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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room?
00:06Just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies, just...
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:13Yay!
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:17Yay!
00:18All right!
00:19And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:26Well, I can't break it.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:29I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:31He's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:42Fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:47Cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:51No.
00:52And family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:55That 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...
01:12£2,000.
01:15Cash...
01:15All done at £4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:28Well, a few of these are just...
01:29Yeah, is it a cockpit clock?
01:31Cockpit clocks, yeah, but these are fairly modern.
01:33Well, all right.
01:33OK, English?
01:35I would say so, yeah.
01:36It looks like an old mustard, doesn't it?
01:39Interesting picture of that, isn't it?
01:44All right, Nick.
01:46Incredibly long drive today.
01:48That's going to be the other end of the country somewhere, isn't it?
01:50Well, we're going to be nearer to France, actually.
01:54Haven't?
01:55Portsmouth area.
01:56Home to HMS Victory, of course.
01:57Yeah, yeah, and many other interesting exhibits and history.
02:01Poor Nick.
02:02There won't be much time for the sights today.
02:05I know it seems a long way for us to go, but it sounds an interesting job.
02:09When is that from, John?
02:11It looks very old.
02:12Yeah, these are the first sort of VHF radios.
02:15Right.
02:16This is maybe something Angus would like to take.
02:20This is retired businessman, an avid sailor John,
02:24and this is his tradesman, cousin Craig.
02:27We'll have to go through these with Angus.
02:30For 15 years, John shared this home with his wife, Gina.
02:34We met at the boating club.
02:36I was 20, it was a party night, and I went there with my family,
02:40and Gina was there with her family many moons ago now.
02:45We were married for 46 years, so that's quite an achievement.
02:50In that time, they raised three kids
02:53and later welcomed three grandchildren.
02:56We were a good team.
02:58We travelled a lot and did lots of things.
03:01But five years ago, Gina started to feel unwell.
03:05She was a very keep-fit person, but she was finding it difficult to breathe,
03:10and how odd that was that she was struggling.
03:15She had contracted what's called mesothelimioma.
03:20This form of cancer is typically caused by exposure to asbestos.
03:26She had a massive operation, which removed half of the linings of her lungs.
03:32But she pulled through.
03:36It took over nearly a year of nursing to get her fit again.
03:40She was such a brave girl, so brave.
03:44However, the cancer came back full of vengeance.
03:48She fought like a trooper.
03:54I lost her in the end.
03:55I battled. I lost her.
03:59Now, two years on from Gina's passing,
04:02John started thinking about what to do
04:04with this unexpected new chapter of his life.
04:09When you go through bereavement,
04:11you look at life totally different.
04:13I will never, ever forget my wife.
04:16But I'm 71 now, and I want to travel.
04:19I want to do more boating and sailing.
04:22I've actually decided to sell the house
04:24and sell all the contents.
04:26The biggest side of it is emotionally letting go.
04:30He's been really strong.
04:31I'm incredibly proud of him.
04:33Even with Craig's help, it's no small task.
04:37John's home holds two generations
04:39of family heirlooms and collectibles.
04:42My father was very interested in boating and diving,
04:45and then I followed suit, really.
04:47There's huge amounts of boxes.
04:49It's quite a lot to narrow things down.
04:52Well, all the money I achieve at auction
04:53will go into my travel funds.
04:55I'm hoping that Angus will make that a nice full pot.
05:02Well, we know which one it is.
05:03There's a boat in the driveway.
05:06Bucket in.
05:15Oh, morning, you all right?
05:16Angus, how are you doing?
05:18Nice to meet you.
05:18And Nick are brought down with me.
05:19Nice to meet you, Nick.
05:20Come on in.
05:24Hi, how are you doing?
05:25Hi, I'm Craig.
05:26Craig and Nick.
05:28Nice to meet you, Nick.
05:29So, how is it that we can help today?
05:31Yeah, I'm setting up, but completely moving on
05:33and starting a sort of new chapter of my life.
05:35So, a complete, just, downsized, big change.
05:39Absolutely.
05:40Wonderful.
05:40I'm sure we can help with that, can't we, Nick?
05:42And a few bits in here to go?
05:44Yes, there's a ship model behind.
05:46I can tell you're eager to go look at that, Nick.
05:48Oh, fuck that straight away.
05:49Do you want to start on that,
05:50and shall we look around the rest of the house?
05:51Yeah, I am.
05:51Come on through.
05:53John has four bedrooms, three reception rooms,
05:57and a large garage for Angus to scope out.
06:02Strong sort of nautical theme going on.
06:04Yes, very much so.
06:05It's been part of my sort of family's life,
06:08being near the sea, and I've been brought up with boatings.
06:10I love this.
06:11This is nice, isn't it?
06:12Yeah, that's a bit special.
06:13I'm going to struggle with that one going.
06:14This would have actually sat on top of a marker boy,
06:17navigation boy, in the sea, to help ships navigate, really.
06:21Yes.
06:21It makes a great table lamp, doesn't it?
06:23The name that people might recognise on there is AGA, A-G-A.
06:26So, the gas accumulator company,
06:30and they really specialised in lighthouses
06:33and sort of navigation boys.
06:35Which they manufactured in Sweden from about 1904.
06:3920 years later, their Nobel Prize-winning chief engineer,
06:44Gustav Deilen, turned his attention to kitchen appliances.
06:48We know it's post-1913,
06:50cos that's when they started in the UK as a company,
06:53and it has got a little serial number of 700 on it there,
06:57so a fairly early one.
06:59Are you happy for that to go?
07:00Yes, it's time to move it on.
07:02I'm sure we can find a lovely new home for it.
07:05That would be nice, wouldn't it?
07:07Fairly scarce, so...
07:08Probably get somewhere around about £400 for this.
07:11There's more upstairs in my den.
07:13Take a look up there, if you'd like.
07:14Leave me to it.
07:15OK, thanks for having me.
07:16Get that away.
07:16All right.
07:17All right.
07:22I mean, there is just absolutely everything in here.
07:28Wow.
07:30Got this wonderful diver's knife here.
07:34It's probably a late Victorian one,
07:35and it's by a company called Seab Gorman & Co.
07:39The company throughout its history
07:40has been revolutionary in the diving market.
07:42British company Seab Gorman
07:45supplied the Royal Navy's diving gear for 150 years.
07:50It started in 1840
07:52with a salvage operation of HMS Royal George,
07:55a warship tragically sunk during routine repairs
07:59off the coast of Portsmouth in 1782.
08:02You'll notice it's got the bottom oven there.
08:04Let the water drain out so it doesn't stick.
08:07And actually, look, it holds in place.
08:10They do sell well, sort of £2,250.
08:12There's a lot of people that collect diving items,
08:15so a great thing from the golden age of diving.
08:20Hey, going all right so far, isn't it, Angus?
08:23Some really fascinating items.
08:25John's collection goes back sort of 50, 60 years,
08:28and, you know, a big day, parting with those items.
08:31He's taking a different direction in life
08:33and what he wants to do,
08:34and hopefully we can raise some good funds
08:36to help go towards that adventure.
08:39What about that model ship, Nick?
08:41That worth a bob or two?
08:43Oh, I love a nice model ship.
08:45It's from a company called Billingsboat, a Swedish company.
08:47Early 80s, late 1970s, this has been around as a kit.
08:51This is radio-controlled.
08:53John's actually put the radio gear here for it.
08:55It's called the Calypso.
08:57This was Jacques Cousteau's oceanographic research vessel,
09:00a very famous French oceanographer from the 1940s through to early 1990s.
09:06It's been all over the place, covering shipwrecks, charting reefs.
09:10It's packed with details.
09:12I think a realistic estimate would be, like, £300 to £500.
09:16It's a really nice item.
09:17Nice!
09:19Much like Jacques Cousteau,
09:21Angus has boundless curiosity,
09:24a knack for tight spaces,
09:25and a nose for hidden treasure.
09:29That is wonderful.
09:31Look at that glazed ceramic panel.
09:33And it's for Green King, founded in 1799 Brewers,
09:36and it is stamped on the side.
09:38Dalton Lambeth.
09:40So Dalton Lambeth is Royal Dalton,
09:41but it's before it got the Royal Warrant.
09:43They're known for their decorative wares now,
09:45but they actually started off doing these plaques
09:47that they would have had in pubs.
09:49This will be at 150 years old or more.
09:52We're probably looking at 150 to 250.
09:55It's heavy, though, so I hope we don't have to post it.
09:59What are those two?
10:00They're the hat stands.
10:01Yeah.
10:02Yeah, they can go.
10:03They can go. They're all right, yeah.
10:05For the next two hours,
10:07Angus and Nick chart the rest of John's sizeable home.
10:11U-boat binoculars from German.
10:15Carl Zeiss, I think, is the mate.
10:16Yes, yeah, it will be.
10:17So they're quite renowned.
10:19Spying these German World War II Creeks Marine binoculars.
10:23Do you want to keep the claw up?
10:25I think you said it, if you want.
10:27And this shed lobster claw
10:29caught on one of John's dad's many boat adventures.
10:32It's huge.
10:33It is.
10:34I know when he stood up,
10:36his tanger was up here
10:37and his claws were on the floor.
10:39That's fantastic.
10:39I think that could be the surprise of the day.
10:41You better claw yourself away, Angus.
10:44You've got a seven-hour drive home.
10:47We're about done, Nick.
10:49Yeah, it's all done.
10:50It's all locked in, pretty secure.
10:51We're about ready to hit the road.
10:53Wonderful.
10:54Although I feel like we should be sailing back, though.
10:57How are you sort of feeling now that things are starting to go?
11:00It's all happy-sad, isn't it, really?
11:01Yeah.
11:02I think it is a chance to get something for it all
11:05and somebody else could enjoy it.
11:06Fantastic.
11:07We'll see you on sale, then.
11:08All the best, then.
11:09All right, thank you.
11:11There's an element of sentimental thinking,
11:14but I'm trying to move forward now,
11:16so I'm hoping it's four figures,
11:19but whoever knows.
11:21Four figures, Angus?
11:23Is there a chance of that?
11:24Some really interesting bits.
11:26The old pub side,
11:27the lamp off the navigation buoy,
11:30lovely thing.
11:30So, a real good mixture of items.
11:32We should do reasonably well.
11:35Well, no-one can say you didn't seize the day, Angus,
11:38but it's about time you headed back to Yorkshire.
11:43Let's hope John can celebrate the start of a new voyage in life.
11:47Arrgh!
12:02Yeah, it's a good fan floor.
12:06Wow.
12:07Bit of a mix.
12:09John's precious cargo of over 200,
12:12mostly nautical items,
12:14has arrived back at the auction house.
12:16Well, it's quite heavy.
12:17It's quite heavy.
12:18Everything needs researching
12:20and adding to the online catalogue
12:22in good time before the sale in three weeks.
12:27So, this is a really interesting piece.
12:30Around 1920s, diving helmet
12:32converted into a sort of a statement piece lamp.
12:36It's by a company called Steve Gorman.
12:39Ah, the same company that made that diver's knife.
12:42Founded by Augusta Steve,
12:43he manufactured all kinds of different equipment,
12:46including firearms.
12:47The actual design like this goes back to the Dean brothers in London in 1823,
12:53who approached Augusta Sieb with this prototype for a smoke helmet.
12:58He developed the idea that while this could be used for firemen,
13:02it would be better as a diving suit.
13:04One of the key issues that all early diving suits had was the seal around here.
13:09And so what happened is leaks were really, really common.
13:12The really revolutionary thing that Sieb Gorman invented was to have these individual bolts.
13:19These kept the helmet watertight with the rest of the suit.
13:22What makes this one unusual is the fact that it has six bolts, not twelve.
13:26So this one will really appeal to Sieb Gorman collectors.
13:29I put one to two thousand on this, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did over two thousand.
13:34I haven't seen one of these before.
13:36An early Sieb Gorman welding shield.
13:39It slots on like that.
13:41Obviously, the view would be very limited in one of these, but you do have these three little windows.
13:47Accessories like these are very rare and very collectible.
13:50I think it deserves a shot on its own.
13:52So I'm hoping that a collector will snap this up as well.
13:58I love flicking buttons.
14:00You always tell quality with the buttons and a good click.
14:03So it's a Sony CRF230 portable radio.
14:07Portable?
14:08From sort of the early 1970s.
14:10It was cutting-edge technology at the time.
14:12It had a huge band of shortwave channels and so on.
14:16Shortwave signals travel by bouncing off the ionosphere,
14:20a layer of charged particles roughly 50 miles above us demonstrated in 1924
14:26when Italian whiz Guglielmo Marconi sent a message 11,000 miles from Cornwall to Sydney.
14:36Boasting 19 shortwave bands, the CRF230 could tune into radio stations worldwide.
14:44This was an extremely expensive bit of equipment.
14:47I mean, equivalent of about £5,000 of today's money at the time.
14:52Wow!
14:52You can still get analogue channels today, so you could still use it.
14:56I think this would do really well.
14:57About £1 to £200.
14:59I think there's every chance you should sell top end of that.
15:09Here we are.
15:10Yeah, it's going to be exciting, isn't it?
15:13Wow.
15:15Jeez, there's a lot of stuff here.
15:16There's a lot in here, isn't there?
15:17Wow.
15:18This looks familiar.
15:21Well, another layer.
15:25Oh, good morning, gentlemen.
15:26How are you?
15:27How are you?
15:27I'm very well, thank you.
15:29How are you two?
15:29Good, thank you.
15:30Looking forward to it.
15:31Any particular item that you're sort of excited about?
15:34I'm curious why you thought the lobster claw was going to be something that people would buy.
15:39I think that's brilliant.
15:40People love sort of natural history type items, so I think that'll sell all right.
15:44The challenge is odd on an obstacle.
15:47Brilliant.
15:48Well, I'll let you have a look round, and I'll catch up with me in a bit.
15:50Thanks very much.
15:51Cheers.
15:51Cheers.
15:52In total, John has 64 lots up for grabs.
15:56Strange seeing all of this here.
15:58Seems like it's just your cabinet.
16:00Yes, it is.
16:01It pretty much is, yes.
16:02It is a big step for John.
16:05We've had a lot of pre-sale interest, but will that translate to bids on the day?
16:09We'll see.
16:09I think we should be in for a good sale.
16:11Yes, mixed emotions.
16:12It's sort of a bit of trepidation, but on the other hand, it's sort of quite exciting in a way.
16:17Well, what would be exciting is a big wad of cash to help fund your travel dream.
16:23There's hardly an empty seat, with Jasper and Charlotte ready for hundreds more bidders logged in online.
16:30So, all aboard!
16:35You'll need that, Angus.
16:37Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
16:39On to this wonderful collection, come all the way from Portsmouth.
16:42Strong nautical history in your family.
16:44There sure is.
16:46First, off the dock.
16:47It's off the top of a buoy, a sort of navigation buoy.
16:50By Arga, yes, the company that makes the ovens.
16:53This is where they started.
16:55I've got free 20 opening bid.
16:57Well, that's good.
16:58Free 40, free 60, free 80, 400, 420, 440, 460, 480, 500.
17:05At 500 it is then.
17:06We're all done.
17:08Govels up at 500.
17:11Oh, boy, that was good.
17:13Somebody knows this.
17:15Next up.
17:16Oh, this is my favourite one.
17:18This wonderful advertising wear there.
17:20The Victorian ceramic, Green King.
17:22£100, stop me.
17:23At £100 a bid.
17:24At £100, £110, £20, £30, £40, £50.
17:27At £150 a bid.
17:28At £150, we're all done.
17:29The Green King.
17:30At £160 fresh bid.
17:32£160 it is then.
17:33At £160.
17:36Great result.
17:37A sign of things to come.
17:39It's good.
17:40Let's see how the model of Cousteau's ship does.
17:44Wonderful.
17:45This is, there we go, the Billings boats scale model there.
17:48John slapped a £275 reserve on this beauty.
17:53Starts to be at £210, £210, £220, £220, £230.
17:56You're out on line at £240.
17:58And where is it now?
17:59We'll have to transport that delicately all the way back.
18:02It made it.
18:03At £230.
18:04At £230.
18:07With the highest offer, £45 short of John's reserve,
18:12Angus will try this again in a future sale.
18:15I didn't go.
18:16Moving on.
18:18The circa World War II German U-boat type binoculars there.
18:22And we're at £300.
18:23At £300 a bid.
18:24I've got two of you.
18:25That's more like it.
18:27£320, £340, £360, £380, £400, £420, £440, £460, £480, £500.
18:32It's at £500.
18:33Final bid at £500.
18:37Sold.
18:38An incredible five times the top estimate.
18:41They're hard to find, aren't they?
18:42They're a bit specialised.
18:44Up next, the 1970s radio.
18:47Now, this is a serious bit of kit.
18:50It's the Sony CRF230 radio receiver there.
18:53£70, Tommy.
18:54Would have been a fortune back in the day.
18:56Yeah, big money.
18:57I've got £60.
18:58Might as well.
19:00£60 a bid then at £60 it is then.
19:01When the internet goes off, you'll wish you had this.
19:03We're all done at £60.
19:07Hmm, not quite the reception we'd hoped.
19:10Well, somebody can get it going and have some fun.
19:14But will anyone get their mitts on this?
19:16The lot you've all been waiting for is the giant monster claw.
19:21It's a lobster, actually.
19:23Look at that!
19:24We start at £18.
19:26£20, let's go.
19:26£22, £22, £22, £5, £8, £28, £28, £32, £32, £52, £5, £5, £8, £40, £40 a bid.
19:34£40 it is then at £42, £5, £5, £45.
19:36I can't believe it.
19:37£48, £50, £55, £60.
19:39That's £65, £70.
19:41Go find another.
19:42Well, there was one other.
19:43It's another arm.
19:44But at £70, we don't know where that is.
19:46That's £70 for the monster lobster claw.
19:48And I'm going to sell away at £70.
19:53Snappy selling, Angus.
19:55Oh, no.
19:56That is a surprise.
19:57Told you it was good.
19:59And over the next hour, Angus sails through another 57 of John's lots, including...
20:06260.
20:08That Seab Gorman Diver's Knife and...
20:11At 180.
20:14That early 20th century underwater welding shield,
20:18also by Gorman.
20:22They were good.
20:24And there's still one diving delight left.
20:28Superb.
20:28Gorman of London.
20:30Diver's helmet there.
20:31Mounted on the base, and it does light up from the inside.
20:33There we go.
20:34I've got an opening bit of £12.50, but it's a great thing, is this?
20:37£13.
20:38We're off now.
20:38£14.
20:39At £1,400.
20:40£1,500.
20:41£1,500.
20:42£1,500.
20:43£1,600.
20:44£1,500.
20:46£1,700.
20:47People are after it.
20:48£1,750.
20:49£1,800.
20:50£1,850.
20:52£1,900.
20:54£1,950.
20:55£2,000.
20:57£2,050.
20:59Tell a tale or two of that one, couldn't it?
21:00At £2,1.
21:01£2,2.
21:02£2,250.
21:03£2,3.
21:04£2,350.
21:05£2,4.
21:06£2,4.
21:06£2,4 it is then.
21:07At £2,450.
21:08£2,5.
21:09£2,500.
21:17£2,500.
21:18That was your last look.
21:20Some ship-shaped results.
21:22But it's not all been plain sailing.
21:24Has Angus made enough to send John on his travels?
21:28Or will he remain anchored at home?
21:42That brings on you tonight, John.
21:43How was that?
21:44Well, I think you did amazing in World Trade.
21:46It's absolutely amazing.
21:48Fierce competition for some of the diving bits.
21:50A lot of it's gone to one person.
21:52It'd be nice to stay together to a certain extent, wouldn't it?
21:54Well, I suppose you'd like to know what's going into the travel fund.
21:57Well, that's right.
21:58A $64,000 question.
22:00Well, go on then.
22:01You'll be taking in after fees.
22:03£4,231.
22:05Wow.
22:06That's exceeded my expectations.
22:08I didn't know it would be that.
22:09Well, that's surprising.
22:10That's excellent.
22:11You're very welcome.
22:11It's been a pleasure.
22:12It's been an interesting one to do.
22:14I'm extremely happy with the way it went.
22:16It will go towards your fund.
22:18That's right.
22:18The travel fund.
22:20Excellent.
22:20I'm delighted with the diver's helmet.
22:22That was a really strong price for that.
22:24In fact, all the diving items did really well.
22:27So some great results and overall really, really pleased.
22:30And, you know, it's really about John starting his new chapter in life,
22:32travelling the world.
22:42Right, Katie.
22:43Nice.
22:44Exciting times.
22:45Very much.
22:45It's a nice road trip.
22:47Nice, small, local one for you.
22:49Well, localish.
22:50On a scenic route.
22:52Straight across the malls, up to Middlesbrough.
22:54Ready for a taste of life in the field, Katie?
22:57I don't think there'll be too much heavy lifting to worry about, you know.
23:00Oh, that's good.
23:00I won't put my back out to her, you know.
23:05There's so many memories.
23:06Grandma with all her cards.
23:08And they always their best friends.
23:09Then meeting paediatric nurse Rachel and her hubby Phil.
23:20Grandma and Grandad met at a cycling club when they were in their teens.
23:25Grandad left his bike light in Grandma's bike basket so that he could then go to a house
23:30the next day to collect it and ask her out on a date.
23:33And they were married for over 60 years.
23:37Grandad was an engineer and Tessie was a nursery teacher for over 50 years.
23:42My grandma, like my grandad, was very kind, generous.
23:47They were such a lovely couple.
23:49After a lifetime together in 2017, Roger's health deteriorated.
23:55Grandad got poorly suddenly.
23:59He had a stroke.
24:01It was a big shock because he was so fit.
24:05Even the week before he died, he was going on eight-mile walks.
24:08Grandma's life did change a lot.
24:11With her soulmate gone, Tessie continued to live in the home they used to share.
24:17She was a little bit lonely, but she made sure that she was still very sociable.
24:23She went to a lot of groups.
24:25At the beginning of the year, we found out that she had lung cancer.
24:30It did come as a shock.
24:31I mean, Grandma was 92, but she was still in pretty good health.
24:35It was only a matter of weeks, so it was tough.
24:40When it was Grandma's funeral, I was quite shocked when I turned up
24:44to see how many people were there,
24:46that all those people loved her just as much as we did
24:49and wanted to say their goodbyes.
24:52What a wonderful lady.
24:53She wasn't my actual grandmother, but she did actually feel like one to me.
24:59Nine months after losing Tessie,
25:01Rachel's preparing to bid a final farewell
25:04to her grandparents' home of 50 years.
25:08The house went on the market.
25:09It sold straight away.
25:11We needed to decide what we were going to do with everything in the house.
25:15Grandma and Grandad collected a lot of things.
25:18It is a big responsibility, I think,
25:19to make sure we do the right thing with all our stuff.
25:23Well, that's where a bit of expert help comes in.
25:26Oh, there it is.
25:27Yeah.
25:30Right, you all right to show Katie the ropes?
25:32Yeah.
25:32I'll go see what's what.
25:34OK.
25:35Great.
25:36Right, ready.
25:41Morning, you all right?
25:42Hello, Angus.
25:42Yeah.
25:42Mark and Katie are just sorting the van out, but...
25:45Perfect.
25:45Would you like to come in?
25:46Lovely, thank you.
25:51How is it that we can help today?
25:53It's your grandmother's property, is that right?
25:55Yeah, so this is Grandma's house,
25:56and truly any day now it will be gone.
25:59She loved auctions, and she was such a big fan.
26:01You featured in a eulogy.
26:04What?
26:04Yeah.
26:05Oh, wow.
26:06I feel pressure now.
26:08Wonderful.
26:09So is it literally really sort of anything in the house to go?
26:12Yeah, everything in the house.
26:14Yeah.
26:15OK, well, I suppose we must have a look round
26:16and see what we can do.
26:18I'll pop the kettle on.
26:19Sounds grand.
26:20Just this way.
26:23I'd like to show you this watch.
26:25OK.
26:25It was presented to my grandad when he retired,
26:27and it's engraved on the back with his name.
26:311985, 30-year service, wow.
26:34So your grandad worked for ICI?
26:36Yep, he was a chemical engineer.
26:38Well, that's a lovely thing.
26:39The jeweller's name on that, Garrard's, OK.
26:42It started in Mayfair, London, by George Wicks,
26:45who's a renowned silversmith right back in 1735,
26:50and they became the jeweller's to Queen Victoria in 1843,
26:54and maintained the crown jewels until 2007.
26:57So they're pretty up there.
26:59Yep.
26:59There you go, by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen,
27:02which will obviously be Elizabeth II this time round.
27:05It's nine-carat gold,
27:06which basically means it's 37.5% gold.
27:10Well, that's wonderful, so we'll look after that.
27:12It's going to be a good few hundred pounds.
27:14Well, that's a good start.
27:16It is.
27:17And there's also Tessie's rotary nine-carat gold
27:20ladies' watch to go, too.
27:21Wrist watches are really popular.
27:23I'll take it.
27:24Just anything in the house, pretty much, to go.
27:26Anything in the house to go.
27:27Right.
27:27We'll best get cracking.
27:29Yeah.
27:29Brilliant.
27:32We'll have a few of those flatter ones as well, if we've got some.
27:35Brilliant.
27:36Rachel's grandmother was clearly a very important figure in her life.
27:40We want to do as much as we can.
27:41It's about identifying the items that are saleable,
27:44taking those away,
27:45and then Rachel and Phil know what's left can be got rid of.
27:48And, you know, it's a nice job for Katie to do for her first one.
27:53Yeah, your newest recruit will be able to help with any militarier, Angus.
27:58Now, you crack on with your own search.
28:00Oh, it's an absolute classic Tiffany-style lamp, a modern copy,
28:07originally designed by Lewis Tiffany in the 1890s.
28:11They epitomised that Art Nouveau period of design and colours.
28:15He developed this wonderful sort of lead-glazed design.
28:20He had a team of women, the Tiffany girls, as they were known,
28:23whose job it was to assemble these and build them.
28:25It's the same Tiffany that a lot of people are familiar with.
28:29They actually started in 1837
28:30as a stationery and luxury goods department store.
28:34I've seen some Tiffany lamps make over £10,000.
28:37That's for the original early 1900s ones.
28:41Modern Tiffany-style lamps like this, £50 to £80, something like that.
28:45They're always popular. People always like them.
28:47A good find.
28:49Has military specialist Katie made her first discovery too?
28:54Are you all right, Katie? Yeah.
28:55Yeah. We've got a World War I victory medal.
28:58OK.
28:59These were issued alongside the war medal 1914 to 1918.
29:04Yeah, it was to celebrate the victory, really.
29:06Hence the figure of victory there.
29:09But we see it a lot, don't we?
29:11Yes.
29:12I think there's just over 5.7 million victory medals issued.
29:16Wow, that many?
29:17Yeah.
29:17But that also tells you the scale of World War I
29:20and how many people are involved.
29:22Not worth huge amounts, but historically important.
29:26There's some coins and things.
29:27I think there's a group there.
29:29The victory medal collected by Rachel's grandad
29:32will be sold with 11 commemorative coins,
29:35including a silver Jubilee crown.
29:38I'll leave you to get packed up and I'll go see what else we can find.
29:42Nice work, Katie.
29:43It's all totting up.
29:45Grandma always liked to help charities and other people,
29:48so any money that we raise,
29:49we would like to make a donation to Marie Curie,
29:52who looked after Grandma and really helped her
29:54in the few weeks that she wasn't very well.
29:56A great idea, as if you needed any more motivation, Angus.
30:02OK, so we've got a combination here
30:04of Royal Worcester and Coldport figures.
30:08These Coldport ones are a tribute to Barnardo's,
30:12the children's charity.
30:13This one's entitled Innocence.
30:15There was 5,000 of these done.
30:17This is number 172.
30:19We had a huge decorative ceramic boom
30:22in the sort of 90s, early noughties,
30:24when individual figures could be 50 to 100,
30:27even up to a couple of hundred pounds.
30:29That's really gone off the boil in the last 20 years.
30:32So I think, really, these will probably end up as one lot.
30:35Grandma was probably a little bit obsessed
30:37with her parcel and ornaments.
30:39They all had a specific place to be,
30:41and if they were moved,
30:43you had to move them exactly back
30:45into the correct position that they were in.
30:48Hopefully she'd forgive Angus, Mark and Katie,
30:51as for the next two hours, they remove lots of items.
30:55All of the Albert country roses.
30:57That's all right.
30:58That can always sell.
30:59There are over 80 pieces of dinnerware by Royal Albert.
31:04Their floral design, created in 1962,
31:07remains one of the most popular in the world today.
31:11Quite nice, actually, isn't it?
31:13But the big surprise is a promising haul of jewellery,
31:16which will be looked at in more detail
31:18back at the auction house.
31:20Good solid furniture, this, isn't it?
31:22Absolutely, yeah.
31:24And clearly, it's not all smalls the team are taking today.
31:28They're all part of the same range, Nathan Furniture.
31:31Barnet Nathan, he was from Russia, Russian cabinetmaker.
31:33He moved to England in 1916,
31:37and his whole ethos was quality, affordable furniture.
31:41This is probably 70s, 60s.
31:44Yeah.
31:44It's all teak.
31:45Teak was very popular wood at that time.
31:48And actually, now that looks come back.
31:51These sort of shaped coffee tables are very popular.
31:54It'll go.
31:54We'll sell the table and chairs as a lot.
31:5670 to 100.
31:57Get these on.
31:58I think we're about there.
31:59Yeah.
32:03Right, great.
32:04Well, I think we're all done.
32:04Are you all right to get the van shut up?
32:06I'll let them know we're done and we'll hit the road.
32:12Oh, wow, it looks so different.
32:14Wow, massive space.
32:15I've never seen the carpet.
32:17This is what she would have wanted, isn't it?
32:19Absolutely.
32:20She would be over the moon to know what we've done.
32:24I just wish that we could tell her.
32:25Yeah, well, we'll endeavour to do the best we can.
32:28I'll hit the road and we'll see you on sale then.
32:31Perfect.
32:31Thank you so much.
32:32Thank you, Angus.
32:33Looks like a completely different space.
32:35It's strange to see it like this.
32:37Seeing everything leave is quite emotional.
32:40All the things in this house, especially the furniture,
32:42have been here for longer than I've been alive.
32:45To see a house now without items is quite strange.
32:49I'm really looking forward to the auction
32:50and hopefully make some money for charity.
32:52We've got a few nice choice pieces
32:53and I think this is really...
32:55This is what Rachel's grandma would have wanted.
32:57You know, she loved auctions, she was a big fan of ours,
33:00so we want to do her proud.
33:01There's a couple of gold watches, really good.
33:04All the jewellery will do the best we can.
33:06Hopefully, there'll be a few surprises in that jewellery
33:09to help honour this super fan gran
33:11with a pretty exciting payout come auction day.
33:28That's a piece and a half, isn't it?
33:30That's a beauty, isn't it?
33:31Once Rachel's gran's lifetime of treasures
33:34have been brought back to the auction house,
33:36the process of cataloguing them can begin.
33:40And Angus is leading the charge.
33:42We've got this plaster-cast figure of Mary and Jesus,
33:47one of the most recognisable figures in, sort of, Christian faith.
33:52The earliest painting of Mary and Jesus
33:55is believed to be this third-century fresco
33:58in Rome's Priscilla catacomb.
34:01Whilst the first statue, the Golden Madonna of Essen,
34:05appeared in Germany around 980 AD.
34:09From the medieval period onwards,
34:11we see not just churches and places of worship
34:14being decorated with these figures,
34:15but also them coming into the private home.
34:18The earlier figures would have been
34:19what we call polychrome figures,
34:21carved out of wood, all hand-carved and painted.
34:24And from the early 20th century onwards,
34:26we start to see these plaster-cast figures,
34:29and it enables a huge market
34:31to be able to have something like this at home,
34:32rather than making it exclusive for the wealthy.
34:35It's not going to be huge amounts.
34:37Probably put £50 to £70 on this.
34:39But figures like this always sell.
34:45Classic Art Nouveau design.
34:48I have this really pretty brooch,
34:51nine-carat rose gold,
34:53set with an amethyst in the middle.
34:55Grandma Tessie was given this by her husband,
34:59Rachel's grandfather, Roger.
35:01Broaches first came about in the Bronze Age
35:03to fasten cloaks and other garments.
35:06They used to be more of a functional item.
35:08Then the Victorians popularised them
35:11into a status of wealth, style and class.
35:17Most brooches of the time
35:19were made of precious gemstones, precious metals.
35:23This is the beginning of the 1900s or late 1800s.
35:28I've priced this 80 to 140.
35:31There are 12 more pieces of Grandma Tessie's jewellery,
35:35including her favourite 22-carat gold ring.
35:39And this nine-carat gold chain necklace
35:42that Rachel had never seen before Angus's visit.
35:46Gold is the highest it's ever been at the moment.
35:48We'll see what it does.
35:57Well, today's the day.
35:58Hello.
35:59It'd be great to see all Tessie's stuff again.
36:05Wow.
36:05Wow.
36:06It looks so different to what I thought.
36:07I know, the size of the place.
36:08Oh, look.
36:10He's from my jewellery.
36:12There was some in a jewellery box,
36:14but things were just found hidden in cupboards.
36:18So it was all over, really.
36:20I remember you saying about the brooch, yeah.
36:22I always had a brooch on.
36:23Morning.
36:24Hello, Angus.
36:25How are you?
36:25I'm very well.
36:26Are you all right?
36:27Yeah, excited.
36:28Excited?
36:28Good.
36:29Very excited.
36:29I think we'll be all right.
36:31Hopefully we'll do all right.
36:32Good, good.
36:33It'll be a good day.
36:34And everything progressing all right with the house and things?
36:36Yeah.
36:36Next week, the house will be gone.
36:38So it's all done?
36:39Yeah.
36:39So this is, like, the final thing.
36:41I've brought Grandma with us today.
36:43So she's on my little jewellery.
36:45Oh.
36:45She would have loved to be here.
36:46I mean, this was her wish, wasn't it, Dudley?
36:48Absolutely.
36:48This was her wish.
36:49She would love this.
36:51Right.
36:52I'll endeavour to do her proud.
36:53I feel like somebody's watching.
36:55She will be watching.
36:56She will be watching.
36:57Yeah.
36:57Well, I'll let you have a look round,
36:58and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
36:59Thank you very much.
37:01Rachel and Phil have 28 lots in today's auction.
37:05Whereabouts did she have that one?
37:06In a bedroom.
37:08This is all about Rachel's grandmother.
37:09This was her wish.
37:10There's some really good bits of jewellery.
37:12Some gold watches there, the chains.
37:13So I think there'll be a reasonable summer.
37:15I think they'll have a surprise, actually.
37:17It's very strange to see everything here and not in her house.
37:20It will be.
37:21Let's just see how it does.
37:24Hopefully we will make so many for our charities in Grandma's memory.
37:26I thought we'd do Tessie proud.
37:28Yeah.
37:32I've got my fingers crossed, guys.
37:36The room's filled up nicely,
37:38whilst Katie and Heather are primed for hundreds more bidders logged in online.
37:44Angus, the floor's yours.
37:48We're going to start this wonderful collection from the borough.
37:52There we go.
37:53First up, the Tiffany-style table lamp.
37:56Where should we be on this one?
37:57£25 bid.
37:58£25.
37:58Let's go.
37:59£28.
37:59Thank you, madam.
38:00£28 in the room.
38:01Get excited with room bids.
38:02£30.
38:02£32.
38:03£32.
38:03£32.
38:04£32.
38:04£5.
38:05£8.
38:07£40.
38:08£32.
38:10£5.
38:13£8.
38:13Thank you, sir.
38:14£48.
38:14£50.
38:15£50.
38:15I've forgotten about you, madam.
38:16£50.
38:17£55.
38:17£55.
38:18£55.
38:19£60.
38:20£5.
38:21£70.
38:23£5.
38:25£75.
38:26£35.
38:27All the look.
38:27£75.
38:29Fun, eh, Rachel?
38:31£13.
38:32£18.
38:33There you go.
38:33Good start.
38:34Up next, Tessie's favourite figurines.
38:38Nice little collection there, the ladies there, the Colports and Worcester.
38:42Where should we be for these?
38:43£30, Tommy.
38:44£50 at £30 at £30 at £30 now, surely.
38:49These look lovely.
38:50These are all the mantelpiece.
38:51They look wonderful, the mantelpiece.
38:52£30 a bit.
38:53Just warming them up a little bit.
38:55£30 at £30.
38:56Made in the bin then at £30.
38:57We're all done at £30.
39:00It all helps.
39:02I'm taking people so bother.
39:04Hopefully someone tables a proper bid for these.
39:07Some good mid-century furniture here.
39:10The Nathan TX dining table and chairs there.
39:12There we go.
39:13Where should we be for this?
39:14£70, Tommy.
39:15£70.
39:16Bid.
39:16£5.
39:17£80.
39:17£80 at mid then at £80.
39:19£5.
39:19£90.
39:19At £90.
39:20We've all done at £90.
39:21I'm going to sell away at £90.
39:23£5.
39:25£100.
39:26At £100.
39:27Oh, we're on now at £100 it is.
39:29Then at £100.
39:30£110.
39:30I'm going to sell our line-up one-turn.
39:33Nice one.
39:34I'm doing well.
39:36And over the next 15 minutes, Angus smashes through 80 more of Rachel and Phil's lots, including...
39:43A 30.
39:44The nest of three Nathan tables...
39:47A 30.
39:49The World War I victory medal and coins Katie found, and...
39:54One-eighty.
39:57Three boxes of Royal Albert China.
40:02And the internet takes that one.
40:04Will the next lot keep us on the right path?
40:07Mary and Christ there.
40:08There we go.
40:09Always handy, you know.
40:11A little bit in the house.
40:12Be on the right side.
40:13There we go.
40:14Where should we be for this?
40:15£40, Tommy.
40:16£40.
40:16Get 40 bid.
40:17Thank you, sir.
40:17£40 a bid.
40:18At 40 it is.
40:19Two, two, two.
40:20Five, sir.
40:21Five, five.
40:22Five.
40:22Tulling at 45.
40:25Amen.
40:26Picked up by a bidder I recognise, who has sold a few bits here too.
40:31Better than you thought, wasn't it?
40:32Yeah.
40:33Now it's time for Tess's jewellery.
40:36And first off, that brooch, given to her by husband Roger.
40:40The Art Nouveau, nine-carat gold brooch there.
40:42That's up the amethyst.
40:43Very pretty piece there.
40:44Straight in at 80.
40:45You're all in at 80 pounds.
40:47It is done at 80 and 80 pounds at 80 for the brooch at 80 pounds.
40:51A bit more for the charity pot.
40:53Uh, lot number.
40:54Much better than a lot.
40:57Next, the gold watch presented to Rachel's grandfather to mark his retirement.
41:02This is a nice one, the garage.
41:04Grandad's watch.
41:05Lovely watch is that.
41:06I've got 400, I've got 450, we're at 460.
41:09460 pounds a bid.
41:11The watch, 460 pounds it is done.
41:14It's a runner at 460 pounds it is done at 460.
41:16We're all done for the watch.
41:17Cabal's up, going to sell away at 460.
41:23It's all totting up nicely.
41:26Wow.
41:27Angus also sells.
41:28At 120.
41:30Grandma Tessie's favourite 22-carat gold ring.
41:34All done at 300.
41:37And her nine-carat gold rotary wristwatch.
41:41It's good.
41:42Yeah.
41:42But there's still one item left, the mystery necklace.
41:46You just found that, didn't you mean?
41:48Are we all right?
41:50Keep looking up.
41:51The chain necklace there, there we go.
41:53In the nine-carat there, where should we be for this?
41:55Racing away, we're at 560 pounds.
41:57565, 85, 80, 600.
41:59600 a bid.
42:00That's 600, 626, 40, 660.
42:02660, 680, 680.
42:04700 a bid.
42:05That's 700 a bid.
42:05That's 700 it is done.
42:06Fantastic.
42:07That's all done.
42:07That's 700 pounds.
42:08Gonna sell.
42:09Cabal up.
42:10That's 700.
42:13Surely an ending Tessie would have approved of.
42:16She's lovely.
42:18That was your last look.
42:20It's been a perfect tribute to Rachel's grandparents.
42:23But just how much cash have they raised?
42:27Oh.
42:28Good money.
42:28You all right?
42:29Yeah, good.
42:30Yeah, good, good.
42:31Thank you so much.
42:31You sold everything.
42:32Everything's gone.
42:33Everything's gone.
42:34But I think this is what your gran wanted, wasn't it, really?
42:37Absolutely.
42:38Yeah.
42:38She was definitely looking down today.
42:40Yeah.
42:40Will she be happy?
42:41She'll be over there.
42:42Good.
42:43A few good results?
42:45Yeah.
42:45Yeah.
42:46Surprising results.
42:47Anything?
42:47What sort of was the big surprise for you?
42:49I think the necklace.
42:50I think it's a shock.
42:51Yeah.
42:52The proceeds going to a couple of local charities, is that right?
42:54Yeah, two local charities.
42:56So Marie Curie, that helped my grandma when she wasn't very well.
42:58And then another charity that's close to our heart, which is a pet cremation service.
43:03Well, you've got 2,380 pounds.
43:06Wow.
43:07Thank you very much.
43:09No, you're very welcome.
43:10Hopefully gran's happy.
43:12And obviously it's going to support two great charities.
43:15So thank you very much.
43:16Thank you so much.
43:17The auction went amazing and made double what I thought we would make.
43:21More than double.
43:22So I'm over the moon.
43:23Absolutely fantastic.
43:24I can't believe, well, first of all, that everything's sold.
43:27It's beyond both our expectations.
43:30So that was absolutely fantastic.
43:32We knew the jewellery and the gold was where the value was and that sold.
43:36There's going to be some fantastic support for two charities.
43:39I think they're really shocked.
43:40And it's lovely to be able to do that for somebody.