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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room?
00:06Just 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.
00:24With the help and support...
00:26I can't break!
00:28..of his talented team...
00:29I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:31..he's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36..finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:42..fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Oh, not so bad.
00:47..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52No.
00:52..and family heirloos.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go to auction.
00:56Oh, you've made my day.
00:57Thank you very much.
00:58Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01One of 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.
01:15..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh!
01:19..bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:30So, this is an Alessi coffee set and a tea set.
01:34How fantastic.
01:36The eyes of Angus's team of expert valuers light up
01:40when they witness the treasures he brings back to Kirby Moorside.
01:44Oh, I love a keeper's ring.
01:46Amazing.
01:47And today, he's off hunting for more.
01:50Nice job today, Jack.
01:51Oh, where are we off to?
01:53Bishop Auckland area.
01:54Oh, not too far away.
01:55We're gonna go see Nigel and Helen.
01:57I think they're recently got together.
02:00There might be some bigger bits to go.
02:01OK.
02:02Which we'll have to arrange transport later on once we've had a look.
02:04Really good.
02:06Yes!
02:07This fun-loving couple only met a few years ago.
02:11So high up.
02:12Well, he seems to think we've been together about four years,
02:16but it's actually two.
02:18I had nobody for quite a while
02:21and my daughter told me to buy a dog
02:23and go for a walk round the lake
02:26and I might find somebody.
02:27I went online and I've got a dog
02:30and I saw his picture.
02:32Saw the bike.
02:32I thought, oh, good.
02:33He's outdoorsy.
02:34He likes riding bikes.
02:36And we just matched.
02:39After two years of courting,
02:41Helen moved into Nigel's cottage,
02:44which is overlooked by his enormous barn.
02:49In the barn, I've got all sorts of knick-knacks.
02:52I've got loads of seats, oil bottles, old bikes,
02:56loads of little muddle steam engines,
02:58old drag plough,
03:00prams,
03:01gas irons,
03:02knife sharpeners,
03:03anything old I like.
03:05And I've got my rolls rice, which I like.
03:08I did have 27 tractors at one stage.
03:12I've got one left.
03:13I've won loads of trophies, ploughing matches and things.
03:17It was just like a disease I had.
03:19I just like...
03:20Well, I say so.
03:20I usually get two or three of them.
03:23Well, when I first came here,
03:25I was absolutely taken aback.
03:29I was just thinking,
03:30good grief.
03:32My dad had a few rolls races
03:34and a lot of vintage cars
03:36and he has scored a lot of sales.
03:38He set me off.
03:39You're obviously passionate about your things.
03:42So why the call to Angus?
03:44We need to downsize and move
03:47so we can't really harbour all of this stuff.
03:50I've got three kids
03:51and they're for me to sort it all out,
03:54save them doing it.
03:56We do want some help, yeah,
03:57just to get rid of it all.
03:59I've got everything I want now.
04:01Only thing I won't let go of now is Ellen.
04:04We like vintage tractors, don't we?
04:06Yes.
04:07My first ever vehicle was a vintage tractor.
04:09It was a Massey Ferguson, wasn't it?
04:11Grey Fergie, yeah.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Looks like there's lots of barns, Jack.
04:14Could be full of barn finds.
04:16That's all we like.
04:18I'll let you get the van opened up.
04:19Perfect.
04:29Morning, Angus.
04:30Morning. Are you all right?
04:31Good morning.
04:32Just come in.
04:33Straight through here.
04:34Yes.
04:35So what's the situation?
04:37It's time for me to sort my gear out,
04:39save me family doing it.
04:40Probably get a smaller house in a few years.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Too big to manage.
04:44So it's all sort of your items that we'll be looking at today.
04:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:48Yes, I don't collect.
04:49No.
04:51So he thinks a lot of you, Helen, if he's, you know,
04:53offloading all his prized possessions.
04:56Angus, I might have something interesting in the shed
04:58for you to have a look at.
04:59Come on.
05:00I'd love to have a look in the shed, yeah.
05:01Excellent.
05:02I'll show you that.
05:03Well, I'll let you boys go and I'll sort the dogs out.
05:06So we in here, are we?
05:08Yes, just around here, around this corner.
05:09Oh, wow.
05:11It's all here for you.
05:12Look at that.
05:13Avidowson.
05:151969, I think it is, and it belongs to the Greek army.
05:18Wow.
05:19And it's got 130 miles on the clock.
05:21No way.
05:22Come around here.
05:23That's incredible.
05:24And I suppose that's why it's this Sunday colour then,
05:26from the military issue.
05:27Yeah, yeah.
05:28That's a pretty rare boy.
05:29My brother worked in Holland and he found it in a place where he worked.
05:33Founded in Milwaukee in 1903, this iconic company began when William Harley designed an engine
05:41for a bicycle and his friend Arthur Davidson joined him to design a prototype motorbike.
05:47By 1920, Harley Davidson had produced over 28,000 machines with dealers in 67 countries.
05:54During the Second World War, the company manufactured more than 90,000 motorcycles for the Allied
06:00forces.
06:01I think the unique thing about this is it's got that military history.
06:05It would be great to give it a go and see if we can find a collector for it.
06:08Yeah, no problem, yeah.
06:09Not losing out, are we?
06:11No.
06:11No.
06:12Nothing mentioned, nothing gained.
06:14This rare old hog will have a high price tag, but could get Nigel's auction motoring.
06:20Is there all sorts in here to go?
06:21Yeah, you've got this bit here and these offices round the corner full of gear.
06:26Well, are you happy for me just to have a route round and see what we can do?
06:28Yes, you go on.
06:29All the best.
06:30Bye-bye.
06:32Oh, great.
06:32You're going to love this, Jack.
06:33Look at it.
06:34I can see you in this.
06:35Yeah.
06:36I'm in the conditions.
06:37Wonderful, isn't it?
06:38Mmm.
06:39Wow.
06:39A 1975 Silver Shadow Rolls-Royce.
06:43So, you drive the van back.
06:45Yeah.
06:45I'll drive this back, yeah.
06:47Sounds good.
06:49Dream on, lads.
06:50The roller's not for sale, but crack on with the job and you never know what other beauties
06:55you might discover.
06:56We've got some loading to do, Jack.
06:57We can't just sit in here all day.
07:01Wow.
07:01I mean, this is the jobs that we love to come to.
07:04Like this, walk into a barn and see all those amazing items.
07:08It's like an Aladdin's cave.
07:09A Nigel's cave, actually.
07:11Me and Jack have got a lot of work to do.
07:13There's a lot of packing and loading.
07:14Nigel's clearly very passionate about these items, but I think we're at a new chapter in
07:19his life, so we're going to part with his beloved collection and looking forward to it.
07:26He's actually got loads of Mammod vehicles.
07:31There's a Mammod car over there.
07:33We've got another one here.
07:35This is the Mammod steam wagon.
07:37Now, Mammod was founded in 1937 in Birmingham by Geoffrey Marlins and they actually ran until
07:43the company went out of business in 2024.
07:47They are proper functioning steam engines as a toy.
07:51You put a little block in there, water, and they would drive.
07:54Steam drives them.
07:55So, great, great fun.
07:56We'll put it in a lot with another Mammod vehicle and we'll probably put an estimate of
08:0160 to 90 pounds.
08:03I'll get some boxes, we'll get these on the van.
08:14It's the absolute classic.
08:16The chopper by Raleigh, who were a Nottinghamshire based company.
08:20The now legendary Raleigh chopper was launched in 1969.
08:26More than one and a half million were sold in the 1970s despite the three-speed Sturmy
08:32Archer gear stick positioned, er, worryingly between your legs.
08:37This slightly safer Mark III chopper with the gears on the handlebars was launched in 2004.
08:43Early Mark I's can make into the thousands.
08:46The Mark III's aren't so much but you can get the look and feel of a chopper for a bit
08:52less money.
08:53But if Angus can recycle this piece of youth culture, Nigel and Helen could still be quids in.
09:00Get yourself in there, Phoebe.
09:01In you go.
09:03Nigel and I love to go out in the camper van at least once a month.
09:07Any money we raise at auction will help towards going towards the diesel for holidays.
09:14And it's just a way of seeing the world.
09:17There you go, Angus.
09:19Mission.
09:20Expand Nigel and Helen's horizons.
09:23Jack, can I pass you these?
09:27Nice tractor seats, vintage tractor seats.
09:29Well, they're perfectly made, aren't they?
09:31They're moulded for your buttocks.
09:32They're butt-shaped, aren't they?
09:32Yes.
09:33They're moulded for your buttocks.
09:34Most of these ones will go back to the 1920s, 30s.
09:39This lot of three will hopefully get auction-goers' bums on seats.
09:44Nice little collection.
09:45You've got the tractor seats.
09:47How about a tractor to go with them?
09:50As good as this?
09:51Nice early one.
09:52International.
09:53Get a low loader for this.
09:54Ah, look.
09:55It's on a spring, the seat.
09:57So you bounce along.
10:00It's a 1933 model 1020 International.
10:04Its roots can be traced back to 1830s America
10:08and Cyrus Hall McCormick,
10:11who invented the first mechanical reaper
10:13that allowed farmers to harvest grain faster
10:16than could ever be done by hand.
10:19Great feature piece in the sale.
10:21Obviously, we'll have to get a low loader.
10:23I mean, you needed that sprung seat with these steel wheels.
10:25There wasn't a lot of giving it.
10:26Yeah, grand.
10:29Over the next three hours, Angus and Jack hunt low...
10:33Oh, that's a nice one.
10:35Are you good with knots?
10:36Well, I'll try it.
10:38...and high.
10:40Come give me your hand, Jack.
10:41Yeah.
10:42...discovering more vintage bikes...
10:44...da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
10:48-da-da...
10:48Sweet, you see that, Jack.
10:51...before bringing the day to a satisfying close.
11:06Wow well we've cleared a bit of space thank you for taking it off on me I'm amazed well
11:13somebody looks very happy I'm just hoping that he's not really inwardly sad because I don't
11:21want to upset him but I just couldn't cope with all the stuff that was in here I won't miss
11:26it got
11:27everything sort of small bits on the van and then we'll send transport back up for the vehicles
11:32brilliant well I'll see you on on thank you very much so clear I didn't expect him to take as
11:46much
11:46as what I thought he would so I'm really pleased that it's all nearly empty are you yes I am
11:53I
11:54have collected over over quite a few years I'll miss some of it but it's nice for it to go
11:59somewhere
11:59else we've got a great van load an interesting mix so really really good day we've enjoyed it Nigel's
12:06job now is not to fill the space and it's really looking forward to his retirement and then enjoying
12:12that time traveling around the country in the camper van to help Helen and Nigel carry on camping
12:18Angus needs to sell their stuff but with some big ticket items to shift it's no laughing matter
12:40now then Jack you all right not yeah not bad a lot of fun stuff there's loads of bicycles on
12:45here
12:45yeah sort of tractor seats sort of man cave type stuff and there's something on the back I think
12:49you'll know what it is I'm not hundred percent sure on oh Jack that's pressure he said it was a
12:57water pump it is a water pump Jack but you know it's fun I know what for the first world
13:02for the
13:02trenches well I mean he's had this made up to go with it yeah because he's obviously lost the original
13:08one but you can see I look sort of so two of you good yeah back and forth back and
13:14forth during World
13:17War one manual trench pumps were essential for clearing waterlogged trenches helping to ease the
13:23movement through them and attempting to alleviate a common affliction right at the beginning of the
13:28wall there's such heavy rain when your feet are wet for constantly wet you get trench foot and that was
13:34a
13:34major major major problem for the for the British Army that's interesting that a rare find like this
13:40with historical interest could prove attractive at auction I guess you're on a little ride marks all
13:51over this collection do you know what I think this is wonderful lovely vintage bike yeah trike I mean
13:57great as a little utility vehicle imagine if you were working the city in the Victorian period early 20th
14:02century bombing about on one of those and I think this is probably from about that period the early 1900s
14:07it looks like it one of the earliest types of tricycle patented in the UK was by James Starley in
14:141876
14:15by 1884 over 120 models were produced by 20 English manufacturers because trikes were more expensive than a
14:24bicycle they were a mainly middle-class mode of transport Queen Victoria is said to have owned two but never
14:30rode either of
14:31them sort the tires out somebody could still use that definitely yeah market-wise there are bike collectors
14:38out there but it's a fairly niche market I mean I think sort of two to four hundred is an
14:42estimate well
14:44on that on that night mark get back to work hope it rides away you stole my line mark
14:56look there yes Helen and Nigel and their two doggies Phoebe and Ruby have over 40 lots in today's auction
15:07wow oh yeah good morning good morning how we do ready for exciting day yeah I think we'll be all
15:16right
15:16we've got a bit of pre-sale interest we'll see on the bike we'll see if that translates to money
15:21yeah it
15:23doesn't always but we'll see and that's your last tractor isn't it you've had a lot of them that was
15:27one
15:27of the first ones I bought I was in 1979 I won the trophy for plowing with it oh we'll
15:32try and find a
15:33good home for it you have a look around and I'll catch up with you in a bit all right
15:36thank you they've
15:38got a fascinating interesting mix of items the tractor we've had a lot of people interested in that
15:43in theory it should sell well but it's got the field tires on it those metal spikes which really
15:49restricts the sale because you can't use them on short of tractor runs and things like that so that
15:53might be the thing that goes against it but otherwise I think we should have a great sale
15:57there's your little models I will feel a bit sad to miss me gear but as long as it goes
16:05to a good
16:05home I don't mind I'm very excited for it to go just to ease the burden on his family as
16:12well because
16:13they've mentioned you've got so much stuff dad needs to go at some point get some money in the bank
16:19and
16:19just enjoy myself with it a bit well grab yourselves a seat we've got lots of potential bidders in the
16:25room and hundreds online all managed by today's clerks emmer and heather so if everyone is ready
16:34morning ladies and gentlemen morning god that's hearty
16:40oh this i love this that is a superb piece and i go straight and i've got 170 bid at
16:46170
16:46pound a bit then at 170 at 170 for the monarch 180 190 200 200 pound a bit at 200
16:52is then at 200 for
16:53the tricycle at 200 pound it is that at 200 pound you don't have to be a very good rider
16:57to ride one of
16:58these 200 off to a new life with a new collector happy chaps that's good one gone next this is
17:10the
17:10harley davison 1200 i mean phenomenal motorbike it's as old as me it's as old as you it's probably
17:17vintage 1950 no 1969 there we go you won't find one better there we go superb uh we've had it
17:27fired up
17:27it's a monster it's wonderful just embrace the midlife crisis guys okay uh all ladies there we go
17:33where should be ten thousand pounds start me at ten thousand for the harley at ten thousand we had
17:37loads of watches and people looking at it at ten thousand for the harley at ten i'll start at nine
17:42to get us underway at nine thousand and at nine thousand at nine you haven't sat on it get a
17:46seat
17:46seat on it you'll be sold then at nine thousand at nine thousand then we all done at nine thousand
17:53there's no way angus would let that ride away for any less than its market value so nigel will be
17:59taking it home let's hope the tractor seats can bring some comfort oh the tractor seats can make
18:07great bar stools out of these we've got bids all over on this 55 60 65 65 pound a bit
18:1370 thank you
18:14sir 70 pound a bit at 70 it is then at 75 80 5 90 90 it is that at
18:2190 at 90 pounds at 90 at 90 at 90 we're
18:24all done at 90 selling at 90. how does that sit with you chaps that's good good it is good
18:32can angus
18:33keep the good times rolling with nigel's steam engines roller in the wagon there we're at 70 70
18:39pound a bit at 70 at 70 bid 5 80 85 90 90 pound a bit 95 95 round it
18:45up 100 is it now 100 bid at 100 and
18:48110 110 it is and 120 120 bid at 130 130 140 about 140 140 140 it is then at
18:57140 i'm selling then at 140 pounds
19:02nice one angus you're no rollover that's good isn't it can the next lot gain this auction even more
19:09traction it'll be tough as nigel has put a 6 000 pound reserve on this oh oh you've won plowing
19:22matches and everything on this yep fired up there you get a vintage 1020 international tractor there
19:271933 show winning tractor two thousand pounds start me at two thousand at two thousand for the tractor
19:33that's it everyone's been here pouring over it at two thousand pounds at two thousand
19:37okay well save it we're surprised on that one oh well this won't be making tracks anywhere let's plow on
19:47over the next few minutes angus sells at 170 pounds the mark 3 chopper delivery bike at 65
19:57a vintage post office bike it all done at 100 and another steam engine
20:06done well on it finally time to see if the world war one water pump can flush out some big
20:13bids
20:14oh lovely thing is that there we open up 180 180 a bin 190 is it now 190 is it
20:20no 190 200 210 thank you
20:23220 220 230 230 230 240 250 250 it is 260 260 270 280 290 it's a wonderful thing they
20:33don't come up often
20:34340 340 390 thank you nice round number 400 isn't it yeah yeah at 380 at 380 at 380 we're
20:45all done
20:45final call at 400 just in time thank you 400 pounds 420 thank you gavel is up final call at
20:53420
20:56that's pumped up the final amount that was your last lot angus has given his all to get helen and
21:06nigel a generous kitty ready for their campervan adventures but will it be enough to fund a road
21:12trip to remember hello hello are you all right yes thank you a few mixed results i think all the
21:18small stuff
21:19i was pleased with i was i was a bit disappointed with the tractor because we'd had a lot of
21:23interest
21:23in it i know because it's got the spike wheels on rather than you know it makes it slightly harder
21:27yeah yeah well considering the big bits didn't sell after fees you'll be taking home
21:322 612 pounds that's really good good they go towards me holidays and things so yeah what just you
21:40yeah just you it was exciting seeing nigel's stuff going through i was surprised at how well it went
21:51actually the money were made i won't waste it just enjoying me holidays well overall pretty good okay
22:00the motorbike we knew that probably might be of a struggle to get away the tractor was really hopeful
22:06four a little bit disappointed on that but overall all the other items sold really well all in all a
22:11good day all right next straight down the m1 all right okay leicestershire it's not too far we're
22:24gonna go see lacy she said her dad was a huge railway enthusiast particularly great great western
22:31railway it's probably got a mix of railway models they're railway honor full steam ahead then chaps
22:47can you see on these pictures all these train pictures in the background in the living room yeah
22:54the lads are meeting lacy and her friend anna in lacy's leicestershire home
23:00and this is lacy's dad david i had an accident at two that left him paralyzed from the weights down
23:09he was told he wouldn't live past five and he just never let the disability define it he was
23:15the first disabled person to go to the grammar school table tennis was his big thing david's condition
23:21actually helped birth another hobby when he was younger because he was in that hospital a lot he
23:27didn't get to school very often and was at home so his local gp bought in my train set to
23:33entertain him
23:34so that's where his love of trains came from a love or infatuation that continued for his whole life
23:42model trains model carriages any chain memorabilia luggage labels telegrams
23:49signs that went up in the stations the lanterns that were up in the stations
23:54it's just so much to list anything that had great western railway on my dad collected
24:00this fun-loving incredible man's life took a turn two and a half years ago aged 72
24:08he went into hospital and they discovered he'd got gangrene
24:13they were going to operate that day and but unfortunately there was an emergency case that
24:19came in he had cardiac arrest and suddenly they tried for about an hour and a half to bring him
24:25back and then he couldn't bring him back
24:32after my dad passed away being the only child i had to sort everything out i hadn't got the mind
24:38space to
24:39go through it there and then so it ended up going in our sort of spare room as well as
24:46train memorabilia
24:47david's collection includes over 120 model locomotives 85 carriages and 113 wagons plus
24:56track platforms and other railway related vehicles it can't stay in that room forever and i would kind
25:04of like a bit of my house back also i think you realize the importance of what you've got there
25:08and how special it is and how much another collector will benefit from you know having those pieces
25:16railway models still popular as is railway art everybody you know loves it don't they
25:21we'll see what we can find and hopefully we can help oh here we are i think we'll just
25:28park it here nick i think let's see what's left perfect for loading anyway
25:40hello oh good morning would you like to come in cheers thank you very much lovely
25:48it's wonderful to be here yeah it's great that you can come and it's your dance collection he had a
25:53massive love of railway predominantly great western railway okay any particular reason why great west
25:59and he loved the color the green um he loved the carriages he thought they were the most beautiful
26:04carriages out of all of them so a whole life sort of devoted to the trains yeah so presumably when
26:09your dad passed it all had to come here it all had to come here my children aren't interested and
26:13it just needs to go to someone that's going to love it and cherish it would it be great to
26:17see the
26:17collection yeah great well do you want to get the van ready nick i'll get off and feed the horses
26:22wonderful
26:23great thank you lacy's detached farmhouse sits in acres of land which yes is home to her horses
26:32so while anna attends to them my word a room full there is a lot okay i've got this that
26:40um i thought
26:41was quite interesting i've got some marks on it but i don't know anything about it it'll be plated wear
26:46and
26:46this obviously it's got the the coat of arms on for the great bratton railway made by elkington very
26:51well-known company did a lot of uh silver and silver plates born in 1801 george richards elkington
26:58worked as an apprentice at his uncle's birmingham-based silversmiths keen to expand after inheriting the
27:04company in 1840 elkington paid local surgeon john wright 300 pounds for the rights to patent his
27:12electroplating process silver electroplating is when silver dissolved in an electrolyte solution
27:19fastens itself to cheaper metals like copper or brass when an electric current is introduced perfecting
27:25the process meant elkington could produce cheaper silver plated items and reach a wider customer base
27:32and it was a lot more grander traveling in those days than it is now and people do collect these
27:37the silver plated coffee pot will go into a mixed lot of other gwr silver plated and brass items
27:43such as six lamps used to light the inside of carriages in the 1930s
27:50well certainly there's going to be a few lots like that that we can put together and uh it looks
27:54like
27:54we've got boxes core to go for it yeah lots of models carriages trains and then the smaller boxes are
28:01what i've got the memorabilia okay brilliant leave us to it okay thank you well there's very much
28:08a theme uh today it's all railway and i'm glad i've got nick with me there's a lot of railway
28:12models
28:13uh so he's going to be invaluable there lacy's wants to do right by it so it's our job today
28:18really
28:18to help take those items sort them for sale and find fellow enthusiasts that are going to love the collection
28:28oh you're right nick there's a lot of um models isn't there there's a lot of nice ones this i
28:34mean
28:34limited edition royal dalton you know most of the ceramics companies would have undoubtedly had contracts
28:39with the various railway companies at the time yeah uh producing plates and tableware and so on and so
28:45forth royal dalton supplied crockery to gwr from the late 19th to the mid-20th century this lot of four
28:53gift sets from 1996 are also by royal dalton and include a decorative dinner plate and a limited
29:00edition locomotive and tender car the part that carried the coal this is from golden valley's hobbies
29:08but they are just the importer of hornby this is a particularly nice nice logo it's actually a train
29:13this will be part of their sort of super detail range but that's that's a beautiful model interestingly
29:19this is not an actual train that existed in real life but it's very nice nonetheless this model will
29:25be lotted up with another gwr liverid loco ready to steam away at auction so obviously we've got the
29:31locos but there's lots of carriages as well but they're lovely you can't have a train without carriages
29:35can you no no not at all so these are sort of 1980s 1990s the standard coaches probably looking about
29:41seven to ten pounder carriage this lot of 12 chocolate and cream gwr hornby carriages could
29:48be a runaway success there's going to be quite a few lots when you split for it all and sort
29:53it out
29:53yeah i miss a tiny fraction of what's in there there's boxes all over the place right well full
29:58steam ahead nick let's get the van loaded yes there are over 20 boxes in this room and if they're
30:04all
30:04filled with the sort of goodies we've seen so far this will add up i'm hoping that there is some
30:11value
30:11so if it makes any money at the auction my dad always wanted to put some money towards my boys
30:18first cars so yeah if anything's made it will go into savings for them too okay then angus let's get
30:25motoring lacy's dad's got a huge collection of railway related books a lot of them you'll see are
30:32being produced by ian allen now ian allen probably the most well-known publisher and author of railway
30:38books ian allen obe was the clerk at waterloo station when in 1942 he published the first ever booklet
30:46detailing engine numbers classes and shed allocations the first 2 000 copies cost one shilling and sold out in
30:54days it was the beginning of a publishing empire and kick-started the post-war explosion of train
31:01spotting a lot of these are going to be on great western railway gwr there are seven boxes full of
31:07railway books magazines stamps and postcards here that will be sold as one large lot anybody that's
31:15passionate about collecting great western this is a brilliant archive for them not so good if you're
31:19into your north eastern railway but you know great western you'll be fine over the next three
31:26hours nick and angus pick pack they haven't made the job very easy for us all nice square square boxes
31:37and occasionally pause don't realize how much love there actually was till you see it all loaded in the
31:43lorry before over 300 trains carriages and railway memorabilia is safely stowed ready for departure
31:54come on fruit wow yeah amazing you've got your room back wow it's all gone has it been tough to
32:02kind of
32:03say let's move i think it has and i think that's why i couldn't bring myself to do it um
32:09and you know
32:10getting you guys to help has just been the way i can do it so very appreciate you did that
32:15and thank
32:15you i'm sure it's all right there's lots of interesting bits so and there's lots of people
32:19like your dad love railway we'll see you on sale thank you thank you thank you it's gone well everything
32:27was kind of boxed up for us which makes life handy when you move it and get it on the
32:31van
32:31and you see the space in the room wow you know and lacy's she's had to live with that for
32:37two and
32:37a half years so i think it's been a big step we're going to now try and find people like
32:43her dad that
32:44love railway and are going to love these items i think today feels quite emotional i think it's the
32:51the looking at that empty space it's very sad um but it's the right thing to do well done today
32:58thanks
32:58mate thank you for your support yes well done lacy that must have been tough it's over to angus now
33:05but he needs to find buyers for your dad's cherished things and with two cars for your
33:10boys on the wish list i'm not sure it's going to be easy
33:26hello hello millie you all right what's in there back at base angus's team is busy unloading lacy's
33:33dad david's collection once inside the process of researching lotting up and preparing the auction
33:40catalogue can begin toy specialist nick is going to be busy i've got a nice little model here it was
33:48david's collection of great western railway themed locomotive models and they were mostly backman and
33:54hornby and so on but amongst it all he had a wren a single wren in the early 1950s train
33:59sets were
34:00the number one toy for boys and plastic was beginning to replace metal as the material of
34:05choice but wren founded in london in 1950 bucked the trend creating realistic metal sets aimed firmly
34:13at the discerning enthusiast they've always had a really kind of popular following um and they they
34:19can be worth quite a lot of money as well it's about the metal body work and the fact that
34:24there were
34:24nicely detailed and accurately painted we've got here quite a nice example it's a castle class and
34:30actually clung castle was i think one of the most popular of the wren locomotive models it's likely from
34:36the late 1970s possibly early 1980s it's worth putting on its own 40 to 60 pound i think it should
34:42sell
34:42well like that you're right katie you like your trains don't you i do yeah yeah well it's part of
34:50a really big collection we've got a bit of all sorts including the diesel the brunel by lima italian
34:57based founded in about 46 and they actually started on real railway not models so they made component
35:04parts of the italian railway unfortunately for lima in 1948 the italian state railway began producing their
35:11own components in-house having lost a lucrative contract lima was forced to adapt and began using
35:17its expertise in aluminium casting to produce toys instead of train parts their sort of champion
35:25product was the model railway so really well known in europe and then by the 70s they were sort of
35:30one
35:30of the big global model companies all around the world we've got a held in here as well yeah danish
35:36company starts in the 50s they're a family-owned business still still going third generation i mean
35:41this looks like it's never been out of the box it's another brunel another brunel diesel engine
35:46both the lima and the helgen models of the isambard kingdom brunel diesel locomotive
35:52have their original boxes and will form a single lot we haven't got time to play with trains today
35:58well it's exciting yep time to see what happens today
36:16oh wow look at all this stuff amazing hundreds of trains and carriages look at it all out god there's
36:23so much
36:26morning all right how are we both feeling yeah good excited just want it all to find a home we've
36:33had lots of people online model railway does tend to be slightly more sort of online bidders usually
36:38fingers crossed yeah i think we'll be all right there's lots of people like your dad well i'll
36:42let you have a look around and i'll see you up on the roster lacy has 60 lots in today's
36:47auction
36:48every one a memory of her dad i'm thinking of my dad today um what he'd be thinking is everything
36:55sold
36:55i actually think he'd be having a good giggle at us doing this as well to be perfectly honest yeah
36:59absolutely great western used to have that in his dresser it's really about moving lacy's dad's railway
37:09collection on she's had all these items in her house for over two years not sure what to do with
37:14it and just wants to be right by her dad and i i think she's a bit worried that nobody
37:19else will love
37:19it but railway honor is very collectible so i think i think we should have good some good results get
37:24your
37:25tickets ready because this auction is about to leave the station yeah trains we've got a used
37:31train job today bidders in the room are joined by hundreds online who'll be marshaled by our clerks
37:38katie and emma okay conductor angus stoke that auction engine right there morning ladies gentlemen
37:48first stop a mixed lot of railway memorabilia including the silver plated coffee pot everything
37:55stamped gwr yeah absolutely we're straight in at 50 pound and 50 pounds 55 55 is in the room 55
38:0465 65 all
38:06done for the gwr at 65 pounds gonna sell them back of the room at 65 it's an emotional sale
38:13but 65 pounds
38:15is a nice silver lining next up the collection of four royal dalton plates made for gwr together with
38:26models a set of four uh engines there's some good ones there of course gwr uh there we go
38:33the six there we go all of them there that's a good lot 50 pound a bit at 50 it
38:38is then that's a great
38:39set at 55 60 60 oh we're waking up now aren't we at 60 it is then that's 60 we're
38:44just getting the
38:44boilers fired up 65 65 a bit at 65 it is then at 65 pounds at 65 another sale angus
38:53is stepping up to
38:54the plate hello it's angus's son fena what's he doing here go on then ah i think he's here to
39:03bid on
39:04these three box locomotives good locomotives here this is the backman's there we go 35 35 8 40 40 pound
39:12a bit at two 42 pound a minute 42 at 42 5 5 in the room at 45 it's cheap
39:17is this come on 45 pounds it
39:19is that eight 48 pound at 48 50 sir aha there he goes 50 pound at 50 don't go anymore
39:26that 50 pounds it is then all done in the room at 50. that's your number sir oh it'll be
39:37on mine then
39:38is it yeah sold to a very discerning bidder right your best work yard for the rest of the day
39:45there we go yes like you dad because over the next 45 minutes he tears through 51 more gwr and
39:54train
39:54related lots including 80 it is done at 80 12 chocolate and cream carriages by hornby all done selling
40:04at 60 pounds the locomotives by italian company lima and dutch company helgen and all done at 50
40:15the golden valleys loco and the gwr liverid loco wow keeps going well there isn't long left hannah
40:26just two lots first the distinctive metal clune castle locomotive made by wren uh 30 bid thank you
40:3530 pound two yes 32 5 8 38 38 bid 40 40 pound a bit at 40 it is then
40:41at 40 for this one at 40 pounds
40:56a model example of how to sell a toy train there it's the final lot david's massive collection of
41:06train books including those by train spotting legend ian allen some good bits in here we're
41:1225 pound a minute 25 28 30 30 we're off at 30 pound it is then at 30 pound it
41:16is then at 30.
41:17at 30 pounds it is then at 32 2 2 42 5 5 5 38 40 40. 40 pound a
41:22minute 40. 42 5 5 5 45 48 48
41:2550 is it now yours at 55 60. oh i think we found the sleeper of the sale i think
41:30we have
41:31it's passed it's passed it's highest estimate 555 55 55 75. 80 80 pounds
41:3880 80 pounds it is then at 80 pounds it is then at 80 pounds it is then at 80
41:4180 pounds
41:45that stoked the final amount wow good
41:50that's it all done angus and his son have given their all to create a fitting legacy from lacy's dad's
41:59collection but she was hoping to make a little to put in a kitty for her sons come on angus
42:05what's she
42:05got hello hello all sold that was it pleased i mean i'm really pleased i just wanted it all to
42:13go
42:13and to people that would appreciate it my dad always wanted to buy my boys their first car um
42:19or put money towards it yeah they've got a few years to go but it'll be nice that when they
42:23do get the
42:23first car it's a little present from grandpa wheels that they can cherish definitely yeah well i suppose
42:29uh we'll best let you know what you've got to go towards that fund well taking home after fees 2628
42:36pounds that's amazing really good no oh god yeah that is amazing so yeah two boys is it yeah so
42:44roughly
42:451300 towards each of their uh wheels yeah amazing i mean i can't believe that yeah that's there no thank
42:52you i just didn't assume that anybody else would have a an obsession with trains like my dad so the
42:59fact that it's all made a nice little sum and gone to new homes and it's all sold it's just
43:05amazing
43:06excellent it's just a complete closure i think that was the final bit just what you wanted yeah
43:11definitely something for the boys future now i'm really pleased for lacy i think it was a bit of a
43:18burden on my shoulders actually wanting to do right by her dad and i think she's done that all gone
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43:23lots of enthusiasts like her dad that are going to love these items and a certain young lad
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