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00:00This time at the Auction House, first to the top of the world, the Everest Archive of a filmmaking hero.
00:09The best thing about it is the signatures.
00:11Tenzing, Edmund Hillary and John Hunt.
00:15A wizarding windfall, the tiny typos that prove your Harry Potter is a first edition and could conjure up thousands.
00:23This misspelling of philosophers, obviously it's philosophers, so it's missing an O.
00:27And Easy Rider.
00:30That is a rare item.
00:32The cool 70s cycle that's still turning heads.
00:36I always wanted a chopper.
00:39Wow.
00:40£10,000!
00:42£11,000!
00:44Sold!
00:45Close to the Derbyshire Dales is one of Britain's busiest auction houses.
00:50Hello Ireland, hello America!
00:52Run by enthusiastic antique specialist Charles Hansen.
00:55Are there Art Niveau?
00:56He and his army of expert valuers.
00:59That one indicates that it's a true Harry Potter first issue.
01:04Examine thousands of treasures every year.
01:07I'm touching a garment that was worn by Queen Victoria.
01:10This carving is sumptuous.
01:12From the familiar.
01:13Whereabouts do you want this bike going then?
01:16So that isn't absolutely lovely.
01:18And unusual.
01:19Look at the movement and that!
01:20To the phenomenal.
01:23This sculpture.
01:24This is something quite special.
01:26Every object has a story to tell.
01:29A vampire's blanket.
01:30Oh my God, Ian's amazing!
01:32From surprising revelations.
01:34£30,000 to have my neck.
01:36Antique luggage is really, really collectible.
01:38To jaw-dropping hammer prices.
01:40£20,000!
01:42We're in!
01:43Salt flag!
01:45Got to be pleased with that.
01:46There's nothing quite like an auction.
01:52Morning everybody.
01:54Good morning, good morning.
01:54Morning, morning.
01:55Every day in the Derbyshire village of Etwall, hundreds of items come through the doors of Hanson's auctioneers.
02:03Anything's going far and field?
02:04Canada.
02:05Wow.
02:06The 1,000 square metre auction house first opened its doors in 2005 and is run by owner and founder Charles Hanson.
02:15When I was about nine, I found a Charles I silver shilling, circa 1635.
02:21And thought, who lost you? Where were you going? Who dropped you?
02:25And for me, if objects can talk, what can they tell is my passion?
02:30Hey, David.
02:31Any big news?
02:32We helped this nice car transporter, quite a rare item.
02:36Charles' 75 staff run 16 specialist departments.
02:40Everything from rare first editions to...
02:43Classic toys.
02:45I'm so blessed with an amazing team of specialists who really, without them, I'm nothing.
02:51There's so much coming in.
02:53Different items, strange items, macabre items.
02:57If I've not seen it, then you know it's rare.
03:00We all have a shared interest in it and love and passion for antiques.
03:05What do you make of that?
03:06That's just amazing.
03:08They've got a great set of friends here.
03:11Everybody's really eccentric, but I think that's part of the auction industry.
03:14Everybody's slightly nuts.
03:16Over 100,000 items go under the hammer every year.
03:22I think for me, the auction is the drama, theatre, romance.
03:27It's seen the world, it's enjoyed a voyage, it's swept the seas.
03:31And when objects take off, it's such a thrill.
03:34This is going to get really interesting these next few minutes.
03:37£40,000 we're bid.
03:40Solve it.
03:43Because an auction house operates in the public eye,
03:47every step from accepting an item to sending it to a new owner is carefully managed.
03:53Reputation is everything.
03:54We do the utmost to ensure reputation is as strong as it can be.
03:58The auction business is really competitive.
04:01It's a very small world and bad word of mouth can spread quite quickly.
04:08Today, Charles is very excited about a collection which could enhance Hanson's reputation
04:13in the area of 20th century history.
04:16He's heading for Nottinghamshire,
04:18after a call from his fine art and antique specialist, Ian Hall.
04:22What it is, don't know, but all he tells me is,
04:26it's a seriously exciting, wonderful, important find.
04:31And it's one of those jobs where I just cannot resist to come out
04:33and make sure we're in that business.
04:37How are you?
04:38Great. You?
04:39Blue sky.
04:41Sun shining.
04:42Fantastic job to look at.
04:43What's the client's name?
04:44Patrick.
04:45Patrick Stobart.
04:45That's right.
04:46Shall we go and take a look?
04:47Look to Ian.
04:48Ian.
04:49He loves business.
04:50He loves finding things.
04:53Hello.
04:54Patrick.
04:55Yes.
04:56Ian from Hanson's.
04:57Good to see you.
04:58Charles Hanson.
04:58Hi, Charles Hanson.
04:59He's here as well.
05:01Spread out on the table in the house is a collection of memorabilia
05:05belonging to Patrick's father, Tom,
05:07a celebrated mountaineer and cameraman
05:09who filmed the first successful ascent of Everest in 1953.
05:13Looking through the attic, I find a few bits and pieces which my dad owned.
05:21There are various articles and objects which also belong to him,
05:27which I think could be of interest to other people.
05:29The autobiography of the Everest film man,
05:33and that man there is your father.
05:34And that's his book he wrote about his film which captured the success.
05:42Yes.
05:44Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers ever confirmed
05:49to have reached the summit of the world's highest mountain in May 1953.
05:53The massive British expedition involved 350 porters,
05:5920 Sherpas and tonnes of supplies to support a vanguard of 10 mountaineers
06:04and two cameramen, one of which was Tom Stobart.
06:09Wow.
06:10I can see, Ian, why he got so excited.
06:12I think they conquered Everest on the 29th of May.
06:14And it was big news for the coronation.
06:16Of course it was the same news for the coronation.
06:18Tom Stobart's stunning footage of the Everest expedition
06:22became part of a multi-award-winning documentary feature.
06:26He was propelled into climbing celebrity and honoured with an OBE.
06:31So many people had died trying to get to the top of Everest.
06:35Nobody had done it.
06:36And I think everybody had a certain amount of trepidation when they went up,
06:40although there was a lot of hope and positive attitude.
06:46The collection includes several items connected to the historic Everest trip,
06:50including scrapbooks, an invitation and programme from the Royal Film Premier,
06:55and something that could so easily have been thrown away.
07:00This is the food pack.
07:02It's amazing.
07:03And this package in, then, would have gone up.
07:07Yeah.
07:07Up Mount Everest, yeah.
07:08Incredible.
07:10Preserved in a frame is an empty foil package,
07:13which once contained mountaineering rations.
07:17First-hand history.
07:18It's always been my love affair.
07:19Just to handle that little food bag or casing,
07:22which was part of the journey up, up, up to success.
07:25Those are the ingredients.
07:27Cocoa, orange-aid powder, banana bar.
07:31Look, the best thing about it is the signatures.
07:34Can you see them?
07:36Oh, they've faded a bit.
07:37You've got Tensing, Edmund Hillary and John Hunt.
07:43Sir John Hunt was the leader of the British expedition to Everest.
07:46I was only nine years old,
07:50but I do remember the reports coming through in the newspapers.
07:54Everybody was talking about Everest.
07:56And, of course, when they actually got to the top,
07:59this was quite a moment around the world.
08:03Did your father talk about the expedition?
08:04He did quite a lot, I suppose.
08:07I think his main problem was having to catch everybody up
08:10and, you know, climb faster than they climbed,
08:13set his cameras up, catch them up afterwards.
08:16Because nobody knew quite how cameras would perform at high altitudes.
08:20And I know my dad went to great lengths to keep the cameras warm.
08:24He took them into his sleeping bag at night and cherished them.
08:29I think the special find is just the romance of Everest,
08:31the direct link from father to son,
08:33the rare archives that he's collected and kept.
08:36It's phenomenal, really.
08:38But how do you go about valuing something like that?
08:40With the provenance, the market would tell you.
08:42We would put a guy price on, but it's...
08:45It's subjective, because it's one of one.
08:47It can't be replicated.
08:50I've enjoyed having the collection,
08:52but I think they need to be enjoyed by somebody
08:55who has a big interest in this kind of thing as well,
08:58whether it's a museum or a private person.
09:03Sounds good.
09:04It's been a joy.
09:04Good to see you, Patrick.
09:05All right.
09:06With the incredible providence of this collection belonging to the cameraman
09:10who filmed one of man's greatest achievements,
09:13Charles believes the bids could easily reach five figures.
09:17What we've just seen is a real find.
09:20And with that, you have dizzy buyers who will want to bid, bid, bid, bid, bid, bid,
09:24and there is no ceiling.
09:32Bishden Hall is home to Hansen's outstanding department of books and works on paper,
09:37with its thousands of volumes.
09:39it's the domain of Jim Spencer who impressed Charles five years ago working his way up from
09:47the bottom of the company to become its leading book expert and is now the head of the library
09:52department I thought was a big gap in the market in this part of the country and Charles took a
09:58chance on me well I'd stay till like 9 10 11 at night every night on my own and that's when I
10:04could bring the books out and I'd be fishing through boxes to prove myself and very quickly
10:08it started to take off and now obviously the library department is you know big style really
10:14I think for me Jim Spencer is the best books person in the world he's unbelievable he's he's just like a
10:21magician since Jim started scouting out rare works the books department has become a player on the
10:29global stage with a reputation to match people come in with carrier bags full of stuff I route
10:34through when I find something it's like hunting really and I just love the thrill of unearthing
10:41something Jim's best known for his unairing ability to find and authenticate rare Harry Potter first
10:48editions now one of the country's top Potter experts his 60 or more finds so far include a hardback that
10:56fetched 75,000 pounds at auction I get about 500 emails a week from people who think they've got an important
11:04first edition and with another quarterly book sale on the horizon Jim's on the hunt for the next volume that will
11:12secure Hanson's reputation in the literary world hello hello Jim good to meet you pleasure welcome to the
11:20our injury with the intoxicating smell of tomato plants thank you I'm excited a little nervous this
11:28morning I've got a client who's traveled quite a long way to come and see me so there's a bit of
11:33pressure on on this journey today's visitor is Alan Prince who was driven up from Twickenham London
11:41you've got Harry Potter I believe yes the paperback super my wife bought for my boys when it came out
11:52from a bookshop in Richmond okay so very first book obviously Philosopher's Stone this was bought from a
11:59bookshop obviously 1997 yes the first one the boys read very quickly they enjoyed them after the second one I
12:07think it became a bit of a phenomenon Harry Potter and we realized probably that is worth keeping them
12:12Jim's job involves authenticating and valuing every book today he's looking for evidence to decide
12:21whether this one is a rare first edition well it's remarkably well preserved isn't it this sounds
12:28promising but I have to reserve rubbing my thighs with excitement until I've assessed it closely
12:37at Hanton's auctioneers in Staffordshire book expert Jim Spencer is examining a paperback Harry Potter
12:48brought in by Alan Prince to work out if it's a run-of-the-mill copy or a rare first edition
12:54well it's remarkably well preserved isn't it so was it red or it was it was red but red very quickly so
13:03they didn't carry it about much they both my sons are read it almost in one go I think did they well
13:11okay they're often quite you know well handled and they've often got kids doodles in and orange squash
13:18spilt on them and all that after being rejected a dozen times Bloomsbury published the first Harry Potter
13:26book in 1997 from an initial print run of 500 hardback and 5,000 paperbacks critical success and
13:35a clutch of awards drove UK sales to 300,000 within two years now it's a global best-seller of 120
13:45million copies and part of the best-selling book series ever the hardback first issue of Philosopher's
13:52that's the very beginning of the whole Harry Potter phenomenon but so is the paperback because
13:58they're actually released at the same time as a Harry Potter expert Jim knows that there are certain
14:04giveaway signs of a true first edition I'm looking for this early design with this unknown wizard right
14:11on the back and on the spine which was later changed to Dumbledore and the other thing I'm
14:17looking for it's this misspelling of philosophers no so obviously it's philosophers it's missing an O
14:23and also wizardry and witchcraft rather than witchcraft and wizardry so that's looking good I can't get too
14:31excited until I've seen it even when people send me images and it looks promising there's no substitute
14:40really for actually seeing in the hand and I can see it's right to be honest it's just a huge relief
14:46so it's exciting on the publishers imprint obviously we're looking for this number line
14:52I can breathe a sigh of relief that it does go ten nine eight seven six five four three two one and
14:59stopping at one means it is a first issue first printing so yeah wow amazing thing
15:06I've had a quite a few paperback first issues but that's up there with the best I've handled
15:15when he's preparing the sale catalogue Jim will have to give a guide price or suggested value for the book
15:22I think in this condition if you guide around four to six thousand pounds there's every chance that you
15:31could have a you know bidding battle among collectors in California or whatever and it
15:37could run along and do more yeah that sounds like a lot to me a book that cost four pounds 99 going for
15:42five thousand pounds sounds sounds extraordinary the book belongs to my children so the proceeds will go
15:49to them divided equally between the two of them thanks for traveling so far to see me appreciate it
15:55thank you now there's a weight of responsibility on my shoulders to promote it and share it with the
16:02world and get that money for him at et wall HQ the collection belonging to the 1953 Everest cameraman
16:14has got Jules and Barry thinking of higher things it brings back lots of memories about Nepal oh yeah me
16:21too wow when did you go um 2016 2012 I went oh you beat me you beat me Barry I took loads of photos
16:30didn't get onto Everest however I was lucky enough to take a flight along the Himalayas and a small
16:37aircraft yeah and that that's my photograph of Everest that's as close as I'm ever going to get I think
16:43through the front window of the aircraft as well as Harry Potter Jim has taken charge of the Tom
16:50Stobart collection the man who captured the first descent of Everest but he's never seen anything
16:55quite like it before the sprawling archive includes a used Russian pack memoirs and scrapbooks a program
17:04for the film premiere and a Nepali painting depicting the wheel of life where to begin cataloging it is a
17:11bit of a challenge so I've got a chap coming in called Nigel who is a mountaineer he works with a
17:19charity that helps preserve archives like this so he'll be in a good position to sort of help me
17:24with a bit of research on it and put the items in context so it's quite a big collection that I've
17:31actually got though Nigel has never scaled Everest himself his own adventures are the stuff of legend
17:39I'm well known for a major accident in North America on Denali or McKinley where I suffered severe
17:48frostbite but I lost all my fingers and toes through that and kept mountaineering that is the one that I
17:55think for me is the most interesting a food wrapper well I've actually seen an original still with all the
18:05rations in and one part opened you've got to remember people hadn't seen dehydrated food on mountains very
18:12much I thought in space really well the expedition used technology to a great degree tins are heavy
18:19whereas packet food you can get very high calorific value in a small size and it's light but classic
18:25stuff cocoa orangeade powder and banana bar this is absolutely classic stuff of its time yeah to give
18:30you lots of sugar lots of energy to get yourself on the top of the mountain it's wonderful to be able
18:34to see some more of the 53 trip and it's the personal items that make the difference it's been opened
18:40we suggest it's all been used they've kept the packet as a as a momenta yeah you can understand
18:46why yeah it's beautiful isn't it yeah and it's something no one else would have isn't it from
18:50that absolutely I mean quite literally no one else absolutely Tom Stobart's film the conquest of
18:57Everest won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar he obviously was quite a courageous an adventurer
19:05but very often you know the the person doing the filming they're invisible because they're
19:11high behind the camera they're always behind the lens this is the problem they've got to be ahead
19:15of the team or have the camera set up bear in mind this was much heavier gear than we have now so
19:21you've got to work in freezing cold conditions with celluloid film as it would have been in those
19:25days moving image film and you've got to somehow take the image and get it down for developing in
19:31frighteningly cold conditions what an achievement well take care thank you thanks ever so much for
19:37coming in Nigel thank you all the very best Nigel's expertise has given Jim a fresh understanding of
19:43the enormous value of this collection to historians of mountaineering speaking with Nigel I've got
19:49enough now just to knuckle down catalog it I'm going to guide it 10,000 as a starting price maybe have
19:56it quite broad 10 to 20 maybe and because it's a total unknown
20:00we've got the Everest items coming up have you ever thought about going to Everest or have you been
20:14oh no no and no I think went to a talk by one of the first women to climb it when she said you're up
20:24there for about 15 minutes and then it takes you three weeks to get back down I thought I don't
20:29really want to do that it's not just receptionist join and thinking about great mountaineering expeditions
20:36the Everest memorabilia belonging to Hillary and Tenzing's cameraman is attracting a lot of interest
20:48amazing the Everest items together what a piece of history it's just fantastic son Patrick Stobart has
20:57come to watch this very personal collection go under the hammer morning Patrick all set today yes good man
21:06absolutely so today the reserve is 10,000 pounds yes that's correct isn't it an amazing lot so I have high hopes
21:14I've been to many auctions as a buyer and never as a seller so it's obviously quite a different set of
21:23emotions internet clerks aid and Barry are monitoring the two online platforms which are already showing
21:30bidders in America Australia and Europe I think it's nice that we've got the vendor in the room the son of
21:38the person who's been there but Patrick is insisting on a strict reserve of 10,000 pounds if it doesn't
21:46reach that magic figure it will not sell and Hanson's will make no money it's a real honor to sell now lot
21:55number 50 this is the archive of Tom Stobart MBE it comprises quite remarkably an original
22:04used food package from the Mount Everest expedition of 1953 signed by John Hunt Tenzing Noggy and Edmund
22:15Hillary well live across the world hello America hello Australia I can start this lot with me with a bit of
22:23six thousand pounds six thousand pounds I'm bid so it's really slow I look at Aidy and Barry suddenly
22:32there's a flicker six thousand pounds comes in it's a stop six five six eight seven thousand small steps
22:42getting a feel for where this buyer is going to go seven two seven five seven eight
22:53seven five seven eight eight thousand
23:02Charles is auctioning a collection of memorabilia belonging to a mountaineer and cameraman who
23:09captured the first ascent of Everest I've got eight thousand five online now nine thousand
23:16seller Patrick has set a strict reserve of ten thousand pounds meaning if it doesn't reach that
23:23price it won't sell at all nine thousand two I'm bid nine five nine eight at ten thousand feet or ten
23:34thousand pounds we are climbing it doesn't matter what happens now it was the figure we had in mind or I had in
23:42mind ten thousand five ten thousand eight but wonderfully it goes on eleven thousand two eleven
23:52five you could hear a pin drop at the moment apart from the sound of the auctioneer eleven eight we will
23:59sell this wonderful lot fair warning at twelve thousand pounds the Everest lots we are selling now
24:07that's twelve thousand pounds sold congratulations at twelve thousand pounds I'm over the moon we've landed
24:16this lot perfectly with a happy purchaser and a happy seller I'm very happy at 12,000 I think Charles has
24:24done absolutely exemplary job we did it Patrick well done what's lovely is I'm just hearing from my
24:33colleagues it's gone to Italy there's gone to Italian mountaineering museum oh lovely I think my father would
24:40be extraordinarily pleased to actually know that it's gone to a place in Italy we used to live in northern
24:48Italy and obviously it's gone as a collection and not to a trader and it's going to be there for everyone to see now
24:57receptionist joy and more than are discovering that the Harry Potter magic can be a bit Marmite not
25:09really a Harry Potter fan well I did read them all I have to say and I did actually when one of them
25:14came out I was at Tesco's at midnight buying a copy oh yeah after his success with the Everest sale Jim now
25:24needs to maintain his reputation as the go-to person for auctioning Harry Potter first editions
25:30just for due diligence if you like I've got a check that it's not a really convincing forgery there's
25:38so much money involved in these Jim knows a single fake could do huge damage to his reputation and
25:44Hanson's so as with any book he has to get forensic the first giveaway is that the paper stock that was
25:52used was cheap paper stock because they didn't anticipate obviously the success it was going to
25:57have even a really well preserved copy like this one will have what we call toning which is a slight
26:03browning to the paper basically and then what I always do is if you look at the Bloomsbury logo there
26:09with a glass I can see that yellow on Bloomsbury is actually made up of a yellow with red dots now
26:18that would be hard to fake this is a genuine first edition and it it's one of the best I've ever handled
26:28I can relax now and catalog this with confidence which will come across to the collectors all over
26:35the world every day at Hanson's is playtime for Steve Fulford oh wow a specialist toy valuer here
26:53since 2018 his job keeps him closely in touch with his inner child I haven't got the best job in the
27:01world because I I get paid for playing with toys it can be dinkies one day it can be barbie dolls the
27:07next day today he's driving over a hundred and fifty miles southwest from et wall to western super
27:14mayor to someone whose collection is more man cave than playroom we're going to see a man called Matt
27:21Beal who apparently is the biggest automobile dealer in the country I go out sometimes finding
27:31different things go to the auctions go to people's lofts barns and see what I can find I just love
27:39collecting all the older stuff that's all right quite Steve from Hanson's hi Steve nice to meet you and
27:47you this is fantastic behind Matt's house is a temple to the early days of motoring it's incredible
28:01he's got all these buildings some are garage workshops you know 1930s 40s 50s style proper
28:08little sweet shops have you built all these buildings some of the buildings were here some
28:13are put together so yeah this is incredible it's amazing it's like a little village all on his own
28:19plot of land and absolutely rammed full of iconic things like oil cans petrol pumps enamel signs vehicles as
28:29well but hiding behind the motoring paraphernalia is something that's brought Steve all the
28:37way from Derbyshire so that's the chopper yeah wow that is a rare item it looks all there doesn't it
28:52in the 1960s the classic British bike company Raleigh sent their chief designer on a research trip to
28:58America the result was a revolutionary cycle echoing the style of the custom motorbikes seen in the
29:06classic film easy rider coveted by children all over the UK is the coolest bike around one and a half
29:14million choppers was sold before the arrival of the BMX designed for stunt riding by Raleigh's archrival I
29:22went to buy some enamel signs off a man and when I got there in his garage he had a lovely Jaguar
29:30but behind the Jaguar was this and I couldn't afford the Jag but I could afford this did you
29:36ever have one new no friend of mine at the road had one and we were all envious of him and I had to
29:42have a sensible bike so both of us never had yeah of the three generations of chopper models made it is
29:50this mark one only manufactured from 1969 to 72 that is the most highly coveted by collectors I love
29:58the round gear knob just different the mark to had a sort of a T gear knob on it it's got a nice
30:05straight frame yeah it comes down more there and a bit of a kink around to there on the mark two which
30:10was supposed to make it more difficult to do wheelies what do you think is a value I would
30:16suggest an estimate of somewhere around twelve to eighteen hundred okay well that would be fine
30:23it's an iconic item it's very difficult to find there's quite a few mark twos about but trying to
30:31find a mark one is it's not so easy these days ultimately I think it will get restored and
30:36that's going to enhance its value even more
30:39it's the day of the book sale and there are high hopes for the Harry Potter first edition
30:52good morning hello sir how are you good I'm excited by the biggie just remind me it's Harry Potter a
31:02first edition it's paperback paperback yeah yeah but paperbacks a children's book how many were in
31:09rucksacks how many have got orange squash spilt on them how many have been doodled in and have been
31:13read to death yeah is this one in really good condition yeah it was read but it doesn't look like it
31:18it was despite the interest of a leading collector Jim is worried that it will only take one flat sail
31:28to break the Harry Potter spell and puncture his reputation for book magic there's a little worry in
31:35my head you know what if people are sick to death of seeing me hold up Harry Potter books one person
31:44certainly hoping that's not the case is seller Alan morning Alan hi there's a lot of interest
31:52online I've got a good telephone bidder good you know one of the biggest names really so fingers
31:59crossed yeah yeah if you want to come through let's see how it goes okay follow me I find it difficult
32:05to believe that people would pay a few thousand for a paperback to be honest but we'll see Rob is one
32:13of Hanson's regular freelance staff and we'll be placing bids for a buyer who is phoning in while
32:19internet Clark Sonia and cow are monitoring the online bits we have internet platforms that allow
32:26for bidders to bid from anywhere in the world we have bidders from everywhere and anywhere America Canada
32:32the Far East it's an honor to open the cell now number one we're live online today good morning
32:39after all Jim's hard work authenticating the book it's Charles's turn to work his magic my number 23 is
32:48a JK Rowling this is a wonderful first edition first issue London Bloomsbury straight away I can see
32:57two bits on my book phone line and there's bids online we're live in America good morning America good
33:05morning New York I begin with a bit of four thousand four thousand we're in and we begin that journey
33:12four thousand two I'm bid four thousand five bid four eight and what I'm seeing on both platforms the
33:20price is increasing and now a phone bid has just come in and it's just going up and up
33:25four thousand two I'm bid a rare Harry Potter first edition is under the hammer four thousand five
33:42bid four eight keen to maintain his reputation for a magic touch with books about the boy wizard
33:49Charles is aiming to hit the top of its four to six thousand pound guide price there's a lot of
33:55activity there's a lot of buzz the audience in the room people on the phone bidders online I go to the
34:02phones and the room do I see five thousand two the phone is bidding serious phone bidder he's in with
34:09me I say stay with me now I'm a big client on the phone who viewed the book here it's one of the
34:16biggest names in the book world five thousand four five thousand five bid I'm asking five thousand
34:24eight it's a really sweet feeling when you hit six thousand and five nine become six we've got six
34:30thousand pounds hello America hello America we're live at six thousand six thousand pounds on bid asking
34:37six thousand two on the phone we're out on the phone and then my phone drops out at six I think that's
34:43okay we hit that top estimate sigh of relief six thousand two I'm bid I'm asking six thousand five
34:51now the phone is out hello online for the first time let the magic happen I waive my one for the
35:00first time for the second time the Potter room is ahead of me let's land this and at six thousand two
35:08pounds it's a smooth landing it's your book online so congratulations six thousand two hundred pounds
35:17so congratulations above top estimate by number is the book has gone to a high-end London-based collector
35:25any auctioneer can get lucky in finding an important high pot a book it's also the way you sell it so
35:32definitely we've maintained the reputation we've really pushed ourselves forward once again to handle
35:38more because when we get a high pot to come in we want to market it really well thank you sir yeah
35:44absolute pleasure so thank you thank you that was a good result today and it just keeps this whole Harry
35:50Potter thing going it's something I have to really nurture not many paperbacks could do what that's done
35:56today so it's good with the toy sale coming up it's time to get the choppers best profile for the catalogue
36:09for senior valuer Carl it's a real trip down memory lane the posh kids had these bikes back in the late
36:20seventies as I remember yeah we couldn't afford off fantastic bikes of the seventies you know iconic with
36:29the shape the style of it you know it was very sort of in them days contemporary ensuring the
36:36authenticity of every item before it is catalogued for sale is a key part of the job for Hanson's
36:43valuation team often that means calling on an expert with specialist knowledge and today Carl is
36:52taking the 1970s bike brought in by Stephen for a once-over by ex rally product manager and chopper
36:59guru Jason bonus the reason for today these to get our chopper checked out by professionals so they can
37:09tell us all about it you know what's original and what's not I used to own a chopper when I was in
37:16my twenties it's made its markers are probably the most iconic rally bike outlet hi Jason all right
37:25Carl I've got something similar to what you've got I just wanted to see what you feel to it yeah so mark
37:30one it's a mark two I'm working on at the minute but yeah the mark one the original chopper I just
37:36wondered how original is that as a mark one well it looks pretty original as far as a component tree
37:42like for like you can see that the mark one is about 10 centimeters longer okay yeah I can see a
37:48difference in size this is an original gear shifter okay as you can see here we've got like a car style
37:54round knob yeah and a t-shifter on the mark two okay probably one of the easiest ways of dating its age
38:00as well is on the rear hub shell in here there will be a stamping of its production point so this one
38:08says 71 and 2 so that'll be okay February 71 meeting this fella Jason absolutely knew his beans so clever
38:19and for him to look at this chopper and to point out the the smallest details it was just amazing his
38:27knowledge paint wise I would say it's not the original color you've got a bit of paint come
38:34away here which says it was possibly the blue version originally okay another indicator is the
38:39chain guard that looks to be off a mark two I mean the mark one would have come straight along here it
38:44was squared off at the end right at the end of the day it's a chain guard it can be easily replaced
38:49it doesn't take anything away from it is an original 1971 mark one chopper what would you say the value
38:58would be on something like this a mark one which we presume is quite rare yeah I like anything that's
39:05classic depends on the condition yeah something like this probably about a thousand all right okay
39:13my one is super cool to see one in this condition it's quite rare sight the spec on the bike is very
39:21very close to how it should be from the factory back you know when it came out in 71 cracking day out
39:26now we've had it checked out we can market it catalog it as an original mark one chopper so it's happy days
39:35thanks very much thank you hello wheelies now we'll be sure anyway now authenticated as the real deal
39:49the chopper bike is ready to go up for auction chopper oh I always wanted a chopper really yeah and for
39:58receptionist Morvin it triggers a real moment of nostalgia what was it about it that appeared
40:04it's just it's trendy isn't it it's the whole style of it the small wheel the large wheel the long seat
40:08the chopper is temptation on two wheels so here we go time bye see you later
40:17wow that bike is iconic to my childhood because I had the smaller version I had a tomahawk
40:32might have to put a bed in for this to be a joy reliving your lost view absolutely it brings back a
40:41lot of memories for me as seller Matt arrives for the auction he's counting on others riding that wave
40:49of nostalgia oh hi there I've got the bicycle for sale in here yeah you're the man that's selling the
40:55chopper that's it so I'll take you through Charles will be through shortly to do stuff on the
41:01rostrum so when let's go straight good afternoon welcome to our toy cell welcome we're live online
41:07the rare retro bicycle is the top attraction amongst 550 lots being sold today at the moment I'm feeling
41:15quite excited see how it goes a little bit nervous thank you my number now is this wonderful whirlwinds of
41:27an iconic very early 1970s rally mark one chopper 1970 71 showing for you there capturing the dawn of a new style
41:41straight here I can see my screen flash 500 pounds and I can start with me bits of 500 pounds 550 600 650
41:54750 750 750 do I see in the room lots of moment in the cell room where a gentleman bids 580 600 and
42:05they were all online 800 850 900 went up to 800 I thought well that's where I wanted to be at least 800
42:13900 900 900 950 1000 I'm bit with engine from 9 to 1000 got it and to me that's enough the bike is worth really truly I can't say it more than 1000
42:281000 1000 1000 and 50 I'm bit this is a mark one chopper do I see 1100 now come on
42:35oh it's climbing roll back the years and pedal I will sell it for the first time we're out in the room
42:47second time we are going to sell bendel at a thousand and fifty pounds going going going
42:55sold congratulations very good bid thank you to our seller thank you very much it's an absolute pleasure sir
43:04absolute pleasure to handle your chopper there we are
43:07very good result so a little bit above the thousand which is good it's done very well
43:13overall very happy it was great well thank you very much much appreciate journey back home thank you
43:19it's one of those where what's in your old bike shed what's lurking what's vintage what's what's
43:25retro and that bike really ticks all those boxes vendor really happy buyer somewhere in the world online
43:32it's hopefully happy as well and really it's a great result
43:37it's a real moment of nostalgia
44:01what what
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