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The Yorkshire Auction House - Season 6 Episode 14 - A Tonne Of Bricks
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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room?
00:07Just 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.
00:19And 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...
00:27I can't break!
00:28..of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32..he's taking on even more jam-packed hoes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:37..finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:41..fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Oh, not so bad.
00:46..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52..and family heirloos.
00:55Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go to auction.
00:57Oh, you've made my day.
00:58Thank you very much.
00:59Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:04..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06..at 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:10..he delivers a fantastic...
01:12..2,000 pounds.
01:14..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh!
01:19..bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:22This is obviously Danish silver. It's very well hallmarked.
01:34The team's busy processing items for an auction in five weeks' time.
01:39That's well made, isn't it?
01:40It is well made, yeah.
01:41Great pieces always sell well.
01:42But more treasures will be piling up soon.
01:45Angus is off on another job.
01:47Right, Jack.
01:49Well, we're going down to Shropshire.
01:50I think you're going to enjoy today.
01:52Hi, what's up?
01:53Is it toys then?
01:54It is.
01:55What toys are really cool that adults can play with?
01:57Well, I would argue every toy.
01:59But I'm going to hazard Lego.
02:01Lego.
02:02Yes.
02:03Huge Lego collection.
02:04And well worth travelling the 150 miles to Market Drayton for.
02:09Toys are serious business in Angus's trade.
02:12It has sort of taken over the house a little bit, hasn't it?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Yeah, it's taken over a lot.
02:17I don't know what we're going to fill it with once it's all gone.
02:19The boys are visiting ex-army chef Scott and his wife Selina.
02:24I met Scott on the internet.
02:26Scott was in Afghanistan at the time.
02:29And then I think it was a month later, you'd said,
02:33Oh, I'm coming back.
02:34We went for a coffee and we just hit it off immediately.
02:38That was in 2012.
02:40He and Selina set up home and married ten years later.
02:44Haven't looked back since really, have we?
02:46No, no.
02:47The three bedroom home they share is, as Angus knows,
02:51home to tons of Lego.
02:53There's a lot in the house.
02:54I've even got to the stage where I've bought more sets
02:56than I've got space to put them.
02:58I have started to feel a bit overwhelmed.
03:02Scott's hobby really took off when Abby,
03:05his daughter from an earlier marriage, was born in 1996.
03:09The day after she was born,
03:11we were told that she had a congenital heart condition.
03:13At six months old, she went in for surgery and...
03:17The next morning, she had a cardiac arrest.
03:24So that left her with cerebral palsy.
03:26Her hips didn't form properly and her spine became curved.
03:31She can move her head but her back is fixed in place now.
03:34She has to literally think of every single movement she's making.
03:37So a lot of the time when Abby's here,
03:39there's always a member of the care team,
03:41she's an absolute star, she really is.
03:43She's such a lovely girl.
03:44She's just so funny.
03:48When she was about three, she'd have this tub of cotton reels,
03:51all different colours, and she'd sit there for hours
03:53just putting them in and out of different tubs.
03:55And I thought, well, let's get some Lego.
03:58And it was a way of us spending time together constructively,
04:01building things and having fun.
04:03Now in her twenties, Abby has her own place,
04:06but stays at Dad's every weekend.
04:09I keep saying to Abby, Abby,
04:11are you OK if I get rid of it?
04:12And she's like, yeah, yeah.
04:14She's kind of over it, really.
04:16Her world's all about her dogs.
04:17She loves taking the dogs out.
04:19When the carers are trying to do things in the bedroom
04:21and they're sort of knocking into things,
04:23and it is quite limited for space in there now.
04:26The Lego has to be let go.
04:28I really wanted to get Angus on board
04:30because I love what he does
04:32and I think doing it in one fell swoop, as they say,
04:36will rip the sticking plaster off.
04:41Oh, there it is.
04:44There we go, we're in.
04:45Perfect.
04:49Right.
04:50Morning.
04:52Morning.
04:53How are you doing?
04:54Thanks.
04:55This is Selena, the better half.
04:56Hi.
04:57Come on in, gents.
04:58You're more welcome.
04:59Thank you very much.
05:01Come on in to the front room, guys.
05:03This is the start of the collection.
05:05You mentioned on the phone you had a bit of lagging.
05:07Yeah.
05:08I've got quite a bit to show you,
05:09so if you want to make the start.
05:10Brilliant.
05:11Jack, do you want to get some boxes and stuff, Roddy?
05:13I think we're going to need a few.
05:14Brilliant.
05:15Right, lead on, Scott.
05:16The stop is, of course...
05:18Come and have a look at what's in Abby's room.
05:20Oh.
05:21Yeah.
05:22Wow.
05:23It's a whole towel.
05:24You can see what the issue is, though,
05:26when Abby's in, we've got the hoist here for getting in and out of bed.
05:29Yes.
05:30Turning the wheelchair round,
05:31kind of need to make some space.
05:33Yeah.
05:34It's a practical step, isn't it?
05:35Yeah, it is.
05:36The two of you must have spent hours together doing this.
05:38Absolutely.
05:39It was all about us building together.
05:40And that must have been a really great sort of bonding.
05:43Yeah, really good.
05:44Leave me to it, Scott.
05:45Will do.
05:46We'll get it sorted.
05:47Right, I'll let you crack on.
05:48A quarter of all LEGO sold is to adults.
05:51Are you a fan, Angus?
05:53There'll be one in here somewhere.
05:55There we go.
05:57There it is.
05:58A proper LEGO brick.
06:00This modular form.
06:01But it wasn't always plastic.
06:03The company was founded in 1932 by Olly Kirk Christiansen,
06:08a Danish carpenter.
06:10All his early toys were made of wood,
06:13but the Second World War made wood difficult to source.
06:17It was in the late 40s that injection moulding came in
06:20and we saw it change onto these plastic sets.
06:23In 1947, Christiansen bought a plastic injection moulding machine.
06:29It enabled his team to design and manufacture the company's first interlockable units.
06:35The toy as we know it was born.
06:38We are in a new golden age of LEGO.
06:41You can get everything you can possibly imagine in LEGO.
06:44We have disabled LEGO pieces.
06:46So, I think they really have captured every audience possible.
06:50So, Nick will go through all of this back at the sale room
06:53and sort it out into lots.
06:55Nick is the auction house's resident toys specialist.
06:59He's going to be busy.
07:00Abi's room alone contains 60 sets.
07:03It's going to be a lot of lots,
07:05so it's hard really to put a value on it at the moment.
07:07Ah, you all right, Jack? Yeah, not bad.
07:10I don't think this is going to be as bad as you think.
07:13We can literally take them as a unit, drop them into a box.
07:16They're fairly solid.
07:17Not too much playing with them, Jack.
07:19Of course not.
07:30Look at that.
07:31I mean, it just takes you into a magical world.
07:33There's probably not many buildings more famous
07:36than the Taj Mahal in Agra in India.
07:39It's a construction site in 1632, finished in 1648.
07:43It's incredible.
07:45This model was part of the Creator Expert series of LEGO
07:49for advanced builders and came out in 2017.
07:53It's huge at over 5,900 pieces.
07:57The biggest yet is the art world map with over 11,000.
08:02These sets are popular.
08:04In their original boxes, they do do more,
08:06because part of the joy with LEGO is actually constructing it.
08:09Nevertheless, what a great thing.
08:11It's almost like a modern-day piece of sculpture.
08:14We'll sell this on its own as a stand-alone lot.
08:17I would estimate this at somewhere between £50 and £80.
08:21That will definitely find a good home.
08:24This brings back some memories.
08:26Trust Angus to spot former army chef Scott's old service dress.
08:30Oh, you all right?
08:32Yeah.
08:33This is it to go.
08:34Yeah.
08:35Looking at the ribbons.
08:36Iraq.
08:37Yeah, so we've got Northern Ireland first.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Iraq, Afghan, Jubilee.
08:42We've got the long sausage and good custard, as chefs used to call it.
08:45So the LS and GC, long service and good conduct.
08:47So when were you in Iraq then?
08:492005.
08:50Same time I was there.
08:51Wow.
08:52That's pretty mad, isn't it?
08:53Probably could for me at some point, yeah.
08:54But, time for it to go.
08:56Yeah, to be fair, well, I've outgrown it.
08:59Right, I've got that on my mount and we'll see what we can do on that.
09:03Just a little bit too big to get two in, I think.
09:08It's not going to go in there at the moment.
09:11Isn't that wonderful?
09:13Now, most people call this a Union Jack.
09:15Well, technically, it's not a Union Jack.
09:17It's a Union flag.
09:18The Union Jack is when it's mounted on a flagpole.
09:21Usually, traditionally, in the Navy or at the back of the ship.
09:23It's a proper one.
09:24It's cotton and this has all been stitched.
09:26It's not printed onto one piece of fabric.
09:29It's been made up with multiple layers of material.
09:33Angus is also adding in four flag-themed cushions.
09:40All right, Jack, what have you found?
09:42One of my favourite areas.
09:44Gaming.
09:45I knew it.
09:46You and your games consoles.
09:47What is it?
09:48Nintendo GameCube.
09:49What sort of data do we think?
09:50Early 2000s.
09:51Sixth generation console.
09:53Sixth generation started in 1998 and it ended in around 2013.
09:57It was also the year of the Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox as well.
10:02And these consoles focus more on online gaming and better graphics.
10:06We're currently in the ninth generation of consoles now.
10:09It's all nostalgia, isn't it?
10:10People buying back the cool things.
10:11Did you ever have a GameCube?
10:12No.
10:13I've got original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Series X. I got rid of my Series 1.
10:18Yeah.
10:19And then I've got a PS5, PS4. I did used to have PSP and Game Boys, but I got rid of them.
10:23Jack, do you think you need to go out more?
10:25Probably do.
10:26Yeah, okay.
10:27We're probably not looking at fortunes, are we?
10:29Price off the top of my head, 50 to 80.
10:32Nice.
10:33It's all totting up.
10:34I'm not overly worried about how much it generates.
10:38I just want to be able to take Abby and her dogs for a pamper and a treat.
10:43We want to do a brilliant job today and raise as much money as we can.
10:47It's about really giving Scott's daughter, Abby, a treat and rearranging things, making life a little bit easier.
10:53And, you know, Scott actually cooked for me when I was out in Iraq.
10:56You know, we're there at the same time, both ex-Army, so, yeah, I've got to look after him.
11:01Good man.
11:03You know, I'm not up on ladies fashion even much, but these are Radley ones, because they have a little Scotty dog.
11:09And there's a few in your team of specialist valuers who'll be all over those.
11:14Desert Beats.
11:15Oh, that's what we had in Iraq, just like that.
11:17But there's no doubt the biggest part of the job is Lego.
11:21There's a lunar landing module.
11:24Just, just too wide.
11:26And a French bistro.
11:28Ooh la la.
11:29There literally is every scene you can think of.
11:32With over 200 models and sets, plus other treasures, it's going to be a cataloguing marathon back at base.
11:41So, gents, if that's it, we better head home.
11:44Think we're all done.
11:45Yeah, perfect.
11:46Right, come on free.
11:49Oh.
11:51Oh my word.
11:52That's quite a difference, isn't it?
11:54It's going to be a lot more user friendly, isn't it?
11:55Yeah, definitely.
11:56The care team are going to be happy.
11:57And that, you know, that was the main reason for getting you guys to come in brilliantly.
12:00Wonderful.
12:01Well, I'll hit the road.
12:02And I'll see you on sale then.
12:03Thanks very much.
12:04Okay.
12:05Have a safe journey.
12:06Cheers, Angus.
12:07It's very poignant actually.
12:08There was a lot of time and effort went into building the sets.
12:10But I'm looking forward to the auction.
12:11And I kind of hope people get as much fun out of them as Abby and I have had.
12:15I think Scotty and Selena are happy.
12:18We've created a lot of space there.
12:20So it's all positive and we look forward to sale though.
12:24Let's leg it with this Lego back to Kirby Moorside.
12:28I can't wait to see how big a fund you can build for this well deserving family.
12:33How are you?
12:34Are you alright?
12:35Yeah, good.
12:36Back at Kirby Moorside, the cargo from Scott and Selena's house is unloaded so it can be
12:57catalogued in time for auction day.
12:59I always think it's great when a handbag has an outer bag.
13:03Honestly, I know very little about handbags.
13:05Don't worry Ewan, Charlotte and Millie do.
13:08We have three leather Radley bags here.
13:10Okay.
13:11I used to own one of these when I was about 13 years old and they were the absolute rage.
13:16It's an English brand isn't it?
13:18It was founded in London but the owner is actually Australian.
13:20So she's called Lowell Harder and she started it in the 1980s.
13:24Yeah.
13:25Her cousin came back from India with some leather bags and she actually sold these bags
13:29at a stall on Camden Market.
13:30When the company first started out, they didn't have these Westies on them.
13:34In the 90s, John Lewis started to carry these bags and it became synonymous with the brand.
13:38The genuine leather, the stitching looks good quality.
13:42The three Radleys will be offered with two matching dust bags plus one other quality handbag.
13:48I always remember my grandma having a Radley bag.
13:50It's quite funny how like everyone's grandma has a Radley bag but I had one when I was 13.
13:54Well, I think grandmas can be really fashionable.
13:57A 13-year-old's maybe not so much.
13:59Yeah.
14:04It's a bakery.
14:05The lion's share of Scotts Hall is Lego.
14:09There's a load of these modular buildings, street scene sets that we've got here.
14:14And they've been around now since about 2007.
14:17You can actually create a whole street.
14:20Take each room off and you can actually see inside.
14:23Oh yeah, look, there's a dentist.
14:25There's a photographer in there.
14:28So brand new box, these are going to be sort of £200 plus.
14:32But built up up to about £80 to £150.
14:36We've got Lego Icons Lamborghini Countach, which that's quite a valuable little set there on its own.
14:42It's not been opened yet.
14:43I think £60 to £100, the Saturn V and the Lunar Lander, £60 to £100.
14:48In all, there are 39 tantalising Lego lots and I can't wait to see how they do.
14:54Yeah, really nice collection.
14:58I'm interested to see how many people turn up for the auction.
15:07That'd be good.
15:08Yeah.
15:09Oh, here we are then.
15:11Oh, wow.
15:12How do we fit all this in one house?
15:15I don't know.
15:16Which was your favourite to make?
15:18The Discovery.
15:19Oh yeah.
15:20That always seems to be a favourite when people used to come round the house.
15:24Oh, morning.
15:25Morning, hi.
15:26Yeah, good thanks.
15:27Excited for the sale?
15:29Yeah.
15:30I don't realise how much there was.
15:32I mean, it's a wonderful collection.
15:34And how's things progressing with the room?
15:36Getting that all turned round?
15:37All sorted.
15:38With the care team over the moon, they're not banging into things now and it's a lot better.
15:42Is there a sort of a standout lot for you?
15:45There's a couple of things that I think are rarer sets.
15:47Yeah.
15:48So hopefully there'll be some interest in those, like a couple of the Batmobiles.
15:51Good.
15:52Well, I'll get ready for the sale.
15:53Okay.
15:54And I'll let you look round and I'll see you up on the roster.
15:55All right.
15:56Lovely.
15:57Cheers.
15:58Oh God, look.
15:59I didn't realise the shirt.
16:00It's the full set.
16:01The shirt, braces, trousers.
16:02Yeah.
16:03What I loved about this one is if you get it and there's a wheelchair character as well
16:07and there's a ramp in and stuff, so Abby loved building that.
16:10And Angus will love selling it for her.
16:13Scott and Selina have 46 lots in today's auction, 39 of them Lego.
16:18When Abby came round, she noticed it had gone and she was okay with it,
16:23which made me feel a hundred times better because I think that was my main concern.
16:27What do you reckon, Angus?
16:29Some jobs are just fun and this is one of them.
16:32These items are going to sell.
16:33They're going to raise a reasonable sum.
16:35So, yeah, I'm looking forward to this one.
16:37All that time buying it, collecting it, building it.
16:39Yeah.
16:40No, it'd be good to see it go.
16:42We're just seconds away now, Scott.
16:45Our clerks for the day are Millie and Jasper, where all systems go.
16:51Thanks.
16:52Cheers.
16:53You'll need to keep your whistle wetter today, Angus.
16:57Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
16:59Morning.
17:00Morning.
17:01Oh, there we go.
17:02Very formal.
17:03We start with this wonderful, wonderful collection.
17:05This pretty much all came out of one bedroom, I like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen.
17:09And he's blasting off with the Saturn V rocket and lunar landing set.
17:13There's nothing that hasn't been made out of Lego.
17:15This is brilliant.
17:16We open at £120.
17:17£120.
17:18It's out.
17:19At £120.
17:20It's with you, Jasper.
17:21At £120 it is.
17:22Then we're all done.
17:23At £120.
17:24£120.
17:25£120.
17:26A last minute bid.
17:27£130.
17:29We're all done at £130.
17:31That's one giant leap.
17:33Sold for twice its estimate.
17:35That's good.
17:36We're back on Terra Firma next.
17:39The Taj Mahal.
17:41One of the more challenging builds?
17:43Oh yeah, definitely.
17:44There we go.
17:45£40 start me.
17:46Bid.
17:47Two.
17:48Two.
17:49We're off now.
17:50Five.
17:51Eight.
17:52Eight.
17:53Eight.
17:54Forty-eight.
17:55Fifty.
17:56Fifty-five.
17:57Pounds it is.
17:58It doesn't matter how much it goes for.
17:59It's the joy that you have a bid.
18:01Eighty-five.
18:02Fresh bid.
18:03Eighty-five pounds.
18:06A monumental result.
18:08I didn't want to take that home.
18:11A collection that took Scott 25 years to build
18:14takes Angus under an hour to dispatch around the world.
18:18Models like...
18:19About 100.
18:22The unopened Lamborghini.
18:24That's 210.
18:26The now-discontinued Batmobile.
18:28Last call at 140.
18:31And a New Orleans-style jazz club and diner.
18:36We've reached the end of the Lego road with Scott's favourite.
18:40Oh, it's the Land Rover.
18:41I love that s***.
18:42There's bids from all over the world on this.
18:44It's a low one though, but it starts at 35 pounds at 35.
18:47That's low.
18:48Come on, let's be on.
18:49At 35.
18:50Eight.
18:51Forty.
18:52Two.
18:53Forty-two.
18:54Five.
18:55Eight.
18:56We're all done for the Defender 90 at 50.
19:00Angus at full throttle there.
19:02That was your last lot of Lego.
19:05You've done well, sir.
19:06That leaves just four non-Lego lots.
19:09The collection of Union flag and the cushions.
19:12If you're going to hang the flags up, can you put them up the right way?
19:16Too many people hang them upside down.
19:18Anyway, rant over.
19:19There we go.
19:20All the cushions there.
19:21I've got 20 pound bid.
19:2220 pound a bid at 20.
19:23It's 20 pound a bid at 20.
19:24It is then at 20 pounds.
19:25All done.
19:2620.
19:27Flag down at a very accessible price.
19:31Three, five, eight.
19:32People there.
19:33Attention.
19:34There we go.
19:35It's the British Army.
19:36Catering court.
19:37Service dress there.
19:38There we go.
19:39With the medal ribbons.
19:4050 pounds start me.
19:41I'm with you on that, buddy.
19:45It was very good, the catering in Iraq, I have to say.
19:48There we go.
19:4930 pounds start me then.
19:5030 pounds.
19:5130 pounds.
19:5230 pounds.
19:53We'll save that for military sale.
19:54Scott's old uniform just needs a specialist collector.
19:58I didn't expect that to sell.
20:00And from outfits to accessories.
20:03Handbags are expensive.
20:05My wife doesn't do handbags though, so that's quite good.
20:07There we go.
20:08Where should we be?
20:0930 pounds start me.
20:11I know he likes six.
20:12It's got the dog on it.
20:1330, 32, 35, 38, 40.
20:1540 pounds a bid.
20:16He's selling at 40.
20:18Bagged for a bargain by a bidder in York.
20:23Now for the last slot of the day.
20:25Let's wrap up this wonderful job.
20:27The Nintendo Games Cube with Frostmaster Backpack Case.
20:30Various games including Tetris World, Mario Party.
20:33There we go.
20:34We're at 65, 75, 85, 95, 100, 110.
20:38110 and bid at 110.
20:39120.
20:40I'm out.
20:41No, 120.
20:42Net bid at 120.
20:43It is.
20:44130.
20:45Fresh bid.
20:46130.
20:48140.
20:49140.
20:50150.
20:51150.
20:52160.
20:53170.
20:54100.
20:55Game over.
20:56Sold for four times its estimate.
20:57Definitely didn't expect that.
20:58You didn't expect that at all, did you?
20:59No.
21:00Scott wanted to raise enough money to pay for a pampering session for Abby's three pooches.
21:09After that sale, something tells me he'll be as happy as a dog with two tails himself.
21:15Hello.
21:16Hi.
21:17It went all right, didn't it?
21:20Yeah.
21:21Just a bit.
21:22Do you know, you looked surprised when stuff was selling and selling well.
21:27Every single lot totally exceeded our expectations.
21:30Did you give any thought about monetary value?
21:33I said to you probably about £300 or something.
21:35Yeah.
21:36And you said?
21:37I went, no, I think we'll get about six.
21:39Okay.
21:40After fees?
21:41Yeah.
21:42You'll be taking home £3,074.
21:44What?
21:45I didn't expect that.
21:46I really wasn't expecting that.
21:48Those dogs are going to get pampered.
21:50Yes.
21:51They might have gold collars and stuff.
21:53Wow, I did not expect that at all.
21:55It's been an absolute joyful job to do.
21:58I'm really pleased.
21:59Really good day.
22:00And we're going to do some good with the money.
22:01We're going to take Abby and her little dogs out for the day.
22:03Yeah.
22:04Little pampers, she'll love that.
22:05This was about creating space.
22:06But I don't think they ever considered how much money they would raise.
22:09And we've widely surpassed their expectations.
22:19Right, Millie.
22:20We've got a long drive ahead of us.
22:21How far?
22:22London.
22:23Very far.
22:25Aw, poor Angus.
22:27We all know how much you hate driving into and around London.
22:31But you know what they say.
22:33The streets are paved with gold.
22:35This next job is going to be an interesting one.
22:38Angus is heading to south-east London.
22:51Yeah, five hours, but we're south of the river.
22:55And the royal borough of Greenwich.
22:57What is it meant to be?
22:58A perfume bottle?
22:59Incense.
23:00Incense.
23:01Today's appointment is with Peri and her daughter Dina.
23:04Where did you get this from?
23:05It was like an ornament shop.
23:08I was born in Iraq, Baghdad.
23:11And I got married there.
23:13So my husband, because he's a doctor, so he wanted to be a specialist.
23:17So we came here.
23:19But then we couldn't go back home because the war started with Iran.
23:25The war began in 1980 and lasted eight brutal and bitter years.
23:31I wanted to go home because that was my home.
23:34But after all my family, they died there.
23:38My children grow up here, go to school.
23:42So this is my home now.
23:44And a very smart home it is too, filled to the brim with things.
23:50I started collecting ages ago.
23:54So I used to go to the auction house, some antiques, shops.
23:59And it's getting bigger and bigger every time.
24:02If we go to a charity shop, you'll find something in the corner that someone hasn't noticed.
24:07And the same goes for clothes, trinkets and jewellery.
24:11I love Victorian time.
24:13My drawing room is full of style of Victorian time.
24:17I think the mixed kind of antique Victorian art deco and kind of Arabic Middle Eastern styles.
24:24Yeah, I love it.
24:26I can see you're a passionate collector, Perry.
24:29So tell us, why the call to Angus?
24:32I've been diagnosed with breast cancer.
24:37And they removed that small lump from my breast.
24:42Since then her health has been just generally poorer and she hasn't got as much energy.
24:46Of course, it was a shock.
24:49And I have to deal with it every day.
24:53My daughter, she got married.
24:55My son, he finished his education and he got married.
24:59So everybody got their own places.
25:01Me and my husband, we separated.
25:04And so I'm here by myself in this house.
25:07It's time for me to change, to declutter, have my bucket wish list to materialise that.
25:16I don't want to leave it after I have gone.
25:22So it's better to do it now and find people who are interested in it.
25:27Maybe they love it as much as I loved it.
25:30I can't think of a better reason to call on our Angus.
25:34It could be interesting.
25:36I think there's a mixed selection, smalls, there might be some furniture.
25:40Yeah, we'll see how we get on.
25:42So, I think it's just up here.
25:44Double drive, very handy.
25:46We love a drive.
25:48Right, I think that'll do us.
25:58Hi, how are you?
25:59Morning!
26:00Are you all right?
26:01Good morning.
26:02Yeah.
26:03I brought Millie down with us today.
26:04Hi, Millie.
26:05Please come in.
26:06Thank you, thank you very much.
26:07Millie, after you.
26:11It's wonderful to be here.
26:13And how is it that we can help?
26:15If you could help us to sell some of the stuff here, we'll be grateful.
26:20There's just too much stuff that my mum could do with a hand.
26:23Do you feel it's time to sort of have a bit of a fin out?
26:26Definitely, yes.
26:27I have something interesting to show you.
26:30Would you like to come with me?
26:31Certainly, yeah.
26:32You've got that five-hour drive back to Yorkshire ahead of you, remember?
26:36Better get cracking.
26:38Oh, wow. So, all your jewellery.
26:41If you could give me some value on it.
26:43Well, I mean, there's one thing that jumps out straight away.
26:46This is nice.
26:47Yeah, this is a necklace.
26:48Very delicate.
26:49I think this is Victorian as well.
26:51We'll get our Charlotte, our jewellery lady to go over those.
26:55Yeah.
26:56The stones in this pendant necklace with matching drop earrings aren't precious,
27:01but the chain and earring backs are 18-carat gold.
27:06You've got a cocktail watch there.
27:07Yeah, this is my favourite one.
27:09It has a special place in my heart because my mum, she used to have a watch like it and it's been lost.
27:16So, I wanted some replica for it.
27:19Mm-hm.
27:20I loved it and because it's gold, 18-carat.
27:23Yes.
27:24And the diamond around it.
27:25The diamonds around, yeah.
27:27There are 36 small diamonds embedded in the gold and that's in contrast with what we call a champagne-coloured dial and a plated mesh bracelet.
27:37I mean, it's a lovely thing.
27:38I think it'd go between £3,000 and £4,000.
27:41So, passion for jewellery, but time to let it go.
27:44It is.
27:46You've been here two minutes and literally struck gold, Angus.
27:50Wonderful.
27:51Leave me to it.
27:53OK, no worries.
27:54I wonder what Millie's up to.
27:55Oh, looks nice.
27:56Yeah, very nice.
27:57A little fob watch, but it looks like it's...
28:00Ah, so it's been made as a... it can be worn as a brooch as well.
28:03Yeah.
28:04I love enamel work.
28:05It's powdered glass.
28:06Yeah.
28:07It's coloured.
28:08So, it's heated at extremely high temperatures and you get this glossy kind of enamel.
28:13So, it almost feels like a ceramic to some extent, but it's technically, it's glass.
28:19When enamel is set into a metal framework to form a design, it's known as closonet, meaning partitioned.
28:27Perry's fob watch is Swiss and marked 1908.
28:31It contains ten bright cut diamonds and the bar is 14 carat gold.
28:36Probably, like, Victorian Edwardian, I would have thought.
28:40Something that beautiful should be worn as a piece of jewellery, I think.
28:43Get that back to the cell room.
28:44Yeah.
28:45Wowee!
28:46This is totting up.
28:47What's the plan for any money you raise, Perry?
28:50I would love to go to cruise.
28:51Yeah, I love cruise.
28:52And this is one of my bucket wish.
28:56Bucket list?
28:57Bucket list.
28:58How fabulous a cruise.
28:59But they don't come cheap, Angus.
29:02We need more lots.
29:07Stamps.
29:08Who'd have thought stamps would be so heavy?
29:10Let's see what we've got.
29:12Interestingly, we've got in here the full set of Edward VIII stamps.
29:18But there wasn't many Edward VIII stamps.
29:20That was because Edward VIII abdicated.
29:23He didn't even do a full year on the throne.
29:25When King George V died in 1936, his eldest son became Edward VIII.
29:32But he stepped aside 11 months into his reign.
29:35So just four new stamps were issued in his honour.
29:38Many people saved them, so they aren't all that valuable.
29:42What else is there, Angus?
29:44This is kind of early 20th century, so George V era.
29:49But it's more Commonwealth countries.
29:51Some of those can be collectible and quite expensive,
29:55particularly if it's a very small place, there was a small run done.
29:58Sadly, no rarities here.
30:01I think this is probably a collection that we sold as a whole,
30:05with tens of pounds, potentially over the £100 mark.
30:10The stamps will be sold in a mixed lot with coins and other assorted memorabilia.
30:16Not a mind-blowing lot, then.
30:18Shame. I was getting excited.
30:20It is a very traditional collector's area.
30:24Whether it will continue with the new generation, I don't know.
30:28Ah, well, let's get them on the van.
30:31Perhaps there are some valuables in the garage.
30:35I think we can pretty much take anything we like.
30:38This is a Moorish-style cafe table.
30:41It's more awkward than having.
30:43With matching chairs.
30:44But they're cool.
30:46And this Rococo-style gilt mirror.
30:49Oh, steady. What are we doing?
30:51Plus a glass-topped, part-gilded coffee table with curved oak supports.
30:57OK, wonderful.
31:01So what might be lurking in the loft?
31:04Well, these are nice.
31:05But there's no time to get as snug as a bug in a...
31:09Keelum rug.
31:11When we say Keelum rug, we're really referring to the type of weave.
31:17So when you turn the rug over, it's the same finish.
31:20Rather than a traditional rug, the underside is coarse and the top side's fluffy.
31:26Known for millennia across North Africa and throughout the East,
31:30Keelums were woven to decorate homes but also to wear,
31:34and even to shroud the dead.
31:36So, very popular, either thrown over a sofa, a floor covering.
31:41You can create a real impact in a room.
31:43They sell well.
31:44A decent Keelum rug could be one to two hundred.
31:46There's a few here.
31:47Great colours, great, great things.
31:49Three cheers for last-minute treasure.
31:52Ah!
31:53Well, I think we're all loaded up, aren't we, Millie?
31:58Oh, wow!
31:59It's quite a lot of stuff, isn't it?
32:01Great job!
32:02I think we're there.
32:03How are you feeling now?
32:04Things are...
32:05Oh, I already feel lighter.
32:06Yeah?
32:07Yes, I do.
32:08Good.
32:09Well, we will get it all back and catalogued,
32:12and hopefully we can get two cruise tickets.
32:15Great.
32:16Thanks so much, guys.
32:17Thank you so much.
32:18No problem at all.
32:19Right, thank you very much.
32:20You take care.
32:21It's sad because that stage of my life, which is...
32:25I was interested in buying things.
32:27It's gone.
32:28But now I'm glad it's going to somebody else.
32:33We've got some lovely rugs, we've got some other jewellery that's good,
32:37interesting smalls, and we've got a few nice Middle Eastern pieces.
32:42It's a very interesting mix load, and I'm hoping we can get enough
32:45that's going to cover the two of them to go on a cruise.
32:48Well, your next port of call is Kirby Moorside,
32:51where you'll have your work cut out trying to raise enough cash for that.
32:55It certainly won't be plain sailing.
33:12Hi, Millie.
33:17Hi.
33:18Perry's treasures have arrived safely in Kirby Moorside.
33:22It's a sprawnsy mirror, isn't it?
33:25Good word!
33:26And it's far from being the only showy thing in the van, Jeremy.
33:30That's quite a stylish thing, isn't it?
33:33Is that everything, Jeremy?
33:36Yep, that's it.
33:37The Greenwich Hall contains over a hundred individual items
33:41to research, certify and value in time for the auction
33:45in a fortnight's time.
33:49Coffee time, is it, Jeremy?
33:50Absolutely, of course. It's always coffee time.
33:52It feels like we're in a little Turkish cafe
33:54or sort of Middle Eastern, isn't it?
33:56Yeah, sort of Moorish.
33:57Moorish, as in the style of the Muslim rulers of southern Spain
34:01from the 8th to the 15th centuries, not as in tasty,
34:05although they are very tempting.
34:07The styles haven't changed for centuries, probably, have they?
34:09No. No.
34:10This is a 20th century one.
34:11It makes a nice decorative piece, you know, with the brass.
34:14A lot of design work.
34:15That used to be the thing, didn't it?
34:17They used to use this parquetry.
34:19Parquetry is the art of creating decorative,
34:22strictly geometric design in whole pieces of wood,
34:26often in contrasting colours and grains,
34:29as in parquet flooring.
34:31Very decorative, you know, a lot of design work
34:34in Middle Eastern sort of version.
34:35Sort of stylised flowers, aren't they?
34:37Very typical, isn't it?
34:38We've got a sort of a combination of techniques, haven't we?
34:41Sort of embossing this raised out
34:43so the pattern's pushed through from underneath
34:45and then engraving where it's cut into the metal, isn't it?
34:48The table will be offered with three Moorish-style stools and a chair.
34:52Well, they're lovely, but, you know,
34:54we're not talking huge amounts of money, are we?
34:55A couple's of 80 to 120.
34:57I think so.
34:58It's ideal for somebody doing a little cafe
35:00or something like that
35:01that just wants a little sort of feature piece.
35:06It's a coffee pot and a milk jug.
35:08Okay.
35:09Millie's sharing one of her Greenwich pines.
35:12A design by Robert Welch, a famous mid-century designer.
35:15They're a really interesting design, aren't they?
35:17Almost like space-age style.
35:18He had his own company,
35:19but he worked quite closely with Old Hall
35:21who had, like, their own stainless steel range
35:23and they were quite well known for stainless steel,
35:25right from the 20s.
35:26Midlands manufacturers Old Hall
35:29made tableware for 80 years from 1904.
35:32These are Robert Welch's own creations.
35:35I mean, they're very mid-century.
35:37In a very classic sort of mid-century way,
35:39the handle and the finial are both made from teak.
35:41They're teak.
35:42So they're going into a lot of general metalware.
35:45But these are, like, the style piece, I think,
35:47and what will sell that lot.
35:48Yeah, yeah.
35:49So I put 50 to 70 on the lot.
35:50Speaking of tea and coffee, fancy one?
35:52Oh, yes, please.
35:53I'm guessing coffee.
35:54Coffee, please.
35:55Ah, a bit of tea for me.
35:56All right.
35:57I'm excited about the auction, yeah.
36:07Perry and Dina have made the five-hour trek
36:10from Greenwich to Yorkshire.
36:12Wow.
36:13It's bigger than I thought.
36:15Ah, this is the clean carpet.
36:17Do you think you'll be sad to see all this stuff go?
36:19Part of me, yes, but part of me, I'm happy,
36:22because I'm a lighter now.
36:24Oh, look.
36:25It's lovely.
36:26There's stamps.
36:28I bought it for my son.
36:30It's sort of gathering dust.
36:32It's good that we're going to sell it, I think.
36:34And this watch?
36:36This is my favourite, yes, lovely.
36:38Yeah.
36:39Can you imagine yourself wearing it?
36:40Not really, because it's just staying there in my home
36:43and I'm not able to wear it, really.
36:46Morning.
36:47Morning.
36:48You all right?
36:49Yeah, thank you.
36:50How are we feeling about the sale?
36:53Good.
36:56A little bit of anticipation there, I sense.
36:59I'm just thinking about the gold watch.
37:01Is there any, a lot of interest in it?
37:04Well, that's probably the star item, isn't it?
37:06Yes, yes.
37:07So, yeah, we'll keep our fingers crossed for that one.
37:09And then, if we have a good day,
37:11we can all have coffee around the little coffee table.
37:13Yeah, that'd be great.
37:14Oh, yes.
37:15And I hope we're going to get a holiday, isn't it?
37:17Hopefully.
37:18Well, I'll let you have a look round and I'll see you on the roster.
37:21See you later.
37:23What are your thoughts looking forward, Angus?
37:25There might be one or two bits that just struggle.
37:29Furniture can always be a little bit tricky.
37:31So, I think we should get a few good results,
37:33but it might be a day of mixed results.
37:35What about the star lot?
37:37The cocktail watch.
37:38I would like to leave a reserve for it so it can reach the amount which I paid in the first place for it.
37:46Oh, dear.
37:47That's a four grand reserve, Angus.
37:49It might be a bit of a stretch to get that.
37:52It's probably round about 3,000 is probably where it's at.
37:55But we'll see.
37:56We'll do our best.
37:58That's the spirit.
37:59There's a keen crowd in the room and Clark's Emma and Heather are poised to marshal those internet bids.
38:06So, Angus, if you'd be so kind.
38:10We're on to it.
38:11There we go.
38:12First up, Perry's Moorish style cafe furniture.
38:16This is lovely.
38:17It's the circular brass top table and then we get the free stools and the chair.
38:21Really nice to have your coffee up.
38:23There we go.
38:24We're off on line.
38:2580, 85, 85, 90, 95, 100 is it now.
38:27Round it up.
38:28100, 110, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190.
38:38200, 200 and a bit at 200, 210.
38:40220 then.
38:41220, 240.
38:43250.
38:44At 250 it's out.
38:45At 250 it's against you.
38:47Amazing.
38:48At 250 pounds.
38:52A cracking start.
38:54Pleased about that.
38:55It was a nice thing.
38:56It was very good.
38:58The Robert Welch stainless steel coffee pot and milk jug are next.
39:02In a mixed lot with 20 silver plate and metalware items.
39:07This is a good interesting collection there.
39:09And I go 50, 60, 75, 85, 85, 95, 100.
39:13100 it is then at 100.
39:14110.
39:15110, 120, 120.
39:16At 120.
39:1730.
39:18130, 140.
39:19At 140 it is then at 140 pounds.
39:24Destined for a chic breakfast table in Whitby.
39:27Yeah, that's good.
39:28Yeah, that's good.
39:29Now, will the bidders be licking their lips for 10 20th century stamp albums plus 10 sets of coins?
39:36I've had a bit of pre-sale interest on this.
39:38At 50 pound a bit of 50.
39:3955, 55, 55, 60, 60, 65, 70, 70 pound a bit.
39:4375, 85, 90, 95.
39:46All done, gavels up at 95.
39:47100, 110.
39:48By the skin of your teeth.
39:49At 110.
39:50Someone pushed the envelope there.
39:53Interesting.
39:54Yeah.
39:55Next up, Angus's last minute loft find.
39:59Large multicoloured keeling rug.
40:00Lovely, lovely, lovely rug is this.
40:01And I go straight to the 80.
40:0280 pounds a bit.
40:0380 a bit.
40:0485, 55, 85 it is then 90.
40:0590 pounds, 95.
40:06Round it up for me.
40:07100, thank you.
40:08100 and bid at 100 pound it is then at 100.
40:09We're all done.
40:10The keeling at 100.
40:11A bidder in your carpet bag, that.
40:12Yes sir.
40:13That is good.
40:14In mere minutes, 90 more lots go under the gavel, including...
40:3135.
40:33A smaller hearth rug.
40:36That's 75.
40:3848.
40:41And the Rococo style mantle mirror.
40:46That's not bad.
40:50Next, it's the cocktail watch.
40:52Perry won't let it slip from her wrist for a penny less than four grand.
40:57Oh right, this is a special watch.
40:59This is pretty.
41:00One.
41:01Yes it is pretty, very pretty.
41:0218 carat gold and diamond, there we go.
41:04Beautiful watch there.
41:05Commission opens me at 2.8, I come in at 2.9, 3.
41:083,000 at 3,000 at 3,000 at 3,000.
41:10You're out on commission at 3,000.
41:11We're all done for the lovely diamond cocktail watch there at 3,000 pounds.
41:14You're all out.
41:15Last chance at 3,000.
41:16It's a blow.
41:17Angus was right.
41:18Never mind.
41:19Perhaps the next jewellery lot will get us back on track.
41:23The purple pendant there will be a nice little set.
41:24I can open at 260, 260 and bid.
41:25260, 270, 280, 280.
41:26That's amazing.
41:27At 300 pound a bid.
41:28At 300 a bid.
41:293,20 with me then.
41:303,40.
41:31Commission's out.
41:32At 3,40 it is then.
41:33At 3,40.
41:34We all done gobbles up.
41:35At 3,40.
41:36And we're back.
41:37Well done.
41:38Oh, thank you very much.
41:39It's the last lot of the day.
41:40This is my favourite piece out of your house.
41:41This is lovely.
41:42The enamel fob pocket watch there.
41:43Lovely, lovely thing.
41:44And I've got 200, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
41:57300.
41:58Pound it is then at 300.
41:59Lovely.
42:00Pound it is then at 300.
42:01Lovely thing.
42:023,20, 3,40, 360, 3,80, 3,80.
42:03Round it up.
42:04400, 4,20.
42:054,40.
42:064,40.
42:074,60.
42:08At 4,60.
42:09No mistake.
42:10The gavel's up.
42:11Going to sell away.
42:12At 460 pounds.
42:13Another determined bidder in York was enamored with a bid.
42:15The bid.
42:16The bid.
42:17The bid.
42:18The bid.
42:19The bid.
42:20The bid.
42:21The bid.
42:22The bid.
42:23The bid.
42:24The bid.
42:25The bid.
42:26The bid.
42:27Another determined bidder in York was enamored with the enameled watch.
42:33Amazing.
42:34Thank you very much.
42:35Breathe.
42:36We're done.
42:37Richly deserved.
42:39Perry was hoping to raise enough cash for a cruise.
42:42Angus, what's the news?
42:45Hello.
42:46Hi.
42:47We all right?
42:48Yeah.
42:49How did that go for you?
42:50Yeah, it's good.
42:51It was really fun.
42:52We were really happy.
42:53It was a really exciting day, but also we managed to declutter.
42:56It was like, you know, three things for one.
42:58That was the actual main reason, wasn't it?
43:00Yeah, it was.
43:01Bit of a fin out.
43:02Well, after fees, you'll be taking home £1,623.
43:06Wow, that's great.
43:07I didn't expect that.
43:09Yeah.
43:10That's really good.
43:12We're really grateful for your help and everyone's help.
43:14Brilliant.
43:15Well, thank you so much and all the best.
43:17It was great, really.
43:19I didn't expect it to go this way.
43:21And I was happy for the result as well.
43:24I think we did well.
43:25Some maybe not quite as well as you thought, but that is the reality of an auction.
43:29Some stuff does better, some not so well.
43:31But all in all, a good day and a good sum to go towards that cruise.
43:34That's great.
43:37Thank you, 2020.
43:39We're going to be very grateful for your whole life.
43:41There's always a love to work on this cruise.
43:43I'm going to be very happy.
43:46Yeah.
43:54Thank you, Jimmy.
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