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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room, just give them a nudge in the ribs, ladies, just...
00:09Because our favourite auctioneer is back with a bang.
00:14Angus's customers are happier than ever.
00:19And the jobs are bigger than ever.
00:22At the end of the rainbow, there's might be some treasure.
00:25With the help and support...
00:26I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32He'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.
00:52And 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...
01:122,000 pounds.
01:14Cash.
01:15All done at 4,000.
01:17Ooh.
01:19Bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:32Hi, Mark.
01:33Hello, Charlotte.
01:34How are you?
01:34Good.
01:38Why isn't this working?
01:40Why are all the stickers falling out?
01:41As the team struggle with the very latest in auction house tech...
01:47Angus, with junior valuer Millie, has conveniently departed.
01:52Where are we going?
01:53Norfolk.
01:54Oh, nice.
01:54Who's the most famous person from there?
01:57Ooh, Delia Smith.
01:58Alan Partridge.
02:00Um, oh, I don't know.
02:02Lord Nelson.
02:03Oh.
02:03Because in, you know...
02:04Yeah.
02:05...Battle Trafalgar and all that.
02:06Yeah.
02:07Of course, the ex-military man would think of a military man.
02:11We're going to go see Toby.
02:14First medal I have is the Afghanistan Operational Service Medal.
02:19And this one was from my Iraq service.
02:22I feel proud to be a veteran.
02:24Toby joined the forces in 1993.
02:28I was a flight sergeant within the RAF.
02:31That was my life for 18 and a half years.
02:35And I was good at my job.
02:37I've got two commendations on the wall.
02:40I would go back tomorrow given the opportunity.
02:43But sadly, that is never going to happen.
02:47In 2003, after returning home from Afghanistan,
02:52Toby booked in for a minor procedure with a military surgeon.
02:56I had what should have been quite basic surgery for a hiatus hernia.
03:02And it went wrong.
03:04I've got nerve damage.
03:06And I was medically retired from the Air Force in 2011.
03:12Not only does Toby deal with a physical disability,
03:15but his time in war zones has also left him with post-traumatic stress disorder,
03:21or PTSD.
03:23I've become pretty much a recluse over the years.
03:26When I do go out, I'm forever scanning people's faces, looking for threats.
03:32When people get too close, then I push them away.
03:36It's just, it becomes too much for me.
03:42But Toby's found a distraction from the challenges life has thrown him.
03:47I enjoy collecting.
03:50It's fascinating.
03:52Specialist, military, books, paperweights, and many other things.
03:57They've taken me about 12, 13 years to actually acquire.
04:02A lot of this military side of things was stuff that I thought,
04:06I'll use that in the future, but I never did.
04:10Now, Toby's come to a conclusion.
04:13My collecting's got too mad.
04:15The room's a chock-a-block.
04:17I am basically full.
04:20I want my niece and nephew to hopefully stay at some point,
04:25you know, in a proper guest bedroom.
04:28Enter Angus.
04:29Right, there we go.
04:30We are here.
04:31Welcome to Norfolk.
04:34Look like a hedgehog.
04:39Morning, Angus.
04:40Morning.
04:40How are you doing?
04:41You all right?
04:41Yeah, very well, thank you.
04:42Good, good.
04:42Come on in.
04:44Hi, Mellie.
04:45Bye.
04:49I mean, I'm getting a sense of why you've called me.
04:51I think I need a bit of a downsized dope clearance,
04:55and I called upon your help.
04:57Yeah.
04:58You know, I think you're going to do the best for me by a long shot.
05:01Well, we'll certainly do the best we can.
05:03The RAF's been very good to me over the years,
05:05especially when their planes broke down and we had to stay in a hotel.
05:08Well, a few times we did, but that's a story for another day.
05:11Just this room, or have we got bits all over?
05:13It's pretty much bits all over.
05:15OK, well, Mellie, do you want to make a start in here
05:18and shall we take a look at the rest of the house?
05:20Sounds good to me.
05:22Prepare yourself for incoming, Angus.
05:24There's all sorts in there, isn't there?
05:26There certainly is.
05:27I'd like it all cleared, if possible, Angus.
05:29We will see what we can do.
05:31Yep, and there's this second bedroom, too.
05:34It's quite full as well.
05:37Well, it is full.
05:39A little bit, yeah.
05:40Yeah, mainly military stuff.
05:42I think it's going to be a military operation today, I think, isn't it?
05:45I certainly think so, indeed.
05:47You go put your feet up, relax.
05:48Sounds good to me.
05:50Thank you very much indeed.
05:50Send the infantry in, we'll get it done.
05:55What are you thinking, Angus?
05:57Not a small job.
05:58I mean, there is just absolutely everything in here.
06:01Mountains and mountains.
06:02Oh, my word.
06:03This is the uniform cupboard.
06:06This brings back some memory.
06:07I wore one of these pretty much every day.
06:10My Afghan tour with the paratroopers in World War II.
06:13They were the first to have what we would class as modern-day camouflage uniform,
06:18the famous Denison smock.
06:20There's lots and lots of people that love wearing combat kit,
06:25old uniforms for, you know, paintballing and sort of outdoor activities.
06:30We'll do a job, a lot of desert fatigues and things like that,
06:33£40 to £60 a lot, that sort of thing.
06:35There is a market for it.
06:37Not huge, but there is a market.
06:38Good, because we really want to help our veteran out here.
06:44I tell you, Bea, you know, you've got to sympathise for him.
06:46He's accumulated all these items, a lot of it's from his days in service.
06:50We did various operations at a similar time to each other,
06:52so there's a few things that are going to resonate with me.
06:54I think we're probably going to find some really interesting stuff.
06:57Hopefully.
06:58Now, where's that young cadet got to?
07:01Hey, Millie, how are we getting on?
07:02OK.
07:03Yeah, good, good.
07:04This is nice, though.
07:06Yeah, I wasn't sure what that was.
07:07It's a sandwich box, early to mid-20th century.
07:10A little saddle pouch.
07:11That would have clipped on, with these loops here.
07:14And then you have this silver plate.
07:16If I can open it, it's a little bit stiff.
07:19That would have your sandwich in it.
07:20Oh, yeah.
07:22We're probably used to bigger sandwiches now.
07:24I'll let you pack up in here and I'll go see what else was.
07:28These drinks to go?
07:29They certainly are, Angus.
07:32There's a load more, actually, over it.
07:34Oh, OK.
07:35And then they're covered to the right.
07:38Right.
07:39I'll need a few boxes for these.
07:41Yeah, just a few bottles.
07:42Yeah, see, a lot of these are sort of primitive, ones that relate to regiments.
07:47They do.
07:48Some I've bought over the years and some I've collected through my service career.
07:53And I sadly can't drink any more.
07:56What's nice is they're all engraved.
07:58We've got, well, the SAS and the SBS.
08:01Formed in 1940, one year before the SAS, the Special Boat Service is the Royal Navy's Special Forces Unit.
08:11Tobey's two special bottles of Taylor's Reserve Port mark 80 years of elite operations by both services.
08:20These sort of regimental ports and drinks don't come up very often.
08:24Quite a collection.
08:25The Special Forces Port will be sold as a single lot.
08:29Just two of 36 bottles of military spirits that will make 28 lots in total, including this 1990 Glenfarg class
08:39SAS regimental whisky.
08:42I won't sample any, though.
08:43I won't sample any.
08:44And we'll get that loaded up.
08:46A great find.
08:48Do you have anything in mind if you make a bob or two, Toby?
08:51I'm hoping to be able to afford a new laptop just so I can write, you know, my memoirs, because
08:59I think it would actually help me a lot, writing what I need to say.
09:04And also a bed for the spare bedroom.
09:07Surely we can make that happen.
09:09Eh, Angus?
09:11Angus?
09:12You know, every toilet needs a rear-tail rotary blade off a Merlin helicopter.
09:18Over the next three hours, Angus and Millie take over 400 quirky and collectible items.
09:25We've got mountains of it.
09:28Including this aviation helmet used for flying Blackhawk helicopters.
09:34I mean, this is one of those jobs where it just keeps coming out, keep coming out.
09:39The daisy one can go.
09:41Not to mention, Toby's weighty collection of 200 paperweights...
09:45I've always liked glassware.
09:47They take a lot of skill to craft.
09:50You've got some really beautiful ones here.
09:52The Case Ness ones particularly, they make the Mastermind Trophy.
09:54And I think that's quite a fun fact.
09:56Done even knew that.
09:56Yeah.
09:57I mean, I'll have to do some research at the sale room and have to have a look into them.
10:00But I think we'll probably have a few different lots with a few together.
10:06Breitling Field Toolkit.
10:08Oh, look at this.
10:08All the tools you need to adjust, service and maintain a watch.
10:14Breitling is a Swiss-made watch company founded in 1884 and they specialised in chronographs.
10:20That's a watch with a stock watch built in to you and me.
10:23A lot of air forces and military around the world will use their watches operationally.
10:28Now, the official field kits that can be issued with those are massive and super high quality.
10:34This isn't quite that.
10:35It's something that probably wouldn't really get used.
10:37It's more of a sort of a collector's thing, really.
10:39I think it should sell well.
10:45Right, Millie.
10:46Good van load.
10:48We've worked so hard today.
10:49Yeah.
10:54Come on, Fruity.
10:55Well, I think it's going to be your office.
10:57Goodness.
10:58That's tremendous.
10:59Thank you so much.
11:00Yeah.
11:01We had a bit of a shock when we went in the cupboards, but...
11:06Oh, wow.
11:07They're nearly all empty.
11:08Thank you so much.
11:10Yeah.
11:10You have no idea.
11:11It's all right.
11:13It's no problem at all.
11:15Don't worry.
11:15It's what I'm here for.
11:18You've really changed someone's life today.
11:21Oh.
11:22Well, thank you.
11:23We look after each other, don't we?
11:24Well, we'll hit the road.
11:26I'll get back up to Yorkshire.
11:28Yeah.
11:28You take care of yourself and we'll see you very soon.
11:31Thank you very much indeed, Angus.
11:32No problem.
11:33You take care.
11:35You have no idea what this means to me.
11:39It's amazing.
11:42I've lived in a very cramped space, just filling up the room with collectible items, and now
11:51they've gone.
11:52It's just phenomenal for me.
11:55Pressure's on a bit with this one.
11:57And you know what?
11:58I want to do as good a job as possible for Toby.
12:00When you've been in the military for a long time and you come out, you do live in that
12:04green bubble, that family, and it's really tough.
12:07He's lost that sort of family around him.
12:10So we want to get some good results and do him proud.
12:13Yes.
12:14Let's give Toby the fresh start he deserves.
12:17And with so many interesting things to inspect back at base, I've got a good feeling about
12:22this one.
12:42Hello, Sam.
12:42Hello, Mark.
12:43This is the down and market job.
12:44Right.
12:45So I've been told it's a big one.
12:46Oh, dear.
12:47Should we take a look?
12:48Oh.
12:49Ah, so I wasn't kidding.
12:50Oh, my goodness.
12:51Nice.
12:51No wonder Sam and Mark need Huon's help.
12:54There are close to a thousand items that need bringing inside.
12:58That's a beautiful fountain pen.
12:59Mont Blanc is a very desirable name.
13:02It sounds French, but it's actually German.
13:05They're actually called Simpler Fillapen Company.
13:08Right.
13:08But they changed to Mont Blanc in 1910.
13:10That was a boring name.
13:11Yeah, it was a boring name.
13:12No wonder they changed.
13:13I see 585 there, which is 14 karat gold.
13:1614 karat gold.
13:17Nice.
13:17The fountain pen will go in a lot with another Mont Blanc ballpoint pen and a matching propelling
13:23pencil.
13:24Very collie.
13:25Yeah, should do well.
13:27To lure in as many buys as possible, everything must be researched and added to the auction
13:33catalogue in good time before the sale in three weeks.
13:39All right, better get back to that sale room.
13:44It's such an downstairs toilet.
13:46It's not really my area of expertise.
13:49Nick is the auction house's aeronautics specialist.
13:52It's a tail rotor off a Merlin helicopter.
13:55It's one of the world's most advanced helicopters.
13:57The RAF used them extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan and various other places.
14:01Toby bought this after he left the RAF.
14:04The MOD does release sort of used bits and pieces and kit to raise a bit of money.
14:09What sort of price would you put on this?
14:11An estimate around £100 to £200, I think, would be where to kind of pitch it.
14:16Imagine how much one of these would have cost, brand new.
14:19A couple of hundred quid's bargain.
14:20Yeah.
14:26This is really quite special.
14:28Either Angus has shrunk or that's a really big book.
14:32It's a copy of a diary by an unknown soldier in the SAS, which covers the period of 1941 to
14:391945.
14:40During their early days, serving in North Africa and into Europe.
14:44It's a wonderful archive.
14:46It's got all the diaries and notes, photographs, annotations.
14:50This particular edition is a services edition and they were only available to people in the services or had a
14:57connection.
14:58This is number 478 of 1,000.
15:00I think a sensible estimate is probably about sort of £300 to £500, but you never know.
15:05It might sail past that and do a bit more.
15:07You know, who dares wins.
15:15You looking forward to today then, Tobes?
15:16Yeah, I am.
15:18Hi, Angus.
15:19Hi, how are we doing?
15:20You OK, Angus?
15:21Yeah, not too bad.
15:22This is my ex-colleague and veteran, Stu.
15:25Hi, how are you doing?
15:26Yeah, I'm good.
15:26How are we feeling about the south?
15:28Apprehensive, nervous, but it's got to go, it's got to go.
15:32Hopefully we'll have a good day.
15:34Great to have your wingman with you.
15:36Yeah, exactly.
15:37How do you think he's doing?
15:38He's looking good, he is.
15:40Yeah.
15:40He's looking good.
15:41It's nice to see him out and about and especially what he's gone through.
15:44Well, come on in and have a look round.
15:48Wow.
15:49Wow.
15:50There's some items in here, isn't there?
15:52There is, isn't there?
15:53I mean, please.
15:54Toby has a whopping 148 lots up for grabs.
15:59This is all mine.
16:01I didn't realise I had this much stuff.
16:03There's certainly, it's like an old supply depot, isn't there?
16:06Yeah.
16:07There's all sorts of stuff in there.
16:08Wow.
16:09This is a big step for Toby to actually come to an auction.
16:12He's had a lot of challenges and crosses to bear and, you know, he's coming out of that.
16:17So we want to make him as welcome as possible and hopefully get some really good results.
16:20I think we will.
16:21There's some really interesting bits and, you know, any money that we can raise is really going to help him.
16:25This is a chance to have a fresh start.
16:29If it does raise the money that I hope, it will not just help me, but I'll be able to
16:33give a little bit to charity and help a couple of other veterans.
16:37I knew Toby hoped to make enough cash for a laptop and a spare bed, but it's money for charity,
16:43too.
16:44This auction's objective has just stepped up a gear.
16:48Good job we have the formidable team of Emma and Heather to oversee those internet bids.
16:53And with the best auctioneer in Yorkshire acting on your behalf, Toby, we should be in good stead.
16:59Right then. Morning, ladies and gentlemen.
17:03Oh, you're quite a swanny, aren't you?
17:06Right, we go on to this wonderful collection. There we go.
17:09There we go, Toby.
17:11First up...
17:11Ah, this interesting is the Breitling Field Toolkit there.
17:15Where should we be for that? That's a bit different, isn't it?
17:17We're at £210 at £210.
17:19At £210, £220, £230, £240, £250, £250.
17:22It is £260, £270.
17:24At £270, £280, £280, £290, £290.
17:28At £290, £290 it is.
17:29Then at £290, £300.
17:31£300.
17:32£300 a bit at £300, £320.
17:34At £320 it is.
17:35At £320.
17:36Gavel is up.
17:37It's going to sell.
17:37At £320.
17:41What say you to that, Toby?
17:43I'm happy with that.
17:44Will this next lot fly away, too?
17:47This is something you don't see every day.
17:49A rotary blade there from the Merlin helicopter.
17:52I've been in a few of them.
17:54Where should we be for this?
17:56£160, £160.
17:57Oh, that's nice.
17:58The rotary blade, £170, £180, thank you, £190.
18:02£190 at £190 it is, then at £190.
18:04Where else are you going to get one of these?
18:05At £190 it is, then at £190 at £190.
18:09Yes.
18:10Happy, Toby?
18:11Yeah, very happy.
18:14Now, something else that will hopefully get more helicopter fans in a spin.
18:19The Gentax aviation helmet.
18:22Handy piece of kit, isn't it?
18:24Yeah.
18:24We're at £320.
18:26£320 a bit, then at £320.
18:27At £320 it is, then at £320, £340, £60, £80, £400, £440, £440, £460, £480.
18:34£500, £520, £540, £560.
18:36Oh, wow.
18:37Crack it.
18:38£580, £600.
18:39That's amazing.
18:40That is.
18:40£600 it is, then at £600.
18:42We've all done at £600.
18:43Gavel up.
18:44That's £600.
18:46Blimey.
18:46That's made twice its estimate.
18:49That's good.
18:50Yeah.
18:51Oh, it's good, Stu.
18:53And over the next half an hour, Angus dispatches 32 more lots of military gear.
18:59Like...
19:00We're at £45.
19:01A job lot of desert combat clothing.
19:05At £400.
19:07This lot containing military binoculars, 12 scope and helmet torches and a handheld GPS unit.
19:15And after finishing the military-a...
19:17£120.
19:20The two Mont Blanc pens and mechanical pencil cell two.
19:25Very nice.
19:27Up next, the Special Forces port.
19:3022 SAS, 80th anniversary, and SBS.
19:34There we go.
19:35Always gets forgotten about the SBS, doesn't it?
19:37Yeah.
19:37The SBS.
19:38Yes, SBS.
19:39Yeah, you know, water.
19:42Her husband was in the Navy.
19:4450 mid.
19:45£50.
19:45A bit of 50 it is, then at 50.
19:4750.
19:4755.
19:4855.
19:4855.
19:4960.
19:49I think we've got...
19:50Ammar was in the Navy as well.
19:5265.
19:5265 it is.
19:5365.
19:54Senior service.
19:5665.
19:5670.
19:57£70.
19:58£70.
19:58It is, then at 75.
19:59Thank you, sir.
20:0075 it is, then at £75.
20:02It is, then at 75.
20:03At 75.
20:0580, just in the nick of time.
20:0885.
20:08Thank you, sir.
20:0985 it is, then at £85.
20:10It is, then at 85.
20:14Cheers, Toby.
20:15Thank you, 85.
20:16That's a good price, man.
20:17Yeah.
20:17180.
20:17180.
20:17Yeah.
20:18Now that SAS whiskey.
20:21The Glen Fagless single malt there.
20:24SAS regiment there.
20:25There we go.
20:25A lot of interest in this one.
20:26We're at £360.
20:28£360 a bit.
20:29At £360 it is, then.
20:31At £380.
20:31Is that all right?
20:32Yeah.
20:32Yeah.
20:33£380 a bit at £380.
20:34£400.
20:35£400 a bit.
20:36We all done for this one.
20:37At £400.
20:39£400.
20:40£400.
20:43£400.
20:43That's good.
20:44And it's far from last orders, as over the next hour, Angus ploughs through an epic 97
20:51more lots, including...
20:53At £400.
20:55This SAS 75th Anniversary Ardbeg whiskey.
21:00At 40.
21:01That silver-plated sandwich box and...
21:04At 80.
21:06Nine glassware lots, one of which are this selection of Caithness paperweights.
21:14That's good.
21:15Yeah, that is good.
21:16But has Angus saved the best till last?
21:19Oh, I love this.
21:21This is good.
21:23The SAS War Diaries 1941-45 Limited Services Edition.
21:28This is a rare, rare book.
21:29We like these.
21:30Should be bids galore on this.
21:31That's fantastic.
21:33£660 wrap.
21:34That's £660 it is, then.
21:36At £660 for the bound SAS diary.
21:40This is your only chance, internet bidders, to get one.
21:42At £660 final call.
21:44Gavel is up at £660.
21:50Who dares wins indeed.
21:52So you're happy with that, Toby?
21:53How it went?
21:54Absolutely fantastic.
21:55No, but yeah, that was your last lap.
21:56Well, I think this RAF veteran will be sky high when he sees just how much cash he's taking home.
22:15Oh, here's Angus.
22:16Oh, you all right, lads?
22:17Yeah, how you doing?
22:18Yeah, yeah.
22:19Good.
22:19You don't have to stand up for me.
22:20I was a private.
22:21I wasn't an officer.
22:22How was that for you?
22:24Awesome.
22:25You did an outstanding job.
22:27A big step all round, really, isn't it?
22:28Yeah, definitely.
22:29It's not just about the sales.
22:30Yeah.
22:30Well, after fees, you'll be taking home £12,690.
22:37Whoa.
22:38Wow.
22:38That's amazing, Toby.
22:40Whoa, that is fantastic.
22:41Thank you so much.
22:42No, you're very welcome.
22:44Yeah.
22:44I don't know what to say.
22:45My charity's going to do quite nicely.
22:47Yeah.
22:47I think.
22:48So thank you ever so much.
22:50It's been an absolute pleasure.
22:51I'm really pleased that we can help.
22:55The best part for me will be giving some money back to help other veterans.
23:01Huge sale.
23:02We've raised far more than you ever expected.
23:04You know, really, really good results.
23:06And, you know, a big step for Toby.
23:08He's really enjoyed it.
23:09And that actually was probably the most important thing out of us.
23:21Are you all right, Nick?
23:22Yeah, yeah, good.
23:23Yeah.
23:23We've got a bit of a drive today.
23:24We're going to Derbyshire, or South Derbyshire, to be precise.
23:29And I've bought us a special Derbyshire breakfast.
23:33What they call a bacon splash.
23:35OK, the splash being...
23:37It's got a splash of something tomato.
23:39Yeah.
23:39Or, like, just real tomato or something.
23:42Yep, Nick.
23:43Bacon and chopped tomato.
23:45I'm going to get stuck in them.
23:47And you should be asking yourself, why is Angus being so nice?
23:51We've got a full day ahead of us, hence why I've got us breakfast.
23:54There it is.
23:55OK, I'm going to need the energy, then.
23:57I get that impression, yeah.
24:01So which was your favourite one?
24:03They're all favourites.
24:04They're all good.
24:04But I'd probably go for the Batmobile, if I had to pick one.
24:08Retired window cleaner, Dean, and his partner, Alison, live in Swaddling Coat.
24:14We met through mutual friends.
24:17We did.
24:18I think it was his dog that attracted me to him.
24:21Yeah, Charlie.
24:22Look at him, the perfect wingman.
24:25We've been together six years now.
24:27He's easy to get on with.
24:29I am.
24:31For 40 years, this imposing four-bedroom home belonged to Dean's parents, Hazel and Derek.
24:39They met in a dance hall in Swaddling Coat called The Rink.
24:43My mum's dad had a cafe, and my dad took it on as a business.
24:48Mum helped in the cafe as well.
24:51They had a good life, and they shut the cafe in 2004.
24:54Mum passed away in 2006.
24:57But my dad never even considered moving.
25:01He was on the lawns and in the garden.
25:03He loved it.
25:05Even at 91, he didn't want to move out.
25:08This time last year, my dad picked up a lung infection.
25:12He got pneumonia, and he passed away.
25:16Sad day.
25:18But since he lost his dad over the last year, he just gets on with it and says,
25:22I've got to do this, this and this, and he's a state.
25:25You know, whether your parents are 90, 70, 50 or 40, it's always a great loss.
25:31You know, I do miss him, yeah, of course.
25:35With his grief still raw, Dean spent the last year clearing out the family home.
25:42Endless, really.
25:43It's a lifetime.
25:44Mm-hmm.
25:45A lifetime of stuff.
25:47I was here till late 80s when I moved on, but all my stuff came to be in this house.
25:54Toys, records, games, et cetera, plus my dad's stuff, plus there was still some of my mum's stuff.
26:01Every single room was full.
26:04There's hardly any room to stand.
26:06It's about clearing the house out, so eventually I can sell it.
26:11It has felt overwhelming at times.
26:13I've not been able to move on.
26:14I need Angus to step in and just finish the job off.
26:18I'm going to reverse in, I think, Nick.
26:29Morning, Angus.
26:30Morning.
26:30How are you doing?
26:31You're right?
26:31Very good, thank you.
26:32Good.
26:32Nice to see you both.
26:34And you.
26:34Come on in.
26:34Thank you very much.
26:37Straight through there.
26:38Through here.
26:38Wonderful.
26:42Right, erm, yeah, I can see why you've given us a call.
26:46I just need help clearing it, Angus. It's been tough.
26:49He's been obsessed by it, really, I would say is the word.
26:52Hasn't thought about anything else, really, in the last 12 months.
26:55So, really, it's a case of seeing what we can do and take away and...
27:00Anything that moves, Angus, get it in your van.
27:03OK, I think you're going to keep us busy.
27:05Not half.
27:06There's loads here, Angus, but is it much cop?
27:09You know, a lot of it is family things, you know, things from his childhood.
27:12We won't get it all in one van,
27:13but it's about making sure we're taking the items of the most value.
27:17So, a bit of a task ahead of us, there's a lot to do,
27:20but, you know, already I've spotted some great things.
27:23Excellent news. Where shall we start?
27:26Come on, Nick.
27:28Looks like it's toy specialist Nick's lucky day.
27:31Nice collection, isn't it?
27:33Really nice selection of proper toys.
27:37Proper toys.
27:38And I'm just looking at them now.
27:39I mean, the boxes, for a start, look amazing.
27:42I mean, for me, personally, it's this one.
27:43That's my favourite, because I had one of these when I was a kid.
27:45But this is a real model in a real helicopter, a very famous one.
27:49Number 66 was an HS4 Black Knight squadron.
27:53It was the one that picked up at least five of the Apollo capsules
27:56during the post-recovery phase of the landing.
27:58Wow, OK.
27:59It was a hugely popular model at the time.
28:01I played with mine to death, and it ended up smashed in a box somewhere.
28:04So, to see one in this condition is nice.
28:07When I was a kid at school, mum used to buy me one a week.
28:11I used to take them out, play with them, probably look at them,
28:13and put them back in the boxes.
28:15Obviously, I've got a fair few.
28:17In fact, Dean's got over 250 Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox models here.
28:24That will be split into a massive 37 lots.
28:28Captain Scarlet, they're always popular.
28:31Including two 1960s Captain Scarlet patrol vehicles.
28:36Yeah, I mean, that looks really good, doesn't it?
28:38And this 1965 Corgi musical ice cream van.
28:43Yeah, there'll be a few mixed lots, depending on vehicle condition.
28:45Not least, this one of over 100 mostly unboxed vintage model vehicles.
28:51Fantastic. I'll let you enjoy packing those.
28:54Thank you very much. Thank you.
28:55Good £1,000 here, is it?
28:57Wow. Bet you're glad you kept those boxes, eh, Dean?
29:01Hopefully, if we raise money,
29:04we wouldn't mind going on a cruise, actually.
29:07Nothing on a cruise.
29:08Bit of a rowing boat, in real, but that's about it.
29:13Well, cruisers are famously cheap, aren't they?
29:17Erm, keep hunting, Angus.
29:19There's a lot of Italian ceramics in here,
29:22particularly, erm, Caped Monte.
29:25It dates right back to, I think, 1743 in its earliest form.
29:29The factory was in Naples, hence why you've got the blue N as its sort of trademark there.
29:35They did lots of decorative ceramics, including some very big models like this one.
29:39This one's known as the carriage, the colour, palettes, and the gilding is very 1980s, 90s.
29:46When I first started as a 16-year-old lad,
29:48a big piece of Caped Monte like that probably would fetch ten times what it does now.
29:53However, there's still a few buyers out there.
29:58It works!
30:01Cool. I'll take that.
30:05It's an absolute classic.
30:07Stag furniture, launched in 1906 in Nottinghamshire.
30:11It was in 1964 when they launched the Minstrel range, which is what this is.
30:17Made from an African cherry wood, which gives us its colour.
30:20A lot of guest houses and hotels and places like that would buy it
30:25because it was very serviceable, you know.
30:27It would take a lot of use.
30:29And there's lots of it in this house.
30:30We've got full suites, as in wardrobe, chess, dressing chess, headboards.
30:35The whole works.
30:36Considering that, you know, dark wood's gone out of fashion,
30:38I think it stood the test of time very well.
30:40Well, people still do buy it.
30:42The drawers will go in a lot with three other stag minstrel pieces.
30:47So we've got some furniture to load, as well as some smalls.
30:51Time to get a wiggle on, lads.
30:53It's just solid.
30:54OK.
30:55Well made.
30:56For two hours, Angus and Nick hunt...
30:59Yeah, anything else here?
31:00..and find more saleable goodies.
31:04Like these 12 1960s Palletoy Action Man figures,
31:09plus three tanks and a huge array of accessories.
31:16Anything worth checking out in the garden, Angus?
31:19Love Magnolias.
31:23This is a very large confit pot.
31:26They originate from early 19th century southern France,
31:29and they're a preserve pot.
31:31Acts as a fridge, basically.
31:33You would bury them in the ground,
31:35with the glaze section above the ground.
31:38Normally there'd be more glazing on it than this.
31:40That'd be under the ground, which kept it cool and preserved,
31:43and you would pack your foods into there.
31:44And so it was a way of preserving food
31:47right through the 19th century
31:49and even into the early 20th century.
31:52They're just a great decorative thing now,
31:54either as a garden planter
31:55or in a house as a decorative object.
31:57Yeah, that's definitely going on the van.
32:06I think we're about ready to go, I think, Nick, aren't we?
32:10Quite full in there now.
32:11It is.
32:11And we haven't completely emptied it,
32:13but we've taken the bits that are probably the most saleable.
32:15And how does it feel now that sort of things are going?
32:19Yeah, obviously a lot of memories there.
32:22Sad, but good in another way.
32:24I can move on with getting on with things.
32:27It's been a really good help.
32:29Well, we'll get it all closed up.
32:31Get it closed up, up over the border,
32:33and back into Yorkshire.
32:34Back to Yorkshire.
32:35Thank you so much.
32:36Oh, no problem to you.
32:37You're very welcome.
32:38Safe journey.
32:39Well, I can't believe it.
32:43It's nice to see carpet.
32:45It's made a massive impact,
32:47the lights at the end of the tunnel.
32:49I think just seeing how things progress on the auction,
32:52it would be quite nice and interesting.
32:54Something I am looking forward to.
32:59The toys, that is the star section of this job.
33:03But other items are going to be much harder to sell,
33:07so you're going to have to work really hard on those.
33:10Well, Dean's dreaming of a cruise, Angus,
33:12so no pressure.
33:14You need to make sure those toys deliver more than pocket money.
33:31There he is.
33:32Oh, see what goodies he's got this time.
33:35Dean and Alison's hefty haul has arrived back at the auction house.
33:39That looks heavy.
33:40It is, yes.
33:42Yes, it's not deceptively light, unfortunately.
33:47Over 400 items must be processed before auction day.
33:54Nice, sweet little thing.
33:56Hello, bling alert.
33:58This is what we call a fob watch.
34:00A smaller watch than the standard pocket watch.
34:04But what's really nice is it's by Sir John Bennett,
34:07and he was a renowned clockmaker.
34:10He died in 1897,
34:12but the company continued after that period.
34:15And interestingly, this one was made in 98,
34:17so the year after his death.
34:19This is in 18-karat gold, which is really nice.
34:21The mechanism is hinged, and it folds out,
34:24and you can see this beautiful work in there,
34:26all engraved.
34:27Makers to the Queen, so Queen Victoria.
34:29When you look at the back,
34:30you can see everything scratched in detail.
34:33Every time a watch was serviced or had repairs,
34:36the watchsmith would scratch in their little details
34:39and the date that they carried out that work.
34:40So there's almost like a tapestry of history
34:43within the case itself.
34:44Overall condition's really nice,
34:46so I think we've probably put about 200 to 400 on it.
34:55We've got a couple of nice, interesting little models here.
34:59Two complete, unstarted kits.
35:01Most model makers will be aware of the company Aurora.
35:05Old American company started in the 1950s,
35:08building aircrafts and so on,
35:09but then they branched out in the 1960s
35:11into a series of kind of horror-related model kits.
35:15We've got here Dracula.
35:16It's a slightly later version.
35:18It glows in the dark.
35:19Well, bits of it do.
35:20So this one will date from the early 1970s,
35:23but we've also got another really nice little interesting kit as well.
35:25This is the Chamber of Horrors guillotine.
35:28Now, this was actually a really quite a controversial kit of the day.
35:32Kids loved them,
35:32but then obviously parents,
35:34mm, okay, got someone getting their head chopped off.
35:37A lot of collectors,
35:38they may not want to build them.
35:40These kits are so iconic and the box aren't so on,
35:42and they'll just be sat in a cabinet.
35:44Probably about 40 to 60 pounds on the pair of these.
35:47It will be really interesting to see how they do on sale day.
35:54Are you excited?
35:56Excited.
35:57I'm quite excited.
35:58Morning.
35:58Are we all right?
35:59Morning.
35:59Yeah.
36:00Good to see you.
36:01I'm all right.
36:02Nice to see you.
36:02Yeah.
36:03And how's the house now that we've sort of finned it out about getting there?
36:06It's more manageable there.
36:07Yeah, it's getting there.
36:08I've been a massive help.
36:09I appreciate it.
36:10Well, come on in and have a look around.
36:11Yeah, let's go.
36:13I can't believe the size of it in here.
36:15I didn't think it was going to be as big.
36:17Dean and Alison have an impressive 96 lots going under the hammer.
36:22Ooh, all your little toys.
36:25I've had these 55 years.
36:28It's a long time.
36:29A lot of memories there.
36:30A lot of memories.
36:31The absolute star of the job is Dean's childhood toys.
36:35There's some really, really good bits.
36:36I think we should be in for a very good sale today.
36:38It's going to be the toys that lead the charge.
36:42The Yorkshire auctionisters are out in force for this one.
36:47Millie and Jasper have game faces on for online bidders.
36:51So cometh the hour, cometh the auctioneer.
36:55OK, cool.
36:56Audio's on and all that jazz.
36:58Sound check complete.
37:00Yeah, cool.
37:01Right then, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
37:03Morning.
37:04Yeah, one of you is awake.
37:06First up.
37:08Cafe de Monte.
37:09The carriage.
37:10There we go.
37:11Where should we be for this?
37:11This is a good one.
37:12100, 110, 120, 130, 120.
37:14Nice, this is.
37:15150 and beer.
37:16160, a bit of 160.
37:17160, 170 is it now?
37:18At 170 it is then for the Cafe de Monte.
37:21180, 190.
37:22Round it up.
37:22200, yes.
37:23210 is it now?
37:24220.
37:25220 I have.
37:26230.
37:26Thank you, sir.
37:27Waiting patiently at the back of the room.
37:29At 230.
37:29The net's gone cold.
37:30Any advance.
37:31Gavel is up.
37:32At 230.
37:35Bellissimo.
37:37Not bad.
37:38Will the next lot keep things ticking?
37:41Oh, this is nice.
37:42The Sir John Bennett Limited.
37:43There we go.
37:44It's a little fob watch.
37:44That's a nice thing.
37:46160 pound opening beer.
37:47160 and beer.
37:48160, 160, 170.
37:49180, 180, 190.
37:51200, sir.
37:52200, 200 it is.
37:53At 200 pound a bid then at 200.
37:55At 200 pounds it is then.
37:56At 200 pounds.
38:00Another solid result.
38:02Good job.
38:04Now, something wicked this way comes.
38:07Boxed diorama based model kits there to include Dracula.
38:11We open at 70.
38:1270 pound.
38:135 is it now?
38:1475, 75, yes.
38:1580 is it now?
38:1680, 85, 890.
38:185, 95 pound.
38:19100 a bid.
38:20110, thank you.
38:21110.
38:22I've got the bids coming in everywhere.
38:23120, 130.
38:24130, 140.
38:25150, 160.
38:27At 160 pounds.
38:28I'm surprised, please.
38:29We're all done.
38:30The Chamber of Hollands, guillotine and Dracula.
38:32170, thank you.
38:33170.
38:34180 at 180 pounds.
38:36And it's then at 180.
38:36I'm going to sell at 180.
38:40Yikes.
38:41Three times its top estimate.
38:43That was good.
38:44I'll say.
38:46And it keeps getting better.
38:47As over the next hour, Angus dispatches 57 more of Dean and Alison's lots, including...
38:55I'm going to sell at 80.
38:58The stag minstrel furniture and...
39:01That's 60 pounds.
39:03A vintage aluminium milk churn.
39:07It does work very hard.
39:09He is the master.
39:11Up next, Angus' favourite find from Dean's dad's garden.
39:16Oh, I love this.
39:17The big French park-glazed confit pot.
39:21The four handles on it there.
39:2250 pounds straight in.
39:2350 and bid.
39:235, 60, 5, 65, 70, 75.
39:27We're all done.
39:28That's 75 pounds.
39:2980.
39:3080 pound bid.
39:3180 it is done at 80.
39:32We're all done for the big pot at 80 and going to sell at 80 pounds.
39:36The cruise fund is slowly totting up.
39:39I can't believe that, can you?
39:40We're not done yet.
39:42Yup.
39:42Now it's time for the main event.
39:44It's toy time.
39:47For starters...
39:48Captain Scarlet.
39:49There we go.
39:49We open at 85.
39:5285, 90, let's go.
39:535, 100, 110.
39:55At 110, 120, 140, 140, 150, 150, 160, 160.
40:00It is then at 160.
40:01At 160, 170, 180.
40:03You don't see these, I mean...
40:04190.
40:04Round it up for me.
40:05200, thank you.
40:06At 200 pound bid.
40:07At 200 it is.
40:08At 200 all done.
40:10No, we're not.
40:11210, 220.
40:12220 it is.
40:13Keep going, Angus.
40:13220 it is.
40:14Then at 220, 30, 230, 240, 240.
40:19240 at 240.
40:19Selling at 240.
40:23Wow.
40:25Angus makes the next half hour look like child's play as he sends another 34 lots of Dean's
40:32toy vehicles flying under his gavel, including...
40:35Then at 40.
40:37The Dinky Sea King helicopter and...
40:41I'm going to sell it at 200.
40:43The Corgi musical ice cream van.
40:47Not bad for two and six.
40:49The last toy car lot is that big one.
40:52There's some really good bits in there.
40:54Mostly unboxed die-cast models there from Corgi.
40:57Dinky.
40:58I've got 50 bid.
41:00At 50.
41:01All right.
41:01180 then.
41:02At 180.
41:02At 180.
41:03190.
41:03Wow.
41:04That jumped.
41:05200.
41:05200 pound.
41:06210.
41:07220.
41:07220.
41:08Some good bits in there.
41:08At 220.
41:09230.
41:10240.
41:10Round it up.
41:11250 is it now?
41:12250.
41:1360.
41:1360.
41:14270.
41:14280.
41:15280.
41:15300.
41:16320.
41:16340.
41:17360.
41:18360.
41:18380.
41:19Let's go.
41:19At 380 pounds it is.
41:21Then at 380.
41:22Final call at 380 pounds it is.
41:24Then I'm going to sell at 380.
41:28Boom.
41:29That's a well.
41:31Can't believe that one.
41:33And there's still one lot to go.
41:36Dean's collection of action man figures, tanks and other accessories.
41:40It's a good lot isn't it?
41:42Good lot.
41:43Yeah.
41:43Action man.
41:44Yeah.
41:44Tanks.
41:45600 quid okay.
41:46600 pound opening bid at 600 at 600 pound a bid at 600.
41:50600.
41:50620.
41:51640.
41:51640.
41:52660.
41:52680.
41:53700.
41:53800.
41:54840.
41:55860.
41:55880.
41:56880.
41:56900 a bid.
41:57929.
41:582940.
41:58940.
41:59960.
41:59960.
42:00980.
42:001000.
42:001000.
42:011000 bid.
42:02That's amazing.
42:021100.
42:031100 pound a bid.
42:041150.
42:041150.
42:051200.
42:051250.
42:061250.
42:071300.
42:071350.
42:081350.
42:101350.
42:10And we've calmed down at 1350.
42:13You had a good childhood didn't you?
42:151350.
42:16Selling it at 1350.
42:20Mission accomplished.
42:21Do you need me to find some more Angus?
42:23I think I can.
42:26Dean's toys certainly didn't disappoint.
42:29I'm really glad you're a careful child.
42:31You still is.
42:32I look after everything.
42:35But have they really made enough to pay for a cruise?
42:39That was really good wasn't it?
42:41Really excellent.
42:42I'm pleased with that.
42:43We all right?
42:44Good.
42:45Excellent Angus.
42:45Excellent thank you.
42:46Excellent.
42:47I mean your toy collection was phenomenal.
42:50We knew that was going to be the star of the show.
42:51It was good.
42:51The collection's gone to about six different countries.
42:54Really?
42:55It's done really well.
42:56Shall I tell you how much you're taking home after fees?
42:58Well Angus I haven't got a clue really.
43:01£7,606.
43:02No.
43:03Wow.
43:04Wow.
43:05Can't believe that.
43:07Superb Angus.
43:08Absolutely superb.
43:10So I want you to have an amazing holiday.
43:12Seven and a half grand Angus I might not come back.
43:19I didn't have a clue that I was going to make all that money.
43:22I'm pleased that the stuff's gone to people all around the world really.
43:26It's amazing.
43:27I think Dean and Alison are absolutely delighted.
43:30If these were his childhood toys.
43:32So bittersweet but I think he's blown away with the results.
43:35At 300.
43:36It raised far more than I think they ever anticipated.
43:40And yeah they're going to be able to have a good holiday off the back of this.
43:46Nice.
43:58Bye.
43:59Bye.
44:00Bye.
44:03Bye.
44:03Bye.
44:04Bye.
44:04Bye.
44:06Bye.
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