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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!
00:27..of his talented team...
00:30I 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...
00:48Kind of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:51Yeah.
00:52..and family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58..then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06At £1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:10..he delivers a fantastic...
01:12£2,000.
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.
01:30Morning, Jeremy. You all right?
01:32Yeah, very well.
01:32It's looking well in here, isn't it?
01:33Very smart, isn't it?
01:34Well, the new building that we've done.
01:36A fancy new reception area,
01:38just what the auction house needs
01:40after 15 years in business.
01:42Keep developing.
01:44You have to, yeah.
01:45Yeah, yeah, onwards and upwards.
01:46You know, clients come in, it's wider, it's brighter,
01:47lots of new windows in, display cabinets
01:49for stuff coming up for sale.
01:51We're getting there.
01:52We're getting there, yeah.
01:52What do you think, Charlotte?
01:54I think it looks great.
01:55Yes.
01:55Do you like it?
01:56It's lovely.
01:56Much brighter in there, isn't it?
01:58Mm.
01:58Always thinking of his customers is Angus.
02:01Talking of which...
02:03Right, bus crack on.
02:04What's to do?
02:05Yep. Yep.
02:05I'll see you in a bit.
02:06OK. All right.
02:12Well, Nick, I think you're going to enjoy today's job.
02:14I'm bringing you, especially on this one,
02:16right up your street.
02:18Go to Lincoln.
02:19It's going to involve some aviation stuff.
02:21Aviation?
02:21Oh, just a little bit.
02:23If there's anything Nick doesn't know about planes,
02:26it's not worth knowing.
02:28I mean, as far as aviation's concerned,
02:29you're right in the heart of it, Dan Lincoln.
02:31That's why it's called bomber country.
02:33He could go on all day.
02:37Did we have them all in here?
02:39I think we did.
02:40Look.
02:41So many watches.
02:42The boys are meeting Muriel and her daughter, Jude.
02:45Dad's Amiga, here goes the emotion.
02:47Oh, oh, oh, oh.
02:50Wow.
02:50It's 50 years old, isn't it?
02:52That's beautiful.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Oh, wow.
02:56After serving in the RAF, Jude's dad, Muriel's husband, Stuart,
03:01worked as a TV engineer.
03:03I met him here in Lincoln at work.
03:07Muriel was the office girl and she married Stuart in 1966
03:11before raising Jude and her brother, John.
03:14But Muriel wasn't Stuart's only love.
03:18My poor mother has been the other woman for most of your married life.
03:24The Lancaster.
03:25Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancaster.
03:27Really, she was everything to him.
03:29What's not to love?
03:31Probably the most famous and successful World War II bomber,
03:35the Lancaster was in service between 1942 and 1965.
03:39Stuart was chair of the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association.
03:44Ultimately received his MBE for his work to keep the Lanc flying.
03:51This is his MBE that he collected from the Queen.
03:56Sadly, in 2000, Stuart developed Parkinson's disease.
04:01The illness took its toll and made him himself but still a very different man.
04:08We lost Dad at the end in November 2023
04:12and he's left such a big imprint on everybody's lives in so many ways.
04:18I wish Stuart was here.
04:21Yeah.
04:22Yeah.
04:27Six months on, Muriel and Jude have turned their attention to the things Stuart has left behind.
04:33There is a myriad of things.
04:35We do feel a lot of responsibility for his artwork,
04:38all the Concord bits, all the memorabilia.
04:41You look at them and you remember Dad,
04:42but it's time that somebody else had their memories with it.
04:45They're no good to Dad now.
04:47No.
04:47They're no good to him now.
04:48He'd be like, come on, get it done, get it done.
04:51He said, deal with it.
04:52His favourite phrase was, Jude'll take care of it.
04:55And once it's all gone,
04:57Muriel and Jude can prepare for another life-changing moment.
05:01I have decided to move in with my daughter.
05:06Yeah.
05:08It's time.
05:09It's time.
05:09It's time.
05:10It's time to move.
05:12But putting two houses into one, they're all of...
05:15Just two doesn't go into one.
05:17Just the problem Angus loves to deal with.
05:20Oh, we're here.
05:20This is it.
05:21Oh, yeah.
05:22Do you know what's nice about this, Nick?
05:23Well, it's a bungalow.
05:25It's a bungalow.
05:26Enjoy.
05:33Hello.
05:34Hello.
05:35Hi.
05:36You all right, Angus?
05:37Welcome.
05:37I brought Nick with me today.
05:39Glad to see you.
05:40Hello.
05:41Would you like to come in?
05:42Please, yes.
05:42Thank you very much.
05:43We're really excited to see you.
05:44Oh, thank you.
05:47Oh, wonderful.
05:49What?
05:49Lovely to be here.
05:50What's the situation?
05:51We've lost my father.
05:53Over the years, he's collected and acquired so many things.
05:58So, really, it's a big downsize, really, isn't it?
06:00It is, yes.
06:01Yeah.
06:02And how are we feeling about that?
06:04Oh, a bit emotional, yeah.
06:06Your eyes are already lit up, aren't they, Nick?
06:08It's an original.
06:09It's an original Gerald Coulson.
06:12That Dad had commissioned when he managed to acquire that very aircraft.
06:17Do you actually own the plane?
06:19Yes, he does.
06:20No.
06:20It basically took it over from the Air Force when they...
06:23When they decommissioned them, he acquired that one.
06:25This painting of a Hastings by aviation artist Gerald Coulson could fetch bids between £500 and £1,000.
06:34Nick's heart just skipped a beat.
06:36Well, Walt, let's have a look round and we'll see what we can do.
06:38Please feel free.
06:40Prepare for take-off.
06:41Let's see what we can find, Nick.
06:43Is that a good one?
06:44That's nice.
06:46That's sort of...
06:46That's the original, isn't it?
06:47That's a John Young.
06:49John Young passed away in 2015, but he was very well known for his technical painting.
06:53Yeah.
06:54So getting the shapes right was very important.
06:56He was very good at that.
06:58Entering combat in April 1942 and able to carry bombs up to 1,660 miles,
07:06the Lancaster took the war to the heartland of Nazi Germany.
07:10But it wasn't just destruction that could pour from its bomb bay doors.
07:15Well, that's Operation Madder, so that was the very end of World War II
07:18and where the bomber crews, instead of dropping their bombs,
07:21were actually filling up the bomb bays with food and supplies for the starving civilians.
07:25It's always nice to see original, isn't it?
07:27Being an original, you know, that just elevates it.
07:30You like that, don't you?
07:31Yeah, yeah. Gorgeous. Very, very nice.
07:33With the right buyers in the auction room, this could fly.
07:37Well, I think, Nick, there's going to be a fair bit of aviation.
07:40Do you want to sort through that side of it?
07:41Yeah.
07:42And I'll go around the rest of the house and see what non-aviation there is to go.
07:45Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
07:46Good plan. Chocks away.
07:48I'm really, really glad I brought Nick with me,
07:50because he is very passionate about aviation
07:53and I think that's going to be important for Jude and Muriel.
07:56Jude's dad was incredibly passionate about it.
07:58There's a bit of all sorts. It's not all aviation.
08:00You know, there's other things. We'll see how we get on.
08:03Let's get this show on the road.
08:07Oh, and silver as well. That's nice.
08:10I think that's the box for it.
08:15Oh, no, it's not the box. It's another one.
08:17Let's have a look at this.
08:21Oh, this is really quite nice.
08:25So we've got one here. This is all boxed pristine as it would have been.
08:30This one's been out and sort of, when you put the two side by side,
08:33I mean, you can see the stark contrast.
08:35So this gives the effect of gold, but it's not.
08:37It's silver underneath with a very fine gilded layer, sort of golden layer over the top.
08:42So you've got to be careful when you clean it, you don't wear that guilt away like's happened on this
08:46one.
08:47So these were part of a series that were made to commemorate some of the oldest cathedrals in Britain.
08:55And this one relates to Lincoln.
08:56There was only 700 of these made. This is number 200.
09:00And we've got 201, so probably brought them together.
09:04Together, these goblets could fetch bids between £400 and £600.
09:09It's always nice to go to an area and get something that relates to that area.
09:13So it's not all about the aviation, is it?
09:16Try telling Nick that.
09:18That's cool.
09:20That's a pack from Concorde, late 1970s.
09:23So they would give out these packs to the passengers and Stuart kept this pack.
09:27Look, you've got a pack of sealed headphones.
09:30That's quite cool, actually.
09:31Never been opened.
09:33I think all of this has flown at twice the speed of sound.
09:36I'm gutted. I'll never fly on Concorde.
09:39But, yeah, it was an amazing experience.
09:42Concorde flew between 1976 and 2003.
09:45It could reach a ridiculous top speed of 1,350 miles per hour.
09:51Stuart hopped on board in 1978, indulging a lifelong passion for planes.
09:57This boarding pass was kind of cool.
09:59I think he started before when he was younger.
10:03A lot of it was, with him being a child in the Second World War, he would see the aircraft
10:10come over.
10:11And that really fired him up the interest.
10:14That's a nice little collection. That'll do okay on its own.
10:1750 to 80, something like that.
10:19It's just a nice thing of interest to Concorde fans.
10:25Okay, this room is full, and we're just going to have to get boxes and pack up what's saleable, what's
10:30not.
10:30And there's all sorts.
10:31And in here, there's quite a lot of bleak pottery.
10:35Now, bleak is an Irish pottery, and it's very distinctive.
10:40It's very iridescent, this sort of pale colour.
10:43It's still going to this day as bleak the company.
10:45John Cadwell Bloomfield inherited the estate in what is now Northern Ireland
10:50and wanted to create employment for its tenants after the Great Famine.
10:54It really has become a symbol of Irish pottery.
10:58Very iconic in its style.
11:01Well, so the market for it's not what it was.
11:03You know, 20, 30 years ago, the decorative ceramic market, very strong.
11:07People would pay good money for bleak.
11:09That has went, so the value will be more as a group lot,
11:13and we're in the tens of pounds rather than the hundreds.
11:15I'm sure every penny will be appreciated, Angus.
11:19It'll help us get moved in together, and you'll get yourself a holiday out of it.
11:23I'm going to Bognor Regis.
11:25Bognor Regis.
11:27Love it.
11:28Hear that, Angus? We have another mission objective.
11:31Get Muriel to Bognor.
11:34Luckily, it looks like there's plenty here.
11:38How's it all going? Are you getting loaded up?
11:40Yeah, yeah, yeah. Getting through it.
11:42It takes two hours of hunting.
11:45Might be gold, that.
11:46Wrapping anything that might merit more investigation back at base.
11:51And loading before the day is done.
11:56Hello.
11:57My hero.
11:58Oh.
11:58Us is all loaded up.
12:01Superheroes, the pair of you.
12:02How's it been for you today?
12:03It's been very good, but...
12:05Yeah.
12:05Quite sad.
12:06Hopefully, the items are going to go to people that are going to be enthusiastic,
12:10like he was, and appreciate them.
12:12That's what we want.
12:13Well, we'll say, see you on sale day, okay?
12:15Okay.
12:16Thank you very much.
12:16Thank you. Bye.
12:18Bye.
12:18Bye.
12:20Well, it's been a good day.
12:22A little bit of contrast.
12:22We've got Jude, who is just full of energy.
12:26She's making real effort for her mum.
12:27It really has been good fun, through the laughter and the tears.
12:30For Muriel, you can tell it's weighing on her.
12:32I hope I don't cry.
12:34Well, what are the chances?
12:36Pretty high, I'd say.
12:37Pretty high.
12:38We'll do the best we can.
12:40And hopefully, you know, we get some good results for her.
12:43We've kept the bits that we need to keep that mean the most.
12:46I know what we have, yeah.
12:47So the rest is for somebody else to take forward and enjoy.
12:51Somebody else to create memories with.
12:53Somebody else to have a passion that Dad had.
12:57And he'll go on through those things.
12:59Definitely.
13:00Oh, she's crying again.
13:03Angus prides himself on finding buyers for collections like Stuart's.
13:07And I suspect these pieces of aviation history will make memories at auction.
13:22Good morning, the auction house.
13:25Back at base, Angus's team have rolled up their sleeves
13:28and are meticulously sorting the collection into lots in preparation for the sale.
13:36It's a really nice ring, this.
13:38I think it'll be really popular.
13:40Ah, you found some of Muriel's jewellery, Charlotte.
13:43This is a 18-carat white gold and platinum, sapphire and diamond clustering.
13:48White gold is gold mixed with white metals like silver, palladium or nickel.
13:54It's often then coated with rhodium for a brighter white finish.
13:58You've got the largest stone in the middle, which in this case is a sapphire.
14:02And then it's surrounded by a border of diamonds.
14:04This type of ring is really popular because it's very similar to Princess Diana's engagement ring.
14:09I've priced the ring at £150 to £250.
14:14I'd definitely say yes if somebody proposed to me with this ring.
14:17I can see why.
14:19You might need to buy a new suit for the wedding, Angus.
14:23This collection that we've put together of riding, sort of, whips, crops, hunting whips, sticks,
14:30that sort of thing, they sit nicely together as a little lot.
14:32These belong to Jude, who's been riding horses since she was a little girl.
14:37This is by a company called Swain.
14:38They were founded in 1750 in London, where they still remain today.
14:43And in 1837 they got the royal warrants to the new queen, Queen Victoria.
14:48And obviously that gave them huge patronage.
14:51Impressive. But are they worth anything today?
14:54There is still a market for riding crops.
14:56You know, equestrian sports is still massive, so some of these will still be used for that.
15:00But also, they're very decorative and people like them as a decorative piece that you can mount up in a
15:08shop,
15:08sit over something and dress a room.
15:10We've put a group together at 70 to 100, and it should comfortably do that.
15:15Yeah, it's a nice lot, that.
15:16Whipsmart is our Angus.
15:25This is so exciting. I really can't wait to see what's going to happen.
15:30I just got one out.
15:32Morning, how are we feeling?
15:33Morning, yes, very well.
15:34And how's the house feeling now that you've sort of...
15:37We were getting there with the emptying out.
15:40Yeah.
15:40It's slowly thinning back, but without your help we would never have got started.
15:44We're on the move, we're going to be doing it.
15:46Yeah.
15:46Yeah, good.
15:46Well, come on in and have a look round.
15:48If you head through the cell room straight ahead, I'll see you in a bit.
15:51I'll try that for this time.
15:52Lovely.
15:54Oh, I see.
15:55Oh, wow.
15:56Look at that.
15:57Oh, look.
16:00Now, I have virtually no memory of these.
16:03And Grandma bought that one.
16:05We bought that one.
16:06But Grandma had hers out, didn't she?
16:08She did.
16:08That's why it looks tarnished.
16:11This pair of gobblers make up one of 50 lots Angus will be tearing through today.
16:16It's going to be an interesting one, this.
16:18There's a real interesting mix.
16:19Of course, there's all the things that are very personal to Muriel.
16:23Her husband's collection is aviation pictures and things like that.
16:26And that was his life.
16:27So, I'm really keen that we get a good result on those because they mean a lot to her.
16:32Look, it's the John Young, the manor from heaven.
16:36It really is a spectacular picture.
16:39Oh, God.
16:39Oh, you're fine.
16:41It's fine.
16:41I know it's emotional because it meant so much to Dad.
16:45I think they'll enjoy it.
16:46They'll have some fun.
16:47It's about getting Muriel ready for that move and filling the house out.
16:50But there's some good bits.
16:52I'm so excited.
16:53I really am.
16:54I've been looking forward to it so much.
16:55Yeah.
16:55But it'd be good.
16:56It'd be good.
16:57It's another process going where we're going.
17:00So, yeah, really, really excited.
17:02Yeah.
17:02Start those engines because there's a healthy turnout taking their seats.
17:06Hopefully, they're buckled up and tempted to make some sky-high bids by cabin crew
17:11Jacob's Portring Proficiency.
17:13With hundreds registered to bid online, the two Charlottes will be helping them navigate
17:18the sail.
17:18Standby for takeoff because Captain Angus is suited, booted and poised to make this
17:24sail soar.
17:26Woo!
17:27Woo!
17:28Whoever sails that.
17:29Gonna be lively.
17:31Kicking things off, Angus' ecclesiastical find.
17:35These are the Lincoln Cathedral silver commemorative goblets there by Hector Miller.
17:41Two of them there.
17:42Limited edition run there.
17:43We can open at 300 pounds.
17:45At 300 pounds, a bid at 300.
17:46At 320, free 40, free 60, free 80.
17:49At 380 pound is the bid.
17:51400 fresh bid.
17:52At 400 pound...
17:53Nice.
17:53400 pound it is then at 400.
17:55The goblets at 400 pounds.
17:56We're all done at 400.
17:58Do it.
18:00Cheers!
18:01That's good.
18:02That's very good.
18:03Can Angus build momentum with the white gold sapphire and diamond ring?
18:07One day Charlotte.
18:09There we go.
18:10Little cluster ring.
18:10That's nice isn't it?
18:11Where should we be for that?
18:1290 bid.
18:12Opening bid at 90.
18:1390 pounds.
18:15At 95, 100, 100, 110, 110, 110, 110, 20, 30, 130, 140, 150, 160, 160.
18:22It's at then at 160.
18:23160?
18:24At 160.
18:25I'm selling at 160.
18:27Not bad.
18:28Not bad.
18:29It makes its lowest estimate.
18:31Something.
18:32I love it.
18:34Go.
18:34Jude's happy.
18:35I wish all my customers were enthusiastic as you.
18:38Will it remain for the next slot?
18:40Stuart's Concorde pack?
18:42Oh, this is Concorde.
18:43I think it does.
18:45And I've got bids all over this.
18:4645, 8, 50 a bid.
18:4850 pound a bid at 50.
18:50It is then at 50.
18:50Are we all done?
18:51At 50, I'm going to sell them at 50 pounds.
18:56It makes the lower end of its estimate.
18:59That's cheap really.
19:01Tough crowd.
19:03Maybe you can win Muriel back with the painting of the Hastings by Gerald Coulson.
19:08This was actually his aircraft.
19:11Yeah, he saved this.
19:12Original Coulson.
19:13There we go.
19:14Big, big name, Coulson.
19:15The original Coulson there.
19:16Internet comes in at 4.20.
19:18At 4.20 it is.
19:204.40, 4.60, 4.80, 500 bid.
19:23At 500, at 500.
19:245.20, 5.20.
19:26We're all done at 520 pounds.
19:32Impressed, Muriel?
19:34That's amazing, isn't it?
19:36Well, prepare to be further dazzled because over the next few minutes,
19:40Angus' gavel falls on more lots.
19:43Ooh.
19:45800.
19:46Including...
19:47Gonna sell at 65.
19:50Muriel's bellique porcelain.
19:52At 150 pounds.
19:56The riding crops.
19:58Well, I'll be.
19:59Gonna sell at 340.
20:02And Dad's beloved Amiga watch.
20:07Oh, God.
20:08I'm gonna have to sleep after this.
20:09How about you, boy?
20:10This is exhausting.
20:12Well, there's just one lot left, so hang in there, Jude.
20:15The John Young, the Lancaster heavy bomber, flying over Holland.
20:21Don't often come up these.
20:22There we go.
20:22800 pounds, Tommy.
20:24800 pounds.
20:24It's at 800 pounds.
20:25Is it now at 800?
20:26800 and bid.
20:27The original there.
20:28820, 820, 840, 860, 880, 900, 920, 940, 960, 980.
20:35At 980 it is then.
20:37Somebody round it up for me.
20:39At 980.
20:40At 980 it is then.
20:41We all done for the original.
20:43At 980 pounds it is then.
20:44I'm gonna sell at 980 pounds.
20:49And on that bombshell...
20:52Needed doing.
20:53You're done.
20:54I hate to go.
20:56It's been so good.
20:57After several difficult months without Stuart,
21:00Muriel and Jude are putting any money raised
21:02into the new home they will share together.
21:05So come on, Angus.
21:07We want some good news, please.
21:19Oh, Angus.
21:20Hello, hello.
21:21Hello.
21:21Gosh, you alright?
21:22You were very quiet through that.
21:25I don't think I've ever had two more enthusiastic and excited customers.
21:30Feel that one.
21:31Thank you so much.
21:32Oh no, you're very welcome.
21:33I know we've had a lot of laughs but a few emotional bits as well, wasn't there?
21:37It was a couple of tough bits.
21:39Yeah.
21:40I suppose you'd like to know what you'll be taking home.
21:43Actually, I hadn't thought about that but yes, that was the point.
21:45After fees, £4,720.
21:49Wow.
21:50Oh, wow.
21:53£4,720.
21:55Just short of £5,000.
21:57Yeah.
21:58Wow.
21:59Wow.
21:59Thank you so much.
22:00You're very welcome.
22:04It's been a very good day.
22:06It's been so relaxing except for when it was really exciting and I think the stuff that
22:13we wanted to go well has really gone to the people who will value it the most.
22:18It was never really about all the money.
22:21Wow.
22:21What an auction.
22:22Jude's very energetic.
22:24I don't think I've had two more lively clients in the room but they really enjoyed it and
22:29I think it was important.
22:30You know, I think it was particularly tough for Muriel.
22:32You know, all these things are late husbands and meant an awful lot to them.
22:36Yeah, certainly one I'm going to remember.
22:38A happy room, happy clients.
22:40A good day.
22:51Oh, should I back out on the van Charlotte?
22:54Yeah.
22:55It's the auction house's newest junior valuer's turn to accompany Angus on today's job.
23:01When I go south I need to take somebody with me that's, you know, from the south.
23:05Poor Charlotte can't help that she comes from Somerset.
23:09It's a bit of a long drive.
23:10You haven't spent much time in Essex, have you?
23:12No, no, never been to Essex before.
23:15I feel like you're always taking me to new places.
23:17Well, I try Charlotte, I try.
23:20If they survive this epic five-hour journey...
23:23Still got all my polar bears.
23:24Do you think you'll take them?
23:26No, I don't think so.
23:27They will be greeted by Derek and Rosemary.
23:30Derek and I met many, many years ago.
23:32I was a dancing teacher and Derek came along with some friends to our classes.
23:37And so I was his dancing teacher.
23:39I got hooked on the dancing.
23:41It has become an important part of our life.
23:44The passion on the dance floor spilled into their real lives and they became a couple.
23:48Like the strictly cursed, but in a good way.
23:50I think what appeals to me is we like the same sort of things.
23:54We've got the same sort of sense of humour.
23:56And we've also got thumb flexation.
24:00Our thumbs both go back.
24:03Which is quite strange really.
24:06Made for each other.
24:07We moved here in 1998 and originally was a two-bedroom bungalow.
24:13We've actually built this house ourselves to what it is today.
24:17Unfortunately, the bigger the house, the more stuff you get and the more you fill it up, don't you?
24:21Maybe it was a mistake to put too many display areas to feed Rosemary's desire to own everything.
24:29Rosemary's collections include items passed down to her.
24:33I lost my parents when I was in my mid-twenties within six months of each other.
24:37So I sort of inherited the house.
24:39All the things that were my mum and dad's got boxed up and put in the loft
24:43and really they haven't moved and I just feel it's time for them to go.
24:48It's always tricky, isn't it?
24:49I think they've just come to the realisation we've got all this stuff, you know, that's just bottled up.
24:54Yeah.
24:54We need to have a fin out, so hopefully we can help.
24:57Yeah.
24:58I felt that for a long time that some of the things that my parents had
25:02may be worth something.
25:04It is an emotional thing to go through, but I think it's something that we both need to do.
25:09We are not spring chickens and realistically, when we go, what's going to happen to these things?
25:15Alright, here we are. We've made it.
25:18I'm going to buck in, I think.
25:24It's a silly day.
25:27You'd think you'd be warmer down there, wouldn't you?
25:30Oh, morning, Angus.
25:31Morning, are you alright?
25:32We're good, thank you.
25:33Morning.
25:33Thank you very much.
25:37Well, it's nice to be down here.
25:39Glad you could make it down.
25:40And how is it that we can help today? A lot of items gathered up, is that the...?
25:43A lot of items that were family items.
25:47OK.
25:47And nobody uses them anymore, nobody really wants them.
25:50So it's an accumulation of a lot of things, as well as your own sort of classic.
25:54Yes.
25:54I think they need to go to someone that will appreciate them more.
25:57Well, shall we take a look?
25:59Yeah.
25:59Yeah, it's this way.
26:00Yes, let's quick-step into the dining room.
26:04So, most of it's in here.
26:06You've given up champagne by the looks of it.
26:08We don't really drink champagne and we've sort of collected it over the years.
26:11I have no idea what this, there's a tool in here, no idea what it is.
26:15Oh, OK, Lindley, so David Lindley, I think it's Viscount Lindley, he's...
26:19So he was nephew to the Queen, so he'll be cousin to the King.
26:24He set up this company in 1985.
26:26So he does all sorts, homewares, you know, vases, furniture.
26:30It's a little bit different.
26:31I don't think most of us would use one of these.
26:33It's a mushroom knife.
26:34Mushroom?
26:35Yes, a mushroom knife.
26:36So you can, you know, when you're out cutting your mushrooms out of your little muck heap
26:40and then you've got a brush to brush off the, you know, the debris.
26:44My auntie gave it to me when my uncle died and I don't think she knew what it was.
26:48You know, it's light new in its box and everything.
26:50So even in a little lot on its own, 30, 40 pounds probably, leave us to it.
26:55OK.
26:56And we'll see what we can do.
26:57Great.
26:58Brilliant.
26:58Cheers.
26:59Good luck.
27:00All right, Charlotte.
27:02We've got some sorting to do, haven't we?
27:03Well, I think it's going to be all right today.
27:05We've got an interesting mix and I think Rosemary and Derek are in that situation.
27:08A lot of people are and it's time to move them on.
27:11Really, they need from me a bit of guidance, you know, what's worth selling at auction,
27:14what needs to go to charity.
27:16So there's a lot of sorting out to do today.
27:18How is it you always end up next to the jewellery?
27:20A happy accident.
27:21I'll let you enjoy the sparkles.
27:23I'll go through the stuff in the hallway.
27:25Yep.
27:25Let's click on.
27:29Right, what have we got?
27:31Oh, that's really quite nice.
27:39Mantle clock.
27:39So this is by a company called Jaeger Le Coutier, a Swiss-made company that specialises in clocks and watches.
27:46The company's origins can be traced back to a tiny workshop in Switzerland, where in 1833, Antoine Le Coutre founded
27:54his watchmaking business.
27:55The company's current HQ stands on the same spot today.
27:59They sort of embodied that quality of Swiss timekeeping and clock making with a little bit of French style, as
28:06you can see.
28:06Well, you can see the perspex there.
28:08It's a little bit crazed.
28:09You can just catch it in the light.
28:11That will detract from it a little bit, unfortunately, but probably still 200 to 400.
28:16Hear that, Charlotte?
28:18Angus just found a clock worth hundreds.
28:20What have you got?
28:21Lots of gold rings here with semi-precious stones in.
28:26Looks like a proper treasure trove.
28:28They're all gold.
28:30And when we get back, we'll be able to use a gem tester to see if they're real diamonds or
28:35rubies.
28:37He's hoping.
28:39Beautiful pieces.
28:41Right, Charlotte, come on then.
28:43What's the jewellery like?
28:44We've got some lovely bits here.
28:45Yeah?
28:46So she's got lots of beautiful rings, but I think this is the star one right here.
28:49It's the Spartha, isn't it?
28:50Yeah.
28:51Five-stone diamond ring.
28:52Nice ring, though, isn't it?
28:53It's beautiful.
28:54Have you tried it on?
28:55I have.
28:56Have you?
28:56Yeah.
28:57I personally feel, though, that you shouldn't buy your own diamonds.
29:01I hope you're not hinting that you need diamonds in your bonus this month or something.
29:04No, okay.
29:05Right, fine.
29:06So there's the four C's that relate to diamonds.
29:09Which are?
29:10We have carrot, cut, clarity and colour.
29:14Excellent.
29:14Yeah.
29:15When it comes to diamonds, carrots are a measure of weight.
29:19One carrot equals about 200 milligrams.
29:22For gold, carrot is a measure of purity.
29:24So how much is this worth, Angus?
29:27I mean, we're probably 1,000 to 1,500, something like that.
29:30Yeah.
29:30Generally speaking, it's 1,000 pound a carrot.
29:32Mm-hmm.
29:32Good ring.
29:33Well, that could be the star of the day, though, Charlotte.
29:35I think so.
29:36Woo-hoo!
29:37Yeah, that diamond ring, that belonged to my mum.
29:40Well, you've never worn it, have you?
29:41I've worn it a couple of times, but a long time ago, but I'm just too scared of losing it.
29:46Maybe it's time it went, if I'm just going to keep it locked away in a cupboard.
29:49Makes sense, Rosemary.
29:51Tell you what, Charlotte, this is taking me back to my childhood.
29:53What have we got?
29:54Hedgehog Mega Drive.
29:56And then, look, Nick and Jack are definitely going to love these.
29:59Yeah.
29:59All these old games, look.
30:01Oh, wow.
30:02Handholds.
30:02Game & Watch, they were really popular.
30:04They're really collectible now.
30:05The first handheld games console, Mattel's Auto Race, powered up in 1976.
30:12Nintendo's Game & Watch followed in 1980, but Angus has also found a rather rare version
30:17of Space Invaders, launched by Bandai in 1979, called...
30:23Missile Invader.
30:24The Game & Watch, Missile Invader and other handheld consoles will make a dream lot
30:29for a retro gamer.
30:31I think they'll be happy with this lot.
30:32Nice.
30:34Over the next three hours, Angus chooses pieces from Rosemary and Derek's house
30:38that he thinks will make big money at auction.
30:42Derek's music roof.
30:44Including a vintage Vox Amp that could rock bids between £50 and £80 at auction.
30:51You OK?
30:52If everything sells, what's the plan for the proceeds?
30:57Ten years after I lost my parents, sadly, my brother died of leukaemia.
31:02He had a young family.
31:04At the time, they were only children, but now they're grown up and they've got their own children.
31:09So what I'd like to do, if I can sell the things that would have been mine and my brother's,
31:14and then treat their family, treat them probably to a meal out somewhere.
31:18What about you, Derek?
31:20I've been a builder all my life, but recently I've retired.
31:23So hopefully now we'll landscape the front garden.
31:26That's this year's summer project.
31:29No pressure then, team.
31:31Wonderful.
31:32Charlotte, you couldn't do me a favour, could you?
31:34Beam me up, Scotty.
31:35Beat you up.
31:36Beam me up.
31:38Star Trek, that's what he says.
31:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:39Let the tail lift.
31:40Oh, oh.
31:42Yeah.
31:42Right.
31:44Do you know, you've got a great way of making me feel really old.
31:48As old as that furniture?
31:50Do you like Urcol?
31:52Yeah.
31:52A classic, an absolute classic.
31:54Yeah.
31:54Most people know Urcol is a British company founded in 1920 by Italian immigrant Lucien Urcolani.
32:03But did you know Urcol switched from producing furniture during the Second World War to focus on supporting the war
32:09effort,
32:09at one point supplying 25,000 wooden tent pegs a day.
32:14Good things and good sellers.
32:16We can always sell Urcol, particularly if it's this light elm.
32:19This Urcol drinks cabinet was made in the mid-70s and could fetch between £120 and £180 at auction.
32:27Anyway, I'll get it on the van.
32:29And with that...
32:30We are all done, Charlotte.
32:32Lovely.
32:33Yeah.
32:33And then it's five hours north.
32:35Road trip.
32:36Whose turn is it for I spy?
32:38I think it's yours.
32:39Okay.
32:39I spy something you're going in with.
32:41Why?
32:42Yorkshire!
32:43Yorkshire!
32:43Yorkshire!
32:44Yorkshire!
32:45Some tad please, Angus.
32:46We haven't left Essex yet.
32:49So, we've got everything on that we can do something with.
32:52Wow.
32:53And all the furniture's gone, apart from the table.
32:55Oh, I cannot thank you enough.
32:57Yes.
32:57Thank you very much.
32:58Well, that's all right.
32:59We haven't sold it yet.
33:00We'll hit the road and we'll see you on sale though.
33:02Okay, safe journey.
33:03Thanks.
33:03Bye.
33:04Thanks very much.
33:05Bye.
33:06Well, that went well.
33:07I thought it went really well.
33:08I was surprised at the amount of things that Angus was interested in and took away.
33:13Which is fantastic because I wanted to go to people that appreciate it and I just don't
33:17want it to be here anymore.
33:19And hopefully, it'll all go really well at the auction.
33:23Yeah, looking forward to that.
33:24Yeah, that's going to be exciting.
33:26Well, it's been a good day.
33:27You know, we've got an interesting, very mixed load.
33:30You know, we've got from Mirko furniture to jewellery, all sorts.
33:33So, a bit of work back at the sale room sorting everything out and getting it lotted.
33:36I know it's not really about the money for them, but hopefully, we can get a reasonable
33:40summer auction that really sort of helps with a few things for the family.
33:45Right, Charlotte.
33:46Let's go.
33:47Yeah, hit the road.
33:49Here's hoping it'll be a case of I spy with my little eyes something beginning with
33:54Humongous Piles of Cash on auction day, Angus.
34:12Hi, Angus.
34:13How are you?
34:13You all right, Sammy?
34:14Yeah, good, thank you.
34:15Yeah, good.
34:15Where have you been today?
34:16Did a job in South Woodham Ferris.
34:19Probably, sounds nice.
34:20Yeah, Southend.
34:21Did you go to the beach?
34:22No, but he did spend five hours on the M1.
34:25Nothing too big.
34:26No, mixture, real mixture.
34:28There are upwards of 50 items that will now all need to be processed, lotted up and entered
34:34into the online auction catalogue at least one week before sale day.
34:38Wonderful.
34:40Cheers, Sammy.
34:41Cheers, mate.
34:41Take care.
34:46This stood out to me straight away.
34:48As usual, it hasn't taken Charlotte long to find the jewellery.
34:52Silver and goulosch enamel.
34:54So that's when the silver has a design carved into it and then the enamel is poured on top,
35:00which creates this effect.
35:02It's really well made and it's obviously very Danish in design.
35:05And the designer, Volmer Barna, he was making jewellery between 1962 and 1988.
35:10Took a lot of inspiration from the Danish countryside, so a lot of his motifs include leaves and animals.
35:18There is a little bit of damage.
35:20However, overall it is in relatively good condition.
35:24Charlotte will put an estimate of 150 to 250 on this lot that includes the necklace, bracelet, earrings and brooch.
35:31They'll join another 15 lots of jewellery in the sale, including this 22-carat gold wedding band and a Victorian
35:38sovereign on a 9-carat gold chain.
35:49Well, we're here and the sun's shining.
35:52Let's hope that's a good omen.
35:53I hope so.
35:54Morning.
35:55Morning.
35:56Welcome to Yorkshire.
35:57How are we doing?
35:58Yeah, good.
35:59Excited.
35:59I think we're going to be in for a good one today.
36:01Yeah, that's great.
36:02Any particular items sort of excited about?
36:05The jewellery.
36:06The jewellery.
36:06My mum's ring.
36:07We've had a lot of jewellery viewers, so...
36:09Good.
36:09Yeah, I think we should be alright.
36:11I said you were the man.
36:12Yeah.
36:12Right.
36:13No pressure.
36:14But why don't you come on in and have a look round.
36:16Yeah, that's great.
36:17The sale room's just straight through and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
36:20That's great.
36:20Okay, thanks.
36:21Thanks.
36:23Wow.
36:24So much stuff.
36:25Mm.
36:27Oh, wow.
36:27There's my mum's ring.
36:29Yeah?
36:29I'm sad to be letting it go.
36:30We've got the jewellery, some good jewellery, including that ring of her mum's, which is
36:33a really good ring.
36:34That's probably the bit that means the most to her, so I'm hoping we get a good result
36:38on that.
36:39Is it a drinks cabinet?
36:39I'm not sure.
36:40Bureau?
36:41It's a bureau, isn't it?
36:4120-odd years we've had it, used it in our dining room, but we need a bit more space now.
36:47But it's solid.
36:48Yeah.
36:48I think across the board they've got a few interesting bits and we should end up with a, hopefully,
36:53a reasonable overall result.
36:54I'm really looking forward to this.
36:56This is going to be something different.
36:58It feels a bit strange seeing all my things here now, but I think it was more emotional
37:02letting it go from the house.
37:04I think it might be harder when you see people and the gavel goes down and you know it's gone.
37:09It's true.
37:11Angus's gavel's going to be working overtime because there's a good turnout today and there
37:16are 58 lots of Derek and Rosemary's things.
37:19Hopefully these keen-eyed collectors can be tempted into some big bids by Sophie's on-point
37:25portering.
37:26Joe's covering the phones, Jasper and Charlotte have fired up their monitors ready to receive
37:31online bids and Angus is all set to go.
37:36Here we go.
37:38Have you got a cocktail in there or something Charlotte?
37:40It looks very fancy.
37:42Don't be daft Angus, it's a fortifying cup of tea.
37:46Now let's kick things off with that Swiss desk clock.
37:50That's a nice thing is that there.
37:51Got a phone line on this one as well.
37:53There we go.
37:53I can go straight in at 180.
37:55We'll start at 180 on commission.
37:56At 180, 190.
37:58190 and bid at 190.
37:59At 190, 200.
38:01200 and bid at 200.
38:02At 200 pound and bid at 210 here.
38:04At 210.
38:04At 220.
38:05220, 230.
38:06230 and bid at 230.
38:08240.
38:08Commission bids out.
38:09It's online now at 240.
38:10Commissions are out at 240.
38:12We've got a phone waiting at 240, 250, Joe.
38:15250 on the phone.
38:16260, 270.
38:17270.
38:18280, 290.
38:21Phone at 290.
38:23Round it up for me.
38:25300.
38:26320.
38:27320 on the phone.
38:29It's exciting isn't it?
38:31Come on.
38:33At 320 it's with the phone.
38:34340.
38:35360.
38:38Phone's out.
38:39At 340 it is that I'm going to sell.
38:40Gabble up.
38:41At 340.
38:4260.
38:43A timely bid wins the clock that was passed down to a younger Derek.
38:48Oh, Trish would be really happy about it if she was here.
38:50Rock and roll now.
38:52The Vox amp.
38:54Ah, there we go.
38:54Where should we be for this one?
38:55£30 for it.
38:56£30, Tommy, for the Vox.
38:5830 bid.
38:58£30 a bid at 30.
39:00Then at 30 pounds at 30.
39:01Too many worries it now.
39:02At 30 pounds.
39:03The only bid I've got at 30.
39:04At 30 pounds at 30.
39:05All done for the amp at 30.
39:09Not quite going up to 11.
39:11Are you happy with that?
39:12Yeah.
39:13But Derek's happy.
39:14And maybe the retro games consoles will get a high score.
39:18Oh, this is a good lot.
39:19Yes.
39:20Where should we be for this?
39:21And let's go.
39:2228, 32, 5, 8.
39:2438 pounds.
39:2438, 40.
39:2540 pound a bid at 40.
39:26It is then at 40 pound a bid at 40.
39:2740 pound at 42, 5, 5.
39:2945 it is then at 45 pounds.
39:318, 10.
39:31Where is it now?
39:3245 pounds.
39:3345 pounds.
39:36They get their estimate.
39:38Bye-bye.
39:39Bye-bye.
39:41Let's hope the 70s furniture does well.
39:43The Urcole cabinet.
39:44There we go.
39:45Sort of drinks cabinet.
39:46Where should we be?
39:4670 bid.
39:4770 pound bid.
39:47Opening bid at 70 pounds at 75.
39:4975.
39:5080.
39:5080 pound a bid.
39:51Then at 80 pound it is then 85.
39:5395.
39:5495 pounds.
39:54Round it up for me at 95.
39:56100.
39:57100 pound a bid.
39:58Then at 100.
39:58We're all done.
39:5910.
40:00110.
40:01110.
40:01Fresh bidder coming in now.
40:02120.
40:03120 it is.
40:03120 I'm selling then.
40:05120.
40:06Gobbles up.
40:06120.
40:10Surprise.
40:12Over to the Danish jewellery.
40:14Look at that.
40:15That's quite something.
40:16The enamel necklace there.
40:17100 pounds start me.
40:18100 pounds.
40:18The Danish silver.
40:19Bid.
40:20100 and bid at 100 it is.
40:21Then at 100.
40:22Let's go now.
40:22At 100 pounds.
40:23Got interest on both platforms.
40:24110.
40:2410, 10.
40:25110 it is then at 110.
40:26120.
40:27130.
40:28140.
40:28At 140 pound it is then at 140.
40:30Lovely set.
40:31150.
40:31I've got 150 here.
40:33Don't miss out now.
40:33150.
40:34The Danish an enamel silver.
40:37There we go.
40:37Where should we be at 150 it is then.
40:38Lovely set there.
40:39Any advance.
40:40150 pounds it is then.
40:41At 150.
40:42I'm selling.
40:43At 150.
40:45Sold.
40:45Very good.
40:47Very good.
40:47Yeah.
40:48And there's more chaps.
40:50Over the next few minutes.
40:51Angus tears through the remaining lots.
40:53Including more of that jewellery like.
40:56At 410.
40:59A 22 carat wedding ring.
41:01At 480.
41:04A Victorian sovereign.
41:06At 260 pounds.
41:10And a gold pocket watch.
41:13I like it when it goes up like that.
41:16So do we.
41:17And there's still one lot left.
41:19Rosemary's mum's diamond ring.
41:21The 18 carat yellow gold and platinum five stone diamond ring.
41:24I wish it was 800 pounds Tommy.
41:26800 pounds Tommy.
41:27800 pounds Tommy.
41:27800 pounds at 800 bid.
41:29Straight in on the net then at 800 pounds.
41:30800, 828, 2840.
41:3260.
41:33900.
41:33900.
41:34Good ring is this at 900.
41:35920.
41:36940.
41:36980.
41:38980.
41:391,000.
41:40And 50.
41:411,100.
41:421,100 pound is the bid.
41:4450.
41:441,150.
41:451,150.
41:461,250.
41:481,300.
41:491,300 pounds it is.
41:501,350.
41:52Round it up to 1,400 for me surely.
41:55Two of you there at 1,350.
41:58Anybody in the room?
42:00At 1,350.
42:02We're all done for the ring.
42:03I'm going to sell at 1,350.
42:07Yes!
42:08Four figures.
42:10Wow.
42:11It's good.
42:11Yeah, it's good.
42:12It's good.
42:13It is good.
42:15Rosemary was hoping for enough to take her nephews and nieces out for a family meal.
42:20And Derek wanted enough to fix up the garden.
42:23So.
42:24Hello.
42:25Hello.
42:26Hello.
42:26Are we all right?
42:27Yeah, we're good, thanks.
42:28You were very, very animated.
42:30Well, you know.
42:30I like this bit and I was going to say, if you want an apprentice, I'm up for it.
42:35It went all right.
42:36Yeah, it went all right.
42:37Yeah.
42:38Any particular lot that sort of stood out for you or?
42:40Aunty Trish's clock.
42:42Aunty Trish's clock.
42:43And some...
42:43Oh, the lovely Jager Montefi.
42:45Yeah.
42:45We had a phone line on that as well, which was good.
42:48Yeah.
42:48So, after fees and everything, you'll be taking home £5,140.
42:53Ooh.
42:54Well.
42:54That's good.
42:55That's good.
42:56Thanks very much.
42:56It's been an absolute pleasure.
42:59Bottom line was amazing.
43:01I just didn't expect it to go over £2,000.
43:04To come out with over £5, that's amazing.
43:07We built our own house and the only thing that's left to finish is the front garden.
43:11Needs landscaping.
43:12I'd put some towards the garden, maybe a few grass seeds, if he needs them.
43:17I think we had a really good result.
43:20Jewelry was strong.
43:21So, well, her mum's ring, which was the star of the job, really sold well.
43:25There was a lot of competition for that.
43:27So, yeah, I think they're going home happy.
43:42Thank you so much and contar with.
43:45But that's all, yeah.
43:47The aftermath of La Fonda.
43:47Oh, yeah.
43:51You
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