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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room, just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies.
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:19And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:26I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32He's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures.
00:38Oh, my word. Some box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:41Fascinating curios.
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:46Cherished 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.
01:35Good morning, New Yorkshire Auction House.
01:42Right, Jack, are you ready?
01:44Yeah, where are we off to today, then?
01:45Marfisher.
01:46All right.
01:46Anyone else specific?
01:47Hamill Hampstead.
01:49My dad worked there for quite a while.
01:50Did he?
01:51Nick lived there as well.
01:52Yeah, Nick lived there as well.
01:54And my Auntie Betty's cousin, twice removed,
01:57Fred passed through Hamill at least once, too.
02:01Where have you been hiding all these?
02:02Just anywhere, really.
02:06Oh, my goodness, Gary.
02:09Do you know what I'm done with the place?
02:11This is Gary and wife, Stacey,
02:13who share this place with their two kids.
02:15What are these?
02:16These are tiny miner's hats.
02:19Did you not know?
02:20Uh-oh.
02:21Yeah.
02:21I haven't been out here for a while.
02:23You've got to be carried away.
02:24Is it overwhelming?
02:26The couple met on a work trip.
02:28We're going to Japan.
02:29We did a bit of karaoke.
02:30I showed Stacey my own John.
02:32And she responded with her kiki day 25 years ago.
02:37Five years later, yeah.
02:37Here we are.
02:38They married in 2007.
02:41Stacey is amazing.
02:42And she's tolerant.
02:44And she believes in all the ridiculous things I do,
02:47which include filling the house full of antiques.
02:50He's got a brilliant brain that needs feeding all the time.
02:56Hence collecting.
02:57Yes, you could say he's got a healthy appetite for collecting,
03:00couldn't you?
03:01I collect anything that I don't know what it is.
03:05So if I've never seen it before,
03:07or never held it before,
03:08I kind of want to own it.
03:10And then I want to find out what it is.
03:11It's an obsession.
03:13It started with, like, military badges and coins when I was really young.
03:17And then my friend from school's dad owned a local auction.
03:22And from 13, 14, it was our Saturday job.
03:27And I loved it.
03:28I'd see the things coming in from house clearances.
03:31And my £22 that I'd get from my wages, I would spend at the auction.
03:36It's clearly an obsession Gary hasn't grown out of.
03:39Gary's collection is pretty much everywhere in, what did they say?
03:45Hiding in plain sight.
03:47Yeah.
03:48So every drawer, every cupboard.
03:52We've got a summer house out in the garden,
03:55and it's kind of been my storage for everything I've brought into the house.
03:59OK, and I'm guessing this is where Angus comes in.
04:03I'd really love to clear it out, make some space.
04:06I'd like a little, just a little space for me to put my yoga mat down.
04:10Yeah, and it would be nice for the kids, too,
04:12to have a bit of space in the summer to go with their friends and watch TV.
04:16Wow, quite a life-changing event, this.
04:20I don't think I'll feel sad to see any of it go, weirdly,
04:22because I didn't own these things to start with.
04:25Someone else did, and they've come to me,
04:26and they'll go on and have another life somewhere.
04:29And you've learnt about them now.
04:29And I've learnt about them, so I've got the value out of them.
04:32We need to thin stuff out so Angus can come and save us.
04:36He can save us.
04:38All right, here we are.
04:40Oh, he's got a driveway, that's nice.
04:44Can we get in there?
04:46Logistics look good, Jack.
04:48I'll do it.
04:49Yeah.
04:54Good morning, you all right?
04:56How are you doing?
04:57Hi.
04:57Please, come in.
05:05Wow, already I can see you.
05:06Yeah, you like your design, doesn't it?
05:08Yeah, yeah.
05:08We're all in the mid-century, and it's all your items, is it?
05:11All the bits you've collected, it's not?
05:13I'm not, not the track.
05:15Okay, you'd like your house back.
05:17These bits on the table, is that out for us?
05:19That's all to go, and we've got something I think you'd like to take a look at.
05:22Jack, do you want to make a start on that?
05:24Yeah, I'll just start on that.
05:26Prepare yourself, Angus.
05:28So there you go.
05:30Have a look at that.
05:31Right.
05:31It's where I've been hiding it all.
05:33Yeah.
05:33You've got absolutely everything in here, haven't you?
05:36I mean, is all this to go?
05:37Yeah, everything to go.
05:39Okay.
05:39Did you say there was something in particular you wanted to show me?
05:41Yes, somewhere in here, there is a ring that's tucked away.
05:45Oh, what's that?
05:46Oh, is it down there?
05:46That's a ring box.
05:48Now, I think it's gold.
05:49I'd love to know what you think of it.
05:50Nice, yeah.
05:52What we call a mourning ring, or the sort of memorial rings.
05:55It probably would have had a lock of hair in there, I would have thought, to the person
05:59that had died.
06:00Mourning rings, lockets, and brooches often contained a strand of hair, a photograph,
06:06or a picture of a dearly departed loved one.
06:09They were popular in Victorian and Georgian England.
06:13It's 18 or 22 carat gold.
06:15Having that sort of hinged compartment, it's just a little bit something different.
06:19A bit more magical, yeah.
06:20Yeah.
06:20There's a real collector's market for mourning jewellery.
06:23It's certainly going to be in the mid-hundreds, mid to high-hundreds.
06:26That's a great start.
06:27Yeah.
06:28I really like that.
06:29Okay, leave me to it, Gary.
06:30I'll go for all these bits, see what we can do.
06:32I think there's plenty of good bits to go.
06:33Lovely.
06:34We'll get it loaded up.
06:35We'll get your room back.
06:36Brilliant, thanks.
06:37A great first find, Angus.
06:39Should we be getting excited about today's job?
06:42I can sympathise with Gary, actually.
06:44You know, he started collecting as a young lad, started working in a sale room as a teenager.
06:49Kind of what I did.
06:50And a really interesting, eclectic mix of items.
06:53All sorts.
06:54That ring, lovely.
06:55I think we're going to find some fascinating items.
07:00Yeah, I'm really going to enjoy it.
07:02One thing I couldn't help noticing was the glass.
07:05There's a lot.
07:06Is that a good thing?
07:07All right, Jack.
07:08Yeah, not too bad, just looking at the glass.
07:10Yeah, it's a good collection, isn't it?
07:13I used to go up to London and go to antique shops, and I was just really fascinated with
07:17the colours and shapes and designs of glass.
07:19And I started to buy bits, and it just resonated with me.
07:22We'll just carefully pack it up.
07:23Great stuff.
07:25This can properly be looked into back at the auction house.
07:28Have you seen this desk?
07:29Yeah, it's quite nice, isn't it?
07:31So it's a design done by Edward Godwin, who was an incredibly famous and important designer
07:37from the 19th century.
07:38Born in 1833, British designer Edward William Godwin's furniture drew inspiration from his
07:46love of Japanese design.
07:47But he was also a talented architect, designing Northampton and Congleton town halls.
07:53This is a classic from the 19th century, and quite a lot of his furniture was ebonised
07:57like this, this sort of black colour.
07:59I mean, it almost looks ecclesiastical, doesn't it?
08:01Yeah.
08:02These little rosettes here.
08:03He was really one of the forerunners for the arts and crafts movement.
08:08His work can vary in price massively.
08:11The desks do come up fairly often, so I think we're in the low hundreds, but still a nice
08:15thing.
08:16Well, I suppose we'd best get some boxes up and start getting all packed up.
08:19Yeah, perfect.
08:20Great.
08:21Yes, don't forget it took four hours to get here.
08:24We haven't got a lot of time today.
08:27Obviously, it's a long drive back, so I think we should have a ballot, me and Jack, who drives.
08:32Wouldn't that just be a tie?
08:34It's lovely, isn't it?
08:35Look at it.
08:36You've got a draw there, a hand in there, where you can drop in your ballot's ball, if
08:41you like, or stone.
08:42Paint it on there, R-A-O-B, so it's the Order of the Buffalos.
08:46Formed in 1822 by stagehands in a pub near the Drury Lane Theatre, the Royal Antediluvian
08:54Order of the Buffalos is a fraternity movement who still vote on who can join them today.
08:59So somebody would propose maybe somebody new to the club, or the Order or the Lodge in this case,
09:06and all the members would have two balls.
09:09You'd have two different colours, and you wouldn't see who cast the vote, but you would have your
09:14two balls and you'd decide whether you want that person to be a member or not.
09:18So you would put your hand in, secretly, and drop in to the bottom.
09:22And then at the end of the night, when everyone's cast their votes, they would open the drawer.
09:28And then you would see how many whites to black there are.
09:31And some clubs would have a very serious rule that if you had one black ball in there, then
09:36you were out.
09:36So that's actually where the term sort of being blackballed from an organisation comes from.
09:41Angus will put this into a lot alongside some other decorative items and collectibles.
09:49You're ready to see the most amazing bracket.
09:52Look at that, Jack.
09:53Fundamentally, it's a wall bracket for a bracket box, but basically, it's a shelf.
09:57Yeah.
09:58Quite often, you know, carvings were done to celebrate a significant date or celebrating,
10:03you know, a victory.
10:04But this bit here, this is the original carved bit.
10:081697, it's got carved into it.
10:10It's depicting sort of the figure of victory there.
10:12The 1697 victory being celebrated is that of the Nine Years' War.
10:19700,000 lives were lost before a series of treaties ended the conflict and William III was confirmed
10:25as King of England.
10:27That's a lovely thing, isn't it?
10:28It is.
10:28It's stunning.
10:29It is.
10:30And so is its estimate.
10:32It's all adding up.
10:34If we make any money from the auction, we've got quite a small garden.
10:37We're looking at purchasing a piece of woodland.
10:40And for the kids, we just think it'd be really fun.
10:42And I would like to build a massive treehouse.
10:46As long as you don't feel it, we'll stop.
10:49Hear that, Angus?
10:50We have a big kids' playhouse to pay for.
10:53We're discovering interesting items.
10:56And it'll vary in terms of value, but it's going to add up.
10:59Like these two replica Thomas Gainsborough watercolours of Gainsborough's nephew, Edward Gardiner.
11:05We've got everything from pictures to jewellery to furniture.
11:10Just in case you need it on the way home, Jack.
11:13On the van.
11:13Yeah, yeah.
11:15Finally, after being here for over four hours, the day is done.
11:23Right.
11:23I'll say goodbye.
11:24Fairly.
11:26Right.
11:27Come on through.
11:27Right.
11:28Let's have a look.
11:31Look at it.
11:31It's back.
11:32You can do some yoga.
11:33I'll get my yoga mat out.
11:34Yeah, that's mad.
11:35Excited for the auction?
11:36I'm very excited to come.
11:38I love an auction.
11:39How are you feeling now that it's, you know...
11:40Very, really.
11:41Thank you very much.
11:42Good.
11:42Well, we'll hit the road.
11:44Yep.
11:44We'll see you all sale day.
11:45Cheers, Angus.
11:48I think Gary's done really well.
11:49I thought he might be a bit reluctant to let things go, but I think he's just excited about
11:53what's next.
11:54I just really enjoyed it.
11:55It was like, this is my hobby, and it was just really nice for people to come and kind of
11:59appreciate the objects that I've collected.
12:02Gary knows his stuff.
12:03He's a keen collector, so he's going to be watching exactly how we lock things up.
12:08Yeah, we need to do it right.
12:09I'm really happy that all the stuff's gone and we've got some space back.
12:14And there's a couple of bits that I was actually quite, you know, fond of, but I'm more fond
12:19of being able to eat dinner on my table.
12:22Weirdo.
12:23And now we're going to go up to Yorkshire and have a nice little cake and a cup of tea.
12:30Parking cake.
12:31But I think an even more delicious surprise will be all that glass the team will be looking
12:35into.
12:36There might be some tasty treats within that hole.
12:50They are quite heavy, aren't they?
12:52Chonky.
12:52Yeah.
12:53Back at base, Angus's team starts the task of lotting up and cataloguing the 120-plus items
13:00collected from Gary and Stacey's home ahead of the upcoming auction.
13:04Hi, Millie.
13:05Hi.
13:05What have you got here?
13:07I've got some Whitefriars glass.
13:09Junior Valuer Millie and Valuer Charlotte have 39 items of glassware to examine.
13:16These are just four of them.
13:18The name Whitefriars, do you know where that comes from?
13:20So the factory itself was once a monastery.
13:23Oh, wow.
13:23So they took the name from the monks that used to live there.
13:26In 1875, Harry James Powell, grandson of the founder and an Oxford graduate in chemistry,
13:32joined the business.
13:33Harry Powell was very interested in the science of glass, and we got a lot of glass innovations
13:38through that.
13:39So you sort of opalescent glass.
13:41His notebooks and his experiments are actually all in the British Museum, so they're all
13:45still preserved.
13:47So it's very scientific.
13:48He did a lot of experiments into temperature.
13:51OK.
13:52So it's like heating glass at different temperatures to get different colours.
13:55So that's why when you think Whitefriars, you think these sort of very bright colours.
13:58One of the reasons why people love Whitefriars so much is that it has such an interesting
14:02history.
14:03With that history, I can imagine there's quite a lot of collectors for this kind of thing.
14:05How have you lotted it up?
14:07So I've put these two together.
14:08This pair of vases from Whitefriars Roman range, made in the 1870s, should do well.
14:14That's one of my favourites, actually.
14:16I think I like that it looks like a little bag.
14:18This vase, designed by Harry Powell himself, could also prove popular.
14:26Hello, Mark.
14:28Hi, Ewan.
14:28What have you got here?
14:29Mark is the Auction House's senior valuer.
14:32Ewan, its trainee.
14:34What do you think they are?
14:35I mean, obviously, some kind of hard hat.
14:38Hard hat, yeah.
14:38Yeah, they're made of leather.
14:40Made of leather.
14:40So, pretty early.
14:42Probably.
14:42They'll be about 1920s.
14:44This is a tin miner's helmet.
14:46Oh, really?
14:47Early PPE.
14:48It's nice that they've got this, you know, they're like the crest on there.
14:51And the whole idea of this crest was, if something hits you, it takes the impact.
14:55It takes the impact.
14:57Yeah.
14:57The thing that's going for them is a condition.
15:00Yeah, all the stitching's there.
15:01Price-wise, 80 to 120, they could do something like that.
15:05Would you fancy yourself as a miner when you...
15:07No, I'm very much an above-ground person.
15:09I don't like confined spaces.
15:11No, I don't.
15:19I'm quite excited about everything, actually.
15:21Morning.
15:22Morning.
15:22How are we feeling?
15:23Yeah, good.
15:24Good.
15:24So, you're all excited for the auction?
15:25Yeah, yeah.
15:26I love an auction.
15:27So, this is, yeah, this is a holiday for me.
15:29Any particular item you're sort of excited about?
15:32Maybe the desk or the ring, the wall bracket.
15:34I don't know.
15:35We'll see.
15:35Anything.
15:36Yeah, I'll be excited.
15:36Excellent.
15:37Well, why don't you come on in and have a look around?
15:38Lovely.
15:46Oh, wow, look.
15:47It's huge, isn't it?
15:49Can you see anything of ours?
15:51Yeah.
15:51There, there.
15:53Shall we have a look?
15:54Yeah, let's have a wonder.
15:56Oh, wow.
15:56I want to go through every single box.
15:59Oh, yeah, there's all the glass.
16:00It looks lovely and the cabinet all let up.
16:02No, that one's pretty.
16:03My favourite green one.
16:05Well, Gary and Stacey, they've got an interesting mixed collection.
16:08This was in the cupboard in the lounge and it couldn't really go on display because who
16:13needs a 17th century clock bracket if you haven't got a clock?
16:15You know, Gary's very into his items, so he's got expectations.
16:19We're going to have to deliver.
16:20Gary's even put a £300 reserve on the Georgian desk, making Angus' job a little tougher.
16:27So, a lot of lots, some high expectations and, you know, I'm going to have to work hard
16:32today.
16:32Quite happy it's all out there.
16:35And, yeah, looking forward to it all, seeing the gavel go down on each lot.
16:39And do his flicky, flicky gavel thing.
16:41Hopefully we'll get a flicky gavel.
16:42Yeah.
16:42I mean, there's always an anticipation to an auction.
16:44It's the most exciting thing, especially as it's such a global audience.
16:48You know, there's people that are far-flung places in the world that could be buying the
16:51stuff that was on your kitchen table, so that's really exciting.
16:55Well, they will be refereed by today's clerk, Charlotte and Charlotte.
16:59For potential bidders here in the room, they might be enticed to bid by the talents of
17:04today's porter, Sophie.
17:06Stacey and Gary have 127 lots on offer, so Angus, if you please.
17:13Hang on.
17:14There we go.
17:14My screen just froze.
17:15There we go.
17:16We don't want that happening.
17:18We start with...
17:19Lovely thing is this.
17:21Got several bids.
17:22We're at 160, 170, 180.
17:24At 180 it is.
17:25At 180, at 180, 190 is it now, surely.
17:28There we go.
17:29190 fresh bid.
17:30200.
17:31200 and bid it.
17:33200 it is.
17:34Don't miss out.
17:34They don't come up there often, do they?
17:36At 200, you're out on line.
17:37210, they're back in.
17:38220, I have.
17:39At 220 it is.
17:40Then at 220.
17:41At 220 pounds, is it then?
17:43At 230.
17:44At 230 pounds, it is.
17:45Then at 230, 240, 250, 250.
17:49I'm out at 250 it is.
17:50Then at 250.
17:54I wonder if its new owner has a clock to go on it.
17:58250.
18:00What's next?
18:02Very good lot, this.
18:03The ballot box there and all the bits.
18:05There we go.
18:05We can go straight in at 70 pounds.
18:0970 pounds it is.
18:10Then at 70 is 5, 85, 95.
18:1295 pound a bid at 95.
18:14It is then at 95.
18:14100, 100 and a bid.
18:16At 100 pound a bid, then at 100.
18:18We're all done.
18:18At 100 pound it is then at 100.
18:21No blackballing here.
18:23It doubles its highest estimate.
18:25Fair enough.
18:26It is.
18:27Can the paintings keep the tally ticking?
18:30Dirt, Thomas Gainsborough there.
18:31The two portraits there.
18:32Got 150 bid.
18:34150 and bid at 150.
18:36Internet.
18:37160, thank you.
18:38170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230.
18:43Good portraits, these.
18:44240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
18:48300, 320, 340, 360.
18:51At 360 pounds it's at.
18:53At 360.
18:54We've all done it.
18:54360 pounds it is then.
18:56I'm going to sell at 360.
19:00Great work, Angus.
19:02Are you keeping track?
19:03No.
19:04Well, let me help you, Gary.
19:06The Georgian desk is next and you've put a 300 pound reserve on it.
19:11Ah, where should it be for this?
19:12300 pounds, Tommy.
19:15At 300 pounds it now for the desk.
19:17Lovely desk there at 300 pounds.
19:18It's not too big.
19:19You can find a home for it there.
19:21300, surely.
19:22Anywhere is it now?
19:22At 300 pounds at 300.
19:26Bad luck, Gary.
19:28Godwin's not on fire today.
19:29Perhaps the glassware can get the auction back on track.
19:33Oh, these are nice.
19:34The green tzar.
19:36It's quite nice.
19:37Very delicate as this.
19:38Drove very carefully back up the road when this was in the van.
19:40There we go.
19:40Where should it be for this?
19:41100 pounds, Tommy.
19:42100 pounds at 100 pounds at 100.
19:44100 bid.
19:45100 bid at 100.
19:46110.
19:46Come on now.
19:47110, 120.
19:48Yes, we're off.
19:48130, 140, 150, 160.
19:51At 160 pounds it is then.
19:53170.
19:53They just snuck in again.
19:54180.
19:55180 pounds it is then at 180.
19:57We're all done at 180.
19:58I'm going to sail then at 190 just in time.
20:01At 200.
20:02Don't leave it to the last second.
20:03At 200 it is then at 200.
20:05Final call at 200.
20:09What do you say to that, chaps?
20:11Yeah, we'll be pleased with that.
20:12Over the next 80 minutes, Angus passes 120 lots under his gavel,
20:17including 30 more lots of glassware, like...
20:21Sailing at 100.
20:23The white Friars bar, shaped like a bag.
20:26We're all done at 60.
20:28An Art Deco vase and...
20:30110.
20:32A Murano vase.
20:36All right.
20:37That's good.
20:38There's just two lots left.
20:40First, those miners' hats.
20:42These are great, are these.
20:43And we're off 55, 55, 60, 60, a bit at 60 pounds, 65, 70, 70 pounds, a bit at 70
20:48it is, 75, 80, 5, 90, 5, 100, 110, at 110, 120, 130, 130, 140, 150, at 150 it is,
21:02at 150, the leather hats are 150.
21:05Hats off to that.
21:08Hats off to that.
21:08Nice.
21:09Sluck in there.
21:10Finally, there's just one lot left, the morning ring.
21:13Oh, this is lovely.
21:16Oh, this is lovely.
21:16The top lifts off, you've got a concealed compartment there, and I've got 400, opening bit at 420, 40, 60,
21:2380, 500, 520.
21:25Lovely thing is this, 520 pound it is then, at 520. Final call, at 520 it is then, it's at
21:32520.
21:34The ring passes on.
21:37Yeah, it's good.
21:38It is good.
21:40Gary and Stacey want some money to build a humongous tree house for their two kids, so can they afford
21:46a one bedroom or five?
22:00For the money.
22:01Yeah.
22:02Hello.
22:03Hi, Angus.
22:04Are you all right?
22:05Yeah, fine, yeah.
22:06Any sort of surprises or...?
22:08The ring sold, which is really good.
22:09The ring, nice thing, yeah.
22:11And all the glass.
22:12Two helmets have gone to Australia.
22:13Well, they do a lot of mining there, don't they, I suppose.
22:15I don't think they're going to use them, but yeah.
22:18Yeah.
22:19Well, of what sold, after fees, you'll be taking home £4,312.
22:24Oh, wow, that's great.
22:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:25That should build a tree house, shouldn't it?
22:27It should do, yeah.
22:28Fantastic.
22:28Yeah, well, thank you, you know.
22:29Thank you for being so enthusiastic about it all.
22:31Yeah.
22:32Well, thank you though.
22:32Actually, take care.
22:33Good luck with the tree house.
22:34Lovely.
22:35I think it went really well.
22:36I'm really happy.
22:37All the stuff's out of our house.
22:39I'm quite exhausted by it.
22:41It's quite emotional.
22:42To see people actually taking our stuff home is really cool.
22:46I think overall, you know, some good results.
22:49His glass collection, I think that was really the pride of his collection.
22:53That sold really well.
22:54All in all, I think, you know, a good sum raised.
22:57Certainly enough to help with that tree house build.
23:09What a day, eh, to be going to Northumbria on my birthday.
23:11Yeah.
23:12Oh, happy birthday, Angus.
23:14It's a birthday treat.
23:16Go to Northumberland and you get to spend it with me and Mark.
23:19What a treat.
23:20Today's venue is a glorious stately home and a flat within its 18th century walls.
23:27My uncle's gold tooth.
23:29Blimey.
23:30Meet Serana.
23:31Two grams of 16-carat gold.
23:34And her best pal, Emma.
23:36Yes.
23:36Have a feel.
23:38Well, that is weighty.
23:40This place used to belong to Serana's dear old ma and pa, Pauline and Stephen.
23:45My father was a solicitor, so he had a very logical, legal mind, which was quite contrast
23:51to my mother's kind of flaky, arty, creative mind.
23:54My parents moved up here almost 25 years ago, all the way from Cornwall.
23:59It's got two very large living spaces and therefore that encouraged them to fill it.
24:05Pauline especially had lots to fill it with.
24:08She was interested in art, gardening, music, theatre, art, opera.
24:15While indulging their interests, their daughter Serana went to university, where she met pal
24:21Emma and then started her own career.
24:24I worked for many years in advertising as an art buyer, which I loved.
24:29But after that, I decided to go travelling and do volunteer work abroad and that's how
24:36I ended up out in South America.
24:38Serana spent over 10 years in South America until events at home brought her back to the
24:44UK.
24:44My father was rushed to hospital suddenly.
24:47Stephen collapsed at home and after complications in hospital, passed away.
24:53My mother was fine and then she took to her bed and I realised that my mother couldn't live on
24:58her own permanently.
24:59So I came back to live with her and care for her for the five years that she carried on
25:03living after my father.
25:04Now, after coming to terms with her mother's death, Serana has turned her attention to her parents' home and their
25:11things.
25:11My focus has been sorting out my family affairs and trying to get rid of stuff.
25:16And that's why I need Angus's help to come and clear all this stuff away.
25:20It's the kind of challenge Angus relishes.
25:23Not bad for the rear entrance, is it?
25:26I need to think about me starting my life somewhere.
25:36Hello.
25:37Hello.
25:37Welcome.
25:38Please come on in.
25:39Thank you very much.
25:45Wow, there's everything, isn't there?
25:46There is a bit of everything in this room, yes.
25:48My eyes are darting all over it.
25:51It's wonderful, isn't it?
25:52This is quite nice.
25:53A table that, you know, would have been used to read that Victorian.
25:56You could have pulled it because it was on wheels alongside your chair and sat and read away to your
26:01heart's content.
26:02Well, that's what my mum did.
26:03I mean, I like them because they're quirky and quirky with cells.
26:07They range in value depending on which model.
26:09One like this, we're probably looking about sort of anywhere between 200 and 400.
26:13Lovely thing.
26:14Will you happy for me to just have a good old rummage and see what we can do?
26:18Do you want to grab some boxes and packing and then we'll get a plan of attack?
26:22You know, it's an interesting job.
26:24It's one we're going to enjoy.
26:25It's in a beautiful house.
26:26I think really at this stage, it's a little bit of rooting around, a bit of a thin out.
26:31So it's going to take a bit of time, I think, to go through items and decide what's to go,
26:36what's not to go.
26:37Good day for my birthday.
26:39Let's see what presents await.
26:43I mean, that is just wonderful, isn't it?
26:45We've got this very large Chinese tea caddy.
26:49And what's really nice about it is it's what we call a shinwazuri.
26:53So it's sort of lacquered with this gilt detail over the top.
26:56Each panel has a scene of various figures and sort of interior scenes and it's fairly crisp.
27:03We've got these classic sort of Georgian drop handles on the sides for carrying it.
27:07This probably dates to the early mid 19th century and would have been lockable.
27:12Tea was an expensive commodity.
27:13In the 1850s, a pound of tea cost 54 pence.
27:17That's about 92 pounds in today's money.
27:20Where is it price-wise?
27:23I'm going to be a little bit harsh because of the damage.
27:26I think a sensible estimate would probably be 150 to 250.
27:32A bit of trivia for you two.
27:34Ah, like a quiz.
27:35What do you think that is?
27:37I mean, that kind of looks like the bottom of a wine bottle.
27:40Would it be somewhere to hold your...
27:41Like a coaster for a wine bottle?
27:43Kind of, like to hold it so the condensation doesn't drip.
27:46You're on the right lines with wine.
27:48Mm-hmm.
27:49But not quite.
27:50So, silver, the marks are worn but it's probably Irish.
27:54Mm-hmm.
27:54It'll be 18th century.
27:55And this is a wine funnel stand.
28:00A wine funnel ensures sediment or errant bits of cork don't make their way into your glass.
28:06Of course, you didn't want your beautiful mahogany sideboard getting a ring stain in it.
28:12So then the wine funnel would have sat upside down on top of it, collect the drips in there.
28:16And that is what it is.
28:17I've never seen one of those.
28:18I've never seen one.
28:19I've only ever sold two.
28:21You know, people do collect them, but they're about sort of 100 to 150, that sort of region.
28:25Yeah.
28:26Right, I'll get it wrapped.
28:35What have you got there, Serana?
28:38When I was a little girl, I used to sit on him.
28:40And my father always used it as a footrest.
28:43But poor old Piggy has lost his snout, his ears.
28:46He's been stuck together with tape.
28:48I mean, I never remember what happened to his little curly tail and his feet.
28:53They've pretty much all been wrapped up all my life.
28:55With the money I raised at auction, I would love to get the Liberty Pig fixed.
28:59Got that, Angus?
29:00No ham-fisted packing, please.
29:02There's an antique pig to patch up.
29:04I've spotted something.
29:05I know it might not be to go because it's on this bit, but...
29:10I thought because it's got a bit missing, you might not be interested.
29:13I quite like it.
29:14OK.
29:15Do you know what it is?
29:16Well, I know what it's for, but I want to know what the material is.
29:19I thought it was ebony.
29:20It's not ebony, no.
29:21Resin?
29:22No, it's heavier than that.
29:22Is it stonework?
29:24Not quite.
29:25Emma, would you like to put any guesses in?
29:27Is it pottery?
29:28Nope.
29:29Think more local.
29:30Go to the coast and head south.
29:32It's got a jet black.
29:33It's jet.
29:34Is it?
29:34Jet.
29:35Wow.
29:36Jet is a semi-precious gemstone formed over millions of years
29:40from the fossilised remains of trees.
29:43Jet can be found throughout the world,
29:45but very little matches the quality of the jet found in the North Yorkshire Moors
29:50and along the coast around Whitby.
29:53It's pocket watch holder.
29:54You drop your pocket watch in the top.
29:56It looks like a long case.
29:57But, yeah, I mean, that's quite different, is that?
29:59I like that.
30:00Could that go to auction?
30:02That could go to auction.
30:02Oh, it's made my day.
30:04Thank you very much.
30:06Get it on the van.
30:10It takes another six hours to explore this eclectic mix of items.
30:16Both my grandfather and my father were very interested in words.
30:20Discoveries include a collection of leather bound books,
30:23the earliest dating from the 17th century.
30:26An interesting mixture of periods and dates and styles.
30:30And a large collection of blue and white ceramics,
30:32including some 19th century Chinese pieces that could fetch between 200 and 400 pounds.
30:39Blue and white sort of drifts in and out of fashion.
30:41I mean, it always looks good.
30:42But I like it.
30:44There's also a collection of silver kitchen utensils
30:47that can be looked at in detail back at base.
30:50Quite nice.
30:50That's still got its fittings.
30:52And don't forget that 16-carat gold tooth.
30:57Finally, the team can call it a day.
31:03So, finned out, not emptied, but got a reasonable load.
31:06Some interesting bits going.
31:08Good, yes.
31:08That's all wrapped up and ready to go.
31:10And how are you feeling about the auction?
31:12Scotcherman.
31:13Don't raise your hands on anything.
31:14No, no.
31:15This is a selling commission.
31:18And hope that there's people on the day that want my lovely stuff.
31:21Well, we'll hit the road.
31:22OK, well...
31:23And we'll see you on sale day.
31:24Lovely.
31:24Well, thank you, Annie.
31:25OK, thank you.
31:26Thanks.
31:28It's odd to see great spaces in the flat.
31:31It's going to take me a while to get used to that.
31:33It already looks better.
31:34Quite emotional to let a few things go.
31:37So, really proud of Serena.
31:39Do you know what?
31:40This was a lovely traditional job.
31:42That's what I love to see.
31:43You know, good, proper antiques.
31:46There's a lot of work to do now back at the salary,
31:48but it's a job that I think all the staff will enjoy doing.
31:52Yeah, me, Mark and Millie might stop wearing on the way home
31:54for her birthday fish and chips or something.
31:56I don't have to wear this, do I?
31:57Yes.
31:57You do.
31:58Oh, look at this.
32:00Let me take a picture.
32:02Wow.
32:03You know how to live, Angus.
32:04Here's hoping you can make Serena so much cash at auction,
32:08she can buy a lot more than a fish supper.
32:23I think there's something you might like.
32:25Oh.
32:26Back at the auction house,
32:28the team start processing all of Serena's things
32:32in time for auction day.
32:38Hello, Charlotte.
32:39What have you got here?
32:40The two Charlottes have uncovered that box of silver utensils.
32:44I have the most fabulous selection of asparagus tongs.
32:48Something very extravagant and only for the rich.
32:51Rare, exotic and hard to grow,
32:54in Victorian England,
32:55asparagus was the preserve of the upper classes.
32:58So, is this a set of them then?
33:00Yeah, we have a set of six.
33:02Victorian, and these are on a lower estimate
33:06due to the fact they're silver plate.
33:07So, I have paired these with really quite niche
33:11silver plate items at 40 to 60.
33:14Then, here we have a much larger asparagus tong,
33:20which is solid silver.
33:22Okay.
33:22And we can see that it's Georgian.
33:25So, what kind of value have you put on them?
33:27So, this will be sold on their own.
33:29I have given it a pretty wide estimate of one to 200.
33:34I think it needs to go to the right home.
33:36Maybe you.
33:37I don't like asparagus.
33:45150 to 250, reserve 150.
33:50This is a fantastic lace box.
33:53Very, very common in the latter 17th, early 18th century.
33:58And generally, these things are termed the William and Mary period.
34:02These things were created as a way of keeping the lace,
34:06which was very, very expensive at the time, in nice condition.
34:09In 18th century England, lace was highly fashionable and expensive.
34:15Worn by men and women, it was used to adorn everything
34:18from shirts and waistcoats to gowns and caps,
34:21reflecting the wearer's wealth and status.
34:23This is what's called oyster veneers on the top,
34:27and they are absolutely beautiful.
34:30These are cut from a small branch that comes off a tree,
34:34and they're cut in slices, very, very thin slices.
34:37And so, you can imagine that these would all come
34:39from probably two or three different branches.
34:41The white wood here could be either boxwood or satin wood.
34:44One of the most fantastic things about this box is that
34:47it has probably got the original interior.
34:50We've got a print here, and this is a study of Apollo.
34:54It just ties in nicely with it there.
34:56It gives it a little bit of gravitas, doesn't it?
34:58An estimate of £300 to £500 for this.
35:01I absolutely adore this,
35:03although I don't wear much lace myself these days.
35:06If you did, Jeremy, you'd rock it.
35:16So, here we are. I know.
35:18Hopefully the buyers are out in the hundreds, thousands,
35:21with big fat wallets. Yeah.
35:25Morning, are we all right? Yes.
35:27Morning, yes.
35:27How are you feeling about the auction?
35:29You know, just see what happens, really.
35:30Any particular item you're excited about today?
35:32The gold teeth.
35:33I think there's a market for gold teeth, believe it or not, but yeah.
35:35OK.
35:37I'm really curious to see how that'll sell.
35:39Well, we'll see how we get on.
35:41Why don't you come on in and have a look round?
35:42Brilliant. Thank you.
35:45The sale room's straight through here,
35:47and I'll catch up with you in a bit.
35:48Lovely. Thank you.
35:49Thanks, thank you.
35:51So, here we are, in the actual room where it all happens.
35:55This one was given to me when I was very little.
35:58So, it's been in my possession a long time.
36:00I hope things sell well.
36:01Well, I recognise quite a few things here.
36:04Visions of my mum sitting using that.
36:06There's some good, proper, quality items.
36:09Some of them are, you know, quite traditional,
36:11and therefore the market's slightly against them.
36:13I think we should do all right.
36:15My parents didn't buy for value, they bought for interest.
36:18So, it's always interesting to see if other people
36:20actually shared their weird sense of interest.
36:23It did bring back a lot of memories, I must admit.
36:27Sarana's collection has drawn a healthy crowd.
36:30Hopefully, they've got twitchy bidding fingers
36:32because Alex is poised to porter,
36:34and Emma and Heather are helping online bidders
36:36navigate the sale.
36:38Stand by, because Angus is suited, booted,
36:41and still basking in the good mood glow
36:43of his birthday trip to Northumberland.
36:46I had my birthday party with these ladies in their flat.
36:49Yeah, it was my birthday when we went.
36:51Did you get cake?
36:52Yeah, I got cake, yeah.
36:52A year older, wiser, and well-nourished,
36:56Angus starts with Sarana's mum's reading easel.
36:59Oh, this is interesting.
37:01There we go.
37:01The Carter of London, patent reading easel.
37:04Really handy.
37:05You can rest your book on it and your glass of wine.
37:07Perfect.
37:08Perfect for a night of reading.
37:09Got a £160 bid.
37:10£160 bid at £160,
37:12£170, £180, £190, £200, £210, £210,
37:15£20, £30, £40, £50, £60,
37:17£70, £80, £90, £300, £320,
37:19£340, £340, £360, £380, £400.
37:23Commission's out.
37:23It's £420, £440.
37:25At £440 it is, then at £440.
37:28We're all done.
37:29At £440.
37:30Don't mistake it, selling at £440.
37:33A strong start.
37:35I bet you can't guess which country it's off to.
37:37Spain.
37:38Wow.
37:39Spain would have taste.
37:40Olé!
37:41Will the next lot do as well?
37:44Tea caddy, big tea caddy.
37:45There we go.
37:46Lovely pieces out there.
37:47Go straight in at £130 on commission.
37:48At £130, opening bid at £130.
37:50A bid at £130 it is, then at £130.
37:52At £130, £140, £150.
37:54At £150 it is, then.
37:55At £150.
37:59Sold, but for its lowest estimate.
38:01Do you all hope?
38:04Never mind, there are plenty more lots left.
38:07How about the jet pocket watch holder?
38:10This is incredible.
38:12We open at £100.
38:14£100 it is, then.
38:15At £110, £120, £130, £140, £150,
38:19£160, £170, £180, £190, £200, £210,
38:23£20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £70, £80, £90, £300.
38:29At £300 it is, then at £300.
38:31£320, thank you.
38:33£340.
38:34At £340 it is, then at £340.
38:37We're all done.
38:37The jet pocket watch holder at £340.
38:42What do you think about that, Serana?
38:44That's good.
38:46Yeah.
38:47There you go.
38:48Now is the collection of 19th century porcelain
38:51with those Chinese pieces.
38:54It's a good, good lot there.
38:55There we go.
38:55Where should we be for this?
38:56That's a very good stuff.
38:57£1.80 at £1.80 at £1.90, £200, £200 a bit, £2.10, £20, £30, £40, £50, £60, £2
39:03.60,
39:03£2.70, £2.80, £2.80, £2.90, £300, £3.20, £3.20, £3.20, £3.20, £3.20,
39:09£3.20 it is, at £3.40, £3.60, £3.60, £3.60, in the room at £3.60.
39:14And I'm going to have to hurry you on the internet.
39:15The bid's at £3.60.
39:16We all done at £3.60, selling then at £3.60.
39:21Bingo!
39:22Yeah, perfect.
39:24Hold on to your handbags, ladies.
39:26Over the next few minutes, Angus's gavel falls on 80 more lots, including...
39:32200.
39:34The collection of leather-bound books...
39:37At 90.
39:38The wine funnel stand...
39:40At £120!
39:44..and that gold tooth which belongs to Serana's uncle.
39:48How is he going to chew without it?
39:51It's lovely.
39:53The next item for Angus to get his teeth into is the William & Mary lace box.
39:59This is wonderful.
40:00It's the 18th century oyster veneered lace box there with a fitted interior.
40:04£200 straight in at £200 a beer.
40:06£2.10, £2.20, £2.30, £2.40, £2.50, £2.60, £2.70, £2.80, £2.90.
40:11£300, £3.20, £3.20, £3.20.
40:14£3.40, £3.60, £3.80, £400 I have.
40:17£4.20, commissions are out.
40:18At £4.20 it is then for this beautiful, beautiful thing.
40:22£4.40, £4.60, £4.60 it's at.
40:24At £4.60, all done.
40:26Gavel up at £4.60.
40:30Off to a new home.
40:32I love it.
40:33That's excellent.
40:35There's just two lots left, those asparagus tongs.
40:38First, the six little ones with a silver finial and some silver spoons.
40:43You can pick up your little asparagus.
40:45Plenty of use.
40:46Yeah, and I've got 200.
40:48Wow, where did that come from?
40:50210, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 300, 320, 340, 360, 380, 400, 420, 440, 460.
41:06Thank you, sir, 460.
41:08Not going to be able to eat your asparagus now.
41:10At 460 it is then, at 460. Selling then, at 460.
41:15Now that's a result that will get tongs wagging for a while to come.
41:20Nice wedding present.
41:22Last lot of the day next, the bigger solid silver tongs.
41:26This is how you eat your asparagus and with bids flying in.
41:30270, 80, 300, 320, 340, 360, 380, 400.
41:35My bid 420 then, 440, 460, 480.
41:39At 480, 500.
41:41I've got three of you at 500.
41:43So room at 500, you all came in.
41:46The bid's at 500 in the room.
41:47520, 540, 560, 580, 600, 620.
41:53620 in the room, 640, 660, 660, 680.
41:58700, 720, 740.
42:02At 740 pounds it is then, we're going to sell.
42:04Final chance at 740.
42:09People really like asparagus tongs.
42:12Excellent.
42:14That concludes the sale, thank you very much.
42:17Angus has helped Sarana move some of her parents' possessions
42:21onto pastures new and created a kitty that could help restore her tired piggy.
42:27So come on, Angus.
42:28How much cash is in the post-auction trough?
42:32Oh, hello. Hello. Hi.
42:34You all right? Yes.
42:36It went all right, didn't it?
42:37It wasn't too bad, yes.
42:38I think you've sold items to about six different countries.
42:41You've gone global.
42:42Yes.
42:43Are the funds going towards anything?
42:44Well, I'm trying to fix my Liberty Pig.
42:46Restoration Fund.
42:47Yes.
42:48Well, after fees, you'll be taking home £8,652.
42:53Oh!
42:54That's good.
42:56I have to remember it's not all mine.
42:58The owner of the gold tooth needs to be paid.
43:00Well, it's been an absolute pleasure.
43:01It's been lovely to have such quality bits to sell.
43:04Thank you so much.
43:07Well, the sale went well.
43:08I was being pessimistic in my figures,
43:11so anything above that is a pleasure.
43:13The money certainly will hopefully come from fixing the piggy.
43:18Well, what a sale.
43:19There's a lot of bits that myself, Jeremy and the team really rated.
43:22I'm pleased to say they hit the mark.
43:24In fact, across the board, results were good.
43:27So, really pleased, raised a very good sum of money.
43:30Yeah.
43:31It's just nice to sell proper antiques.
43:33So, good day.
43:44I am sorry.
43:45I am sorry.
43:54I don't remember it.
43:54I have no idea what it's going to happen.
43:54I can't do it.
43:54No.
43:55I can't do it.
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