bid has blown your guests out of the water, Janice.
41:54170, 180.
41:55Now it's between two internet bidders.
41:58190.
41:59190 pounds for the boat bar.
42:01200 fresh bid at 200 pounds.
42:03200 at 200.
42:04We're all done.
42:05I'm going to sell away the boat at 200 pounds.
42:08All done at 200.
42:10The bar will be shipped off to an internet bidder in America.
42:14Wow.
42:15That's amazing.
42:16That was your last one, I know.
42:17Short but sweet.
42:18Angus has managed to sell all of Janice's things, freeing up space for those house renovations.
42:23But when it's all totted up, how much has everything made?
42:26Hello.
42:27Hey.
42:28How are we doing?
42:29Are you alright?
42:30Yeah.
42:31Some of the items, they're not the current market and therefore a bit of a struggle,
42:34but everything's gone.
42:36Yeah.
42:38You worked really, really hard for that.
42:39I do appreciate it.
42:40Well, I suppose I best tell you what you'll be taking home.
42:43Go on.
42:44After fish, 979 pounds.
42:46Come in.
42:47Wow.
42:48So, not quite a thousand, but very nearly.
42:49Yeah.
42:50Oh, that's a shock.
42:51Yeah.
42:52Wow.
42:53Oh, thank you.
42:54You did work hard.
42:55No, no, thank you very much.
42:57Yes, some of the clocks were a little bit of a struggle.
42:59We knew that would be the case, but they've gone.
43:00The boat bar, that was the one we had our expectations for.
43:04It's quirky.
43:05It's different.
43:06And it did.
43:07It sold well.
43:08You know, 200 pounds.
43:09So, I think good result all round.
43:10Janice is very happy.
43:11It was about moving those items on and you can't complain of a complete sellout.
43:15The amount of money is just unbelievable for what we've got hanging about in the dining
43:20room in the loft.
43:21I don't know now.
43:22I'd have probably got rid of them a lot earlier.
43:25It's just such a relief that all the clocks have sold and we're not taking any back home with
43:29us.
43:30Everyone can breathe easy, but they're not getting a clock for Christmas.
43:34Right?
43:35Don't you have to.
43:36You're jealous
43:36And you haven't got to follow it.
43:37I'm never joking with anything.
43:38You have to.
43:39You're optimistic about seeing.
43:40In any sense an achievement.
43:41Not that you've been.
43:42You had to.
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