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00:00The stars are coming to Angus' Yorkshire auction house.
00:04We've actually got two celebs for the price of one, haven't we?
00:06Oh, dear.
00:07Because he's helping more of our best-loved celebrities...
00:10Hello!
00:11Hey!
00:12Tuck your shirt in.
00:14Yeah, well, I've been working.
00:15...turn their belongings into cold, hard cash.
00:18Come on!
00:19This is my grandma's old wireless.
00:22He visits their magnificent homes...
00:24But it's not often you come to somebody who has a windmill.
00:27...seeking out collectibles...
00:29Mmm, this looks nice.
00:30What do you think of this?
00:32Keepsakes from their careers...
00:34Please don't drop them.
00:35Those are staying.
00:36I was just looking.
00:37...and stuff they no longer need...
00:39We have this fridge here.
00:40Yeah, OK.
00:41...to sell back at his auction house...
00:43Oh, wow!
00:45This is like an Aladdin's cave for me.
00:48Well, it looks fantastic here.
00:49...turning their possessions...
00:515,100.
00:52I like it.
00:53...into piles of money.
00:56Boom!
00:59Hi, Angus.
01:11Hi, Mark.
01:12Are you all right?
01:12Angus, I've taken a lovely job.
01:14Yeah.
01:14There's quite a lot of it.
01:15I might have a look when I get back...
01:16...because I've got to shoot off.
01:18I'm going to see Oti Mabusi.
01:20Oh, Strictly, Oti.
01:21Strictly, yeah.
01:22All right, fantastic.
01:23Might get a dance lesson when I'm down there.
01:24You for now.
01:24South African-born ballroom dancer and TV personality, Oti Mabusi, has appeared on numerous shows
01:33from Dancing on Ice to Loose Women.
01:36But she first cha-cha-charred her way into our hearts, competing as a professional on Strictly
01:42Come Dancing.
01:44For seven years, she taught a host of celebrities how to dance.
01:48I hope Angus packed his dancing shoes.
01:51I would absolutely dance with Angus, Stu.
01:53I think you'll be a joy to teach.
01:55Absolutely.
01:56Will it be a train wreck?
01:58Yes.
01:59Harsh.
02:01But probably fair, Oti.
02:03It's not every day one of the most successful dancers in the country rings you up.
02:07Do you like dancing?
02:08I like Strictly.
02:09And she went in with Bill Bailey.
02:12Yes, and I think Kelvin Fletcher as well.
02:14You do know you're Strictly, don't you?
02:16I love a bit of Strictly.
02:17Angus and Millie have a five-and-a-half-hour drive ahead of them to Oti's home in Berkshire.
02:22I started dancing when I was really young.
02:25I danced my whole way through high school.
02:27I danced my whole way through university.
02:29And then I decided to move to Germany and start my career as a professional dancer.
02:35I ended up Strictly Come Dancing in the UK because they founded me in Germany
02:40when I was scouted there by an agent from the BBC.
02:45And I guess the rest is history.
02:48Oti lives with her husband, Marius, and their two-year-old daughter.
02:51My husband, he is my original dance partner.
02:55We met in Germany.
02:56And I think we've just loved dancing together ever since.
03:04It's when we are the most comfortable and we can have the most communication without using words.
03:09It's when we're dancing.
03:10He loved me.
03:12Imagine if I was a normal wife.
03:14So boring.
03:15So boring.
03:16We have only recently just moved to this house.
03:19So it's our fourth month.
03:21It's really, really, really new.
03:22It is an 18th century house and it feels like our forever home.
03:28And the feel of it is quite old, Victorian, kind of classic.
03:33It's got a story to tell.
03:34But we've kept some things from the old house.
03:37And unfortunately, I just don't match the house.
03:40Aha!
03:41That's why our Beardy auctioneer is required.
03:44I've asked Angus here today to help me auction some of the things that I do love dearly.
03:50But unfortunately, they just don't fit.
03:53Also, we've got some things here from the previous owners.
03:56We don't even know what they are.
03:57But I'm hoping that Angus can use his expertise and find some little valuable hidden gems.
04:04Right, here we are.
04:11Oh, it's warm.
04:14It is.
04:18Hello!
04:19Oti!
04:20Hi!
04:20Hi, how are you doing?
04:22You all right?
04:22Oh, great.
04:23It is so hot.
04:24It is.
04:24Coming.
04:25It's boiling.
04:29All right, so this is the first room.
04:33Oh, wow.
04:34We haven't literally been here for about four months, so not long.
04:38Everything that we had was quite South African, safari, bright-coloured, and bringing that
04:45into the new house just didn't work.
04:47Okay.
04:48Well, what sort of things were we looking at?
04:49Right.
04:50Okay.
04:51We have a huge elephant in...
04:53The elephant in the room.
04:54The elephant in the room.
04:55So this actually was a gift, and I got this the first year I ever won Strictly.
05:03Who were you with for the first woman?
05:04Calvin Fletcher.
05:05I was supposed to be actually partnered up with Jamie Lang.
05:08Jamie Lang ended up injuring himself in the first show, and Calvin kind of came in as
05:14he was the reserve, so quite the underdog, and worked really hard, and evidently did extremely
05:21well.
05:22Enough about the underdog.
05:23What about the elephant?
05:25Anything that reminds me of home, I really love to cherish.
05:29But this is a bit much.
05:31I think the bright colours, as much as I love it, we haven't really found a spot in the
05:35house for it.
05:36Yeah.
05:37I really like it.
05:38I mean, it's really decorative.
05:39Yeah, it's cool.
05:40If you like it, you can have it.
05:43Happily sell that for you.
05:44One for the van.
05:46Next.
05:46Okay.
05:48We now have these four stools.
05:50In the old house, we used to have this island.
05:52Unfortunately, though, we can't find place for them in this house.
05:55They just don't...
05:56They don't fit.
05:57They don't fit.
05:58I'm going to speak a little bit lower, because my husband does love them.
06:01Right.
06:02But we are getting rid of them.
06:04Okay.
06:05Just out of interest, we do do valuations for separation purposes.
06:09If there's a real problem.
06:12No, no, no.
06:12The divorce is too expensive.
06:14I can't afford the divorce, but I can't afford selling these.
06:18You can let Marius know we might be able to get £50 for them.
06:21Great.
06:21Well, Millie, do you want to get the van ready?
06:23Yeah, we can go get the van sorted.
06:24Shall we look at what else there is?
06:25Yeah.
06:25Brilliant.
06:26Let's go.
06:26Okay.
06:27That's it, Millie.
06:28While you quick-step it to the van, Angus and Oti can continue their duet in here.
06:33Okay, Angus.
06:34So, this is supposed to be sort of like a playroom.
06:38There's not enough space.
06:39We've got two baby cupboards, but she doesn't use them anymore.
06:43Okay.
06:44I've got children, so I know it must have really changed things for you, this sort of new chapter.
06:49Completely.
06:49I think my whole world now is about my daughter.
06:52I've had to really adjust my career.
06:55Luckily, I'm now working on Loose Women, and that really allows me time to do the school drop.
07:02Yeah.
07:02Go there, be on television, and then I'll go fetch her, and then she comes in, and then we have dinner, and then that's the day.
07:09And speaking of work, is this a few outfits?
07:12Yes.
07:12Now, this was a dress that I wore on my first ever Strictly final.
07:19Wow.
07:20Look at my waist.
07:21That's tiny.
07:21This is literally half my breast now.
07:23Oh dear.
07:24Dance has been your whole life, hasn't it, from a young girl.
07:28I started when I was three, and it's not the only thing that I've done.
07:33I'm actually a civil engineer.
07:36I've got an interest in designs and regional and town planning and water systems and irrigation.
07:41That is incredible.
07:42I never knew that.
07:43I know.
07:44Full of surprises.
07:45Full of surprises.
07:46Plus, you've managed to follow your passion.
07:48Yeah, that's the thing.
07:49Yeah.
07:50I take it none of these are to go.
07:51These are...
07:52No.
07:53None of these are for sale, unfortunately.
07:54Right.
07:55So, if we can clear a bit of space to get rid of the units out of here.
07:57Yes, please.
07:58Next, we have the garage.
07:59Okay.
08:00No rest for the wicked Angus.
08:02Oti is going to keep you on your toes today.
08:05Oh my gosh, Oti.
08:07It's like your workout, isn't it?
08:08Yeah.
08:09Welcome to the garage, slash man cave.
08:12We have this fridge here.
08:13Yes.
08:14That has never been used.
08:15So, why have you got it?
08:17Because I was doing an advert, and they were like, well, if you fancy a fridge, it's a double door fridge.
08:24It's good fridge.
08:25It's brilliant.
08:26Yeah.
08:27The American style fridge freezer is made by Turkish electronics company, Biko, and comes with an ice and water dispenser.
08:34Cool, eh?
08:35Have you ever been made into a fridge magnet?
08:37Do people still make fridge magnets?
08:39Oh yeah, they do.
08:40Massive.
08:41We could like, you know, put a...
08:42A fridge magnet on me?
08:43Oti fridge magnet.
08:44Whatever sells.
08:45Good idea, Angus.
08:47Why not use Oti's magnetic personality to help sell the fridge?
08:51Oti is the sweetest, sweetest lady you could meet.
08:54Do you know what?
08:55We see all these people on telly and things like that, and we forget they're real people, and they have the same challenges like the rest of us.
09:01Moving house, new child, I mean, it's a challenge for everybody.
09:05I don't think it's going to be vast amounts today.
09:07It's kind of very much household items.
09:10We'll see what can get loaded up, and we'll try and create as much space as we can.
09:13Have you seen the box that's just over there?
09:19Oh, Green Howards.
09:20Yeah.
09:21Oh, we like that.
09:22The Green Howards were a British army regiment nicknamed after one of their 18th century colonels, Charles Howard, and the green trim on their uniforms.
09:31It's a regiment very close to our Angus' heart.
09:35It's the greatest infantry regiment there's ever been.
09:37They've been there at all the major campaigns.
09:40Incredible, really.
09:41Obviously, I was a Green Howard.
09:43Obviously.
09:44Yeah.
09:47It is fundamentally just a storage box, but it's belonged to CSM, so that's Company Sergeant Major.
09:53We've got there, Sergeant Jay...
09:56Hewitt.
09:57Hewitt, the Green Howards.
09:58It's a nice thing.
09:59I do like these military trunks.
10:01It's a bit tired, but that will sell purely because of the writing on it.
10:05Yeah.
10:06We're not fortunes, 50 to 100, but, you know, great to see a bit of Yorkshire down here, isn't it?
10:09Yeah.
10:10Should we take it home?
10:11Yeah, definitely.
10:16While Oti puts her famous feet up, Angus and Millie get loading the bigger pieces of furniture, including two wardrobes and the fridge freezer.
10:25That's it.
10:28With the heavy lifting done, maybe we can relax for a minute.
10:32Ready, go.
10:33Oh.
10:34One, two, cha-cha-cha.
10:36One, two, three, four, five.
10:38Turn.
10:39One.
10:40Other way.
10:41Other way.
10:42Right leg.
10:43Three, four, five.
10:44Right leg.
10:45Right leg.
10:46Right leg.
10:48Ready, go.
10:49One, two, cha-cha-cha.
10:51One, two, cha-cha.
10:52Spin.
10:53One, two, cha-cha.
10:55Spin.
10:56One, two, cha-cha.
10:57Stop.
10:58Yeah!
11:00That burn!
11:01Really?
11:02You think?
11:03What do you reckon?
11:04Very good.
11:05Thank you, Oti.
11:06Probably best to stick to the day job, Angus.
11:09Now, what else can you find to take for auction?
11:12Cast metal fireback.
11:13They were first developed in the 16th century, and they were a thing of purpose.
11:18All heating at that stage was an open fire.
11:20These would sit at the back.
11:22It protected the wall of the fireplace from heat damage.
11:25And it also reflected the heat back into the room.
11:28And then over time, actually, people thought, fireplace looks quite good.
11:31Let's make it decorative.
11:32This is probably a 20th century version of something much earlier.
11:37Shows kind of a blacksmith working in his forge.
11:40And just a nice thing.
11:4150 to 100 pounds, something like that.
11:43But if you want to create a grand house in your home, this is what you need.
11:47With the last few bits loaded up on the van...
11:53Back to Yorkshire.
11:54Angus and Millie are done.
11:56Come on in to your children's playroom.
11:59Oh, wow!
12:00You wanted space.
12:01I wanted space!
12:04It's so open and...
12:07Yay!
12:08Oh, she's going to have so much fun.
12:10I mean, yay!
12:12I'm so happy!
12:14Right, I'm off back to Yorkshire.
12:16I'll see you, Selma.
12:18All right, cheers, O.T.
12:19See you.
12:20I'm so happy with Angus.
12:22He was brilliant.
12:23He was efficient.
12:24There's just so much space.
12:25There's so much potential in this room alone.
12:28And I'm so happy.
12:31It was really about clearing space, making that space for a daughter,
12:34that playroom, and it's just been lovely.
12:37It's not every day you can say you've danced with somebody like O.T.
12:40It's been a special day, so back to Yorkshire.
12:43After your stellar dance performance,
12:46now's your cha-cha chance to really impress O.T.
12:49by selling all her stuff on auction day, Angus.
12:52What are we expecting?
13:04Erm, quite a lot of furniture.
13:06That'll do, Jack.
13:07With O.T.'s things back at the auction house,
13:10the team shake a leg to get it all unloaded.
13:13Whoa.
13:14Whoa.
13:15What the hell?
13:16Athlete over here.
13:19So everything can be researched and catalogued in time for sale day.
13:23Hi, Charlotte.
13:24Hi, Jeremy.
13:25So what have we got here?
13:27It's a print by the artist Louise Lewton.
13:31She specialises in doing very bright oil paintings of animals.
13:37The elephant's called Hugo.
13:39There's a series of prints made and they were sold in John Lewis.
13:42I think it was £175 they retail for.
13:45Based in Salisbury, Louise spent 20 years working as a secondary school teacher
13:50before being inspired to paint full time.
13:52I think it's a really nice quality because it's actually quite well-texted, isn't it?
13:56It actually feels like a canvas.
13:57Yeah, it does.
13:58I'd put it at £50 to £70.
14:00Hopefully, it'll go for quite a lot more than that.
14:03Let's hope for a jumbo price on sale day.
14:09What you got there, Angus?
14:10Going to play as a tune?
14:12This lamp of O.T. Mabuse's is amazing.
14:15Oh, never mind.
14:16The lighting market has boomed in the last, sort of, ten years, really.
14:21And it's all about the look, something a little bit different
14:23and doing something clever with lighting.
14:26A lot of people call this upcycling.
14:28I think probably lights are the original form of upcycling.
14:32If you go back 20 years ago, it was an old wine bottle
14:36that we converted into a lamp, an old stoneware bottle.
14:39Nowadays, we convert everything into lamps.
14:41I've seen musical instruments like a trombone,
14:44old tools and all sorts created into something a little bit different.
14:49And if something can have a new life doing something else, fantastic.
14:52I think it should sell well.
14:53We've put, sort of, 60 to 80 on it as an estimate.
14:55I'm sure we'll find a home for this.
15:06O.T.
15:07Hello, Angus.
15:08How are you doing? You all right?
15:09I'm good, how are you?
15:10Yeah, very good.
15:11Yeah? How are you feeling?
15:12I mean, I'm a little bit nervous.
15:14Nervous? Why?
15:15Because I've never done this before.
15:16I don't know what to expect.
15:18It's just like stepping out on stage.
15:19Is it?
15:20Yeah, well, no.
15:21There's more furniture in the way and boxes and stuff.
15:23Yeah.
15:24But other than that, it's fine.
15:25I mean, if you can do that, it's easy.
15:26This is easy.
15:27OK.
15:28Come on.
15:29Head through and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
15:31Oh, wow.
15:32The elephant!
15:33Oh, man.
15:34It feels weird seeing it here.
15:36Oh, no.
15:37Baby.
15:38In her first ever bedroom, these were her first ever closets.
15:44Oh, man.
15:45It took us so long to put them together.
15:50I was still in hospital and my husband would come back at midday.
16:00and just build them.
16:03Some of the furniture might be a little bit tricky.
16:06The fridge, look, the fridge is really good.
16:08So we'll find a home for that.
16:09The elephant print, you know, it's colourful.
16:11I think hopefully we'll get that out of the way.
16:13So I don't think it's going to be groundbreaking results,
16:15but it's just going to be wonderful to have out in the cell room.
16:18She's going to add a little bit of sparkle.
16:20Thank you very much.
16:22Thank you so much.
16:23Enjoy the auction.
16:25It is quite strange seeing my stuff in the Yorkshire house,
16:28but now I'm excited.
16:29I'm excited to let them go.
16:31I'm excited for them to be in a new home
16:33and I'm excited to see how they do.
16:36Well, let's get started then.
16:38Millie and Jasper are set to manage all those online bids.
16:42Well, let's go.
16:44Now we just need Angus to put his best foot forward
16:47and strut his stuff on the rostrum.
16:49Oh, we're on.
16:50Welcoming to the stage, Oti Mabusi.
16:54Just me, Clevy.
16:55Just me, Clevy.
16:56First up, it's the Louise Luton elephant print.
17:00Hugo the elephant.
17:01We start at 80, 90, 120.
17:04Charlotte was right.
17:05It's already smashed its estimate.
17:07120 pound a bid then at 130.
17:09130 it is then for the elephant at 130 pound.
17:11This was on Oti's wall.
17:13At 130 pound it is for Oti's elephant.
17:16Oh, two of you coming up 140.
17:18I've got 150 on commission.
17:19150, 160.
17:20In the room at 160 pound it is then at 160.
17:22At 160 it is then at 160.
17:24In the room at 160.
17:25That's an elephant-tastic start.
17:26160, thank you very much.
17:27Woo!
17:28Now, will anyone take a shine to this?
17:29This is a bit of fun, isn't it?
17:30Oti's trombone floor lamp.
17:31Couldn't quite get it to play, did we?
17:32But it lights up.
17:3350 pounds, start me.
17:3450 for Oti's trombone lamp.
17:35I've got it.
17:36Come on bidders.
17:37It's multifunctional.
17:38Bid, 50, five, five, five.
17:39Let's go.
17:40Good oldies.
17:41I've got it.
17:42I've got it.
17:43I've got it.
17:44I've got it.
17:45Come on bidders.
17:46It's multifunctional.
17:47Bid, 50, five, five, five.
17:48Let's go.
17:4960, 65, 65, 65 bid, 70, 70 pound it is, then at 70.
17:50Five, fresh bid.
17:5175 it is, then at 75 it is, then at 75 pound.
17:52It's a bit quirky, it's a bit different.
17:53At 75, gobbles up at 75.
17:56Hitting all the right notes and meeting its estimate.
18:12Uh, right.
18:14Next, it's the wooden chest that belonged to a sergeant in the green room.
18:18Howards regiment.
18:19Military chest there.
18:2040 pound a bid at 40.
18:21It is, then at 40 pound a bid at 40.
18:22At 42, 2, 2, 2, 42, 5, 5, 5, 45, 48, 50 I have.
18:27For the Green Howards military box.
18:29I'm going to sell away at 55 pounds.
18:38The chest is shipping out to a bidder in Bridlington.
18:41You were just going to throw that out, weren't you?
18:43Yeah.
18:44It was by the skip.
18:45It was by the skip.
18:46And here is something else Angus saved from the skip.
18:50Oh, this is interesting.
18:52The 17th century style cast iron fireback.
18:55This is what Oti used to train with.
18:57Where should we be for this?
18:5830 pound a bid, straight in.
19:0030 pound, nice.
19:01This is amazing.
19:0232, 5, 8, 40.
19:0340 pound a bid.
19:04At 40 it is.
19:05At 40.
19:062, 2, 2, 2, 5.
19:0745 it is, then at 45.
19:09Selling at 45.
19:11That one got the online bidders fired up.
19:14Impressive.
19:15So impressive.
19:16Prepare to be further impressed Oti, as Angus flies through six more of your lots, including...
19:24At 30 pounds.
19:25At 30 pounds.
19:26A white laminate wardrobe with mirrored doors.
19:29And...
19:30At 70 pounds.
19:33The four velvet bar stools.
19:35Say bye-bye, Marius.
19:36A few added.
19:37680.
19:38Bringing us to the last lot of the sale, the Beco American style fridge freezer.
19:46It's actually a really, really good combination fridge freezer.
19:49It does the ice, the water, it's brand new, and it comes with a very limited edition Oti Mabuse fridge magnet.
19:57Aangus had these made up especially, as if the fridge wasn't cool enough already.
20:03One of three. So this is a rare limited edition OT Mabuse fridge.
20:08I go straight in at 120. 120 and bid at 120.
20:11That's a commission bid on the low end of the estimate to start.
20:14130, 140.
20:16The commission bid's not maxed out yet.
20:18150, 160, 170, 180, 190. I've got 200, 210.
20:23At 210 with a limited edition fridge magnet at 210.
20:27Is that why you're buying it, sir? No.
20:30At 210 it is then at 210. I'm going to sell at 210.
20:34Sold to the cool as a cucumber room bidder.
20:38Thank you very much, sir.
20:41With all of OT's things waltzing off to new owners,
20:44it's time to tango our way outside and find out the final scores.
20:49Hey, OT. Hello. Are you all right?
20:51Yeah, good. That was so much fun. You were very, very good.
20:55Any surprises? The biggest one was the fire.
20:58The fire back, yes. The fire back, because that you found randomly.
21:02Like, I didn't care about it. Didn't care about the box.
21:05That sold as well. It did.
21:07Well, I suppose I'm best to tell you what your grand total is.
21:11The scores... What is it? Seven!
21:14Well, it is actually a seven. 732 pounds.
21:16Oh, yay! Very good.
21:19Yeah, but it's been an absolute pleasure.
21:21Thank you. No, thank you for having me.
21:23What about my auctioneering skills?
21:25Ten!
21:26Ten across the scale!
21:28I'm actually really surprised with how the day went.
21:33It was really exciting and, like, you get a little bit of adrenaline.
21:37I definitely think Angus did such a brilliant, brilliant job,
21:39and I would definitely feel like now I'm addicted to auctions.
21:45Like, I'm hooked.
21:46Well, OT caused quite the stir in the sale room.
21:48It's wonderful. Loads of people really love seeing her here.
21:51I think, you know, a few good results, actually.
21:53One or two things did well.
21:54Really, really good day.
21:55Pleased for one of the nicest, nicest people you can meet.
21:58Charlotte, there's a reason why you're coming on the job with me today.
22:11Yeah.
22:12It's a very long drive.
22:13Is that the reason?
22:15Well, you're in the same way, yeah.
22:17No, no, no, I'm taking you home.
22:19We're going to Somerset.
22:21We are.
22:22If that isn't exciting enough, we're going to go see Martin Roberts.
22:27Oh, my gosh.
22:28Yeah.
22:29Oh, that's exciting.
22:30It sure is, Charlotte.
22:32Martin Roberts is one of the UK's top property experts
22:35and most popular TV personalities.
22:38With decades of experience as a property developer under his belt,
22:43he's presented a host of TV and radio shows,
22:46but he's best known for the BBC auction show,
22:49Homes Under the Hammer, which he's presented for over two decades.
22:53It's about 5,000 properties that I've visited.
22:56And about, you know, 10,000 different ways of describing damp.
23:03Now, this is a home I can't wait to see.
23:07It's a six-hour drive for Angus and Charlotte to Martin's home
23:18in the Somerset countryside.
23:20Through to the nice-sized living area.
23:25Loads of light coming in through the bay window there.
23:28And I love the fact that we've got all this natural wood on the floors.
23:31Obviously, somebody's taken a lot of trouble to actually strip that back.
23:35Actually, it was a weekend of hell.
23:38Wrong series, Martin, but it is a very nice house.
23:41I didn't have kids when I bought it, but it's turned out to be the most perfect family house.
23:47I've been collecting stuff for years. It is my passion.
23:50I love going to car boot sales. I love going to flea markets.
23:53And I'm really good at buying stuff.
23:55But I think it's about time that I should make you some money on it, maybe.
23:59And what might you spend this money on?
24:02I'm renovating a pub, a community pub in the top of the Rhonda Valley.
24:07It's going to be a gastropub, a boutique hotel.
24:11And even by my standards, it is chomping through the cash.
24:15So maybe my wumbling at all these fares and boot sales
24:20can actually be money in the bank, which I'm now turning into cash.
24:24Good plan.
24:26I bet he's got a nice house.
24:28I reckon he might.
24:29He must do.
24:30Oh, here we are. I think we're nearly here.
24:32I expect I will be disappointed on what some things get.
24:39Because it's what somebody's willing to pay, and they might not share my passion.
24:45But I might be pleasantly surprised.
24:48And at the end of the day, every penny helps.
24:50That's the spirit, Martin.
24:58Hello.
24:59Hello.
25:00Angus.
25:01How are you doing?
25:02You all right?
25:03Nice to meet you.
25:04Good.
25:05And Charlotte.
25:06Charlotte, lovely to meet you too.
25:07Wonderful.
25:08You've got a welcoming party.
25:09Oh, look at this.
25:10This is waffle, and this is crumble, and that's a noodle.
25:13Oh, they're gorgeous.
25:14I love the names.
25:15Yeah, thank you.
25:16All food related.
25:17I have to say that a lot of the stuff is in my carefully organised garage.
25:21Well, let's go to the garage then.
25:22Shall we go?
25:23It's down there.
25:24OK.
25:25You lead on.
25:26Yeah.
25:27So, how long have you lived here then, Martin?
25:30About 40 years in this house.
25:32Wow.
25:33In that time, much of my wife's annoyance, I've filled it with completely piles of...
25:37Well, I call it collectibles.
25:39She calls it rubbish.
25:40What's that?
25:41As a child, I used to go to these steam rallies with my dad.
25:44Yeah.
25:45And he was an engineer.
25:46He was a scientist.
25:47So I went to university, got a degree in electronics.
25:50Electrical engineering.
25:51OK.
25:52So anything to do with steam and railways and engines, it is amazing.
25:56So this is a proper...
25:57Oh, we like this.
25:59...five inch steam engine, OK?
26:02That is fantastic.
26:03Which is absolutely beautiful.
26:05No, it's a fully functioning engine.
26:07Yes.
26:08I mean, it will drive like a real train.
26:09Yes.
26:10Steam, fantastic.
26:11However, you're not having that.
26:13Oh, right.
26:14Oh, and after all that...
26:16Moving on to more steam stuff, I found this.
26:19It's something that's been scratch built.
26:21But this manufacturer I understand, Stuart...
26:23Yes.
26:24...is quite well known for their engineering model.
26:26They are.
26:27Established in 1898 in Henley-on-Thames as part of the Stuart-Turner Group, Stuart models
26:33continue to make model steam engines at a factory in Bridport in Dorset today.
26:38I quite like this, the fact that it's got the boiler, it's got the piston thing, and then
26:43it's got a generator and you can connect it to a couple of light bulbs.
26:46Yeah.
26:47So, I think that's really quite sweet.
26:49That's lovely.
26:50That's really quite sweet.
26:51Hopefully it generates some bids.
26:53A lot of musical instruments I can see.
26:55Yeah.
26:56You know, one of the things I want to do in the pub is have an area with lots of musical
27:00instruments that the local kids can come in and play.
27:02So, I'm trying to get a real mixture of things.
27:04Wow.
27:05I hope he's soundproofed the walls.
27:07But I have got a few duplicates, and one of the things I've got too up is an accordion.
27:10Okay.
27:11The first accordion was patented in Vienna in 1829.
27:15Martin's one isn't as old, dating from the mid to late 20th century, and made by German
27:21brand, Weltmeister.
27:23Do you play?
27:29I think that's a no.
27:31You know, I can't play an accordion, but...
27:33I see the vision.
27:34You know...
27:35It works.
27:36Do your best.
27:37Yeah.
27:38Yeah, just need someone who can play it.
27:39The accordion should squeeze a few notes out of someone.
27:44What else is up for grabs?
27:46I've got this.
27:47You might want to have some fun with.
27:49Ah, the classic Gladstone bag.
27:51The Gladstone bag.
27:52Yeah, exactly.
27:53But I love the detail on this.
27:54I love the brass fitting.
27:56It's lovely, isn't it?
27:57It just does its work.
27:58Why is it called the Gladstone bag?
28:00The bag manufacturer named it after the Prime Minister Gladstone.
28:04No!
28:05William Gladstone was Prime Minister for a total of 12 years,
28:08spread out over four terms between 1868 and 1894.
28:13It's thought that London leather goodseller JG Beard named the bag in his honour.
28:18It is, really, the doctor's bag, because it was almost the standard
28:22that that's what the doctors carried around.
28:24It's an iconic British bag.
28:25It is.
28:26That's lovely.
28:27I mean, that's a nice one, and it's in good order.
28:29Bag it up, Angus.
28:31Not bad so far.
28:32You know, it's an auctioneer's dream opening up a garage like that
28:35and seeing all those wonderful items.
28:37However, I think actually selling things might be a bit of an issue for him.
28:42And I think he's bought a lot of these items retail,
28:45so he's probably paid a lot more for them than what realistically we're going to get at auction.
28:50So I'm going to have to manage those expectations a little bit.
28:53But he should be used to that.
28:55He does that on his show.
28:56I'm sure you can wheedle enough things out of Martin
28:59to raise some cash for that pub project in Wales, Angus.
29:02So while Charlotte readies the van, let's check inside the house.
29:07Welcome.
29:08Martin, oh.
29:09I'm loving the house.
29:10It's just been a great spot.
29:12Yeah.
29:13It's lots and lots of work to get it like this, and it's ongoing.
29:15I've got the fish tank in the kitchen and this open-plan stuff.
29:18So this is my office, but I love...
29:21I know, I know.
29:22I love surrounding myself by things that I love while I'm working.
29:25With the collector's market, things like toys.
29:27Right.
29:28It's all nostalgia-driven.
29:29Of course it is.
29:30It's so funny, and when you've got the chance to buy these things,
29:32when you couldn't...
29:33Yeah.
29:34It's like, yeah, I'm going to get a Skeletrics.
29:35This, right, it's in a box.
29:37Yeah.
29:38Which obviously you'll know is...
29:39Always good.
29:40...is quite important.
29:41It's brilliant, isn't it?
29:43I mean, it is just genius.
29:45Exterminate! Exterminate!
29:48Doctor Who's greatest enemies, the Daleks,
29:51appeared in the very first season of Doctor Who in 1963.
29:54This tin-plate wind-up Dalek was released by London toy company Kodeg in 1965.
30:01I mean, it's so iconic, isn't it, the Dalek?
30:04But, you know, there's a real collector's market for it.
30:07It's great, it's got its box.
30:08They're generally anywhere from £150 up to just over the £300 mark.
30:13So...
30:14OK.
30:15Fingers crossed on the day.
30:16Yeah.
30:17What a great find.
30:18I know.
30:19You quite like this, don't you?
30:20Rummaging round and biting.
30:21I love it.
30:22It's my happy place.
30:23Yeah.
30:24Sunday mornings, yeah, going round the flea markets, all the car boots.
30:27Well, it looks like you have an eye, Martin, because over the next hour, Angus and Charlotte find many more enticing bits and bobs.
30:34Grab a box and we'll...
30:36Yes.
30:37Full steam ahead.
30:38Yes, boss.
30:39No, it was a joke about trains.
30:41Oh, yeah.
30:42Stick to auctioneering.
30:44Yeah.
30:45Right, I can take this straight to the van.
30:48And that's the cabinet glass top for air.
30:50Right.
30:51Nick will relish investigating these two, whatever they are models, back at the auction house.
30:57Fantastic.
30:58And...
30:59Hopefully it works.
31:00Couple of spare batteries in the garage.
31:01This electric mountain bike might be worth a few, Bob.
31:04I do occasionally buy things on impulse and I think the electric bike was one of those.
31:08It was sort of in the early days when electric bikes came out.
31:11It's a really good one.
31:12And I used it a few times.
31:13I was like, yeah, actually, you know what?
31:14It's a lot easier to cycle around.
31:15And it has sat there for years.
31:17Could be a real deal for someone.
31:19And with that...
31:20Oh, right.
31:22We are done.
31:24Done.
31:28Hey.
31:29Hey.
31:30All set.
31:31We're all ready.
31:32Well, you know what?
31:33I'm excited.
31:34I'm nervous.
31:35I'm emotional.
31:36We'll see you up on auction day.
31:37Brilliant.
31:38Don't forget to read the legal pack.
31:39Oh, your legal pack?
31:40You've got one, haven't you?
31:41In terms of conditions.
31:42Apparently that's what you say, innit?
31:43We haven't talked about commission, by the way.
31:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:45Well, you know, obviously I've got to pay for the van and Charlotte's expensive, you know.
31:49Do me a deal, will you?
31:50All right, yeah, yeah, all right.
31:51Travel safely.
31:52It was really nice to meet Angus and Charlotte.
31:55Even at the 11th hour, I was still thinking about grabbing them back.
32:01That is how much of a problem I got.
32:03But anyway, no, it's done now.
32:04They're gone.
32:05It's too late.
32:06I think there's a bit of him that wants to take it all back off the van again.
32:10He's talked about reserves.
32:11So, look, we're going to get everything catalogued.
32:14We'll go back to him.
32:15We have a pre-sale estimate of what we think everything's going to do at auction.
32:18And we'll see about that.
32:20Anyway, back to Yorkshire.
32:21Back on the work.
32:22I don't envy you, Angus.
32:24Martin's always after a good return.
32:26Let's hope it's not moans under the hammer on auction day.
32:43Back at the auction house, once all Martin's things are unloaded, the team can start processing
32:48everything in time for the sale day.
32:51Right, well, this is right up my street.
32:53I really love this.
32:54We've got two really fascinating industrial architectural engineering models of basically
33:02glasswork furnaces.
33:04These have come from now defunct company called Chance Brothers.
33:08They were a very well-known glass making company based in Smethwick.
33:13Models like this, they were typically boardroom models.
33:16And they're basically for when customers come in, potential customers, they can be shown
33:21the full level of industrial complexity that the company has on offer and what machines
33:26they might be using.
33:27What I love about these is just the level of work and effort that's gone into them.
33:31They're all metal.
33:32All of the little nuts and bolts are real.
33:34I would have said sort of mid-60s, that sort of era.
33:38They've both got nicely framed glass cases as well.
33:42Very specialist market, obviously, but they're just so fantastic.
33:47An estimate would probably have to be around the £1,000 to £2,000 mark.
33:51Smashing!
33:52To maximise the price for the glass factory models, Nicky's cataloguing them as two separate lots.
33:58Hi Charlotte!
34:03Hi Jeremy!
34:04What have you got there?
34:05Here we have a Dunhill table lighter.
34:08It's a genie lamp, is it?
34:09Yeah.
34:10This is a mid-century one, so 1952 to 1960 these were manufactured.
34:14Oh, that's absolutely banging it, isn't it?
34:16Yeah.
34:17And it's silver plate, presumably.
34:18Yes, yes.
34:19So, Dunhill was founded by Alfred Dunhill in 1893.
34:23Oh, as early as that?
34:24I didn't know that.
34:25So, Victorian people.
34:26Yeah.
34:27And he was only 21 years old, so...
34:28Gosh.
34:29...young man to be...
34:30Entrepreneur.
34:31Yeah.
34:32Alfred Dunhill initially specialised in automobile accessories and driving attire,
34:35before expanding into cigarette lighters.
34:38So, how does it actually work?
34:39So, you...
34:40We...
34:42Oh, yes!
34:43Amazing.
34:44I feel like we can quite confidently say there'll be a collector out there that wants it.
34:47Definitely.
34:48Let's wish for lots of bidders on sale day.
34:53Hey, buddy!
34:58Hey!
34:59How's it going?
35:00Good to see you.
35:01You all right, aren't you?
35:02In your neck of the woods.
35:03Yeah, am I?
35:04Welcome to Yorkshire.
35:05I've got two real fears today.
35:06I'm going to end up getting less than I pay for things.
35:07That's number one.
35:08Number two...
35:09Yeah.
35:10...is I'm going to spend a lot more than you're going to raise from what I sell,
35:13buying other things.
35:14Well, that's a good day for me.
35:17Come on in and have a look.
35:19Great.
35:20Oh!
35:21Oh, wow.
35:22It's a while since I've seen these actually out where I can see them.
35:31The detail is amazing, but as long as it goes to a good home.
35:36Those scale engineering models are incredible.
35:39I don't know.
35:40They deserve to do well, but I'm just not sure who will want them.
35:42I think Martin's perhaps overpaid for a few things and got a little bit carried away at
35:46Antiques Fair, so I think that might be a bit of a challenge to get the money that he
35:50wants on it.
35:51Oh, here's the Gladstone bag.
35:53I think I bought this at Bewley Auto Jumble.
35:56I thought I'd got a great deal getting it for, I think, 110 quid, and I think it's guided
36:03at like...
36:0750?
36:10Great.
36:11Good.
36:12He's got a few reserves on.
36:13I'm hoping we can hit those reserves, but we'll see how we get on.
36:18I am really, really nervous.
36:22I should be excited.
36:23I should be thinking, woo-hoo-hoo!
36:24This is a first.
36:25I've never sold anything pretty much ever.
36:29What's the opposite of buyer's remorse?
36:31That's seller's remorse.
36:32Yeah, I've invented a new thing.
36:34I've invented a new emotion I'm going through today.
36:36Seller's remorse.
36:37Hey, enough of that.
36:39This is Angus, remember?
36:41Plus, you have the formidable duo of Millie and Jasper each tackling those online bidders,
36:46so sit yourself down.
36:48We've just 11 lots to get through and try and enjoy yourself.
36:52Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
36:53We're delighted to have the Martin Roberts collection.
36:56Yes!
36:57There we go.
36:58I'm sure you're all familiar with Homes Under the Hammer.
37:00Different auction this time.
37:01First up is Martin's 1960s Dalek made by Codec Toys.
37:06Oh!
37:07This is great.
37:08Isn't it?
37:09Bit of a toy collector, aren't you?
37:11Yeah, I am.
37:12There we go.
37:13The Dalek.
37:14It winds up and it drives around and it's brilliant.
37:16So brilliant that Martin placed a £250 reserve.
37:20I come in on commission at bottom estimate 200 and I've got 210 here.
37:24At 210.
37:25At 210.
37:26220.
37:27230.
37:28240.
37:29I've got 250 online.
37:30260.
37:31270.
37:32270 it is.
37:33Then it's a great thing at 270.
37:34280 is it now.
37:35280.
37:36280 it is.
37:37Then at 280 it is.
37:38Then at 280.
37:3980.
37:4050.
37:41See?
37:42Feeling better now, Martin?
37:43Only lost 20 quid on that.
37:46Wow, this is going to be a tough one.
37:49Now the must have fashion accessory for prime ministers and property experts everywhere.
37:54The lovely, lovely Gladstone bag.
37:57That is a quality bag, is that?
37:59Is this another one you paid?
38:00We're paid way too much for this.
38:02Well, we've got interest in it.
38:03We can go straight in.
38:0480 pounds.
38:05Straight in at 80 on commission.
38:0680 pound a bit.
38:0780 it is.
38:08Then at 80 it is.
38:09Then at 80 it is.
38:10Then at 80 it is.
38:11Then at 80 it is.
38:12Then lovely, lovely bag.
38:1385.
38:1490.
38:1590 it is.
38:16Then at 90 pounds it is.
38:17Then 5.
38:18100.
38:19At 100 it is.
38:20Then at 100.
38:21We're all done.
38:2280 pounds.
38:23A bidder in London bagged that one.
38:26Great.
38:27Didn't lose quite as much as I thought I would.
38:29I'm guessing you're better at property.
38:32Coming up, the Dunhill silver plated table lighter, which has a reserve of 70 pounds.
38:39Oh, this is nice.
38:41The genie in the lamp.
38:42Maybe the wishes will come true now.
38:44I've got 60 mid.
38:4560 pound a bit at 60 it is.
38:46Then at 60 it is.
38:4765.
38:4865 pound a bit at 65.
38:4970 surely.
38:5070.
38:51Thank you madam.
38:5270 pound it is.
38:53Then at 70.
38:5470 pound it is.
38:55Then at 70.
38:56I'm with you madam at 70 pounds.
38:59Genius.
39:00That's bang on the reserve price.
39:05Can the model of a steam engine by Stuart Models inject some energy into proceedings?
39:10It's a nice thing.
39:11Probably my favourite thing out of your house actually.
39:13Isn't it?
39:14Ah, 200 pound I start at.
39:17200 pound.
39:18And we come in online at 200, 210, 20, 30, 40, 240 and a bit at 240.
39:22Lovely, lovely thing.
39:23At 250, 60, 70, 80, 90, 290.
39:27A little flurry there.
39:28At 290 it is.
39:29Then at 290 for the lovely model on the board.
39:31Going to sell away then at 290.
39:33And we might as well round it up for me.
39:35300.
39:36In the nick of time.
39:37They do this to me.
39:38At 300 it is then.
39:39Commission bids out.
39:40At 300.
39:41Now we're picking up some steam.
39:44He does work hard.
39:45And over the next five minutes, Angus powers through five more lots including.
39:50At 100 pounds.
39:53The electric mountain bike and.
39:56Now at 50.
39:58The Weltmeister piano accordion.
40:01I love this pattern.
40:04Bringing us to the final two lots.
40:07The two industrial models that got Nick all fired up.
40:11The wonderful chance glassworks furnace boardroom engineering scale model.
40:17How on earth did you end up with this in your garage?
40:19I bought it ages ago because I just loved it.
40:21And I thought I could never have enough hours in my life to make something like this.
40:25The detail is incredible.
40:27It is.
40:28There's no reserve on these models.
40:30So let's hope the bidders agree.
40:32400 pound a bid at 400 pound at 400.
40:35Let's be on now at 400 pounds at 400.
40:36We're off now for 20, 40, 60, 80, 500, 520, 540.
40:40I've got two of you at 540.
40:42560.
40:43When are you going to find another one?
40:44At 560, 580.
40:45Round it up.
40:46600 surely now.
40:47600 bid.
40:48We're just warming the furnace up.
40:50620, 640.
40:51It's a great, great thing.
40:53660, 680.
40:54You won't get another one.
40:56Well apart from the next lot.
40:57But apart from that, at 680.
40:59They're the only two we know.
41:00Don't say that yet.
41:01700.
41:02They're back in at 700.
41:03But that's why you want the pair.
41:04Yes, exactly.
41:05For 720.
41:06At 720 it is.
41:07Then at 720, that's 720 pounds.
41:12Right in the middle of its estimate.
41:17The second glass factory model comes with its own table stand.
41:21Lovely, lovely thing.
41:22Amazing detail on it there.
41:24Watch me for this one.
41:25500 pounds, Tommy.
41:26500.
41:27I mean, you really ought to keep the pair together, shouldn't you?
41:31Come on, glass factory enthusiasts.
41:33Don't shatter Martin's hopes now.
41:36500 bid at 500 it is.
41:37Then at 500.
41:38At 500.
41:39Come on, the bidder that got the last one.
41:41You don't want to split these up.
41:42They belong together.
41:43This is slightly bigger.
41:44520.
41:45Oh, there we go.
41:46They were just having to think about it.
41:47520, 540, 560, 580.
41:49Round it up.
41:50600 and a bid.
41:51That's 600 pounds.
41:52That's 620.
41:53640, 660, 680.
41:54700.
41:55700 it is then.
41:56That's 700 pounds.
41:57It is then at 700.
41:58We're all done for the engineering model at 700.
42:04Sold to somebody in the West Midlands who collects on an industrial scale.
42:09Nice thing.
42:10That was your last lot.
42:11With all of Martin's lot sold, it's time to tot up the grand total
42:16and see what Angus has raised to put towards his pub project.
42:20Oh, wow.
42:22Congratulations.
42:23That's right.
42:24You are a genius to watch.
42:27Well, you're not crying too much.
42:28No.
42:29I was really happy about the industrial models.
42:31Yeah.
42:32I mean, they were superb.
42:33Yeah.
42:34But very niche.
42:35I know.
42:36Actually, on balance, I think I'm happy.
42:38Good.
42:39Well, you'll be taking home 2,133 pounds.
42:42Okay.
42:43That's great.
42:44Well, that's going to go.
42:45I'll probably buy some musical kit for the local kids to put in the pub.
42:49Yeah.
42:50In the pub.
42:51So it's going to go to good use.
42:52Good.
42:53Well, the next pub I'll do, I'm going to have to take you shopping with me.
42:55Or come here again.
42:56Yeah.
42:57No, absolutely.
42:58You buy property auction.
42:59You don't go to the retailer.
43:00Exactly.
43:01This is true.
43:03What an experience.
43:04If it was going to happen with anybody, it couldn't be anyone better than Angus.
43:08It's not going to stop me going to the garbage.
43:10It's not going to stop me going to the antique fairs.
43:12But I'll definitely factor up auctions like this into my future buying.
43:17Will I be selling stuff?
43:19It's too much of an emotional rollercoaster.
43:22Probably not.
43:23Most of my wife's annoyance.
43:25I think we did all right for Martin, actually.
43:27We hit all the reserves.
43:29And, you know, he's got a good sum to go back into the pub, his pub projects.
43:33Those engineering models, great things.
43:35They've sold, and they've sold well.
43:36I think across the board, we did all right.
43:42So college and literary harmonics inquired.
43:44You've got nothing in front of us.
43:48You wouldn't be telling us what?
43:50They're going to work.
43:51They're going to over and over.
43:52Follow us what's going to do?
43:53With all the eggmy questions.
43:55We don't know.
43:57Never.
43:58We don't know.
43:59It's not amazing.
44:01We are all.
44:03We are all together.
44:05You'd let this experience.
44:08Mm W Ibfen.
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