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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...
00:26I 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?
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52And 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.
01:03And 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.
01:31This is right up my street.
01:32I really love this.
01:34Angus's team of expert valuers are like kids in a candy store...
01:38...when he brings them back treasures to catalogue.
01:40Oh, yes.
01:42Amazing.
01:42And today, he's off to get some more.
01:45Right, Jack, we're heading north.
01:47Oh, where are we going?
01:48Er, Sunderland.
01:49You might see the Lampton worm today.
01:51The what?
01:52The Lampton worm.
01:53Well, you're from up this way, aren't you?
01:55Yeah.
01:55It's an old story that there was this worm or dragon
01:58that plagued the area around Lampton.
02:01Right.
02:02We're not going to get eaten by any worms today, are we?
02:06If they survive the day,
02:08they will be able to regale how they met Charlie...
02:11This is from Grandad.
02:13..and his brother, Brian.
02:15That'll be when he was being awarded the Chevalier Medal.
02:19It's nice-looking.
02:20..at the house that belonged to their Grandad, Charles.
02:24My Grandad, he was a very confident,
02:28sort of wheeler-dealer type man,
02:30but he was also a very straight man.
02:32He didn't drink, he didn't even swear.
02:36But he loved his military things,
02:38and he was a war hero in his own right.
02:40My Grandad lived here with his wife, Lynne,
02:42for as long as I can remember,
02:44and that must be over, like, 30 years now.
02:46Lynne was Charles' second wife
02:48after losing his first wife, Irene, in 1982.
02:51When Charles met Lynne, the brother's mum,
02:54Sandra was relieved to see her dad moving on.
02:57My dad came and said, I'm going to get married,
03:00which I was very happy about,
03:02because he was lost.
03:03He needed somebody.
03:05She was a really good friend.
03:07We were like sisters.
03:09Sadly, in 2019, Charles' health declined.
03:12My grandfather, I mean, he always swore he'd lived to 100,
03:16and he didn't make it that far.
03:19He only made it to 95.
03:21I think old age just has eventually just caught up with him.
03:28Then last year, Lynne also became unwell.
03:32She went into hospital while I was here,
03:35looking after a cat,
03:37and, um, she never came out.
03:43The family planned to sell the house,
03:45but first are faced with dealing with Charles and Lynne's possessions.
03:53We've got a random hippo,
03:55and then if we come into the dining room,
03:58um, yeah, as you can tell,
04:01it's just full, absolutely full.
04:04We've got all these military memorabilia,
04:06coins, mine and lamps,
04:09and far too much just for my mother to handle.
04:12Um, so we've had to come in, help where we can.
04:17It can be very overwhelming when you're in this situation.
04:20They just really need our help
04:21to just clear as much as they can.
04:23We've been led to this point, really,
04:25by the sheer amount of things.
04:28It's just that vast,
04:29you honestly don't know where to start.
04:33Right, here we are.
04:42Hi there, Angus.
04:43Hello, then. Are you all right?
04:44I am. I'm Brian. This is Charlie.
04:46This is Jack.
04:47Hello, Jack. Come on in.
04:48Thanks. Cheers.
04:54Oh, what a wonderful place.
04:56Yeah, the place is absolutely massive,
04:58filled full of things.
04:59Your granddads, is that right?
05:01Yeah, granddad and Lynn, his wife.
05:03And clearly military man.
05:05Oh, he certainly was, yes.
05:06He's a war hero, decorated.
05:08Yeah.
05:09He got the French...
05:11Legion d'Honor.
05:11Legion d'Honor, yeah.
05:12Which is the highest award you can get in France.
05:15I'm guessing, was he at D-Day?
05:17Yeah, he was.
05:18Yeah.
05:18Since 2014,
05:20the French have awarded over 6,000 of these medals
05:23to British veterans of the D-Day landings at Normandy,
05:26in honour of the role they played
05:27in helping to liberate France from Nazi occupation.
05:31He's given me that in his will,
05:32and I'm under strict instructions.
05:34I have to keep hold of it.
05:35Wonderful to have that in the family.
05:37Looking at the helmet,
05:38Durham Lights Infantry?
05:40It certainly is.
05:41Yeah.
05:41Well, he was only by accident, you see.
05:43It was an admin error.
05:44Ah.
05:45He's from Staffordshire.
05:46Right.
05:46So they got a little bit confused over the Newcastles,
05:51Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle under Lyme,
05:54and they sent them to the wrong regiment.
05:56But he obviously loved the North East,
05:58because he stayed here.
05:58He did.
06:00This late Victorian Durham Light Infantry helmet
06:03was collected by Charles in honour of his old regiment
06:06and is for sale.
06:07It would be lotted up with a French fireman's helmet for the auction.
06:11Brilliant.
06:11So it really is, we're looking at the whole house.
06:13Yes, exactly.
06:15Well, leave me to it, and I'll work out a plan of action.
06:17Excellent.
06:18Brilliant.
06:22It's going to be a much bigger job than I anticipated.
06:25Today, we're going to extract the items of value.
06:27You know, there's some stuff that isn't going to be saleable,
06:29some that is, and it's just going through that.
06:31So that takes time.
06:32There's a lot to do.
06:33It's a red-hot day, and, yeah,
06:36me and Jack are going to work hard today.
06:39No pain, no gain, lads.
06:43DLI, cat badge.
06:44DLI.
06:45A little plaque.
06:46Lots of DLI.
06:48DLI is Durham Light Infantry.
06:50Ah, Charles's old regiment.
06:53Light Infantry refers to foot soldiers
06:55equipped with minimal armour and weapons
06:57to allow for high mobility
06:59and rapid manoeuvres on the battlefield.
07:02The Durham Light Infantry,
07:03they were heavily involved in the Second World War.
07:05They were the first troops over there.
07:07Evacuated from Dunkirk.
07:08They then fought in North Africa,
07:10Sicily, Italy,
07:11and, again, were on the D-Day operations,
07:13which their grandfather, Charles, was part of.
07:16So, an incredible history.
07:18There's going to be a lot of interesting bits here
07:20that we'll sort out into sort of DLI interest.
07:23I mean, that, that's wonderful.
07:25Sort of a desktop inkwell wooden base in silver
07:30with the regimental cat badge.
07:32That, in its own right, is probably 80 to 120.
07:35That's a nice thing.
07:37Roger that.
07:38As well as the militaria in the cabinet,
07:40there's also these two mannequins up for deployment.
07:44One in World War II battle dress
07:48and one in an Army Air Corps uniform.
07:55Look at that. That is incredible.
07:57Ooh, this sounds promising.
08:01Jack, lunch is served.
08:03Ooh, that's nice.
08:04Look at this.
08:05I mean, this is a great...
08:07Well, it's basically a food server, isn't it?
08:09Yeah.
08:09A hot plate, you can plate up your joints of meat in here
08:11and you've got a burner underneath,
08:13so that keeps it all hot.
08:14You wheel it out.
08:16It's ready for serving.
08:17There you go.
08:18I've noticed that their grandad left letters
08:21with a lot of the items.
08:25Lord Lampton's heated meat cover.
08:29Well, I can tell you something.
08:31A relative of mine would probably have been pushing this around.
08:33Really?
08:34My great-aunt was his headmaid.
08:36My great-aunt Gladys.
08:38He had the biggest stage just near here, didn't he?
08:39Yeah, it's just over there.
08:40Oh, interesting.
08:41Sadly, a lot of the plating's kind of worn through to the copper,
08:44but, I mean, what a wonderful thing.
08:47It's got to be two to 400, I think.
08:48Oh, I thought so, yeah.
08:50Right, Jack, we've got a lot of work to do.
08:53We can't be eating roast beef and champagne.
08:55We'll only have a lunch break, we can.
08:57Ha-ha, you'll be lucky, Jack.
09:00But over the next two hours, the boys do work up an appetite.
09:04We'll get the Moorcroft,
09:05and then we're into the other room, I think.
09:07As they pack and load dozens of things for the van.
09:10Do you want the hungry mouth-end, or do you want its bottom?
09:14From a large, late 20th-century imitation bronze sculpture of a hippo...
09:19Right.
09:20Go on, Gloria.
09:21...to a collection of antique lamps.
09:24You've got some of the old mining lamps there.
09:26That's probably one of the first things he's ever really collected.
09:29It's going to be tough seeing them all go,
09:31but as long as they're going to a better place,
09:33and for someone else to enjoy them like he did,
09:36it would be spot on, really.
09:38Charles' miners' lamp collection will be split into several smaller lots,
09:42including this group of three, two of which are rare Davy lamps.
09:46Invented by Cornish chemist Sir Humphrey Davy in 1815 for use in coal mines,
09:52a fine wire mesh screen prevented the heat from the flame from escaping
09:56and reduced the danger of flammable gas explosions.
10:00Hopefully, these will fire up the bidders because...
10:03If we can actually raise some money, that'll all go to my mam.
10:07To maybe get that little dream holiday in Portugal that she wants.
10:11She's never been to Portugal before, so she wants to see it.
10:14Lovely, but could be pricey.
10:17Right, lads, can we find some real money, please?
10:20There you are, Jack. You all right? Yeah.
10:22We've got a Royal Mint specimen set for 1937,
10:25so that's quite a nice set there.
10:26You little beauty, Jack.
10:28This was our currency of the day, wasn't it?
10:30Yes.
10:30All the coinage in 1937.
10:32And then you've got the Maundy set there as well.
10:34Maundy coins are a special set of silver legal tender coins
10:38presented each year by the monarch
10:40to people in recognition for their service to the community.
10:44This takes place in a ceremony on Maundy Thursday,
10:47the day before Good Friday.
10:49Unfortunately, the sixpence has had a bit of an attack from the weather,
10:53but otherwise it's in quite good nick.
10:55It's a nice set. I mean, you're looking at about 150 to 200 there.
10:58That should make the coin collectors flip on auction day.
11:02But right now, with the last few boxes loaded
11:04and the van looking pretty full,
11:07Angus and Jack are done.
11:08Come on, free.
11:09Obviously, it hasn't completely emptied,
11:11but you can see the walls and the floor.
11:14Yeah, massive, massive difference.
11:16I can't believe how much has gone.
11:18Relieved, to be honest.
11:19Yeah.
11:20And how are we feeling about the auction?
11:21I'm looking forward to it.
11:22Yeah.
11:22It's something new for me.
11:23Never done anything like that before.
11:25Yeah.
11:25So it'll be interesting to see what it's like.
11:27Well, we'll get back down the road,
11:28and, yeah, we'll see you on sale day.
11:30OK.
11:31Brilliant.
11:31Cheers.
11:31Thanks, Angus.
11:32Thanks a lot.
11:32Watching stuff go to the van, it hit a little bit,
11:35but great to see all the room we've got now.
11:38It's a big change and a big, massive help.
11:41Hopefully, it's taken a bit of burden off their shoulders.
11:44We've got a good full van laid.
11:46It quakes for lots of lots.
11:47We've had to graph me and Jack,
11:50and there's even more work to do when we get back to the salary.
11:52It'll be worth it if you can get Sandra on holiday, Angus.
11:56It's Portugal or bust this one.
12:12Hi, Jack.
12:13What have you got for us today?
12:14We've got a lot.
12:16Oh, yeah.
12:17I know, Millie, and you've got to get it all unloaded.
12:20Very nice.
12:21I've not seen one this big before, actually.
12:24Researched.
12:24Hungry, hungry hippo.
12:25Oh, my God.
12:27And priced up for auction day.
12:36Now, I'm here.
12:37I'm here.
12:37All right.
12:37I've just found some that I know
12:39you'll be very, very interesting in,
12:41because I certainly am.
12:43He looks a bit rough and ready.
12:46Oh, wow.
12:47Look at this.
12:48It's an exercise book, and he's learning about navigation.
12:51Yeah.
12:51And all these, these are all pen drawings.
12:54Judging by that uniform, I'm guessing early 20th century.
12:57I don't think so.
12:58You were in the Navy quite a lot later than this.
13:00Just a bit, yeah.
13:01Did you have exercise books?
13:03No, I was issued with a book.
13:04They called it The Little Blue Book,
13:05which told you everything about what to do in your naval career.
13:09Yeah.
13:09Did you ever doodle in them?
13:11No.
13:11Well, that, I reckon, has got to be a caricature of the Kaiser.
13:16Britain and Germany in the early 20th century,
13:19in the run-up to the First World War,
13:20were locked in this big arms race,
13:22which focused on the size of navies.
13:24So, a little caricature like that is a really good insight
13:28into some of the political thought of the time.
13:31I think it's a very important historical document.
13:34I quite agree.
13:35Ewan is hoping a low estimate will help entice the bidders
13:39to this nautical but nice lot.
13:46Hi, Millie.
13:47Hi.
13:47I've got another one of these vases for you.
13:50Really nice.
13:50I think Morecroft.
13:51Yes.
13:52Founded in 1913,
13:54Morecroft is an art pottery manufacturer
13:57based in Stoke-on-Trent
13:58that specialises in richly decorated earthenware.
14:02These are designed by Sally Tuffin,
14:04who actually was originally a fashion designer in the 60s
14:07and then came to Morecroft in the 80s.
14:09Morecroft had tried to industrialise
14:11and sort of go mass-produced, and it failed.
14:13Sally Tuffin actually came in
14:14and stripped it right back to these sort of, like,
14:16handcrafted designs.
14:18They're all the same pattern,
14:19but this was specifically designed
14:21by Sally Tuffin,
14:23so it's signed on the base.
14:24And these are just two sort of copies of that design,
14:27but not by...
14:28OK.
14:28This one, because of its size as well,
14:30I think it's unusual to see a piece of Morecroft this big.
14:33It's probably in the £800 to £1,000 range.
14:36Oh, wow, OK.
14:37And then for these two pieces?
14:39Sort of more typical Morecroft prices,
14:40so £80 to £120 for the vase
14:43and £50 to £70 on the charger.
14:45It feels much more modern
14:46than your sort of classic Morecroft pieces,
14:48and I think these are very in at the moment.
14:50Yeah, I really like these.
14:51I think it's going to do really well at auction.
14:52Yeah, me too.
15:00It'll be interesting to see what everything goes for.
15:06There you go, ma'am.
15:07Got all the bits and pieces down there.
15:09There's a bit of everything in here, isn't there?
15:10Your great-grandfather was a miner.
15:13Ah, so that's why he had all the mining lamps as well, then.
15:15Just a legacy of your great-grandfather.
15:18Hello, Angus.
15:19Are we all right?
15:19I'm good, yeah.
15:20Yeah, I think you should be good.
15:21You've got some interesting bits in, a lot of stuff.
15:23I was very worried about the hippo,
15:25cos I love them.
15:26I want to take them home.
15:28Everybody loves the hippo.
15:29I'm going to put a reserve on for £200.
15:32Don't worry.
15:33We'll endeavour to get a very good price for the hippo.
15:35Well, I'll get ready for the sale
15:37and let you have a look round.
15:38I'll see you up on the rostrum.
15:39Great.
15:39See you later, Angus.
15:42Sandra's a little bit nervous,
15:43but I think they're going to have a few surprises,
15:45cos there's some really good items.
15:46We've got that amazing sort of serving trolley.
15:49I mean, imagine getting your dinner brought out to you on that.
15:51That's incredible.
15:52So, I'm not worried.
15:53I'm very confident we're going to get some great results.
15:56And, you know, I think they're going to be very pleased.
15:59The rocking horse.
16:00Your grandad had that made, especially.
16:03But none of you have room in the houses for it.
16:05I've definitely got no room to fit that anywhere.
16:08Hopefully someone gets some use out of it.
16:12I feel guilty for getting rid of, more or less,
16:16my father's life work.
16:18Yeah, it's just a second.
16:19But you've got to let it go.
16:22Hopefully make some money to get a few of my mam's dreams up and running.
16:26Nice little holiday to Portugal.
16:28Should be a good day.
16:29That's the spirit, Brian.
16:31There's a total of 99 lots in today's sale.
16:34Our auction clerks, Millie and Jasper,
16:37are at the ready to oversee the internet bids.
16:40And Joe is on the blower for the phone bids.
16:43Now we just need the Yorkshire auctioneer himself
16:46to get us underway.
16:48OK.
16:49Are we happy?
16:50Well, then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
16:52Oh, excellent, very good.
16:55First up is the Moorcroft sunflower floor vase
16:58that Millie took a shine to.
17:00We start with the Sally Tuffin for Moorcroft.
17:04£600, start me.
17:05Huge piece of Moorcroft.
17:06£600 and beer.
17:07£620, £40, £660, £680, £700, £720.
17:11Thank you in the room.
17:12At £720, £740, £760, £780.
17:16Are you sure?
17:17When are you going to see another one?
17:18£800 it is.
17:19£800 in the room, then £800.
17:21£800, £820, fresh bid.
17:23£840, thank you, madam.
17:24£860, £860.
17:25Thank you, madam.
17:26She's out.
17:27Gavel's up.
17:28Final call.
17:29£880, thank you, madam.
17:30She's in again.
17:31Gavel's going up.
17:33£900.
17:35Not this time.
17:37Net bid at £900, we're all done.
17:39Gavel's going up for the vase at £900.
17:43Talk about flower power.
17:46That was good.
17:46And after selling the Moorcroft charger plate...
17:49..at £70.
17:52..and the smaller Moorcroft vase...
17:55..at £130.
17:58It was nicer than the big one.
17:59The other one was too big, yeah.
18:01Er, lot number 68.
18:03Angus moves on to Sandra's beloved hippo.
18:06She won't let this go for less than £200.
18:10We open at £360.
18:13Well, that's always a bit about the window.
18:15At £380, £400.
18:16I've got £420, £440, £460, £480.
18:19Commission's out.
18:20At £480, it is.
18:21£500 fresh bid.
18:23We're all done.
18:24But that wasn't right.
18:26We're trying to arrange it for you, yeah.
18:27£510.
18:29It's a lovely hippo.
18:30£520.
18:31At £520, then.
18:32Internet bidder at £520.
18:35Angus was right.
18:37You needn't have worried, Sandra.
18:39There you go.
18:41Next up is the Victorian Durham Light Infantry Helmet,
18:45along with an antique French fireman's helmet.
18:48It's a good lot.
18:49It goes straight in at £200.
18:51£200 a bid.
18:52£200.
18:53We're all done for the Durham LI cloth helmet there.
18:56At £200 it is.
18:57Then I'm going to sell at £200.
19:00Just one bid, but it's well over the estimate.
19:03I'm surprised at that.
19:05And in five minutes,
19:06Angus marches his way through seven more lots
19:09of Charles's Militaria, including...
19:12£75.
19:15The Durham Light Infantry Silver Inkwell.
19:18At £65.
19:20The mannequin in World War II Battle Dress and...
19:24At £75.
19:26The mannequin in an Army Air Corps uniform.
19:31That sounds not bad.
19:33Now it's a collection of three miners' lamps,
19:36including the two Davy lamps.
19:38Very good lamps, these.
19:40Loads of interest.
19:41Bids all over.
19:42We'll open at £420.
19:43I wasn't expecting that.
19:44Wow, we've already blasted through the estimate.
19:47Rare miners' lamps, these.
19:49We're up to £620.
19:51£620 now.
19:52£660.
19:53£700.
19:54£720.
19:55£740.
19:55£760.
19:56£780.
19:57I'm going to go to the phone.
19:58£800.
19:59£800 on the phone.
20:01£820.
20:01£840.
20:03They're out.
20:04Gabble's up.
20:05The miners' lamps there,
20:06lighting the way at £820.
20:09A bidder in Cheshire was more than happy to dig deep for the miners' lamps.
20:15Crazy.
20:16Over the next 70 minutes, Angus shovels his way through 84 more lots, including...
20:22Shout-up at £170.
20:23The Royal Mint 1937 Specimen Coin Set.
20:28At £50.
20:30The early 20th Century Maritime Navigation Exercise Book and...
20:36At £640.
20:38A Victorian-style rocking horse.
20:42That's done very well.
20:44Finally, the last lot of the day is the silver-plated meat-serving trolley
20:48that might have been pushed around by Jack's great-hank, Gladys.
20:52This is service with style.
20:54Just imagine this Sunday morning breakfast in bed.
20:56I mean, it'd be wonderful.
20:57I'm just going to keep talking because it's going up while I'm talking.
20:59We're at £420.
21:00£420 we're at.
21:01£440, £460, £480, £500 a bidder.
21:04£600, there we go.
21:05£680, £700 a bidder.
21:06That's shocking.
21:08£720 on the phone.
21:09£760.
21:11£780, £800, £40, £60, £80, £900, £1,050, £1,150, £1,150, £1,250, £1,250, £1,250, £1,250.
21:21Would have been gone down the tip.
21:37At £280 and £2,800.
21:39The gavel's going up. We're all done at 2,800.
21:45Angus has served up a real showstopper.
21:48That concludes your little run.
21:52Right. How much money has Angus managed to raise?
21:55Sandra was hoping there'd be enough for a little trip to Portugal,
21:59but I have a feeling she's in for a very nice surprise.
22:14Hello. You all right? How was that?
22:17That was great. Yeah. Enjoyed it.
22:20I suppose the big surprise was the server on the trolley.
22:24Yeah, that was big.
22:24I always thought it would do well. I didn't think it would do that well, though.
22:27The hippo, that was a shock.
22:29Would you like to know what you're taking?
22:30I'd love to know.
22:32After fees, £12,388.
22:35I'm impressed.
22:37You've done a good job.
22:39No, you're welcome.
22:40I didn't think it was anywhere near that high.
22:42It was an absolute pleasure. We enjoyed it.
22:44Yeah. Loved it as well.
22:45We did.
22:48Shocked, to say the least.
22:50I was expecting about £2,000.
22:53I was impressed with what the hippo did.
22:56There was quite a few shocks in there.
22:58He did a good job.
22:59I don't think they ever anticipated the value.
23:02It was really about clearing the property.
23:04I think they're delighted.
23:05We far exceeded their expectations,
23:06and I'm really pleased,
23:08because good stuff deserves to sell well.
23:16Beautiful day.
23:19Sunshine.
23:19It's all right.
23:21Sunshine?
23:22Yeah.
23:23Does that make you sneeze?
23:24Yeah.
23:24That's so funny.
23:25What's funny about that?
23:26Everyone has the weird thing,
23:28so chocolate makes me sneeze,
23:29or mints.
23:31Yeah.
23:32But sunshine, that's weirder.
23:34Well, that was normal.
23:35I don't think so.
23:37Let's just hope today's job is nothing to be sneezed at.
23:41Angus and Charlotte are off to Harrogate,
23:45where they'll be meeting Helga,
23:51and her best friend, Christine.
23:53Well done.
23:54I met Helga about 36 years ago,
23:57when we first moved to Harrogate.
23:59We just really hit it off, don't we?
24:00We do.
24:01And we were both nurses for a long, long time,
24:04so I suppose that kind of...
24:06Yeah, we've got a common ground, haven't we?
24:08We have, yeah.
24:09The two became friends
24:10just after a very difficult time in Helga's life.
24:14I was married to Graham,
24:16and we had two little boys,
24:18but very tragically, in 1987,
24:22he died of cancer.
24:24It was quite quick, really.
24:26He went for a routine appointment at the opticians
24:30and rang me up to say,
24:32I'm in hospital, I've got detached retina.
24:35Wow.
24:36Within the week,
24:37we knew that he was riddled with cancer,
24:39which you can imagine was devastating.
24:41I had this baby and this little five-year-old.
24:44He was so brave.
24:45His one sad thing, of course,
24:47was the fact that he used to say,
24:49I'll not see my boys grow up,
24:50and that was his biggest, biggest regret.
24:55While Helga brought up her two sons,
24:58she continued to work as a nurse.
25:00But in 2002,
25:01she decided to become a church minister.
25:04I've always been a Christian,
25:08but sort of later on in life,
25:10I felt that I was being called into ministry.
25:13I was ordained when I was 50,
25:15and I was passionate about my ministry,
25:19absolutely passionate.
25:20Recently retired,
25:21and with a bit more time on her hands,
25:23Helga has decided to use some of it
25:25to downsize the keepsakes and curios
25:27she's collected over the years.
25:30I used to live in a bigger house down there.
25:32I've now retired to this smaller one,
25:34which is lovely for me,
25:35but I'm bursting at the seams,
25:37so I need to share my treasures with other people.
25:43I'll go see what Helga's got.
25:45I think it's always that case, isn't it?
25:47You get to a certain point in life,
25:48and you realise you're just accumulated items
25:52that you just don't use.
25:53The time has come to let them go.
25:55The memories are still here.
25:56The memories are still here.
25:58Nobody will ever, ever take those away.
26:09Good morning, Angus.
26:10Good morning. Are you all right?
26:11Yes. Good.
26:11Good to have you here.
26:12Good to be here.
26:13I've brought Charlotte with me as well.
26:14Hi, Charlotte. Welcome.
26:16Come in here.
26:16Thank you very much.
26:22Angus, can I introduce you to my special friend,
26:25Christine?
26:26Christine.
26:26Hi, Charlotte.
26:27Nice to meet you.
26:28So a bit of a thin out
26:30and sort of bits that have you accumulated over the years?
26:32Very definitely.
26:34I've come to that stage in my life
26:36where I think it's time to recycle
26:39and to save my youngest son
26:41from putting all of this lot in a skip
26:43when anything happens to me.
26:44Beautiful.
26:44OK, so is it predominantly down here
26:45or have we got bits all over the house?
26:47Down here, in my bedroom,
26:49in the loft and in the garage.
26:52Right.
26:53And the garage?
26:53That's a lot of ground to cover.
26:56Best grab some boxes, Charlotte.
26:58And while Christine gets the kettle on,
27:00we can go and see what Helga's got stashed upstairs.
27:04Right.
27:05So I put most of it out on the bed.
27:07We've got various bits of jewellery.
27:09This is quite interesting
27:10because they're bullet heads.
27:12Well, that's made after the Second World War
27:15and, as you can see,
27:16they've crafted that themselves.
27:18You basically got the three bullet heads there
27:20out of a rifle.
27:22This is the projectile that shoots out
27:24and that they've fashioned them through each other
27:26and woven this thing.
27:27It's what we call trench art.
27:29Trench art is the term used to describe decorative objects
27:32made from the products of modern warfare,
27:35often made by soldiers or prisoners of war,
27:37but also sometimes made by civilians living in war zones.
27:41Even during that time of adversity,
27:43there was a message there, wasn't there,
27:45of peace and unity?
27:46Absolutely.
27:47That's a really nice thing.
27:48I think it appeals to lots of different people.
27:50One, you've got that inherent sort of military history,
27:53but also the social history as well.
27:56Lovely.
27:56OK, well, do you want to lead me to it?
27:58Yes.
27:59And I'll see what we can do.
28:00Have fun.
28:03I don't think it's going to be the biggest job.
28:05It's about taking what we can sell
28:07and seeing what we can raise.
28:09I don't know how much value there's going to be.
28:11But we'll do what we can.
28:13Well, hopefully, there might be some hidden gems
28:15in amongst all this jewellery, Angus.
28:17Get it all packed and loaded.
28:19And then, shall we check on young Charlotte?
28:21Hi, Angus.
28:22Are we finding much?
28:23I've found a little childhood treasure.
28:26A childhood treasure?
28:27The iPod Nano.
28:29Very much my generation growing up.
28:31In my days, it was Walkmans and Dismen.
28:33There was 450 million iPods produced.
28:37The first one was released in 2001,
28:39and they discontinued them in 2022.
28:41Obviously, it just, like, morphed into the iPhone, didn't it?
28:43It did, yeah.
28:44Early technology started to become collectible,
28:46and I think in the next 10 years
28:49that we're going to see a real boom in that area.
28:51And you know what?
28:51Now I really quite like the idea
28:53of maybe going for a run,
28:54leaving your phone at home,
28:55and taking this instead.
28:56Yeah.
28:57I think that's a concept
28:58that's going to come back for a lot of people.
29:00Angus will group the iPod Nano
29:01with some other vintage electronics,
29:03including a Nintendo Game Boy
29:06and an Xbox gaming console.
29:08What do you think Elvis' playlist is?
29:11I think she mentioned something about Elvis.
29:13Oh, right, OK.
29:14Right, a little less conversation, please.
29:16We've got some serious packing to do in the house.
29:19And in the garage.
29:22It's an absolute classic.
29:24It's the Lloyd Loom chair.
29:25Lloyd Loom's actually an American invention
29:27by Marshall Lloyd in 1917.
29:30And the whole concept
29:31was basically a replacement
29:33for sort of wicker and rattan.
29:35They have a wire core with twisted paper
29:37that creates this comfortable chair.
29:40And in 1922,
29:41the British company Lusty
29:42got the license to produce it over here.
29:45And it became an absolute staple
29:47of the 1930s in British furniture.
29:50And it's one that's come back.
29:52It's really popular again.
29:53This is a fairly modern one.
29:55To buy them new,
29:56they're very expensive.
29:57But you can buy a chair like this
29:58from anywhere between
29:59sort of 20 and sort of 50 pounds, really.
30:01And they're quite comfy, too.
30:06That's what you need
30:07on a sunny day like this.
30:09Oi!
30:09Back to work, you lazy sausage.
30:13You still haven't even looked in the loft.
30:19We've got a Charles.
30:21Have we got a Diana?
30:23Yes, we have.
30:25It's to commemorate Charles and Diana's wedding.
30:28And these were produced by Royal Dalton.
30:30Dubbed the wedding of the century,
30:32around £1.5 billion worth of memorabilia
30:35was produced to commemorate
30:37the wedding of the then-Prince Charles
30:39and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981.
30:42Generally speaking,
30:42royal chromative wear
30:44doesn't sell that well,
30:45unless it's really early stuff like Victorian.
30:48But Dalton figures do sell well.
30:50It was founded in 1815
30:52in Lambeth, London.
30:53It didn't become Royal Dalton
30:55until 1901,
30:56when it got the Royal Warrant.
30:58These are quite deluxe models in the boxes
31:00with these little wooden plimps.
31:02We're probably looking at about
31:03sort of 80 to 120
31:04as a pair of figures.
31:06Let's hope Charles and Di
31:08raise a princely sum,
31:09and if they do...
31:11Well, Christine and I
31:13are definitely going to have a spa day.
31:15Excuse me.
31:17If we make a lot of money,
31:18it'd be a spa weekend.
31:20You're hearing this, Angus.
31:22She wants a weekend out of it.
31:24Sounds fabulous.
31:25I hope you found some more treasure
31:27in that loft, Angus.
31:29We've got a bit of a mixed selection
31:31of model railway,
31:32and there's one name
31:33that always jumps out
31:34when you think of model railway,
31:35and that's Hornby.
31:36The money really in model railway
31:38is in the engines,
31:40or the locomotives.
31:41This is the Duchess of Montrose.
31:43They were modelled on real-life
31:45steam trains from the day.
31:47The Duchess of Montrose
31:48was one of the London Midland
31:50and Scottish Railways
31:51coronation class of engines,
31:53a series of locomotives
31:55which ran from London, Euston,
31:57to Glasgow
31:57between the 1930s and 60s.
32:00The Hornby train set
32:01was bought for my husband, Graham,
32:03when he was a small child, really,
32:06and he would have had
32:07hours of fun with it.
32:08I'm afraid my boys found
32:11the train just going round
32:12and round and round
32:13on a track.
32:14Somewhat boring.
32:15We've got carriages,
32:17and there's a few accessories,
32:19but the condition of this one's not great.
32:21It's had a hard life,
32:22so that's going to affect the value.
32:24We're probably sort of 40, 50 pounds.
32:27Every little helps.
32:29Everybody loves a model railway.
32:30I mean, who doesn't?
32:31Well, for those that don't,
32:33like Helga's two boys,
32:34there's also some boxes
32:36of their old computer games
32:37to be researched
32:38back at the auction house.
32:40But for now...
32:41Well, Angus,
32:42how has it all gone?
32:43Well, we've got a few bits on, yeah.
32:46Fuller than we thought.
32:47Look at all of that.
32:49That's amazing.
32:50Reasonable amount
32:51gone out of the house,
32:52so hopefully thin things out
32:53a little bit.
32:54It has.
32:54I'm now going to ring
32:55the charity up to take the rest.
32:57Safe journey and thank you.
32:58Thank you very much.
32:59We'll shut up
32:59and we'll hit the road.
33:02It's a real cathartic process
33:04to be able to let go
33:06of those things, really.
33:08Yeah.
33:08It's interesting to see
33:09how much other people
33:10are willing to pay for it.
33:12Well, that's right.
33:13It's not a huge load
33:14and I don't think
33:15there's huge amounts of value,
33:17but if we can raise enough money
33:19to fund that spa day,
33:20I think they're going to be happy
33:21and be mission accomplished.
33:23I hope so, Angus.
33:24Or it could be you
33:26who ends up in hot water.
33:44Hi, Ewan.
33:45How are we doing?
33:45All right?
33:46Yeah, good, thanks.
33:47With Helga's things
33:48back at the auction house...
33:51Right.
33:51Big mix of stuff.
33:53It's time to get it all inside.
33:56This was an interesting item
33:57that was on the job.
33:58It's a Mary Quant poncho.
34:00Born in 1930 in London,
34:03Dame Mary Quant was a designer
34:04who played a major role
34:06in shaping London's
34:07swinging 60s fashion.
34:09Most famous for her mini skirts
34:11and mini dresses,
34:12she also designed jackets, shoes,
34:15even this poncho.
34:16This is more of an 80s piece.
34:18OK, right, yeah.
34:19We've got the colour-blocking,
34:21very 80s, isn't it?
34:22I feel like this would look
34:23great at a festival.
34:24Yeah, that's so true.
34:27Oh, yes.
34:29So I look like an 80s icon?
34:30You do.
34:31A bit like a Rubik's Cube.
34:33Now get back to work
34:35so everything can be researched
34:36and catalogued
34:37in time for the auction.
34:42Hi, Millie.
34:43Hello.
34:43How are you doing?
34:44I'm good.
34:45I'm just cataloguing
34:45some bits of the Harrogate job.
34:46This is quite a nice
34:47sort of Peggy Davies figure.
34:49Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1915,
34:52Peggy Davies was one of
34:54Royal Dalton's
34:54most prolific figurine designers.
34:57She started working
34:58for Royal Dalton in 1939
34:59and she stayed there
35:00until 1980.
35:01Good grief.
35:02Yeah, so a long time.
35:03She had a little break
35:04for the war
35:05where she was a nurse.
35:06What a fabulous lady.
35:07Yeah.
35:08Started her own company
35:09in 1981 with her son
35:11and then after her death
35:12in 1989,
35:13her son continued it
35:14and brought in
35:14a lot of British designers
35:16and this is sort of
35:17where you get
35:17Peggy Davies figures
35:18like these.
35:18Yes.
35:19This figure is,
35:19I'd probably say post-1989.
35:21It really does give
35:22that sort of Art Deco vibe.
35:24It is all hand-painted.
35:25Definitely.
35:26Yeah, you can see that,
35:27can't you?
35:27You can see the brushstrokes.
35:28It's a limited edition.
35:29It's one out of a hundred.
35:30I've got 50 to 70 on this.
35:31I think it's a really
35:32high-quality piece
35:33and very collectible.
35:34Nice.
35:35I like it.
35:42I've got an interesting
35:43little lot here.
35:44Quite a rare thing actually.
35:45It's a game for the
35:47Super Nintendo.
35:48Super Bomberman.
35:49I've spent quite a lot of
35:50time playing this game.
35:51Cool game.
35:52A little bit like Pac-Man.
35:53You're going around a maze.
35:55You get a special controller
35:56so you can actually play
35:57up to five people.
35:59We've put about
35:59a hundred to hundred
36:00and fifty pounds
36:01estimate on it.
36:02Video games these days
36:03are really, really popular,
36:05really collectible.
36:06You should look through
36:06your attics.
36:07If you find any old games,
36:08worth checking them out
36:09because some of them
36:09can be worth a lot of money.
36:16Helga had some
36:17really good jewellery
36:18and the main piece
36:19is this Figaro gold bracelet.
36:23Figaro is basically
36:24a chain that has
36:26small circular links
36:27followed by a single
36:29elongated oval link
36:31and that's a style
36:32that really originated
36:34from Italy
36:34in the 18th century.
36:35It's thought the chain
36:36takes its name
36:37from the character Figaro
36:39in the operas
36:40The Barber of Seville
36:41and The Marriage of Figaro
36:42which were popular
36:43in Italy at the time.
36:45Now this is stamped
36:46585
36:46which basically means
36:48it's 14 karat gold
36:49which is typical
36:50of Italian gold actually.
36:51It's a good piece.
36:52It's a good design.
36:54There's quite a bit
36:55of weight in it.
36:55Gold values are high
36:56at the moment
36:57so we should be looking
36:58at a good price for this.
36:59Probably about
36:59five to six hundred pounds.
37:01Mamma Mia!
37:02Let's hope the Figaro
37:03can hit those high notes
37:05on auction day.
37:12Quite exciting isn't it?
37:14I know.
37:14I can't wait
37:15to see how things do.
37:19Wow.
37:21This is actually bigger
37:22than what I thought
37:23it would be.
37:23Wow look
37:24there's my stuff there.
37:25Exciting.
37:26It is exciting actually.
37:27I can't wait.
37:29Oh look there's
37:30all your jewellery here.
37:31Oh wow.
37:32Yeah.
37:33I guess you don't wear
37:34any of this anymore
37:35do you?
37:35I don't.
37:36I don't.
37:37I mean that's beautiful
37:38and it was a gift
37:39but where do you go
37:42these days
37:42to wear things like that?
37:44Morning.
37:44Are you alright?
37:45Morning.
37:46How are you?
37:46Yeah.
37:47Very well thank you.
37:48You're selling
37:49not buying.
37:50She's got the instructions
37:52I'm not allowed
37:52to put my hand up
37:53for anything.
37:54Any particular lots
37:55you're sort of
37:56excited about?
37:57I think my Art Deco
37:58I'll be really interested
38:00the interest in that
38:01I mean I love it
38:02Yeah.
38:04But you just don't know
38:05do you?
38:06I think we should do alright.
38:07I'll let you have a look round.
38:08See you look at the things
38:09you're not going to buy
38:11and I'll see you up
38:12on the roster.
38:12Helga has put reserves
38:14on quite a few items
38:15that's not overly concerning
38:17I think we should get
38:18most of them away
38:18at reserve price
38:19and you know
38:20some good bits
38:21we've got some jewellery
38:22a bit of interest
38:23in the technological bits
38:24you know
38:24all the games consoles
38:25and things
38:25but we'll see.
38:27I just love her
38:27my Art Deco lady
38:28she's so elegant
38:30isn't she?
38:31But time for it to go.
38:33Just keep picturing
38:34that spa trip Helga.
38:37Orch and Clark's
38:38Emma and Heather
38:38have powered up
38:39their computers
38:40and are standing by
38:41to manage today's
38:42internet bids.
38:44Now as Angus
38:45takes his place
38:46we can get started.
38:49Right.
38:49This wonderful collection
38:51there
38:51from Harrogate.
38:53That's the high life
38:54of Yorkshire
38:54is that Harrogate?
38:55Yes.
38:56First up
38:57we have a mixed lot
38:58of electronics
38:59including the iPod Nano
39:01Game Boy
39:01Xbox
39:02and other gaming
39:03accessories.
39:04Helga has placed
39:05a £70 reserve
39:06on these.
39:07All the electronics
39:09there
39:09that's a good lot
39:10we're at
39:10£110
39:11£120
39:12£130
39:13£140
39:14and £140
39:14a bid then
39:15at £140
39:16£150
39:16£160
39:17at £160
39:18£170
39:18commissions are out
39:19at £170
39:20it is
39:20at £170
39:22That word.
39:24I reckon it was
39:25your iPod Elvis playlist
39:27that did it Helga.
39:29Wow.
39:30Next
39:31it's Nick's favourite.
39:33The Super Nintendo
39:35Bomberman
39:36Party Pack.
39:38Yes.
39:38We open at £120
39:40at £120
39:41at £120
39:42and bid then
39:43at £120
39:43at £120
39:44at £120
39:45at £130
39:46fresh bid
39:46at £130
39:47at £130
39:48it is then
39:49at £130
39:52That's a very
39:53respectable score.
39:55Slap bang
39:55on the estimate.
39:57That's amazing.
39:58Now for the
39:59Hornby Duchess
40:00of Montrose
40:00train set
40:01that belonged
40:02to Helga's
40:02late husband
40:03Graham.
40:04£30
40:04Tommy
40:05£30
40:05at £30
40:07Come on
40:08model train
40:08enthusiasts.
40:09£30
40:10£30
40:10Tommy
40:11at £30
40:12a bid
40:12thank you
40:13at £30
40:13Yay!
40:152, 5
40:155, 5, 5
40:1635
40:17at 35
40:18The Duchess
40:20is now departing
40:21to a new owner
40:22in Ayrshire.
40:23Really pleased
40:23with that.
40:25And sticking
40:25with royalty
40:26Oh
40:27the lots
40:28you've all
40:28been waiting
40:28for.
40:30The special
40:31Dalton figures
40:32there we go
40:32it's Charles
40:33and Diana
40:35Ah there we go
40:36£60
40:36to army
40:37£60
40:37Charles
40:38and Diana
40:40No Royal
40:40fans in today
40:41then?
40:42Oh come on
40:42he's been promoted
40:43he's gone up
40:43in value
40:45They're worth this
40:49Angus will have
40:49to try these
40:50again another day
40:51Wow
40:52Maybe the Peggy
40:54Davies
40:54Art Deco
40:55style figurine
40:56will fare better
40:57One of Helga's
40:58favourites
40:58She won't let this
40:59go for less
41:00than £50
41:01Some nice
41:02figures up there
41:02we're open at £65
41:04£65 a bit
41:05£65 it is
41:06then at £65
41:07for the lady
41:08£70 a bit
41:09£70 a bit
41:09£70 it is
41:10then any advance
41:11for the lady
41:12at £70
41:14Not bad eh
41:15Helga?
41:17Oh please
41:17for that
41:18that's lovely
41:19And Angus
41:20keeps Helga
41:21happy for the
41:22next half an hour
41:23as he puts
41:2430 more lots
41:24of hers
41:25under the hammer
41:26including
41:27At £20
41:30£50
41:31The Lloyd
41:31loom chair
41:32At £25
41:33The Mary Quant
41:35multi-coloured
41:36poncho
41:37and
41:37Bit to ten
41:40A mixed lot
41:41of nine carat
41:41gold jewellery
41:42with a ring
41:43brooch
41:44and two pairs
41:44of earrings
41:47Wow
41:47There's just
41:49two lots
41:49of jewellery
41:50left
41:50First
41:51the trench
41:52art cross
41:53made out of
41:53bullet heads
41:54Oh this is a
41:55little bit different
41:56I've got £20 bid
41:5720 a bid
41:58at £20
41:58it is then
41:58at £20
41:59at £20
42:002, 5
42:018, 30
42:01£30
42:02£30
42:02a bid
42:02at £30
42:022, 2, 2, 2
42:035, 5
42:04a little bit unique
42:05£38
42:06At £38
42:07we're all done
42:08for a little bit
42:08of trench art
42:09at £38
42:12That's the
42:12bullet cross
42:13bang on its
42:14estimate
42:14That's excellent
42:16Finally
42:17it's the
42:1714 carat gold
42:19Figaro
42:19chain bracelet
42:20We've got lots
42:22of bids
42:22but we come in
42:24top two bids
42:25got £500
42:26so the next one
42:26comes in at
42:27£510
42:27At £510
42:2920 is it now
42:31Thank you sir
42:31£520
42:32£520
42:33commissions are out
42:33back of the room
42:34at £520
42:37Sold to the
42:37gentleman at the
42:38back
42:39Well done that man
42:40That was your
42:41last lot
42:43Now for the
42:43exciting bit
42:44The ladies were
42:45hoping to raise
42:46enough to pay
42:47for a spa trip
42:47You better not
42:48leave them high
42:49and dry Angus
42:50Lots of surprises
42:51Hello
42:52Are you alright
42:53How was that for you?
42:54Yeah
42:55Great
42:55It's good
42:56I think
42:56Jewellery was
42:57strong
42:57Yeah
42:58Erm
42:58And I suppose
43:00the games consoles
43:01and things like that
43:02Really delighted
43:03with that
43:04Good
43:04Well done
43:05and thank you
43:06That's alright
43:07That's good
43:07Now we're keen to
43:08know much
43:08Oh right
43:11After fees
43:12you'll be taking
43:13home £1,784
43:15Oh that's really good
43:16Oh wow
43:16That's amazing
43:18Thank you so much
43:21Far more than I
43:22expected
43:22That's amazing
43:24Good
43:24It was such a fun
43:25experience
43:26I think it will
43:26always stay with it
43:27I thought £1,000
43:28would be brilliant
43:30But yeah
43:31Angus did a fabulous
43:33job
43:33So spa day
43:35here we come
43:35Wow
43:36What a spa day
43:37they're going to have
43:38They've got a great
43:39budget for that
43:39So they're going to
43:40have a wonderful day
43:41off the back of it
43:41and then
43:48is
43:48we're going to have
43:48you
43:51I mean
43:52I mean
43:53I mean
43:54what a
43:54good
43:54I mean
44:00you
44:01I mean
44:02I mean
44:03it's a good
44:03year
44:03I mean
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