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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, no!
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!
00:59Hey, Millie, are you all right?
01:08Gun's all packed.
01:09Brilliant.
01:10Well, we'll hit the road.
01:11We've got a long drive all the way down to Norfolk.
01:13But amazing house.
01:15Mm-hm.
01:15And the celebrities.
01:17Which celebrity?
01:17Chandler Street Porters.
01:18Ooh!
01:19Yeah, I thought she would be on your street.
01:21Yeah!
01:22A true giant of British media awaits.
01:26Starting out in 1969 as a trailblazing fashion journalist,
01:31Janet Street Porter went on to become a Fleet Street editor
01:34before conquering TV,
01:37presenting and producing a glittering array of shows.
01:40Famous for her unapologetically opinionated style,
01:44she shows no signs of stopping yet
01:47and still works as a newspaper columnist
01:50and presenter on Loose Women.
01:53If there is anyone she hasn't rubbed shoulders with,
01:57they probably don't have shoulders worth rubbing.
02:00Cherie Blair came up
02:02and asked me where I got my handbag from.
02:05You know, I met David Bowie, Tony Blair,
02:08and met the Pope.
02:09There's still time yet, Janet.
02:12Apparently she lives out in the wilderness.
02:15Really?
02:15We've got to look out for a windmill,
02:18and it's off-road.
02:20Janet doesn't actually live in the windmill,
02:23but in a nearby property.
02:24I've lived here since 2016.
02:28It's one of the most isolated places
02:30in this part of Norfolk.
02:32I'm on television a lot with an audience,
02:35and so when I'm not working,
02:37I want silence.
02:40I don't want to be chatting more than I have to.
02:44So all I've got here are the birds and the cows.
02:48Here, what I do is grow vegetables,
02:52talk to the dog,
02:54talk to my partner a bit,
02:55and walk.
02:58Heavenly.
02:59Now tell us about that windmill.
03:01I bought the mill at auction with my partner.
03:05It was a holiday let,
03:07and we thought it'd make a lovely guest bedroom,
03:10and we could restore it.
03:12We were given the keys,
03:13and we unlocked the door,
03:15and it's like,
03:15oh, God,
03:17look at all this stuff on the walls.
03:19Cottage court,
03:20I don't get it.
03:22It's crap.
03:23It reminds me of my granny.
03:25I hate it.
03:26As well as having to deal with the contents of the windmill,
03:29Janet's currently trying to reduce some of the clutter
03:32in her converted cowshed office.
03:35I'm trying to see if there's anyone famous in my autograph book.
03:37Johnny Haynes, footballer, played for Fulham.
03:40Janet Veeble, that's me.
03:43I used to go to Fulham with my dad.
03:45So where's all this stuff come from?
03:47I've just sold my house in London,
03:49and I've finally decided it's more sensible to buy a flat,
03:53which is why all these boxes are here.
03:56Over the years,
03:57I've been a huge collector of different things,
04:01so it's important that Angus comes here,
04:04looks at what I've got,
04:05and clears out some of the crap.
04:07I think that must be it, Millie.
04:10Hope we've got the right windmill.
04:11This is sort of proper Norfolk broads.
04:13Yeah.
04:14It's really beautiful.
04:18There she is.
04:23Hello!
04:27Hello, hi.
04:28How are we doing? You all right?
04:29Yeah.
04:30This is my colleague, Millie.
04:30Hi, hi, hi.
04:32What an absolutely amazing place.
04:34Yeah, it is.
04:35This whole island that we're on was underwater.
04:38It was drained originally by these pumping stations.
04:42Ah, so the windmill is actually a wind pump.
04:45This would have been built about 1840.
04:48It's incredible, isn't it?
04:49Can we have a look inside?
04:50Yeah, of course.
04:53Wow, look at this.
04:55Right, so this is the main room.
04:57It's amazing, isn't it?
04:59This is the room.
04:59And you're no stranger to doing houses, are you?
05:02I studied architecture originally.
05:04I didn't complete my course because I took a year off
05:09and was a journalist and was quickly headhunted and got a really good job.
05:14So I've got this passion for doing places up.
05:19I look at it and it's like a visual eyesore.
05:22So I want to strip everything out.
05:25I don't want anything to do with Delft and Dutch tiles and Holland.
05:29So really, you're quite happy for quite a bit of this, whatever we can do with in here.
05:35Angus, please, extract as much as you like.
05:39OK, I've decided to get rid of some of my luggage.
05:44I've got a Globetrotter suitcase, limited edition, Louis Vuitton suitcase.
05:49I think we're drifting into your realm now, Millie.
05:52Well, shall we go look elsewhere and are you all right to make a start in here, Millie?
05:55Yes.
05:56Brilliant, thank you.
05:56OK.
05:57Straight in the bags.
05:58Yeah, all right.
05:58I'll leave you fondling a handbag.
06:01I hope you can find some value in those, Millie.
06:04I wouldn't want to disappoint Janet.
06:06I've always been ruthlessly ambitious.
06:08There was no way I was not going to be successful.
06:11I was a self-improver of the most manic kind.
06:16I mean, I joined the young conservatives and the young socialists at the same time.
06:22Now, I'm proud I'm still on television.
06:24You know, I think it's great to be 78 and still be on telly.
06:30Very, very proud of that.
06:31So this was a cow shed.
06:34Oh, wow.
06:35I know.
06:36It's fabulous, isn't it?
06:37It's ideal, though, isn't it?
06:38It's wonderful.
06:38And this is my desk where I work.
06:40Now, over against the wall, that poster on the right,
06:45when I was a student studying architecture, I had no money whatsoever.
06:48So I needed to make some cash.
06:50I tried being a waitress.
06:52I was hopeless.
06:52So I made some silkscreen prints of old comic strip images and I flogged them as posters.
07:00Screen printing is a technique where ink is pushed through a stenciled mesh screen
07:04historically made of silk onto a surface to create a design.
07:09Andy Warhol popularised screen printing as an art form in the early 1960s.
07:14So that was the first poster I did.
07:16It must have been about 1965.
07:18Well, I think that'd be great.
07:21We'd be delighted to have one of those in.
07:23Now, I'm trying to get rid of clothes.
07:25And the other day, I found this.
07:28Wow.
07:29So it's Chairman Mayer with a big B on his nose.
07:34It's designed by Vivian's Ham.
07:36You don't normally sell things like that, though, do you?
07:38Yeah, no, we do.
07:39That's one for Millie to check out later.
07:41Great.
07:42Some quirky items here, Angus.
07:44It's a job off the beaten track, eh?
07:47Who would have thought it?
07:48Janet Street Porter, famous for being in London.
07:51You know, journalists, Fleet Street, all that.
07:54And she lives out here in peace and tranquillity.
07:57It's a small job, taking the old feel of the windmill away
08:01and replacing it with her own stamp.
08:02It's certainly going to be a job, I remember.
08:04It's not often you come to somebody that has a windmill.
08:08Speaking of which...
08:10I mean, clearly, as a whole day cottage,
08:14they've just beamed it with anything that's windmill-related.
08:18So this is loosely what we'd call Delftware,
08:21our traditional blue and white ceramic.
08:23In the 17th century, the Dutch city of Delft
08:26became a major centre for the production of pottery.
08:29A glaze of tin oxide was used to give earthenware
08:32a shiny white porcelain-like appearance,
08:34which was usually decorated in blue patterns.
08:37There's a big difference when we say Delftware.
08:39Is it early Delft or is it something modern?
08:41And the modern stuff, sadly, isn't that saleable.
08:44So we'll do a big box job lot.
08:47It gets it out of the way for Janet.
08:49And as a collective, you know, we might get £20, £40.
08:53OK, so these are a bit run-of-the-mill.
08:56Maybe Millie's had some better luck.
08:58Hi, Millie, how's it going?
08:59Just admiring this Burberry bag.
09:01Burberry, instantly recognisable by the Czech, isn't it?
09:04I mean, that's what made him famous, famous.
09:06The company was founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry.
09:09Wow.
09:09And the Czech actually didn't come in till the 1920s.
09:12And even then, it wasn't the sort of big statement pieces,
09:14it was often the lining of their coats.
09:16Yes.
09:17It's really sort of into the latter part of the 20th century
09:19where it starts to become a high-fashion brand.
09:21OK.
09:22This is a fringe bucket bag.
09:24It's the 2015 collection.
09:26In that period, Burberry and, like, a lot of the fashion houses
09:28were really invested in sort of that boho kind of Western style.
09:31You get, like, a lot of cowboy boots, you get a lot of fringe.
09:33Yeah.
09:33And this is actually something that's coming back.
09:36I'd probably say maybe one to 200.
09:38OK. Excellent.
09:41Over the next hour, Angus and Millie knuckle down
09:44and get loading the van with Janet's things.
09:47Ooh!
09:48I don't know if it goes with your outfit.
09:50From designer bags and luggage...
09:52..to vintage toys...
09:54I had a passion for Barbie and Ken, but I've got over it.
09:59We were helping out, weren't we, Millie?
10:00..to some old maps.
10:03I've got boxes and boxes of maps.
10:06I've always been passionate about walking
10:08and I was president of the Ramblers for four years.
10:11I've walked from Edinburgh to London for a series.
10:15I've walked from Dungeness in Kent right across southern England.
10:20I still walk quite a lot.
10:23Speaking of trekking across the country,
10:25it's almost time for Angus to hit the road.
10:28Any last-minute finds for the van?
10:30Look at this.
10:31This is a framed advertising poster for the Norfolk Broads.
10:35It was made by LNER, the London Northeastern Railway.
10:39This would have been around their stations, advertising.
10:42Look how beautiful it is.
10:43Come on holiday by rail.
10:45This sort of artwork from the sort of 30s and up to the 50s.
10:49There's a real style about it and people love it.
10:52Norfolk Broads.
10:53Well, I think they've encapsulated it.
10:54Look at it.
10:54River, windmill, basically a like-for-like image.
10:59So, a wonderful thing.
11:03Right, time to head back to Yorkshire.
11:06Excellent.
11:06Well, I think we're about done, Janet.
11:12Well, it looks a lot better.
11:13We've taken a few bits.
11:15OK.
11:15It's good.
11:16I feel a lot happier in here now.
11:18I'm breathing easier.
11:19I'm not feeling so claustrophobic.
11:21Yeah.
11:22I can't wait to see it at auction.
11:23It's been wonderful to meet you.
11:25Well, nice to meet you.
11:26And you.
11:26We'll see you sale day.
11:28Yeah, it's been a fascinating day.
11:30A few interesting bits to sell.
11:31I think the value's in the fashion items rather than some of the other bits,
11:34but an interesting job and we're looking forward to the sale.
11:38I haven't really got the nerves for auctions, to be honest.
11:41But I've never been to Angus' auction house,
11:43so I'm really looking forward to going.
11:45Hopefully you can keep Janet's nerves at bay on sale day, Angus.
11:49You just need to rid her of all that windmill clutter
11:52and get some turbine-charge results.
12:10Hey, Charlotte.
12:11Hello.
12:12You all right?
12:12Where have we been today?
12:14Norfolk.
12:15Ooh.
12:15The Norfolk Broads, actually.
12:17Nice.
12:17Yeah.
12:17Janet Street Porter.
12:18Oh, I feel like I've already spotted an LV pattern.
12:22Yes, I know you love these, Charlotte.
12:24It's the square pattern rather than the monogram.
12:27Louis Vuitton introduced their square or checkerboard pattern in 1888
12:31and their signature monogram pattern in 1896 to combat imitations.
12:37The checkerboard design still has its fans today,
12:40so hopefully this trolley bag packs a punch.
12:43And then one more case.
12:46You'll quite like this.
12:47So, this Globetrotter flight case.
12:51Founded in 1897, Globetrotter has long been associated with the rich and famous.
12:57Fans of the luxury British brand included Sir Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II.
13:02It was an Elton John AIDS Foundation limited edition case.
13:05It was a design that was done for a fundraiser.
13:09Hmm.
13:11I'd like to stick a frequent flyer on that.
13:14No time for holiday plans, Charlotte.
13:16Everything needs to be researched and catalogued in time for sale day.
13:20That looks a bit different.
13:25Yeah, this is by a Chinese designer for Vivian Tam.
13:29She actually had a New York-based design company.
13:32And these are actually images of Chairman Mao.
13:35It being pop art, it's like meant to sort of poke fun.
13:38There's some with pigtails.
13:40Oh, I love it.
13:40Love it.
13:41And a clerical collar.
13:43Vivian Tam's Mao collection was a collaboration with Chinese-born artist Shang Hong-Tung,
13:49whose pop art portraits were a critique of reverence for the dictator in his homeland.
13:54Vivian Tam is still designing, but I think this remains one of her most desirable collections.
13:59So, I've put one to two hundred and I think it definitely should fall somewhere in that sort of range.
14:05Yeah, that sounds good.
14:14Oh, my goodness.
14:19So, here's Ken and Barbie, which I had in my office for ten years.
14:251961.
14:26Ken is 50, apparently.
14:27Ha, ha, ha!
14:29It doesn't look 50, does it?
14:30This limited edition Barbie and Ken set was produced in 2011 to celebrate Ken's 50th anniversary.
14:39Janet, how are we doing?
14:40Are you all right?
14:41Yeah.
14:41Good.
14:42I'm thinking, who is going to buy Ken and Barbie?
14:45Well, I think we'll be OK.
14:47You know, plenty of people online.
14:49I forgot about the online people.
14:50I mean, there's about 500 people on those computers.
14:52People from all over the world.
14:54Oh, gosh, that is amazing.
14:56Well, I'll let you have a look round.
14:57And I'll see you when I'm up on the roster.
14:58All right.
15:02Interesting mix of items.
15:03Some that are going to be more desirable than others, if we're honest.
15:06But to be fair, a lot of it was about clearing the windmill.
15:09I think the main key items are the fashion items.
15:12You know, the bags are going to sell well.
15:13And the interesting blouse top.
15:15You know, Millie's very into her fashion.
15:17She's got very excited about it all.
15:19So, I think we should do OK.
15:21I want my Globetrotter suitcase to go for a really good sum of money,
15:25because that money is going to charity, because it was a gift to me.
15:29If Angus knows what's good for him, he'll be really, really working on my items.
15:33Oh, oh, good luck, Angus.
15:37Janet has just 12 lots going under the hammer today.
15:40Our urgent clerks are already poised at their computers,
15:44ready to oversee the online bids.
15:46So, let's get this show on the road.
15:48Well, there, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
15:50Very pleased to welcome Janet Street Porter to the saleroom.
15:53So, thank you for making the trip up.
15:55First up is the Vivian Tam 1995 Mao Collection Mesh Blouse.
16:00I'm a little bit worried about this item.
16:03Why?
16:03Well, it's not very suitable for a hike over the Yorkshire Moors, is it?
16:07Honestly, up on the moors, this is what we were up Farndale.
16:10£60 opening bid at £60.
16:11We're off.
16:12£5, £70, £70, £50, £50, £80, £80, £85, £85, £85, £90, £90, £95, £95, £95 it is then at £95.
16:19Round it up for me, surely £100, £110 at £110.
16:22Fantastic piece of fashion at £110.
16:23Online, that's going for £800.
16:26Well, it's going at £110 online today.
16:28At £110 it is then.
16:30£120 at £120, we're not done yet.
16:31£130, £140, a little smirk now.
16:33At £150, £116 then.
16:35£170, £180, £180 at £180 it is.
16:38£190, £200 a bit at £200 a bit at £200.
16:41We're all done at £200 for the rare bit of fashion at £200.
16:47Snapped up by a fashionista in York, Janet looks happy.
16:51For now.
16:52Will Ken and Barbie keep the smile on her face?
16:56Ken and Barbie, there they are, look.
16:59There's Ken on the right, Barbie on the left.
17:01Ah, in the box, yeah.
17:04Not those two gentlemen.
17:06We're racing around 22.58, 32.58.
17:08Look at them, look at you, loving this.
17:10I'm almost tempted to buy you it.
17:12At £40, £40, £40 it is then at £40 for Ken and Barbie.
17:15Two, thank you, madam.
17:16You just want those two young gentlemen, don't you?
17:18At £42, I know you're all game, madam.
17:20At £42 it is then at £42.
17:22£5, £5, £5, £48, let's round it up to £50.
17:26He's worth that, Ken's worth £50 alone.
17:28I know, I know.
17:30I mean, what's under those shorts?
17:32I don't know, Ken, what's under your shorts?
17:34£50, £50, £50 at £50, £5 now, madam, £55, £55, all done at £55.
17:43Sold to the lady in the room.
17:46Ken's been in my office for ten years looking at me.
17:48I'm going to miss him, actually.
17:50He never answered back, just sat there.
17:52Ah, now this, this is actually really interesting
17:56because this is the screen print on fabric,
17:59which is very sort of sci-fi, but you made this?
18:01Yeah, I took to making silkscreen prints and selling them.
18:05So this is unique.
18:07We go straight in at £45, at £45, at £45 it is then at £45.
18:11If the career goes badly, you can come back to this, it's fine.
18:13At £45 it is then at £45, at £50, at £50, at £50, at £50.
18:17What did you used to get for them as a student?
18:19Oh, I can't remember, but probably £20, £30.
18:22In 1965, what's it worth now?
18:25£50.
18:26£50 it is then at £50, at £50 it is then at £50.
18:29That's inflation for you.
18:30At £50 it is then at £50, at £50.
18:32We've all done at £50.
18:34Not exactly flying colours, but it's met its estimate.
18:40Now, anyone for a designer handbag?
18:42This is the Burberry Fringe Bucket bag.
18:48It's a really nice bag, yes.
18:49We go straight in at £75, £75, £75, £75, at £75, let's go.
18:54£80, £80 it's like new.
18:55£85, somebody's going to be happy tonight.
18:58£85 it is then, £85.
18:59£90, £95, round it up, £100, £110.
19:03At £110 it is then £110.
19:05Fringe is making a comeback this season, I've been told.
19:08Somebody's travelled to London and seen these.
19:10He's well travelled, that fella.
19:12At £110.
19:14The room bidder's perseverance has paid off.
19:18It's a beautiful bag.
19:20In five minutes, Angus races through six more lots, including...
19:24At £40.
19:26..the Norfolk Broads LNER poster...
19:30At £32.
19:31..a watercolour map of the Yorkshire Dales...
19:34..and...
19:35At £45.
19:38..that bump a lot of ceramics, including the deltware.
19:43I can't believe it!
19:45..all that's left is two lots of luggage.
19:48This is the Louis Vuitton trolley suitcase there,
19:51in the chequered pattern.
19:52£200, Tommy, £200 at £200.
19:55At £210, thank you, £210, I've been at £210.
19:57This has travelled the world, this one, hasn't it?
19:59At £210, at £220 it is, at £230, £240, at £240 it is.
20:04You never know, there might come with some plane tickets somewhere.
20:06At £240.
20:08That was a right carry-on.
20:11Yorkshire Airlines, from Leeds to Leeds.
20:15Finally, it's the Globetrotter Elton John AIDS Foundation suitcase.
20:20The proceeds of this are going to charity, aren't they?
20:22Yeah, it's a limited edition,
20:24and there are hardly any of this particular model.
20:26And we go straight in at £110 on the internet.
20:29At £110, ooh, we jump up, £220, £220 a bit.
20:32At £230, £240 a bit, at £240, we're off now.
20:34£250, £250, £250, £60 in the room at £260.
20:37I've got both computers and the room.
20:39£270, £80, sir, £280 a bit at £280.
20:41I've got £320, sir, £320 in the room at £320.
20:44We're all done at £320.
20:47Proceeds, charity, at £320 pounds.
20:52The gentleman in the room has bagged himself a trunk.
20:56You're done?
20:57I'm done.
20:58Yeah, short and sweet, there we go.
20:59With all of Janet's things sold and her windmill cleared of clutter,
21:04I wonder, will she be happy with the grand total?
21:07Angus.
21:08Hello.
21:09How was that?
21:10I have enjoyed it, and it's good,
21:12because it's the first time I've been to an auction
21:14that I haven't bought anything.
21:16Oh.
21:16And it's been quite a weird experience.
21:18The luggage has gone far and wide.
21:19We've got some money to go into, obviously, the charity.
21:21That was good about the luggage.
21:23Good.
21:24I suppose you'd like to know what you'll be taking home.
21:26Yeah.
21:27£1,077.
21:29Oh, that's excellent.
21:30That's all right.
21:30Yeah.
21:31That's really, really good.
21:32Good, good.
21:32So, thank you.
21:33And it's cleared the windmill.
21:35It's cleared the windmill out,
21:37so now I can repaint it.
21:42Angus tried his best.
21:43It was really, really hard.
21:45He's selling stuff that looks a little bit out of place up here.
21:49You know, Louis Vuitton suitcases.
21:52I can't see anyone up here walking around them,
21:57Pickering or Moulton with a handbag like that.
22:00But he did his best.
22:01You know, he really gave it the hard sell,
22:03so I was all unpleased.
22:04Well, we got some good results.
22:06The suitcase and the travel case did really well.
22:08You know, we knew some of the items
22:09weren't going to do a great deal,
22:11but it was more about clearing the windmill.
22:13All in all, a good day,
22:14and she doesn't give much away,
22:15but I think she's enjoyed it.
22:16Good morning, Rydell auctioneers.
22:27Hi, Joe.
22:27Hi, Angus.
22:28There's a job that I just need Mark to look at.
22:31OK, I'll ask him to call you.
22:32Where are you now?
22:33Well, I'm just...
22:35I'm heading to see somebody quite famous, actually.
22:38Oh, who could that be?
22:39Louis Smith.
22:41Oh, wow, the Olympian.
22:43Wow, indeed.
22:44Olympic gymnastics legend Louis Smith.
22:48Winner of a bronze medal on the pommel horse
22:50in the Beijing Olympics in 2008,
22:54he went on to win silver
22:55at the Olympic Games in London in 2012
22:58and in Rio in 2016.
23:01As well as his arms of steel,
23:03he's known for his feet of flames
23:05after winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2012
23:08and the Masked Dancer in 2021.
23:11But it's not every day you meet an Olympian, is it?
23:13I'm looking forward to this.
23:14I bet you are, Angus.
23:16I sure am.
23:25It's a three-hour drive for Angus
23:27to Louis' home just outside Peterborough.
23:30I live with my girlfriend, Charlie,
23:36my eldest daughter, Marley, who's four,
23:38and my youngest daughter, Remy,
23:41who's six months old.
23:42I love being a dad.
23:43I love being a partner.
23:45I've won medals and trophies,
23:46but I think, yeah,
23:47one of the things I'm most proud of
23:48is being a family man.
23:51And then down.
23:51Wow, you're amazing.
23:56I'm born and bred in Peterborough.
23:58I built the house and moved in since 2013.
24:02Since the arrival of baby Remy,
24:04Louis and professional dancer Charlie
24:06have been wondering
24:07if their three-bedroom home is big enough.
24:10We don't have any plans for another child just yet,
24:13but I think if we're prepared,
24:15it will certainly relieve the stress.
24:17So we're planning to convert the garage
24:20into another bedroom.
24:21What better way than to invite Angus down
24:23and to see what he can auction off,
24:26raise some money towards the garage conversion.
24:29There's a real mix of all sorts
24:31in terms of gifts, suitcases, clothes,
24:34you know, you name it,
24:35there's stuff for him to have a look through.
24:37So hopefully, fingers crossed,
24:39it can all go.
24:48Louis.
24:48Hi, Angus.
24:49How are you doing?
24:50You all right?
24:50Good, thank you.
24:50How are you?
24:51Really well, thanks.
24:51Please, please.
24:52Thank you very much.
24:53Cheers.
24:53It's good to have you here.
24:54It's good to be here.
24:57Charlie, this is Angus.
24:59Hi, how are you doing?
25:01Come on, look at it.
25:02We've got a whole family.
25:02And this is Marley.
25:03Say, Marley, hello, Angus.
25:05Oh, my word.
25:06Yay, good girl.
25:07That is incredible.
25:09If I had toes like that,
25:09maybe I would have won a gold medal.
25:12Takes after mum, is it?
25:13It's a little bit of a gymnast in there.
25:15I've dabbled in dance,
25:16but she's the dancer here.
25:18She's incredible.
25:19How long have you two been?
25:20We've been together, Angus.
25:22Nearly eight years now, isn't it?
25:24Yeah.
25:24Eight long years.
25:26Was it his backflips that did it, was that?
25:28I think it was, yeah.
25:29Yeah, all the flips.
25:30All the flips.
25:31I knew those backflips would come in handy.
25:34So it's a little bit of a thin out,
25:35bit of a restructure of the house to accommodate the growing family.
25:39The bambinos.
25:40Yeah.
25:42Charlie, you look like you've got your hands full, so...
25:44Always.
25:45Shall we go have a look at some of the eyes?
25:46Yes.
25:46Right, let's go.
25:47See, see.
25:49So, the dining room, which is, I have to say, drastically changed, now that I have a girlfriend.
25:55It used to be just a beer pong table.
25:58So, I mean, are these bits that you're happy to part with?
26:01Yeah.
26:01Yeah.
26:01Yeah, that's one of the suits that they gave us for the Rio Olympic Games.
26:05So, this is sort of opening ceremony when all the athletes are parade out?
26:08Yeah, opening ceremony suit.
26:10Wow.
26:10We never get to go to the opening ceremony, because gymnastics is always the first day
26:16of competition.
26:17Oh.
26:18So, I've never actually worn it.
26:20That's incredible.
26:20That's something I didn't know.
26:21I mean, the suit's pretty cool.
26:23Not many people will have one.
26:24I'm sure that will suit someone's fancy.
26:27This is just a bag, Team GB bag.
26:29It's got all sorts of bits and bobs in it.
26:31Fantastic.
26:32Those bits and bobs include some Team GB kit, clothes designed by Stella McCartney for
26:37the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team for the Games in Rio in 2016.
26:42The most exciting of which is a leotard worn by Lewis in the Pommel Horse competition,
26:48where he won the silver medal.
26:49And we've got these bits here as well.
26:51I did a campaign for Alfred Dunhill, and then they gave me this as a present for taking
26:56part.
26:56Dunhill, famous for their lighters, of course.
26:59Alfred Dunhill, I think it was in 1902 he had his first shop, started off making accessories
27:04for the motorist, and opened a tobacco store, and did pipes and wallets and things like that.
27:10So, long British history, Dunhill.
27:12As well as this travel wallet, Lewis also has a leather duffel bag by Dunhill.
27:17A lot of the things are keepsakes that I've been given.
27:20My mum has got no end of stuff at hers, where I've said, I'm just going to throw it, and
27:25she's gone, no.
27:26So she's kept a load of things.
27:28I mean, she must be so proud.
27:30I hope so.
27:31My mum's a single parent.
27:32Me and my brother grew up on a council estate, and my mum decided to take me and my brother
27:37to gymnastics every day, without fail.
27:39And without that level of commitment and support, you know, you wouldn't be standing here now,
27:44I wouldn't be here, you know, we wouldn't be looking at wallets from Alfred Dunhill.
27:48Um, you know, so I owe everything to my mum.
27:52Yeah.
27:52Oh, that's lovely.
27:56So, Angus, this is the nursery.
27:59Yes.
27:59One of the spare rooms.
28:01Also slash my office.
28:03Office?
28:04Yeah.
28:04Uh, I've got a bit of a surprise.
28:06You see, that isn't just a bookshelf.
28:11Oh, my word, look at this.
28:13Yeah.
28:14Lewis Smith, the Bond villain.
28:15So, mind your head.
28:17Oh.
28:18This is the office slash games room.
28:22This is brilliant.
28:23And here they are, the Olympic medals.
28:26Yeah.
28:26This is 2008 Beijing, 19 years old.
28:30First British male medal in gymnastics in every 100 years, is that right?
28:34Yeah, exactly that.
28:35That medal has a knock-on effect, not just financially, I mean, it put millions into the sport.
28:40A lot of people that I trained with suddenly thought, well, hang on, if Lewis can win an Olympic medals, you know, there's no reason why I can't.
28:46Okay, so, I mean, obviously, none of this will be going.
28:48You have nothing else up here to go, is there all?
28:50No, no, there's a few bits.
28:51We've got Louis Vuitton bag.
28:52Okay.
28:53And this was actually my first kind of materialistic purchase.
28:56But I was 18, young and dumb.
28:58Right, yeah.
28:59Yeah, I certainly don't need a Louis Vuitton bag anymore.
29:01The keep-all bag has been an iconic design for Louis Vuitton since the 1930s, so Lewis's one should turn a few heads on sale day.
29:12And the garage.
29:15Okay.
29:16I mean, there's some bits here, steamer trunk, a few bags.
29:18Okay, fine, well, leave me to it, Lewis, and I'll see what we can do.
29:23I'm really enjoying today.
29:24Lewis's whole family are lovely.
29:26Really, really nice guy.
29:28It's not going to be loads of items, but there's some great bits that relate to his sporting career,
29:32a lot of sort of luxury brand goods.
29:34We'll try and raise as much as we can and help him with those conversions.
29:39So what can you convert to cash in here, Angus?
29:42Oh, look at that.
29:46Okay, I'm a little bit of a Harry Potter fan.
29:48It's because I've got children, okay?
29:50Sure it is.
29:51This is a Harry Potter collector's little dream.
29:55There's everything in there from DVDs, Gryffindor, scarves, you name it,
30:01in what looks like a Hogwarts trunk.
30:04So that is a guaranteed sell.
30:07I went through a breakup in 2015 and I was in preparation for Rio Olympics
30:14and I needed a distraction and I ended up creating a Harry Potter room.
30:19So, yeah, not your typical collection.
30:23Lewis's secret stash will be split into three lots,
30:26including the Hogwarts-style trunk and two group lots of assorted Harry Potter merchandise.
30:32All that should leave the collectors spellbound on auction day.
30:38Now, what's next?
30:41So Lewis has got these two pens, ones by Omega.
30:45Now, Omega, you wouldn't associate with a pen,
30:48you'd associate it with watches.
30:50Found in 1848, Swiss luxury watch brand.
30:53And they've had a lot of accolades over the years.
30:56Omega, famously, James Bond wears an Omega.
30:59Omega, the first watch ever to be worn on the moon was an Omega.
31:03And since 1932, they have been the official timekeeping piece for the Olympics.
31:10So that's why Lewis has got it.
31:12Aha!
31:13Lewis also has a ballpoint pen by French company Waterman.
31:17We'd probably sell the two together as a nice little lot.
31:20£40, £20, something like that.
31:21You know what?
31:22Two nice things.
31:23Before he signs off,
31:25there's time for Angus to do a quick sweep of the house,
31:29grabbing a few more things until finally...
31:32That's the van all closed up.
31:35We're all done.
31:36Thank you so much.
31:38And, uh, sale day, how are we feeling about the auction?
31:41Yeah, we're really excited.
31:42Yeah.
31:43She's very excited to see a lot of my rubbish go.
31:46Yeah, you're so sad to see the Harry Potter room go, wasn't you?
31:49I'm so sad.
31:49Anyway...
31:52I'll see you on sale day.
31:53I can't wait.
31:53See you on sale day.
31:54Thank you so much.
31:54So good to meet you.
31:56Thank you, Angus.
31:58I don't think anything I've given today was necessarily hard to let go.
32:03A lot of the things that I had, had memories with them.
32:06Yeah.
32:06And you worked hard for them, didn't you?
32:08Yeah, like buying my Louis Vuitton bag and my Olympic suit.
32:11But I think it's really cool to see them go.
32:14It'll be really interesting to see what items sell for what.
32:18And, yeah, it'll be great.
32:20Oh, what a day.
32:21It's not every day you get to meet an Olympian, you know,
32:25and somebody of Louis's calibre as well.
32:28We've got all the designer bags, we've got luxury goods,
32:32we've got his Olympic bits, all Harry Potter bits.
32:36You know, an interesting mixture of items.
32:37Now it's your time to shine, Angus.
32:40Louis and Charlie are expecting a flawless routine,
32:43a perfect landing and some big scores from you on auction day.
32:48It's been a week since Louis's clearance
33:02and the team have been unearthing some interesting items.
33:06Hi Charlotte.
33:07Hi Jeremy.
33:08What have you got here?
33:09So, Louis Smith was a big Harry Potter fan
33:12and actually had a Harry Potter-themed room in his house.
33:15Oh, my gosh.
33:16So this was part of it.
33:17It's the wallpaper in the Gryffindor common room.
33:20Oh, right.
33:21It's a replica of a famous tapestry.
33:24The original dates to about 1500.
33:26The Harry Potter film set design
33:28featured replicas of the Lady and the Unicorn,
33:31a collection of tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk
33:35for a member of the French nobility.
33:37This is made by Heinz of Oxford.
33:40Right.
33:40So they make fine tapestries, furnishings, replicas.
33:44But yeah, it is really, really good quality.
33:46Where do we sort of see it value-wise?
33:47I put it at 150 to 200.
33:49I really like it.
33:54All right, Mark.
33:55These are nice guitars, aren't they?
33:56This is actually quite an interesting one.
33:58So it says Ibanez, so you'd think it's Spanish.
34:01It's actually Japanese.
34:02Ah.
34:02So it was a company in Japan
34:04that started importing them in the 20s from Salvador Ibanez.
34:07He was quite a famed Spanish guitar maker.
34:11Yeah.
34:11The company that was originally called was a Shinagaki.
34:14During the late 50s, rock and roll really hit Japan.
34:17Right.
34:18And they were starting to sell quite a lot of these,
34:20and they actually changed their name to Ibanez Guitars.
34:22Ibanez eventually began making their own guitars,
34:26and today produce over half a million instruments each year.
34:30I mean, it's a nice little guitar,
34:31and it's quite good for someone wanting to learn acoustic guitar.
34:34I think it'll do all right, don't you?
34:35Yeah.
34:35You're looking at about 40 to 60-year-old auction.
34:38There'll be some big people interested in that.
34:40All right, Mark, I'll leave you to it, then.
34:41I'll have a go at Wonderwall.
34:49Well, we're going to get rid of all our bits, babe,
34:51and then we're going to have a clean house, fresh start.
34:53Love it.
34:54Hey!
34:55How morning, how are you doing?
34:56You all right?
34:56Good, thank you.
34:57How are you?
34:57Yeah, really good.
34:58Nice to see you.
34:59How are you?
34:59Good trip up?
35:00Yeah, yeah, really good.
35:01Good.
35:01Auctions looking all right.
35:03Any interest in the old leotards?
35:05Um, I mean...
35:07Saving it for himself, that's what he's doing.
35:09It didn't fit, I tried.
35:11Yeah.
35:11Come on, have a look around.
35:15Oh, this is it.
35:19Here it is, babe.
35:20There's some bad bits and bombs.
35:23Looks great, doesn't it?
35:25My Louis Vuitton one was a bit of a travel bag.
35:27Yeah, this was the go-to, wasn't it?
35:28Yeah.
35:28On trips and stuff.
35:29Yeah, and now we've just got a baby travel bag with a shuffle of nappies.
35:33It's just baby bags in our bag.
35:34Yep.
35:35You know, some really incredible things.
35:37Bags, Harry Potter, I mean, everyone loves Harry Potter,
35:41and his Olympic items.
35:42I mean, how often do you get items actually worn at the Olympics
35:45by somebody who got a medal?
35:47I mean, that's pretty cool.
35:49You're sad that this is going bad.
35:51Absolutely not.
35:52Really?
35:52I'm really surprised.
35:54What are we going to do with all this kit?
35:56Yeah, I suppose.
35:56Hang on to it and be like, it's mine!
35:59Yeah, that's true.
36:00Share the love.
36:01I'm very excited.
36:02I am.
36:02We've never done anything like this before,
36:04so this is a new territory for us, isn't it?
36:07Yeah, it is, yeah.
36:08I'm very nervous to see what people think of our items.
36:11I know.
36:11And how much they want to pay for them.
36:13Never fear, Lewis.
36:14Angus will do his best.
36:16Our trusty auction clerks are standing by to oversee today's online bids,
36:21and now we just need the man himself to take to the podium.
36:25Let the games begin.
36:27Happy?
36:27Right, then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
36:30We're delighted to meet four-times Olympic medalist Lewis Smith.
36:34There we go.
36:36And not to forget his partner, Charlie, professional dancer.
36:39Right, we're going to start with his bags.
36:41First up is the Louis Vuitton keypole bag.
36:44The LV.
36:45There we go.
36:46And I go straight in at £300.
36:48£320, £340, £360, £380, £400, £420, £440, £460,
36:53and £80 is it now?
36:54£500, £520, £540, £560, £580,
36:57£660, £620.
36:59At £620 it is, then.
37:00At £620.
37:01Lewis remembers how much he paid.
37:03At £620 it is, then.
37:04At £620.
37:05At £620.
37:06Children have come along.
37:07Your life changes.
37:08The LV days are over.
37:09At £620.
37:11Say bye-bye to Louis, Lewis.
37:14Yeah, it's getting sold.
37:16We like it.
37:17And sticking with designer bags.
37:19This is as new.
37:21The Dunhill Tant Leather bag there.
37:23This was given to you at the Men of the Year Awards 2012.
37:27I didn't win.
37:28Oh.
37:29Yeah, but you're still my Man of the Year, babes.
37:31Oh.
37:31I do.
37:33At £200 I'm bid.
37:34£200 I bid at £200 it is, then at £200.
37:36£210, £210 it is, then at £210.
37:38£220, £230, £240.
37:40At £240 it is, then at £240.
37:42We're all done for the Dunhill.
37:43At £240 then I'm selling, then at £240.
37:46A bidder in York decided this was definitely their bag.
37:52Nice.
37:53Nice.
37:53What's up, babe?
37:54And after selling the Dunhill travel wallet...
37:57At £48.
37:59..for right on the estimate...
38:01We'll take that.
38:03..it's time for some magic.
38:05You might not know this,
38:06but Lewis Smith is the biggest Harry Potter fan in the world.
38:09Yeah.
38:09He had a whole room dedicated to it.
38:12He makes it sound geeky.
38:13I know, but you are geeky.
38:14This is the large wall hanging tapestry panel there.
38:19It's Oxford Hines who made the original one for the movie.
38:22Bids galore coming in.
38:23£120, £130 at £130 for the Harry Potter tapestry.
38:27£140, £150 at £150 it is, then at £150 it is, then.
38:31We're all done for the Harry Potter tapestry at £150.
38:36Angus's wizardry made that one vanish easily enough.
38:39At least it's not coming back home, then.
38:41£12.56.
38:42Now for the Hogwarts trunk.
38:45Lewis decorated this himself.
38:47And you're lying to the inside.
38:48No.
38:49£30, stop me.
38:50£30.
38:51£30 bid, thank you, sir.
38:53£30 a bid.
38:53At £30 it is, then at £30.
38:55At £40.
38:55£2, £2, £5, £5.
38:57£8 behind you.
38:58£38.
38:58£40.
38:59£2, £5.
39:01£8.
39:02£50.
39:02£5.
39:03£55.
39:04Ladies bid at £55 it is.
39:06At £55 it is, then we're all done at £55.
39:09£5.
39:12Sold to the lady in the room.
39:15It was an investment, babe.
39:18Now for a bumper lot of Harry Potter merchandise,
39:22including a golden dragon's egg and a Hufflepuff hat and scarf.
39:26It's a good lot, this.
39:27We're straight in at £40.
39:29£40 a bid at £42.
39:30The room bidder, who missed out last time, is back.
39:33£5, £8, £50, £5, £60, £5, £70, £5, £80, £5, £90, £5.
39:41There are Harry Potter fans out there.
39:42Yeah, there are.
39:42£100, £1, £10.
39:44£1, £10 it is, then at £1, £10.
39:46At £110 it is, then at £110.
39:48We're all done at £110.
39:51This time he's won it.
39:54You see?
39:55He's putting smiles on your face now, isn't it, Harry Potter?
39:58And Angus keeps them smiling
40:00while he sells 30 more of Lewis's lots, including...
40:04For £110.
40:06Another group lot of Harry Potter merchandise
40:09with slippers, jigsaws and DVDs...
40:12£50!
40:14..the Ibanez acoustic guitar and...
40:17I'm at £70!
40:19..the Omega and Waterman ballpoint pens.
40:25Really good. Yeah.
40:27There's just two lots left.
40:29Two pieces of Lewis's Olympic kit.
40:32Lewis Smith's Team GB Olympic uniform.
40:36Rio Olympics 2016.
40:38There we go.
40:38£100, start me, let's go.
40:40£100, £100, amazing.
40:41This one's been a museum or something, doesn't it?
40:43£100.
40:44Peterborough Town Hall should have this.
40:47At £100, a bit at £100, at £100, at £100, at £100.
40:52Nobody's biting.
40:53I'm not going to let it go for this.
40:54At £100, at £100?
40:55I'm going to say that, it's too good.
40:57Angus will have to try this one at another auction.
41:00Never mind Lewis,
41:01there's still a chance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
41:05We're on to the special thing now.
41:07Ooh.
41:08The spandex.
41:09This is Lewis's actual leotard worn at the 2016 Olympics.
41:15£200, start me.
41:16£200.
41:17Go find another.
41:19You won't.
41:20Anyone?
41:21Bit.
41:22£210 it is, £210, £220.
41:24This is a bit of Olympic history.
41:25£230, £240, £250, £260, £270, £280, £290, £300, £320, £340, £360, £380, £400.
41:37Will you sign it, Lewis?
41:39Oh, yeah.
41:39£420, that's added a bid.
41:41At £420, £440, they're thinking about it.
41:44£460, at £460.
41:46We're all done.
41:47At £460 it is, then gavels up at £460.
41:52Vaulting over its estimate for an excellent finish.
41:56Wow, that's amazing, right?
42:02Time for the victory lap.
42:03Let's find out how much Angus has managed to raise Lewis and Charlie for those home renovations.
42:10Hey!
42:10How you doing?
42:11You all right?
42:12Yes.
42:12How was it after you?
42:13It was great.
42:14It was like an emotional rollercoaster.
42:16Pleased with Harry Potter?
42:17Yeah.
42:18Charlie was having a great time, but when the Harry Potter thing was sold, I don't know if
42:21you saw her face.
42:21She was ecstatic.
42:23She started clapping.
42:25Nice.
42:26Shut up.
42:26I suppose you haven't really thought about the money side of it.
42:29We had a little discussion.
42:30We had a little bet on it.
42:31We had a bet, yeah.
42:32What, pre-auction?
42:33Yeah.
42:33Pre-auction.
42:33Okay.
42:34So, my dad said £800.
42:36Yeah.
42:36I said £1,000.
42:38Yeah.
42:38And you said £2,000.
42:39Yeah.
42:40Well, we know who the winner is, don't we?
42:42Always.
42:42You're taking home £2,416.
42:46Oh, my God.
42:49That's crazy.
42:50That's amazing.
42:51Well done.
42:51That is crazy.
42:52That's incredible.
42:53When you think about what was being sold as well, yeah, thank you so much.
42:56No, no, thank you.
42:57It's honestly the pair of you have been lovely and just, it's been an absolute pleasure.
43:00I think all in all, it's been a pretty good day at the office.
43:03Wow.
43:03Very fun.
43:04Good to see Angus in action.
43:06That's definitely going to go towards the renovation working hour and our garage turned it into another bedroom.
43:10Yes.
43:12In case any more kids decide to show up.
43:14No.
43:16But yeah, it's certainly going to help a lot.
43:18Absolutely fantastic sale for Lewis and Charlie.
43:21He had some great items, to be fair.
43:23It's quite funny.
43:24I thought, you know, you'd think he'd be more emotional about the kit he wore at the Olympics,
43:28but actually I think he was more upset to see the Harry Potter items go.
43:32So, you know what?
43:33Two lovely, lovely people and I'm really pleased we did so well for them.
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