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00:01This time at the auction house, a hidden royal collection.
00:05So what's in this blanket here?
00:07That's really special. Bloomers that belong to Queen Victoria.
00:10Music posters from the 60s.
00:12I have to jump to this one, the Rolling Stones.
00:15They are my favourite.
00:17Still making headlines.
00:19I would say £150, £200.
00:23And an 1800-year-old Roman Gorgon hidden in a farm.
00:27It's Medusa, yeah.
00:29Look at her eyes. Are you feeling it?
00:31You've turned to stone. It must be.
00:35£10,000!
00:36Ooh!
00:37£11,000!
00:38Sold!
00:39Close to the Derbyshire Dales is one of Britain's busiest auction houses.
00:44Hello, Ireland! Hello, America!
00:46Run by enthusiastic antique specialist Charles Hansen.
00:50Are they Art Laveau?
00:51He and his army of expert valuers...
00:54That one indicates that it's a true Harry Potter first issue.
00:58..examine thousands of treasures every year.
01:01I'm touching a garment that was worn by Queen Victoria.
01:04This carving is sumptuous.
01:06From the familiar...
01:07Whereabouts? Do you want this bike going then?
01:09It's amazing, absolutely lovely.
01:11..and unusual...
01:13Look at the movement and that!
01:15..to the phenomenal...
01:17This sculpture.
01:18This is something quite special.
01:20..every object has a story to tell.
01:23A vampire's blanket.
01:24Oh, my God!
01:25Ian's amazing!
01:26..from surprising revelations...
01:28..30,000 pounds around my neck.
01:30Antique luggage is really, really collectible.
01:32..to jaw-dropping hammer prices.
01:3520,000 pounds!
01:36We're in!
01:37Salt flag!
01:38Got to be pleased with that.
01:40There's nothing quite like an auction.
01:51It's the start of the day at Etwall HQ in Derbyshire.
01:54Morning, Helen.
01:56The heating's on.
01:57Nice and warm.
01:58All you need to do is put the kettle on.
02:00I've done the hard work.
02:01There you go.
02:02All right.
02:03Hans's auctioneers.
02:05Good morning.
02:06Let me see if I can find it for you.
02:08So...
02:09With an average of two auctions a week,
02:11the pressure is on to keep new items coming through the door.
02:14The auction business is really competitive
02:17and I always say to my team,
02:19when a client comes here,
02:20they may have been to three or four sell rooms already,
02:23having similar quotes.
02:25So winning business is really important.
02:31And today, Charles has hit the road,
02:32following a lead to try and secure
02:34what he hopes will be a right royal collection.
02:38I'm heading to the Isle of Wight
02:40to see Phil, who's overseeing his mum,
02:42Marilyn's lifetime collection of antiques.
02:45Apparently she was an antiques dealer
02:47on the island for 40 years.
02:50I thought it really caught my imagination
02:51when the phone call came in,
02:53it was very much my mother was a house clearer,
02:55but also she cleared houses in and around Osborne House.
02:59Of course, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight
03:02was Queen Victoria's most favoured home.
03:06So I'm really hoping to finding objects, belongings,
03:10possessions with a real personal link to Queen Victoria.
03:13My mother, Marilyn, has moved into a home,
03:17so we have to sell the house and all of its contents.
03:19It's a real mixture of stuff.
03:22She just sort of collected anything that was of value
03:24or that she really liked.
03:26It's quite an emotional thing, really.
03:30Mummy's saying goodbye to her collection.
03:40Good morning. Is it Phil?
03:41It is Phil.
03:42Charles Hanson.
03:43Charles, really good to meet you.
03:44Come on in.
03:45Wow. Goodness me.
03:46So, Charles, this is what we call the big room.
03:49It's amazing.
03:50You know, you see all sorts of quirky objects,
03:53like, you know, George's second candlesticks
03:55and Victorian China.
03:57It has everything here, hasn't it?
03:58It's almost the A to Z of antiques
04:00and this cabinet here.
04:02Full of special stuff.
04:03Is Mum looking at selling a lot of this stuff then, Phil?
04:06I think Mum's looking at selling all of it.
04:08Oh, look at this. Goodness me.
04:10It's like a great sunrise.
04:12My eyes are squinting by what I'm seeing.
04:14This amazing Chinese plate here, that's 18th century.
04:17I can't believe it.
04:19In the big room, the quality of items is unbelievable.
04:22There's a cabinet full of a really rich variety of objects.
04:26It's, now I say, an auctioneer's dream.
04:28I think the most important thing for Mum
04:30is it goes to a good home for people that appreciate it.
04:33Yeah.
04:34It seems that every room of the family home is full of treasures.
04:39Here's so much upstairs.
04:40Probably more than there is downstairs.
04:42I can't believe it. It's just wonderful to see.
04:45This box says, Toy Music, H.R.H. Her All Highness, Princess Beatrice.
04:52That's correct. That's Queen Victoria's daughter.
04:56Princess Beatrice, born in 1857, was the fifth daughter
05:00and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
05:03and was widely believed to be her mother's favourite.
05:06This inscription in black is typical of what we see on such boxes
05:12and furniture of the second half of the 19th century.
05:16Wow.
05:17Phil's mother came by the chest and other royal items from a seller
05:21on the island whose relatives work with Queen Victoria at Osborne House.
05:25Being, I suppose, quite near Osborne House and that rich royal history,
05:31it really hits you in the heart.
05:33It's definitely correct and authentic.
05:35£1,000. Who knows? Amazing.
05:39And what's in this blue blanket here?
05:42That's really special.
05:43These are bloomers that belong to Queen Victoria
05:46and they're in really good condition.
05:48No. Yeah.
05:49What's this?
05:50This looks equally as good, you know.
05:52I think it's a nightdress.
05:54Look at that.
05:55The VR insignia.
05:57Oh, I can't believe it. Amazing.
05:59Well, I just cannot believe, Phil,
06:02you've got lurking such objects so personal to Queen Victoria.
06:09OK, Charles. I'd like to show you these items here.
06:12Downstairs, Phil has more personal items belonging to Queen Victoria.
06:16Look at this.
06:19Her Majesty's train journey from Ballotter to Windsor, June 1896.
06:25The railway itinerary shows the journey Queen Victoria would make from Ballotter,
06:29close to her Highland holiday residence, Balmoral, to Windsor,
06:33when she stayed at the castle.
06:34The journey covered over 500 miles and took two days.
06:39The Royal Luncheon, Sunday, August 1st, 1897.
06:44And it goes on. Look, the Royal Wedding Breakfast, 1896.
06:49There was watercolours on menu cards, letters,
06:52which appeared to be written by Queen Victoria.
06:54It's just wonderful to see.
06:56Charles may be bowled over by the collection,
07:00but he needs to secure the business.
07:03It's an amazing collection, Phil.
07:05I'd sincerely love to be of service to you.
07:07I could happily arrange for vans to come over,
07:09take it all back to Middle England,
07:11and for Queen and country, you know, stand proud and deliver.
07:16Absolutely.
07:17The 200-mile journey has been a success,
07:19and Phil is happy to sell his mother's collection through Charles.
07:23All the items are going to be boxed up, taken away, put into auction,
07:26and we'll just watch very, very closely how they do.
07:28But they're in really, really safe hands.
07:30It is a major collection, and I think my team back at Bayes
07:33will be so excited to see the exuberance of the 19th century Victoria.
07:38Back in Derby, music and film valuer Claire is preparing for a special music auction in a few weeks,
07:51where thousands of items will be going up for sale.
07:54If you can play it, if you can put it on the wall, if you collected it at a concert,
07:58if you found it in your dad's attic, I'm your girl, I want it.
08:02So, here we go. Right.
08:04One of the Holy Grail of Led Zepp.
08:06Their first album. Might have one of these at home.
08:08If you do, this is what you need to check for.
08:11You need to check that it's got turquoise lettering.
08:13This is the first sign of it being the first press.
08:16There are, however, nine variations of this record.
08:19Great album. For us here at auction, an estimate of £1,000 to £1,500.
08:25I see different things all the time, and even after 30-odd years,
08:30there's still more things that pass through your hands that you think,
08:33wow, I've not seen one of those before.
08:36As well as working at Hanson's, Claire runs her own record shop.
08:40And she runs four auctions every year that brings in over £60,000.
08:45If ever there was a Queen of Rock to rock Hanson's in the world of music, it's Claire.
08:54She also brings a bit of showbiz knowledge to the job.
08:58I've been fortunate enough that I have worked with some bands,
09:01with an American company on VIP sort of tour packages.
09:05So, I did work on the Bigger Bang tour, the Rolling Stones, 2005, 2006.
09:1019 concerts, absolutely loved them. It was fantastic.
09:17Today, Claire is hoping music band Norma is going to have some items for her that will be huge hits.
09:23I've brought a load of my music memorabilia.
09:26My teenage years was going to concerts and listening to music.
09:31There's a lot of programmes, tickets, all sorts of things that I've kept in the loft for 60 years now.
09:39Oh, hello.
09:40So, what goodies have you brought me?
09:42Various items that I picked out of my great collection.
09:46Right, OK.
09:47Have you seen these bands in concert?
09:50Yes.
09:51Oh, wow, that's great.
09:52That's lovely for me because so often the people that bring items in might have been perhaps passed on,
09:58you know, they've been left to them.
10:00The fact that you've actually been is fantastic.
10:03Oh, yeah, yeah.
10:04Please show me what you have.
10:05This is the autograph book.
10:06OK.
10:07So, let's have a little look through here.
10:09I see you've got Billy Fury here.
10:11Yes.
10:12Sunday, December the 1st, 1963.
10:14This is the Yardbirds.
10:16And all at the top of each one, you've put the date and De Montfort Hall.
10:21Yes.
10:22So, predominantly that's where you've seen...
10:24Most of the concerts, yes.
10:26Yeah.
10:27Because De Montfort Hall was the main concert venue in Leicester.
10:30We used to walk up there together and stand outside and get autographs from some of the stars
10:35because they used to come to the gate after the performance.
10:39I'm obviously very happy to say that they're genuine autographs.
10:42Yes.
10:43And we put those in auction about £250 to £350 for the little book.
10:48Yeah.
10:49How's that sound?
10:50Is that all right?
10:51Yeah.
10:52OK, good.
10:53And Norma has some other rare items from the 1960s that will appeal to Claire.
10:58I've got an assortment of tickets and handbills.
11:01Right, well, first off, I have to jump to this one, the Rolling Stones.
11:06They are my favourite.
11:08Sunday the 26th of January and we've got Freddie and the Dreamers at the top of the bill.
11:14Yes.
11:15Rolling Stones underneath, amazingly.
11:18That's right.
11:19And then you've got the Ronettes as well.
11:21So, this one would be 1964.
11:25The Rolling Stones formed in 1962 after an advert was placed by Brian Jones in the Jazz News.
11:33For two years they sung covers as a support act and at small gigs.
11:38By 1965, with the release of Satisfaction, they became the Headline Act and in the past six decades have become arguably one of the world's biggest bands.
11:48What's interesting with these is that they have this little booking form on the bottom.
11:54I didn't realise what that was.
11:55Right.
11:56OK.
11:57So, you obviously picked them up when you went to the gig when you'd already bought your ticket.
12:01Yeah.
12:02But originally these were handed out and left in the venue so that you could pick it up and then go home and then fill in the booking form to buy the ticket.
12:10Yeah.
12:11And it is lovely to see that the hand bill is still complete.
12:14Still complete.
12:15When you've got another ticket here but again with the Rolling Stones on it and that's in 1964.
12:22The excellent condition of the paper and being such a legendary act make this a big ticket item.
12:28Probably on an estimate for those I would say £150, £200.
12:34So, the market is very strong for paper, for ephemera, things that people can display nicely with autographs along with their record collection.
12:44I just put everything in a box, you know, you keep everything in those days.
12:48You don't throw anything away and it just proved it was worth it.
12:52Thank you very much for bringing them along.
12:55And we'll put those in the specialist sale for you.
12:57Lovely.
12:58Thank you very much.
12:59So, my job now is to catalogue them, to get them photographed and they'll go into our specialist music sale.
13:06And then hopefully we'll get some really good prices for the clients.
13:17At his Derbyshire HQ, Charles is keen to show his team his exciting royal find.
13:22He's going to speak to one of his many valuers, starting with vintage costume and textiles valuer, Notty.
13:29Oh, lovely, Charles.
13:30How's business?
13:31Busy.
13:32How have I got a job for you?
13:33Right.
13:34Are the whites?
13:35Yes, stay.
13:36Made a house clearer.
13:37And obviously we know Queen Victoria lived, lodged Osborne House.
13:40Correct.
13:41Osborne House.
13:42Yeah.
13:43She is an amazing colleague.
13:44She has a textiles museum, has done for many, many years.
13:48But her knowledge of textiles, particularly from Queen Victoria, is second to none.
13:54These are a pair of bloomers, Notty.
13:56Thought, yeah, they must be Queen Victoria, but then look at the size, Notty, of them.
14:00They're quite narrow on the leg, aren't they?
14:02Can you see?
14:03Exactly.
14:04Quite slim.
14:05If you can work on the garments, really placement to context.
14:09From Queen Victoria, Ma'am, Your Majesty, I'll leave you to it.
14:14Carl, how are you doing?
14:15Oh, Charles, you all right?
14:16Yeah.
14:17While Notty is an expert in textiles, Carl is the expert in period furniture.
14:22It looks on the outside.
14:24There's a sort of blanket, chest of some sort.
14:27Look at that, Carlos.
14:28Wow.
14:29Her All Highness, Princess Beatrice.
14:32Right.
14:33Well, it's an 18th century box.
14:34And how can you tell, actually?
14:35Just through the...
14:36One with the skirt on the base.
14:38Yeah.
14:39Dovetails.
14:40Yeah.
14:41And a lot.
14:42Slightly rounded, so...
14:43If it was straight...
14:44Yeah, that's after 1870.
14:46Right.
14:47If you can, Carl, do some homework.
14:49Yeah, of course we will.
14:50So we can find out...
14:51Yeah.
14:52Provenance is everything.
14:53Yeah, yeah.
14:54I'm hoping Carl, by this printed, inked inscription, will be able to tell me,
15:00yes, Charles, I'm happy that's contemporary to the box and together they're circa 1880.
15:08Twenty miles away is Bishton Hall, a magnificent Georgian building that is slowly becoming Charles's period sale room.
15:15Based here is literary specialist Jim Spencer, who is poring over the precious and personal royal documents that Charles has sent him from his Isle of Whitehall.
15:26I mean, it looks to me like that's got to be Queen Victoria's hand. In her final years her handwriting became notoriously challenging to read.
15:36To try and confirm if it was indeed written by Victoria herself, Jim's invited graphologist Barbara Weaver to have a look at the royal scroll.
15:45I was hoping that this would be Victoria in later years when she becomes quite difficult to read, or not.
15:51Oh, yes, it is very difficult to read.
15:54I think it's saying the Queen wants to know the height of, I think it's the gypsies, male donkey, which she thought was always where the feed was, I think it says.
16:07Yeah.
16:08She was fond of donkeys.
16:09Well, no wonder I couldn't guess at that.
16:11In this sample, I was looking for the clue to tell me that this is definitely Victoria's writing.
16:19Mm.
16:20And the first thing that struck me was this strange letter form.
16:24I realised that this was an abbreviated word.
16:28Right.
16:29A short form, which to me was quite unusual to do at that time.
16:34Right.
16:35And this is the word which.
16:37Is it?
16:38You've also found this in a previous document.
16:41Oh, wow.
16:42And the short form appears there too.
16:44Oh, yeah.
16:45And it has the same meaning.
16:47The other clue is this word, which is two.
16:51And there's this dimple.
16:53And the dimple appears in all the later letters.
16:58I can see that, yeah.
16:59I would definitely say that this is written by Victoria, but I would also suggest that she
17:07was under the influence of alcohol because it's so spread out the length of the letters,
17:15the upper zone and the lower zone.
17:17I know that she was fond of booze.
17:20I think that makes it more interesting, actually.
17:23It feels more like an insight into a personal life.
17:26Thank you so much.
17:27It's great.
17:28Thank you very much.
17:29I can catalogue it with confidence.
17:34In Derbyshire, reception staff Joy and Morven are reminiscing about their first music gig.
17:39Well, it was Derby.
17:40Right.
17:41And they used to convert the old swimming baths.
17:44They used to put like a wooden floor and it was King Crimson.
17:48I've seen Fleetwood Mac.
17:49That was my lifetime ambition.
17:51I've been listening to Fleetwood Mac all my life.
17:53Oh, that was good.
17:54That was good.
17:55Daryl Hall and John Oates in Birmingham.
17:56Oh, Daryl Hall and John Oates, yeah.
18:01And the past is about to spring into life as it's the day of the music auction.
18:05For Claire, it's the end of 12 weeks of research and cataloguing.
18:09You're predominantly a Beatles collector, aren't you?
18:11Yeah, absolutely.
18:12But her hard work has paid off and a crowd of dealers and music fans have shown up.
18:17This is the best part of the sale for me because I've done all the hard work.
18:21Now I've got to sell it. No pressure.
18:24But for me, this is where, you know, the fruits of our labours come to fruition.
18:30Her star items are Norma's autograph book and posters and flyers she saved from the 1960s,
18:37when she went to see the Rolling Stones.
18:39Hi.
18:40How are you?
18:41Nice to meet you again.
18:42Are you nervous?
18:43Yes.
18:44But excited.
18:45But excited.
18:46Oh, it's lovely, lovely.
18:47Looking forward to it.
18:48Yes.
18:49We have got some telephone bids lined up.
18:50We've got a few bids on the book, as we say.
18:52So, yeah, it's looking very positive.
18:54Do you think things will sell?
18:55I think they will sell, definitely.
18:57Yeah.
18:58So, hopefully now we can pass that on and somebody else will be able to enjoy the items.
19:01You've still got the memories.
19:02You've still got the memories, exactly.
19:04Yeah.
19:05As well as having catalogued every item today...
19:08I'm going to go round that way.
19:09Claire is also the auctioneer.
19:11When I'm up on the rostrum, I know the item I'm trying to sell and so I feel I have an advantage.
19:17I've seen everything that I'm selling and that, to me, is, you know, a great advantage to the customer buying it as well as to the vendor to get them the best return.
19:28Helping Claire out today with the online bids are Cal and Aid.
19:32Right.
19:33Hello.
19:35First up, the 60s rock star autographs.
19:38Lot 42, the autograph book, lovely lady.
19:42I've obtained these personally and it has the wonderful Yardbirds amongst others in the collection.
19:50I've seen a cheeky little bit of around 300 online.
19:53We like this lot, a lot.
19:55So, yeah, we think that this one is going to be a climber.
19:59500, sit back, and 20, 540, 560, 580, and climb it does.
20:07620, 640, 660, 680, 700 pounds.
20:17At 700 pounds, I've got 720, it's got 750.
20:22Well, it's going up, it's amazing, it's just climbing and climbing and somebody must be desperate for one of the autographs in there.
20:28I'm asking 800 now.
20:31At 750 it is then.
20:34Fair warning.
20:36And sold.
20:39It's a great start selling to an online bidder.
20:42Next up, the Rolling Stones poster and ticket with a guide price of 150 pounds.
20:48There's no denying it.
20:50It's my favourite.
20:52Initial signs are promising as Joy and Jules have interested bidders on the phone.
20:57The fact that it's going to be me and Joy up against each other in the sale room just kind of adds a bit more excitement.
21:05It means people bid more, go more.
21:07It does become a competition.
21:09Joy's bidder is a dealer in music memorabilia.
21:12150 pounds, I'll take 160.
21:15160, sir.
21:17160.
21:18On the telephone, asking 170.
21:20The bid is 160 pounds.
21:23On the telephone then internet, are you out?
21:26170.
21:27170, thank you.
21:29We're good with that.
21:30170 we are.
21:31180.
21:32190.
21:33190.
21:34190, sir.
21:36200.
21:37200, sir.
21:38210.
21:39210.
21:41210.
21:42Right from the start I thought that he definitely wanted it and he was going to keep bidding.
21:46It's very snappy, very rapid, getting back to you.
21:49Didn't have to think about it, knew exactly what he was willing to bid for it and wanted it.
21:54300 pounds.
21:56320.
21:57320, sir.
21:58340.
21:59340, sir.
22:01360.
22:02360, sir.
22:03Once the bidding starts and it just doesn't stop, you know, you get this sort of looking
22:08around going, what, what?
22:10400.
22:11Where's it going to end?
22:18560.
22:19660.
22:20The music auction is well underway and Claire is currently selling Norma's 1964 poster featuring
22:26the Rolling Stones.
22:28600 pounds.
22:29That's over four times the guide price.
22:32620.
22:33The billing is a big hit.
22:35640.
22:36640, sir.
22:38660.
22:39660.
22:40I don't want to hear anything out of you.
22:41680.
22:42680, sir.
22:44700 pounds.
22:45700.
22:46And the Rolling Stones flyer just flew.
22:49That was amazing.
22:51I didn't expect it.
22:52It's just a piece of paper, really, and a ticket.
22:55750 we go now.
22:57750, sir.
22:58Yes.
22:59800 pounds.
23:00800, sir.
23:01It does get a bit fraught and tense and you do get a bit passionate about wanting it.
23:05I'm standing there thinking, come on, put the hammer down.
23:08He wants it.
23:09Let him have it.
23:10850.
23:11850, sir.
23:12Are you sure?
23:13He's going to leave it.
23:14Are you sure?
23:15He's going to leave it.
23:16He's already got one.
23:17He's already...
23:18Oh, my word.
23:19At 800 pounds, then.
23:21It's on the telephone at 800 pounds.
23:24Are we sure?
23:25I'll look to the room.
23:27Fair warning at 800 pounds.
23:30Thank you, Joy.
23:31That's yours, sir.
23:32Well done.
23:33800 pounds was quite amazing.
23:37I never thought it'd get to that much at all.
23:39I really didn't and it was just fantastic.
23:42When they've got it and you can tell they're happy that they've got it, then it's great.
23:46Really good day.
23:51Thank you very much.
23:52You're very welcome.
23:53It was very enjoyable.
23:54You're very welcome.
23:55So, you're happy with the results?
23:56Yeah, very happy, yeah.
23:57Thank you so much for letting me sell them and I enjoyed so much lotting them up.
24:03So, again, thank you.
24:04No problem.
24:06Thank you again.
24:07Along with several other items, Norma's concert-loving days made her just under 3,000 pounds.
24:12Not bad for holding onto important memorabilia from your youth.
24:16It is mixed emotions, yeah.
24:18It's part of my life.
24:20But I hope somebody will enjoy what they bought.
24:24They say the best things come to those who wait, but not in the world of auctioneers.
24:33The best items often have to be hunted down.
24:36And once more, Charles is heading out of Derby.
24:39Business never does stop.
24:41It's now on to the next job and you never know what you're going to see.
24:45I'm often out to see a guy called Harry all the way in Somerset.
24:48But, interestingly, he's got a collection of artefacts he's found.
24:53He's apparently got some Roman objects, 184 miles.
24:58I'm hoping it's worth it.
25:05Waiting for Charles in Somerset is Harry Gifford, who owns a 38-acre farm.
25:11I've been in Somerset all my life, but I've actually been here for 51 years.
25:15I like to think there is a Roman settlement nearby.
25:19Morning.
25:21Oh, good morning, Charles.
25:22How are you?
25:23Tis Harry, isn't it?
25:24Yeah, yeah. How nice to meet you.
25:25You too, sir.
25:26Nice to meet you. What a glorious day.
25:28Thank you for your communication for sending me what you've found.
25:31That's right, correct.
25:32The image looks amazing.
25:33Yeah.
25:34And I'm hoping it's Roman.
25:35And you found it in the fields?
25:37No, I was just digging a ditch, went to seed it up, raking the seed in,
25:41and I just raked it up, raked it out the muck.
25:44Right, Charles.
25:46I just brought it out here on the table so you can see in daylight.
25:50There we are.
25:51That's amazing.
25:52So this was literally dug out, raked out a ditch.
25:57Yeah.
25:58How did you feel when you picked this up covered in mud for the first time?
26:03I don't know. I sort of left it in the shed for a while,
26:05and I haven't really cleaned.
26:07It was covered in muck, so I've never really cleaned it still there.
26:10But do you think that's Medusa?
26:12Yeah, I do.
26:13In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three winged monsters known as Gorgons.
26:19With living venomous snakes in place of hair, legend said she was so terrifying,
26:24one look in her eyes would turn you to stone.
26:27The Romans, who adopted Greek mythology, used Medusa heads as decorative adornments
26:32and talismans to frighten off attackers or evil spirits.
26:38What I love are the features here.
26:40You've got the nose, it's been rubbed, the eyes, the mouth.
26:43You've got the verdigris.
26:44Yeah.
26:45You can see the green coming through.
26:46Yeah.
26:47That's a very good indication of bronze.
26:49The weight is very heavy.
26:51What I would like to do, Harry, is do some homework for you.
26:54That's lovely.
26:55I really appreciate that, Terrell.
26:57Do some proper homework.
26:58Work.
26:59With your blessing.
27:00Yeah.
27:01Let some of my curatorial team see it.
27:03Yeah.
27:04There's a lot of advice in this field of historica.
27:06My instinct is this is quite special.
27:09She could be worth upwards of £1,000.
27:13I think it's been a great day and it's a good learning curve.
27:16He's going to go back and do his homework and when he's going to come back to me
27:20and when we decide what we're going to do.
27:22And may she look over us.
27:24That's right.
27:25I mean, look at that face.
27:26Let's hope none of us don't turn to stone.
27:28That's all I've got to say.
27:34From the levels of Somerset to the Derbyshire Peaks is Valuer Notties Farmhouse,
27:41where she runs a costume museum.
27:43Today she's giving the Royal PJs an inspection.
27:49Right, I better just look at Queen Victoria's nightie.
27:57This is the Honiton lace that Queen Victoria was very fond of.
28:02This to me looks like hand stitching on here.
28:05Really wonderfully neat.
28:07Every royal palace and household employed ladies who were just there to sew
28:13and make garments like this.
28:15They were absolutely wonderful crafts women.
28:19I'm looking for hand stitching and machine stitching.
28:22But these are pin tucks on a machine.
28:24Definitely machine stitching.
28:26The perfect hand stitching is typical of royal items at the time,
28:30as the palace only employed the best seamstresses.
28:33The addition of the machine stitching dates the nightdress
28:36to when Queen Victoria was in her 50s.
28:39This garment was made from mid-1870s up to 1880s.
28:45Here we are.
28:46This is the crown, VR, Victoria Regina.
28:51I'm touching her garment that was worn by Queen Victoria.
28:54That's iconic.
28:55If it only needs two people who really want this nightdress
29:00and then it will make quite a good price.
29:03Anything from £1,500 to £2,500 and that is a very conservative estimate.
29:10Happy the night he once belonged to Queen Victoria.
29:14Not he wants to give the bloomers a once-over.
29:18They are more or less the same colour as the nightdress.
29:22So I'm thinking they were definitely made at Osborne House.
29:26Mid-1870s to mid-1880s.
29:29They all had a slit.
29:31So ladies could go to the loo easy, you know, without having to take all the clothes down.
29:37It's, sadly, there's a rip under this button here.
29:41It's not very big and it could be repaired.
29:44The size of the bloomers indicate they may have in fact belonged to Queen Victoria's daughter, Beatrice.
29:51She was a much, much slimmer lady than a mother.
29:55And the stitching also shows the owner.
29:58Her initials were BB because she was Beatrice of Battenberg.
30:03Because she married Henry of Battenberg.
30:05The value on these, a conservative estimate, is from £500 up to £1,000 at auction.
30:14In Etwall, Charles has received some news about the bronze Medusa.
30:20Harry sent me a text message.
30:23He's had a private offer on that Medusa head of £1,500.
30:28To me, that sounds a bit steep, but I'm going to hold judgement until Adam, who is our historic expert, who's brilliant with Roman artefacts, antiquities tells me if it's too high or if it has a chance.
30:42Antiquities expert Adam Staples is world-renowned for having unearthed the Chew Valley Horde, a stash of over 2,500 Norman coins found in Somerset.
30:55My interest started when I was young, with history, and then through metal detecting, you find something, you want to know what it is, and that drives you to do a bit of research, and the longer you go on, the more things that you find or see, and you build your experience.
31:08Charles thinks the item is Roman due to the green patination on the bronze, an indicator of its age, but he needs Adam to verify this.
31:20Hey, Chief, how you doing?
31:21Hi, Charles.
31:22Long time, Nancy.
31:23Keeping well.
31:24Good to see you, mate.
31:25I went to Somerset.
31:26I'm getting back with treasures.
31:31Look in her eyes.
31:32Are you feeling it?
31:34You turn to stone.
31:35It must be.
31:36It's Medusa, yeah.
31:38But is it Roman?
31:40Yeah, she is.
31:41Oh, great news.
31:42She is.
31:43Great.
31:44Yeah.
31:45Medusa's always been a popular figure in Rome in general.
31:48There's a lot of Roman history in Somerset.
31:50You've got villas down there, and you've got the Frome Horde, the largest Roman coin hoard found from Britain.
31:56So when we're talking age, we're talking 2nd century AD?
32:00I would say, yeah, the early part of the Roman period, 1st or 2nd century.
32:04So the Greeks started using them, and you get these, well, they're called Gorgons, her and her sisters, but they're real evil-looking faces, snakes for hair.
32:14Yeah.
32:15And then by the time you get to the Roman period, she's progressed into this beautiful woman just with snakes in there, but still used to ward off evil.
32:22So it would be about 1,800 years, 1,900 years old, maybe in the reign of Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius.
32:31Auction Estimate Chief, I know the vendor is hoping about 1,500 pounds.
32:37Right.
32:38It's not worth it, is it?
32:39I think that's a bit high.
32:40It's a nice piece for anybody who likes Roman history or a bit of mythology.
32:45Unfortunately, being incomplete, we can't guarantee what it came from.
32:48I would guide it at maybe 500, 600 pounds, and maybe it will go that far.
32:53And hope the vendor will take a bit of a gamble to see Medusa.
32:57Turn the auction room to stone.
32:59Yeah, yeah.
33:01Keep winning.
33:03Adam is a hard man to please, but he loved it.
33:06But the price came.
33:08Five to eight hundred pounds.
33:10It's quite painful.
33:20It's the day of the Medusa Head auction.
33:23Go and see the Medusa Head and then this Victorian box.
33:26Yeah.
33:27Isn't it lovely?
33:28Yeah.
33:29Somerset's seller, Harry, is unable to make the auction,
33:32but he has an offer of 1,500 pounds from a private buyer.
33:36This means this is the minimum amount he's prepared to accept at today's auction.
33:41And what Harry has done, he's tickled the reserve up to 1,500 pounds.
33:48My concern is, Harry, you know what?
33:51It might just be one too far.
33:57Medusa's fate now rests in the lap of the auction gods
34:00as Charles tries to whip up buyer interest.
34:03It's a really wonderful object.
34:05It's very tactile.
34:06It could have come off a chariot.
34:07And we're selling it now.
34:08A Roman Bronze Head of Medusa.
34:11500 pounds straight in.
34:13I'm asking 550, 600, 650...
34:17No bids have come in yet.
34:19So Charles is using a tactic called bidding off the wall,
34:22trying to drum up interest.
34:24And 900 pounds for a Roman Medusa Head.
34:27Look at me and you won't turn to stone.
34:30In my world of auctioneering, we legally, ethically,
34:33can almost walk bidding up to the reserve,
34:36so I can create a market.
34:38950, thank you.
34:401,000!
34:42In the world of history, it's less than a pound for each year.
34:46Do I see 1,000 pounds?
34:48No, I don't.
34:50So I'm nowhere near.
34:521,150.
34:55The Roman Medusa Head is scaring away buyers,
34:57and Charles has to work hard on the rostrum.
35:00I'm asking 1,250, 1,300.
35:03Finally, Charles has a genuine bid at 1,300 pounds,
35:07but it's still 200 pounds less than the reserve price.
35:11I begin to then push it one more time.
35:14Deep breath.
35:161,300 pounds is my bid,
35:20but I need a bit more.
35:22I'm just shy.
35:24I'm asking 1,350 for a Roman Bronze Head of Medusa.
35:30Can't quite go.
35:33It's a shame, isn't it?
35:35I need one more bid to sell.
35:37Going, going, going.
35:39Not back in the ground,
35:41but probably back to Somerset.
35:43All done!
35:45Not quite there.
35:47If you like...
35:48Charles needs to break the news to seller Harry in Somerset.
35:51Harry, I'm sorry.
35:53No, don't worry.
35:54I have expected it, to be honest.
35:56If he's going to give you 1,500 pounds,
36:00I would say take it,
36:02because you know what?
36:03Yeah.
36:04It's a good price.
36:06Listen, thank you for giving me the chance, and I'll...
36:09Well, I appreciate it.
36:10You know, you work hard.
36:12Thank you for ringing, Charles.
36:13Thanks, Harry.
36:14See you.
36:15Bye.
36:16Bye.
36:17Bye-bye.
36:18And that's how the apple cracked.
36:21I was disappointed.
36:22I'd run all the way down,
36:24clocked up a fairly big mileage cost,
36:27but then again,
36:28I had the chance to show the world something quite special,
36:31and for that, I'm grateful.
36:37There's no time to rest,
36:38as the next auction is upon the team at Et Wall.
36:41There you go.
36:42The spotlight is on the collection
36:44belonging to Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice.
36:47It's the first time as I can remember
36:49that we've actually had any garments
36:51belonging to Princess Beatrice at auction.
36:56Client Phil is selling nightwear, letters,
36:59and a toy box on behalf of his mother,
37:01which have a combined estimate of £3,000 to £4,000.
37:07They're all exciting items,
37:08and I just really hope the interest is there, definitely.
37:11Ah, Phil, good morning.
37:12Charles.
37:13How's life?
37:14Good, thank you very much.
37:15Good to see you.
37:16The good thing is we've got a lot of interest.
37:17We've got bidders online,
37:19we've got two important phone bidders.
37:21Well, it's been a journey culminating today,
37:23so fingers crossed it goes well for Mum and Queen & Country.
37:30Queen Victoria's lots have drawn in potential buyers,
37:33and it's shaping up to be a busy sale for Clark's aide and cow.
37:38When it's something like an item to do with the royal family,
37:42there will be interest from America, the Far East,
37:46there are going to be international bidders.
37:49It's a real honour to handle history,
37:52and on a visit to the Isle of Wight
37:54to clear an important manor house
37:56of a lady who was an iconic collector.
38:00To get the royal ball rolling,
38:02Charles kicks things off with Princess Beatrice's bloomers.
38:06Pale cream cotton bloomers
38:08that belong to Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice.
38:12I'm asking 700 now.
38:14800.
38:15800 with you, sir?
38:19900 pounds online.
38:21He's now asking 900 online.
38:23900.
38:241,000.
38:25Stop bidding.
38:26OK.
38:27I'm out.
38:28Are you sure?
38:29We're out.
38:30Sold.
38:31Congratulations at 900 pounds to 37724.
38:36The bloomers sell for around double the estimate.
38:39It's an encouraging start,
38:41and focus now switches to Queen Victoria's knightie,
38:44which has attracted rival phone bidders for Jules and Emma.
38:48I'm asking 1,000 pounds.
38:501,100 pounds I bid online.
38:52Do I see 1,200?
38:541,200, sir.
38:55Online or on the phones,
38:57do I see 1,200?
38:591,300, 1,400?
39:011,400, sir.
39:021,400 pounds takes my bid.
39:07My bid.
39:08My bidder definitely has a quiet determination.
39:12Emma.
39:13Now, here in Derbyshire, for 1,500.
39:181,600, please.
39:20Asking you, please, Jules.
39:221,600 pounds.
39:231,600, sir?
39:241,500.
39:251,600, sir?
39:261,500.
39:271,600.
39:28Online, 1,700.
39:291,800, sir?
39:301,800, sir?
39:311,800, sir?
39:321,800, do I see.
39:341,900, online, please.
39:351,900, online, please.
39:36Asking 1,900, 2,000.
39:382,000, sir?
39:40We've already got to 2,000.
39:42The auction is running way beyond our dreams.
39:44It's still going on.
39:462,003, 2,004.
39:502,004, asking 2,006.
39:53This is history.
39:55Do I see 2,800?
39:58The phones are out.
40:00We sell at 2,600 pounds in history today.
40:08Fair warning, going at 2,006.
40:12Going, going, going.
40:15History.
40:16Sold.
40:17Congratulations.
40:18Fire at number.
40:19Well done.
40:20On the coattails, or rather the nightdress of Queen Victoria, Charles moves on to Princess
40:26Beatrice's toy box, which has a guide price of 400 to 600 pounds.
40:31This is the toy chest, which belonged to Princess Beatrice.
40:38750, 800 I'm bid.
40:41800.
40:42I'm asking 850 now.
40:44Do I see 900?
40:45900.
40:46900.
40:47This is the princess's chest.
40:50950 I'm bid.
40:52Do I see 1,000 pounds?
40:54It's 1,000.
40:55It's 1,000 pounds.
40:561,000.
40:57950 I'm bid.
40:58You say bid.
40:59Bid.
41:00We're going for it.
41:01Then there's an online bid.
41:02Not sure who's got the bid, what the amount is, because it's coming in so fast-paced.
41:061,000 on the phone.
41:08Asking now 1,100.
41:091,100.
41:101,200, madam.
41:111,200, sir.
41:13I look at the phone bids and the online bid, and there's a battle.
41:17The toys are out of the box.
41:19They're going for it.
41:21And someone has now bid online.
41:23It's now 1,700.
41:24Back with you.
41:251,700 pounds I'm bid.
41:27Do I see 1,800?
41:291,900 pounds?
41:301,900, sir?
41:31Would you like to bid 1,900?
41:331,900 pounds I'm bid.
41:34Do I see 2,000 pounds?
41:36We've got 2,000.
41:38The phones might be out, but the online bidding continues.
41:42I've got 2,600.
41:44I'm asking 2,700.
41:46You've come a long way.
41:47I'm asking...
41:48Because Beatrice's toy box is approaching five times the 4 to 600 pound estimate.
41:532,800.
41:54Bid me 2,900.
41:55I'm asking 2,900.
41:57I'm asking 3,000.
41:59These figures are really way beyond what I thought.
42:01So the more it creeps up, the more it is good for my mum.
42:05For her legacy.
42:063,800.
42:07I'm asking 4,000 now.
42:10For king and country.
42:134,000 pounds were bid.
42:16I'm asking 4,200.
42:18Do I see 4,200 now?
42:20Asking 4,400.
42:22I'm asking 4,600 now.
42:24First time in the room.
42:27Second time.
42:28Are you sure?
42:29Going.
42:30Out in the room.
42:33At 4,400 pounds.
42:36Sold.
42:37Congratulations.
42:3812 and 12 vendor.
42:41Queen Victoria's letters and paperwork also beat expectations.
42:46Selling for 1,800 pounds.
42:48Meaning Phil's mother's combined collection sold for just under 10,000 pounds.
42:54Three times the estimate.
42:56The biggest emotion for me is pride for my mum.
42:59Yeah.
43:00To see that going but all the work she put into that and all the love and devotion to it.
43:04I think there will be privately some tears.
43:06Thank you for the memories, Chief.
43:07You're an absolute honour.
43:09We were spot on in market appraisal and it made a bit more than top guys.
43:13So you know what?
43:14Hats off to knotty.
43:15Great valuations.
43:16Great teamwork.
43:17And without my team, I'm just the gopher.
43:22I'll walk you out, Chief.
43:23Yeah, thank you.
43:24Let's go.
43:25Now they've gone.
43:26And a lot of memories have gone with them.
43:28But that's life, you know, and things aren't always there forever.
43:31I just want to take care.
43:32Yeah, alright.
43:33See you, Phil.
43:34Take care, mate.
43:35They'll do a lot of good for my mum and I know she'll be thrilled.
43:37We sell at two thousand...
43:39That's what we're going to do.
43:40Cool.
43:41We sold at two thousand...
43:43We sell at 2,000.
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