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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...
00:26Oh, I can't break.
00:27Of his talented team...
00:30I think it's in need of a picture 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?
00:55That 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.
01:30Yeah, I think there's a lot of work that's gone into it.
01:32A lot of work.
01:32But, unfortunately, the market dictates what these things sell for.
01:36Navigating all the twists and turns of today's antiques and collectibles market
01:40is what Angus and his team do best.
01:44It's like a works outing today, three of us.
01:47We're going to go to Little Village, just kind of south of Bredlington.
01:52Balmston.
01:53It's a quick one-hour trip to the Yorkshire coast.
01:57There's a huge beach near there.
01:59Get done early.
02:00Could be ice creams on the seafront.
02:03Mine's a 99, but only after we've met John and Rosemary.
02:09Shall we have a look at our travel books?
02:11Yes.
02:12Ay-hop, John is a Yorkshire man top to bottom.
02:15I was actually born in Bredlington.
02:17Went to school in Bredlington.
02:18Did about 40-odd years teaching.
02:20I've lived in the village all my life.
02:23Rosemary's from a different county, though.
02:25Poor thing.
02:26I was born and brought up in the south of England, in Surrey,
02:31and then I went, moved to Devon.
02:34Rosemary has two boys from a previous marriage.
02:38My sons had both gone to university up north,
02:41but then once they got married and the children started arriving,
02:44they decided it would be better if mother was nearer to them.
02:48So when I retired, I decided I could downsize and move north.
02:52Which she did in 2006, plumping for Balmston.
02:58I was actually tipped off.
03:00My friend came round for a cup of tea.
03:03He said, you'd better get round to number 41,
03:05there's a rich widow moved in.
03:08We got together.
03:09After about two years, we married.
03:12In his previous life, John had been something of a magpie.
03:17I've had a sort of rather funny collecting career, really.
03:20200 dried milk tins from the Second World War.
03:23Newspapers dated 1936.
03:26Beer mats, 1,000 brochures for different hotels.
03:30I've always liked collecting things.
03:32Rosemary only discovered the full extent of John's passion for collecting
03:36when she moved in.
03:38You couldn't even get into the attic.
03:40It was just full of packing cases, boxes, black plastic bags, you name it.
03:46It was just a horrendous mess.
03:49That must be what you want Angus to sort through.
03:52But why give up your collection now, John?
03:55As you get older, you start thinking about the future.
03:57We thought it'd better go to a home that is going to enjoy it.
04:01Rather than it all going in the skip when we die.
04:04Blimey, Rosemary.
04:05Tell it how it is.
04:08Here we are.
04:10York's flag.
04:11Well, we know where we are, don't we?
04:13Right, there we go.
04:19Hello.
04:20Hello.
04:20Welcome to Balmston.
04:22Oh, thank you.
04:23Well, we knew which one it was.
04:24We just looked out for the flag.
04:25Come in.
04:26Come in.
04:28So, is it sort of bits in and around the house rather than just one area?
04:33Let me tell you to see something and see what you think.
04:35Well, it sounds interesting.
04:36Do you just want to get the van ready and we'll set two shortly?
04:39Wonderful.
04:40There's an attic, a garage, two reception rooms and a bedroom to turn inside out.
04:47Right, Angus.
04:49Ah!
04:50Louis Vuitton.
04:51Founded by Louis Vuitton in 1854.
04:53He was a case maker in Paris.
04:56And still going strong as a brand today.
04:59Prior to Vuitton, most travellers used rounded or ribbed trunks.
05:03They allowed the rain to run off but were impractical to stack for long journeys.
05:08Then Louis came along.
05:10He designed these flat top trunks.
05:13Right.
05:13So they could be stacked.
05:15Yeah.
05:15And they were covered in his revolutionary waterproof material.
05:20But it wasn't until 1896 that we get the iconic LV logo.
05:26So I bought it in London 25 years ago.
05:28Wow.
05:29The market for them is fairly good.
05:31Obviously, they're very expensive new.
05:32You know, nice.
05:33It's in really good condition.
05:34So I mean, it's still going to be very sought after.
05:36It certainly packs a punch.
05:39Great start to the day.
05:41And then we've got some more bits through.
05:42For it, yes.
05:43I thought when I saw it as a bungalow, I was like, no steps for me.
05:46But no, we've got a loft.
05:48We've got a loft.
05:49A man cave.
05:52Oh.
05:54Ooh.
05:54Must be the tidiest man cave in Yorkshire.
05:57There's quite a bit up here, John.
05:59Mostly to go.
06:00Most of it to go.
06:01That's OK.
06:01We'll have a good route up there.
06:02We'll set to and start finning you out a little bit.
06:05Right, thanks very much.
06:06Yeah, no problem.
06:07We'll get you on your travels again.
06:08Very good.
06:11I think it's almost like John's museum.
06:12I don't see them up here.
06:14Ooh.
06:15That's nice.
06:20So whenever we see a chess set like this in Ebony and Boxwood,
06:24there's a name that we want to see.
06:26Staunton designed and named after Howard Staunton,
06:29who was a chess master at the time.
06:31The first Staunton designed chess set was sold in 1849.
06:36The pieces, based on classical Greek sculptures, were a runaway success.
06:42The right sets can be £8, £1,200 for a chess set.
06:48And then they drop all the way down.
06:50And there's lots of sets that have been made in the style that aren't.
06:53And they're, you know, tens of pounds.
06:55This is a quality one.
06:56You can tell by the wood.
06:57It's proper boxwood.
06:58It's not an imitation one.
06:59It is by a company called Jack's of London.
07:02Very well-known games and toy manufacturer.
07:04I would say this is early to mid-20th century.
07:06It's probably a good £200 to £400.
07:13There is literally all sorts here.
07:16Today's going well.
07:17I wonder what the troops have found.
07:20Hi, Millie. How are you doing?
07:22I'm doing good.
07:22I found some troika, which is always very exciting.
07:24It's very distinctive, isn't it?
07:26Found in the early 60s, wasn't it, I think?
07:2862, I believe.
07:2962.
07:29Cornish, isn't it? St Ives?
07:31Yeah, I believe so.
07:32And it was a trio of people that founded it?
07:34Yeah, and that's where the troika comes from.
07:36It's a Russian word, which means trio.
07:38OK.
07:39The troika studio operated for 20 years,
07:42but closed when popular tastes changed.
07:45They had some major contracts also
07:47with some quite prestigious department stores.
07:50I think it was Heels and Liberties, wasn't it?
07:51Yes, and obviously if you were stocked in Liberties,
07:53I mean, that was quite a thing, wasn't it?
07:56Three vases destined for the sale room.
07:59A cylindrical version,
08:01one made in the shape of a potter's wheel,
08:03and a late design known as the Coffin Vase
08:06for its distinctive shape.
08:08Excellent.
08:09Well, glad we've got some of those going.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Things are totting up nicely, John and Rosemary,
08:15but what's the plan for any money Angus makes you?
08:19We can keep going backwards and forwards to America.
08:22My friend and I, we're both in our 80s,
08:24and she's a widow now,
08:26so she is always very pleased when I can go over
08:29and have a good time together,
08:31and we like to do the ladies at lunch in America.
08:37We've come across a lot of people like John and Rosemary.
08:40They get to that stage where they think
08:41now's the time to release a little bit of capital,
08:44to go and enjoy it,
08:45have some great memories in the years to come.
08:48Hear, hear.
08:49Everyone's on the same wavelength today,
08:52but we need more gems to make that holiday dream come true.
08:57Oh, would you look at that classic croquet set.
09:01This has got part of its original trade label.
09:04You can see all these people.
09:05They're finery, sort of Victorian Edwardian,
09:07and it's by a company called Ayers.
09:09They were found in 1810.
09:11They went to funks about 1940.
09:15Croquet originated in Ireland,
09:17but was an instant success here
09:19because it was the first game
09:21to allow the sexes to play together.
09:23So see.
09:24If you're the lord of the man
09:26and you want to get the very attractive lady,
09:28play croquet with her.
09:30That's where the romance is.
09:31A set like this,
09:331 to 200,
09:341.50 to 250,
09:35but they're a good bit of fun.
09:37Nothing wrong with fun,
09:39but today there's work to do.
09:41So Angus...
09:42Right, last bit.
09:44Millie...
09:45Is that the board to go with the...
09:46Yep.
09:47And Mark...
09:48Do we see the elephants going?
09:50Yeah.
09:51..put their backs into it.
09:53Yep.
09:55There's everything from gramophones...
09:58Hello.
09:59..to glassware.
10:02That's nice.
10:03It's a little pin tray there with the fox on it.
10:06These trays kept pins and clips handy
10:09on a ladies' dressing table
10:11in an era when style was more elaborate.
10:14This is Lalique glass.
10:17An incredibly famous French glass designer and maker.
10:21René Lalique, who founded the company, was born in 1816.
10:24He died in 1945.
10:27And the important thing is, you've got the Arlelique France underneath.
10:31So it's an original piece rather than a later piece of Lalique glass.
10:35And dates it to pre-'45, 1945.
10:38A piece like this, I don't know, probably sort of £200 to £400.
10:41Glassware in the hole has gone down, but Lalique still does well.
10:45So, lovely to have an original piece.
10:47Angus also finds a miniature vase made of favreel, or iridescent glass,
10:53invented by the American company Tiffany in 1894.
11:01They join the rest of John and Rosemary's treasures in the van,
11:04ready for the trip back to Kirby Moorside.
11:07Oh, that's not funny, as it looks.
11:10Until, at last, they're done.
11:13That's what's come out of the house.
11:14My goodness me.
11:16I didn't know I had so much stuff.
11:18How are we feeling now?
11:19I'm filling up with all this little going around.
11:21Oh, nice.
11:23I'm ecstatic.
11:26I'm very pleased.
11:27I can see a lot of it again.
11:28Brilliant.
11:29Well, I'll gather Mark and Millie up and we'll get shut up
11:31and we'll see you on sale day.
11:32Thanks, sir.
11:33Oh, no problem.
11:33You're very welcome.
11:34Thanks very much indeed.
11:35No problem.
11:36I think I was happier to see the things go than probably John.
11:41Obviously, as I'm watching the auction,
11:43I shall be looking at what prices they're making
11:45and the sort of more they make, the happier I'll be.
11:48Well, we're all done.
11:49We're all loaded up, ready to head back,
11:50and we've created a bit of space in the house.
11:52Some interesting items.
11:54So, we'll do the best we can, get it back, get it catalogued,
11:57and see how we can do.
11:58And you'll want to do well because two tickets to the States
12:02can cost two and a half grand,
12:04plus hotels and meals, let's say 5,000.
12:07That'll be a struggle,
12:09unless you can find even more goodies in this hall.
12:26Let's have a look at what we've got.
12:28At Kirby Moorside,
12:29the hall from John and Rosemary's bungalow needs unloading.
12:34Vintage one?
12:35Yeah.
12:35Don't think I've ever played.
12:36Have you played, you?
12:37Yeah.
12:38Must be a posh sport.
12:39Whoa, whoa, inflationary accusation.
12:43Hundreds of items need to be carefully unpacked,
12:46then authenticated and catalogued in time for sale day.
12:50Is that everything?
12:51I think so, yeah.
12:52Right, I'll get back to that sale room.
12:58Got something quite interesting to show you.
13:01Oh, wow.
13:02That's nice, I like that.
13:04Isn't it cool?
13:04So this is an Alessi coffee set and a tea set.
13:08How fantastic.
13:09How stylish are they?
13:11Alessi as a company are very interesting.
13:13They do a lot of this kind of thing
13:14where it's quirky designs that are still very functional.
13:17Metal smith Giovanni Alessi
13:19founded the Italian homeware giant in 1921.
13:23To begin with, it was much more of an artisan company
13:26and they used a lot more soft metals,
13:28silvers and coppers.
13:29And then after the war,
13:31they started to become more utilitarian.
13:33They used stainless steel.
13:35It was actually the grandson of the original founder
13:37in the 70s decided to bring in this fun design.
13:40They got a group of architects together in the early 1980s
13:43and these were actually designed for Michael Graves, for Alessi.
13:47Michael Graves was an American architect.
13:50Alessi believed that architectural pioneers like him
13:53were best equipped to design eye-catching new products.
13:57So where do we see them sort of price-wise?
14:00So for both sets, I've put 30 to 50.
14:02It's definitely a market that's up and coming,
14:04especially for the Michael Graves ones
14:05because it's a specific designer.
14:07Yeah.
14:07And it's, I think it was only available
14:09for a specific amount of time.
14:10Yeah.
14:10I mean, if they had the original packaging,
14:12that's a good thing, isn't it, for collectors?
14:14Always keep your boxes, always keep your packaging.
14:16Right.
14:17So I'll leave you to finish off your cataloging.
14:25Nice haircut, Ewan.
14:26Best one yet.
14:28Interesting.
14:29Now, what are you inspecting?
14:31It's a map of America,
14:32but if you look a little closer,
14:34it's not the America that we're actually familiar with now.
14:38This is a map printed by a man called George Washington Bacon
14:42and he was actually a printer in London
14:44and he moved to print maps of America
14:47during the American Civil War,
14:48which was from 1861 to 1865.
14:51Eleven states, stretching south from Virginia to Texas,
14:55broke away from the Union
14:57to form a rival Confederate States of America.
15:01They believed the political power to decide
15:03whether or not to permit slavery within their borders
15:06lay with them.
15:08This might have been aimed at people
15:10who had business interests in America
15:12because, of course, at this time,
15:14a lot of London high society
15:16would have also owned properties
15:17quite often associated with slavery
15:19in the southern states
15:20and so would have kept a very close eye
15:22on what was going on.
15:23The map is mid-war, dated 1863.
15:28Territory, lost or gained,
15:29had to be constantly updated using watercolors,
15:33a process known as hand-tinting.
15:35So this is a really interesting insight
15:38into the geographical tensions and fractions
15:42that happened as a result of the Civil War.
15:45I've priced this at the lower end,
15:47£100 to £200.
15:48I think anything less than that
15:50would not be doing this object justice.
15:52It's such a fantastic map.
15:53A 160-year-old map for just £100?
15:58I can't wait to see how it does.
16:07Well, here we are.
16:09I wonder if we'll do OK in the auction then.
16:11If we get a lot, we can have a ride to America
16:13and if we don't get a lot,
16:14we'll have a ride to Clacton-on-Sea.
16:17Morning!
16:18How are we doing?
16:18You all right?
16:19We're fine, thank you.
16:20Looking forward to the auction?
16:21Yes, very much so.
16:23Well, we've got lots of people signed up online,
16:24a few people starting to come in now,
16:26so I think we'll be all right.
16:27Come on, come on and have a look.
16:29I'll catch up with you two.
16:31OK, thank you.
16:34Oh, look.
16:34Quite a lot of stuff, yeah.
16:36Wow.
16:37Louis Vuitton's suitcase, yeah.
16:39I'm hoping this case is going to do well.
16:41John and Rosemary have a mammoth 82 lots in today's auction.
16:46We've certainly got a lot to sell.
16:48What do you reckon, Angus?
16:50I think we should have an interesting sale today.
16:52Some really good items, the troika, there's some good maps.
16:55The map's lovely, I like the map.
16:58We've had good interest across the board,
17:00but overall I think we should get some good results.
17:02Let's put that prediction to the test.
17:05The room's full and online bidders
17:07are being corralled by Jasper and Charlotte.
17:10Let's begin!
17:13Right, go on to this lovely collection.
17:16First up, the Louis Vuitton designer luggage.
17:20Where should we be for this?
17:21We've got 1,200.
17:23Start.
17:23It's a start.
17:24Let's go.
17:251,250.
17:261,300.
17:261,350.
17:281,400.
17:291,450.
17:30Fresh bid.
17:30At 1,450.
17:31Final call.
17:32Going to sell, yes.
17:33At 1,450.
17:37A sale.
17:38A little below estimate, but a sale nonetheless.
17:41Near enough.
17:42Near enough, yes.
17:44What's next, Angus?
17:46Tiffany, miniature Art Nouveau, iridescent vase there.
17:49Lovely little thing.
17:50Go straight in.
17:50I've got a bid of 60 starts me off.
17:52At 65, thank you.
17:5475, 5, 85, 85, 95, 100.
17:58At 100 it is.
17:59Then at 100, we're all done for Tiffany Viles.
18:01At 100.
18:03It was bound to shine.
18:06Very good.
18:07Are more bids brewing for the Alessi coffee set?
18:11The coffee maker.
18:12Jog and sugar pot.
18:14Where should it be for this?
18:1430 pounds, start me.
18:15Bit.
18:1632, 5, 8.
18:1738 pounds.
18:1842.
18:1940.
18:19Oh, dropped my pad.
18:2142.
18:2242.
18:225, 8.
18:2355.
18:2455 it is.
18:24Commission's out.
18:2555, 65, 65.
18:2865, 75, 80.
18:3085, 90.
18:3190 it is.
18:32Then at 90, I had three different countries bidding.
18:3495, 100.
18:35100 it is.
18:36110.
18:37110 it is.
18:37Then 120, 120.
18:38At 120 it is.
18:39Then at 140.
18:41We're all done selling at 140.
18:47Destined for an elegant breakfast table in the stylish city of York.
18:52That'll do nicely, thank you.
18:54Well done, Angus.
18:56The bidders are thirsty for more.
18:59Selling then at 70.
19:02The Alessi tea service is dispatched and it's time for more fun and games.
19:08Croquet set there.
19:09Nice set.
19:09We open at 60.
19:10I've got 65, 75, 75 pound.
19:1385, 90, 90 pound.
19:1595, 95, 100.
19:16Yes.
19:16100 a bid.
19:17100, 110.
19:18120, 120.
19:19130.
19:19130.
19:20Nice set.
19:21140.
19:22At 140 pounds.
19:23Then at 140.
19:27You're jumping through hoops today, Angus.
19:30Doing well.
19:31We are, aren't we?
19:33What's your next move?
19:34This is lovely chess set there.
19:37I've had a lot of inquiries about this.
19:38But we open at 160 pounds.
19:41160.
19:41The chess set.
19:42170 is it now.
19:43170 is it now.
19:44180.
19:45180.
19:45But 180 pound then.
19:46We're all done for the chess at 180.
19:50He's the Gary Kasparov of the auction world.
19:53That's checkmates.
19:56And over the next hour, Angus delivers a stunning performance as 76 more lots fly under his gavel,
20:04including...
20:04At 290 pounds.
20:07A 19th Century Bronze Spelter and Marble Mantle Clock by Samuel Marty of Paris and...
20:15190.
20:16The René Lalique pin tray is snapped up.
20:21I think it's going better than I really expected.
20:24The message I could have possibly hoped for.
20:27Time for the trio of Troika vases.
20:30It's the cylinder vase.
20:31I'm going to sell to the room at 95.
20:34An unopposed bidder in the room almost doubles the estimate.
20:39The wheel vase.
20:40There we go.
20:41Where should we beat this?
20:42In the room at 140.
20:45This time, he almost triples the estimate on the potter's wheel vase.
20:49Is he up for a Troika hat trick?
20:52I like this one.
20:53This is the coffin vase.
20:55Again, lots of interest in this one.
20:57We start at 120.
20:59120 it is.
21:00And at 120, at 130, 140.
21:03150, 160.
21:04160.
21:05It's on commission at 160.
21:06At 160.
21:07170.
21:08Commissions are out.
21:09170.
21:09180.
21:10Thank you, sir.
21:11He makes his move.
21:12180 in the room.
21:14190.
21:14200.
21:17210.
21:18220.
21:18Thank you, sir.
21:20230.
21:21240.
21:23250.
21:24260.
21:2670.
21:2780.
21:28280 in the room.
21:30290.
21:32300, sir.
21:35300 and bid.
21:37300 in the room.
21:38Bid.
21:38300 pounds and bid at 300 it is.
21:40At 300, the bid's in the room.
21:42Final call online.
21:43Gavel's up.
21:43At 300.
21:46Top-notch work, Angus.
21:48And well played, that man.
21:50Incredible.
21:51Great.
21:54Finally, the last lot of the day.
21:56Will another bidding war break out over this one?
21:59Bacon's new steel plate map of America.
22:02And we've got interest from across the pond, don't worry.
22:04We open at 100 and...
22:09It's totting up.
22:1070.
22:11170 at 170 at 170.
22:13It's racing up while I was holding my breath.
22:14At 170, right.
22:16At 170, 180, 180, 180 it is.
22:18Then I'm 180 pound.
22:19A bid then at 180.
22:20200, 210, 210, 210, 210, 220.
22:22I knew this through it out.
22:23220, 220.
22:25220 it is then at 220.
22:27I've got 4-5 view hovering.
22:29At 230 it is then.
22:30240, 250, 260.
22:33It's a good, good thing is this.
22:34At 270 it is.
22:36280, 290, thank you.
22:38290, 300.
22:40At 300 pounds it is then.
22:41At 300, we're all done.
22:42Gavel's up.
22:43At 300.
22:47I knew that would be a good'un.
22:49Nearly went back across the pond.
22:52A bidder in Leicestershire actually came out on top.
22:55That was your last lot.
22:57Well, Rosamond, that's just finished.
22:58It's been very good, hasn't it?
22:59Oh, fantastic.
23:00I couldn't believe it.
23:01I've got a sneaking suspicion you're not going to believe how much Angus has made you either.
23:07I think you're both going to be very pleased.
23:20He talks people up.
23:21That's right.
23:22Hello.
23:23Hello, Angus.
23:24Well done, you.
23:25Oh, thank you so much.
23:26You did fantastically.
23:26Thank you enough for that.
23:27Oh, that's all right.
23:28I think, on the whole, it went fairly well.
23:30It did.
23:31It went very well.
23:32Troika, it all went to one buyer in the room.
23:34Just sitting behind us, wasn't he?
23:35Yeah, he bought every piece.
23:36Yes.
23:37That's nice.
23:37No, we're absolutely delighted.
23:39Thank you very much indeed.
23:39So, after fees and everything, you'll be taking home £5,818.
23:44Wow, that is amazing.
23:46It's like a two-week holiday on a five-star hotel, and I get two or three weeks in America
23:51with my friend as well.
23:52Wow.
23:53Everyone's happy.
23:54So you've done brilliantly.
23:55Well, thanks to the map of America, you're going to America.
24:00The auction went really well.
24:01It was absolutely fantastic.
24:03I couldn't believe some of the prices that were realised.
24:05It was great.
24:06I couldn't believe it.
24:07I was surprised it was so much.
24:10Well, John and Rosemary are off to America on a cruise.
24:13Absolutely delighted we've raised the funds that we have.
24:16I think, overall, they're really pleased, and I think we've got some good results across
24:20the board.
24:21It's a real mixture of items, but all in all, a good day.
24:32Where are we off to today, then?
24:33Hanbridge.
24:34Mm-hmm.
24:34Which is, to a non-local, it's Chester.
24:38Have you been to Chester?
24:39I've been to Chester Zoo when I was a kid.
24:41Well, Jack, your destination today is a mere two miles south of that, as the Asian fairy
24:47bluebird flies.
24:48And that's my brother and my mum together at a Christmas meal.
24:52You're meeting Suzanne at her Cheshire home.
24:55It's a lovely house.
24:57My mum bought it 25 years ago, and she had her eyes on it because she wanted to run a
25:03guest
25:04house.
25:05Suzanne's dad, David, passed away in 1989, and mum, Antoinette, remarried Eric.
25:11While he worked in transportation, she ran the guest house.
25:15She was only tiny, about 4 foot 10, but she packed a punch.
25:19She was very quick with her brain, and she could come back with a ready retort if anybody
25:24tried to get better of it, particularly workmen.
25:27Her five-bedroom guest house was open 24-7, 365 days a year.
25:32It was a constant round of changing beds, cleaning, buying stuff for the guests, taking stuff to
25:39the laundrettes, and it was just non-stop.
25:41Eric died in 2008, and running the guest house got tougher.
25:47I decided to come back and keep an eye on things and help my mum.
25:51She still wanted to continue with the business.
25:54My brother wanted to spend more time with my mum.
25:57It was obvious she was getting a bit older when she got into her 80s, and he retired a
26:02bit early, and he used to help.
26:05But in 2018, tragedy struck this hard-working lady.
26:10I took her away to Glasgow for her birthday, and she ended up falling off the step of a
26:16train while my back was turned.
26:18She broke a hip, and she died in hospital three days later.
26:24It was really desperately unlucky and traumatic.
26:30Things got worse when Suzanne fell ill herself.
26:34I caught norovirus in the hospital, and I couldn't move.
26:38I was so sick, so I didn't see my mum before she died, so it was really tragic.
26:47We had to face being here on our own, and we felt really lost for a time, really lost.
26:54But finally, we kind of put our lives together a little bit, and we're looking forward now
26:58to retiring and starting a new life.
27:01So I'm hoping that Angus can deal with it, and also that stuff can go up with a bit of
27:06a fanfare.
27:09It's a big house.
27:10It could be a massive handful.
27:11She said she's not sure what she wants to go and what not.
27:14So, sounds like it's got potential.
27:16Rightio.
27:18Can you get out, then?
27:19Yeah.
27:19Excellent.
27:20Great.
27:20That'll do.
27:22Oh, we can get out, Jack.
27:29Hello.
27:30Hi.
27:31Hello, Angus.
27:31Hello, Jack.
27:32Nice to meet you.
27:33Come on in.
27:34Cheers.
27:34After you, Jack.
27:35Oh, you can go back.
27:35Oh, go on a little while.
27:36Go on, then.
27:39What's the situation?
27:40How is it that we can help?
27:41I live here with my brother, and we are now getting to an ageing life where we know we
27:46need to downsize.
27:48It's kind of spread over three floors.
27:50Three floors.
27:50Yeah.
27:51I bet most of it's on the top floor.
27:53Yeah, of course it is.
27:54Well, we'll get our steps in.
27:55Definitely.
27:56Well, Jack, do you want to make a start and get the van ready, and then I'll look?
28:01Three floors to investigate.
28:03Best get a wiggle on.
28:11That's right, I'm honest.
28:13Susan seems to have an interesting collection of pictures.
28:17We've got some Victorian oils, landscapes, still lifes, and we've got a couple of portraits
28:22here, which are quite nice.
28:23I mean, that's a really nice picture.
28:25A little head and shoulder portrait there.
28:27This is a young lady.
28:29You can see she's got her little hands there and her little fluffy muff and matching headpiece.
28:35Portraits are really quite fashionable now.
28:37People like them.
28:38If they've got a big house and they want that country house feel, you need some portraits.
28:42And most people aren't bothered who it is, you know, if it looks all right and it's,
28:45you know, 100 years old or so, or 200 years old, then fine.
28:49More so than traditional Victorian landscapes.
28:53That classic chocolate box scene of cottage in the distance with figures in the foreground.
28:58That kind of looks gone out of fashion.
29:00And people just don't have loads of pictures up like they used to.
29:04Angus will make a full inspection of these back at the sale room.
29:08Meanwhile, what are your feelings about today's job so far?
29:12Oh, well, it's a raining, it's a pouring, but me and Jack have got to get a loading.
29:18Yeah, I was never any good at poetry.
29:19I'll stick to my day job.
29:21I think there's going to be quite a mixture of items.
29:23And hopefully, at some point, it might brighten up.
29:28You can but dream, Angus.
29:30Now, how about a grandfather clock?
29:32Is that worth your time?
29:34Oh, Jack, you're all right.
29:36Yeah, no bad, just a man on the clock.
29:37It's a big one, isn't it?
29:38Yeah.
29:39This one's in mahogany, but lots of inlay sort of marquetry.
29:43Marquetry is the art of applying thin veneers of wood to decorate furniture or flooring.
29:49This date dial would move round so you know what date it is.
29:52Second hand, minute hand, hour hand, and then we've got this moon dial.
29:56It would move as the time goes round so you'd get different scenes on the top.
30:00Lovely thing.
30:01The pendulum is catching on the back there, but if that was free to move...
30:07There you go, you can hear it.
30:08It is ticking.
30:10When I started, I was a 16-year-old, way over 20-odd years ago.
30:14You couldn't get a long-case clock under £1,000, but the market's completely changed.
30:19Most modern houses don't have high ceilings like this.
30:21So they're too big and plumbersome for most people.
30:25Aye, aye.
30:26Looks like there's quite a few bulky things to shift.
30:29Most items are on the top floor, which is 38 steps up.
30:34So that's 76 steps there and back with each carry.
30:37And I live in a bungalow, so it's starting to take its toll on my legs.
30:50Well, this is a classic, what we call chris.
30:55They usually have a very distinctive shaped blade, like this, and quite often they're wavy.
31:00So it originates from Indonesia, but surrounding areas like Bali,
31:03they were used in traditional Javanese martial arts, but they're also a cultural symbol as well.
31:10Chris knives are worn in ceremonies as talismans or to indicate social status.
31:16Then we've got these little hilts.
31:17This one's carved out of Indonesian hardwoods.
31:19Very nice coloured and the graining is beautiful.
31:22It's probably 1900, 1920, something like that.
31:28There we go, all the way from Indonesia to Chester.
31:34With all those stairs to traipse up and down, plus 17 rooms to check...
31:39We'll go get the top of that table, because it'll just... I'll put it in behind this.
31:42It takes a superhuman effort to get everything outside...
31:46It's a bit like a shopping troll, isn't it?
31:48...and loaded onto the van.
31:50But finally, the day's done.
31:53Well, almost.
31:54Ah! Right, so, a large collection of whiskies.
31:58These belong to my dad.
32:00OK, people do collect whisky.
32:01A single malt is generally more expensive as a product,
32:04but certain ones, certain names are more sought after than others, certain years.
32:09Does a bottle of whisky go up in price the longer you keep it?
32:13And does it degrade?
32:15If it's bottled at 10 years, it remains 10 years old.
32:19The maturing process stops when it's in the bottle.
32:22Of course, if it is an old whisky from 50 years ago,
32:24there's less and less of them about because they've all been drunk.
32:27So, it can go up in value because it's rarer.
32:31Most of these are anywhere between sort of 10 and maybe sort of 30 pounds a bottle,
32:34so we'd probably sort them into a couple of lots.
32:37Three lots, in fact.
32:38There's a mix of blends and single malts.
32:41Some are North American bourbons,
32:44others are traditional Scotches.
32:47And I'll keep him away from Jack.
32:48He's rather fond of a reed dram.
32:51Bye, whisky.
32:53And now the day is done.
33:00Oh, come on, free.
33:08Wow, I can see a bed.
33:11Haven't seen that for many years.
33:13Oh, all the pictures gone.
33:15It's quite sad, really.
33:16Bit of an end of an era.
33:18End of an era, absolutely.
33:19Funds going towards anything?
33:21I think we might treat ourselves to a bit of a holiday somewhere,
33:24a bit special, if we've got enough.
33:27Right, no pressure.
33:27I'll do my best.
33:29Well, I'll hit the road and we'll see you on Saturday.
33:32Okey-doke.
33:33You take care.
33:34Take care.
33:35It was an emotional day,
33:37seeing Angus go through all our stuff
33:39and finding bits and pieces which we'd forgotten about.
33:43You've got all sorts, literally a bit of everything,
33:45which is lovely.
33:46It's what keeps this job interesting.
33:47I was very attached to the paintings.
33:49I do feel sad that they've gone.
33:51I do, but I just hope they go to a good home
33:54and somebody else will actually put them on the wall.
33:57We've got the big bits of furniture,
33:58that Bureau bookcase,
33:59which the market's against it a little bit,
34:02but, you know, I'm going to work hard.
34:04You always do, Angus.
34:06That's why hopes are high
34:08you'll raise a solid amount for Suzanne and her brother,
34:11so Memories of Mum can sit alongside new memories
34:15of an amazing holiday.
34:17Good luck!
34:34Back at Kirby Moor's side,
34:37Suzanne's hall is unloaded with care.
34:40If we put the back of this to the thing, there.
34:44So the detailed examination of her treasures can begin.
34:51Just like that.
34:58What's caught your eye, Angus?
35:00Well, we've got this lovely pair of watercolours,
35:03they're there by Edward Horace Thompson,
35:05a north-west artist born in 1879.
35:09He was very good at capturing
35:10the beautiful Lake District scenes.
35:12This is Mardale, but actually in the 1930s,
35:15it was flooded and turned into a reservoir,
35:17so this doesn't exist anymore.
35:20By 1935, the people of Mardale
35:23had been relocated and the village pulled down.
35:26Its ruins now lie under the Haweswater Reservoir.
35:30Thompson painted his watercolours just five years before.
35:34Pictures like this give us a sense of history
35:37of the landscape in that period.
35:40As a pair, I could put £200 to £400 on these.
35:43He's got a good name.
35:43There are people that will buy him as an artist.
35:46His name will carry them.
35:48As for Susan's other paintings,
35:50£80 to £100 for the lass in pink,
35:52£1 to £200 for the unknown lady,
35:55and this one, the Golden Girl by Walter Lambert,
35:58I can see that doing very well.
36:06Oh, that's an interesting bureau.
36:08That's the word for it, interesting.
36:10Yeah.
36:10So what do you think?
36:11First impressions?
36:13It almost doesn't look like it goes together.
36:15Yes.
36:15I think the bureau part is Georgian.
36:18Mm-hm.
36:191760, 1880, 1800.
36:21And the top half?
36:22To me, that feels very Victorian.
36:24That's right.
36:25So if you're a wealthy Victorian
36:27and you want people to think that you've got great taste,
36:30you might say,
36:31could you antique, in inverted commas,
36:33my bureau for me?
36:34And I think somebody's done the same with this.
36:37It's quite well-proportioned,
36:38but I think it will be quite a difficult seller.
36:41The bureau is desperately out of fashion.
36:43The fact that this doesn't belong to that doesn't help it.
36:47I think probably where I've pitched it...
36:49Well, where do you think?
36:49Sort of around £100 per year?
36:51Yeah, I think sort of 80 to 100.
36:54But if you've got a big house or a big corner
36:55or something like that to put it in,
36:56it's a nice-looking thing.
36:58And it will be a talking point, won't it?
37:07Welcome to Yorkshire, Suzanne.
37:11Wow!
37:13I wasn't expecting this.
37:14Crikey!
37:15Oh!
37:17Oh!
37:18Oh, my mum's clock!
37:20Oh, it feels really weird seeing it here.
37:23Yeah, it's very sad.
37:25Oh, bless.
37:29My dad used to love this one.
37:31He liked platinum blonde hair.
37:33I'm not sure if he liked nuns quite so much,
37:35but he obviously liked the painting.
37:38Morning!
37:38Ah, morning, Angus!
37:39How are we doing?
37:40You all right?
37:40Nervous.
37:41Excited, of course.
37:42You've got some nice bits, some good pictures.
37:44It's nice to have some, one or two,
37:46what I call traditional bits.
37:47This one's not so traditional, is it?
37:49Well, no, but I think it will be all right.
37:51A lot of people sign up online,
37:52and lots of people watching, so...
37:54OK, fingers crossed, eh?
37:54Fingers crossed, I'm sure we'll be all right.
37:57Well, I'll see you in a bit.
37:58OK, see you in a bit.
37:59Thanks.
37:59Good luck.
38:01Sounding reasonably optimistic, Angus.
38:03I am really looking forward to this job, actually.
38:05Dad's a whisky that he never drank.
38:07They sat in the loft for many years doing nothing,
38:10so hopefully they're going to a good home now.
38:13I think the star items are actually the pictures,
38:16and it's not often I would say that,
38:18because pictures can be really hard work selling.
38:20It's difficult to say goodbye,
38:22but I hope we make a nice bit of money,
38:24go on a bit of a holiday.
38:26I'm quietly confident.
38:27I think we should get some good results.
38:30We'll know if you're right soon enough.
38:33There's an eager crowd in the room,
38:35and both Charlottes are keeping an eye
38:37over those internet bids.
38:41Right, now we go on to this wonderful collection.
38:44Let's get straight to the point.
38:47The Indonesian Chris...
38:49£20, start me.
38:50Bid.
38:50£22, £22.
38:52£5, £8.
38:53£28, £30.
38:54£30 a bid.
38:54£32, £2, £2, £32.
38:56£5, £8.
38:56£38, £40.
38:57£40, £42.
38:59£5, £8, £50.
39:01£50, it's up then at £50.
39:02All done at £50.
39:04We're off the mark.
39:06Well done, Angus.
39:09Bit of booze.
39:11The first mixed lot of whisky is up next.
39:14I've got two bids of £50.
39:15£50, I was going to have an argument.
39:17£5, £60, madam.
39:18£60, thank you.
39:19£60 a bid at £65.
39:21£70, £70.
39:21£70 a bid at £70 in the room, then at £70.
39:23£5, £5, £80 a bid.
39:25£80 a bid at £85.
39:27£90.
39:28£90 in the room at £90.
39:30£5, £95 it is, thank you, at £95.
39:31£95, net bid at £95, at £95 it is, then at £95 gavels.
39:35£100, thank you.
39:37£100, at £100 it is, then at...
39:39£110, £110, thank you.
39:40£110 it is, then at £110.
39:42£110, a neat result.
39:47Got some bidding in the room, there.
39:48There was.
39:49Fancy another?
39:51Selling there at £95, all done yours, sir, at £95.
39:55Enjoy.
39:56Bottoms up.
39:57Heads to £65, gavels up at £65.
40:01Cheers, my dears.
40:02All that whisky is topped up the total by a combined £270.
40:09£270.
40:11Coming right up...
40:13This is the George Ferdin' Later Carved Oak Bureau bookcase,
40:15and I have got interest in this, I've got two bids in this,
40:17takes me in at £110.
40:19It's a lovely thing, at £110 it is, then at £110.
40:22For the Bureau bookcase there, at £110.
40:24We're all done, top bid at £110.
40:27We're all done, at £110.
40:32Suzanne's Bureau is back in fashion.
40:35We've done all right so far, haven't we?
40:36Yeah, we have.
40:36£110, yes.
40:38Cometh the hour, cometh.
40:40Oh, my mum's clock.
40:42Where should be for this?
40:44£100 start me at £100, £100.
40:46Thank you, £100 and bid.
40:47Yes, £110, thank you, £110 it is.
40:49£120, £130, £130, £140, £150, £150 and bid at £160.
40:53£70, £170, £170, £180.
40:55At £180 it is, then at £180, at £180, at £190.
40:59£200 at £200 it's at £200 and bid, then at £200.
41:03The clock at the back, don't mistake it, at £200.
41:08Suzanne's holiday fund is ticking over nicely.
41:12In under 30 minutes, 28 more lots go under the gavel, including...
41:18At £200 it is, then at £200.
41:21The milkmaid, pretty in pink, makes a pretty penny.
41:25At £200.
41:29The unknown lady finds a new admirer.
41:33£440.
41:36And the golden girl lights up the room.
41:41Good.
41:43It's the last lot of the day.
41:46Two Lake District watercolours.
41:48These are lovely.
41:49The Edward Horace Thompson.
41:50Well, well-known artist there.
41:52We open at £290.
41:54A pair of watercolours there.
41:55£300, yes, round it up for me.
41:56£300, is it now?
41:57£300, bid.
41:58£300, £320.
41:59£340, £360, £380, £400, £420, £440, £460, £480, £500, £520.
42:08At £520, the pair.
42:11£540, just in, £560.
42:13At £560, pound it is, gobbles up at £560.
42:18You've moved mountains today, Angus.
42:22Oh, my God, I've got a clap.
42:23Yeah, thank you.
42:25Richly deserved.
42:26Suzanne was hoping to raise enough money for a holiday for herself and her brother.
42:31What's the news, Angus?
42:33Hello.
42:34Hello, Angus.
42:35You all right?
42:36I'm all right, yeah.
42:37Trying to wind down now.
42:39How did you find it?
42:40It was really exhilarating, actually.
42:42I mean, you had some very good pictures.
42:43Oh, some of them were lovely, but, you know, it depends on personal taste, doesn't it?
42:47And the picture market's tricky.
42:49Yes, it is.
42:49You know, they can be good pictures and struggle, but I think, overall, we did pretty well on those.
42:53A twin pair of watercolours, which I didn't realise were well-known.
42:57Yes, the Cumbria sort of scenes.
42:58Yes.
42:58Yeah, a very well-known artist, so, okay.
43:02Right, so you've been taking home £3,068.
43:07That's brilliant, thank you.
43:09So, you should get a reasonable holiday.
43:10That should do it.
43:11Thank you so much.
43:12No, no, thank you.
43:14It's been really emotional, actually.
43:16My heart was in my throat sometimes today.
43:18It's very tough to let go of stuff that's been in your life for so many years,
43:21but it's good to say farewell to them in such a special way.
43:26Couldn't have gone better, really.
43:28A really, really good sale for Suzanne.
43:31We thought the money would be in the pictures, and they sold well.
43:34We've certainly exceeded where we thought we'd be, money-wise, on things,
43:37so I think she's very happy, and we are too.
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