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00:00The 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.
00:17Yeah!
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...
00:26Oh, I 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 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.
00:52And family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58Then, using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01One of the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03And his gift of the gavel...
01:06At 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir.
01:09You do.
01:10He delivers a fantastic...
01:122,000 pounds.
01:15Cash...
01:15All done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh!
01:19Bonanza!
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:36Long drive ahead of us, Jack.
01:38Where are we going to?
01:39A lovely part of the world, actually, Herefordshire, near Kington.
01:42Okay.
01:42Which isn't far from Hereford.
01:44Yeah.
01:44It's kind of on the Welsh-English border, you know, Brecon Beacons.
01:47Yeah.
01:48It's a five-hour drive south-west to this rambler's paradise.
01:53Reggie!
01:54His typical bull terrier does his own thing.
01:57Reg!
01:58Good boy!
02:00Waiting for them are married couple, Karen and Mark, and their dog, Reg.
02:04I was 14 when I met Mark.
02:06We lived in the same street.
02:07Street, yeah.
02:0837 years later, we're still together.
02:13After meeting his future lady wife, when Mark was just 18,
02:17he moved here to serve the royal family.
02:19I was training to be a furniture restorer conservator at the palace,
02:24doing all the carvings and gilding and upholstery.
02:28Karen eventually moved in too.
02:30Actually living in Buckingham Palace,
02:32you know, that was an experience.
02:35Plenty of parties and good times and going out and put my love on my life.
02:41As an employee of the palace,
02:44the couple were allowed to get married at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
02:48So that was certainly an experience that we'll never forget.
02:52Not very many people, I think, can claim to that accolade.
02:55I don't think so.
02:56But after 17 years of royal service and the birth of their son Toby,
03:01the couple started a new chapter in Herefordshire.
03:04It was a bit of a pin-on-the-map moment, really.
03:07We found a really nice home,
03:09literally just a few miles down the road from where we are now.
03:13Mark kept up his love of antique furniture,
03:15and over the next decade, the couple began buying and selling it.
03:19A lot of our collections, so in terms of the whole collection,
03:21has come from a wide range of places,
03:23so auctions, shops, dealers.
03:26We do try and sniff out the bargains as well.
03:28Last year, the couple started to renovate a shop
03:31in the local village to sell antiques from.
03:34The plan was to be able to fulfil our passion, really,
03:38and our enjoyment of buying items
03:41and be able to sell them from the shop.
03:43It's very much in a renovation state,
03:46so a conservatory where most of our objects are stored.
03:50But recently, their plans were put on hold.
03:53I was diagnosed with esophagus cancer four months ago, wasn't it?
03:59You know, it just came completely out of the blue, didn't it?
04:02You know, I mean, it can get quite low,
04:05and mentally, that's hard, isn't it, for us?
04:10But we get through it, don't we, and we stay positive as we can.
04:13Yeah, it's an anxious time.
04:15Chemo and the pathway, they've shrunk it quite considerably,
04:18and then it's going to be surgery.
04:20I've got my last chemo session next week, haven't I?
04:24So, you know, and the surgeons are really positive, aren't they?
04:28Hopefully, everything goes to plan.
04:32I think their dream was to open a shop.
04:34Oh, OK.
04:35But Mark's got some serious health issues,
04:38so they want to have a clear out.
04:40They still plan to open the shop one day,
04:43but for now, the focus is on Mark's recuperation,
04:46and that stock is in the way, so it needs shifting.
04:50I think we're overrun at the moment, aren't we?
04:52And, you know, we can't enjoy our surroundings the way we are.
04:56So hopefully Angus can come along
04:57and almost take that emotional burden away from us
05:00and, just like Mark says,
05:01help us to enjoy our space and our home again.
05:05Right, Jack.
05:06Are you all right to get the van open?
05:08I shall go see what's what.
05:10Perfect.
05:21Morning.
05:21Hi, Angus.
05:22Hi, you all right?
05:23Lovely to meet you.
05:24And you.
05:25Come on in, have a grand.
05:25Thank you very much.
05:29Hello.
05:30Hello, I'm Mark.
05:31Pleased to meet you, Angus.
05:31Oh, lovely to meet you too, Mark.
05:33Wow.
05:34Yeah.
05:36What's the situation?
05:37We need this space clearing, really, you know,
05:40to hopefully, once I have surgery,
05:43can just really come in this room and use it to relax
05:46and just enjoy the garden and everything.
05:48You know, that's what I really want.
05:50OK.
05:50Positive, though.
05:51Yeah, positive.
05:52Yeah, definitely positive.
05:53What's with all the Yorkshire Oak?
05:55I mean, I love it, but...
05:56Well, I started off dealing in the Yorkshire Oak
05:59in Herefordshire, buying and selling,
06:01because I just love the mess with furniture.
06:03Yorkshire furniture designer Robert Mausman
06:06was born in 1876.
06:08Inspired by the arts and crafts movement,
06:11he worked with English Oak
06:12and always carved a mouse into his pieces.
06:14His apprentices later had their own little animal motifs.
06:18Collectively, Mausman and his former apprentices
06:21are affectionately known as the Yorkshire Critters.
06:24You will find a lot of critters amongst this.
06:26I mean, you've got all sorts.
06:27Beaver Man, you've got Skrill Man.
06:30In terms of numbers of pieces,
06:31I think we've probably got at least 25 to 30,
06:35so quite a lot.
06:35Is it just this room, or are we elsewhere as well?
06:38There's some other rooms to look at as well.
06:40Why don't you leave me to it, and we'll make a start?
06:44There's a living room, bedroom and kitchen diner
06:47to hunt around, Angus.
06:48So tell us, what are you thinking?
06:51Mark and Karen, lovely, lovely couple,
06:53but a really tough time at the moment.
06:54We're going to help them.
06:55We're going to clear that space,
06:57take all that wonderful Yorkshire Oak
06:58back home to Yorkshire.
07:00That would be amazing, Angus.
07:01This couple deserve your help,
07:04so let's get this show on the road.
07:06We have to count up how many different critters we can find, Jack.
07:09What was that you took out? A mouse?
07:11Yeah, it was a mouse.
07:12Yeah, and a rabbit.
07:14Rabbit there.
07:15The critters are everywhere.
07:18Beaver Man, Sutton-under-Whitecliff, he is.
07:22Still going Beaver Man, aren't they,
07:23just down the road from us?
07:25There are 24 Yorkshire Critter bits of furniture here,
07:29all potentially valuable.
07:30This little stool could bring in £250.
07:38Not everything looks like Yorkshire Critters, though.
07:42How sweet is that?
07:44It's lovely.
07:45It's what we call an apprentice piece.
07:47Usually it was a piece of furniture,
07:49but in miniature,
07:50that you could sort of take it round.
07:52We're travelling on the showpiece,
07:53showing off your skills.
07:54The interesting thing about this is this.
07:56You see this sort of, like, square movement.
07:58Four baluster columns on the edges
08:01that creates what's known as a birdcage action.
08:06It takes a fixed table
08:08into a revolving table.
08:10So, you know, can you pass the sugar?
08:13Certainly.
08:1450 to 100, something like that.
08:16I just think it's a really nice thing.
08:18I'll manage this table, Jack, don't worry.
08:20All right.
08:21Yeah, it's quite heavy.
08:22Ooh, don't put your back out.
08:25For the next two hours,
08:26Angus and Jack play Tetris,
08:28loading the van with all sorts of furniture.
08:31Probably get a few smalls in round there.
08:34And after taking all they can from the conservatory,
08:37turn their attention to the garden.
08:39It's a prop one, Jack, it's heavy.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Great design.
08:42This rusty Victorian cast-iron cluster chair
08:46could make £300 to £500 on auction day.
08:49Excellent.
08:50Now, how about the rest of the house?
08:58It's not to go, is it?
09:01Potentially.
09:01Oh, OK.
09:03I mean, because I absolutely love it.
09:05I mean, that is wonderful.
09:06And I'm guessing this probably started life as a lectern or something like that.
09:10Yeah, it did.
09:10Yeah, so we got it as a lectern base
09:12and then we had this top section commissioned.
09:15Wow.
09:15Yeah, that was made by a local blacksmith.
09:18I honestly think that is incredible.
09:20A sensible auction estimate would be £2,000 to £4,000.
09:23Very great, great decision made.
09:25Right, I'm delighted.
09:26Great.
09:28There's some amazing items coming out of the house.
09:30Jack is working like an absolute trooper, getting bits loaded out.
09:34And, yeah, it's just every piece you pick up,
09:37well, nearly every piece you pick up, it's like, wow.
09:48Well, that's very nice.
09:50There's not much better names than Fabergé.
09:53In 1842, Gustave Fabergé opened a jewellery shop in St. Petersburg.
09:59Forty-three years later, his company created the first Fabergé egg
10:03when Emperor Alexander III commissioned the jewellers
10:07to design a gold egg as an Easter gift.
10:10Fifty jewelled eggs were made for the family.
10:12But in 1917, the Russian Revolution put an end to the business.
10:17Today, the brand is owned by private investors
10:20who make egg-themed jewellery.
10:22This is a modern piece, a gold necklace there.
10:25And what's really nice about it is the stone,
10:28because that's blue john.
10:30Now, blue john is only found in Britain, in Derbyshire.
10:35So that's mounted in this egg form
10:37with these tiny little diamond chips that go around it.
10:41Quality, quality thing.
10:42The necklace was a gift from Mark to Karen
10:45that he got from an auction.
10:47We're looking about 1,000 to 1,500.
10:48So that is a very special piece.
10:51I hope you're not over-egging it, Angus,
10:53as Mark and Karen probably have plans.
10:55Any money that we raise at auction is going to go to Toby,
10:58our son's 21st birthday party.
11:01We're going to get a lot of family and friends together.
11:03Anything more than £3,000 means we can have champagne
11:06into a sparkling wine.
11:09I like your style, Karen.
11:12These are Mark's tools, his hand tools.
11:15The tools of the trade.
11:16Because, of course, you know, himself, restoring items,
11:21it's all hand done.
11:22I can only begin to imagine what these have worked on.
11:25I mean, these have probably worked on royal pieces.
11:27They're lovely.
11:28And some people just collect tools as a decorative item.
11:30Some people will buy them to use.
11:32Let's hope Angus gets a sharp deal for these on auction day.
11:36Incredible collection.
11:38And actually, good quality woodworking tools sell really well.
11:46After three hours of hard work,
11:48the final things are taken from the house
11:51and the day is finished.
11:56Right, I'll go let them know we're done.
11:58Thanks, Jack.
11:58No worries.
12:01So, come on, fruit.
12:02Oh, wow.
12:04Oh, wow.
12:04This is absolutely fantastic.
12:06Space.
12:07Off of the moon, yeah.
12:09Really happy.
12:10It's to a point where you can configure it to how you want,
12:13ready for what's going to be a period of convalescence.
12:16That's it, yeah, definitely, yeah.
12:18It's brilliant.
12:20Thank you so much for showing Jack for everything that you've done for us.
12:23We'll hit the road.
12:24We'll see you on sale.
12:26Have a couple of days.
12:27Cheers.
12:28It is a little bittersweet for them,
12:31Mark and Karen having to part with these items,
12:33but it's a practical step.
12:35If I had to choose one piece that really jumps out for me,
12:37it's that candelabra.
12:38It's, you know, made up.
12:39It's been added to, but that also makes it unique.
12:42I think that is a wonderful piece.
12:44It's a great van lane.
12:47Well, that's good news, Angus.
12:49And with a van load of Yorkshire critters,
12:51I have a feeling this auction could be a biggie.
13:08Are you safe, Millie?
13:10Yeah.
13:10You're hanging on tight.
13:11I'm OK.
13:12Say when.
13:13When.
13:14Karen and Mark's items have arrived back at Kirby Moorside.
13:18The team wastes no time unloading it all.
13:21Empty wine rack.
13:22No good, Millie.
13:22No.
13:23So it can be researched,
13:25lotted up,
13:26priced,
13:26and then photographed for the auction catalogue.
13:38Do you know what?
13:39I absolutely love this.
13:42You call it a high-back saddle.
13:44And it's a lovely piece of Yorkshire, right?
13:46This isn't a mouseman.
13:48This is Gnome Man.
13:49It's got a little gnome carved into it just here.
13:52Now, Gnome Man, that wasn't his actual name.
13:54He was called Thomas Whittaker.
13:56He was born in 1910.
13:57I think he died in 1991.
14:01And he was an oak carver from a long family of carvers.
14:05And the furniture is very similar to furniture-like mousemen.
14:08Thomas Gnome Man Whittaker chose the gnome as the signature motif on his oak furniture due to a Nordic legend
14:16which states that whenever an acorn forms, a gnome springs to life to serve as its lifelong guardian.
14:23This, I think, would have been commissioned, actually, for a pub, a tavern.
14:27You've got what we call a wing-back on here.
14:29So the back protects you from the draft coming in.
14:32So you can sit in here quite nicely enclosed.
14:34You can imagine a table there, good pint of beer on it, a nice fire going, you know, roasting of
14:42a good Yorkshire pudding on it.
14:44Keep talking.
14:45You know, it's not too big.
14:47Most people could find a home for that.
14:49We've put £8,000 to £1,200 on it.
14:50I think it's going to do well in the auction.
14:57Looking forward to this, are you?
14:59Yeah, it's going to be really nice to just see our things hopefully going to new homes and getting out
15:04of our cluttered conservatory.
15:06Yeah, it is, isn't it?
15:06Yeah, no, it's really looking forward to the day.
15:11Wow, look at this in here.
15:13It's full of mousemen and critters furniture.
15:15Wow.
15:16And look at the centrepiece.
15:18Amazing.
15:19Let's go next door and go and have a look, yeah.
15:22Wow, this is a lot bigger than I expected, isn't it?
15:25Wow, yeah.
15:26I'm really excited for today's sale.
15:28I pride myself on being the sale room to sell Yorkshire oaks, so we've got to get some good results
15:33and live up to that expectation.
15:35Here's the Fabergé, luckily, sir.
15:38I really hope somebody takes a like into that, because it's just an amazing piece.
15:42They've got some great stuff.
15:43The jewellery, a bit of Fabergé, that's a good piece.
15:46Yeah, it's just a question of how well we do today, I think.
15:49See you on the little bit.
15:49Ah, morning.
15:51Morning, how are you?
15:52Morning.
15:52I'm really well, thank you.
15:53How are you two?
15:53Yeah, really well.
15:54Good.
15:55There's a big birthday to celebrate off the back of this, is there?
15:57Yeah, it's on the 21st birthday party, so, yeah.
16:00That's coming up in a few months' time, so, yeah, fingers crossed we can raise enough to have a good
16:05bash.
16:05You'll get a very good bash off the back of it, but, yeah, no, I think we'll be absolutely fine.
16:10But I'll let you have a look round, and I'll catch up to you soon.
16:13OK, that's great, thanks.
16:15Not long to wait now, chaps.
16:17How are you feeling?
16:18I'm just feeling over the moon that we're actually here, and it's going to be all auctioned off, isn't it?
16:23And it's made a massive difference in our conservatory as well, so, yeah, for me to, you know, recuperate, isn't
16:29it, after the operation.
16:30So, really looking forward to see what everything fetches, yeah.
16:35Well, it's a big auction.
16:37You have 98 lots up for sale.
16:39Katie and Emma are ready for the online bids, and here's your man, Angus.
16:44So, if everyone is seated comfortably...
16:47Right, we've gone to this wonderful collection.
16:49There we go.
16:51First up...
16:52Lovely birdcage tripod.
16:53That's a lovely apprentice piece there.
16:55Where should it be?
16:5620 seems cheap to me.
16:57It's wonderful as that.
16:5820, 2, 2, 2, 22, 25, 28, 28 pounds, 28, 30, 30 pound a bid at 30 it is.
17:0330 pound a bid at 30 it is, then.
17:05Great example.
17:0532, 5, 8, sir.
17:0738, I've got 40 in 2.
17:0842 it is, then at 42 pound a bid.
17:10At 42, it's just a lovely, lovely thing.
17:12At 42 pounds it is, then at 42.
17:16We're up and running.
17:17That's good.
17:20Next, Mark's tools.
17:21These are important.
17:24These have worked on bits of the Royal Furniture.
17:27Yeah, they have, yeah.
17:28They have?
17:28Yeah.
17:29There we go.
17:29And I can open at 100.
17:31100 pound a bid.
17:32At 100 pound it is, then.
17:33At 100, the Royal tools.
17:35At 100 pounds it is, then.
17:36At 100.
17:37All done.
17:38I'm selling at 100.
17:41The tools will be carving out a new story in York.
17:45Yeah.
17:47For the next 10 minutes, Angus rattles through 20 more lots, including...
17:52At 270.
17:54The beaver man's stool and...
17:57420.
17:59The Victorian cast iron garden chair.
18:03What's that in line?
18:04Uh, five.
18:05It's taking a...
18:06Five, seven.
18:06Pretty creepy.
18:07You lost count now.
18:09Now for some more Yorkshire Oak.
18:11We've got all sorts of critters today.
18:14From mice to gnomes to beavers to squirrels.
18:18And you name it.
18:19There we go.
18:20Thomas Whittaker.
18:20The gnome man.
18:21Tavern settle there.
18:22Where should be for this?
18:23I've got 700 pound bid.
18:25700 and bid.
18:26At 700 pound a bid.
18:27Then at 700 pound.
18:27The gnome man.
18:28720.
18:29720.
18:29740.
18:30740.
18:31740.
18:31760.
18:32780.
18:33780.
18:33780 pound it is, then.
18:35Lovely abs detail all around it, then.
18:36And the little car paddles on the side.
18:38800 it is.
18:39It's 800 on line.
18:40Then 800 for the no man.
18:42At 800 pounds.
18:43I'm going to sell away then at 800.
18:44Don't mistake it at 800.
18:47Angus settled on a good price there.
18:49I'm making a bit of money here.
18:52I think it's champagne, isn't it?
18:54And the pot keeps building as Angus goes on to sell 21 more Yorkshire Critter lots, including...
19:00At 700.
19:03A Mouseman lamp.
19:04At 720.
19:06And an oak octagonal table.
19:11Not that we're hoarders or anything.
19:12No.
19:14Can he keep the pounds rolling in with the Mouseman lectern base with bespoke candelabra top?
19:20A complete one-off.
19:22Can I open it at 1800 pounds?
19:23At 1800.
19:24At 1800 pound a bid.
19:25Then at 1800.
19:26Go find me another.
19:27You won't.
19:28At 1850.
19:291900.
19:292000.
19:30At 2000 pound a bid.
19:32At 2000 pounds it is.
19:33Then we're all done.
19:35At 2000 for the candelabra.
19:36Are we happy?
19:37Yeah?
19:37Yeah, yeah.
19:38That's great.
19:38Yeah, yeah.
19:38Okay, great.
19:39At 2000 it is.
19:40Then we're all done.
19:41The Mouseman candelabra at 2000.
19:44That will be making a stand with its new owner in York.
19:48We're not taking it home.
19:51Which takes us to the final lot of the day.
19:53The Faberge 18 carat gold necklace with the blue John egg.
19:58There we go.
19:58Lovely, lovely thing there.
19:59And we're going at 1200 pounds.
20:01At 1200 and bid.
20:02At 1200 pounds for the Faberge.
20:0412.50.
20:0512.50.
20:0613.00.
20:07At 1300 pound a bid.
20:08Then at 1300.
20:0913.50 at the back of the room.
20:1113.50.
20:12At 13.50.
20:1314.00.
20:1514.50.
20:1615.00.
20:1815.50.
20:2015.50.
20:21It's in the room then.
20:221600.
20:2316.50.
20:251700.
20:2717.50.
20:29The bids keep rolling in.
20:312000 online.
20:32At 2000.
20:33At 2000 it is.
20:35And 50 is it now.
20:392050.
20:40Has he got the part in?
20:4221.
20:42Anywhere is it now.
20:43The blue John Faberge at 2050.
20:46Govels up at 2000.
20:4821.
20:49Yes.
20:5321.50.
20:55The back of the room at 21.50.
20:57We're all done.
20:57Govels up at 21.50.
21:0022.
21:0022.
21:0122.
21:0222.
21:032200.
21:0422.50.
21:0522.50.
21:06At 22.50.
21:07Govels up.
21:07Final call.
21:08At 22.50.
21:11Exquisite.
21:13Wow.
21:13That's brilliant.
21:16You're done.
21:17You're done.
21:17Bye.
21:19Angus freed up room in Karen and Mark's conservatory so they could use it as a recuperating space.
21:26But the bonus was going to be a party fun for their son's 21st.
21:30Come on, Angus.
21:31What's it going to be?
21:32Yeah.
21:33That was fun.
21:34Yeah.
21:34Hello.
21:35Hi.
21:36You all right?
21:37Yeah, yeah.
21:38Good.
21:38Good.
21:39Overall, pretty happy?
21:41Yeah, definitely.
21:41Very happy.
21:42I think so, yeah.
21:43Yeah.
21:43I suppose the big standout piece was probably the Faberische necklace.
21:48It was, wasn't it?
21:49Got to be.
21:50Yeah, got to be.
21:51I thought that was good.
21:52There's two people that were quite keen on that.
21:53No, it was really good.
21:55I mean, how much were you sort of hoping to raise for this party?
21:58I think it was, look, at about £3,000.
22:00OK, well, the party budget, after fees and everything, stands at £11,963.
22:10So, £40 shy of £12,000.
22:15I can't believe that.
22:16I cannot believe that.
22:17It's amazing.
22:18Thank you so much.
22:19It was a wonderful job.
22:21We all loved doing it.
22:23You have some great design pieces.
22:25Thank you for all your efforts.
22:27We always knew that we had some really good quality items.
22:31You know, that's one of the reasons why we wanted to bring them up here in the first place.
22:34But I think we didn't envisage that it would amount to that amount of money.
22:40It's just unbelievable.
22:42It's just a mountain, isn't it?
22:42We are really happy.
22:44We knew they had great quality items, but I think we far exceeded their expectations.
22:50The Faberische necklace did really well.
22:52Well, Yorkshire Oak sold well.
22:54Huge budget for their son's birthday.
22:57And really pleased, because they're a lovely couple and had lovely items.
23:14Right, Millie, do you know where we're off today?
23:16No, I don't.
23:18Barnsley.
23:19Barnsley.
23:19Well, near Barnsley.
23:20It's a little village near there.
23:22If we get done in time, we'll have to stop and get some Barnsley chops for lunch.
23:26What's a Barnsley chop?
23:27A Barnsley chop?
23:28I'm a fake Yorkshireman, I think.
23:30It's a lamb chop, but it's like a double, not chopped in half, so it's like a little cutlet.
23:35So if you go to any butchers and ask for a Barnsley chop, that's what it is.
23:39Oh.
23:40Oh, sounds delicious.
23:41But first, you've got work to do.
23:46That's me when I first joined.
23:49Like, first day?
23:51No, I wouldn't be first day, but soon after I joined.
23:54Waiting for Angus and Millie is retired fireman Keith and his daughter Tracy.
23:59I joined the Fire Brigade when I was 21 in March 1961.
24:07Sometimes boring, sometimes exciting, sometimes funny, and sometimes perhaps not very nice.
24:17And served until 1993.
24:21Never one to sit still, after Keith retired, he managed the local bowling green.
24:26Dad has instilled the work ethic in us.
24:31We're all thankful for that.
24:32That's great.
24:3386-year-old Keith lives alone, but he's never far from family.
24:38I've got one great-granddaughter.
24:41I have six grandchildren and three children.
24:46If I need anything, I have only to get on the phone and ring one of them, and I have
24:52help.
24:52No problem.
24:53I don't want a mere 24-7.
24:59He's a cheeky one, Angus.
25:01I think we are going to enjoy this.
25:14Dad's charity shopping is a bit out of control.
25:17He buys things he doesn't need, and he's filling his house with things he doesn't need.
25:23I've always liked to collect things.
25:25I have sweaters and trousers, and I have no use for them.
25:29I found the first Capo de Monte in a charity shop, and admired the skill in making them,
25:38so that tempted me to buy others.
25:42It makes him happy.
25:44On my 60th birthday, several friends bought me a bottle of whiskey, more than I was ever going to drink.
25:54And it started from there.
25:57Over the years, I don't really know how much money I've spent.
26:02When you go into that room, it's eerie.
26:06There's just eyes and beaks just staring at you from shelves.
26:13And, yeah, it's time for them to haunt somebody else, I think.
26:17I'm not getting any younger, you know, and things aren't as easy to do.
26:23I'm interested to see what they're worth, where they go, if other people enjoy them, you know,
26:30if I haven't been wasting my time.
26:34The whiskey market's really strong at the moment.
26:36It does really well.
26:37And a lot of people will see it as an investment.
26:40The whiskey collection has got too big.
26:42The Capa de Monti's become a bit of an obsession, I think.
26:47So we need to see if somebody else might enjoy them.
26:59Got a good knock to them.
27:00Yeah.
27:02Good morning.
27:02Morning, are you all right?
27:03Good to meet you, yes, thank you.
27:05Good, I brought Millie down with me.
27:06Do you want to come in and meet Dad?
27:07Lovely, cheers, thank you.
27:08Yeah, thank you.
27:14Hello, you're all right.
27:16Very pleased to meet you.
27:17And you, and you, and this is Millie.
27:18Nice to meet you.
27:19And you, and you.
27:20What is it that we can do today for you?
27:22I need help.
27:23I have a whiskey collection.
27:25I just need you to take it and tell me if I've been wasting my time over the years.
27:32And are you a whiskey drinker or...?
27:34No.
27:34No.
27:35No.
27:36A glass of red wine, doesn't mean.
27:38Also, Capa de Monti about.
27:41Okay, so a bit of a fin out, but predominantly the whiskey.
27:45Yes.
27:45Wonderful.
27:46Yeah, good luck.
27:47Millie, do you want to make a start in here?
27:48Yeah, I'll get started in here.
27:49Lovely.
27:50Okay.
27:51Okay, lovely.
27:51Okay, I'll leave you to it.
27:56Oh, look at this.
27:59This is a phenomenal whiskey drink, isn't it?
28:01There's one in particular there.
28:04Glen Keith, is that why you bought this one then?
28:06Because it was my name, and it was bought in Keith in Scotland.
28:10So this is kind of the special one from that distillery.
28:13And Speyside, a very famous area of Scotland for its whiskeys.
28:18That's right, that's right, yeah.
28:19Speyside in the Scottish Highlands is home to over half of the country's distilleries.
28:23The Fertile Land and River Spey are favoured for the production of the three whiskey ingredients, water, yeast and barley.
28:31A lot of the sort of the big name brands, if you like, are usually blended.
28:36So it's the more sort of individual ones like this that the collectors are really after.
28:40Ah, right.
28:41That's a nice one.
28:41That's a standalone lot.
28:42Probably a couple of hundred pounds on that.
28:45Really?
28:45Yeah, really.
28:46Well, it's got your name on it, so it's going to be the best one, isn't it?
28:49Are you happy for that to go?
28:50I'm happy, yes.
28:51Lovely.
28:51Well, just kind of lead me to it and I'll get it all loaded.
28:55What a pleasure.
28:56You walk into that room and it's just amazing, really.
28:59I think if we do well, we might be able to have a drama at the end of the sale.
29:03Whoa, don't get ahead of yourself, Angus.
29:06There's over 150 bottles to check out first.
29:09This is a Glen Grant, now very well-known brand, established in 1840,
29:16and it is now the biggest selling brand of single malt whisky in Italy.
29:21It's true.
29:23First imported into that country in the 1960s by an Italian spirits importer,
29:28it was a hit with the hotel trade.
29:30And before long, 250,000 cases were being sold annually.
29:3560 years on, it's still Italy's number one single malt whisky.
29:40It hasn't been opened.
29:41You think, oh, somebody's had a bit out of this, but it's not.
29:43It's still sealed, but you've got this seepage.
29:47And actually, when you have whisky or wine in a sale,
29:50that's quite often what the condition report is.
29:53What's the distance between the top and the liquid level, if you like?
29:58And this is considerably down.
30:00So, chances are it hasn't been stored correctly and we've had seepage.
30:03Sort of almost like evaporation, if you like.
30:05The seal hasn't been particularly good.
30:07And over time, that's just worked its way out.
30:10So, that one, we wouldn't really sell that on its own.
30:13We've got another Glen Grants here,
30:14so we'd definitely put those two together.
30:16The two Glen Grants will go into a lot with five other bottles.
30:21But what about all of Keith's figurines?
30:26Well, how are we getting on, Millie? Are you all right?
30:28I'm doing all right.
30:29Yeah.
30:29The old Capo de Monte.
30:31Yeah.
30:31We think of them as quite sort of a 20th-century kind of piece,
30:34but actually the company was founded in 1743.
30:37Yeah.
30:37Just outside of Naples.
30:38Capo de Monte began in the Old Kingdom of Naples,
30:42moving to Madrid in 1759,
30:45when his founder, Charles VII of Naples,
30:48inherited the Spanish throne.
30:50The company closed in 1806,
30:52but in the 20th century,
30:54ceramics companies across Italy
30:56were allowed to begin mass-producing pieces
30:59bearing the famous Capo de Monte name.
31:02Keith has a mixture of those 20th-century pieces
31:05and others in a similar style.
31:07Actually, the decorative ceramic market has really plummeted,
31:10and sadly for Keith,
31:11his price collection isn't worth that much in the current market.
31:15Keith's best figurines will be grouped together in one lot.
31:19Well, good luck packing those up.
31:21Back to the whisky, Angus.
31:23Millie's got some wrapping to do.
31:33This is a selection of Irish whisky
31:34that we've got out of the collection.
31:36Scottish whisky doesn't have an E in it.
31:38Irish whisky does.
31:39So you can usually tell where somebody's loyalties lie
31:43depending how they spell the word whisky.
31:45We've got Peaky Blinders Irish whisky.
31:48You know, so people have done ones as a novelty thing.
31:52The Pogues Irish whisky.
31:53So it's a commemorative one,
31:55and then there's more serious ones.
31:57I think I have been a savvy investor in whisky.
32:00It is better than money in bank,
32:03but I think it'll prove the point,
32:06which is satisfying.
32:07Let's hope these nine bottles of Irish whisky
32:10will prove Keith right.
32:12So, yeah, a mixed selection,
32:14but there are a few purists out there
32:16that'll only drink Irish whisky.
32:19Millie has finished wrapping and packing
32:21the 11 pieces of Capo di Monte
32:23and has been roped in to help load the whisky.
32:26It's a cold bottle.
32:28All in all, they take 158 bottles.
32:32Once loaded,
32:33Angus can turn his attention to other things.
32:36He's got a small collection of coins here,
32:38and there's lots of nice ones,
32:40and the coin market's very strong.
32:42Lots of people collect them.
32:43In among this, we've got these two gold coins.
32:45One of them is celebrating Lord Nelson,
32:48released in 2005,
32:50200 years after 1805,
32:51the Battle of Trafalgar,
32:53where Nelson lost his life on HMS Victory,
32:55but beat the French.
32:57Only 5,000 of these were produced,
32:59so it does have a sort of a limited run value as well.
33:02It's a nice little collection.
33:03The gold coin will be sold in one lot,
33:06which includes five silver coins,
33:08some £1 banknotes,
33:10and one other 24-carat gold coin.
33:12There's always a market for coins.
33:14We do really well with coins.
33:16Get it on the van,
33:17and with that,
33:18the day is done.
33:27Come and see your now-empty whisky room.
33:31Wow, look at that.
33:33Empty.
33:34It's all gone.
33:35I mean, it's been a big part of your life, hasn't it?
33:37It has, yes,
33:38but everything comes to an end.
33:40Yeah.
33:40Everything comes to an end,
33:42and this is a happy end.
33:44Good.
33:45Good.
33:45Everything is good about this, yes.
33:47And what are you going to do with the room then?
33:49I have a thing about vinyl records.
33:52This is like the collections room, isn't it?
33:54So we've done the whisky collection,
33:55now it's going to be the vinyl collection.
33:57Probably.
33:57Probably.
33:58Right, well, I'll jump in the van,
34:00and we'll see you now.
34:01All right, thank you very much.
34:03See you, Hal.
34:05Keefe's a lovely guy,
34:06so I want to get some good results,
34:08but it is, you know, mixed selection.
34:10The whisky should sell fairly well.
34:11It just depends what's in there.
34:13Cafe de Monti, on the other hand,
34:15that's a strong one.
34:16We'll see how we get on.
34:16It sure looks like Keefe's got a neat whisky collection,
34:21but only the final result on auction day
34:23will be proof of that.
34:39Hey, Jack.
34:40Morning.
34:41You are going to like this one.
34:42All right, what have we got?
34:43Yeah.
34:44A few coins.
34:45Oh, nice.
34:46A few coins and...
34:48Whisky, whisky, whisky, whisky.
34:50Oh, nice.
34:51I'm going to have a nice night
34:51of doing coins and whisky, then.
34:53Yeah.
34:53He's partial to a dram, is our Jack.
34:56There are a few special decanters
34:59like this one, wild turkey.
35:00Obviously an American one
35:02made for Kentucky Street bourbon whisky.
35:05It'll be grouped with five other novelty decanters,
35:09a set of ornamental Beswick birds
35:11and a book on single malts.
35:15Right, cheers, Jack.
35:17Once it's all inside,
35:19the big job of researching,
35:21photographing and cataloguing
35:22all the bottles can begin.
35:25Hello, Jack.
35:26Hello.
35:27Shall I get a couple of glasses?
35:28I wish I could try it, but better not.
35:30What have you got here, then?
35:30Johnny Walker.
35:32One of my favourite blended whiskies.
35:34It was established in 1820,
35:36but it was established as a greengrocers.
35:37During that point in history,
35:38most of the grocers would have had
35:39an aisle of malts.
35:41Yeah.
35:41And Johnny Walker, suppose,
35:42didn't like the fact that they were all different.
35:44So what he did is he blended it
35:45and then put his own label on it.
35:46Oh.
35:46That's how he started doing Johnny Walker,
35:49quite simply.
35:50John Walker set up shop
35:51in 19th-century Kilmarnock
35:54at a time when taxes on Scottish distilleries
35:57were being slashed,
35:58triggering a boom in whisky production.
36:01In 1857, his son Alexander
36:03took over the company
36:04and by the turn of the century,
36:06Johnny Walker was being drunk
36:08in every corner of the British Empire.
36:11I mean, the common ones are
36:12your red label and your black label,
36:14and they've got green label,
36:15which is a 15-year-old.
36:16Yeah.
36:17Then you've got gold label,
36:18which that's quite a nice one,
36:19that's an 18-year-old.
36:20And then you've got blue label.
36:22The whiskies in the blue label blend
36:23can be as old as 60 years.
36:24All of these here,
36:26I've put together as one job lock
36:27to sort of maximise it.
36:29Yeah.
36:30Apart from the blue label,
36:31which I've done its own.
36:31Right.
36:32I'm sure people buy these
36:33for presents anyway, won't they?
36:34Yeah, they will.
36:35I'm always happy
36:36when someone gives me a bottle of whisky.
36:37I think we all are.
36:38Yeah.
36:43Right, here then.
36:45Day has come.
36:46Yeah.
36:46Say goodbye to the whisky.
36:48Yeah.
36:50This is a bit special, isn't it?
36:52But it's me.
36:52Yeah, this whisky's down there, isn't it?
36:55Yeah.
36:56Keith's got 31 lots in today's sale,
36:5928 of which are straight-up whisky.
37:02It's hard in a way,
37:03but they have to go,
37:05and while I'm still here,
37:06I want to see them go.
37:08Yeah.
37:10Morning.
37:11Morning.
37:11How are we doing?
37:12You all right?
37:12Good, yeah.
37:13Thank you, and you?
37:14Good.
37:14Yeah, I'm very well, thank you.
37:15So I suppose today's the day
37:17we find out...
37:18That's right,
37:18whether I've been wasting my time
37:20or whether it's been a good idea, yeah.
37:23No pressure on me.
37:24It will be what it is, won't it?
37:26I love your dad's attitude.
37:27It's great.
37:28I'll just get ready for the sale
37:29and I'll see you in a bit.
37:29Lovely.
37:31Right then, Angus,
37:33give us the lowdown.
37:34There's some whisky's
37:35that are a lot better than others.
37:36There's a couple of bottles in there
37:37that are going to be
37:38in excess of £100 each,
37:39and then it's more sort of group lots.
37:42Where were that one?
37:43Do you remember?
37:43Yes, it was in the window
37:46and the dining area.
37:48My biggest concern's not the whisky,
37:51it's the Cafe Devontae figures,
37:53which really struggle to sell these days,
37:55so we'll see, we'll see.
37:58We've made the decision,
38:00they have to go,
38:01so today's the day.
38:04It'll be interesting to see
38:05how much Glen Keith goes for.
38:07Do you think?
38:08That's your favourite.
38:08Yeah, it will.
38:09Yeah.
38:12Yeah.
38:12So turning back now, Keith,
38:14the bar is filling up
38:15and here to take online orders
38:17are Millie and Jasper.
38:19So grab a seat
38:20and open up those wallets
38:21because here comes the man
38:23who can distill any auction
38:25to its very essence.
38:27It's Angus.
38:28Right then, morning,
38:29ladies and gentlemen.
38:31Morning.
38:32Morning, man.
38:33Maybe they need
38:34a little pick-me-up, Angus.
38:35Right, we're going
38:36to this fantastic whisky collection.
38:39Who's in the market
38:40for a job lot
38:41from Kilmarnock's finest?
38:43The Johnny Walker collection.
38:45We open at £200.
38:47£200 a bit,
38:48then at £200.
38:49For all my Johnny Walker fans,
38:50where are you?
38:50At £200 it is,
38:51then at £210.
38:53£210.
38:54£210.
38:55£220.
38:55£220.
38:56At £220.
38:57At £220.
38:59We're all done
38:59for the Johnny Walker
39:00at £220.
39:04Walking off
39:05to a buyer in York.
39:06I'm sorry.
39:08It is, yeah?
39:10Next, will Angus
39:11find a bidder
39:12for the lot
39:12that worries him most?
39:14The complete collection,
39:16there we go,
39:16of the Café de Monte figures there.
39:18£30, start me.
39:22Once upon a time,
39:23there would have been that each.
39:24£20, then.
39:25At £20,
39:25we need to find
39:26a loving home
39:27for the Café de Monte.
39:28£20 bid, thank you.
39:29At £20 at £20.
39:30At £20 at £20.
39:32We knew these
39:32were going to be
39:33the hard sell.
39:33At £20 at £20.
39:36Phew.
39:37This lot are off
39:38to a new home
39:39right here in Yorkshire.
39:41Oh,
39:42they've gone.
39:45Well,
39:45Tracey's happy
39:46they've gone.
39:47Next up
39:48is the shiny nuggets,
39:49including the
39:50gold Nelson coin,
39:51five silver coins
39:52and the pound notes.
39:54I've got a few bids
39:56on this.
39:56We're at
39:58£130,
39:58£140,
39:59£150,
40:00£160.
40:01Thank you,
40:01young man at £160.
40:02Commissions are out.
40:03Oh, no.
40:04Sorry.
40:05It's at £230.
40:06£230,
40:07£240.
40:08At £240 it is,
40:09then at £240.
40:10We're all done.
40:11I'm going to sell
40:12their net bid for £250.
40:13Fresh bid at £250.
40:15£250 in the ring.
40:16At £250 it is,
40:18then I'm going to sell
40:19at £250.
40:21Now that's more like it.
40:24That's bonkers.
40:26Right,
40:27anyone here
40:28feel like
40:28taking on
40:29this next lot?
40:30These nine bottles
40:31from Ireland
40:32include
40:32two Peaky Blinders
40:34and a pair
40:35of Pogues.
40:36It goes straight in
40:38at £90.
40:41At £90 it is,
40:42then at £90 a bid.
40:42At £90.
40:43At £90.
40:44£95.
40:45£100.
40:46£100 a bid.
40:46At £100 a bid.
40:47£110.
40:48£120.
40:48£120 a bid.
40:49At £120.
40:50£130.
40:50£140.
40:51I've got three of you.
40:52At £140 it is,
40:53then at £140.
40:54£150.
40:56£150.
40:56That settles the argument.
40:57At £150 it is.
40:58At £150 a bid.
40:59Then at £150.
41:00Selling at £150.
41:04Slanger.
41:06Well done.
41:07That's not bad,
41:08is it?
41:08It's all systems go next
41:10as Angus downs
41:12another 22 lots
41:13of Keith's liquor.
41:15Including
41:15£150.
41:16At £60.
41:18The Johnny Walker
41:19Blue Label.
41:20£160.
41:23This set of
41:25novelty decanters.
41:26£95.
41:28And a mixed lot
41:29of seven American
41:30and Scottish bottles,
41:32including the Glen Grant
41:33those Italians
41:34love so much.
41:36Yes.
41:37Good work.
41:39It's nearly time
41:41at the bar.
41:42Just a few minutes
41:43left to squeeze in
41:44Keith's favourite.
41:45This is the most
41:46important one,
41:47isn't it?
41:48Yeah.
41:48You're right.
41:49There we go.
41:50The Glen Keith.
41:51That's a good bottle
41:51of whisky.
41:52Is that there?
41:52There we go.
41:53And I can open
41:54at £120 opening bid.
41:56At £120.
41:57At £120 it is.
41:58Then at £120 a bid.
42:00Then at £120.
42:00Good whisky there.
42:02£130, £40, £50, £60.
42:04£160 a bid.
42:05At £160 it is then.
42:06At £160 it is then.
42:09We're all done
42:10for Keith's whisky.
42:11At £160 it is.
42:12Then I'm going to
42:12sell away then.
42:13The Glen Keith
42:14at £160.
42:17I'll drink to that,
42:18Angus.
42:19And you're going
42:20to keep that one?
42:21Uh-huh.
42:22You're done.
42:25After that rip-roaring
42:26sale, Angus has seen
42:28off every one
42:29of Keith's slots.
42:30But will all those
42:31years of collecting
42:32have been worth it?
42:35Hello.
42:36Hello.
42:36I'm sorry.
42:37Everything's gone.
42:39Lovely.
42:39Even the Cappé de Monte,
42:40which I know
42:41wasn't the biggest
42:42price in the world.
42:43It's gone.
42:45Any particular
42:46sort of one
42:46that sort of
42:47jumped out for you?
42:48The coins.
42:49The coins, yes.
42:50I'm really surprised
42:50they did well actually.
42:51Yeah.
42:52Shall I tell you
42:53how much money
42:53you'll be taking home?
42:54Well, what you'll be
42:55taking home after fees?
42:56£2,520.
42:58I like it.
42:59It's a good day's work.
43:01That's a good day's work.
43:02That's not bad at all,
43:04is it?
43:04That's a good day.
43:05It's been an absolute
43:06pleasure.
43:07Thank you very much.
43:08It's been brilliant.
43:08Thank you, Leanne.
43:09You're very welcome.
43:11I'm really pleased
43:12that it's made
43:13£2,500,
43:14which is amazing.
43:16Yes, it was worthwhile.
43:17It was an interest.
43:19Now I've seen it
43:21from beginning to end.
43:22I'm happy with the result.
43:26Absolutely delighted
43:27for Keith.
43:27The star of the show
43:28was Keith's
43:29Whiskey the Glen Keith.
43:30So delighted really
43:31because that kind of
43:32summed up the collection.
43:33He's cleared that space
43:34and seen that sale through.
43:36So really pleased
43:37and I think he's going
43:38to turn it into
43:38a vinyl room now.
43:39So might see him
43:41at the sale again yet.
44:00on seeing.
44:03The star of the show