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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.
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 it.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32..he's taking on even more jam-packed homes...
00:34Oh, there'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?
00:44Not too bad.
00:47..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:51No.
00:52..and family heirloos.
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.
01:03..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06..at 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir.
01:09You do.
01:10..he delivers a fantastic...
01:12..2,000 pounds.
01:15..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19..bonanza.
01:20..I like it when it goes up like that.
01:38..Borada, Millie.
01:40Sorry?
01:40We're off to Wales.
01:41We're off to Wales?
01:42I've never been to Wales before.
01:43That's how you say good morning in Wales.
01:45Every day's a school day with Angus.
01:47He's taking Millie on a four-hour drive
01:49to the north Welsh town of Denby.
01:53Are some of these really old?
01:55No, they're new.
01:56All the old books are down the bottom.
01:58The Histories of the Incas, his.
02:02The Railway Children, mine.
02:04They're meeting Simon and best pal Sue
02:07at the home Simon shared with his partner, Andre.
02:11This is Andre when he was young, Oxford.
02:14He's got dark hair.
02:15He's got his degree in French and Ancient Greek.
02:19I met Andre in 1989.
02:22I was 23, he was 46, so it drives me age,
02:27but we'd gone really well right from the beginning.
02:30It was his humour.
02:32The couple lived happily together in London for 15 years
02:35until Andre retired from his job
02:38in the civil service in 2004.
02:41We thought, well, should we get another house?
02:43So we went everywhere.
02:45We went up to Hadrian's Wall.
02:47There was a house there that he wanted to have a look at.
02:49There's one in Scotland.
02:50And then we came down and saw this.
02:52It just fitted us.
02:54It was perfect.
02:55This was going to be our forever home.
02:58For five years, the couple lived out
03:00their rural retirement dream
03:02until Andre's health took a turn for the worse.
03:06We knew that there was something wrong
03:08and it was dementia.
03:10Early stages, I didn't know anything about it.
03:13But I thought, right, let's go work in a dementia home.
03:17I'll then have a better idea of what I'm going to be facing.
03:21Simon took on a role in a local care home
03:23where he met Sue, who worked there too.
03:26I met Simon and Andre about 15 years ago
03:31and we've just become really good friends, haven't we?
03:34The residents, when he came to work, absolutely loved him.
03:39I learnt so much.
03:40It was a lovely job.
03:42As Andre's health deteriorated over the next few years,
03:46Simon became his full-time carer at home.
03:49The thing that happens with dementia
03:51is that you lose somebody bit by bit.
03:55I didn't have my supportive partner anymore.
03:58Not his fault.
03:59I had somebody that, like a child, needed my help.
04:03You made that man's life really happy right till the last moment.
04:08He died at home.
04:10Sent me off to make a cup of tea,
04:12fell asleep and died in his sleep.
04:16That was really difficult,
04:17but Andre was not the same man he was when I met him.
04:24It's three months since Simon lost the love of his life,
04:27but he's ready to begin the next chapter with a house move.
04:31I put it on the market on a Friday.
04:33Ten days later, it's sold.
04:35I had bought her a bungalow.
04:37It's all happened so quickly.
04:39With a downsize imminent
04:41and a lifetime of his and Andre's things to move on,
04:45Simon knew exactly who to call.
04:48Right, here we are.
04:49There it is.
04:50Oh, wow.
04:51And Blessing has managed to keep a space for us.
04:53What I wanted is a proper auction.
04:55It's a way of safely getting rid of something
04:58that's going to be treasured.
05:00This looks nice, Millie.
05:02Yeah.
05:09Hello.
05:10Hi.
05:10How are we doing?
05:12You all right?
05:12Very well, thank you.
05:14We'll go to the kitchen.
05:20What an incredible house.
05:22Thank you very much.
05:23I'm guessing we're looking at the whole house, are we?
05:25Yes, I think so.
05:26Right from the attic down to the ground floor.
05:29Do you want to come and look?
05:30Yeah, I'd love to.
05:31Millie, do you want to...?
05:32I think I'm going to need some boxes.
05:33Do you want to get those?
05:34I'll go and look for the dogs while you two go and look.
05:36There's so much.
05:37Thank you, Sue.
05:38The home is stuffed with potential goodies to sort through,
05:42so Angus and Millie haven't a moment to lose.
05:45Is this to go, Simon?
05:46Yeah.
05:48I mean, a tripod table, very handy because the top tilts up.
05:52You can push it to one side.
05:53It doesn't take up that much space.
05:55But the interesting thing about this table is this,
05:58this square thing here with these lovely columns on it,
06:02and then we call that a birdcage.
06:04It literally does that.
06:05Yeah.
06:0920 years ago, the market for this sort of furniture was massive now,
06:13not so much, but it's a wonderful thing.
06:17Hopefully this Georgian birdcage table doesn't go cheap.
06:22Right, shall we go upstairs then?
06:24There are four floors and 42 steps here, Angus.
06:28Upstairs sitting room.
06:29So get used to them.
06:31You'll get a proper workout today.
06:33Here we are.
06:35Wow, I love this house.
06:36So anything we can really take out of here?
06:39The Folio Society books.
06:40Yes.
06:40I don't know there.
06:41No, Folio Society, they still sell really well.
06:44London publishing house, the Folio Society,
06:47is known for producing high-quality,
06:50illustrated hardback editions of classic books.
06:54It's quite a collection you've got.
06:55Yes, Andre, love to collect them.
06:57OK, we'll get a lot of books shifted.
07:00There are more than 250 Folio Society books heading to auction
07:05that will be split into three lots,
07:07the largest of which will contain 16 boxes of classic novels.
07:13I'll leave you to do your job.
07:16Thanks.
07:17What a house.
07:18We're going to have to work really hard today.
07:20There's going to be a lot of packing, a lot of heavy lifting,
07:22a lot of stairs.
07:23Me and Millie are going to be busy.
07:27Um, so I'm guessing no time to take the weight of your feet, then.
07:32Isn't this just wonderful?
07:34Ah, as you were.
07:36It's hard to date exactly, but this style of thing,
07:39sort of 16th-17th century, and it's a lockbox.
07:43Sometimes called Nuremberg boxes,
07:46after the German city they originated from,
07:48these portable safes were used by high-society folk
07:52for stashing valuables.
07:54And that would have been the cash box of the day, if you like.
07:58This one, it looks as if it's possibly come out of a church.
08:01When you look at the painting,
08:02and actually the most elaborate bit is the bit you don't see,
08:05is the locking mechanism inside.
08:07They were elaborate mechanisms designed to fool any would-be robbers
08:13and keep everything safe.
08:14But I just think it is a beautiful thing.
08:15Could be a couple of hundred pounds I would have thought.
08:18Wow!
08:19And it could be over 500 years old.
08:21Good spot, Angus.
08:23We can definitely find a home for that.
08:28Oh, hey, Millie.
08:29Finding some nice bits?
08:30Yes, lots of nice silver.
08:31Anything in particular caught your eye?
08:33Well, I always love a Vesta case,
08:35and this is quite a nice example.
08:36The Vesta cases took their name from Vesta,
08:39the Roman goddess of the hearth.
08:41They had gods for everything.
08:43The cases were used to carry matches
08:45and were a popular accessory in Victorian Britain.
08:48They were a practical thing, weren't they?
08:50You keep your matches inside, take one out,
08:52and then they have a little strike on the bottom.
08:53Of course, everybody smoked in that period, didn't they?
08:56So you needed matches.
08:57This one was probably one that was designed to wear
08:59outside your pocket.
09:00So it has a hook here, so it would have hung.
09:03This 19th century Vesta case
09:05will be paired with a matching cigarette case
09:08from the same Birmingham silversmith.
09:11This is all adding up.
09:12What are your plans for the money
09:14that Angus raises for you, Simon?
09:16When Andre's mum died,
09:18we went to Guernsey with his mum's ashes.
09:20We've got lovely, funny pictures of him
09:23with the urn under his shoulders going,
09:25oh, she liked this area.
09:27I think it's a two-handful one.
09:29So I thought, do the circle,
09:32the rest of his mum's ashes and all of Andre's.
09:35Back to Guernsey.
09:37And, you know, with the auction,
09:38I can actually afford without worrying too much.
09:42I'd like to have it on video
09:43when you go to Guernsey
09:44and you've got a pumpkin shoved under your arm
09:46and you're scattering poor Andre all around Guernsey.
09:48He would have loved it, wouldn't he?
09:50You know that.
09:51And they'll be together
09:52and it'll just be a nice full stop.
09:56And it's the reason why...
09:57Ah, this is really heavy, Mil...
10:00..over the next four hours...
10:02I don't know what this is, but it'll go with the games.
10:06Millie and Angus hunt...
10:10..take...
10:11Hey, Millie.
10:12Hello.
10:12Got my pig.
10:14..and load with the ambition
10:16of eventually raising Simon as much money as they can.
10:19There's lots of things.
10:20Millie's doing a brilliant job
10:22and I'll get my step exercise in.
10:26Back and load.
10:27Back and load.
10:28Keep going.
10:32After the smaller stuff is put on the van...
10:37..attention turns to the bigger stuff.
10:39And under that little leg there.
10:41Kick you back straight.
10:43Right, just push her in there.
10:47There's just time for one last sweep.
10:50What about the garden?
10:51Ooh.
10:53What have we got here?
10:55No idea, Angus.
10:56You're going to have to tell us.
10:58I think it's rhubarb foursome.
11:00Now, rhubarb foursome is usually
11:02sort of a terracotta dome with a lid on it.
11:04And it's for forcing rhubarb.
11:07But what is forced rhubarb?
11:08Well, it's grown in a dark, controlled environment,
11:12so it grows earlier in the season
11:13than traditional rhubarb does.
11:15And it's pinker in colour and sweeter in flavour.
11:19So there is a big difference
11:20between forced rhubarb and unforced.
11:22But people love rhubarb forces,
11:24even if they don't grow rhubarb,
11:26because they're just nice garden features.
11:29The classic terracotta rhubarb forces,
11:32they can do anywhere up to a couple of hundred pounds each.
11:35This is a bit more decorative,
11:36but it's also a bit more modern.
11:38So I think 70 to 100 on this, maybe.
11:41It's a nice, nice thing.
11:42A great find. Get it on the van.
11:47We are done.
11:51Wow.
11:52This is wonderful. Thank you so much.
11:55Obviously, we haven't cleared the whole house.
11:57We couldn't get any more on the van, to be honest.
11:59Hopefully, it's been a big step in the right direction for you.
12:02Oh, absolutely.
12:03I mean, it's been very...
12:05It's daunting.
12:05This is exactly what you wanted.
12:07Oh, absolutely.
12:09No, no, you're very welcome.
12:10We'll hit the road.
12:12Okay.
12:12And we'll see you up in Yorkshire.
12:14Sure are, then.
12:16So, now they've gone, I can start moving and then go to the auction.
12:22Yes.
12:23That would be exciting.
12:24Well, it does.
12:24I'm not going to go to that.
12:27It's been a long, long day and a lot of steps,
12:30but as much as we've physically grafted today,
12:32the work starts back at the sale room.
12:34And actually, this is going to involve the whole team,
12:36because we've got books, we've got furniture.
12:39There's all sorts.
12:40Let's get back to Yorkshire now.
12:41Yep, you get back to Yorkshire,
12:44where the team will need to pull out all the stops
12:46if we're going to help Andre and Simon return to Guernsey.
13:06We've got quite a full van today.
13:08Good, good.
13:09It's what we like.
13:09Simon and his late partner Andre's things
13:12have landed safely in North Yorkshire.
13:15Oh, looks like there's some decent things there.
13:18It all needs to be photographed and catalogued
13:21in plenty of time before the big day.
13:25Use your fingers.
13:26Yep, got it.
13:36That's really sweet.
13:37Is it an old music box?
13:39Well, it's not actually an old one.
13:40I think this one's 1950s.
13:42It's a Swiss-made one.
13:44And it's quite cool, though,
13:45because it comes with all kinds of different tunes.
13:47Like records?
13:48They're a really simple technology.
13:50So they basically got a whole series of prongs on the back,
13:53which are all finely tuned to different notes.
13:56This comes from a company called Rouge.
13:58Their heyday was the 19th century.
13:59Obviously, with the introduction of the gramophone
14:01and then later record technology,
14:03you know, these things fell out of favour a lot.
14:05But then what you find is that sort of
14:07just after the Second World War, 1950s, that kind of time,
14:11there was a real resurgence and a real revival of interest
14:14in clockwork technology more generally,
14:16but music boxes in particular.
14:18And they became kind of like a luxurious gift.
14:21It's very well made.
14:22It's in nice condition as well, isn't it?
14:23It is.
14:24I can't really see much in the way of damage.
14:26So I put somewhere in the region of 40 to 60.
14:28It might do a little bit more.
14:29That's a bit different, isn't it?
14:31Yeah.
14:37These are great, aren't they, Mark?
14:38I mean, they're just fantastic.
14:40Classic board games, you know, Monopoly, Scrabble, and Cluedo.
14:43But, I mean, these are super deluxe editions, aren't they?
14:46These aren't the ordinary game.
14:48I don't think there's any household in the country
14:50that hasn't had Monopoly in it.
14:51It was actually, in its earliest form,
14:53created by Elizabeth Maggie,
14:55although it was called Landlord's Game.
14:58American inventor Elizabeth Maggie
15:01first patented the Landlord's Game
15:04designed to demonstrate the dangerous economic effects
15:07of land monopolism in 1903.
15:10And then a gentleman called Charles Darrow
15:12played at a dinner party.
15:13He kind of went away, tweaked it,
15:15and presented it as is completely his own original idea,
15:19which it wasn't fully.
15:20And he sold it to Parker Brothers, the games company.
15:23It was released in 1935,
15:25and it did a couple of hundred thousand sales.
15:28In 36, it went on to sell over 1.7 million sets.
15:32And this particular board is made by Franklin Mint,
15:36who paired with Parker Brothers
15:38to create limited edition versions of their games.
15:42This board, with a solid hardwood mahogany finish,
15:45was released in 1991.
15:47With its unique velvet-lined drawers,
15:50silver and gold-plated pieces,
15:52it made this one of the most premium sets on the market.
15:56Three nice sets of these, three lots.
15:59Yeah.
15:59Put one to 200 on that one.
16:00Yep.
16:01And the other two, 80 to 120, something like that.
16:05Well, if we get time later, we'll...
16:07We can have a go, can't we?
16:14Come on, my darling.
16:16Hey, at least it's stopped learning.
16:17You're going to enjoy this show.
16:18Simon and Sue have travelled up with Bulldog Ronnie
16:21for the big day.
16:26Oh, in the hallway.
16:28I don't even know what was brought.
16:30That's mine.
16:32Really interesting job.
16:33I had a great time doing this.
16:34A fantastic mix of items.
16:36They've got lovely memories.
16:37They really have, but they've not been played with.
16:41I think things will sell well,
16:42but, you know, is there a market for the board games?
16:44I'd like to think there is.
16:45Oh, I remember that.
16:47Yeah.
16:48I hold up great hopes for this.
16:49Let me get the checkbooks in there.
16:51I'm really excited about that little strongbox.
16:54We've had loads of pre-sale inquiries on that,
16:56so I'm quietly confident.
16:58Andre just loves to leave.
17:00When he was young, he didn't have that many books,
17:02and so when he got older, that's why we had just a few books.
17:07So many books.
17:08Good morning.
17:09How are you doing?
17:10How are you doing? You all right?
17:11I bought the doggy as well.
17:13And we're looking forward to it.
17:14Oh, so much, really, I am.
17:16We've just looked round and just kind of go,
17:19oh, yes, yeah, that is.
17:20And that looks nicer, you know.
17:22Well, I'll see you up on the roster, Manon.
17:24We're looking forward to it.
17:25Bye.
17:26Take care.
17:28It's going to be good, isn't it?
17:30Andre would be having a ball.
17:32He would be having a laugh.
17:34He would have been enjoying all of this.
17:36And it's a positive memory about Andre.
17:40So, hopefully, millions.
17:44Shall we see?
17:45We'll keep everything cross for you, Simon.
17:48There are 74 lots in the sale,
17:50and watching online bids are Vanya and Charlotte.
17:54There's two phone bidders waiting, too,
17:57with Joe and Mark holding the fort.
17:59Get your wallets at the ready, people.
18:02It's auction time!
18:05Is yours on?
18:06Let me just re-sync that.
18:08There we go.
18:09Feels like it's ages since I've done an auction.
18:11Right, we've gone to this wonderful collection
18:13from North Wales.
18:14There we go.
18:16Borodar.
18:17Borodar.
18:17Can Angus ignite this sale with lot number one?
18:21The Victorian silver vesta with matching cigarette case.
18:25Two nice bits there, aren't they?
18:27There we go.
18:28£28.
18:28£32.
18:29£5.
18:29£8.
18:30£38 bid.
18:31£42.
18:31£5.
18:32£45 a bid at £45.
18:34It is done at £45.
18:35£8.
18:35£50.
18:35£55.
18:37£60.
18:38£8.
18:38£65.
18:39Net bid at £65.
18:41We're all done at £65.
18:44£70.
18:45£70 in the room at £70.
18:47Selling at £70.
18:49Simon and Sue are off the mark.
18:52Now do.
18:53Yeah?
18:54Now, who fancies making a solid investment in this next lot?
18:58There's Monopoly and there's Monopoly.
19:00This is the special collector's edition Monopoly.
19:03We open at £110.
19:05At £110 for the Monopoly set.
19:07£120.
19:07£130.
19:08At £130 it is.
19:09Then at £130.
19:10£140.
19:11Commissions are out.
19:12At £140.
19:12The Monopoly set there.
19:14Selling at £140.
19:17Once upon a time you could buy a house on the old Kent Road for that.
19:21Do you know, the prices on the Monopoly board haven't changed since 1935.
19:26There's more fun and games next as Angus rolls the dice on another 12 lots, including...
19:33We're all done at £170.
19:36The collector's edition Cluedo.
19:39At £190.
19:41The deluxe edition Scrabble.
19:44And...
19:45At £440.
19:47An imperial jeweled chess set.
19:52Lovely.
19:53Right.
19:54Who fancies a read with pictures?
19:56Because we've got 16 boxes of Folio Society Classics up next.
20:01That's over 200 books.
20:03These'll tide you over for a weekend.
20:05Huge.
20:06It's a library full.
20:07There we go.
20:08£400 bid.
20:09£420.
20:10£440.
20:10£460.
20:11£480.
20:12£500 and bid.
20:13Let's go.
20:13£20.
20:14£520 and bid.
20:15£540.
20:15£560.
20:16£560 and bid.
20:17£580.
20:18Three of you.
20:18£600, thank you.
20:19£620, it's at.
20:20£640.
20:21Let's go now.
20:22It's a lot there for your money.
20:23That's £640.
20:24The library of Folios.
20:25That's £640 it is.
20:27Then we're all done.
20:28That's £640.
20:29£640.
20:32Sold to a bookworm in Aylesbury.
20:34And when the other two lots of Folio Society come under the gavel...
20:38At 110.
20:40It's more good news for Simon.
20:43£170.
20:44As they both smash their top estimates.
20:48I'm going to have to start breathing in a minute, aren't I?
20:51Now, any budding gardeners fancy forking out for this?
20:55Oh, I love this.
20:57The rhubarb forcer.
20:59Wonderful.
20:59Will open at £120.
21:01£120.
21:02£130.
21:03£140.
21:03£150.
21:04£160.
21:04£170.
21:05£180.
21:06Commissions are out.
21:07£190 it is.
21:07This is doing well.
21:09£200.
21:10£200 a bid at £200.
21:11At £210.
21:12Superb piece, this.
21:13At £220 it is.
21:14Then at £230.
21:16£240.
21:16£250.
21:17At £250.
21:18£260.
21:19£270.
21:21£280.
21:21£290.
21:22£300.
21:23£320.
21:24£340.
21:25£360.
21:26£380.
21:26£400.
21:27£420.
21:28£440.
21:29£60.
21:30£80.
21:30£500.
21:32Thank you, sir.
21:34At £500 for the beehive, rhubarb forcer.
21:37Apparently it gives a real nice honey colour to the rhubarb, this one.
21:40At £500, selling it at £500.
21:43Five times its highest estimate.
21:46The sale of this rhubarb forcer certainly didn't crumble.
21:50£500.
21:51£500.
21:53And we're far from finished yet, chaps, because over the next 45 minutes,
21:57another 62 lots come under Angus's gavel.
22:01Including...
22:02At £75.
22:04The 1950s Swiss music box and...
22:08Selling at £50.
22:10The tripod table with birdcage mechanism.
22:16Wonderful.
22:17Which brings us safely to the final lot.
22:20Lovely little strong box.
22:22Lot of interest in this.
22:23Got phone bid.
22:24I've got commission bids galore and the internet's raced off.
22:26We're at £800.
22:28£800.
22:29Opening bid at £800 and bid.
22:30£800?
22:32£820, £840, £840, £860.
22:34£880, fresh bid.
22:36£880 it is.
22:37I've got two phone lines waiting.
22:38At £880, you both on this, yes?
22:40£900 for you.
22:42£900 on the phone.
22:43£920, £940.
22:45Between the phone and the internet, we've got a line waiting.
22:47£960, £980.
22:50£980, £980.
22:51Phone at £980.
22:54Line two's out.
22:55It's the phone line one on the internet.
22:57You're hovering.
22:58I'm going to have to hurry you.
22:59£1,000 bid.
23:00And £50.
23:01£1,050.
23:02It's on the phone.
23:03Room's out.
23:04Line two's out.
23:05Govel's going up.
23:06Final call at £1,050.
23:10At more than five times its top estimate,
23:13the strongbox has surely secured Simon a tip-top total.
23:18Wow.
23:18I should have put two.
23:19I'm glad.
23:20I didn't talk you into giving it me.
23:22That's so good for you.
23:24I'll ask for that back.
23:25That completes your job, thank you.
23:27Simon wants to put his takings towards a trip to Guernsey
23:30to scatter his late partner, Andre's ashes.
23:34And after such a stonking sale,
23:36he might be able to travel in style.
23:50What was that?
23:51I don't know how you do it.
23:53We're tired watching it.
23:55It's so true.
23:57You do work hard.
23:58Well, it's nice when you've got really nice stuff to sell.
24:00It makes my job easy.
24:01That little strongbox, which I loved.
24:03Yeah.
24:04Bidders from Germany, Italy.
24:06All over the world.
24:07That was my favourite.
24:08Was that the big surprise for you?
24:09Oh, totally.
24:10Totally.
24:11It was just a little tin box.
24:13Overall, pleased?
24:14Ecstatic, really.
24:15Well, after a feast, you'll be taking home £6,031.
24:19Wow.
24:20Wow.
24:21We were having a guess to see how much it was.
24:24Well, I was about £1,200, so I was a little bit out.
24:28Thank you for doing it.
24:29You're absolutely welcome.
24:30It's been an absolute pleasure.
24:31We've really enjoyed it, so thank you.
24:34I know Andre would have thoroughly enjoyed being here.
24:38And then what's gone, it's gone to other people that are going to enjoy it.
24:42Absolutely delighted for Simon.
24:44Really pleased that money's going to help him have that really important trip to Guernsey
24:48to spread his late partner's ashes, so just a really good day with interesting items
24:53that sold well, so we couldn't ask for better.
25:05Right, Jack, we've got a long drive ahead of us.
25:07Yeah, where are we off to?
25:09London.
25:10Oh, God.
25:11The big smoke.
25:12Yeah.
25:13Driving in London's another matter, isn't it?
25:15I mean, it's just...
25:17It's actually an hour to a mile.
25:19Chin up, lads.
25:21You've got five hours to steel yourself before you even get close to that famous London traffic.
25:27It's money from all around the world.
25:32They're meeting former art shop owner and Polish-born Bea.
25:37It's 45 years of memories in here.
25:40My children, they don't want this stuff.
25:43I was born in Warsaw.
25:45I lived, well, 18 years in Warsaw.
25:47So then I came to London, I met Italian men, so I marry him.
25:53The marriage didn't last, but it did result in two children.
25:57My daughter got married recently.
26:00She's got already two boys.
26:02They are rascals.
26:03And my son is living in Cornwall.
26:06He's got a little girl.
26:08They are beautiful.
26:09All of my grandchildren, they are beautiful.
26:11I bet they just love your things.
26:14Lots for them to, er, get their little paws on.
26:17Just a couple of weeks ago, I've been to the car boots.
26:21I love car boots.
26:22I love it.
26:24So, whenever I can, I go there.
26:27It's a lot of silver.
26:30Musical instruments.
26:31All the bricks abroad.
26:33It's from everywhere.
26:34My daughter is telling me, you are a hoarder.
26:37You're supposed to throw away everything.
26:40Ah, OK.
26:42Hence the call to Angus, I'm guessing.
26:44My mum passed last year.
26:46And I had to clear all her house.
26:50I don't want my children to go through the same.
26:54Understood, Bea.
26:56Well, Angus is your man.
26:58I will be sad when the stuff's gone.
27:00But the memory is inside.
27:04And it's in my head.
27:07Squeeze in here.
27:08There, I think, Jack, glass up.
27:10Glass, nice, nice.
27:13All this stuff, I hope somebody else will like it.
27:24I'm good.
27:25Hello.
27:26Hi.
27:26You must be Bea.
27:28Yes, I am.
27:29Excellent.
27:29I brought Jack with Bea.
27:30Hi, nice to meet you.
27:31Come inside.
27:32Thank you very much.
27:38Well, well, we made it into London.
27:41And how is it that we can help today?
27:43I don't want to leave this stuff for my children.
27:48Yeah.
27:49So how many children?
27:50Two.
27:50And grandchildren, yeah?
27:51Yes.
27:52So a bit of space would be nice, wouldn't it, if the grandchildren's come across?
27:55They couldn't come here.
27:57Yes.
27:58Because I was scared that as children they want to touch, run, play the ball, and it was nightmare.
28:06Yeah.
28:06So if we can clear you a bit of space.
28:07Yes, please.
28:08And is it sort of just the bits down here that we're looking at?
28:11All here.
28:12Yes.
28:12First floor.
28:13Okay.
28:14Why don't we go and have a look?
28:16Jack, do you want to start going through these bits and see what we can take?
28:19And then, yeah, we'll see what we can do.
28:22You lead on, Bea.
28:23I will.
28:28Yeah?
28:29Oh, wow.
28:30Okay.
28:32What's to go in here?
28:33Everything.
28:34Everything.
28:34Everything.
28:35I promise we'll try and clear as much space as we can.
28:38It's not going to be everything, but we will do our best.
28:41Oh, dear.
28:42That's all right, the clocks.
28:44You've got a horse one and an elephant, which it's a 20th century one, a modern one.
28:49This is what we call sort of a drumhead clock.
28:51Very typical of the late Victorian period.
28:54You know, at that time, the Far East was a huge influence.
28:58So that's typical of that period, sort of the 1900s and sort of those influences coming back.
29:02We'd sell those individually.
29:04If it was a proper Victorian one, then it'd be quite a bit of money, but it's a 20th century
29:09one.
29:09So it's still a nice thing, though, so that'll be okay.
29:13Next stop, the stairs.
29:15Bea has over 70 pieces of art in her home.
29:18I hate it.
29:19I mean, I don't even know how I'm going to get to that one.
29:21Never mind, you know.
29:23I don't want to take things that I can't sell for you.
29:25I go up.
29:26Can't have you risking your neck for a picture.
29:28No, don't worry.
29:31I will get a few pictures, but they won't all be gone, okay?
29:36Oh, Bea, what are we going to do?
29:38Just take it.
29:41You're pulling on my heartstrings now, you know, but I've got to think of my head.
29:45Oh, dear.
29:46Looks like you've got your work cut out, Angus.
29:49It's really tricky.
29:50Bea's lovely, but I can't take things that I'm going to sell.
29:53You know, I've got to think of my head, not my heart, and, you know, we've got to advise the
29:57client properly.
29:58You know, there's no point just taking things if I don't think we can sell it,
30:00because if it doesn't sell, there's a charge.
30:02So that's why I use my knowledge and expertise of the market to make that decision.
30:07We will make an impact.
30:08It might not be everything that Bea wants to go, but it's a major start.
30:13It's a major start.
30:17Angus does take some paintings, though, on Bea's insistence, including this big fella.
30:24A homage to 16th-century Flemish painter Willem van Hecht and his famous depiction of the gallery of Cornelius van
30:33der Heijst.
30:34Some of his originals have been known to sell for up to 300,000 in auction.
30:39This will go for a little less, but Bea should at least be happy Angus is taking it.
30:45We don't want her feeling the blues.
30:48Ah, there we go.
30:50Bea's got some musical instruments, and this is the saxophone.
30:53The saxophone was developed in the 1840s by Adolf Sax, a Belgian chap, musical instrument maker,
31:01and that's kind of where it was born, and it's become an absolute classic.
31:06It's an iconic instrument.
31:07This was made in Czechoslovakia.
31:09It's on the lower sort of value of saxophones.
31:13Some of them can be worth a lot of money.
31:15Some of the top-end ones can be into the thousands.
31:17This isn't going to be like that.
31:18You know, it's probably sort of 50 to 100.
31:21But more importantly, it'll clear be some space.
31:24So, a good thing, a good standalone lot, and hopefully somebody will be paying the blues.
31:31The van is starting to fill up.
31:33We've got a lot away, you know?
31:35We've got a lot of stuff, so hopefully she's all right.
31:39Yeah, tri-dimensional chess.
31:40I've sold one of those before.
31:42They're OK.
31:42And some space is clearing in the house.
31:45That's...
31:46Can go on the van, dude.
31:48What would make her day is finding a heavy hitter.
31:51How are you getting on, Jack?
31:52Found much or...?
31:54Uh, yep.
31:54Found this little box of treasures.
31:57Box of treasures.
31:58I like the sound of that, Jack.
31:59Uh, jewellery and coins.
32:02But there is an interesting little bag in there.
32:05Ooh, you tease, Jack.
32:07Yeah.
32:08Sovereigns.
32:09Yes, but not just sovereigns.
32:11Ooh, you big tease, Jack.
32:13So we've got one, two, three sovereigns.
32:16Italian gold coin and a pendant mount.
32:18Ooh, that one's a bit different.
32:19Yep, so that's called an Iranian pavli.
32:21Right, so that was around the 1940s it was made.
32:24It's about the same as a sovereign, but it's a golden coin.
32:27Pallavi coins were the official gold coins
32:30of pre-revolution Iran from 1926 to 1979.
32:34They had remarkably intricate designs
32:37for such a small surface area.
32:39A regal portrait on one side
32:41and symbolic Persian emblems on the other.
32:44Gold price being what it is,
32:46I mean, it's probably going to be a similar price to a sovereign.
32:49Woo-hoo!
32:50As well as the Pallavi coin,
32:53B has several English gold sovereign coins
32:56from the early and mid-20th century,
32:58which could really top up that total on auction day.
33:02You can't beat a bit of gold, to be honest.
33:03Yeah.
33:04Well done, Jack.
33:05Perfect.
33:05Golden, Jack.
33:06Golden.
33:08For another three hours,
33:09the boys hunt,
33:12investigate...
33:12We've got some instruments we can do something with,
33:14the clocks we can do something with.
33:17Wrap!
33:21Pack and load.
33:25It's 45 years of my life.
33:27It's not easy,
33:29but it has to go.
33:31Well, don't worry, B.
33:32B, the boys have finished
33:34and your ordeal is over.
33:41B, we're all done.
33:43Good.
33:43I know you wanted everything gone,
33:45but hopefully we've made a big impact.
33:46I mean, there's more space here.
33:48So, hopefully we've got a big step forward.
33:52Well, me and Jack will hit the road.
33:53We'll get back up to that Yorkshire.
33:55We'll see you on sale, though.
33:56Thank you very much.
33:57Yeah, thank you.
33:58Dobre.
33:58That's the only Polish word I know.
34:00Jinkoje.
34:01Jinkoje.
34:02What's that mean?
34:03Oh, jinkoje.
34:06Thanks.
34:07Bye.
34:08OK, bye.
34:09Bye.
34:10Well, we're done.
34:10We're going to navigate our way out of London
34:12and back up to Yorkshire,
34:13but, you know, we've made some space,
34:15but we have got some bits of value.
34:17We've got the gold coins,
34:17so hopefully she's happy.
34:20And it's going to get back now,
34:21get it all castled, photographs,
34:22and light it up for sale
34:23and do the best we can.
34:25If you don't want to hear more cries of
34:27WESCHTO, WESCHTO,
34:28that's take it, take it in Polish,
34:31you'd better get all hands to the pump
34:33between now and auction day.
34:35WESCHTO, WESCHTO, WESCHTO, WESCHTO.
34:49Good morning, the Yorkshire Auction House.
34:52It's been a week since Angus got back
34:54to Kirby Moor's side with Bea's belongings.
34:57That's quite cool.
34:58And the team have been busy researching
35:00and valuing it all for auction.
35:04because this has intrigued me now
35:06so we've got a nice little mixed lot of silver here
35:09nice little dish nice little pin tray
35:11but the most interesting thing is probably this little golf spoon
35:15absolutely charming
35:16a really really nice quality thing
35:19and it was probably made as a gift
35:21these things were often given as prizes on golf days
35:24so it might be the longest shot
35:25you might have hit a hole in one
35:27we can tell from the maker's mark on here
35:30this was made by the famous Mappin and Webb
35:32very very good silver makers
35:35founded in 1775 Mappin and Webb
35:38has been making silverware and jewellery for 250 years
35:43and is also currently the crown jeweller for the king
35:46responsible for maintenance of the crown jewels
35:49you know it's a really good one
35:51because it's very very nice quality
35:53and this one's nice because it's actually from 1929
35:56so you know it's a reasonably old thing
35:58the spoon will be offered with a silver dish
36:01and a silver pin tray
36:03very very nice little lot
36:14hello
36:14hello
36:15yeah is this one for the next sale?
36:16it is yeah
36:16some violins we know can make a lot of money
36:18we do
36:19but it's the maker's name
36:20you can hardly see it just in there
36:22Benoit
36:23Benoit Fleury made his name as a violin maker
36:27in 18th century Paris
36:29when France was at the epicentre of Europe's Age of Enlightenment
36:33a period of scientific, cultural and intellectual revolution
36:37now violins by this maker can make huge amounts of money
36:41I'm talking tens of thousands
36:43wait, what?
36:45I think we're going to put it in at a very low estimate
36:47because the condition
36:48it's split there
36:50yeah
36:50huge chunk out there
36:52huge chunks out there
36:53so it's what I would call a speculative lot
36:56so what kind of person would buy it in this condition?
36:58it might be a specialist violin dealer that buys it
37:02because they can do the work that costs money
37:04but they've got the skills and expertise to do that
37:06to add value so then they can retail it for a higher price
37:09it's very much come and buy me
37:10I wouldn't be surprised if it does a good price
37:13you're optimistic?
37:14yeah
37:22yeah
37:23Bea has come up from London
37:24hoping her first experience of Yorkshire
37:27will be as good as our Angus promised
37:30Italy, this is mine, this is mine
37:32this, this
37:33I didn't see them for 10 years
37:35she's got a really interesting mix of items
37:38she's got some really good jewellery
37:40with sovereigns
37:41gold prices are high
37:42they're going to sell really well
37:43some real value there
37:45this one is mine
37:46pictures
37:47going to be very hit and miss
37:49so that might be the struggle
37:50I'm optimistic though
37:52and she's got that violin
37:53very, very good maker
37:54the conditions against it
37:55but I think potentially
37:56it should be a pretty good day
37:58I need to declutter my stuff
38:00so
38:00I hope somebody will find
38:03something that
38:04they like
38:05I like this stuff
38:07but
38:07I hope somebody will like it too
38:09well let's see
38:11there are over 50 lots in the sale
38:14and watching online bids
38:15are Emma and Heather
38:17you two are very on it
38:19that's good
38:20so grab a pew
38:22B
38:22and let's get this auction started
38:25well then
38:26morning ladies and gentlemen
38:28morning
38:29not bad
38:30first up
38:31is the homage
38:32to Willem van Hecht's painting
38:33the gallery
38:34of Cornelius van der Heist
38:36quite incredible actually
38:38is this
38:38there we go
38:38where should we be for this
38:39£60 to army
38:42surely
38:43every home needs some new art in it
38:47wrong crowd today
38:48aren't we
38:49okay
38:49we'll save that one for another day
38:50we'll put that in a picture
38:51so
38:51not the best start
38:52but Angus was worried about
38:55having to take some of the paintings
38:56let's see if the silverware
38:58including the golf spoon
39:00can get us out of the rough
39:01£40 to army
39:0240 bid
39:0342
39:045
39:048
39:0550
39:055
39:0560
39:06£60 it is
39:07at £60 it is
39:08then at 65
39:0975
39:1080
39:1085
39:11is it now
39:11£85 bid
39:1285 it is
39:13then 85
39:13£90
39:14£90 a bid
39:15at 90 it is
39:16then at 90
39:16I'm selling
39:17at £90
39:20a tad below estimate
39:22but we're back on the fairway
39:24and B's happy
39:25now is anyone here
39:27in the market
39:28for a 20th century
39:29Victorian inspired
39:31animal themed
39:33timepiece
39:33clock on an elephant
39:35yes
39:35oh as lovely as this
39:36I go straight in
39:37at
39:38£65
39:39£65
39:40for the elephant
39:41clock there
39:41at 65
39:42it is
39:42then at 65
39:43£70
39:43£70 a bid
39:44at 70
39:45£80
39:46£80 it is
39:47then in the room
39:48at 80
39:48we're all done
39:49for the elephant
39:49in the room
39:50at £80
39:50it is
39:51then at 80
39:51I'm glad somebody
39:52laughed at my joke
39:53at 80 pounds
39:54it is
39:54then
39:54at 80 pounds
39:56is she laughing
39:57at the elephant thing
39:58who cares
40:00she's happy
40:01next up
40:02is the 1940s
40:03gold Iranian
40:04Pallavi coin
40:05I've got
40:06three bits
40:07of 480
40:07£480
40:08a bid
40:09then
40:09at 480
40:10somebody rounded up
40:11500 is it now
40:12we're all done
40:13for the Iranian
40:13gold coin
40:14there at
40:14£480
40:15it is
40:15then
40:16at
40:16480
40:18500
40:18commissions out
40:19at 500
40:20fresh bid
40:21at 500
40:21it is
40:21at 500
40:22a bid at 500
40:23all done
40:23at 500
40:24pounds
40:26looks like Angus
40:27has struck gold
40:28and when two
40:30English sovereign coins
40:31are up for grabs
40:32telling them
40:33at 580
40:35Angus
40:37560
40:39is making some
40:40serious bank
40:41for our bee
40:42I know bee
40:44right
40:46and there's more
40:47and there's more
40:48over the next
40:4830 minutes
40:49Angus gets through
40:50another 25 lots
40:52including
40:53at 80 pounds
40:54it is
40:55then at 80
40:55that other
40:56Louis XVI
40:57style mantle clock
40:5955
40:5955
41:01a Van Gogh
41:02inspired print
41:03and
41:04at 75
41:07the tenor saxophone
41:13there's still
41:14one lot left
41:15the 18th century
41:17Benoit Fleury violin
41:19not the best condition
41:20but it's got a very
41:21good name inside it
41:22we'll open it
41:24280 pounds
41:25at 280
41:26well
41:26this is a nice start
41:28290
41:30300
41:30320
41:31340
41:32360
41:33380
41:33400
41:34420
41:35440
41:35460
41:36480
41:37500
41:37520
41:38540
41:39560
41:40580
41:40600
41:41620
41:42640
41:43660
41:43680
41:44700
41:45two online bidders
41:46are battling it out
41:47but how badly
41:48do they want it
41:49720
41:5040
41:5060
41:5180
41:51800
41:52820
41:53840
41:54860
41:55860
41:56880
41:56900
41:57and 20
41:5840
41:5960
41:5980
42:001000
42:00and 50
42:021050
42:03told you it had a good name
42:04in it
42:041050
42:051100
42:06anywhere is it now
42:061100
42:07thank you
42:081100
42:081150
42:091200
42:091200
42:101250
42:12at 1250
42:13then I'm selling
42:14at 1250
42:17your hunch was right Angus
42:19a pitch perfect result
42:22that was it
42:23that was your last lot
42:23there we go
42:24Angus's mission was to make
42:26be some space
42:27but a big chunk of cash
42:29will be greatly received
42:30I'm sure
42:31are you alright
42:32yep
42:33yes
42:33I think it went okay
42:35I think so
42:36yeah
42:36yeah
42:36the violin
42:37the violin
42:38that was going to be the surprise
42:39because of the condition
42:41we estimated it relatively low
42:42but we thought
42:43it might just fly
42:45oh my gosh
42:45and it did
42:46it was 20 years in the attic
42:48well I'm very pleased to tell you
42:51that you'll be taking home
42:524,968 pounds
42:54wow
42:55so hopefully
42:56you can have a good treat on that
42:58it's been a wonderful job
42:59really enjoyed doing it
43:00and you've had some fascinating items
43:02so thank you
43:03thank you very much
43:05it was a surprise
43:07the violin was a surprise
43:08it was a big surprise for me
43:11Angus is very good
43:12he wants to come
43:14there's still a lot of stuff in there
43:15so
43:16I will see if he wants to come again
43:20absolutely delighted for Bea
43:22we had fun
43:23but we also got some great results
43:24pitchers
43:25okay pitchers are going to be hit and miss
43:27but
43:27the violin
43:29we thought it'd be good
43:30we thought it might sail away
43:32it did
43:33the condition was against it
43:34it was damaged
43:34so
43:35I think good result on that
43:36and really really pleased for Bea
43:38she's going to be delighted
44:02it was
44:02thank you
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