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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 hoes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36Finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. Some 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 heirloos.
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.
01:31Give it a go.
01:39There's always a breathtaking array of things being sold at the auction house...
01:44...because Angus travels far and wide to find them.
01:49Right, Jack.
01:50I think you're going to enjoy today.
01:51Where are we off to?
01:52Leamington Spa.
01:53Oh, not far away.
01:54We're going to go see Jack.
01:56He sounds a great character.
01:58We're going to have two Jacks today, aren't we?
01:59Yeah.
02:01Although yours is spelled differently.
02:02Jack.
02:03Jack.
02:04Jack.
02:04Just Jack.
02:05Yeah.
02:07Angus is headed to Leamington Spa to help 96-year-old Jack make a little cash,
02:13aided by his daughters, Sarah and Emma.
02:15Dad, what are you going to do with all the money?
02:18I will make the famous reply of George Bunger Shaw.
02:21Which is?
02:22Well, I don't want to spoil it by telling you.
02:27I would describe Sarah and I as very, very close.
02:30We're both very strong, stubborn, tenacious women.
02:35I would call it fabulous.
02:36We are fabulous.
02:38Emma and Sarah grew up in this house with their parents, Jack and Nuala.
02:43Dad has been a professor of history at Warwick University.
02:46He's a very renowned historian, but he's also very well known in the Catholic Church.
02:53And he's the only lay person in the world, as we know it, that has free access to the Vatican
02:59archives.
03:01Mum and Dad were very, very social people.
03:03They had amazing parties, big Christmases with 30, 40 people around a table.
03:08But recently, the family have been adjusting to life without Nuala.
03:13About four years ago, Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
03:16Mum stayed at home during the disease.
03:19And in fact, when she died, all three of us, including Dad, were in the bedroom with her and we
03:23all slept with her.
03:25For her to be surrounded by her loved ones when she died would have been beautiful for her,
03:31but it was a privilege for us as well.
03:36Now we are here looking after Dad.
03:39Dad is definitely frailer, but still sharp.
03:43Even at the age of 96, he's still thinking about things he can do with the house.
03:48Jack has plans to remodel his living room, but that means saying goodbye to some clutter first.
03:54Books would be the main thing.
03:57Paintings.
03:57Really big furniture.
03:59Really, really big furniture.
04:00And then lots of little objects.
04:03I think you'll find it interesting because he's a historian, but he's published various books.
04:08You know when you just get a gut feeling that a job's going to be good?
04:11Yeah.
04:12I've got a gut feeling, Jack.
04:14I think we will feel emotional, but we have a reason for doing all of this.
04:18We're doing it with Dad, involved very much as well, so it's going to be fun.
04:25Right, here we are.
04:26Perfect.
04:35Hi.
04:36Hi.
04:36You all right?
04:37Yes, really well.
04:38How are you?
04:38I'm very well, thank you.
04:39Why don't you come on in and have a look round?
04:41Thank you very much.
04:47It's lovely to be here and what a fantastic looking house you've got.
04:52So really it's a bit of a thin out and getting ready for some renovations.
04:56Yeah, and I think Dad would like to see some of the things that are in this house have
05:01a new life in someone else's home.
05:03Yeah.
05:03I've got a real gem that I think you are going to be very excited about.
05:07Right.
05:08If you're ready for me to show you.
05:09I would love to see this, yeah.
05:11Jack, do you want to start?
05:12Yeah.
05:13Yeah, send him to the books.
05:14Come with me, Angus.
05:16I was wondering how long it would take Jack to get stuck into those.
05:20Now what have you got for us, Sarah?
05:22Right.
05:23This is our gem.
05:25I've grown up believing and hoping that this is a del Sato.
05:31Andrea del Sato.
05:32Yeah.
05:32One of the old masters, really.
05:35Died in 1530.
05:37Big name from Florence.
05:39Andrea del Sato was a celebrated artist during the Italian Renaissance.
05:44Over 100 of his artworks survive today.
05:48One is of the Madonna with Child Jesus and St John,
05:51which hangs in the National Museum in Warsaw
05:54and looks remarkably like this one.
05:56What do you know about it?
05:58Erm, I know it's on wood.
06:00Yeah, that's a good thing.
06:01It's on a panel.
06:03Yeah.
06:03A lot of age to the back.
06:04That's a plus point.
06:05I know it's been in our family for at least 150 years,
06:08but that's pretty much all I know.
06:11The fact that it's been in your family 150 years,
06:13the fact that it's on board,
06:15age-wise it looks like it could be of the period or something near.
06:19I've seen works by his do 80,000, 100,000.
06:22Can you imagine?
06:23I'm not saying it's there.
06:24Oh, you spoil sport, Angus.
06:26This scene does crop up in slightly different variations,
06:31but followers have copied it.
06:33You know, somebody that was a student of his
06:35would be in the low thousands.
06:37Right.
06:37Without a signature and with more versions of the artwork in existence,
06:41Angus can't be certain this is a del sarto
06:44without doing more research back at the auction house.
06:47Still, that's not a bad start-o.
06:50It's exciting.
06:51Very exciting.
06:52Now, how's our Jack getting on?
06:55You all right, Jack?
06:56Yeah, not too bad.
06:57Stuck in your books.
06:58Yeah, I found a little gem.
07:00Oh, OK.
07:01I think there's going to be a few little gems on this job.
07:03It's a book on the Order of the Garter.
07:07Oh.
07:091672.
07:10Wow.
07:11Founded in the 14th century by King Edward III,
07:15the Order of the Garter is the highest order of knighthood.
07:18Membership is limited to senior royals and just 24 knights.
07:23This book on the institution was written by Elias Ashmo,
07:27founder of Britain's first public museum,
07:29the Ashmolean in Oxford.
07:32Unfortunately, it has had a hard...
07:34Oh, God, yeah.
07:34The condition's not good, is it?
07:36The damp and the little critters have got to it quite a bit.
07:39It is still quite a strong market, though, in certain areas.
07:42I feel confident we would get it away for around the 200 to 400 mark.
07:46Wonderful.
07:46Wow, fantastic, Jack.
07:48Jack also has a book from 1542
07:50about the Catholic Church during the Reformation,
07:53and another from 1595 about Christian martyrs.
07:57The books will go into a group lot.
08:00All of these belong to the sister's dad, Jack,
08:03a Tudor-era historian.
08:04He literally wrote the book on Henry VIII.
08:08Jack, isn't it?
08:09Yeah.
08:10Angus, how do you do?
08:11Are you all right?
08:12Yes, I am.
08:13Good.
08:14Well, I've been looking round your house and admiring everything,
08:17and I've come across this.
08:21Now, you wrote this, is that right?
08:22I did.
08:23I'm one of the few people whom Henry made a bit richer.
08:27I understand you've got big plans for the house.
08:30Yes, but I want to break through there.
08:32And you get all the light from this big window.
08:35Yes, exactly.
08:35It's a fantastic view.
08:36Yeah, I think it'd be marvellous.
08:38I've got this sledgehammer ready.
08:39Have you got the...
08:41Oh, you're not joking.
08:43No, no, right.
08:45Jack means business, Angus.
08:47You'd better get back to clearing some space for those renovations.
08:51Gosh, there's a lot of Dalton here.
08:54Angus, I have just found this in the kitchen.
08:57More Dalton.
08:58More Dalton.
08:59Is it something your mum and dad collected?
09:01So, my great-grandfather was a designer for Dalton.
09:05And so, hence why we've got so much of it in the house.
09:08His wife was called Tiny.
09:10That was her nickname.
09:11And he made this jar for her.
09:15And you can see it's got her name on it, Tiny, and her date of birth.
09:19Oh, wow.
09:19So, June the 28th, 1894.
09:23Wonderful.
09:24That's lovely, is that?
09:25And to have that sort of personal piece is quite something, isn't it?
09:28Dalton was founded in 1815 by John Dalton.
09:32They really boomed in the latter part of the 19th century.
09:35This, for me, is the exciting period of Dalton.
09:38This is when it was all about the design rather than the mass-market decorative figures that came in the
09:43mid-20th century.
09:44The market for it's not as strong as it was 20 years ago.
09:47But some of the Dalton pieces are in the tens of pounds, some are going to be into the hundreds.
09:51It's a wonderful collection.
09:53Fantastic.
09:54I'd best get it all packed up.
09:55Over the next two hours, Angus and Jack load eight boxes of Dalton on the van, along with dozens of
10:02curios and pieces of furniture, including this Victorian oak bookcase.
10:09Oh, flipping heck.
10:10At least it splits in two, Jack.
10:13Besides, it could be worth it on sale day.
10:16Before they hit the road back to Kirby Moorside, there's time for one last sweep.
10:25Thought it would be.
10:26When you see a tile like this, this classic sort of Victorian, lovely decorative tile, there's one name you think
10:32of, and that's Minton's.
10:33Minton's was founded in 1793 in Stoke-on-Trent.
10:37You know, if you've ever been into a real traditional Victorian house, you've got those beautiful floor tiles or tiles
10:42around the fireplace.
10:43Chances are they were designed and made by Minton's.
10:46Minton exported their tiles all over the world.
10:49They even graced the floors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
10:53Quite often these were taken out and people didn't want to get rid of these beautiful decorative pieces, so they
10:59would repurpose them.
11:00All they've done is they've put it in this frame, put little bun feet on it, and they've had that
11:04as a teapot stand.
11:06Wonderful thing. Shame it's not the full set, but, you know, £30, £40, even as it is.
11:15Come on through.
11:16This is the room, I think, potentially the biggest impact.
11:20Wow.
11:21This is incredible.
11:23I can't believe how much stuff has gone.
11:25It's brilliant what you've done, Angus, and we are super, super grateful to you.
11:29Yeah, no, it's good.
11:31Well, I'll hit the road. We'll see you on Saturday.
11:33Well, thank you very much.
11:34No problem at all. You're very welcome.
11:36I think we're feeling super excited about the auction.
11:39Us having the sort of joy of being able to do this while Dad is alive and share that fun
11:44with him is actually really important to both of us.
11:48Well, what a wonderful day. An interesting mix load.
11:51It's created some space in the house to enable Jack to do the things that he wants to do, and
11:55that's the important thing.
11:57Mission one accomplished.
11:59Mission two is to make Jack a windfall.
12:01So sit tight, Jack. It was a pleasure meeting you.
12:04You've given Angus some intriguing things, like that painting, for starters.
12:09Let's see how it all pans out on sale day.
12:25Hello, Jack. You've got a full van?
12:27Semi-full.
12:28With everything back in Kirby Moorside, it's quickly unloaded so the team can process it all in time for auction
12:35day.
12:37This is fascinating. You know, I love it.
12:39And at first glance, you kind of think, well, it's just a brass candlestick.
12:43But this is the interesting bit, this circular oak disc, because carved into it is, pray for us, John Fisher
12:54and Thomas More.
12:56Sir Thomas More was a lawyer, writer and statesman who served as King Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor for three years.
13:03Both he and Cardinal John Fisher were charged with treason and executed in 1535 for refusing to acknowledge the king
13:12as supreme head of the Church of England and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.
13:16Underneath, we've got etched in wood from the private chapel of Sir Thomas More, chiselled in 1941.
13:23Sir Thomas More's private chapel was part of Chelsea Old Church.
13:26In 1941, the church was heavily damaged through bombing during World War II, and somebody's reclaimed some of that damaged
13:34timber and thought, as I know, I'm going to preserve that and make it a stand for a candlestick.
13:39I think 50 to 100 as a quirky, interesting piece. I'm sure we'll be able to find a buyer for
13:45that.
13:47The Dalton Collection comprises of 25 individual items.
13:52They've got some really incredible pieces of Royal Dalton and Dalton Lambeth.
13:56A favourite pottery of King Edward VII, Dalton Lambeth received the Royal Warrant in 1901, allowing them to use the
14:03name Royal Dalton.
14:05This piece specifically is very exciting. This is a menu holder. It's difficult to know the exact number of these
14:12that were made. This is by George Timworth. It's based off the fable The Cat and the Sparrow.
14:18George Timworth is one of the most sought-after Dalton designers. He took his inspiration for this piece from a
14:24tale attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, about a cat who befriends two sparrows and has them for dinner,
14:31quite literally.
14:32We love that sort of absurdist sort of nature. Unfortunately, it is a little bit damaged, so we don't have
14:37the original back that would have held the menu in.
14:39There's a lot of different collectors that would like it. There's people that collect Dalton Lambeth specifically, but I think
14:43there's also people that are very interested in George Timworth's work.
14:46I'm very excited about it, so hopefully people will be on sale day.
14:57Hi, how are you doing? You're all right.
15:00There we go. Well, welcome to Yorkshire. Thank you.
15:03And how are we feeling about the auction?
15:05We're really excited to see how it pans out, and hopefully it's going to make quite a bit of money,
15:10so that Dad can do all these renovations that he's got in his head, ready for the house.
15:15He hasn't started with the sledgehammer yet. Not yet, but he keeps talking about it.
15:19Why don't you come on in? I'll show you around.
15:20Thank you very much.
15:23Oh, my goodness, me.
15:26Oh, Sarah, have you seen the bookcase?
15:28God, there's so much.
15:31Ah, I was wondering where the Del Sartre was.
15:34There it is.
15:36Gosh.
15:37It still looks lovely, doesn't it?
15:38It looks absolutely beautiful.
15:40The painting. Sadly, it's not the original, but still a really good thing, still a good period oil painting.
15:47So, you know, we're not going to let it go for less than £2,000.
15:50Nevertheless, I think we should do really well overall, some great bits in, and it should be a good sale.
15:54Oh, Sarah, look, there's tiny.
15:58Yeah, because that was in the sitting room, wasn't it?
16:00I think that looks really special.
16:02It is odd, seeing everything.
16:04Yeah, everything's so lovely.
16:05I mean, I'm sure I could get it in mine.
16:08There's no going back now, ladies.
16:11Your dad's building plans are riding on this.
16:13Dad couldn't come up.
16:14It's too much for him to come up today.
16:17But he's very excited about it, and he's on tender hooks to find out how many millions that we've earned.
16:24It's always good to be optimistic.
16:26Auction clerks, Millie and Charlotte are all set to oversee the internet bids for each of the 40 lots in
16:32the sale.
16:35Well, we all right, you two.
16:37So, let's begin.
16:39Right, we're going to this wonderful job.
16:42First up, it's that 350-year-old book.
16:46The Institutions, Laws and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1672.
16:52A bit of casual reading.
16:55I've got a bit of 150.
16:56150 only a bit.
16:58At 150 it is, then at 150, at 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 220, 240, 260.
17:06That's right.
17:06At 260 pounds it is, then at 260.
17:08We're all done.
17:09I'm selling, then, at 260.
17:12Sold for a princely sum to a bidder in the Czech Republic.
17:16Dad will be very pleased with that.
17:18Next, it's the Victorian oak bookcase.
17:20Superb bookcase.
17:22There it is at the back.
17:23Was it heavy?
17:24Yeah, it was quite heavy.
17:26There we go.
17:27Internet comes in at 120, but I come in at 180, 190, 200, 200, a bit at 200, 210, 210,
17:32220, 230, 240, 250.
17:34The online bids are stacking up.
17:36260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 320.
17:43Right on the estimate, but let's not get ahead of our shelves.
17:47That is absolutely glorious.
17:49Now, the painting in the style of the Renaissance artist, Andrea del Sarto.
17:551,500 pounds, tell me.
17:59Any takers?
18:00Superb picture is this.
18:011,500 is it now?
18:021,500 pounds at 1,500.
18:041,500 pounds is it now?
18:08Looks like the bidders have given this painting the brush off.
18:11We'll be taking it home with us, aren't we?
18:13It's a blow, but maybe we can reignite bidders' interest with the brass and wood candle holder.
18:19Wood from the private chapel of Sir Thomas More when it was bombed during the war in 1941.
18:24There we go, and I'm at 50 minutes.
18:26You don't even know what's in, do you?
18:2855, 65, 70, 70 pound a bid at 75, 80, 80 pound a bid, then at 85, 90, 95, 100,
18:37100 a bid at 100 it is,
18:38then at 100, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.
18:43We've all done 160.
18:45The little candlestick there, and 160 pounds it is, then I'm going to sell.
18:48Govel's up at 160.
18:52Now we're back in business.
18:54I've seen it before.
18:56And Angus keeps that momentum going for the next 20 minutes as he puts 26 more lots under the gavel,
19:03including...
19:04At 35!
19:06The Victorian Minton frame tile and...
19:10At 200!
19:12A collection of 15 leather-bound books, including the two from the 16th century.
19:19Well, that's good.
19:21Next, the Dalton Lambeth Tiny Jug, designed by the girl's great-grandfather.
19:25I can go straight in at 160 pounds, at 160 and bid, at 160 it is, then for the rare
19:31Dalton jug there, at 160 it is, then at 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 200 pound a bid.
19:38At 200 pounds it is, then at 200 pounds it is, at 200 pounds it is, then we've all done
19:41it, 200!
19:43And the tiny jug meets its estimate.
19:47That's good, 200 pounds.
19:49After smashing his way through eight more lots of Dalton Lambeth...
19:52At 45!
19:54From a mixed lot of two vases, a milk jug and an inkwell, to...
19:59At 75!
20:01A stoneware water filter...
20:05That is good, yeah.
20:07Angus comes to this little piece of Dalton Lambeth, and the final lot of the day.
20:11The George Tinworth, there we go, the cat and the sparrow menu holder.
20:16I can open at 200, at 200 pounds, start me at 200.
20:19210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
20:23After a strong opening commission bid, the internet bids are flying in.
20:40The frenzy of the online bids have taken it past the estimate.
20:44600, round it up for me.
20:46700, 720, 740.
20:49She can't even remember it.
20:50700, 60, 780, 800, 860, 880, 900, 920, 940, 960, 980, 1,000, and 50, 1,150.
21:041,150.
21:05The bids at 1,150.
21:07I'm going to call it at 1,150 it is, then.
21:11We're all done at 1,150 pounds.
21:16Not bad for something the cat dragged in.
21:19Bravo.
21:21Well done, Angus.
21:22Oh, you're done.
21:24There we go.
21:24Angus has managed to help Sarah and Emma sell most of their dad Jack's things.
21:29But now for the moment of truth.
21:32Has he raised enough for Jack's renovation fund?
21:50Wow, that was quick, wasn't it?
21:52Oh, hello.
21:52Hello.
21:53Are we all right?
21:54Hi.
21:54Yeah, we were like, it was so quick.
21:57Do you think your dad would have been happy?
21:59He'll be pleased about the book, the Order of the Garter book, because he was, obviously,
22:04he is a very big book man.
22:06Yes.
22:07And then also the candlestick.
22:09Yeah.
22:10Who knew?
22:11Really interesting piece, that.
22:12But, yeah, after fees, you'll be taking home 3,767 pounds.
22:18That's all right.
22:18Actually, yeah, that's more than I thought, because I said to you it'd be about two.
22:21Yeah.
22:21That is good.
22:22That's all right.
22:22Well, that is good.
22:233,700.
22:24That's brilliant.
22:25Thank you very much.
22:26Well, it's been an absolute pleasure.
22:28Been a good day for Sarah and Emma, and, of course, for their dad back at home.
22:32I think, overall, some pretty good results.
22:34The Dalton Lambeth that flew, it was a rare piece, so I'm delighted with that, because
22:37the market for that sort of thing has really dropped off.
22:41Hi, Dad.
22:42We've made just shy of 4,000 pounds.
22:46Wow.
22:47We could have a glass of champagne tonight, then, Dad.
22:49What wonderful news.
22:51Aw.
22:59Do you have an ideal place to retire to, Nick?
23:01Onto the canal, I guess, would be nice, or onto the water somewhere.
23:05Nice, yeah.
23:06But, no, I'm probably just going to have to work till I drop, I think.
23:09I'm glad to hear that, Nick, thanks.
23:11Well, you know, not necessarily for you.
23:14Play nice, boys.
23:16You've got a four-and-a-half-hour drive ahead of you to Scotland and the town of Coatbridge,
23:21just eight miles to the east of Glasgow.
23:23They do need to move on.
23:25You can meet them, girl.
23:29Where you'll be meeting retired broadcast engineer, Alan, and retired make-up artist, Jackie.
23:36Can't take them with me.
23:37A new home, Fergus.
23:39Mm-hmm.
23:40The couple first met 42 years ago.
23:43I was out with my friends in the pub, and he asked me if I wanted to go for a
23:48meal.
23:49And I said, OK, but because he'd had quite a few drinks, I thought he would forget.
23:55But the problem was, because I thought he wasn't going to turn up, I'd already ate dinner with my family.
24:00And not only that, he decided we were going for a curry and I can't eat spicy food.
24:05But it turned out OK in the end.
24:08We are quite different.
24:09I'm more of a technical person than Jackie.
24:10Jackie's the artistic one.
24:12Very kind, very generous.
24:13He's a kind of sound, reliable person.
24:16And he turns up now and again with the odd nice wee thing for me as well.
24:20So, aye, he's all right.
24:22He'll do.
24:23Alan and Jackie have lived in their three-bedroomed home for 30 years.
24:28Having been retired for, well, four or five years, it's now given us the freedom to think about our future.
24:38We want to try and get this house on the market with a view to maybe moving to Berwick-upon
24:44-Tweed.
24:44It's really pretty down there.
24:46It's just a different way of life.
24:48Before their big move, Jackie and Alan need to have a bit of a clear-out.
24:53We do have a habit of collecting things, final LPs, artworks, skeletons.
24:59There's quite a mixture of things, as you can tell.
25:02We don't have any kids.
25:03I mean, we're not getting any younger, so eventually they'll probably just all get cleared out.
25:08It's a bit of a shame because a lot of it's quite nice stuff, albeit a bit wacky.
25:12We need help.
25:12We need somebody to come up and give us a bit of advice because we have no idea where to
25:18start.
25:22Sound interesting.
25:23Quite a quirky couple, I think.
25:25Quite into their music.
25:26There's going to be some interesting sort of design things and quirky items is the impression I got.
25:34If we go to Berwick-upon-Tweed, it is going to be a fresh start, so everything's up for grabs.
25:42Oh, here we go.
25:55Hi, Anger.
25:56Hi, how are you doing?
25:56Are you all right?
25:57Lovely to meet you.
25:58I brought Nick with me today.
25:59Hi, Nick.
26:00Hi, Nick.
26:00Welcome.
26:00Thank you very much.
26:06Wow.
26:08What a living room.
26:09It's quirky.
26:10And what sort of things are we looking at?
26:12Pretty much everything in here.
26:14When we were looking through the loft, we found some old military stuff, some medals and bits and pieces.
26:20Let's have a look, see what we've got.
26:22We've got a mixture in here.
26:23Yeah.
26:24Thomas Simpson?
26:25Yeah, that's my grandfather.
26:26That's his police medal, I think.
26:28Yeah, so he was a special constable.
26:30Yeah, Second World War, I think.
26:31Yeah.
26:31And then you've got war and defence medal.
26:35You'd wear that one, that one.
26:37Yeah.
26:37Then you'd wear the police medal, that.
26:39The war medal was awarded to British Commonwealth citizens who served in the Armed Forces or Merchant Navy during World
26:46War II.
26:47The defence medal was given to non-operational military and civilian service personnel, such as the police and civil defence
26:54workers.
26:55Sadly, those medals, there was lots and lots of them issued, so that they don't, they make very little, really.
27:00As a little group, 30 to 50, that sort of region.
27:03Yeah, excellent.
27:03And anything, anyone else?
27:05Yeah, the next one.
27:06Oh, OK, Nick, do you want to make it start in here?
27:08Cool.
27:13Oh, who's the Baz collection?
27:16Me!
27:17It started off with one bear, Master Mischief.
27:22Alan brought him home as a gift.
27:24It's a Merri-Thought bear.
27:25It's a Merri-Thought bear and it was a limited edition.
27:28Founded in 1930 in the Shropshire town of Ironbridge, Merri-Thought is the oldest teddy bear manufacturer in Britain today.
27:36One bear needs another bear, which needs another bear.
27:39Mm.
27:40And this is what happens, you have a whole collection of bears.
27:44Well, bears always sell.
27:47Jackie has over a dozen bears that will be sold as a group.
27:51And clearly, the fashion.
27:55That's me again, you're definitely me.
27:57I, as a make-up artist, are obviously interested in fashion as well.
28:02So, I really love Vivian Westwood, but I don't really wear them myself anymore.
28:07So, they need a new home.
28:09Great.
28:09Well, why don't you leave me to it?
28:10OK.
28:11And we'll see what we can do and we'll get some bits loaded up.
28:13Great.
28:16Well, we've got a fantastic, interesting mix of items from medals, teddy bears, designer clothes.
28:23And, you know, Jackie's got a great, wacky sense of design.
28:26But some of the items, are they a little bit niche?
28:29I think, really, my challenge today is picking those bits that are going to sell well.
28:34I take it you collected all these discs?
28:37What we've got here, then?
28:38We've got Viewmasters collection.
28:39Yeah, Viewmasters.
28:40The Viewmaster was a type of stereoscope, a device used to depict a left and right eye view of the
28:45same scene to create a 3D image.
28:48On each of these little reels, there's 14 images, which create seven different individual three-dimensional pictures, based on, like,
28:56a 16mm film.
28:58You can just bob it in and it kind of self-centers as well.
29:00You can put it in any way you like.
29:01Give it one little turn.
29:03You can hold it up to the light and you actually get a proper three-dimensional image.
29:07They do sell.
29:08And I think that the fact that you've actually got, like, a proper album of them, probably looking 50 to
29:1280, you know, at least for something like that.
29:14It's a really nice little collection.
29:15Hopefully it catches somebody's eye on sale day.
29:21Over the next two hours, Angus and Nick load all kinds of weird and wonderful things on the van, from
29:27skeletons to...
29:29It'd be one mixed job lot.
29:30I mean, Jack might see something in there and think, ooh, that's all right.
29:34..a box full of Alan's old rock and pop LPs.
29:39If we raise any money from the auction, Alan's 70 in August, we could just go on a really good
29:45holiday.
29:46We'd love to go back to New York.
29:47I think that's where we would go.
29:49Lovely.
29:50But I'm not sure we've found enough to pay for that yet.
29:53So what do you think of my car, Angus?
29:56I love your car.
29:57It's brilliant, isn't it?
29:58It's a 1990 Nissan Figaro, and she's called Whisper.
30:04Whisper.
30:04Because the paint is Cadbury's purple.
30:08The colour was requested by a previous owner.
30:11OK, because the originals, there was four colour versions that represented the four seasons.
30:16That's right.
30:17And obviously made by a Nissan.
30:19And, I mean, they only made £20,000, but they became popular all over.
30:23Happily have a go with it.
30:24I think realistically at auction, sort of three, four thousand.
30:28We'll arrange some transport and we'll get that down to the sale room.
30:30Perfect.
30:31I'm delighted.
30:31Now we're motoring, but there's still plenty of space on that van for more.
30:40I mean, wherever you look in this house, there's lots of quirky artwork and there's no one more iconic than
30:47Marilyn Monroe.
30:48It's a really cool, jazzy piece of art.
30:50Marilyn was an impulse buy for Alan while on holiday in New York.
30:54We came outside and stood outside the gallery and thought, what have we just done?
30:58I mean, we've had that for nearly 25 years.
31:01It'd be very interesting to see what Angus thinks.
31:04Angus will need to do some further research on this one back at base.
31:08And on that blonde bombshell, the boys are done.
31:13Come on through.
31:15Wow.
31:16I mean, obviously, we're not emptying the house, but it's...
31:18Oh, it's fantastic.
31:19Yeah, it's great.
31:20I feel that we're taking the first step now.
31:23We just have to keep the momentum going.
31:24And this has been a great help.
31:26Oh, it's been great.
31:27Yeah, thanks very much.
31:28Right, we'll head back to sale.
31:29We'll see you on sale then.
31:30Okay, great journey, Angus.
31:31Bye-bye.
31:32We just didn't know what to do.
31:34So the fact that Angus has come up, taking control, taking it all away,
31:39we don't have as much things to ship down to Berwick when we move.
31:43It's been a fantastic day.
31:45It's not a full, massive van load,
31:46but we have made quite an impact in the house.
31:49And some interesting, quirky bits.
31:51Things that are a bit niche.
31:52Niche is good, but it's got to find the people
31:54that sort of want to pay the money for it.
31:56You'd better find those buyers, Angus.
31:58You've got two return tickets to the city that never sleeps to fund,
32:02so you don't want to be caught napping on auction day.
32:25I think this will be caught up your street, ladies.
32:28What have you got for us?
32:29Well, there's some Vivian Westwood items.
32:31I'll leave that to you.
32:33We've struck gold.
32:35Ooh, that's nice.
32:37Once Jackie and Alan's things are unloaded,
32:39the process of getting it all researched and catalogued can begin.
32:43Would you have that in your house, Charlotte?
32:45Yeah.
32:46Make a good roommate.
32:48As well as this bronze skeleton,
32:50Jackie and Alan also have a bronzed primate skeleton
32:54to enter in the sale.
32:56No bones about it.
32:57There's a lot to do before the auction in 12 days' time.
33:02When you look at that, it really jumps out at you.
33:05It really pops, because it's pop art.
33:07It's the bright, bold colours.
33:09And actually, if you didn't know who the artist was,
33:11you might be forgiven for thinking Warhol.
33:14And actually, there's a reason for that.
33:15This is by Steve Kaufman.
33:17He was born in 1960.
33:19He studied with Warhol.
33:21And there's a lot of stars and influences
33:23that cross over between the two of them.
33:25But one of his techniques was the silkscreen printing,
33:28which enabled you to do these layers of colours.
33:31He died in 2010.
33:33But Marilyn Monroe was one of his iconic characters.
33:37This is one in a series of just 99 prints
33:40of the artwork made by the artist.
33:42We've put an estimate of 1,000 to 1,500 on this.
33:45He has got a very keen following.
33:47He's got an initial sign on the back.
33:49So, hopefully, Marilyn Monroe will be getting a big hit on sale, though.
33:52MUSIC PLAYS
33:59Isn't this such a good collection of Vivian Westwood?
34:02It is.
34:02She wasn't actually a trained fashion designer.
34:04She was originally a primary school teacher.
34:06OK.
34:06Yeah, and then she taught herself, opened her shop.
34:09Her designs and her style really boomed
34:12during the late 70s with punk.
34:15And they were sort of made famous.
34:17They were worn by the Sex Pistols,
34:18which is Malcolm McLaren's band,
34:20who was her partner at the time.
34:21For me, personally, the standout are these bondage boots.
34:25She first made them in 1976.
34:27Vivian Westwood and sort of punk style in general
34:29was taking a lot from the 1950s,
34:31so they were very inspired by that James Dean,
34:33Marlon Brando kind of, like, biker chic.
34:35I really like this bag.
34:36This is an anarchy bag.
34:38And I love the way that she's got
34:40the Rembrandt portrait in there as well.
34:43She pulled a lot from art.
34:44She'd pulled from fashion and culture.
34:47She has such a unique voice in her fashion,
34:49and I think that's one of the reasons why.
34:51Millie has split the Vivian Westwood collection
34:53into eight lots, including the bondage boots,
34:56the anarchy bag and this leopard-print cropped trench coat.
35:01She died a few years ago.
35:02The brand has continued, but I think people maybe
35:04are more interested in buying stuff that she designed.
35:06So the older bits might become more collectible.
35:08Yeah.
35:08Hopefully that'll be the case with these bits.
35:17Wow.
35:18It's Jackie and Alan with Tilly, their terrier.
35:21Hi, Angus.
35:21Oh, are you all right?
35:23Yeah, you're fine, yeah, yeah.
35:24How are you feeling about the auction?
35:26I'm excited, actually,
35:27because I've never been to an auction before.
35:29Oh, yeah, we've been.
35:30So this is a fush time for us.
35:32We'll see how we get on with the car.
35:33If it didn't hit the mark today, we'll try it another day,
35:35but we'll see how we do.
35:36All right, brilliant.
35:37I'll see you in there.
35:38Yeah.
35:38All right, thanks.
35:42There's my Vivian Westwood.
35:44All right.
35:45Oh, yeah.
35:46I haven't actually wore this going out anywhere.
35:48The jackets have worn lots on different occasions,
35:52but you know what?
35:53It's time it moved on.
35:54The fashion items, they're going to sell well.
35:56Most watched items in the sale,
35:58but I think they're going to get a shock or two.
36:00Oh, Mr Bonejangles, nice to see you again.
36:04I am appreciating the space in the house.
36:07I didn't realise that I had collected so many things.
36:11So there's a bit more room to walk about now.
36:14No offence, boys, no offence.
36:17Let's move things along
36:18before Tilly gets carried away with those bones.
36:21The two Charlottes are standing by
36:23to oversee today's internet bids.
36:26Now, places, please, everyone.
36:29Right there, morning, ladies and gentlemen.
36:30First up is the bronze skeleton.
36:33We went to this house in Glasgow
36:35and found a skeleton in the cupboard.
36:37Here he is.
36:38£20, start me, for the skeleton.
36:42Come on, bidders, throw us a bone here.
36:46Oh, £65, that'll do.
36:48£65 a bit at £65, £70,
36:49£70 bids, £70 a bit at £70.
36:51That's £75, £5, £80, £80 a bit at £80,
36:53£85, £85, £90 is it now, £90, £95.
36:56Round it up.
36:58£100 a bit at £100, £100 it is then at £100, £110.
37:00At £110 for the skeleton,
37:02I'm going to sell away at £110.
37:05Oh, no, open it back up, they came in.
37:07£120, came in by milliseconds.
37:10Skin of your teeth.
37:11He has got teeth.
37:12£130, £130 it is then at £130.
37:14Gavel is up now at £130.
37:17£130.
37:18Over its estimate,
37:19that's a bona fide a good result.
37:22He has a handsome boy.
37:24Next, it's the lot of around a dozen teddy bears,
37:27including Master Mischief by Merithort.
37:30What do we call a collection of bears, a group of bears?
37:32A picnic.
37:33I've got £25 bid, £25, they need a home, these bears.
37:37£28, £30, round it up for me.
37:39£30 a bit at £30, £30 bid.
37:41£35 it is then at £35, £8, £40.
37:44£40 a bit at £42.
37:45Both a room bidder and an internet bidder
37:47want to get their claws into those bears.
37:49£50, £5, £60, in the room at £60, then £5, £65, £70.
37:54£70 a bit at £70.
37:55£70 it is then at £70.
37:57Gavel's going up at £70.
38:00Sold to the room bidder.
38:02Oh, look at this.
38:06Not only is it really cool, because it's a Figaro,
38:08the concept car was just made for one year.
38:10This is a unique colour.
38:13Wasper.
38:13£1,800, stop me.
38:15£1,800, get this going.
38:16£1,800, it's well worth this.
38:17£1,800, £1,800, £1,800.
38:19Hmm.
38:20Nobody wants a bite of the whisper.
38:23At £1,800 at £1,800, anywhere is it now?
38:25At £1,800...
38:28Save that.
38:29Angus will have to try and sell the Figaro another day.
38:32Not today, but my children will be happy,
38:34cos they want to sit in it.
38:36There we go.
38:37That's a little dent in the holiday fund,
38:39but maybe the Vivian Westwood collection
38:41will get the bidders hot under the collar,
38:43starting with these bad boys.
38:45The Vivian Westwood bondage boots.
38:49Yes.
38:50Yeah, I know.
38:51Raise your eyebrows indeed, madam.
38:53£60, start me.
38:54£65, £70, we're off.
38:55Bids from all over the world.
38:56£80, £85, £90, £95, round it up.
38:58£100 in bid.
38:59£110.
38:59£110 it is then.
39:00These are very popular online.
39:01At £120 it is then.
39:03£120.
39:04Who wouldn't like a pair of these?
39:06£130 back in.
39:07Yes, £130 it is.
39:08£140 in bid.
39:09At £140.
39:11At £140.
39:12Last chance at £140.
39:16A bidder in Suffolk has some big boots to fill.
39:19I don't know what to say.
39:21Now for the leopard print cropped trench coat.
39:24We're straight in at £90.
39:26£90 a bid.
39:26I mean, that is stylish.
39:28That screams Westwood.
39:29£100 a bid.
39:29At £110.
39:31£110.
39:31£120.
39:32£130.
39:33£140.
39:33So you're at £140 it is then.
39:35At £140.
39:36Can I sell?
39:36Govels up.
39:37At £140.
39:39Angus was spot on about the fashion doing well.
39:42That's fabulous.
39:43That's great.
39:44Because the rest of the Westwood collection...
39:46It's at £100.
39:49From a red floral print dress to...
39:52At £160.
39:55The anarchy bag all sell over their estimates.
40:01I think I'm going to clear out my wardrobe.
40:02I think I'm going to do the next step.
40:05From couture to canvas.
40:08Right, this is a special bit of artwork.
40:10The Steve Kaufman.
40:11Angus won't let Marilyn go for less than £1,000.
40:15£800, star me.
40:16£800 at £800, £800 at £800.
40:19£800, £820, £40, £60, £80, £900.
40:21£900 for the Kaufman.
40:23Come on, we're nearly there.
40:25Great, great name.
40:27£900 at £900.
40:28We're all done at £900.
40:31So close.
40:33Another one for another auction.
40:35£900?
40:36Yeah.
40:37Never mind, Jackie.
40:38Maybe the bidders will go ape for the primate skeleton.
40:42Sebastian.
40:42He does look like a Sebastian, actually.
40:44I looked at him and thought, you're a Sebastian.
40:47At 20 it is then.
40:47At 20.
40:482, 8, 30, 2, 5, 8, 42, 48, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130.
40:54At £130 a bid for Sebastian.
40:56140, 150, 160, 170.
40:58180, 180.
40:59It's that better.
41:00190, 200.
41:01200.
41:02200.
41:02Sebastian, 220. Come on, Sebastian.
41:05At 240, it is then at 240.
41:07250. At 250.
41:10I'm going to bring the gavel down on Sebastian at 250.
41:16Well done, Sebastian.
41:18Really good. Really, really good.
41:20Over the next half an hour, Angus puts another 32 lots under the gavel, including...
41:26Get 30!
41:27The collection of World War II medals along with some other badges and trinkets
41:32and...
41:33That's 60 pounds!
41:34the Viewmaster 3D stereoscope and reels.
41:40Bringing us to the final lot.
41:42Alan's box of over 30 rock and pop LP records.
41:46Pros and cons of hitchhiking, deep purple, graveyard of empty bottles.
41:50There's some classics in here, isn't there?
41:52We open at 110.
41:55110. 120, thank you, sir. 120.
41:57130. 40.
41:58It's a two-way tussle between a room bidder and an internet bidder.
42:03150, 60, 170, 180, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240.
42:11I've got 260 online. 270, 270.
42:14At 270, there's then room bidder at 270.
42:16We're all done. Gavel up at 270.
42:20Looks like you had good taste, Alan.
42:22Did you expect that?
42:23No.
42:25That's you done, by the way.
42:26Thank you, both of you.
42:27I'm gobsmacked.
42:29That's good, Jackie.
42:30But wait till you find out how much Angus has raised for that trip to the Big Apple.
42:36Hello.
42:37Hello, Angus.
42:37Hi.
42:37Are you all right?
42:38Yeah.
42:39Shellshocked.
42:40Shellshocked?
42:40In a good way.
42:41Oh, in a good way, that's all right.
42:42Those LPs or albums.
42:44I was quite surprised how much they went for, really.
42:47I mean, a few years ago, you couldn't give them away.
42:49They've really come back.
42:50The right names sell well, but the fashion bits, most watched items in the whole sale.
42:54Of course, I've got exceedingly good taste.
42:56You have, actually.
42:57Amazing taste.
42:58Well, after fees, you've got £2,338 to come.
43:03Enjoy.
43:03Wow.
43:04And that's without the car.
43:05And that's without the car and the expensive pictures.
43:07Wow.
43:07That's amazing.
43:08That is amazing.
43:09Is that sort of more than you expected?
43:10A lot more.
43:11A few bits didn't go.
43:12A lot more, I think.
43:13Oh, good.
43:14The auction went really, really well.
43:17I mean, I'm quite astounded at what the vinyl went for.
43:21I don't think it would be as much as that.
43:23We're delighted.
43:24Absolutely delighted.
43:25We could have never have done this on our own.
43:28Really pleased for Jackie, Alan and Timmy.
43:31They did really well.
43:32We didn't get the car away today and the expensive artwork.
43:35It's fine.
43:35Another day it'll go.
43:36But overall, some good results.
43:39So, really, really pleased.
43:40It was a quirky, fun job to do.
44:02We'll see you next time.
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