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The Yorkshire Auction House - Season 6 Episode 12 Send in the Cavalry
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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room, just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies.
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:18And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:26I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:31He's taking on even more jam-packed hoes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. Some box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:41Fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:46Cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52And family heirloos.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01One of the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03And his gift of the gavel...
01:06At 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir.
01:09You do.
01:10He delivers a fantastic...
01:122,000 pounds.
01:15Cash.
01:15All done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:31This is right up my street.
01:33I really love this.
01:34Angus's team of expert valuers are like kids in a candy store...
01:38...when he brings them back treasures to catalogue.
01:41Oh, yes.
01:42Amazing.
01:42And today, he's off to get some more.
01:45Right, Jack, we're heading north.
01:47Oh, where are we going?
01:48Er, Sunderland.
01:49You might see the Lampton worm today.
01:51The what?
01:52The Lampton worm.
01:53Well, you're from up this way, aren't you?
01:55Yeah.
01:55It's an old story that there was this worm or dragon
01:58that plagued the area around Lampton.
02:01Right.
02:02We're not going to get eaten by any worms today, are we?
02:04If they survive the day,
02:08they will be able to regale how they met Charlie...
02:11This is from Grandad.
02:13..and his brother, Brian.
02:15That'll be when he was being awarded the Chevalier Medal.
02:19It's nice-looking.
02:21..at the house that belonged to their Grandad, Charles.
02:24My Grandad, he was a very confident,
02:28sort of wheeler-dealer type man,
02:30but he was also a very straight man.
02:32He didn't drink, he didn't even swear.
02:36But he loved his military things,
02:38and he was a war hero in his own right.
02:40My Grandad lived here with his wife, Lynne,
02:43for as long as I can remember,
02:44and that must be over, like, 30 years now.
02:46Lynne was Charles' second wife
02:48after losing his first wife, Irene, in 1982.
02:52When Charles met Lynne, the brother's mum,
02:54Sandra was relieved to see her dad moving on.
02:57My dad came and said,
02:59I'm going to get married,
03:00which I was very happy about,
03:02because he was lost.
03:03He needed somebody.
03:05She was a really good friend.
03:07We were like sisters.
03:09Sadly, in 2019, Charles' health declined.
03:12My grandfather, I mean, he always swore he'd lived to 100,
03:17and he didn't make it that far.
03:19He only made it to 95.
03:21I think old age just has eventually just caught up with him.
03:28Then last year, Lynne also became unwell.
03:32She went into hospital while I was here,
03:35looking after our cat,
03:37and, um, she never came out.
03:43The family plan to sell the house,
03:45but first are faced with dealing with Charles and Lynne's possessions.
03:53We've got a random hippo,
03:56and then if we come into the dining room,
03:58um, yeah, as you can tell,
04:01it's just full, absolutely full.
04:04We've got all these military memorabilia,
04:06coins, mine and lamps,
04:09and far too much just for my mother to handle.
04:11Um, so we've had to come in, help where we can.
04:17It can be very overwhelming when you're in this situation.
04:20They just really need our help
04:21to just clear as much as they can.
04:23We've been led to this point, really,
04:25by the sheer amount of things.
04:28It's just that vast year.
04:30Honestly, don't know where to start.
04:33Right, here we are.
04:42Hi there, Angus.
04:43Nell, are you all right?
04:44I am, I'm Brian, this is Charlie.
04:46This is Jack.
04:47Hello, Jack, coming in.
04:48Thanks, cheers.
04:53Oh, right, what a wonderful place.
04:56Yeah, the place is absolutely massive,
04:58filled full of things.
04:59Your granddad's, is that right?
05:01Yeah, granddad and Lynn, his wife.
05:03And clearly military man.
05:05Oh, he certainly was, yes.
05:07He's a war hero, decorated.
05:08Yeah.
05:09He got the French...
05:11Legion d'Honor.
05:11Legion d'Honor, yeah.
05:12Which is the highest award you can get in France.
05:15I'm guessing, was he at D-Day?
05:17Yeah, he was.
05:18Yeah.
05:18Since 2014, the French have awarded
05:21over 6,000 of these medals
05:23to British veterans of the D-Day landings at Normandy
05:26in honour of the role they played
05:27in helping to liberate France from Nazi occupation.
05:31He's given me that in his will
05:32and I'm under strict instructions.
05:34I have to keep hold of it.
05:35Wonderful to have that in the family.
05:37Looking at the helmet,
05:38Durham Lights Infantry?
05:40It certainly is.
05:40Yeah.
05:41Well, he was only by accident, you see.
05:43It was an admin error.
05:44Ah.
05:45He's from Staffordshire.
05:46Right.
05:46Yeah, so they got a little bit confused
05:49over the Newcastles.
05:51Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle under Lyme
05:54and they sent them to the wrong regiment.
05:56But he obviously loved the North East
05:58because he stayed here.
05:58He did.
05:59This late Victorian Durham Light Infantry helmet
06:03was collected by Charles
06:04in honour of his old regiment
06:06and is for sale.
06:07It would be lotted up
06:08with a French fireman's helmet for the auction.
06:11Brilliant.
06:11So it really is,
06:12we're looking at the whole house.
06:14Yes, exactly.
06:15Well, leave me to it
06:15and I'll work out a plan of action.
06:17Excellent.
06:18Brilliant.
06:22It's going to be a much bigger job
06:24than I anticipated.
06:25Today, we're going to extract the items of value.
06:27You know, there's some stuff
06:27that isn't going to be saleable,
06:29some that is
06:29and it's just going through that.
06:31So that takes time.
06:32There's a lot to do.
06:34It's a red-hot day
06:35and, yeah,
06:37me and Jack are going to work hard today.
06:39No pain, no gain, lads.
06:43DLI, cat badge.
06:44DLI.
06:45A little plaque.
06:46Lots of DLI.
06:48DLI is Durham Light Infantry.
06:50Ah, Charles's old regiment.
06:53Light Infantry refers to foot soldiers
06:55equipped with minimal armour and weapons
06:57to allow for high mobility
06:59and rapid manoeuvres on the battlefield.
07:02The Durham Light Infantry,
07:03they were heavily involved in the Second World War.
07:05They were the first troops over there.
07:06Evacuated from Dunkirk.
07:08They then fought in North Africa,
07:10Sicily, Italy
07:10and, again, were on the D-Day operations,
07:13which their grandfather, Charles, was part of.
07:16So, an incredible history.
07:18There's going to be a lot of interesting bits here
07:20that we'll sort out into sort of DLI interest.
07:23I mean, that, that's wonderful.
07:25Sort of a desktop inkwell wooden base in silver
07:30with the regimental cat badge.
07:32That, in its own right, is probably 80 to 120.
07:35That's a nice thing.
07:36Roger that.
07:38As well as the militaria in the cabinet,
07:40there's also these two mannequins up for deployment.
07:43One in World War II battle dress
07:46and one in an Army Air Corps uniform.
07:55Look at that. That is incredible.
07:57Ooh, this sounds promising.
08:00Jack, lunch is served.
08:03Ooh, that's nice.
08:04Look at this.
08:06I mean, this is a great...
08:07Well, it's basically a food server, isn't it?
08:09Yeah.
08:09A hot plate.
08:09You can plate up your joints of meat in here
08:11and you've got a burner underneath
08:13so that keeps it all hot.
08:15You wheel it out.
08:16It's ready for serving.
08:17There you go.
08:18I've noticed that their grandad left letters
08:21with a lot of the items.
08:24Lord Lampton's heated meat cover.
08:29Well, I can tell you something.
08:31A relative of mine would probably have been pushing this around.
08:33Really?
08:34My great-aunt was his head maid.
08:37My great-aunt Gladys.
08:38He had the biggest stage just near here, didn't he?
08:39Yeah, it's just over there.
08:40Oh, interesting.
08:41Sadly, a lot of the plating's kind of worn through to the copper.
08:44But, I mean, what a wonderful thing.
08:47It's got to be 200 to 400, I think.
08:49Oh, I thought so, yeah.
08:50Right, Jack, we've got a lot of work to do.
08:53We can't be eating roast beef and champagne.
08:55We'll only have a lunch break, we can.
08:58Ha-ha, you'll be lucky, Jack.
09:00But over the next two hours, the boys do work up an appetite.
09:04We'll get the Moorcroft and then we're into the other room, I think.
09:06As they pack and load dozens of things for the van.
09:10Do you want the hungry mouth end or do you want its bottom?
09:14From a large late 20th century imitation bronze sculpture of a hippo...
09:19Right.
09:20Go on, Gloria.
09:22...to a collection of antique lamps.
09:24You've got some of the old mining lamps there.
09:27That's probably one of the first things he's ever really collected.
09:29It's going to be tough seeing them all go, but as long as they're going to a better place
09:33and for someone else to enjoy them like he did, it would be spot on, really.
09:38Charles' miners' lamp collection will be split into several smaller lots,
09:42including this group of three, two of which are rare Davy lamps.
09:46Invented by Cornish chemist Sir Humphrey Davy in 1815 for use in coal mines,
09:52a fine wire mesh screen prevented the heat from the flame from escaping
09:56and reduced the danger of flammable gas explosions.
10:00Hopefully, these will fire up the bidders because...
10:03If we can actually raise some money, that'll all go to my mam
10:07to maybe get that little dream holiday in Portugal that she wants.
10:11She's never been to Portugal before, so she wants to see it.
10:14Lovely, but could be pricey.
10:17Right, lads, can we find some real money, please?
10:20There you are, Jack. You all right? Yeah.
10:22We've got a Royal Mint specimen set for 1937, so that's quite a nice set there.
10:26You little beauty, Jack.
10:28This was our currency of the day, wasn't it?
10:30Yes. All the coinage in 1937.
10:32And then you've got the Maundy set there as well.
10:34Maundy coins are a special set of silver legal tender coins
10:38presented each year by the monarch to people
10:41in recognition for their service to the community.
10:44This takes place in a ceremony on Maundy Thursday,
10:47the day before Good Friday.
10:49Unfortunately, the sixpence has had a bit of an attack from the weather,
10:53but otherwise it's in quite good nick.
10:55It's a nice set. I mean, you're looking at about 150 to 200 there.
10:58That should make the coin collectors flip on auction day.
11:02But right now, with the last few boxes loaded
11:04and the van looking pretty full, Angus and Jack are done.
11:08Come on, three.
11:10Obviously, it hasn't completely emptied,
11:11but you can see the walls and the floors.
11:14Yeah.
11:14Massive, massive difference.
11:16I can't believe how much has gone.
11:18Relieved, to be honest.
11:19Yeah.
11:20And how are we feeling about the auction?
11:21I'm looking forward to it.
11:22Yeah.
11:22It's something new for me.
11:23Never done anything like that before.
11:25Yeah.
11:25So it'll be interesting to see what it's like.
11:27Well, we'll get back down the road,
11:28and, yeah, we'll see you on sale day.
11:30Okay.
11:31Brilliant.
11:31Cheers.
11:32Thanks, Angus.
11:32Thanks a lot.
11:32Watching stuff go to the van, it hit a little bit,
11:35but great to see all the room we've got now.
11:38It's a big change and a big, massive help.
11:41Hopefully, it's taken a bit of burden off their shoulders.
11:44We've got a good full van load.
11:46It quotes lots of lots.
11:47We've had to graft me in, Jack,
11:49and there's even more work to do when we get back to the salary.
11:52It'll be worth it if you can get Sandra on holiday, Angus.
11:56It's Portugal or bust this one.
11:58Hi, Jack.
12:13What have you got for us today?
12:14We've got a lot.
12:16Oh, yeah.
12:17I know, Millie, and you've got to get it all unloaded.
12:20Very nice.
12:21I've not seen one this big before, actually.
12:24Researched.
12:24Hungry, Hungry Hippo.
12:25Oh, my God.
12:26And priced up for auction day.
12:36Now then, you, I've just found some that I know
12:39will be very, very interesting, because I certainly am.
12:43He looks a bit rough already.
12:46Oh, wow.
12:47Look at this.
12:48It's an exercise book, and he's learning about navigation.
12:51Yeah.
12:51And all these, these are all pen drawings.
12:53Judging by that uniform, I'm guessing, early 20th century.
12:57I don't think so.
12:58You were in the Navy quite a lot later than this.
13:00Just a bit, yeah.
13:01Did you have exercise books?
13:03No, it was issued with a book.
13:04They called it The Little Blue Book, which told you everything about what to do in your
13:08naval career.
13:09Yeah.
13:09Did you ever doodle in them?
13:11No.
13:11That, I reckon, has got to be a caricature of the Kaiser.
13:16Britain and Germany in the early 20th century, in the run-up to the First World War, were
13:20locked in this big arms race, which focused on the size of navies.
13:24So a little caricature like that is a really good insight into some of the political thought
13:30of the time.
13:31I think it's a very important historical document.
13:34I quite agree.
13:34Ewan is hoping a low estimate will help entice the bidders to this nautical but nice lot.
13:46Hi, Millie.
13:47Hi.
13:47I've got another one of these vases for you.
13:50Really nice.
13:50I think Moorcroft.
13:51Yes.
13:52Founded in 1913, Moorcroft is an art pottery manufacturer based in Stoke-on-Trent that specialises
13:59in richly decorated earthenware.
14:02These are designed by Sally Tuffin, who actually was originally a fashion designer in the 60s
14:07and then came to Moorcroft in the 80s.
14:09Moorcroft had tried to industrialise and sort of go mass-produced and it failed.
14:13Sally Tuffin actually came in and stripped it right back to these sort of like handcrafted
14:17designs.
14:18They're all the same pattern, but this vase was specifically designed by Sally Tuffin,
14:22so it's signed on the base.
14:24And these are just two sort of copies of that design, but not by...
14:27Yeah.
14:28Okay.
14:28This one, because of its size as well, I think it's unusual to see a piece of Moorcroft
14:32this big.
14:33It's probably in the £800 to £1,000 range.
14:36Oh, wow, okay.
14:37And then for these two pieces?
14:39Sort of more typical Moorcroft prices, so £80 to £120 for the vase and £50 to £70 on
14:44the charger.
14:45It feels much more modern than your sort of classic Moorcroft pieces, and I think these
14:49are very in at the moment.
14:50Yeah, I really like these.
14:51I think it's going to do really well at auction.
14:52Yeah, me too.
14:58It'll be interesting to see what everything goes for.
15:06There you go, ma'am.
15:07Got all the bits and pieces down there.
15:09There's a bit of everything in here, isn't there?
15:10Your great-grandfather was a miner.
15:13Ah, so that's why you had all the mining lamps as well, then.
15:15It's just a legacy of your great-grandfather.
15:18Hello, Angus.
15:19Are we all right?
15:19I'm good, yeah.
15:20Yeah, I think you should be good.
15:21You've got some interesting bits in, a lot of stuff.
15:23I was very worried about the hippo, because I love him.
15:26I want to take him home.
15:28Everybody loves the hippo.
15:29I'm going to put a reserve on for £200.
15:32Don't worry.
15:33We'll endeavour to get a very good price for the hippo.
15:35Well, I'll get ready for the sale and let you have a look around.
15:38I'll see you up on the rostrum.
15:39Great.
15:40See you later, Angus.
15:41Sandra's a little bit nervous, but I think they're going to have a few surprises, because
15:45there's some really good items.
15:47We've got that amazing sort of serving trolley.
15:49I mean, imagine getting your dinner brought out to you on that.
15:51That's incredible.
15:52So, I'm not worried.
15:53I'm very confident we're going to get some great results, and, you know, I think they're
15:57going to be very pleased.
15:59The rocking horse.
16:00Your granddad had that made, especially, but none of you have room in the houses for it.
16:05I've definitely got no room to fit that anywhere.
16:08Hopefully someone gets some use out of it.
16:11I feel guilty for getting rid of, more or less, my father's life work.
16:18Yeah, it's just a second.
16:19But you've got to let it go.
16:22Hopefully make some money to get a few of my mam's dreams up and running.
16:26Nice little holiday to Portugal.
16:28Should be a good day.
16:28That's the spirit, Brian.
16:31There's a total of 99 lots in today's sale.
16:35Our auction clerks, Millie and Jasper, are at the ready to oversee the internet bids, and
16:40Joe is on the blower for the phone bids.
16:43Now we just need the Yorkshire auctioneer himself to get us underway.
16:48Okay, are we happy?
16:51Well, then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
16:52Uh, well, excellent, very good.
16:55First up is the Moorcroft sunflower floor vase that Millie took a shine to.
17:00We start with the Sally Tuffin for Moorcroft.
17:04£600, start me.
17:05Huge piece of Moorcroft.
17:07£600 and beer.
17:07£620, £40, £660, £680, £700, £720.
17:11Thank you in the room.
17:12At £720, £740, £760, £780.
17:16Are you sure?
17:17When are you going to see another one?
17:18£800 it is.
17:19£800 in the room, then £800.
17:21Oh, £820, fresh bid.
17:23£840, thank you, madam.
17:24£860, £860.
17:25Thank you, madam.
17:26She's out.
17:27Gavel's up, final call, £880, thank you, madam.
17:30She's in again.
17:31Gavel's going up, £900.
17:35Not this time.
17:37Net bid at £900, we're all done.
17:39Gavel's going up for the vase at £900.
17:43Talk about flower power.
17:45I said that was good.
17:46And after selling the Moorcroft charger plate...
17:49At £70.
17:52And the smaller Moorcroft vase...
17:55At £130.
17:57It was nicer than the big one.
17:59The other one was too big, yeah.
18:01I thought that was £68.
18:03Angus moves on to Sandra's beloved hippo.
18:06She won't let this go for less than £200.
18:10We open at £360.
18:13Well, that's always a bit of welcome under.
18:15£380, £400.
18:16I've got £420, £440, £460, £480.
18:19Commission's out.
18:20At £480 it is.
18:21£500, fresh bid.
18:23We're all done.
18:24At £520.
18:25At £520.
18:25At £520.
18:26We're trying to arrange it for you, yeah.
18:28£510.
18:29It's a lovely hippo.
18:30£520.
18:31At £520 then.
18:32Internet bidder at £520.
18:35Angus was right.
18:37You needn't have worried, Sandra.
18:39There you go.
18:40Next up, it's the Victorian Durham Light Infantry Helmet, along with an antique French fireman's
18:48helmet.
18:48It's a good lot.
18:49It goes straight in at £200.
18:51£200 a bid.
18:52£200.
18:53We're all done for the Durham LI.
18:55Poff helmet there.
18:56At £200 it is.
18:57Then I'm going to sell at £200.
18:58Just one bid, but it's well over the estimate.
19:03I'm not surprised at that.
19:05And in five minutes, Angus marches his way through seven more lots of Charles's Militaria,
19:11including...
19:12£75.
19:14The Durham Light Infantry Silver Inkwell.
19:18At £65.
19:19The mannequin in World War II Battle Dress and...
19:24That's £75.
19:26The mannequin in an Army Air Corps uniform.
19:31That looks not that bad.
19:33Now it's a collection of three miners' lamps, including the two Davy lamps.
19:39Very good lamps, these.
19:40Loads of interest.
19:41Bids all over.
19:42We'll open at £420.
19:43I wasn't expecting that.
19:44Wow, we've already blasted through the estimate.
19:47Rare miners' lamps, these.
19:49We're up to £620.
19:51£620 now.
19:52£660.
19:53£700.
19:54£720.
19:55£740.
19:55£760.
19:56£780.
19:57I'm going to go to the phone.
19:58£800.
19:59£800 on the phone.
20:01£820.
20:01£840.
20:03They're out.
20:04Gabble's up.
20:05The miners' lamps there, lighting the way at £820.
20:09A bidder in Cheshire was more than happy to dig deep for the miners' lamps.
20:15Crazy.
20:15Over the next 70 minutes, Angus shovels his way through 84 more lots, including...
20:22Shout-up at £170.
20:24The Royal Mint 1937 specimen coin set...
20:28At £50.
20:30The early 20th century maritime navigation exercise book, and...
20:36At £640.
20:38A Victorian-style rocking horse.
20:41That's done very well.
20:43Finally, the last lot of the day is the silver-plated meat-serving trolley that might have been pushed around by Jack's great-aunt, Gladys.
20:52This is service with style.
20:54Just imagine this Sunday morning, breakfast in bed.
20:56I mean, it'd be wonderful.
20:57I'm just going to keep talking because it's going up while I'm talking.
20:59We're at £420.
21:00£420.
21:01We're at £440.
21:02£460.
21:02£480.
21:03£500 and beer.
21:04£600.
21:04There we go.
21:05£680.
21:05£700 and beer.
21:06That's hysterical!
21:08£720 on the phone.
21:09£760.
21:10£780.
21:11£800.
21:12£40.
21:13£60.
21:14£80.
21:14£900.
21:15£ те,000.
21:16£1,000.
21:16£1,000.
21:17£1,500.
21:17£1,50.
21:17£1,500.
21:18£1,250.
21:19£1,500.
21:19£1,500.
21:20£1,500.
21:21£1,600 and beer.
21:22£1,500.
21:23£1,800.
21:24£1,500.
21:24£1,500.
21:24£1,900.
21:252,000 beer, 2,1, 2,2
21:27Told you you were going to have a good day
21:282,5, 2,600
21:31At 2,7
21:32Just been sat in that room all that time, hasn't it?
21:35Yeah, would have been gone down the tip
21:37At 2,8, at 2,800
21:39The gavel's going up
21:40We're all done at 2,800
21:43Angus has served up a real showstopper
21:48That concludes your little run
21:51Right, how much money has Angus managed to raise?
21:55Sandra was hoping there'd be enough for a little trip to Portugal
21:58But I have a feeling she's in for a very nice surprise
22:02Hello, you all right?
22:16How was that?
22:17That was great
22:18Yeah, enjoyed it
22:20I suppose the big surprise was the server
22:22Yeah
22:22On the trolley
22:23Yeah, that was
22:24I always thought it would do well
22:26I didn't think it would do that well, though
22:27And the hippo, that was a shock
22:29Would you like to know what you're taking?
22:30I'd love to know what it means
22:32After fees, £12,388
22:34I'm impressed
22:36You've done a good job
22:39No, you're welcome
22:40I didn't think it was anywhere near that high
22:42It was an absolute pleasure, we enjoyed it
22:44Yeah, loved it as well
22:45It was a good day
22:46Shocked, to say the least
22:50I was expecting about £2,000
22:52I was impressed with what the hippo did
22:56There was quite a few shocks in there
22:58He did a good job
22:59I don't think they ever anticipated the value
23:02It was really about clearing the property
23:04I think they're delighted
23:05We far exceeded their expectations
23:07And I'm really pleased
23:08Because good stuff deserves to sell well
23:10Beautiful day
23:18Sunshine, sorry
23:20Sunshine?
23:22Yeah
23:22Does that make you sneeze?
23:24Yeah
23:24That's so funny
23:25What's funny about that?
23:26Everyone has the weird thing
23:28So chocolate makes me sneeze
23:29Or mints
23:30Yeah
23:31But sunshine, that's weirder
23:34Well, that was normal
23:35I don't think so
23:36Let's just hope today's job is nothing to be sneezed at
23:40Angus and Charlotte are off to Harrogate
23:43Where they'll be meeting Helga
23:47And her best friend, Christine
23:53Well done
23:54I met Helga about 36 years ago
23:57When we first moved to Harrogate
23:58We just really hit it off, don't we?
24:01We do
24:01And we were both nurses for a long, long time
24:04So I suppose that kind of...
24:06Yeah
24:06We've got a common ground, haven't we?
24:08We have, yeah
24:09The two became friends
24:10Just after a very difficult time in Helga's life
24:14I was married to Graham
24:16And we had two little boys
24:18But very tragically, in 1987
24:21He died of cancer
24:24It was quite quick, really
24:26He went for a routine appointment at the opticians
24:30And rang me up to say
24:32I'm in hospital, I've got detached retina
24:34Wow
24:35Within the week, we knew that he was riddled with cancer
24:39Which you can imagine was devastating
24:41I had this baby and this little five-year-old
24:43He was so brave
24:45His one sad thing, of course
24:47Was the fact that he used to say
24:49I'll not see my boys grow up
24:50And that was his biggest, biggest regret
24:53While Helga brought up her two sons
24:57She continued to work as a nurse
24:59But in 2002, she decided to become a church minister
25:04I've always been a Christian
25:06But sort of later on in life
25:10I felt that I was being called into ministry
25:13I was ordained when I was 50
25:15And I was passionate about my ministry
25:18Absolutely passionate
25:20Recently retired and with a bit more time on her hands
25:23Helga has decided to use some of it
25:25To downsize the keepsakes and curios
25:27She's collected over the years
25:29I used to live in a bigger house down there
25:32I've now retired to this smaller one
25:34Which is lovely for me
25:35But I'm bursting at the seams
25:37So I need to share my treasures with other people
25:42I'll go see what Helga's got
25:45I think it's always that case, isn't it?
25:47You get to a certain point in life
25:48And you realise you've just accumulated items
25:52That you just don't use
25:53The time has come to let them go
25:55The memories are still here
25:56The memories are still here
25:58Nobody will ever, ever take those away
25:59Good morning, Angus
26:10Good morning, are you all right?
26:11Yes, good to have you here
26:12Good to be here
26:13I've brought Charlotte with me as well
26:14Hi, Charlotte, welcome
26:15Come in in
26:16Thank you very much
26:17Thank you very much
26:17Angus, can I introduce you to my special friend, Christy
26:25Christy, hi, Charlotte
26:27Nice to meet you
26:28So a bit of a thin out
26:30And sort of bits that have you accumulated over the years
26:32Very definitely
26:33I've come to that stage in my life
26:36Where I think it's time to recycle
26:39And to save my youngest son
26:41From putting all of this lot in a skip
26:43When anything happens to me
26:44Okay, so is it predominantly down here
26:46Or have we got bits all over the house?
26:47Down here, in my bedroom
26:49In the loft
26:50And in the garage
26:51Right
26:52And the garage?
26:54That's a lot of ground to cover
26:56Best grab some boxes, Charlotte
26:58And while Christine gets the kettle on
27:00We can go and see what Helga's got stashed upstairs
27:03Right
27:05So I put most of it out on the bed
27:07We've got various bits of jewellery
27:09This is quite interesting
27:10Because they're bullet heads
27:12Well, that's made after the Second World War
27:15And as you can see, they've crafted that themselves
27:18You've basically got the three bullet heads there
27:20Out of a rifle
27:21This is the projectile that shoots out
27:24And they've fashioned them through each other
27:26And woven this thing
27:27It's what we call trench art
27:28Trench art is the term used to describe decorative objects
27:32Made from the products of modern warfare
27:35Often made by soldiers or prisoners of war
27:37But also sometimes made by civilians living in war zones
27:41Even during that time of diversity
27:43There was a message there, wasn't there?
27:45Of peace and unity
27:46Absolutely
27:46That's a really nice thing
27:48I think it appeals to lots of different people
27:50One, you've got that inherent sort of military history
27:53But also the social history as well
27:56Lovely
27:56OK, well, do you want to lead me to it?
27:58Yes
27:58And I'll see what we can do
28:00Have fun
28:01I don't think it's going to be the biggest job
28:05It's about taking what we can sell
28:07And seeing what we can raise
28:08I don't know how much value there's going to be
28:11But we'll do what we can
28:12Well, hopefully there might be some hidden gems in amongst all this jewellery, Angus
28:17Get it all packed and loaded
28:19And then shall we check on young Charlotte?
28:21Hi, Angus
28:22Are we finding much?
28:23I've found a little childhood treasure
28:25A childhood treasure?
28:27The iPod Nano
28:28Wow
28:29Very much my generation growing up
28:31In my days it was Walkmans and Dismen
28:33There was 450 million iPods produced
28:37The first one was released in 2001 and they discontinued them in 2022
28:41Obviously it just morphed into the iPhone, didn't it?
28:43It did, yeah
28:44Early technology started to become collectible
28:46And I think in the next 10 years
28:49We're going to see a real boom in that area
28:51And you know what?
28:52Now I really quite like the idea of maybe going for a run
28:54Leaving your phone at home and taking this instead
28:56Yeah
28:57I think that's a concept that's going to come back for a lot of people
28:59Angus will group the iPod Nano with some other vintage electronics
29:03Including a Nintendo Game Boy and an Xbox gaming console
29:08What do you think Elvis' playlist is?
29:11I think she mentioned something about Elvis
29:12Oh right, okay
29:13Right, a little less conversation please
29:16We've got some serious packing to do in the house
29:19And in the garage
29:21It's an absolute classic
29:23It's the Lloyd Loom chair
29:25Lloyd Loom's actually an American invention by Marshal Lloyd in 1917
29:30And the whole concept was basically a replacement for sort of wicker and rattan
29:35They have a wire core with twisted paper that creates this comfortable chair
29:39And in 1922 the British company Lusty got the license to produce it over here
29:45And it became an absolute staple of the 1930s in British furniture
29:50And it's one that's come back
29:52It's really popular again
29:53This is a fairly modern one
29:55To buy them new
29:55They're very expensive
29:56But you can buy a chair like this from anywhere between sort of 20 and sort of 50 pounds really
30:01And they're quite comfy too
30:02Yeah, that's what you need on a sunny day like this
30:08Oi, back to work you lazy sausage
30:12You still haven't even looked in the loft
30:15We've got a Charles
30:20Have we got a Diana?
30:23Yes, we have
30:24It's to commemorate Charles and Diana's wedding
30:27And these were produced by Royal Dalton
30:30Dubbed the wedding of the century
30:32Around 1.5 billion pounds worth of memorabilia
30:35Was produced to commemorate the wedding of the then Prince Charles
30:39And Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
30:41Generally speaking, royal chromative wear doesn't sell that well
30:45Unless it's really early stuff like Victorian
30:47But Dalton figures do sell well
30:50It was founded in 1815 in Lambeth, London
30:53It didn't become royal Dalton until 1901 when it got the royal warrant
30:58These are quite deluxe models in the boxes
31:00These little wooden plimps
31:02We're probably looking at about sort of 80 to 120 as a pair of figures
31:06Let's hope Charles and Di raise a princely sum
31:09And if they do...
31:11Well, Christine and I are definitely going to have a spa day
31:15If we make a lot of money, it'd be a spa weekend
31:19You're hearing this, Angus
31:21She wants a weekend out of it
31:23Sounds fabulous
31:25I hope you found some more treasure in that loft, Angus
31:28We've got a bit of a mixed selection of model railway
31:32And there's one name that always jumps out when you think of model railway
31:35And that's Hornby
31:36The money really in model railway is in the engines or the locomotives
31:41This is the Duchess of Montrose
31:43They were modelled on real-life steam trains from the day
31:47The Duchess of Montrose was one of the London Midland and Scottish Railway's coronation class of engines
31:53A series of locomotives which ran from London, Euston to Glasgow
31:57Between the 1930s and 60s
32:00The Hornby train set was bought for my husband Graham when he was a small child really
32:05And he would have had hours of fun with it
32:08I'm afraid my boys found the train just going round and round and round on a track
32:14Somewhat boring
32:15We've got carriages and there's a few accessories
32:18But the condition of this one's not great
32:21It's had a hard life
32:22So that's going to affect the value
32:24We're probably sort of £40, £50
32:26Every little helps
32:28Everybody loves a model railway
32:30I mean, who doesn't?
32:31Well, for those that don't, like Helga's two boys
32:34There's also some boxes of their old computer games to be researched back at the auction house
32:40But for now
32:41Well, Angus, how has it all gone?
32:43Well, we've got a few bits on, yeah
32:45Fuller than we thought
32:47Look at all of that
32:49That's amazing
32:50A reasonable amount gone out of the house
32:52So hopefully thin things out a little bit
32:54It has
32:54I'm now going to ring the charity up to take the rest
32:57Safe journey and thank you
32:58Thank you very much
32:59We'll shut up and we'll hit the road
33:01It's a real cathartic process to be able to let go of those things, really
33:08Yeah
33:08Interesting to see how much other people are willing to pay for it
33:12Well, that's right
33:13It's not a huge load and I don't think there's huge amounts of value
33:16But if we can raise enough money to fund that spa day
33:20I think they're going to be happy and be mission accomplished
33:22I hope so, Angus
33:24Or it could be you who ends up in hot water
33:27Hi, Ewan
33:44How are we doing?
33:45All right?
33:46Yeah, good, thanks
33:47With Helga's things back at the auction house
33:50Right
33:51Big mix of stuff
33:53It's time to get it all inside
33:55This was an interesting item that was on the job
33:58It's a Mary Quant poncho
34:00Born in 1930 in London
34:02Dame Mary Quant was a designer who played a major role in shaping London's swinging 60s fashion
34:09Most famous for her mini skirts and mini dresses
34:12She also designed jackets, shoes, even this poncho
34:16This is more of an 80s piece
34:18Okay, right
34:19We've got the colour blocking
34:20Very 80s, isn't it?
34:22I feel like this would look great at a festival
34:24Yeah, that's so true
34:25Oh, yes
34:28So I look like an 80s icon
34:30You do
34:31A bit like a Rubik's Cube
34:33Now get back to work so everything can be researched and catalogued in time for the auction
34:38Hi, Millie
34:43Hello
34:43How are you doing?
34:44I'm good
34:45I'm just cataloguing some bits for the Harrogate job
34:46Oh, yeah
34:47This is quite a nice sort of Peggy Davies figure
34:49Oh, yeah
34:49Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1915
34:52Peggy Davies was one of Royal Dalton's most prolific figurine designers
34:56She started working for Royal Dalton in 1939 and she stayed there until 1980
35:01Oh, great
35:02Yeah, so a long time
35:03She had a little break for the war where she was a nurse
35:06What a fabulous lady
35:07Yeah
35:08Started her own company in 1981 with her son
35:11And then after her death in 1989 her son continued it and brought in a lot of British designers
35:15And this is sort of where you get Peggy Davies figures like these
35:18Yes
35:19This figure is, I'd probably say post-1989
35:21It really does give that sort of Art Deco vibe
35:23It is all hand-painted
35:25Definitely
35:25Yeah, you can see that, can't you?
35:27You can see the brushstrokes
35:28It's a limited edition
35:29It's one out of a hundred
35:30I've got 50 to 70 on this
35:31I think it's a really high-quality piece and very collectible
35:34Nice, I like it
35:35Got an interesting little lot here
35:44Quite a rare thing actually
35:45It's a game for the Super Nintendo
35:47Super Bomberman
35:49I've spent quite a lot of time playing this game
35:51Cool game
35:51A little bit like Pac-Man
35:53You're going around a maze
35:54You get a special controller
35:56So you can actually play up to five people
35:59We've put about a hundred to hundred and fifty pound estimate on it
36:02Video games these days are really, really popular, really collectible
36:06You should look through your attics
36:07If you find any old games, worth checking them out
36:09Because some of them can be worth a lot of money
36:11Helga had some really good jewellery
36:18And the main piece is this Figaro gold bracelet
36:23Figaro is basically a chain that has small circular links
36:27Followed by a single elongated oval link
36:31And that's a style that really originated from Italy in the 18th century
36:35It's thought the chain takes its name from the character Figaro
36:38In the operas The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro
36:42Which were popular in Italy at the time
36:45Now this is stamped 585
36:46Which basically means it's 14 karat gold
36:49Which is typical of Italian gold actually
36:51It's a good piece
36:52It's a good design
36:54There's quite a bit of weight in it
36:55Gold values are high at the moment
36:57So we should be looking at a good price for this
36:59Probably about five to six hundred pounds
37:00Mamma mia!
37:02Let's hope the Figaro can hit those high notes on auction day
37:06Quite exciting, isn't it?
37:13I know
37:14Can't wait to see how things do
37:17Wow
37:20This is actually bigger than what I thought it would be
37:23Wow, look, there's my stuff there
37:25Exciting
37:26It is exciting actually
37:27It is, I can't wait
37:28Oh look, there's all your jewellery here
37:31Oh, wow
37:32Yeah
37:33I guess you don't wear any of this anymore, do you?
37:35I don't, I don't
37:36I mean, that's beautiful
37:38And it was a gift
37:39But where do you go these days to wear things like that?
37:44Morning, are you alright?
37:45Morning
37:45How are you?
37:46Yeah, very well, thank you
37:48You're selling, not buying
37:49She's got the instructions
37:52I'm not allowed to put my hand up for anything
37:54Any particular lots you're sort of excited about?
37:57I think my Art Deco, I'll be really interested
38:00The interest in that
38:01I mean, I love it
38:02Yeah
38:02But
38:03You just don't know, do you?
38:06I think we should do alright
38:07I'll let you have a look round
38:08Thank you
38:08To look at the things you're not going to buy
38:10And I'll see you up on the roster
38:12Helga has put reserves on quite a few items
38:15That's not overly concerning
38:17I think we should get most of them away at reserve price
38:19And, you know, some good bits
38:21We've got some jewellery
38:22A bit of interest in the technological bits
38:24You know, all the games, consoles and things
38:25But we'll see
38:26I just love her
38:27My Art Deco lady
38:29She's so elegant, isn't she?
38:31But, time for it to go
38:32Just keep picturing that spa trip, Helga
38:36Orch and Clark's Emma and Heather
38:38Have powered up their computers
38:40And are standing by to manage today's internet bids
38:43Now, as Angus takes his place
38:46We can get started
38:48Right
38:49This wonderful collection there
38:51From Harrogate
38:53That's the high life of Yorkshire, isn't that?
38:55Harrogate
38:55Yes
38:56First up, we have a mixed lot of electronics
38:59Including the iPod Nano
39:01Game Boy
39:01Xbox
39:02And other gaming accessories
39:04Helga has placed a £70 reserve on these
39:07All the electronics there
39:09That's a good lot
39:10We're at
39:10£110
39:11£120
39:12£130
39:13£140
39:14And £140
39:14A bid then
39:15At £140
39:16£150
39:16£160
39:17At £160
39:18£170
39:18Commissions are out
39:19At £170
39:20It is
39:20At £170
39:22That word
39:23I reckon it was your iPod Elvis playlist
39:27That did it, Helga
39:28Wow
39:29Next, it's Nick's favourite
39:32The Super Nintendo
39:34Bomberman Party Pack
39:37Yes
39:38We open at £120
39:40At £120
39:42At £120
39:42And bid
39:43Then at £120
39:43At £120
39:44At £120
39:45£130
39:46Fresh bid
39:46At £130
39:47At £130
39:48It is
39:49Then at
39:49£130
39:50That's a very good
39:53Very respectable score
39:55Slap bang on the estimate
39:56That's amazing
39:58Now for the Hornby Duchess of Montrose train set
40:01That belonged to Helga's late husband, Graham
40:04£30, stop me
40:05£30, at £30
40:06Come on, model train enthusiasts
40:09£30, £30, £30, stop me
40:11At £30
40:12£30, £30
40:12Thank you
40:13At £30
40:13Yay
40:14Two, five
40:15Five, five, five, five
40:17£35 at £35
40:18The Duchess is now departing to a new owner in Ayrshire
40:22Really pleased with that
40:24And sticking with royalty
40:26Oh, the lots you've all been waiting for
40:29The special Dalton figures
40:32There we go
40:32It's Charles and Diana
40:34There we go
40:36£60, start me
40:37£60, Charles and Diana
40:38No Royal fans in today then?
40:42Oh, come on
40:42He's been promoted
40:43He's gone up in value
40:44They're worth this
40:47Angus will have to try these again another day
40:51Wow
40:52Maybe the Peggy Davies Art Deco style figurine will fare better
40:57One of Helga's favourites
40:58She won't let this go for less than £50
41:01Some nice figures up there
41:03We're open at £65
41:04£65 a bit at £65 it is
41:06Then at £65 for the lady
41:08£70 a bit
41:09£70 a bit at £70 it is
41:10Then any advance
41:11For the lady
41:12At £70
41:13Not bad, eh, Helga?
41:17Oh, please, that's lovely
41:19And Angus keeps Helga happy for the next half an hour
41:23As he puts 30 more lots of hers under the hammer
41:26Including
41:27At £20
41:28The Lloyd Loom chair
41:32At £25
41:33The Mary Quant multi-coloured poncho
41:37And
41:37Bit to turn
41:38A mixed lot of nine-carat gold jewellery
41:42With a ring, brooch and two pairs of earrings
41:45Wow
41:48There's just two lots of jewellery left
41:51First, the trench art cross made out of bullet heads
41:54Oh, this is a little bit different
41:56I've got £20 bid
41:57£20 a bit at £20 it is
41:58Then at £20 at £20
42:00£20, £5, £8, £30
42:01£30 a bit at £30
42:02£22, £2, £2, £5, £5, a little bit unique
42:05£38
42:06At £38
42:07We're all done for a little bit of trench art
42:09At £38
42:10That's the bullet cross bang on its estimate
42:14That's excellent
42:16Finally, it's the 14-carat gold figaro chain bracelet
42:20We've got lots of bids
42:22But we come in
42:23Top two bids, got £500
42:26So the next one comes in at £5, £10
42:27Oh, my God bless you
42:28At £5, £10, £20 is it now
42:31Thank you, sir
42:31£5, £20
42:32£5, £20, commissions are out
42:33Back of the room
42:34At £5, £20
42:35Sold to the gentleman at the back
42:39Well done, that man
42:40That was your last lot
42:42Ooh, now for the exciting bit
42:44The ladies were hoping to raise enough to pay for a spa trip
42:47You'd better not leave them high and dry, Angus
42:50Lots of surprises
42:51Hello
42:52Hi
42:53Are you all right?
42:53How was that for you?
42:54Yeah
42:55Great
42:55Really good
42:56Jewellery was strong
42:57Yeah
42:58Erm
42:59And I suppose the, sort of the games consoles and things like that
43:02Really delighted with that
43:04Good
43:04Well done
43:05And thank you
43:06That's all right
43:07That's good
43:07Now we're keen to know I'm up
43:08Oh, right
43:09After fees
43:12You'll be taking home £1,784
43:15Oh, that's really good
43:16Oh, wow
43:16Excellent
43:17That's amazing, Angus
43:19Thank you so much
43:21Far more than I expected
43:22That's amazing
43:23Good
43:23It was such a fun experience
43:26I think it will always stay with us
43:27I thought £1,000 would be brilliant
43:30But, yeah
43:31Angus did a fabulous job
43:33So, spa day, here we come
43:35Wow
43:36What a spa day they're going to have
43:38They've got a great budget for that
43:39So, they're going to have a wonderful day off the back of it
43:41And decide
43:43I'm going to have a favourite
43:43Wind
43:49That's really great
43:49And we're kind of
43:50A great媽
43:51Thank you
43:52That's really good
43:52How did we come in from there?
43:53Like our neighbour
43:55Then weです
43:55Want to hear and talk a little bit more
43:57And i think there's a nice idea
43:58In a certain way
43:59There is also no waste
43:59So, we're maybe on
44:00Hundreds ofpeople
44:00Might have appreciated
44:01You
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