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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room, just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies, just...
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:19And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:26I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:31..he's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word, some box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:42Fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:47Cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh, didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52..and family heirloos.
00:54Could that go to auction? That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01What the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06At 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:10He delivers a fantastic...
01:12£2,000.
01:15Cash.
01:15All done at £4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:30This is obviously Danish silver.
01:32It's very well hallmarked.
01:34The team's busy processing items for an auction in five weeks' time.
01:38That's well made, isn't it?
01:40It is well made, yeah.
01:40Great pieces always sell well.
01:42But more treasures will be piling up soon.
01:45Angus is off on another job.
01:48Right, Jack.
01:49Well, we're going down to Shropshire.
01:50I think you're going to enjoy today.
01:52All right, what's up?
01:52Is it toys, then?
01:54It is.
01:54What toys are really cool that adults can play with?
01:57Well, I would argue every toy.
01:58But I'm going to hazard Lego.
02:01Lego.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Huge Lego collection.
02:04And well worth travelling the 150 miles to Market Drayton for.
02:09Toys are serious business in Angus's trade.
02:12It has sort of taken over the house a little bit, hasn't it?
02:15Yeah.
02:15Yeah, it's taken over a lot.
02:16I don't know what we're going to fill it with once it's all gone.
02:19The boys are visiting ex-army chef Scott and his wife Selina.
02:24I met Scott on the internet.
02:26Scott was in Afghanistan at the time.
02:29And then I think it was a month later, you'd said,
02:33oh, I'm coming back.
02:34We went for a coffee and we just hit it off immediately.
02:38That was in 2012.
02:40He and Selina set up home and married 10 years later.
02:44Haven't looked back since, really, have we?
02:46No, no.
02:47The three-bedroom home they share is, as Angus knows,
02:51home to tons of Lego.
02:53There's a lot in the house.
02:54I've even got to the stage where I've bought more sets
02:56than I've got space to put them.
02:58I have started to feel a bit overwhelmed.
03:02Scott's hobby really took off when Abby,
03:05his daughter from an earlier marriage,
03:07was born in 1996.
03:09The day after she was born,
03:11we were told that she had a congenital heart condition.
03:13At six months old, she went in for surgery.
03:16And...
03:21..the next morning, she had a cardiac arrest.
03:24So that left her with cerebral palsy.
03:27Her hips didn't form properly and her spine became curved.
03:31She can move her head, but her back is fixed in place now.
03:34She has to literally think of every single movement she's making.
03:38So a lot of the time when Abby said there's always a member of the care team,
03:41she's an absolute star, she really is.
03:43She's such a lovely girl.
03:44She's just so funny.
03:48When she was about three,
03:49she'd have this tub of cotton reels, all different colours,
03:52and she'd sit there for hours just putting them in and out of different tubs.
03:55And I thought, let's get some Lego.
03:57And it was a way of us spending time together constructively,
04:01building things and having fun.
04:03Now in her 20s, Abby has her own place,
04:06but stays at Dad's every weekend.
04:09I keep saying to Abby,
04:10Abby, are you OK if I get rid of it?
04:12And she's like, yeah, yeah.
04:13She's kind of over it, really.
04:16Her world's all about her dogs.
04:17She loves taking the dogs out.
04:19When the carers are trying to do things in the bedroom
04:21and they're sort of knocking into things,
04:23and it is quite limited for space in there now.
04:25The Lego has to be let go.
04:28I really wanted to get Angus on board
04:30because I love what he does
04:32and I think doing it in one fell swoop, as they say,
04:36will rip the sticking plaster off.
04:41Oh, there it is.
04:43There we go, we're in.
04:44We're in.
04:48Right.
04:52Morning.
04:53Morning, hi.
04:53How are you doing, thanks.
04:54This is Selina, the better half.
04:56Hi.
04:57Come on in, gents.
04:58You're more than welcome.
04:58Thank you very much.
05:01Come on in to the front room, guys.
05:03This is the start of the collection.
05:05You mentioned on the phone you had a bit of a leg game.
05:07Yeah, I've got quite a bit to show you,
05:09so if you want to make a start.
05:11Jack, do you want to get some boxes and stuff, Roddy?
05:12I think we're going to need a few.
05:14Brilliant.
05:14Right, lead on, Scott.
05:15The first stop is, of course...
05:18Come and have a look at what's in Abby's room.
05:20Yeah.
05:22Wow, it's a whole towel.
05:24You can see what the issue is, though,
05:25when Abby's in, we've got the hoist here
05:28for getting in and out of bed.
05:29Yes.
05:29Turning the wheelchair around,
05:31kind of need to make some space.
05:33Yeah.
05:33It's a practical step, isn't it?
05:35Yeah, it is.
05:35The two of you must have spent hours together doing this.
05:38Absolutely.
05:38It was all about us building together.
05:40And that must have been a really great sort of bonding.
05:43Yeah, really good.
05:44Leave me to it, Scott.
05:44Will do.
05:45We'll get it sorted.
05:46Right, I'll let you crack on.
05:47A quarter of all LEGO sold is to adults.
05:51Are you a fan, Angus?
05:53There'll be one in here somewhere.
05:55There we go.
05:57There is a proper LEGO brick, this modular form.
06:01But it wasn't always plastic.
06:03The company was founded in 1932 by Olly Kirk Christiansen,
06:08a Danish carpenter.
06:10All his early toys were made of wood,
06:13but the Second World War made wood difficult to source.
06:16It was in the late 40s that injection moulding came in
06:20and we saw it change onto these plastic sets.
06:23In 1947, Christiansen bought a plastic injection moulding machine.
06:29It enabled his team to design and manufacture
06:32the company's first interlockable units.
06:35The toy, as we know it, was born.
06:38We are in a new golden age of LEGO.
06:41You can get everything you can possibly imagine in LEGO.
06:44We have disabled LEGO pieces.
06:46So I think they really have captured every audience possible.
06:50So Nick will go through all of this back at the sale room
06:52and sort it out into lots.
06:55Nick is the auction house's resident toys specialist.
06:59He's going to be busy.
07:00Abby's room alone contains 60 sets.
07:03It's going to be a lot of lots,
07:04so it's hard really to put a value on it at the moment.
07:09Oh, you all right, Jack?
07:10Yeah, not bad.
07:11I don't think this is going to be as bad as you think.
07:13We can literally take them as a unit, drop them into a box.
07:16They're fairly solid.
07:17Not too much playing with them, Jack.
07:19Of course not.
07:30Look at that.
07:31I mean, it just takes you into a magical world.
07:33There's probably not many buildings more famous than the Taj Mahal.
07:37In Agra, in India, it's a construction site in 1632, finished in 1648.
07:43It's incredible.
07:44This model was part of the Creator Expert series of LEGO for advanced builders and came out in 2017.
07:52It's huge at over 5,900 pieces.
07:56The biggest yet is the art world map with over 11,000.
08:01These sets are popular.
08:03In their original boxes, they do do more because part of the joy with LEGO is actually constructing it.
08:09Nevertheless, what a great thing.
08:12It's almost like a modern-day piece of sculpture.
08:14We'll sell this on its own as a standalone lot.
08:17I would estimate this at somewhere between 50 and 80 pounds.
08:21That will definitely find a good home.
08:23This brings back some memories.
08:26Trust Angus to spot former Army chef Scott's old service dress.
08:30Oh, you all right?
08:32Yeah.
08:32This is it to go?
08:34Yeah.
08:34Looking at the ribbons.
08:35Iraq.
08:36Yeah, so we've got Northern Ireland first.
08:39Iraq, Afghan, Jubilee.
08:41We've got the long sausage and good custard, as chefs used to call it.
08:44So the LS and GC, long service and good conduct.
08:47So when were you in Iraq then?
08:492005.
08:49Same time I was there.
08:51Wow, that's pretty bad, isn't it?
08:52You'd probably cook for me at some point, yeah.
08:54But time for it to go.
08:56Yeah, to be fair, well, I've outgrown it.
08:59Right, I've got that on my hand and we'll see what we can do on that.
09:03Just a little bit too big to get two in, I think.
09:07It's not going to go in there at the moment.
09:11Isn't that wonderful?
09:12Now, most people call this a Union Jack.
09:15Well, technically, it's not a Union Jack.
09:17It's a Union flag.
09:18The Union Jack is when it's mounted on a flagpole.
09:21Usually, traditionally, with the Navy on the back of the ship.
09:23It's a proper one.
09:24It's cotton and this has all been stitched.
09:26It's not printed onto one piece of fabric.
09:29It's been made up with multiple layers of material.
09:33Angus is also adding in four flag-themed cushions.
09:40All right, Jack, what have you found?
09:42One of my favourite areas.
09:44Gaming.
09:45Yeah, I knew it.
09:46You and your games consoles.
09:47What is it?
09:48Nintendo GameCube.
09:49What sort of date are we talking about?
09:50So, early 2000s.
09:52Sixth generation console.
09:53Sixth generation started in 1998 and it ended in around 2013.
09:57It was also the year of the Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox as well.
10:02And these consoles focus more on sort of online gaming and better graphics.
10:06We're currently in the ninth generation of consoles now.
10:09It's all nostalgia, isn't it?
10:10People buying back the cool things.
10:11Did you ever have a GameCube?
10:13No, I've got original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Series X.
10:17I got rid of my Series 1.
10:18And then I've got a PS5, PS4.
10:20I did used to have PSP and Game Boys, but I got rid of them.
10:23Jack, do you think you need to go out more?
10:25Probably do.
10:26Yeah, OK.
10:27We're probably not looking at fortunes, are we?
10:29Price off the top of my head, 50 to 80.
10:32Nice.
10:33It's all totting up.
10:34I'm not overly worried about how much it generates.
10:38I just want to be able to take Abby and her dogs for a pamper and a treat.
10:42We want to do a brilliant job today and raise as much money as we can.
10:47It's about really giving Scott's daughter, Abby, a treat
10:50and rearranging things, making life a little bit easier.
10:53And, you know, Scott actually cooked for me when I was out in Iraq.
10:56You know, we're there at the same time, both ex-army,
10:58so, yeah, I've got to look after him.
11:01Good man.
11:03You know, I'm not up on ladies' fashion over much,
11:05but these are Radley ones because they have a little Scotty talk.
11:08And there's a few in your team of specialist valuers who'll be all over those.
11:14Desert beets.
11:15Oh, that's what we had in Iraq, just like that.
11:17But there's no doubt the biggest part of the job is Lego.
11:21There's a lunar landing module.
11:24Just, just too wide.
11:26And a French bistro.
11:28Ooh la la.
11:29There literally is every scene you can think of.
11:32With over 200 models and sets, plus other treasures,
11:36it's going to be a cataloguing marathon back at base.
11:40Painter measure.
11:41So, gents, if that's it, we'd better head home.
11:44I think we're all done.
11:45Yeah, perfect.
11:46Right, come on free.
11:49Oh.
11:51Oh, my word.
11:52That's quite a difference, isn't it?
11:54It's going to be a lot more user-friendly, isn't it?
11:55Yeah, definitely.
11:56The care team are going to be happy.
11:57And that, you know, that was the main reason for getting you guys to come in.
12:00Brilliant.
12:01Well, I'll hit the road, and I'll see you on sale day.
12:02Thanks very much.
12:03Okay, thanks, Tom.
12:04Cheers, Angus.
12:06It's very poignant, actually.
12:07There was a lot of time and effort went into building the sets,
12:10but I'm looking forward to the auction,
12:11and I kind of hope people get as much fun out of them as Abby and I have had.
12:15I think Scotty and Selina are happy.
12:18We've created a lot of space there,
12:20so it's all positive, and we look forward to sale day.
12:24Let's leg it with this Lego back to Kirby Moorside.
12:27But I can't wait to see how big a fund you can build for this well-deserving family.
12:48How are you?
12:49Are you all right?
12:50Yeah, good.
12:51Back at Kirby Moorside,
12:52the cargo from Scotty and Selina's house is unloaded
12:56so it can be catalogued in time for auction day.
13:00I always think it's great when a handbag has an outer bag.
13:03Honestly, I know very little about handbags.
13:04Don't worry, Ewan.
13:06Charlotte and Millie do.
13:07We have three leather Radley bags here.
13:10Okay.
13:11I used to own one of these when I was about 13 years old,
13:13and they were the absolute rage.
13:16It's an English brand, isn't it?
13:17It was founded in London, but the owner's actually Australian,
13:20so she's called Lowell Harder,
13:22and she started it in the 1980s.
13:24Yeah.
13:24Her cousin came back from India with some leather bags,
13:27and she actually sold these bags at a stall on Camden Market.
13:30When the company first started out,
13:32they didn't have these Westies on them.
13:34In the 90s, John Lewis started to carry these bags,
13:36and it became synonymous with the brand.
13:38The genuine leather, the stitching looks good quality.
13:42The three Radleys will be offered with two matching dust bags
13:46plus one other quality handbag.
13:48I always remember my grandma having a Radley bag.
13:50It's quite funny how, like, everyone's grandma has a Radley bag,
13:53but I had one when I was 13.
13:54Well, I think grandmas can be really fashionable.
13:5713-year-olds, maybe not so much.
14:04It's a bakery.
14:05The lion's share of Scott's Hall is Lego.
14:09There's a load of these modular buildings,
14:12sort of street scene sets that we've got here,
14:14and they've been around now since about 2007.
14:17You can actually create a whole street.
14:20Take each room off, and you can actually see inside.
14:24Oh, yeah, look, there's a dentist.
14:25There's a photographer in there.
14:28So, brand-new box.
14:29These are going to be sort of 200-pound-plus,
14:32but built up up to about 80 to 150.
14:36We've got Lego Icons Lamborghini Countach,
14:38which that's quite a valuable little set there on its own.
14:41It's not been opened yet.
14:43I think 60-100, the Saturn V and the Lunar Lander,
14:4660 to 100.
14:47In all, there are 39 tantalising Lego lots,
14:51and I can't wait to see how they do.
14:54Yeah, really nice collection.
15:03I'm interested to see how many people turn up for the auction.
15:07That'd be good.
15:08Yeah.
15:10Oh, here we are, then.
15:11Oh, wow.
15:13How do we fill this in one house?
15:15I don't know.
15:16Which was your favourite to make?
15:18The Discovery.
15:19Oh, yeah.
15:20That always seems to be a favourite,
15:22when people used to come round the house.
15:24Oh, morning.
15:25Morning.
15:25Hi.
15:26Yeah, good, thanks.
15:28Excited for the sale?
15:29Yeah.
15:30Yeah, I don't realise how much there was.
15:32I mean, it's a wonderful collection.
15:34And how's things progressing with the room,
15:36getting that all turned round?
15:36All sorted.
15:37Yeah.
15:37The care team, over the moon,
15:39they're not banging into things now,
15:41and it's a lot better.
15:42Is there a sort of a standout lot for you?
15:44There's a couple of things that I think are rarer sets.
15:47Yeah.
15:47So hopefully there'll be some interest in those,
15:49like a couple of the Batmobiles.
15:51Good, well, I'll get ready for the sale,
15:52and I'll let you look round,
15:53and I'll see you up on the roster.
15:54All right, lovely.
15:55Cheers.
15:57Oh, God, look.
15:58I didn't realise your shirt.
15:59It's the full set.
16:00Your shirt, braces, trousers.
16:02Yeah.
16:03What I loved about this one
16:05is that you get it,
16:06and there's a wheelchair character as well,
16:07and there's a ramp in and stuff,
16:09so Abby loved building that.
16:10And Angus will love selling it for her.
16:13Scott and Selina have 46 lots in today's auction,
16:1639 of them Lego.
16:19When Abby came round,
16:20she noticed it had gone,
16:21and she was OK with it,
16:23which made me feel 100 times better
16:24because I think that was my main concern.
16:27What do you reckon, Angus?
16:28Some jobs are just fun,
16:30and this is one of them.
16:32These items are going to sell.
16:33They're going to raise a reasonable sum,
16:35so, yeah, I'm looking forward to this one.
16:36All that time buying it, collecting it, building it.
16:39Yeah.
16:39No, it'd be good to see it go.
16:42We're just seconds away now, Scott.
16:44Our clerks for the day are Millie and Jasper,
16:47where all systems go.
16:51Thanks.
16:53Cheers.
16:54You'll need to keep your whistle wetter today, Angus.
16:57Right, then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
16:59Morning.
17:00Morning.
17:00Oh, there we go.
17:01Very formal.
17:02We start with this wonderful, wonderful collection.
17:04This pretty much all came out of one bedroom,
17:07I like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen.
17:08And he's blasting off with the Saturn V rocket
17:11and lunar landing set.
17:13There's nothing that hasn't been made out of Lego.
17:15This is brilliant.
17:16We open at £120.
17:17£120.
17:18It's at £120.
17:20It's with you, Jasper.
17:20At £120 it is.
17:22Then we're all done.
17:23At £120.
17:25£30.
17:25A last-minute bid.
17:27£130, thank you.
17:28We're all done at £130.
17:31That's one giant leap.
17:33Sold for twice its estimate.
17:35That's good.
17:37We're back on terra firma next.
17:39The Taj Mahal.
17:41One of the more challenging builds?
17:43Oh, yeah, definitely.
17:45There we go.
17:45£40, start me.
17:47Bid.
17:47Two, two.
17:48We're off now.
17:49Five, eight, eight, eight, 48, 50, 50 a bid.
17:51£50, £55.
17:52One of the wonders of the world.
17:5365, 70, 75, 75, 80.
17:56£80, it's at £50 it is.
17:57It doesn't matter how much it goes for me.
17:59It's the joy that you have a bid.
18:0185, fresh bid, 85 pounds.
18:05A monumental result.
18:07I didn't want to take that home.
18:10A collection that took Scott 25 years to build
18:14takes Angus under an hour to dispatch around the world.
18:18Models like...
18:19About 100.
18:21The unopened Lamborghini.
18:24At 210.
18:25The now discontinued Batmobile.
18:28Last call at 140.
18:30And a New Orleans-style jazz club and diner.
18:36We've reached the end of the Lego road with Scott's favourite.
18:40Oh, it's the Land Rover.
18:41Oh, shit.
18:42There's bids from all over the world on this.
18:44It's a low one, though, but it starts as £35 at £35.
18:47That's low.
18:48Come on, let's be on.
18:49At 35, 8, 40, 2, 42, 5, 8.
18:53Round it up.
18:5350 is it now?
18:5450.
18:5550 and bid.
18:55We're all done for the Defender.
18:5790 at 50.
19:00Angus at full throttle there.
19:02That was your last lot of Lego.
19:05You've done well, sir.
19:05That leaves just four non-Lego lots.
19:09The collection of Union flag and the cushions.
19:12If you're going to hang the flags up, can you put them up the right way?
19:16Too many people hang them upside down.
19:18Anyway, rant over.
19:19Ah, there we go.
19:20All the cushions there.
19:21I've got £20 bid.
19:22£20 a bid at £20.
19:23It's £20 a bid at £20.
19:24It is then at £20.
19:25All done.
19:25But 20...
19:28Flag down at a very accessible price.
19:3135, 8.
19:32People there.
19:33Attention.
19:34There we go.
19:35It's the British Army.
19:36Catering court.
19:37Service dress there.
19:37There we go.
19:38With the medal ribbons.
19:39Where should we be for this?
19:40£50 start me.
19:44I'm with you on that, buddy.
19:45It was very good, the catering in Iraq, I have to say.
19:48There we go.
19:49£30 start me then.
19:50£30.
19:51£30.
19:51£30.
19:52We'll save that for military sale.
19:54Scott's old uniform just needs a specialist collector.
19:58I didn't expect that to sell.
20:00And from outfits to accessories.
20:03Handbags are expensive.
20:05My wife doesn't do handbags though, so that's quite good.
20:07There we go.
20:08Where should we be for these?
20:09£30 start me.
20:10I know we like six.
20:12It's got the dog on it.
20:13£30, £32, £35, £38, £40.
20:15£40 a bid.
20:16He's selling at £40.
20:18Bagged for a bargain by a bidder in York.
20:22That's good.
20:23Now for the last slot of the day.
20:25Let's wrap up this wonderful job.
20:27The Nintendo Games Cube with Frostmaster Backpack Case.
20:30Various games including Tetris World, Mario Party.
20:32There we go.
20:33We're at 65, 75, 85, 95, 100, 110.
20:37110 a bid at 110.
20:39120, I'm out.
20:40Nope, 120.
20:41Net bid at 120.
20:42It is.
20:42£130, fresh bid.
20:44£130, thank you.
20:44£140, £140, £150, £150, £160, £170, £170, £170, £180, £190.
20:49£150, £270, £270, £170, £170, £170, £270, £270, £480.
20:51routines out.
20:52Commissions out.
20:52Selling at 200.
20:55Game over.
20:57Solved for four times its estimate.
20:59Definitely didn't expect that.
21:01You didn't expect that at all, did you?
21:02No.
21:03Scott wanted to raise enough money to pay for a pampering session for Abbey's three pooches.
21:08After that sale, something tells me he'll be as happy as a dog with two tails himself.
21:16Hello.
21:17Hi.
21:19Well, all right, didn't it?
21:21Yeah.
21:22Just a bit.
21:22Really well.
21:23Do you know, you looked surprised when stuff was selling and selling well.
21:26Every single lot totally exceeded our expectations.
21:30Did you give any thought about monetary value?
21:33I said to you, probably about £300 or something, and you said...
21:36I went, no, I think we'll get about £6.
21:39Okay.
21:39After fees, you'll be taking home £3,074.
21:44Wow!
21:45I didn't expect that.
21:46I really wasn't expecting that.
21:48Those dogs are going to get pampered.
21:49Yes!
21:50They might have gold collars and stuff.
21:53Wow, I did not expect that at all.
21:55It's been an absolute joyful job to do.
21:57I'm really pleased.
21:58Really good day, and we're going to do some good with the money.
22:00We're going to take Abby and her little dogs out for the day and be a little pamper.
22:03She'll love that.
22:04This was about creating space, but I don't think they ever considered how much money they would raise,
22:09and we've widely surpassed their expectations.
22:19Right, Mellie, we've got a long drive ahead of us.
22:21How far?
22:22London.
22:24Very far.
22:24Oh, poor Angus.
22:27We all know how much you hate driving into and around London, but you know what they say.
22:33The streets are paved with gold.
22:35This next job is going to be an interesting one.
22:49Angus is heading to south-east London.
22:51Yeah, five hours, but we're south of the river.
22:54And the royal borough of Greenwich.
22:57What is it meant to be, like a perfume bottle?
22:59Incense.
23:00Incense.
23:00Today's appointment is with Perry and her daughter Dina.
23:04Where did you get this from?
23:05It was like an ornament shop.
23:07I was born in Iraq, Baghdad, and I got married there.
23:13So my husband, because he's a doctor, so he wanted to be a specialist.
23:17So we came here.
23:18But then we couldn't go back home because the war started with Iran.
23:25The war began in 1980 and lasted eight brutal and bitter years.
23:31I wanted to go home because that was my home, but after all my family, they died there.
23:39My children grow up here, go to school.
23:42So this is my home now.
23:45And a very smart home it is too.
23:48Fill to the brim with things.
23:51I started collecting ages ago.
23:54So I used to go to the auction house, some antiques shops, and it's getting bigger and bigger every time.
24:02If we go to a charity shop, she'll find something in the corner that someone hasn't noticed.
24:07And the same goes for clothes, trinkets, and jewellery.
24:11I love Victorian time.
24:13My drawing room is full of style of Victorian time.
24:18I think it's a mixed kind of antique Victorian art deco and kind of Arabic Middle Eastern styles.
24:24I love it.
24:25I can see you're a passionate collector, Perry.
24:29So tell us, why the call to Angus?
24:32I've been diagnosed with breast cancer, and they removed that small lump from my breast.
24:42Since then, her health has been just generally poorer, and she hasn't got as much energy.
24:46Of course, it was a shock, and I have to deal with it every day.
24:53My daughter, she got married.
24:55My son, he finished his education, and he got married, so everybody got their own places.
25:01Me and my husband, we separated, and so I'm here by myself in this house.
25:08It's time for me to change, to declutter, have my bucket wish list to materialize that.
25:16I don't want to leave it after I have gone, so it's better to do it now and find people
25:26who are interested in it.
25:27Maybe they love it as much as I loved it.
25:30I can't think of a better reason to call on our Angus.
25:34Could be interesting.
25:36I think there's a mixed selection, smalls, there might be some furniture.
25:40Yeah, we'll see how we get on.
25:42So, I think it's just up here.
25:44Double drive, very handy.
25:46We love a drive.
25:48Right, I think that'll do us.
25:58Good morning.
26:00Are you all right?
26:00Good morning.
26:01Yeah.
26:01I brought Millie down with us today.
26:03Hi, Millie.
26:04Please come in.
26:06Thank you very much.
26:06Millie, after you.
26:11It's wonderful to be here.
26:12And how is it that we can help?
26:15If you could help us to sell some of the stuff here, we'd be grateful.
26:20There's just too much stuff that my mum could do with a hand.
26:23You feel it's time to sort of have a bit of a fin out?
26:26Definitely, yes.
26:27I have something interesting to show you.
26:30Would you like to come with me?
26:31Certainly, yeah.
26:32You've got that five-hour drive back to Yorkshire ahead of you, remember?
26:36Better get cracking.
26:38Oh, wow.
26:39So, all your jewellery.
26:40If you could give me some value on it.
26:43Well, I mean, there's one thing that jumps out straight away.
26:45This is nice.
26:46Yeah, this is a necklace.
26:48Very delicate.
26:49I think this is Victorian as well.
26:51We'll get our Charlotte Owen jewellery lady to go over those.
26:55Yeah.
26:56The stones in this pendant necklace with matching drop earrings aren't precious.
27:01But the chain and earring backs are 18-carat gold.
27:05You've got a cocktail watch there.
27:07Yeah, this is my favourite one.
27:09It has a special place in my heart because my mum, she used to have a watch like it and
27:14it's been lost.
27:17So, I wanted some replica for it.
27:19I loved it and because it's gold, 18 carats and the diamonds around it.
27:25The diamonds around it, yeah.
27:27There are 36 small diamonds embedded in the gold.
27:30And that's in contrast with what we call a champagne coloured dial and a plated mesh bracelet.
27:36I mean, it's a lovely thing.
27:38I think it'd go between £3,000 and £4,000.
27:41So, passion for jewellery, but time to let it go.
27:44It is.
27:46You've been here two minutes and literally struck gold, Angus.
27:50Wonderful.
27:50Leave me to it.
27:51OK, no worries.
27:53I wonder what Millie's up to.
27:55Oh, it looks nice.
27:56Yeah, very nice.
27:57A little fob watch, but it looks like it's, so it's been made as a, it can be worn as
28:02a brooch as well.
28:02I love enamel work.
28:04It's powdered glass.
28:06Yeah.
28:07It's coloured.
28:08So, it's heated at extremely high temperatures and you get this glossy kind of enamel.
28:13So, it almost feels like a ceramic to some extent, but it's technically, it's glass.
28:18When enamel is set into a metal framework to form a design, it's known as closonet, meaning partitioned.
28:27Perry's fob watch is Swiss and marked 1908.
28:31It contains ten bright cut diamonds and the bar is 14 carat gold.
28:37Probably like Victorian Edwardian, I would have thought.
28:39Something that beautiful should be worn as a piece of jewellery, I think.
28:42Get that back to the cell room.
28:44Yeah.
28:44Wowee!
28:45This is totting up.
28:46What's the plan for any money you raise, Perry?
28:49I would love to go to cruise.
28:51Yeah, I love cruise.
28:52And this is one of my bucket wish.
28:56Bucket list.
28:56Bucket list.
28:57How fabulous a cruise.
28:59But they don't come cheap, Angus.
29:01We need more lots.
29:07Stumps.
29:08Who'd have thought stumps would be so heavy?
29:10Let's see what we've got.
29:12Interestingly, we've got in here the full set of Edward VIII stamps.
29:17But there wasn't many Edward VIII stamps.
29:19That was because Edward VIII abdicated.
29:23He didn't even do a full year on the throne.
29:25When King George V died in 1936, his eldest son became Edward VIII, but he stepped aside 11 months into
29:34his reign, so just four new stamps were issued in his honour.
29:38Many people saved them, so they aren't all that valuable.
29:42What else is there, Angus?
29:44This is kind of early 20th century, so George V era, but it's more Commonwealth countries.
29:51Some of those can be collectible and quite expensive, particularly if it's a very small place.
29:57There was a small run done.
29:58Sadly, no rarities here.
30:01I think this is probably a collection that we sold as a whole, with tens of pounds, essentially over the
30:09£100 mark.
30:10The stamps will be sold in a mixed lot with coins and other assorted memorabilia.
30:16Not a mind-blowing lot, then.
30:18Shame.
30:19I was getting excited.
30:20It is a very traditional collector's area.
30:24Whether it'll continue with the new generation, I don't know.
30:28Ah, well, let's get them on the van.
30:31Perhaps there are some valuables in the garage.
30:34I think we can pretty much take anything we like.
30:37This is a Moorish-style cafe table.
30:40It's more awkward than heavy.
30:42With matching chairs.
30:44But they're cool.
30:46And this Rococo-style gilt mirror.
30:49Oh, steady. What are we doing?
30:51Plus a glass-topped, part-gilded coffee table with curved oak supports.
30:57OK, wonderful.
31:00So what might be lurking in the loft?
31:03Well, these are nice.
31:05But there's no time to get as snug as a bug in a...
31:09Keeling rug.
31:10When we say keeling rug, we're really referring to the type of weave.
31:17So when you turn the rug over, it's the same finish.
31:20Rather than a traditional rug, the underside is coarse and the top side's fluffy.
31:25Known for millennia across North Africa and throughout the East,
31:29keelins were woven to decorate homes but also to wear, and even to shroud the dead.
31:35So, very popular, either thrown over a sofa, a floor covering.
31:40You can create a real impact in a room.
31:43They sell well.
31:44The decent keeling rug could be 1-200.
31:46There's a few here.
31:47Great colours, great, great things.
31:49Three cheers for last-minute treasure.
31:54Ah, well, I think we're all loaded up, aren't we, Millie?
31:58Oh, wow, it's quite a lot of stuff, isn't it?
32:01Great job.
32:02I think we're there.
32:02How are you feeling now?
32:03Things are...
32:04Oh, I'm already feeling lighter.
32:06Yeah?
32:06Yes, I do.
32:07Good.
32:08Well, we will get it all back and catalogued,
32:11and hopefully we can get two cruise tickets.
32:15Great.
32:16Thanks so much, guys.
32:17Thank you so much.
32:17No problem at all.
32:18Right, thank you very much.
32:19You take care.
32:20It's sad because that stage of my life,
32:23which is...
32:24I was interested in buying things, it's gone on.
32:28But now I'm glad it's going to somebody else.
32:32We've got some lovely rugs,
32:34we've got some other jewellery that's good,
32:37interesting smalls,
32:39and we've got a few nice Middle Eastern pieces.
32:42It's a very interesting mix load,
32:44and I'm hoping we can get enough
32:45that's going to cover the two of them to go on a cruise.
32:47Well, your next port of call is Kirby Moorside,
32:51where you'll have your work cut out
32:53trying to raise enough cash for that.
32:55It certainly won't be plain sailing.
33:16Hi, Millie.
33:17Hi.
33:18Perry's treasures have arrived safely in Kirby Moorside.
33:23It's a sprauncy mirror, isn't it?
33:25Good word.
33:26And it's far from being the only showy thing in the van, Jeremy.
33:31That's quite a stylish thing, isn't it?
33:34Is that everything, Jeremy?
33:36Yep, that's it.
33:36The Greenwich Hall contains over 100 individual items
33:41to research, certify and value in time for the auction
33:45in a fortnight's time.
33:48Coffee time, is it, Jeremy?
33:50Absolutely, of course.
33:51It's always coffee time.
33:52It feels like we're in a little Turkish cafe
33:54or sort of Middle Eastern, isn't it?
33:55Yeah, sort of Moorish.
33:57Moorish, as in the style of the Muslim rulers
33:59of southern Spain from the 8th to the 15th centuries,
34:03not as in tasty, although they are very tempting.
34:07The styles haven't changed for centuries, probably, have they?
34:09No.
34:10This is a 20th century one.
34:11It makes a nice decorative piece, you know, with the brass.
34:14A lot of design work.
34:15That used to be the thing, didn't it?
34:17They used to use this parquetry.
34:19Parquetry is the art of creating decorative,
34:22strictly geometric design in whole pieces of wood,
34:26often in contrasting colours and grains,
34:29as in parquet flooring.
34:31Very decorative.
34:32You know, a lot of design work in Middle Eastern sort of version.
34:35So stylised flowers, aren't they?
34:36Very typical, isn't it?
34:37We've got a sort of a combination of techniques, haven't we?
34:40Sort of embossing this raised out
34:42so the pattern's pushed through from underneath
34:44and then engraving where it's cut into the metal, isn't it?
34:47The table will be offered with three Moorish-style stools and a chair.
34:52Well, they're lovely, but, you know,
34:53we're not talking huge amounts of money, are we?
34:55Of course, 80 to 120.
34:57I think so.
34:58It's ideal for somebody doing a little cafe or something like that
35:00that just wants a little sort of feature piece.
35:06It's a coffee pot and a milk jug.
35:07OK.
35:08Millie's sharing one of her Greenwich pines.
35:12A design by Robert Welch, a famous mid-century designer.
35:14They're a really interesting design, aren't they?
35:16Almost like space-age style.
35:18He had his own company, but he worked quite closely with Old Hall,
35:21who had, like, their own stainless steel range,
35:23and they were quite well-known for their stainless steel
35:24right from the 20s.
35:27Midlands manufacturers, Old Hall,
35:29made tableware for 80 years from 1904.
35:32These are Robert Welch's own creations.
35:35I mean, they're very mid-century.
35:37In a very classic sort of mid-century way,
35:39the handle and the finial are both made from teak.
35:41They're teak.
35:41So they're going into a lot of general metalware,
35:45but these are, like, the style piece, I think,
35:47and what will sell that lot.
35:48So I put 50 to 70 on the lot.
35:50Speaking of tea and coffee, fancy one?
35:52Oh, yes, please.
35:53I'm guessing coffee.
35:54Coffee, please.
35:55Ah, beer tea for me, huh?
36:05Excited about the auction, yeah?
36:07Perry and Dina have made the five-hour trek
36:09from Greenwich to Yorkshire.
36:11Wow!
36:13It's bigger than that.
36:14Oh, this is the clean carpet.
36:16Do you think you'll be sad to see all this stuff go?
36:19Part of me, yes, but part of me, I'm happy,
36:22because I'm a lighter now.
36:24Oh, look.
36:26There's...
36:26Stamps.
36:27There's stamps.
36:28I bought it for my son.
36:30It's just sort of gathering dust.
36:32It's good that we're going to sell it, I think.
36:34And this watch?
36:35This is my favourite, yes, lovely.
36:37Can you imagine yourself wearing it?
36:39Not really, because it's just staying there in my home
36:43and I'm not able to wear it, really.
36:46Morning.
36:47Good morning.
36:48Are you all right?
36:49Yeah, thank you.
36:49Yeah.
36:49How are we feeling about the sale?
36:52Good.
36:55A little bit of anticipation there, I sense.
36:58I'm just thinking about the gold watch.
37:01Is there any...
37:02A lot of interest in it?
37:04Well, that's probably the star item, isn't it?
37:06Yes, yes.
37:06So, yeah, we'll keep our fingers crossed for that one.
37:09And then, if we have a good day,
37:10we can all have coffee around the little coffee table.
37:12Yeah, that'd be great.
37:13Oh, yes.
37:14And I hope we're going to get a holiday, isn't it?
37:17Hopefully.
37:17Well, I'll let you have a look around
37:18and I'll see you on the roster.
37:22What are your thoughts looking forward, Angus?
37:25There might be one or two bits that just struggle.
37:28Furniture can always be a little bit tricky.
37:30So, I think we should get a few good results,
37:32but it might be a day of mixed results.
37:34What about the star lot?
37:36The cocktail watch, I would like to leave a reserve for it
37:41so it can reach the amount which I paid in the first place for it.
37:45Oh, dear.
37:46That's a four grand reserve, Angus.
37:50Might be a bit of a stretch to get that.
37:52It's probably round about 3,000 is probably where it's at.
37:55But we'll see.
37:56We'll do our best.
37:57That's the spirit.
37:59There's a keen crowd in the room
38:01and Clark's Emma and Heather
38:03are poised to marshal those internet bids.
38:06So, Angus, if you'd be so kind...
38:09Oh, we're on to it.
38:10There we go.
38:11First up, Perry's Moorish-style cafe furniture.
38:15This is lovely.
38:16It's the circular brass top table
38:18and then we get the free stools and the chair.
38:21Really nice to have your coffee up.
38:23There we go.
38:23We're off on line.
38:2480, 85, 85, 90, 95, 100 is it now.
38:27Round it up.
38:28100, 110, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190.
38:38200, 200 and a bit at 200, 210, 220 then.
38:41220, 240.
38:43250, at 250, it's out.
38:45At 250, it's against you.
38:47Amazing.
38:48At 250 pounds.
38:51A cracking start.
38:54Pleased about that.
38:55It was a nice thing.
38:56It was very good.
38:57The Robert Welch stainless steel coffee pot
39:00and milk jug are next
39:01in a mixed lot with 20 silver plate
39:04and metalware items.
39:06This is a good, interesting collection there.
39:09And I go 50, 60, 75, 85, 85,
39:1295, 100, 100 it is then at 100,
39:14110, 110, 120, 120, at 120,
39:1730, 130, 140, at 140 it is then at 140 pounds.
39:23Destined for a chic breakfast table in Whitby.
39:27Yeah, that's good.
39:28Now, will the bidders be licking their lips
39:31for 10 20th century stamp albums
39:33plus 10 sets of coins?
39:36Have a bit of pre-sale interest on this.
39:38At 50 pound, a bit at 50, 5, 5, 5, 5,
39:4055, 60, 60, a bit at 65, 70,
39:4270 pound a bit at 75, 85, 90, 95.
39:46All done.
39:46Gavel's up at 95.
39:475, 100, 110, by the skin of your teeth.
39:53At 110.
39:55Someone pushed the envelope there.
39:57Oh, interesting.
39:59Yeah.
40:00Next up, Angus's last minute loft find.
40:04Large multicoloured Keeling rug.
40:06Lovely, lovely rug is this.
40:07And I go straight to an 80, 80 pounds a bit,
40:1080 a bit, 85, 5, 5, 85 it is then,
40:1390, 90 pounds, 95.
40:14Round it up for me, 100, thank you,
40:17100 and bid at 100 pound it is then at 100.
40:19We're all done.
40:20The Keeling at 100.
40:22A bidder in your carpet bag, that.
40:26That was good.
40:27In mere minutes, 90 more lots go under the gavel,
40:32including...
40:3235.
40:34A smaller hearth rug.
40:36That's 75.
40:38The glamorous contemporary coffee table.
40:4148.
40:43And the Rococo-style mantle mirror.
40:48That's not bad.
40:50Next, it's the cocktail watch.
40:52Perry won't let it slip from her wrist
40:55for a penny less than four grand.
40:57Oh, right, this is a special watch.
40:59This is pretty.
41:00Yes, it is pretty, very pretty.
41:0218 carat gold and diamond, there we go.
41:04Beautiful watch there.
41:05Commission opens me at 2.8,
41:07I come in at 2.9, free.
41:083,000 at 3,000 at 3,000.
41:10At 3,000 is, you're out on commission at 3,000.
41:13We're all done for the lovely diamond cocktail watch there.
41:17At 3,000 pounds, you're all out.
41:19Last chance at 3,000.
41:21It's a blow.
41:22Angus was right.
41:24Never mind.
41:2514.45.
41:26Perhaps the next jewellery lot will get us back on track.
41:30The purple pendant, there'll be a nice little set.
41:32I can open at 2.60, 2.60 a bid.
41:342.60, 2.70, 2.80, 2.90.
41:36That's amazing.
41:37At 300 pound a bid.
41:38At 300 a bid.
41:393.20 with me, then.
41:403.40.
41:41Commission's out.
41:42At 3.40 it is, then.
41:43At 3.40.
41:44We've all done gobbles up.
41:45At 3.40.
41:47And we're back.
41:49Well done.
41:51Oh, thank you very much.
41:53It's the last lot of the day.
41:55This is my favourite piece out of your house.
41:57This is lovely.
41:58The enamel bob pocket watch there.
42:01Lovely, lovely thing.
42:02And I've got 200, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 2.90.
42:10300.
42:12Pound it is, then, at 300.
42:13Lovely thing.
42:143.20, 3.40, 3.60, 3.80, 3.80, round it up.
42:17400, 4.20, 4.40, 4.40, 4.60.
42:20At 4.60, no mistake, the gavel's up.
42:22Going to sell away.
42:23At 460 pounds.
42:26Another determined bidder in York was enamoured with the enameled watch.
42:33Thank you very much.
42:35Breathe.
42:35We're done.
42:37Richly deserved.
42:38Perry was hoping to raise enough cash for a cruise.
42:42Angus, what's the news?
42:45Hello.
42:45Hi.
42:46We all right?
42:47Yeah.
42:48Yeah?
42:48How did that go for you?
42:49Yeah, it's good.
42:50It was really fun.
42:51We were really happy.
42:52It was a really exciting day.
42:53But also, we managed to declutter.
42:55So, it was like, you know, three things for one.
42:57That was the actual main reason, wasn't it?
43:00A bit of a fin out.
43:01Well, after fees, you'll be taking home £1,623.
43:06Wow, that's great.
43:07I didn't expect it there.
43:09That's really good.
43:11We're really grateful for your help and everyone's help.
43:14Brilliant.
43:14Well, thank you so much and all the best.
43:17It was great, really.
43:18I didn't expect it to go this way.
43:20And I was happy for the result as well.
43:23I think we did well.
43:24Some maybe not quite as well as we thought,
43:26but that is the reality of an auction.
43:29Some stuff does better, some not so well.
43:30But all in all, a good day and a good sum to go towards that cruise.
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