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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room, just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies, just...
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...
00:26Well, I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32He's taking on even more jam-packed hoes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:42Fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:47Cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52And family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03And his gift of the gavel...
01:06At 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir.
01:09You do.
01:10He delivers a fantastic...
01:122,000 pounds.
01:14Cash.
01:15All done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:30That one's Birmingham, I think.
01:32This one's Birmingham as well.
01:33That might be a London one.
01:35I think it's a nice little collection.
01:37Treasures are the lifeblood of the Yorkshire auction house,
01:40and the search for them is a never-ending one.
01:43Right, where are we off to then, Angus?
01:45Well, we're staying within Yorkshire, but we're heading west.
01:48We're off to Ilkley.
01:50Ilkley Moor Bartat.
01:51Yep.
01:52Famous, the unofficial national anthem of Yorkshire.
01:54What does it actually mean, though, Angus Bartat?
01:57Do you know?
01:58It means being on the moors without a hat, Nick.
02:01Well, if you don't know...
02:02Can't give the secrets away.
02:04Waiting to meet the boys are Rufa Sean and his wife,
02:08financial services worker Charlotte.
02:10We met about 16 years ago in a local pub.
02:14We just hit it off.
02:15We've really both got a positive attitude to life,
02:17and I just really liked that about him.
02:19He's always laughing.
02:20Loved a smile.
02:21Just a strong woman.
02:23I like that.
02:24It's very good.
02:26Very spontaneous.
02:27We got married in 2020.
02:29We eloped, just both of us,
02:32which is quite a shock for Charlotte
02:33because she's a very planned person.
02:36Yeah, it was spontaneous.
02:39It should be a good day.
02:40A real mixture, just having a good fin out.
02:43A lot of things that I think were Charlotte's mother's.
02:46I'm going to get an attic this time.
02:48We've avoided attics for quite a while, haven't we?
02:50Well, yeah.
02:51It's going to happen sooner or later.
02:52How did you guess, Nick?
02:54Charlotte has an attic full of things
02:56for you and Angus to take a look at.
02:58My mum was a nurse originally,
03:00but she'd always had an interest in antiques.
03:02So in about 1990, I think,
03:05she opened her first antique shop.
03:06She did auctions there as well.
03:09Known as Bunty,
03:10Charlotte's mum ran a shop in nearby town Otley.
03:14It might have been 20, 25 years
03:15that she ran that antiques business,
03:17but then her health started declining
03:19and then, sadly, she got diagnosed with lung cancer.
03:22When her health was poor,
03:23she was finding it too overwhelming
03:25to try and just deal with everything.
03:26So all the items from the shop
03:28eventually all came here.
03:29She's put,
03:31I like to feel that I deal in memories.
03:33I want us to try,
03:34as we look at these things,
03:35to see the people behind them.
03:37Moments of beauty preserved for us.
03:39It's a bit like she's here,
03:40sort of here with us.
03:41Yeah.
03:42I think she'll be glad that I found that anyway.
03:44Yeah, definitely.
03:49I've had my mum's things
03:50for about nine years now,
03:53since she passed away.
03:54So I think now's the right time
03:56to deal with my mum's stuff
03:57and move on.
04:02It must be this one on the left.
04:12It's a nice house, isn't it?
04:13Yeah, lovely.
04:19Angus, hi.
04:20Morning, I brought Nick with me today.
04:21Hi, Nick, good to see you.
04:23Well, come in.
04:23Thank you very much.
04:30So, Angus, Nick,
04:31this is my husband, Sean.
04:32How are you doing?
04:33You're all right?
04:33What a fantastic sport you're in.
04:36We like it.
04:36How is it that we can help today?
04:39So, it's mainly,
04:40I've inherited my mum's stuff.
04:42That's why we thought,
04:43do you know what,
04:43we need some help.
04:44We need the man.
04:45We need Angus.
04:47We need the Angus.
04:48We need Angus.
04:49Sean and Charlotte's
04:51semi-detached 1950s home
04:53has a reception room
04:54and four bedrooms to explore.
04:56Not forgetting that loft
04:57you were hoping for, Nick.
04:59Finally a loft, yes.
05:02I'll go up the loft, Nick.
05:03Do you want to make a start
05:04on the rooms?
05:05Perfect.
05:07Right, up we go.
05:09I like this loft.
05:10We can stand up.
05:11Yeah, there's carpet and everything.
05:13Yeah.
05:14So, these are the boxes
05:14with my mum's stuff.
05:16Okay.
05:16We've got all sorts in here.
05:18Looks like lots of interesting boxes.
05:19I mean, that's nice.
05:20Oh, Lusitania medal.
05:21Lusitania was a passenger ship
05:23and it was sunk
05:24by a German torpedo
05:25in May 1915.
05:28It was actually sailing back
05:29from America
05:30and was sunk
05:31just off the coast of Ireland.
05:32During World War I,
05:33the German Navy
05:34attempted to impose
05:35a naval blockade
05:36on the UK
05:37by using U-boats
05:38to sink both military
05:39and civilian ships.
05:41While in other cases,
05:43crews and passengers
05:44were given time
05:44to board lifeboats,
05:46the Lusitania
05:47quickly sank
05:47after being fired on
05:48without warning
05:49and almost 1,200 people
05:51lost their lives.
05:52The medal was designed
05:53by a German artist.
05:55So, in Germany,
05:55you can see
05:56all the passengers boarding
05:57and a sort of figure of death
05:59there selling the tickets.
06:00The Germans argued
06:01it was a legitimate
06:02military target
06:03but it was picked up
06:04by the Allies
06:04as a call to arms piece.
06:06You know,
06:06look what they've done,
06:07civilians.
06:08These were all copied
06:09and sold over here.
06:10This is one of around
06:11300,000 British copies
06:13of that original German medal
06:15used here as propaganda
06:17to highlight
06:18the atrocity
06:19committed by the enemy.
06:20There's a real rallying
06:21point against Germany.
06:22They do crop up.
06:24It's nice that it's got
06:24its box with it.
06:25A phenomenal piece
06:26of important history
06:28from the First World War.
06:29The Lusitania medal
06:30will go in a group lot
06:31with some other
06:3219th and 20th century
06:34commemorative medallions.
06:35So, really,
06:36sort of all of this,
06:37you're happy for me
06:38to go through
06:38and see what we can take?
06:40Yeah.
06:40Brilliant.
06:40Well, leave me to it
06:41and I'll see
06:42what we can rustle up.
06:43So, what's your
06:44first impression, Angus?
06:46There's a real mix of items.
06:47That's just a case
06:48of getting it all out,
06:49loaded,
06:50and seeing what we find.
06:51But, er,
06:52it looks promising.
06:53It's not all antiques
06:55up here either.
06:56Nick?
06:57Yeah?
06:58There's a few bits
06:59you'll like.
07:00What have we got?
07:01Wow.
07:03It's either a power drill
07:04or a game thing.
07:07I think this goes with it.
07:08OK, cool.
07:09Yeah, Super Nintendo.
07:13Early 1990s.
07:14Discoloured a little bit,
07:16but it's a really iconic thing.
07:18If it works,
07:18with a few games,
07:20they've got to be worth
07:21£60, £100 sell on the day.
07:22Also squirrelled away
07:24in the loft
07:24is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum
07:26computer
07:27that belonged
07:27to Charlotte's mum.
07:29Launched in 1982,
07:30it was one of the most
07:31popular British PCs
07:33with over 5 million units sold.
07:35It will go in a group lot
07:37with some other
07:37vintage electronics.
07:40Things are slowly adding up.
07:41What are the plans
07:42if Angus makes
07:43a big pile of cash?
07:45Sean's always talked about
07:46doing something
07:47more artistic.
07:48So, although he's
07:49a fantastic roofer,
07:50it can be quite
07:51a challenging job to do.
07:52Three years ago,
07:53I got a perforated bowel,
07:56so a bit of a shocker
07:57for everyone.
07:58When I was finally able
07:59to walk about,
08:01I started tinkering
08:02around in the garden
08:03cutting slates,
08:05then showing Charlotte
08:06what do you think of this?
08:07You're so enthusiastic
08:08whenever you've done
08:09a sculpture.
08:10You just love it,
08:11don't you?
08:11And as in getting older,
08:13you know,
08:13your body doesn't want
08:14to be doing that forever,
08:16whereas sculpting,
08:18fantastic.
08:19So any money
08:19that we get
08:20could really help,
08:20I think,
08:21just launch this
08:23into a proper business.
08:27Oh, God.
08:28You're at work.
08:29Oh.
08:29And you literally
08:30just do these
08:30with these hand tools?
08:31Yeah.
08:32And blood, sweat and tears.
08:34Yeah, I started off
08:35with my chest pieces,
08:37then made a water fixture
08:39for the garden.
08:40And how many hours
08:40would you have to put
08:41into something like that?
08:42So that is
08:42full eight hours
08:43chopping away
08:43to make that.
08:44I think you're
08:45definitely on to something.
08:45Are you happy
08:46for us to try
08:46some of these?
08:47I'd love to.
08:48What better way
08:49to test the market
08:50for Sean's new business
08:51than to sell
08:52some of his pieces
08:53at auction?
08:54The heart,
08:55the head,
08:56and these multi-sided
08:57shapes that will
08:58be sold as a pair.
09:00They're heavy,
09:00aren't they?
09:00The SFA.
09:01Yeah.
09:02Nick!
09:03Yeah.
09:05Oh, dear.
09:06You're going to earn
09:07your dinner loading these,
09:08that's for sure.
09:09Well, it's manageable.
09:11Now, what else?
09:15OK.
09:16It can be a bit
09:16overwhelming walking here.
09:18We've got boxes
09:18and boxes
09:19of what we call
09:20ephemera.
09:22Now, ephemera is
09:22sort of collections
09:24of paperwork,
09:25if you like.
09:25Most of this relates
09:26to a company
09:27called Walkers,
09:28who were a
09:28Yorkshire-based
09:29printing company,
09:30very prominent
09:30in the 19th century.
09:31Walker & Sons
09:32became a key player
09:33in the printing industry
09:35by adopting
09:36the Wharfdale
09:36Printing Press.
09:38Pioneered in Otley
09:39in the 1850s,
09:40he used a rolling
09:41cylinder rather
09:42than a flat
09:43printing plate,
09:44making it
09:44more efficient.
09:46Charlotte's mum
09:47acquired all these
09:48pamphlets and
09:48children's books
09:49decades ago
09:50when she did
09:50a clearance job
09:51for the company.
09:53We're going to
09:53sort through
09:53all of this,
09:54but, you know,
09:55a really, really
09:55nice collection
09:56of interesting
09:57local history.
09:59Jack's going to
09:59be busy.
10:00Ah, Jack,
10:01the auction house
10:02book nerd.
10:03He will love
10:04going through
10:04these 15 boxes.
10:10Great view up there.
10:11If only had a telescope.
10:12Ha-ha!
10:13But I do.
10:14And actually,
10:14this is quite nice.
10:15See, looking at
10:16the style of it,
10:17this looks very much
10:18to me sort of
10:18World War I period.
10:20This sort of brown
10:21lever is very much
10:22with sort of
10:22in keeping
10:23with sort of
10:23military issue,
10:25but banded in
10:25the tan leather,
10:26brown leather
10:27to keep it uniform.
10:28And this is
10:30a one,
10:31two,
10:32three,
10:33four-draw telescope.
10:35Telescopes like this
10:36were issued
10:36by the British Army
10:37during World War I
10:39to allow snipers
10:40to strike targets
10:41from miles away
10:42and to aid
10:43visual communication
10:44between signallers
10:45on the battlefield.
10:47An important piece
10:48of optic history,
10:50sort of 50 to 100 pounds
10:51for that.
10:52It's a nice telescope.
10:53I spy with my little eye
10:55and nice little earner.
10:57Over the next hour,
10:59Angus and Nick
10:59load up everything else
11:01in Charlotte's mum's
11:02collection
11:02that's saleable at auction,
11:04including five more
11:05boxes of ephemera
11:06and a stash of silver coins
11:08ranging in age
11:09from the 16s
11:11to the 20th century.
11:12Right,
11:12so just have a little
11:13look upstairs again
11:14and say anything else,
11:14but I think that's it.
11:16Until they are done
11:17for the day.
11:21Oh wow.
11:23Oh my God,
11:24look at all the space.
11:25Oh my Lord.
11:28Wow.
11:28We've got just about
11:29everything gone,
11:31a couple of bits left,
11:32but you've got
11:33your floor back.
11:34Wow.
11:35I can't believe
11:35how much space there is.
11:37So how are we feeling
11:38now that it's all gone?
11:40It really gives me
11:41reassurance that it's
11:42being dealt with properly
11:44and how she would
11:44have wanted.
11:46And I think it was time.
11:48It was time for the
11:49things to move on.
11:50So I think she would
11:50have loved the fact
11:51that we've done it
11:51in this way.
11:52Yeah,
11:53so thank you.
11:54That's no problem at all.
11:55Brilliant.
11:55We'll get it all back
11:56to the sale room
11:56and we'll see you on sale then.
11:58Brilliant.
11:58Thank you very much.
11:59Bye now.
12:02My Lord.
12:03Wow.
12:04Look at the dance floor.
12:05So much space.
12:07It's an interesting one.
12:08I've got Sean's
12:09slate sculptures.
12:10I absolutely love them.
12:11I think they're beautiful.
12:12They're very decorative.
12:14Can we get them to sell?
12:16And then, you know,
12:17Charlotte's items,
12:18we've got all the
12:18mum's items and a huge
12:20collection of ephemera.
12:21Is it a massive bulk
12:22lot and not a lot of money
12:23or is there going to be
12:24some gems in there?
12:25So it's a hard one to
12:27sort of pitch how well
12:29this job's going to do.
12:30Yes, that ephemera is
12:32a pressing matter and
12:33Sean might have slate
12:34expectations for his
12:36sculptures on auction
12:37day, Angus.
12:38Good luck.
12:55Hi, Mark.
12:56Hello, Charlotte.
12:57How are you?
12:57Good.
12:58Me and you have been
12:58volunteers.
12:59Oh, good.
12:59Val, you as Charlotte and
13:01Mark are doing the heavy
13:02lifting, getting Charlotte
13:04and Sean's things off the
13:06van so the team can start
13:09getting them ready for
13:10auction.
13:14It's up to Jack to take on
13:16the biggest job and get it
13:17ready for sale day, those 20
13:20boxes of material from Walker
13:22and Sons printers.
13:23They did quite a lot of
13:25these children books around
13:26the sort of pre-war period
13:27just after the war.
13:29So what these are, these are
13:30pen and ink sketches done
13:31for the stories.
13:33And then they would publish
13:34these in the books.
13:35Yeah.
13:35All these ones here are done
13:37by a gentleman called
13:38Arthur Mansbridge who died
13:40in 1963.
13:41He seems to have done a lot
13:43of classic folk tales that
13:44he's retold.
13:45There's two lots here.
13:46Jack's grouped together one
13:48lot of Arthur Mansbridge's
13:50artwork for a book called
13:51Thumbelina Retold for the
13:53Little Ones and another lot
13:55of his illustrations for an
13:56equestrian themed
13:57children's book.
13:58I think they're lovely
13:59aren't they?
14:00They've got great
14:00characters to them.
14:01Hopefully they capture the
14:02imagination on the day and
14:04they do a good price.
14:06It's two weeks until
14:07auction day.
14:08The team have divided
14:09Charlotte and Sean's things
14:10into 45 lots, 22 of which
14:13are that printing ephemera
14:15Jack's been tirelessly
14:16putting together.
14:18Now that's a nice one.
14:19That's quite a nice little
14:20design there.
14:22Lovely.
14:23So what is it?
14:24These are book plates or
14:26ex-libris stickers.
14:27Effectively like a stamp
14:29of ownership.
14:30It would be glued into each
14:31individual book and saying
14:32this is whose it belongs
14:33to.
14:34Just like when you go into a
14:35library there's a library
14:35stamp in it.
14:36The first book plate is
14:38thought to date back to the
14:391400s and by the 19th and
14:4120th century those rich
14:43enough to have a library
14:44would personalise their books
14:46with a specially designed
14:47stamp or pasted label
14:49inside the cover.
14:50We had a coat of arms,
14:52the name and sometimes
14:53the location where they
14:54were, be it a hall, a park
14:56or a castle.
14:58Not that many people
15:00collect book plates.
15:01I would put the two folders
15:03together and say 50 to 80
15:05maybe on a good day.
15:07Another lot of ephemera to
15:08watch is this one of over 80
15:10pen and ink illustrations for
15:12children's books published by
15:13Walker and Sons.
15:15That should get the bookworms
15:16wriggling.
15:22So how are you feeling about the
15:24auction?
15:24I just hope everything sells.
15:26What about you?
15:27What about your sculptures?
15:28I'm a bit nervous.
15:29But yeah, we'll see.
15:30Morning.
15:31Morning.
15:31We all right?
15:32Yeah.
15:33How are you?
15:33Yeah, all right.
15:34Good to see you.
15:35And how are we feeling?
15:37Nervous.
15:37Why?
15:39Well, I'm just scared that it's not
15:40going to sell.
15:41I'm just into it.
15:42Yeah, I am excited as well as
15:43nervous.
15:44Why don't you come on in and have a
15:45look round.
15:45Excellent.
15:48If you head on through, I'll
15:49catch up with you in a bit.
15:50Great.
15:50Thank you very much.
15:53Wow.
15:54Auction.
15:55Oh, awesome.
15:56Oh.
15:58Sculptures.
15:59Well, that's my favourite one,
16:00the heart.
16:01I think people were going to
16:03want to have one.
16:04Hopefully.
16:04Well, I want one.
16:05Yeah.
16:06It's a little bit different
16:08this one because on one hand
16:09we've got Sean's sculptures.
16:11I think they're wonderful and
16:13there's a lot of work that
16:14goes into them.
16:15But, is the market there for
16:16them?
16:17And then, of course, Charlotte's
16:18items, particularly that
16:20collection of all the
16:21illustrations and publisher
16:22bits that were her mum's.
16:24The market for that sort of
16:25thing isn't quite what it used
16:27to be, so we'll see how it
16:29goes.
16:30I wanted to be able to do it
16:31in this way.
16:31I think my mum would have
16:32approved of having it in an
16:34auction.
16:34Oh, now we're here to see my
16:35sculptures.
16:37It's nerve-wracking, but
16:38really quite exciting.
16:39Well, you're in safe hands,
16:41Sean.
16:41We have eagle-eyed Millie and
16:43Jasper monitoring the internet
16:45bids, Sophie is acting as
16:47Porter, and Angus is ready to
16:50do what he does best.
16:52Good Yorkshire collection is
16:54this.
16:54There we go.
16:55That's right.
16:55It's a nice lot, actually.
16:56Some good bits in here.
16:57First up is the Lusitania
16:59Medal, along with some other
17:00commemorative 19th and 20th
17:03century medallions.
17:04I can go straight in at £40
17:06on the book.
17:07That's a pre-arranged
17:08commission bid from someone
17:09not watching the auction.
17:11£40 it is then at £40,
17:12£2, £5, £8, let's go.
17:13£50, £50 bid, £55, £55.
17:15And there's no shortage of
17:16interest online.
17:18I've got three of you.
17:18£60, £60 in bid, £65, £70,
17:20£70 a bid, £75, £75, £80,
17:22£80 a bid at £85 it is, £90
17:24bid, £95 and...
17:26£100 at £100, £100 a bid at £100
17:28£110 a bid at £110 it is,
17:30£120, £120 we're still
17:31climbing at £120, £130, £130 a bid
17:33at £130, £140, £140, £150,
17:35£160, £160 it is then at £170,
17:37£170, £180 it is, £1190,
17:39£200, £200 a bid, £210, £220 a bid.
17:41£30, £40.
17:42£240.
17:43At £240 it is then, at £240.
17:47We're all done, gavel is up,
17:48I'm going to sell at £240.
17:51A cracking start and way
17:54overestimate.
17:54Wow, yeah, well done.
17:56Now Jack's book plates are up.
17:59There's the man himself.
18:00Wait, what's he doing here?
18:02Two folders containing a collection
18:04of 18th, 19th and 20th century
18:06ex-libris stickers.
18:08These are wonderful.
18:09I think these are fantastic.
18:11I can go straight in at £50.
18:12£50 a bid at £50 it is,
18:13then at £50 it is,
18:14then at £50 at £50,
18:15£55, £55...
18:17Aha! He's bidding for himself.
18:20£65, £65 it is,
18:21then at £65.
18:22At £65 for the library stickers.
18:24All done at £65.
18:28What a plot twist.
18:30Jack is taking them home.
18:31Better than sitting in the loft,
18:33isn't it?
18:33Wow.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Now he is hoping for some
18:36incredible results for Arthur
18:38Mansbridge's original pen and ink
18:40illustrations.
18:41First, it's the artwork for the
18:43equestrian-themed children's book.
18:45Fantastic collection there.
18:46Let's go straight in at £50 a bid.
18:49£5, £60, £5,
18:50£65, £70,
18:51£70 a bid.
18:53£70, £70.
18:53We're all done at £70.
18:57A happy ending for the first lot
18:59of Mansbridge illustrations.
19:01I just wanted it to sell
19:02to somebody who can appreciate it.
19:04And after selling the second
19:06Mansbridge lot,
19:07drawings from the book
19:08Thumbelina retold for the
19:09little ones...
19:10£50.
19:14..Angus moves on to the
19:15bumper collection of over
19:1780 pen and ink
19:18illustrations for
19:19children's books published by
19:21Walker and Sons.
19:22This is a really good one.
19:24We're straight in at £260,
19:25£260 and bid at £260.
19:26Wow!
19:27That's a huge commission bid to start.
19:29£70, is it now?
19:30Yeah, £270,
19:31£280,
19:32£290,
19:33£300.
19:34At £320, it's at.
19:35At £320!
19:38A picture-perfect result.
19:40Brilliant.
19:41Me thinking it won't sell.
19:42And there's more to come, Charlotte.
19:45Over the next 45 minutes,
19:47Angus bashes his way
19:48through 36 more lots,
19:50including...
19:51£260!
19:53..the Super Nintendo
19:55with accessories...
19:56At £260!
19:59..the Sinclair ZX Spectrum PC,
20:02along with some other
20:03vintage electronic equipment,
20:05and...
20:05At £110!
20:07..a lot of British
20:08silver coins ranging
20:10from the 16th
20:11to the 20th century.
20:14Awesome.
20:16Now it's Angus's fave.
20:18There we go, nice
20:19rubber and brass
20:20four-drawer telescope there.
20:22£30, start me.
20:23£30.
20:23£30.
20:2430 bid, thank you.
20:25£30.
20:26£2, thank you.
20:26£32, food, two.
20:27Two, five, eight.
20:28£38, £38, £48, £42.
20:30£42, £42 in bed at £42.
20:32£42, £5, £5, £5.
20:33Any advance now?
20:35Eight upstairs, thank you very much.
20:36At £48 it is.
20:37Then at £48,
20:38it's yours at £48.
20:39We need one for you up there, don't we?
20:40At £48,
20:41selling at £48.
20:42£48.
20:44Just a tad underestimate,
20:46but never mind.
20:47Well done, Angus.
20:49It's time for the last three lots of the day
20:51and for Sean to find out
20:53if anyone likes his sculptures.
20:55First, it's the slate head.
20:57These are from a very talented
21:00Yorkshire contemporary slate art sculptor.
21:03There we go.
21:03And we start with the head.
21:07Internet comes straight in at £150.
21:09At £150, that's cheap, let's go.
21:10At £150, £160, £160, £170, £180, £180, £180, £190, £200, £200, £200 a bit at £200, £210, I've got £220.
21:18£220, £230, £230, £240, £240, £240, £240, £240, £250, £250, £250 it is then at £250 it is then.
21:27I'm going to sell the slate head at £250 it is then at £250.
21:34Well done, Sean.
21:36That's your first art and sale.
21:38First of many.
21:40Too right, Charlotte, because...
21:42Selling at £250.
21:44The heart sculpture sells for the same price.
21:47Wow, can't believe it.
21:50But there's still one lot left.
21:52We've done these as a pair, the pair of...
21:54Icosahedron.
21:56Sorry?
21:57Icosahedrons.
21:58Icosahedrons, of course.
21:59Icosahedrons, obviously.
22:01That's a shape with 20 faces, if you're wondering.
22:03There you go, a pair of them, the matching pair there.
22:06£300, £300 at £300.
22:07It's the pair of them, not for one, for two.
22:10At £300, we've all done at £300.
22:14£320.
22:15Ooh!
22:16Nick of time.
22:17Get the commission.
22:18£340 then, at £340 it is then at £340.
22:21£360, I've got £380.
22:22At £380 it is then at £380.
22:24Don't miss out now, they'd look lovely with their heads sat in between them.
22:27£400 is it now.
22:28I've got £400 therein.
22:29Commissions are out.
22:30£100 it is then at £400.
22:32I'm going to sell at £400.
22:35Well, I think we can chalk that up as a massive success for Sean's sculptures.
22:40£400, thank you very much.
22:41£400.
22:43Aw, excellent.
22:45Charlotte and Sean's lots have gone to new homes, leaving them with a clean slate.
22:50But exactly how much has Angus managed to raise for Sean's new business venture?
23:04I think nearly everything's sold.
23:06I know.
23:06Hello.
23:06Hello.
23:07Are you all right?
23:08Yeah, good, thank you.
23:08Yeah, how was that for you?
23:10Yeah, really good.
23:11Yeah, I feel really relieved.
23:13Kind of puts an end to that chapter now, doesn't it?
23:15And we can move on.
23:16I can't believe I won't be taking any sculptures home, which is great.
23:19It was a bit of a trial for you, really, wasn't it?
23:21Yeah.
23:22It was nearly a market there.
23:22Yeah, thank you very much.
23:23So I suppose I'd best tell you what you'd be taking home after fees.
23:26Yeah.
23:27£3,037.
23:29Oh, wow.
23:29Oh, my God.
23:30I didn't expect it to be that much at all.
23:32Thank you very much.
23:33Oh, wow.
23:33You're very welcome.
23:34Brilliant.
23:35Amazing.
23:36I decided to make you a gavel.
23:38Oh, my word, look at this.
23:39Look at this.
23:40Please don't use it like...
23:41No.
23:43My word, look at that.
23:44It might share into pieces of you.
23:45Brilliant, is that?
23:46Yeah, I won't buy it.
23:48Oh, that is wonderful.
23:49Thank you so much.
23:52I'm really proud of you for those.
23:53Oh, thank you.
23:54I just feel like I can move on now.
23:56You know, it was a bit out of the ordinary to come and do it in this way,
23:59so I think she'd been really pleased.
24:00Yeah, your mum would be really pleased.
24:02Yeah.
24:02Yeah.
24:03She'd be pleased seeing me in an auction house.
24:06Oh, really delighted with the results for Charlotte and Shauna.
24:09I really hope his sculptures will sell well, because they deserve to.
24:12Do you know what?
24:13It's been a great day today,
24:14and I'm looking forward to seeing Shauna's sculpting career blossom.
24:26Oh, left or right, Millie?
24:28Um, left.
24:30Trainee valuer Millie is acting as navigator on the way to Angus' latest mission.
24:35We're heading west today.
24:37We are.
24:37Yeah.
24:38Sun?
24:39You can get your sunglasses on.
24:41Yeah.
24:41Oh, dear.
24:42Millie's made sure to pack her shades,
24:44because today they're off to the Lancashire seaside town of Lytham St. Anne's.
24:49We literally can't live like this any longer.
24:52We need to get rid of the clocks, you know,
24:53before we can even think about putting the house up for sale.
24:57Waiting for Angus, with more than a little time on her hands,
25:00is health trainer Janice and her good friend Catherine.
25:04We've both worked together for quite many years.
25:07Yeah.
25:07And we've remained friends as well.
25:10We just get each other, don't we?
25:11We've both got quite a dark sense of humour.
25:13Yes.
25:14Yeah.
25:15Janice has lived in this house for the last ten years
25:18with her partner Sean, who is away working today.
25:21Sean and I have been together for 15 years.
25:25Between us, we've got six children, who are all grown up now,
25:29and we are waiting for the arrival of grandchild number seven.
25:34The house, being so close to the beach, was just ideal for us.
25:39There was so much, and there is so much to do with it.
25:42The couple had planned for this to be their forever home,
25:45but a recent knee replacement operation for Sean
25:48caused them to have a change of heart.
25:50I think with Sean having been ill with his knee,
25:55it's kind of made us have a bit of a reality check
25:58that we are getting older,
25:59and we need to be near a family with grandchildren as well.
26:04You know, we want to spend time with them.
26:06Once they have finished their current redecoration projects,
26:10Janice and Sean plan to sell up and downsize to a smaller home.
26:13That means saying goodbye to some of their possessions,
26:17including a timely but huge collection.
26:23We were gifted some clocks by Sean's dad.
26:28Some?
26:29He asked whether we would like the clocks,
26:32to which we said, yeah, that's fine.
26:34I hadn't actually realised that there would be 47 of them.
26:37This would drive me bonkers.
26:39Yeah.
26:40Yeah, it's been driving me bonkers for over a year.
26:44We need to get the decorating done.
26:47We can't, if we're having to shift 47 clocks from one room to another.
26:51We just need to be able to get rid of some of the stuff,
26:55and then we can start the next chapter of our lives together.
27:00Ah, here we are.
27:11Morning!
27:12Hello!
27:13Hi, Angus!
27:13How are you doing?
27:14You all right?
27:14And Millie I've brought with me today.
27:16Hi, Millie.
27:16Welcome.
27:17Would you like to come in?
27:18Thank you very much.
27:22Hi, how are you doing, you guys?
27:24Hello, I'm Catherine.
27:25Catherine, hi.
27:25And you're all good friends, is that right?
27:27Yeah, very good friends, yes.
27:28We've got a huge mix of things,
27:31but we're probably better off starting with the main one, the clocks.
27:34OK.
27:35Yep, those are definitely the main course for today.
27:39OK, I can see they've taken over a little bit, haven't they?
27:43Absolutely.
27:44They've taken over everywhere.
27:46Life just revolves around the clocks.
27:48But, you know, you just can't possibly enjoy all these clocks.
27:52No, and you've got a real selection.
27:53We've got mantel clocks,
27:54we've got obviously sort of grandfather-type clocks,
27:57wall clocks, these long ones on their back there,
27:59known as a Vienna clock.
28:00OK.
28:01Take back to the late 18th century, designed in Vienna, Austria.
28:04Invented in 1790 and known for its accuracy,
28:08the movement of a Vienna clock is powered by a number of weights,
28:12suspended inside the case.
28:14Generally speaking, the more weights they have,
28:15the longer that the clock will run for
28:17before you have to wind it up.
28:18Yeah.
28:19They've gone off in popularity to what they used to be,
28:21cos people just don't have the houses for them.
28:23But there's still a market for them.
28:25Let's hope so,
28:26because there are three Vienna clocks for you to sell, Angus.
28:29We've got some toys and bits and bobs up in the loft.
28:33Leave it to me, I'll go rummage in the loft.
28:35Lofts.
28:36Why did it have to be lofts?
28:39I'm going up on my right, OK.
28:41You lost that, battle, Angus.
28:43Be careful.
28:44Blimey, say it like you mean it, Millie.
28:47You ready to catch?
28:48There's a few loose action men for you.
28:51The toys have all been saved from my children being small.
28:57I was quite a stickler for keeping the boxes.
29:01I have to admit, the Furby is mine.
29:03And he used to come to work with me.
29:06That's another level, isn't it?
29:08Stingray and a Captain Scarlet.
29:11Thunderbirds.
29:12Oh, go!
29:14Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray were all science fiction TV series,
29:19produced using marionettes and scale models by Gerry Anderson in the 1960s.
29:24Stingray, which is probably, out of all of them, a slightly lesser one.
29:28They had 39 episodes, came out in 1964.
29:30Is that it?
29:31That's the...
29:32That's the...
29:32Yeah, that's Stingray.
29:33I mean, look at that.
29:34I mean, that is cool, isn't it?
29:35It is cool.
29:36I quite like that.
29:37These are relatively late ones.
29:3890s.
29:3992, this one was made by Matchbox.
29:40There's certainly a following for them.
29:42All the Gerry Anderson series models will be grouped together as one lot.
29:48While Millie gets the 15 boxes of old toys loaded on the van,
29:52I think it's time to face all those clocks, Angus.
29:56This is an Edwardian mantle clock, would have sat probably on a fireplace.
29:59Columns of it look sort of Georgian in its style,
30:02but this sort of inlay here is sort of typical Edwardian.
30:05This one has got a German movement in it,
30:07but then you might have somebody over here that makes the case
30:10and just fix them together.
30:12This bit here is where the pendulum would have sat,
30:14and that regulates the time.
30:16It's got a chimer on it.
30:18There we go.
30:19And you'd wind this up,
30:20but not everybody wants a clock that you have to physically wind up.
30:24It's an attractive piece, but realistically, it's 30 to 50.
30:28It's that sort of region.
30:30Over the next hour, Angus and Millie load the 47 clocks
30:34of all shapes and sizes on the van.
30:37Grab the bottom again.
30:38That'll be wonderful.
30:39There's still plenty space for more, though.
30:42Found something.
30:43Have you?
30:44Oh, is it Ladro?
30:45Yeah, it's a Nao mermaid.
30:46Ah, Nao.
30:47I mean, they're both spun.
30:49Go on, you tell me, Millie, you tell me.
30:51Ooh, a test.
30:52Nao is owned by the brand Ladro.
30:55Valencia-based brand.
30:56Ladro was founded in 1953.
30:59The Nao brand is 1982.
31:02A star, Millie.
31:04Ladro was always seen slightly better, more at market price here than Nao,
31:09but nevertheless, it was hugely popular.
31:12I think the mermaids are something you see quite a bit.
31:14There's a few pieces in there, isn't there?
31:16Yeah.
31:16Probably a little group lot of the Nao.
31:18Yeah, a nice lot, and they always tend to do pretty well.
31:20Who thought we'd come to the seaside and get a mermaid?
31:22I know.
31:22Who would have thought?
31:23Hopefully someone shells out for them,
31:25as a few quid would come in handy for Janice.
31:28When you money waste at auction,
31:30we'll go towards us finishing off the decorating in the bathrooms
31:34to be able for us to put the house up for sale.
31:37Yikes, I hate to be a Debbie Downer,
31:39but we haven't really found any heavy hitters yet.
31:42Lovely summer house.
31:44So what's going here?
31:45We've got the boat bar.
31:47My word, that's a blast from the past, isn't it?
31:50That's Charles' pride and joy.
31:53We won't have the room.
31:54Hopefully we're downsized.
31:56Named Cocktail Boy,
31:57the bar was made by London Company Bargett in the 1950s.
32:01They're very much of their age, aren't they?
32:03You know, slightly sort of...
32:04Kitsch is the right word, I think.
32:06Yeah.
32:06They do sell.
32:07I mean, they're not huge value.
32:08Sort of 70 to 100, something like that.
32:10On a really good day, maybe a little bit more.
32:12It's not every day we put a boat in the back of the van,
32:14but we'll get a boat in.
32:16After some skilful manoeuvring...
32:18Bit of an iceberg.
32:19..and the bar safely stowed...
32:21That's one boat in a van.
32:22It's almost time for Angus and Millie to set sail.
32:26Come on through to your clockless room.
32:29Oh, my word.
32:30Wow.
32:31What a difference.
32:33This is what she needed.
32:34I can't believe the spares.
32:36It feels so much better.
32:38Yeah.
32:39I feel we've actually made some progression and a step forward.
32:43Well, we'll hit the road and we'll see you on Selby.
32:45Oh, safe journey.
32:47All right, thank you.
32:47Thank you so much.
32:48I'm really looking forward to auction day.
32:51To be able to see all those possessions being loved by someone else.
32:55And they're not in your house anymore.
32:56And they're not in my house anymore.
32:57Yeah, that's the bonus.
33:00This is going to really help Janice to carry on and get the building work done.
33:04That was really the task, about clearing space.
33:06Yes, if we can raise some funds all to the good.
33:08It's not going to be the highest value.
33:11Some of the clocks will struggle.
33:12The boat bar, it's quirky.
33:14But how many people want a boat bar in their house anymore?
33:16So it's not going to be an easy sell.
33:18But we shall endeavour to do our best.
33:21Your auctioneering better be second to none on sale day, Angus.
33:25Janice will be more than a bit ticked off if she has to take those clocks back.
33:41Now then, Millie got the van around for you.
33:43Yeah, thank you.
33:44Anything interesting?
33:45Lots of clocks.
33:47With Janice's things back at Kirby Moorside, Jack is helping with the unload.
33:51To you.
33:52It feels very Truckle Brothers.
33:54Everything will need to be researched, photographed and entered into the online catalogue
33:59before auction day in a few weeks' time.
34:03Thanks, Jack.
34:04No worries.
34:08Toys specialist Nick has found something that could have some pulling power for the bidders.
34:13Amongst the collection of toys was a collection of Power Rangers models.
34:19A hugely successful, popular series from the 1990s, what started in 93.
34:24Power Rangers was basically just a giant commercial for the toys.
34:27But, you know, the kids still loved the TV show and it did gain a special place in popular culture.
34:33They've not been played with very much because they're actually in really nice condition.
34:36I've split them up into two lots.
34:38I've put 60 to 100 on this.
34:40You've got White Tiger Zord with a few other bits and figures and so on.
34:44The other lot, 50 to 80, there's not quite as much in it, but they're still nice condition models.
34:48They'll sell on auction day.
34:49They'll do well.
34:50All right, Nick.
34:51You can play with them now.
34:56Researching and lotting up all of Janice's clocks has been a time-consuming task for Angus.
35:02This one really does stand out compared to the rest of Janice's clocks.
35:05There's a bit more going on.
35:06You've got this very elaborate case.
35:08We've got shields here with lances and the coat of arms, things like that.
35:11So it's very baronial.
35:13The Victorians loved recreating armour and that sort of thing.
35:16During the Victorian era, there was a medieval revival that encompassed art, literature and design,
35:22drawing on romanticised stories of chivalrous knights and barons of the Middle Ages.
35:27This is kind of a little bit of a mismatch.
35:29It's been put together.
35:30It's probably late Victorian in its date.
35:32Certainly the movement is and the dial.
35:34And then we've got this case that's had a bit of TLC and bolted together with modern screws
35:39and mounted on a modern piece of wood.
35:42We just put an estimate of 30 to 50 pounds on this.
35:44The condition isn't great, but it is a little bit different from the standard oak mahogany case mantel clock that
35:50we see.
35:50With a total of 23 lots of clocks going in the sale,
35:53there's going to be a whole lot of time to kill on auction day.
36:01I'm a bit apprehensive, yeah, but it'll be nice to see where the clocks go to.
36:07It'll be amazing.
36:08Morning! How are we doing? Are you all right?
36:10How are we feeling?
36:11Curious.
36:12Curious.
36:12Curious.
36:12Yeah, any particular bit that you're sort of worried about?
36:16I just don't want to take anything back.
36:19Yeah.
36:20You want it to sell.
36:22Some things will be more sought after than others, but yeah, we'll be okay.
36:26Why don't you come on in?
36:27Oh, thank you.
36:29So the sale room's straight through and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
36:32Oh, wow.
36:34Gosh.
36:35Cool.
36:36Wow.
36:36Should we look over there?
36:37Yeah.
36:38Is that one of yours?
36:39I think so.
36:40Oh, there's more up here.
36:43This looks like clock heaven.
36:45They've got an interesting mix of items, but the clocks could be hard work.
36:48They look much better.
36:50Yes.
36:51Out in the open, don't they?
36:52Yeah.
36:52I think the one quirky star bit is the boat bar.
36:56I've had them before and they do sell well.
36:58I remember these.
37:00I have the good sense to de-clutter.
37:05Ultimately, Dennis just wants every lot to go.
37:07She doesn't want any lots back.
37:08So that's the challenge, to sell every lot and hopefully we get some good results as well.
37:12Exciting times.
37:14It's just about moving on and getting that move done.
37:19It's the moment of truth for Janice's 36 lots as it's almost time to start the sale.
37:25Ocean Clark's Emma and Heather are ready and waiting to oversee all of today's internet bids
37:30and Jacob has donned the brown coat as porter for the day.
37:33Now we just need Angus to take to his rostrum and get things going.
37:39You want?
37:40Yeah.
37:40OK.
37:41Right then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
37:42We're going to this wonderful collection.
37:44First up, it's toys, starting with three Power Rangers figures.
37:48The Power Rangers, including Thunder Megazord.
37:53I'm old enough to remember them when they were first out.
37:55£30, start me.
37:56£30, start me.
37:58Doesn't look like the Power Rangers fans are in today.
38:0230 bit.
38:02At least one internet bidder is interested.
38:05£30 it is then at £30 at £30 at £30.
38:06Power Rangers.
38:08£32, £32, £32.
38:09That's how the song went.
38:10Go, go, Power Rangers.
38:11At £32.
38:12£32 a bit at £32, £32 a bit at £32.
38:14Come on, I'm not the only one who remembers them.
38:15At £5, £5, £38, £38 it is then at £38.
38:19We're going now.
38:19The Power Rangers are going at £38.
38:21Round it up for me.
38:22At £38.
38:23Go, go, Power Rangers at £38.
38:24£40.
38:25Round it up for me.
38:25At £38.
38:26I'm trying.
38:27At £38 it is then at £38 at £38.
38:33Not an epic start, but at least they sold.
38:36Oh, I'm an egg.
38:38Hopefully the other Power Rangers lot of ten figures packs a bigger punch.
38:42Oh, now this is good.
38:44Including the white tiger zord.
38:47We've got a lot of interest in these.
38:49We open at £60.
38:51It's a powerful commission bid to start.
38:54£65.
38:54£75.
38:55And the online bidders are joining in too.
38:58£85.
38:58£95.
38:59£100.
39:00£100 a bid.
39:01I'm shocked.
39:02At £100 it is then.
39:02I'm going to sell then.
39:03At £100.
39:06That's more like it.
39:09That's amazing.
39:11Now there could be some strings attached to this next lot.
39:14Collection of Gerry Anderson theme models there.
39:16Play sets there, including Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, etc.
39:20There we go.
39:21It's a great lot is this.
39:22£50.
39:22£55.
39:23A bid at £55 it is then at £55.
39:25A bid at £55.
39:26The Matchbox Thunderbirds there at £55 it is then at £55.
39:29At £55 it is then at £55.
39:33£55.
39:34But they've met the estimate.
39:36Wow.
39:38Over the next ten minutes, Angus flies through nine more lots from...
39:42£30.
39:44The Furby, along with 18 other cuddly toys, to...
39:48£35.
39:50The six Neo pottery figures, including the three mermaids.
39:56£60.
39:57That's about nothing.
39:58Right, let's see if time is money.
40:00It's a lot of clocks today.
40:01There we go, it's got like a clock gallery up there.
40:04The first of the clocks is a 20th century Vienna wall clock,
40:07along with another Vienna wall clock case.
40:10So then we've got bids coming in all over here.
40:12£32, £5, £8, £40.
40:14£40 a bid at £40 it is then at £40.
40:16There's two clock watchers on the internet.
40:18£42, £55, £45 it is then at £45.
40:23Solve a bang on the estimate.
40:25Oh, wow.
40:27What's next?
40:28Oh, my word, look at this.
40:30The Victorian medieval-inspired mantel clock.
40:33This is something, isn't it?
40:35Very peronial.
40:36We're at £22, £5, £8, £32, £52, £5, £48, £40.
40:40Yep, £40 it is.
40:41At £42, thank you, sir.
40:43A fresh bid in the room.
40:44Internet's now at £42 in the room at £5, £8, sir.
40:46Oh, go on, you won't find another one of these.
40:48At £45 it is then at £45.
40:50I'll take £6 if it helps, sir.
40:52At £46, he's in at £46.
40:53We'll get every pound out of them at £46.
40:56£47 is it now?
40:59£46 it is.
41:00He's done it.
41:00It's always worth one more bid at £46.
41:03Sold to the room bidder.
41:05And that's the most ugliest clock.
41:07£5, £2, £9, £1, £3.
41:08In half an hour, Angus winds his way through 21 more lots of clocks,
41:14including...
41:14At £25.
41:16..the Edwardian inlaid mantel clock and...
41:20At £42.
41:21..a 20th-century mahogany long case clock.
41:26Wow, good spelling.
41:28..bringing us to the last lot of the sale.
41:31Right, this is the lot you've all been waiting for.
41:34This is quite something.
41:35The 1950s cocktail cabinet in the form of a boat.
41:39These are quite sought after.
41:41They're bought.
41:42What do you think?
41:43Erm, I don't know.
41:45£100.
41:46£100?
41:46OK.
41:47Well, we're at £170.
41:49£170, £170.
41:50A commission bid has blown your guess out of the water, Janice.
41:54£170, £180.
41:55Now it's between two internet bidders.
41:58£190, £190 for the boat bar.
42:01£200 fresh bid at £200.
42:03£200 at £200.
42:04We're all done.
42:05I'm going to sell away the boat at £200.
42:08All done at £200.
42:10The bar will be shipped off to an internet bidder in America.
42:14Wow, that's amazing.
42:16That was your last one, I know.
42:17Short but sweet.
42:18Angus has managed to sell all of Janice's things, freeing up space for those house renovations.
42:23But when it's all tottered up, how much has everything made?
42:27Hello.
42:27Hey.
42:28How are we doing?
42:29Are you all right?
42:29Yeah.
42:30Yeah?
42:30Some of the items, they're not the current market and therefore a bit of a struggle,
42:34but everything's gone.
42:36Yeah, thank you.
42:37You worked really, really hard for that.
42:39I do appreciate it.
42:40Well, I suppose I'd best tell you what you'll be taking home.
42:43Go on.
42:43After fish, £979.
42:45Come in.
42:46Wow.
42:47So, not quite a thousand, but very nearly.
42:50Oh, that's a shock.
42:51Yeah.
42:52Wow.
42:52Oh, thank you.
42:53No, no, thank you very much.
42:54You did work hard.
42:56Yes, some of the clocks were a little bit of a struggle.
42:58We knew that would be the case, but they've gone.
43:00The boat bar, that was the one we had our expectations for.
43:04It's quirky, it's different, and it did.
43:05It sold well, you know, £200.
43:07So, I think good result all round.
43:09Janice is very happy.
43:10It was about moving those items on, and you can't complain.
43:13Of a complete sellout.
43:14The amount of money is just unbelievable.
43:18For what we've got hanging about in the dining room and the loft.
43:21I don't know now, I'd have probably got rid of them a lot earlier.
43:24It's just such a relief that all the clocks have sold,
43:27and we're not taking any back home with us.
43:30Everyone can breathe easy,
43:31but they're not getting a clock for Christmas.
43:33LAUGHTER
43:34Huh?
43:36Hmm?ry
43:55'ra'r'r'r'r'r'r'n's
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