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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, 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...
00:26Oh, I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:31He's taking on even more jam-packed hoes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures.
00:38Oh, my word. Some box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:41Fascinating curios.
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not so bad.
00:46Cherished collections.
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:51No.
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...
01:01One of the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03And his gift of the gavel...
01:06At 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir.
01:09You do.
01:10He delivers a fantastic...
01:122,000 pounds.
01:15Cash.
01:15All done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:30Oh, it's a white-old day today, Jack, isn't it?
01:32Leaving a soggy Kirby Moosai with Angus is trusty valuer, Jack.
01:37But you know what they say?
01:38At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
01:41Well, Jack, your rainbow today will be the M1,
01:45and a magical five-hour trip to the Hertfordshire village of Redbourne.
01:50Sounds a very interesting job.
01:53Mum had got stuff everywhere.
01:55Yeah.
01:55This is after I've sorted it.
01:58They're meeting Liz and her best mate of 30 years, Karen.
02:02Do you remember that at all?
02:05Probably Devon Pottery, because that's where Mum and Dad met.
02:09For over 40 years,
02:11this three-bedroomed house was home to Liz's parents,
02:16Peter and Diana.
02:18This is Mum and Dad on their wedding day
02:20with the nurses doing the Guard of Honour with bandages.
02:24They were both members of Young Farmers,
02:27and that's where they met.
02:28Dad was an engineer,
02:30and Mum did a bit of nursing for a while
02:33until she then was Mum.
02:36She was active in the church and the Mother's Union,
02:40very much keeping the home fires burning.
02:44Sadly, Dad died 12 years ago,
02:46which left Mum here on her own.
02:49Independent right into her 90s,
02:52Diana's age then started to take its toll.
02:56She started falling down.
02:57She wasn't able to get up the stairs easily.
03:01She's been in the care home for two years now
03:05and recently had the diagnosis of dementia.
03:10It's costing £6,500 a month for her to be in there,
03:16so her bank account has depleted.
03:19I mean, it's scary how quickly it goes down.
03:21Because she's got the house, it's going to have to be sold.
03:25Before that happens,
03:26the house needs to be cleared
03:28of Liz's parents' lifetime's worth of things.
03:31I asked her if there was anything from the house that she wanted,
03:35but she didn't remember the house,
03:37let alone the contents.
03:39That was in Mum's bedroom.
03:41Liz herself lives an hour away in Silverstone.
03:45Me coming down to try and start clearing the house,
03:49unearthed all sorts of stuff,
03:50things that I didn't even know existed.
03:52It's been a tough time for Liz.
03:54She's been torn between coming into the house
03:57and having to get it done,
03:58or visiting her mum.
04:00Hence the call to our Yorkshire auctioneer.
04:03When Angus comes,
04:05I'm hoping that he will find things
04:07that can pay for a week, a month in the care home.
04:11Anything will help.
04:15Liz said,
04:16I'll be completely honest,
04:17I just need some help.
04:18Hopefully we can find some good bits
04:20and raise, you know,
04:22some good money.
04:24Right.
04:25On the end, she said.
04:27I hope this rain stops
04:28by the time I start loading, Jack.
04:32Oh, God, Jack.
04:34Oh, no.
04:34I hope they're in.
04:38Oh, no.
04:39What have you done to the weather?
04:40Come on.
04:42Thanks.
04:42Thanks.
04:45This is my friend, Karen.
04:47Hi.
04:47Nice to meet you.
04:48She's my moral support.
04:50Moral support.
04:51Fantastic.
04:52How is it that we can help?
04:53What's the situation?
04:54There's all sorts of stuff.
04:56There's bits and pieces
04:57that I have no idea what it is.
04:59So if I can show you some of the stuff
05:00and maybe you can tell me what it is.
05:03Brilliant.
05:04Yeah, well, why don't we go have a look round?
05:05Jack, do you want to...
05:06I think we're going to need lots of boxes.
05:07Do you want to get that ready?
05:08And let's go have a look, shall we?
05:10Yeah.
05:11Brilliant.
05:16Into here.
05:18Now, I've been through the drawers
05:20and there's some medals.
05:22OK.
05:23Ooh, one of ex-soldier Angus' favourite subjects.
05:27Well, I like medals, yeah.
05:29Looks like there's a mixture in here.
05:30So there's a World War II group.
05:32There's a service medal there.
05:34You know, we see a lot of those.
05:35Oh, OK.
05:38Ooh, my word.
05:40A white cross.
05:42Yeah, no, no, that's a DSA,
05:45Distinguished Service Order,
05:46so one of the highest orders of gallantry there is.
05:49Initial G.
05:50Would these have been your granddad or great-granddad?
05:54Grandfather.
05:56Liz's grandfather, Geoffrey, a lieutenant colonel,
06:00was awarded the DSO in 1943
06:03for his role commanding a Royal Artillery Anti-Tank Unit
06:07of over 500 soldiers.
06:10You put all that history together
06:12and that's what medal collectors love.
06:14I mean, it would be an honour to sell those for you.
06:16But as a DSO group,
06:18we're probably anywhere between 1,500 and 2,500.
06:22Wow.
06:22There are nine medals and cap badges
06:24belonging to Liz's grandfather,
06:26including stars for his service in Europe during World War II
06:31and the medal for his final campaign in Palestine
06:34where he was killed in action in 1948.
06:37I suppose it's fitting that your grandfather's going to help
06:40look after your mum.
06:42Yeah.
06:42Yeah.
06:43So, leave me to it and we'll see what we can do.
06:45And I'm just going to look through this box a bit more.
06:48Don't spend all your time on that.
06:49There's more to look at.
06:52If we're going to be finding things like that,
06:56it's going to be a very good day.
07:00Well, fingers crossed,
07:01because every penny really counts here.
07:05Ooh.
07:06Ooh.
07:06Ooh, what now?
07:08Oh, my word.
07:10That's a scale model,
07:12an LNER,
07:13London North Eastern Railway.
07:15I suspect under that blanket,
07:17it's going to be the engine,
07:17a locomotive and tender
07:19of a live steam model.
07:21So, that's a scale model of a real steam engine.
07:23As in, it will power off steam.
07:25Oh, look at this.
07:26Look at that.
07:27This is an exact scale working model
07:31of the Flying Scotsman.
07:33In 1934,
07:35the Flying Scotsman became the world's first train
07:38to be clocked,
07:39reaching 100 miles per hour.
07:41Dad was fanatical about steam trains.
07:45And all our weekends away or holidays,
07:48you could bet your bottom dollar
07:49that there'd be a steam train in the vicinity.
07:52People make these from scratch,
07:54and some of them can be quite powerful.
07:55I mean, this will potentially pull you along
07:58if you sat on it.
07:59I mean, it's a proper steam engine.
08:01Lovely thing.
08:02Lovely, lovely thing.
08:03Two great finds so far.
08:06Think you can do any better, Jack?
08:09You all right, Jack?
08:10How's it going?
08:11Yeah, not too bad.
08:12Come on, what have you found?
08:15Oh, Krugerrand.
08:17Not just one.
08:20Stabbing.
08:20Yeah.
08:22Wow.
08:23Wow, indeed.
08:25First minted in 1967,
08:29Krugerrands are South African 22-carat gold coins.
08:33This could be the mother load.
08:35I mean, it is a very famous coin, wasn't it,
08:36for a lot of reasons,
08:37because it was banned from export, wasn't it?
08:39Yes.
08:39When a lot of Western countries went against South Africa
08:43because of their stance on apartheid,
08:45there was a lot of things that were banned from South Africa,
08:47one of them Krugerrands.
08:49In the last year, gold coins,
08:50the demand's gone through the reef, hasn't it?
08:52Oh, completely.
08:53They've really shot up.
08:54This is a great find, isn't it?
08:56Yeah, completely.
08:56I mean, roughly about £1,600 Krugerrands.
08:59We're about that.
09:00And there are seven of them.
09:01This is officially turning into a biggie.
09:04This is a really good job, Jack.
09:06If there's one problem,
09:08it's that five-hour trip back home,
09:10so we need to step up a gear.
09:13All aboard!
09:15Choo-choo!
09:18The Jack Angus train crane,
09:21invented in 1842,
09:24designed especially for carrying the Flying Scotsman.
09:28It's all hands on deck.
09:29All of these things have been hidden away.
09:31As for the next two hours,
09:34Angus and Jack find even more surprises.
09:37There's a lot to do,
09:38but there's some really, really good stuff.
09:40Like over 50 pieces of mum's jewellery,
09:43including a nine-carat rose gold tea bar chain...
09:47Proper antiques.
09:48We love jobs like this.
09:50..and more than 100 silver items.
09:53Ooh.
09:54This 17-ounce 18th-century teapot
09:57is just one of them.
09:59Yeah, it's a lot heavier than I thought.
10:00Hold it.
10:01Yeah.
10:04Leaving no nook or shed unexplored.
10:09There's something on the wall
10:10that most people just think
10:11it's a sign with some numbers on it,
10:13but this is something quite special, actually.
10:15This is a smoke box number.
10:18The classic steam train
10:19would have had a number on the front,
10:21like a registration number, I suppose.
10:22You know, we're probably two to four hundred pounds on it.
10:25A real piece of industrial history.
10:32Right, Jack, I don't think we're going to get any more on.
10:38Crikey.
10:38Oh, wow.
10:40So, yeah, most of the room's empty.
10:42Even all the cupboards are empty.
10:45Yeah, it's...
10:49Sorry, I didn't think it would affect me to lock it out.
10:51If I may say, I think, you know,
10:53you've had a big weight on your shoulders.
10:55Helping your mum, having to look after this, it's difficult.
10:58It is definitely the end of family as I knew it.
11:05I think you can now move forward as opposed to just...
11:09Dreading water.
11:10Exactly.
11:10Yeah.
11:11And, you know, this has been a family home for over 50 years, isn't it?
11:15It's...
11:15Yeah.
11:15A lot of memories.
11:17Well, we'll head back to the cell room.
11:19Yeah, I hope you'll have better weather for your journey back.
11:20Well, the sun's come out now,
11:21cos it knows we're heading north, doesn't it?
11:23It's going to welcome us home into the land of sunshine.
11:26Right, well, you take care.
11:27Thank you, mate.
11:27Thank you ever so much.
11:28Bye.
11:30Well, I didn't think it would affect me.
11:38More emotional than you thought.
11:40Oh, God, yeah.
11:41Yeah.
11:42But it will be closure.
11:45Hopefully, Angus will get me enough
11:47to keep mum in the care home for another few weeks.
11:51It's been a big burden on Liz's shoulders,
11:53and I think we've taken some of that pressure off.
11:57Care homes are so, so expensive,
11:59so it's important we raise as much as we can
12:01to help cover that cost.
12:04Well, I've seen you take some pretty pricey things today.
12:08Jewellery, coins, silver.
12:10I think Liz might be in for the shock of her life on sale day.
12:27Back at the auction house,
12:29over 500 items from Liz's mum's home are unloaded,
12:34so the team can start preparing the auction catalogue
12:37to attract as many bidders as possible.
12:40I see you found the apprentice chest.
12:43I found it. It's lovely, isn't it?
12:44It's lovely, yeah.
12:46This is Jeremy, the auction house manager,
12:49and this is junior valuer Charlotte.
12:52But what's this?
12:53The kind of place that around the Victorian time
12:55was mahogany very popular in that era?
12:57Very popular.
12:57That it was maybe something an apprentice would make
13:01to prove that they could make a bigger piece of furniture?
13:03Yeah, I think there would be an element of that in it.
13:05Sometimes a travelling salesman would take them with him
13:08as an example of what his company could do.
13:10This will make more money than the proper size thing.
13:14Yeah.
13:14Because this sort of model of Victorian chest of drawers
13:17is just not saleable at the moment.
13:19People love miniatures.
13:21They do love miniatures, yeah.
13:22I'm going to take it to take some lovely photos.
13:25OK, thanks a lot.
13:29Yeah, these are really nice.
13:31So, have you heard of Hawes watering cans?
13:33It rings a bell on the back of my head.
13:35Valuer Charlotte and Jack are pouring over
13:38another of Liz's mum's goodies.
13:40It's the oldest watering can company in the world.
13:43John Hawes got the patent in about 1886.
13:46He was struggling to grow vanilla,
13:48so he came up with this special design.
13:51The end of it is called a rose,
13:53so it's this pierced design.
13:54And it became really popular with horticulturalists.
13:57Unfortunately, he actually died
13:58before he could get any recognition for it.
14:00His nephew, Arthur, took over
14:02and he was really obsessed with quality.
14:04In the factory, he actually hired people
14:06to individually pierce all the holes in the end of that.
14:10Wow.
14:11Well, that would be an interesting...
14:12Well, not an interesting job,
14:13but a laborious job, certainly.
14:15So, how old is this, then?
14:16It looks to be 1930s,
14:19which is sort of the original design,
14:20just because of the way it's made
14:21and the fact that it's made out of copper.
14:23What sort of price are you looking at, then?
14:25Maybe 30 to 50 for the whole lot.
14:27The watering can's being sold with two other copper jugs.
14:32That's quite a nice little lot, then.
14:43We're here.
14:45Hi.
14:45Morning, are you all right?
14:47Fine, thank you.
14:48Good, good.
14:49Are you looking forward to the auction?
14:50Very much so.
14:51Yes.
14:52It's all new to me.
14:53I've never been to an auction.
14:54Do you know, this is one of the nicest jobs I've done in a long time.
14:57Really?
14:57Yeah, honestly, some lovely bits.
14:59So, I'm excited about it.
15:00Keep saying it, and it'll rub off on me eventually.
15:03Don't worry.
15:04It'll be fine.
15:05Come on, come and have a look.
15:06The cell room's straight free.
15:07Go through and have a look around.
15:08I'll see you in a bit.
15:11Oh, look, there's the train.
15:14Looks great on there, doesn't it?
15:16Liz has a whopping 124 lots in today's sale.
15:21Hopefully the crew grounds will do well.
15:23How many is there?
15:24Seven, I believe.
15:26Seven, yeah.
15:26Yeah.
15:26Wow.
15:27I think Liz is a little bit nervous.
15:29You know, she doesn't really realise how good her items are,
15:31whether it be the medals, whether it be the live steam train.
15:35It's a brilliant job.
15:36It's going to do well.
15:37Liz is in for an incredible shock.
15:39I did ask Karen to make sure she got a packet of tissues in her pocket.
15:42Yeah.
15:43I can feel myself going.
15:44Yeah, I think it will affect me.
15:46Oh, look.
15:47Oh, look.
15:48It was always on mum's dressing table.
15:49I hope it's successful and that there's a lot of money raised to go towards the care fees.
15:56We're rooting for you, Liz.
15:58The Yorkshire punters are out in force.
16:01Emma and Heather are ready for online bidders.
16:04And our porter today is Sophie.
16:06So let's get this party started.
16:12What was that?
16:13Hello.
16:14Oh.
16:16Oh.
16:17First up.
16:19This is superb.
16:21It's the live steam flying Scotsman.
16:23And while I've been talking, been racing up, we're at 920 at 9...
16:26Oh.
16:27940, 960, 960.
16:28At 960.
16:30Superb piece.
16:31980.
16:32Round it up.
16:32Thousand bid.
16:33It's steamed past its highest estimate.
16:361150, 1200.
16:371300 at 1300 pounds.
16:39It is then at 1300.
16:401350.
16:41Thank you, sir.
16:42Waiting patiently at the back.
16:431400.
16:441450.
16:45We might as well go 1500.
16:47Nice round number, isn't it?
16:49At 1450.
16:501500.
16:51Thank you, sir.
16:521550.
16:531550.
16:55At 1550 it is then.
16:57At 1550.
16:59We're all done for the live steam.
17:01Wow.
17:02Govels up.
17:03Starting online at 1550.
17:05A great start to the auction.
17:08That's amazing.
17:10Next, another treat for the train geeks.
17:13Oh, this is nice, isn't it?
17:14This is the British Railway smoke box number plates.
17:18We're at 360.
17:19360.
17:20Pardon?
17:21Yeah, they're very sought after these.
17:23Very collectible.
17:24400, 400, 420.
17:26420 at 420.
17:27See, you know when I got really excited in your shirt.
17:30At 440.
17:31At 440 it is.
17:32At 440.
17:35Yippee.
17:36Impressed, ladies?
17:37Good find.
17:39It was.
17:40And here's another one, hopefully.
17:42The teeny weeny chest of drawers.
17:45Oh.
17:46I love this.
17:47And I can open at 130 pounds.
17:49At 140, 140, a bit at 140.
17:52150, thank you.
17:53150.
17:54At 150.
17:55160.
17:56170.
17:57170.
17:58At 170 it is.
17:59Then at 170.
18:00Minus L.
18:00At 170.
18:0280.
18:03Just in time.
18:05Sure.
18:07Belter.
18:08190.
18:09At 190 it is.
18:10Then at 190.
18:11At 190 pounds.
18:13Small, but mighty.
18:15One of the best ones I've seen.
18:16Lovely.
18:18Next, the 1930s watering can and jugs.
18:22There we go.
18:22Where should we be for this?
18:2332.
18:2432 pound a bit.
18:2532.
18:26At 32 pound it is.
18:27Then at 32.
18:27That's a quality watering can.
18:29It's up there.
18:30At 32 pounds.
18:32A little trickle, but it all helps.
18:37Oh, so we've done copper.
18:39Now the silver.
18:40The George III teapot.
18:42There we go.
18:42That's a nice one there.
18:43Now I can go straight in at 240 pounds.
18:46240 and beer.
18:47At 240.
18:48250.
18:48250.
18:49It's a good teapot, that.
18:50260.
18:50Thank you, sir.
18:51At 260.
18:52Oh, madam, I can't tell.
18:52You're just a number on the screen.
18:53But 260.
18:55I'm going to sell then.
18:55At 260.
18:58Very nice.
18:59Lovely.
19:01And just one of the 33 silver lots that Angus dispatches over the next half hour, including...
19:07How many bit of silver?
19:09240.
19:10A Victorian hot water jug and...
19:13And 140 pounder is then at 140.
19:16A George V hit flask.
19:20I'm not allowed to swear, am I?
19:22No.
19:22Moving on quickly, it's Liz's mum's jewellery.
19:26There we go.
19:26The chain.
19:28Starting with the nine-carat rose gold T-bar chain.
19:32Uh, we're at 1,000.
19:341,000 pound bid.
19:351,000.
19:351,000.
19:37And 50 is it now.
19:39And 1,000 pounds.
19:39We're all done for the chain.
19:41And 1,000 pounds that I'm selling then.
19:42Top bid on line at 1,000.
19:46Very nice.
19:47Eh, ladies?
19:48Good.
19:49Well worth it.
19:50I'll say.
19:51After another 34 lots of jewellery pass under Angus's gavel, including...
19:57At 440.
19:59This Art Deco diamond ring and...
20:02At 520.
20:04This nine-carat golden sapphire necklace.
20:08Oh, wow.
20:09Life.
20:12It's time to turn our attention to Liz's collection of seven 22-carat Krugerrands, starting with this one.
20:20Uh, it's with me at 1,800.
20:22I've got 1,850 in the room.
20:24I've got 1,900 now.
20:261,920.
20:2820, yes.
20:291,920.
20:2950.
20:31Thank you, sir.
20:321,950.
20:321,950 it is on this one at 1,950.
20:35Selling at 1,950.
20:37Boom.
20:39Who knew?
20:40Similar results for the other six Krugerrands.
20:43The pot for Liz's mum's care is looking pretty healthy.
20:50And there's still one lot left.
20:52There we go.
20:53Royal Artillery, the DSO group there.
20:55We open at 1,200 pounds.
20:56At 1,200 pound a bid.
20:58At 2,500 pounds.
20:592,600.
21:002,600.
21:012,700.
21:01Superb group of medals.
21:033,600.
21:043,600.
21:05Wow.
21:06That jumped.
21:08At 3,800.
21:09That's amazing.
21:093,900.
21:113,900 bid.
21:124,000.
21:13At 4,000 pounds.
21:15Superb DSO group.
21:17At 4,000 it is then.
21:18The gobbles up.
21:19All done at 4,000.
21:22That's amazing.
21:23Lovely.
21:25Yet another estimate smashing result.
21:28See where my eyes lit up when I saw that.
21:31Great thing is that.
21:32Wonderful collection.
21:34Every single one of Liz's 124 lots have sold.
21:39Yeah, done.
21:40Fast, wasn't it?
21:41She's clearly made some serious cash to go towards her dear mum's care home fees.
21:46But I'm not sure she realises just how much.
22:04That was a shock.
22:06Hello.
22:08Fancy meeting you here.
22:09I know.
22:10How was that?
22:11Not as painful as I thought it was going to be.
22:13Absolutely fantastic items.
22:14Just quality, proper antiques.
22:17For me personally, I think it was really nice that the medal groups did well.
22:21They deserve to.
22:22I don't suppose you'd ever thought about value really.
22:24No.
22:25No.
22:26After fees, you'll be taking home 28,928 pounds.
22:3328,928 pounds.
22:35Oh.
22:40That's amazing.
22:42Speechless.
22:43It's been an absolute pleasure.
22:45Thank you so much.
22:46You're welcome.
22:46You take care.
22:49Thank you for supporting me.
22:51You're welcome.
22:54The auction weren't amazing.
22:57Much, much better than I could ever have imagined.
23:01I feel emotional because it is an end of an era.
23:04But it is also a massive weight off my shoulders.
23:08And the amount that Angus has raised is going to keep her in the care home for quite a few
23:13weeks, months.
23:14So, yes, it's been incredible.
23:17What a sale.
23:18We knew Liz had some fantastic items.
23:21This will be a massive help to her and her mom.
23:23And I'm delighted for her.
23:25It's been an absolute pleasure.
23:33Beautiful sunshine.
23:34It's incredible, really.
23:36It's lovely.
23:36Let's hope it stays.
23:37A ray of sunshine staying with Angus all day is toy and model specialist Nick.
23:43Have you ever had oat cakes?
23:45I have, actually, yeah.
23:46Yeah, it's a local delicacy, isn't it?
23:48Always thinking about the stomach.
23:50But where are they off to?
23:51I'm going to go to Stoke-on-Trent.
23:53It was the heartland of British potteries, wasn't it?
23:57Mm-hmm.
23:57Now, you're a bit of an expert on that, aren't you?
23:59Yeah.
24:01It just keeps coming out the loft.
24:03And I picked this up from a house clearance.
24:06I've never, ever seen one.
24:08I'll be glad to see it all gone.
24:10This is Stephen and his wife, Clarine.
24:13I've known him all my life.
24:15We went to school with my sister, and then as the years have gone by,
24:19we got together and that was it, really.
24:22Yep.
24:23It was over 30 years before love blossomed between the pair in 2005,
24:28and another 13 for them to say, I do.
24:31I always said, if I ever get married, you'll be in Vegas.
24:34And we did.
24:35We did it, didn't we?
24:37I married in the Little White Chapel.
24:40Fabulous.
24:42On another holiday seven months ago to the south-west of England,
24:47Clarine fell ill.
24:48When we got down to Devon, I started burning up with the temperature,
24:52and then the next morning,
24:55I noticed my foot had started to go black.
24:58I went straight to Exeter A&E, and within 30 minutes,
25:02they got me down to the theatre, removing my foot.
25:06And then two days after, they had to take my leg off and take below my knee.
25:11Clarine had contracted sepsis.
25:14Although the surgery saved her life, it was at a huge cost.
25:18You don't expect to go on a holiday and come back without your leg, do you?
25:22Well, nobody would.
25:24It has been very hard, but obviously we're getting through it.
25:28There's nothing you can do, really, but cope with it.
25:31Brave girl.
25:32He always says I'm a brave girl.
25:35We all do.
25:37Stephen immediately went to work,
25:40making adaptations to their two-bedroom home.
25:44I've got all to Vestelle left second-hand.
25:46We've recently done the bathroom,
25:48and now we're at this stage where she needs more room to manoeuvre about.
25:54With other expensive improvements needed,
25:57luckily Stephen has a particular passion
26:00that could raise some much-needed cash.
26:03That was a total order.
26:07It's all carboots, carboots.
26:11He goes to a carboot,
26:13then comes back with more stuff than he took.
26:16The loft was absolutely packed.
26:18The garage, you can't move in it.
26:22I just love a second-hand shop.
26:24If I see him parking, I'm going right.
26:27We've got all sorts here, spode, which is always nice.
26:31We're getting Angus to come,
26:33because obviously we need to get rid of all this stuff.
26:36All the money will go towards getting the ramp up the garden,
26:41and we can sit with a drink or whatever,
26:44and she'll be happy.
26:48Adapting the garden for chlorine will cost over £1,000.
26:54So, over to you, Angus.
26:57All right, here we are.
26:58We're going to meet them.
26:59Excellent.
27:06Morning.
27:07Angus, how are you?
27:08I'm very well, thank you.
27:09Nice to see you.
27:09Shall we, cheers, thank you.
27:13How are we doing?
27:14Are you all right?
27:15Fine, thank you.
27:16Are you?
27:17It's lovely to be here.
27:19Your ill health,
27:20and that must have been, well, for both of you,
27:23but, I mean, a real shock of just out the blue.
27:25Oh, terrible, yeah.
27:26Oh, it was all panic stations.
27:28But we fought through it, you know?
27:29Yeah.
27:30It's just been, er...
27:31That's a bit emotional.
27:33She's been brilliant, you know?
27:34Yeah.
27:35And what's the situation?
27:37How is it that we can sort of help?
27:38I've been a bit of an order over the past...
27:40Right, OK.
27:40..a car booter.
27:42I've slowly got everything down from the loft.
27:45I've dug things out I didn't even know I'd got.
27:48So, really, it's kind of what we see on the table.
27:51I can see another table through in the conservatory.
27:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:54And then the garage.
27:55Oh, yeah, in the garage.
27:56Well, I'll go look in the conservatory
27:58if you want to take the garage.
27:59Yeah, yeah.
28:01Divide and conquer.
28:03I reckon today's going to be a long one.
28:09I mean, we couldn't come to Stoke-on-Trent
28:11and not talk about pottery or find some pottery
28:14because this is the capital of it, Staffordshire.
28:17It has been for centuries.
28:19All the potteries really had their own distinctive style and look.
28:23Now, this one is masons.
28:26The flowers and things like that and the gilt detail.
28:28And this one I particularly like because this is a cheese bell.
28:32That's right, a cheese bell.
28:33And that's how people used to preserve cheeses and things like that
28:37prior to the invention of the refrigerator in 1913.
28:40But this is a modern one.
28:42Made for Harrods, you know, so high-end stuff when it was bought originally.
28:45Sadly, the market for this sort of thing has declined massively in the last 20, 30 years.
28:49I'll have to group these together.
28:5140 to 60, that sort of region.
28:55I recognise this box because I've got a similar box to it when I was serving.
28:59This is what we call a GSM, a General Service Medal.
29:02This is an RAF one.
29:04Rank and name.
29:05So this was Corporal Jones and then their branch, they're in all their regiment.
29:09So if you were on campaign, the first time you went, you would have got the medal.
29:12And then a clasp, this bit here, for the campaign you're on.
29:16So this clasp here is for Northern Ireland, which is the most common one we've seen.
29:19I suspect Stephen's picked it up at the car boot at some point.
29:23Sadly, don't do huge amounts than Northern Ireland ones because there were so many of them.
29:29Nevertheless, still something that somebody would have earned and been very proud of.
29:33A decent start, but we've got a long way to go here.
29:37That's it, Nick.
29:38Get rummaging.
29:39All right, Cleola.
29:41Hey.
29:41You've got a feel for Clarine and Stephen.
29:44Their whole lives and world have been completely turned upside down.
29:48Come on.
29:49So the pressure's on.
29:50We want to raise as much as we can.
29:52You know, I've seen a few items, some bits that are going to be absolutely fine.
29:58Others that, you know, aren't going to be things that we can sell.
30:00But we'll go through it.
30:01We'll see what we can do.
30:03And, yeah, we really want to help them out.
30:07Hey, up.
30:08What on earth are you doing, Nick?
30:10Can we for a ride, Angus?
30:11There's a charity bike shop, and I saw this tandem.
30:14And it had all been hand-built, and I couldn't help but buy it.
30:19They were first sort of developed in the 1880s,
30:21and I think there's even references to them to being used in the Second Boer War.
30:25There's a lot of trust issues with a tandem, isn't there?
30:27I guess so, yeah.
30:28You've got to trust the person in front.
30:32That's where you'd want to be, isn't it?
30:33You want to be here.
30:34Yeah, I mean, you do have to do all the paddling,
30:36because I could just take my feet off and you wouldn't know.
30:38Oh, no.
30:39We ready?
30:40Yeah.
30:43I've got no brakes.
30:46Don't worry, I'll, uh...
30:47I can't turn.
30:48I know, that's my job.
30:49Are you peddling?
30:50I am, I am peddling.
30:52Oh, my.
30:53Whoa.
30:54I'm not sure if it's really for me, if I'm honest.
30:57No, no, no.
30:58Well, we've tried it.
30:59We've got to...
30:59There's going to be loads of people that love that.
31:01That's quite enough messing about, boys.
31:05We'll get that.
31:06I'll get it loaded up.
31:08With the tandem safely out the way,
31:10our dynamic duo find more sellable items.
31:14Some modest,
31:16others that will be worth a bob or two.
31:19Ooh, Rolex, that's nice.
31:21Not least this 1990s Rolex Oyster wristwatch.
31:25I think we're probably nearly there.
31:27Yeah.
31:28After two hours, the van is filling up nicely.
31:35Well, this can definitely go back on the van with us.
31:37This dates to the early 20th century.
31:40Certificate Sheffield,
31:41the home of steel and silver plates.
31:44And this is a silver-plated cutlery set.
31:47This pattern that you see on it here
31:49is known as King's Pattern.
31:51Developed by brothers John and Henry Lies,
31:55I think it was,
31:55way back in 1820,
31:57and you'll still see it on modern cutlery
31:59being produced today.
32:00You go to a lot of hotels,
32:01you'll see this.
32:02It is almost the standard pattern.
32:05Realistically, this is probably 40 to 80 pounds.
32:07So there we go.
32:08Back to Yorkshire for that one.
32:14Last bit, Nick.
32:19Let them know we're done, but yeah.
32:21Oh, in fact, here they come.
32:22Great.
32:23Try not to tip me off.
32:26I was just about to come and get you
32:27and say we were done,
32:29ready to hit the road.
32:30Well, hopefully we've cleared a bit of space
32:31and it makes life a bit easier.
32:33Yeah.
32:34We've had a good day, haven't we?
32:35Good.
32:35Yeah.
32:36Hopefully we can get some good results
32:38and help with those sort of improvements
32:40and ramps and get you a summer in the garden.
32:44Thank you very much for coming.
32:45No, you're very welcome.
32:45Nice meeting you.
32:47We had a great day.
32:48I'm really excited about seeing all the stuff go.
32:52Hopefully.
32:54And just to the rescue.
32:58Well, we're all done.
32:59We're all loaded up
33:00and we've taken everything of value.
33:03There's some interesting bits.
33:05I'm not sure if there's going to be enough value there.
33:08We'll go through things more in depth
33:09back at the sale room,
33:10but we want to raise as much money as we can.
33:13You need to find a way, Angus,
33:15for this courageous couple,
33:16a big payout at the auction
33:18could truly be life-changing.
33:34Hi, Nick.
33:35Stephen and Clarine's haul of over 150 items
33:39has arrived back at the auction house.
33:41It's a mixed bunch of stuff.
33:46No way, it's Meghan and Harry.
33:48Yeah?
33:49Yeah.
33:49I've not seen one of those before.
33:51This Royal Dalton Harry and Meghan wedding figure set
33:54will hopefully fetch a princely sum on auction day.
33:58Prince Harry looks quite realistic.
33:59I don't know about Meghan.
34:01Everything must be processed in good time
34:04before the sale in three weeks.
34:06Watch your head.
34:11Well, we've got this absolutely fantastic book
34:14called Photograph by Ringo Starr,
34:17the drummer of The Beatles.
34:19He was a very keen photographer,
34:20did a lot of photographs behind the scenes with the band.
34:23You know, this was released in 2013
34:25as a very limited edition.
34:28Only 2,500 of these books were made
34:31and they completely sold out straight away.
34:33Stephen was one of those lucky buyers.
34:36You know, it's a great archive.
34:39All things right through from, obviously,
34:40that crazy time when they were at the heights of their fame.
34:44It even shows images that hadn't been seen before.
34:47Probably get somewhere around about £400 for this.
34:50Excellent condition.
34:51Everything's going for it.
34:53Should sell really well.
34:58Now, this looks interesting, Vanya.
35:00What on earth have you got here?
35:02Senior Valor Vanya is showing trainee Ewan
35:06a fruit bowl Stephen found in a second-hand shop.
35:09It's a gorgeous Royal Crown Derby Old Amari bowl.
35:15A what now?
35:16It's based on a Japanese style of decoration of porcelain.
35:21It comes from...
35:22The place Amari in Japan.
35:25Aha!
35:26It became very popular in the 19th century.
35:29Royal Crown Derby.
35:30It's a very prestigious factory, obviously.
35:32It's all hand-painted.
35:34It's all hand-painted?
35:35Yeah.
35:35Wow.
35:36This is really modern.
35:37And we can tell from the stamp on the base.
35:39You can kind of tell if it's damaged or the quality
35:43by giving it a little...
35:44..little ding.
35:46That...
35:46That sounds like a good ding to me.
35:48Yeah, it's a nice sound, isn't it?
35:49Yeah.
35:50This is in...
35:50It's in really good condition.
35:52I think it'll make the region of £300 to £400.
35:59All of Stephen and Clarine's things
36:02have been entered into the auction catalogue
36:04and some items are getting more attention than others.
36:08We got a lot of interest in this lovely
36:10Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date watch.
36:13Very, very popular.
36:15It's got the correct strap on it.
36:16It's in really, really nice condition.
36:18It's got a lovely green Rolex box
36:20and it's got all the certificates and the proper wallet.
36:23I think it's a really nice package.
36:25We've got it, actually, in at £2,000 to £2,500.
36:28Rolex being the sort of the preeminent
36:30and one of the most collectible watches in the world.
36:33And there's another watch, too.
36:34A late noughties Tag Her Divers watch
36:37that Clarine gave Stephen as a birthday present.
36:41And I think this will do really well on auction day.
36:48OK.
36:49Right, we'll see what we've gotten here, Clarine.
36:53Stephen and Clarine have a modest 21 lots up for grabs.
36:57I'm just wanting to get rid of all the junk.
37:00This is not junk.
37:01Two watches, sir.
37:02The retirement fund, I call it.
37:05It's the Ringo book.
37:07Signed by Ringo.
37:08That should go well, I hope.
37:10We're OK.
37:11We've got a couple of high-priced items in there.
37:13Obviously, the Rolex watch, there's quite a bit of value there.
37:15So we'll see how we get on.
37:16We'll do the best we can.
37:17Oh, here's the Tandem.
37:19And somebody will be driving that over the Yorkshire Dales.
37:21That double bike.
37:23I don't want that coming back.
37:25Today's all about Clarine.
37:27We had to make loads of adjustments in the house.
37:29This is the final chapter to finish it all off
37:33and to get her in the back garden and everything.
37:36Well, the Yorkshire punters are looking lively.
37:40Clarke's Jasper and Charlotte are primed for online bidders.
37:44Joe is ready for phone bids.
37:46And our porter is Kira.
37:49So let's go, Angus.
37:51Do what you are born to do.
37:54Right.
37:55We're on to this wonderful collection.
37:57On Stoke.
37:58First up...
38:00Ah, this is special.
38:02There we go.
38:02Ringo Starr photography book.
38:04There we go.
38:05Good thing there.
38:06We've got a £180 bid.
38:07£190, £200, £210, £20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £70.
38:15It's drumming up a lot of interest.
38:17£300, £320, sir.
38:19£320.
38:20At £320 it is then.
38:21We're all done.
38:22At £320.
38:24A very solid start.
38:26It's not too bad, is it?
38:28Can the next lock keep the wheels turning?
38:32It is the Tandem.
38:33I've got a £60 bid.
38:35It's a start.
38:35At £60 it is, then at £60.
38:37At £60 it is.
38:38£65, £70, £5, £80.
38:42£80 it is, then at £80.
38:43At £80 it is, then at £80.
38:45Hold on.
38:46At £80.
38:48Bang.
38:50Hopefully they're better on it than you and Nick, eh, Angus?
38:55Next, the Mason's pottery lot, including that Harrods cheese bell.
39:00There we go.
39:01Famous pattern there.
39:02£30, let's go.
39:03Should be bid score at that.
39:04£30, yes.
39:05£2, £5, £8, £40, £2, £5, £8, £50, £5, £60, £5, £70, £80.
39:14£80 it's at, then at £80 at £85, £85, £85, £95, £100.
39:20At £100 a bid.
39:21At £100 it is, then at £100 it's all online.
39:23At £100 we're all done.
39:24At £100.
39:25All that car booting's paying off, eh, Stephen?
39:29Not too much, eh, you know?
39:32And over the next 15 minutes, Angus dispatches 40 more of Stephen and Clarine's lots, including...
39:40That's £70 at £70.
39:43That RAF General Service Medal.
39:46At £48.
39:47The Sheffield Silver Plate Cutlery Set and...
39:51Selling at £40.
39:52The Royal Dalton Harry and Meghan Wedding Set.
39:57Dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun.
39:58I forgot half of this stuff.
40:00Up next, the Omari Pattern Bowl Vanya loves so much.
40:05There we go, that's a good thing I've got loads of bids in the free £400 mark.
40:08We're at free £400, £420.
40:11But the internet comes in.
40:13£460, £480, £500, £520, £540, £560.
40:19This is doing well.
40:21£580, £600, £620, we're at.
40:24At £620 it is.
40:25£620, then.
40:27We're all done.
40:27At £620.
40:30Amazing.
40:31That smashed its top estimate.
40:33Very good, very good.
40:35Next, the first of Stephen's wristwatches.
40:38Ah, yeah, I feel.
40:40Right, the tag there, there we go.
40:42£250, £260, £260, £260, £70.
40:45I've got all coming in now.
40:46I'm at £300, £320, sir.
40:48£320, £320, £340, £360, £380, £400, £440, £480, £500, £540, £560, thank you.
40:59£580.
41:00£580, thank you, sir.
41:02£580, net bid at £580.
41:03At £580 it is, then.
41:05At £600, thank you.
41:07That's £600.
41:08£620.
41:10£640.
41:11That's £640, £660.
41:14One of you says yes, one of you says no.
41:17£680, £680, £680, £720.
41:23£720.
41:24Who will blink first?
41:26£820.
41:28I don't want to cause a divorce.
41:32£840?
41:34Yes.
41:35£840.
41:37£860.
41:39We'll find another one.
41:41Come back another day, we'll get one.
41:42£860, at £860 it is, then.
41:44£860, a net bid at £860.
41:49Yeap.
41:50Amazing.
41:51Almost twice its estimate.
41:54Hey, how about that?
41:55Right, how about that?
41:57And there's still one item left.
42:01Right, the lot you've all been waiting for.
42:04The Rolex Oyster there.
42:06We open at £2,100 on commission.
42:08At £2,100.
42:09£2,000.
42:10£2,150.
42:11£2,250.
42:12£2,3.
42:13£2,3 and bid.
42:14£2,3.
42:15£2,350.
42:15£2,4.
42:16£2,4.
42:17£2,450 bid.
42:18£2,5.
42:19We've got a phone waiting, £2,550.
42:21£2,550 on the phone at £2,550.
42:24At £2,6.
42:25£2,650.
42:26The phone bidder is out.
42:29At £2,6.
42:30At £2,6.
42:31We're all one for the watch.
42:32It's going to sell at £2,600.
42:35£2,650.
42:36We knew it was one to, er, watch.
42:39Very good, eh?
42:41I'll say.
42:42That's you done.
42:44Stephen and Clarine have had some very good results.
42:48It's all over.
42:50But have they made enough to pay for their vital garden revamp?
42:55Hello.
42:55Hello, Angus.
42:56Are we all right?
42:57Yes, fine, thank you.
42:59How was that for you?
43:00Oh, it was good.
43:01Enjoyed it.
43:02Yeah?
43:02Very good, yeah.
43:03Just about everything sold.
43:04There were a couple of people keen on the watches.
43:06Yeah, oh, yes.
43:07No, two watches did well.
43:09Well, after fees, you'll be taking home £4,040.
43:13Right.
43:13Oh, brilliant.
43:14Great.
43:15It's really good, isn't it?
43:16Yeah.
43:16You've done us proud.
43:19We're chuffed, and we've earned a bit, a few quid.
43:22Certainly, yes.
43:23I didn't think we'd make that much.
43:25No.
43:25We'll make life easier.
43:28I think we did really well.
43:29Actually, overall, we exceeded expectations.
43:31You know, it's been a tough time for them.
43:33£4,000.
43:34That's really going to help make the house a little bit more suitable for us and help them
43:39going forward.
43:39Bye-bye.
43:41Yeah.
43:57Bye-bye.
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