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The Derbyshire Auction House - Season 3 Episode 5 - Matchstick Men Surprise
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00:00The Derbyshire Auction House is back!
00:03£7,000 has been!
00:06Irita Marriott, now in her third year of business...
00:09So far, it's been rather good!
00:11...with her trusty team of porters...
00:13What little treasure trove we've got in here!
00:15...and valuers...
00:16Do you ever think about anything else but furniture?
00:19Nope!
00:20...is being called out to even bigger jobs!
00:23This is insane!
00:24...the word is out...
00:25Calling Andy a nige!
00:27...she's the one who delivers the big bucks...
00:30£1,500 to £2,000...
00:32That's amazing!
00:34...leaving no stone unturned...
00:35Gosh, that's a big loft!
00:38...she hunts down treasures...
00:40...18 karat gold...
00:43...heirlooms...
00:43Have you ever seen those paintings?
00:45No, never!
00:46...and phenomenal finds...
00:48Pele!
00:49I think we're gonna score with this one!
00:51Is this the great tree in robbery?
00:53Yes!
00:54...to sell at auction...
00:55£2,000 is big!
00:57No!
00:58Making her cherished clients...
01:00£3,000...
01:02Oh, you are kidding me!
01:03Oh, my God!
01:04...life-changing...
01:05I'm losing track to Valmont!
01:08...sums of cash...
01:09£6,900!
01:12What?!
01:13Whoa!
01:25Andy, did you not get a memo?
01:28Like, I was ready to dig my scarf out this morning...
01:31...and you got t-shirt and shorts.
01:34What is that?
01:35Manliness, Irita.
01:37Pure, unadulterated manliness.
01:39I'm gonna warm up quickly enough.
01:41Are you planning on working really hard?
01:44I can always get warm up!
01:45You always work really hard!
01:46In-house strongmen Andy and Nige are accompanying Irita...
01:50...to the Norfolk village of Mundford.
01:53We're going to a little thatch cottage...
01:56...to see Andy and Liz...
01:58...whose auntie lived there.
02:03There's a lovely one of Val here.
02:05What, at her mid-twenties there?
02:08Auntie Val lived here with her partner Barbara...
02:11...and their best friend Mary.
02:13Mary first bought the cottage back in the early sixties.
02:16But because she, Val and Bar were great friends...
02:19...they all ended up living here together.
02:21They were almost like one collective person...
02:24...because they were always together...
02:25...for 60 plus years.
02:28Mary passed away about 20 years ago.
02:31Bar died sadly a few years ago...
02:34...followed by Val.
02:36We have three lifetimes of belongings...
02:40...all within this one building.
02:42But we can't keep it all ourselves.
02:45There's just too much.
02:47Before she passed away...
02:49...Val was always apologising...
02:50...for the amount of things she was leaving to us.
02:52It means a lot to us to make sure...
02:54...that we are doing the right thing with all of them.
02:58Here we go.
02:59It's over there.
02:59Wow, wow.
03:00Isn't that reasonable?
03:05Make some space.
03:06I'll be back in two.
03:13Oh, hello!
03:13Hi, Rita.
03:14Nice to meet you.
03:15Lovely to meet you.
03:16Come on in out the rain.
03:18Oh my goodness, I have to say...
03:21...what an amazing house.
03:24It is, but it needs to be lived in...
03:26...and obviously we've got our own lives...
03:28...with our own children in different places.
03:30It's not something that we can keep, unfortunately.
03:32Where should we start?
03:33Maybe start with her jewellery.
03:35I'm happy with that.
03:36I'll let you go and do that.
03:37I've got some packing to do over there.
03:38Okay, okay.
03:39Great.
03:39Go on, you lead the way, Liz.
03:42Isn't this beautiful?
03:46This is the majority of Val Merian Bar's jewellery.
03:50Wow.
03:51I mean, there's so much of it.
03:53There are boxes everywhere.
03:55I look.
03:56Do you know what that is?
03:57Is it an opal, maybe?
03:58No, it's a moonstone.
04:00Oh, okay.
04:01Look how beautiful it looks.
04:03Mmm.
04:03It has that stunning iridescence to it.
04:07Moonstone's unearthly glow is created by light passing...
04:11...between alternating layers of crystalline minerals.
04:14It's a semi-precious stone, often from Sri Lanka or India.
04:19In ancient times, it was believed that if you put it in your mouth...
04:23...when it was full moon, that you could see the future.
04:26Oh, okay.
04:27I've just spotted that.
04:30You can tell it's handmade.
04:32Beautifully set with three moonstones.
04:36It's a brooch in the arts and crafts style set in silver.
04:39Would they all have been made around the same time?
04:42So, that would have been 1905, 1910.
04:46That, I think, is earlier.
04:48Late 1800s, early 1900s.
04:51Oh, okay.
04:52The necklace, we are going to put 50 to 100.
04:55Wow.
04:56Val's brooch will join four others in a mixed lot with a 30 to 50 pounds estimate.
05:02Thank you, Mainstones.
05:04Are you all right for me to have a rummage and see what I can find?
05:08Definitely.
05:09Yeah? I'm going to find you later.
05:10Okay, thank you.
05:11Thank you, Liz.
05:13I've had amazing taste when it comes to jewellery.
05:16I'm going to pack all of this up and I can't wait to get back to Derbyshire and see what
05:23I can uncover.
05:23There could be thousands of pounds worth here.
05:27A dazzling start.
05:28Oh, my goodness.
05:30There's a lot of stuff in this 18th century cottage.
05:34Cupboard full of silver.
05:36And to me, some of it looks pretty valuable.
05:38That house is an auctioneer's dream.
05:41Every single corner you turn, there's something new and exciting.
05:46From jewellery to silver to ceramics, from English to Asian.
05:51Anything and everything is in there.
05:54There's even an outhouse heaving with things.
05:57Actually, there's a right mix in here.
05:59That thing comes.
06:00Those four chairs can come.
06:02Yes.
06:03With the lads tasked, Irita can hunt.
06:11Oh, look at these.
06:13Now, when it comes to Japanese culture, netskis are a classic.
06:19It was used as a practical piece between 1600s to mid-1800s, known as Edo period in Japan.
06:30Kimonos have no pockets, so external purses were secured to a sash by a cord looped through a hole in
06:37the netsuke.
06:39Over the years, they became a little bit of a wealth and statement symbol.
06:44Because the richer you were, the better one you had.
06:48And the material that we have here is Japanese boxwood, also known as tsuge.
06:54The detail is absolutely amazing.
06:58Look at this bunny.
06:59We have 11 of them all together.
07:01And what I'm going to do is split them into different lots.
07:04Irita will make four lots out of the netsuke, including one of four 20th century animal-themed ones.
07:11That will get the interest of the collectors going.
07:14Well done, Aunty Val.
07:16All these belong to her, a woman who accomplished phenomenal amounts in her life.
07:21She was the first chief executive of Childline, which since its inception in 1986 has helped over 4.5 million
07:29children.
07:31Val received an OBE in 1999, and to have all that amazing work acknowledged in such an amazing award, it
07:37was wonderful.
07:38In 2001, Aunty Val OBE became Baroness Howarth of Breckland.
07:44As a peer of the realm, she sat in the House of Lords.
07:47She was a huge advocate for civil partnerships.
07:52And she and Bar managed to get their civil partnership together.
07:56They were a perfect pair and loved each other very, very much.
08:03Another bit of furniture.
08:07There are some lovely garden ornaments.
08:13Gosh, they are hefty.
08:16Really, really good quality made cast iron pots.
08:21These are Georgian-style campana or bell-shaped urns.
08:26And the bonus is that there's a pair.
08:29I have no doubt that there is a house in Melbourne or in surrounding areas that will absolutely love them.
08:36There are eight more chunky garden lots to load up.
08:40Put this just down by the tailgate.
08:42Yeah.
08:44Told you they were incredibly manly.
08:46Andy, Andy.
08:48Ah.
08:50That's stone, you should be careful.
08:52And over the next five hours.
08:54Those can come.
08:55Then the little dust.
08:57Irita, Andy and Nige earn their tea.
09:01All this, all that, everything that's on there.
09:04On there, all down that side.
09:06Exploring every recess of Val, Barbara's and Mary's former home.
09:11Oh, you've got all of these to look through.
09:14Filling the van nicely.
09:16Filling the van nicely.
09:18There's just time for one last scan.
09:21Oh, more things.
09:24It's a little bit unusual.
09:26Hello, what have you found, Irita?
09:29It's rather lovely.
09:30This is early 1800s Scottish made wine bottle.
09:36It is classic in the shape and the colour of the ones made in Alloa glasswork factory in Scotland.
09:45Alloa glasswork sits on the River Forth, 35 miles northeast of Glasgow and still produces glass.
09:52It was opened in 1750 by Lady Frances Erskine.
09:57And what she did different than any other glass maker in UK was that she went to Bohemia and brought
10:05back glass makers to teach the locals how to do it.
10:10Bohemia, present day Czechia, was the world's leading glass maker at the time.
10:15What is really nice about this particular bottle is the inscription, Janet Snadden, 1863.
10:23There are many Snaddens in Alloa's historical records, but one, Janet, was likely born in 1863.
10:30It may be a christening gift.
10:32I'm going to put that in sale with an estimate of £40 to £80.
10:36But how lovely is that?
10:38Get it on the van then.
10:40Oh my gosh, that's heavy.
10:42And as day turns into night...
10:45Are you cool? Yep.
10:47...we are done.
10:53All right then, guys, come on in.
10:56Oh my gosh, look how big the room is.
10:59Sorry.
11:01Oh, Liz, are you okay?
11:04It's just strange to see it not here anymore.
11:07It's never been empty like this.
11:08It's good that it's actually all going to be going to places that it needs to go to.
11:13Yeah.
11:14And I think Val Bar and Mary would have all wanted that.
11:16I will leave you to take it all in.
11:19And I'm going to see you in Derbyshire.
11:20Yes.
11:21See you in Derbyshire.
11:22Bye.
11:25Poor Liz.
11:26It must be emotional.
11:28But I have a feeling once everything is unpacked back in Melbourne,
11:32her and Andy are going to be facing quite a windfall.
11:48Next day, the team wastes no time processing their bounty.
11:53The auction's in three weeks.
11:55We've got some photo albums.
11:58These photographs are like time machines really.
12:00This is actually the wedding of Gertie and Lionel.
12:05Lieutenant Colonel Lionel Ford, who died in 1926, was the father of Val's best friend, Mary.
12:12There are five albums of period photos in total.
12:16These are actually from the days of the British Raj, when the British ruled and administered India.
12:21The Raj comes from a Hindu word meaning governments or reign.
12:24Britain's East India Company started colonising parts of India from 1757.
12:30It expanded its influence over the next hundred years.
12:34In 1858, rule passed to the British crown,
12:38who then directly or indirectly ruled the whole country until 1947.
12:43What we have to remember is, people just didn't go over here for six months.
12:47They were out there for 10, 15 years at a time.
12:49They embraced the culture.
12:51They embraced the way of life.
12:52They embraced the way people dressed.
12:54I absolutely love this collection,
12:56and I'm sure somebody else will find it just as fascinating as me.
12:59Putting it all in one lot, we're talking £60 to £100.
13:03I think this will take off quite well.
13:11Irita's Valuer Sarah looks engrossed.
13:15I'm just starting to catalogue this lovely little object.
13:18It's made of silver and enamel and it's a clown with a lasso on the back of a galloping horse.
13:26It's been made by the Cerini factory from Arezzo in Italy.
13:30That was set up by a gentleman called Pietro Cerini in the 1970s.
13:36Arezzo in Tuscany is known as the City of Gold, and for good reason.
13:42Locals claim their metalworking heritage dates back to the 6th century BCE.
13:47Many centuries later, the city's artisans were famed for their hand craftsmanship
13:52and favoured by Renaissance popes.
13:56This whimsical clown is late 20th century.
14:00Very, very popular for collectors.
14:02I'm putting a pre-auction estimate of £80 to £120,
14:06and I think it should do really well.
14:09There are a dozen more stunning silver lots, including 15 mostly Georgian spoons and tongs,
14:17a solid silver Birmingham-made dog show trophy from 1924,
14:22and the pick of the bunch, a Victorian hot water jug with ebonised handle.
14:32This is a pair case pocket watch.
14:35So called because it protects the movement from dust and damage by not one, but two cases.
14:41These pair case pocket watches were most popular in 17th and 18th century.
14:47This one dates from the Georgian era.
14:49That's a long period, covering 1714 to 1830,
14:54but the first watches date to the early 16th century
14:57when they were chunky, oval-shaped and hung around the neck.
15:01In the 1660s, waistcoat-loving dandy Charles II demanded a slimmer design
15:07that wouldn't give him unsightly bulges.
15:10The pocket watch was born.
15:13On the inside of the movement, it says Proctor Dublin.
15:18However, there is no information that we could find about it.
15:23But that is not necessarily a bad thing,
15:26because it could be a company that produced very, very limited amount of it,
15:33which makes this even more desirable.
15:37It is in not working condition.
15:39It just needs loving care and a good service,
15:43and you might be able to get it going again.
15:46Because of the condition, we have gone in with an estimate of 100 to 150 pounds.
15:51I am going to place it in the window and hope that a local collector might spot it too.
16:06IRITA HOLDS HER AUCTIONS
16:08IRITA HOLDS HER AUCTIONS NEAR HER OFFICE IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
16:10A COMMUNITY HUB SINCE 2012.
16:13Here we go.
16:14Excellent.
16:16So we've got...
16:17I believe they call that Madeira?
16:20It's up to Andy and Nige to get the sailroom ship-shape.
16:24How are you feeling about it?
16:26Oh, I think it's going to be an emotional day.
16:28Emotional.
16:29Yeah, I'm excited about it though.
16:30Yeah, exciting, yeah.
16:31And you, Irita?
16:33Excited too?
16:34This was one of the biggest clearances we have ever undertaken.
16:39The house was beautiful and so were the items.
16:42So I really, really want to do them justice today.
16:46There are 181 lots.
16:49That's two and a half hours of solid auctioneering.
16:53Nick and Agita have over 2,000 internet bidders to corral.
16:58And Claire is lining up the telephone bidders.
17:01So, if everyone is settled...
17:03Andy, Liz, you ready?
17:05Yeah.
17:05Yeah?
17:06Yeah.
17:06Break a leg, everyone.
17:08First up.
17:09A pair of Georgian-style cast iron urns on pedestals.
17:1480 pounds.
17:1580 we have.
17:1685, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150 new bidder.
17:21160, 170, 180 back in.
17:23200 pounds is bid. 220?
17:25I know that face.
17:27220 in the room we have.
17:29Is there 240?
17:30One of Irita's porters, David, must be doing some landscaping.
17:34240 new bidder.
17:36240 pounds is bid.
17:38And he's out.
17:39The gavel's raised.
17:40240 and selling.
17:43Gosh.
17:44That's something that we didn't even know was there.
17:46Up next.
17:47It's the strange bottle that we knew nothing about.
17:50This is classic Victorian Scottish art.
17:53Well, guess what?
17:55We have gone straight in at 150 pounds.
17:58Wow.
17:58160.
17:59New bidder.
18:00Fair warning and selling at 160.
18:02Well, that was a bottle rocket of a sale.
18:06That's amazing.
18:08Now for Val's best pal, Mary's family memories of India.
18:13Five photograph albums with all sorts in there.
18:1760 pounds, please.
18:1960 pounds is bid.
18:21Poor Liz.
18:22It's bound to be emotional seeing some of these things go.
18:2565, 70, 75, 75, 80, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110.
18:32110.
18:33Fair warning and selling at 110.
18:36A good price though, Liz.
18:38Wow.
18:39Happy with that?
18:40Over the next 90 minutes, Irita gets through the bulk of the sale.
18:45170 lots including.
18:48Or selling at 50.
18:49The four animal style net suitcase.
18:52700 pounds.
18:53Fair warning, the gavel's raised.
18:55A beautiful 18th century Chinese porcelain vessel.
18:59Fair warning and selling at 1,050.
19:03And a nine carat full sovereign pendant and chain.
19:08I never thought they'd make that much money.
19:11Riding into the limelight.
19:13We have a late 20th century Italian silver and enamel clown.
19:17Clown.
19:17Clown on a horse.
19:18Probably the most random thing I've ever seen in my life.
19:2180 pounds.
19:2280 pounds is bid.
19:2385, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170.
19:28170.
19:29Fair warning and selling.
19:30A 170.
19:33It's an acquired taste but somebody loved it.
19:36And with precious metals recently hitting prices never before seen,
19:40the remaining silver lots outstrip their estimates.
19:44Including.
19:46340 pounds.
19:48Fair warning.
19:49The 15 spoons and tongs.
19:52All done and selling at 410.
19:54The solid silver 1924 dog trophy.
19:57510 pounds.
20:00Going, going.
20:01And the Victorian hot water jug.
20:05Wow.
20:07Now, who's pining for the moon stone necklace?
20:12I love this.
20:15Absolutely love moonstones.
20:17I can start at 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170 with me on the book.
20:25Wow.
20:25Are we all done?
20:27170 and selling?
20:29Out of this world.
20:31That's good.
20:33I'm really pleased about that.
20:35And there's plenty more to be chuffed about.
20:37In just 20 minutes, Irita ploughs through 48 more jewellery lots.
20:42Like...
20:4365 and selling.
20:44The moonstone brooch in a mixed set.
20:48I definitely didn't expect that.
20:50Absolutely everything has sold so far.
20:53Will the last lot do the same?
20:55An absolutely amazing Procter Dublin pair case booker watch.
21:01We have interest from China, from Ireland, from UK.
21:05We have put an estimate of 100 to 150 pounds.
21:08I can go straight in at 200 pounds on the books.
21:12220, 240, 260, 280, 300, 320, 340, 380.
21:23480, 500, 480 pounds has it on the phone.
21:29500, 550, 600, 650.
21:32650, 700 pounds is bid online.
21:35Bid me 800, 800 is bid.
21:38850, 900.
21:40Bid me 900 pounds, 900, 950.
21:43Round it up online.
21:451,000 pounds is bid.
21:471,100 is bid.
21:49Is there 1,200 pounds?
21:501,200, 1,300.
21:52They're backing up 1,400.
21:54Wow.
21:55Once it's gone, it's gone.
21:57The time's ticking.
21:581,400 pounds.
22:01Going, going.
22:03Sold at 1,400.
22:05Amazing.
22:07Almost ten times its estimate.
22:09What do you say to that, guys?
22:11Unbelievable.
22:14Breathe.
22:16Right, go outside, get some fresh air and I'll see you there.
22:20Let's go.
22:20It's been a great auction.
22:22Now for the best bit.
22:24How much have Liz and Andy made?
22:26I suspect this will be a biggie.
22:35I didn't even think it was real.
22:37I was just sitting there.
22:38Surreal experience.
22:39Totally surreal experience.
22:41Hello, you two.
22:43You survived.
22:44Just about.
22:46We did not expect anything like that at all.
22:49The fact that everything went.
22:50100% of it.
22:52I don't think we have actually ever done that.
22:55No way.
22:56Everything about this job was just a joy.
23:00It really, really was.
23:02How do you think we did?
23:03One of the things we do want to do is remember our Aunty Val through a memorial with friends,
23:09family, professional colleagues that she'd worked with.
23:12So having enough to cover that would be a real bonus.
23:14Well, after all the fees and commission, you guys are taking home £20,501.
23:24No way.
23:25Seriously.
23:26£20,501.
23:30Wow.
23:32Okay.
23:33Processing.
23:35Gosh, my heart's absolutely racing.
23:37Well, enjoy it.
23:40Have an amazing party.
23:43Thank you so much.
23:46Surreal, excited.
23:47It's going to be something I'll remember forever.
23:49All three of our aunts led amazing, interesting lives.
23:53They deserved to have an amazing auction and I think that that's what we got.
23:59Aunty Val deserves her life to be celebrated and with £20,000, they can definitely do that now.
24:18Do you like my claw?
24:20Your claw.
24:21Ah, the claw and the claw.
24:23I tried to be a superhero yesterday and I don't think it really worked out for me.
24:29I don't think it did, did it?
24:31No.
24:32Handy that, eh, Nige?
24:33No heavy lifting for Irita today.
24:37We're going to see Paul and his two daughters today.
24:40Yep.
24:41And they are basically clearing out things that they have been holding onto for way too long.
24:46I can't even get rid of an old shirt.
24:48You still got your army boots in the wardrobe.
24:51Irita's enlisted Nige for today's job on the South Lancashire coast.
24:56The variety is quite wide.
24:57Okay.
24:57Everything from ceramics to jewellery to paintings and a few little bits of military interests.
25:04So, you know, there might be something that tickles your fancy, Nigel.
25:08Hey, I would like a bit of military.
25:10Holding the fort in the town of Lytham St. Anne's...
25:14Have we got any champagne to go with these glasses?
25:16...is Paul, who's being visited by daughters Laura and Lana.
25:21We keep saying every year we will do them. This is the year.
25:26Sounds like plans are afoot.
25:28We moved four and a half years ago from a large house.
25:31And ever since then we've had things packed away that we don't know where they are.
25:36We try to get to the point where we do something with them.
25:40It's just not happened. It's time for them to move on.
25:43You've waited quite a while.
25:45There's a story attached to every item.
25:48I think that's why Mum finds it, in particular, quite hard to say goodbye to these things.
25:53Mum's sorrow is down in Devon, babysitting Laura's boys.
25:57I don't think Mum would have been able, emotionally, to deal with it.
26:01Lana lives in London, but parts of her are forever Lancashire.
26:06Mum and Dad always keep a little room in the attic for me when I do come home.
26:10But it's just full of antiques.
26:12Can't really spread out.
26:13I just want my bedroom back.
26:16So everyone's ready to turn the page.
26:18Let's do this, Irita.
26:20Come on then, Nige.
26:23Grab those boxes, Nige, and let's get cracking.
26:31Hello, Paul.
26:32Would you like to come in?
26:33Yes, please.
26:36Irita, my daughters.
26:38Hello.
26:38Hi.
26:39Nice to meet you.
26:40I believe it was actually you two that asked me to come and help.
26:44Is that correct?
26:45Begged.
26:46Begged, okay.
26:48Right.
26:48Well, where are the items?
26:50My bedroom.
26:51Can we start that?
26:52Yes.
26:52Start from the top.
26:53Perfect.
26:54We'll catch up with you later.
26:55All right.
26:57Off we come.
26:59Oh my God.
27:01Yeah, welcome to my bedroom.
27:02I can see exactly why you wanted to start here.
27:05Yes.
27:05Is there anything up here that you actually like?
27:08The royal dolls and ladies.
27:10Oh.
27:11They were my nanas.
27:12And I used to think of little stories for them when I was growing up.
27:15Where the beauty comes in them is every tiniest detail is hand painted.
27:19Yeah, she's got a little blush.
27:20Yeah.
27:21And every single one has its personality.
27:25Yeah.
27:26If you look at that one, it has the rag doll, which is the name of that particular model,
27:31and it has an HN number.
27:33HN stands for Harry Nixon, a general artist who joined Dalton's Stoke-on-Trent factory as a talented teenager in
27:421900.
27:43He became head of the figure painting department, working there until 1950.
27:49So this was to make sure that every single one of these figures were able to be dated.
27:55Look, HN 2142, so made in 1953.
28:00There are over 4,000 Harry Nixon numbers.
28:03These date Lana's dolls to the 1950s and 60s.
28:08We're going to group them all together.
28:10OK.
28:10And put an estimate of 30 to 50 pounds.
28:12OK.
28:13Are you OK for me to have a little rummage and see what else I can find?
28:17I'm very happy for you to do that.
28:18I'll come and find you later.
28:22Now, there has been one thing that I've been eyeing up since I got up here, and that is this.
28:28Just look at that.
28:31The curves.
28:33As a coat ruck, you can instantly tell the era that this was made, which is early 1900s,
28:39because you have the little spaces for the coats on the bottom, but then you've got this big swoosh on
28:47the top,
28:48which was made for the hats.
28:50I'm going to put it in auction with an estimate of 20 to 40 pounds.
28:54I love it.
29:00Nige?
29:01What have we got?
29:02All of these boxes can go.
29:04Are you all right with the crack on with them?
29:06Yeah, we can sort that.
29:06Yeah?
29:07OK.
29:07I'll leave you to it.
29:14Just look at that colour.
29:16Sometimes you pick up something and it just screams the era that it was made in.
29:22This is Colton Ware.
29:24In 1960s and 70s, they gained massive interest through making money boxes.
29:31They had a huge range from a clown to a policeman to little ponies.
29:38Just joyful.
29:40Carlton was established in Stoke-on-Trent in 1890.
29:43In the swinging 60s, influenced by Scandinavian potters, their designers focused on fun and affordable giftware.
29:52The value would be about 20 to 30 pounds.
29:56I really like that.
29:58Groovy.
30:00Hey, Nige.
30:01Why has the packing stopped?
30:04We have some medals.
30:05Had to be.
30:06Initially, I thought these were Masonic.
30:10Looking further into it, they belong to another organisation called the RAOB, which is the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalo.
30:19If you're referring to something as antediluvian, it means really old.
30:23Not that old.
30:25The Buffaloes, or Buffs, were founded in 1822 by stagehands in London's Theatreland.
30:31They were peeved because they weren't allowed to socialise with actors.
30:35So they created their own club.
30:38And new franchises called Lodgers spread around the world as the British Empire expanded.
30:44Today's Buffs fundraise for charity.
30:47Some of these go back to the 1930s and 1950s.
30:51We've also got a couple here, with Primo written on there.
30:57Now, Primo is one of their ranks.
31:01If the RAOB was the army, a Primo would be equivalent to, say, Captain.
31:06He's the lodge leader.
31:08This was manufactured for the RAOB by Jewelry Works in Birmingham,
31:14so that the person in the Buffs could keep his medals nice and clean in that box.
31:19The ten silver and base metal fobs and badges were left to Sarah by her parents.
31:24But she has no clue who they originally belonged to.
31:27It could command quite a good price at auction.
31:30Anything between £40 to £60.
31:32More cash for the kitty, eh, Paul?
31:35Any money raised will go towards a trip to Yosemite.
31:39It's a place that my wife's parents worked in the 60s.
31:43It's somewhere she's always wanted to visit, so hopefully we can all go as a family.
31:49Yikes, Irita!
31:51A family holiday to Yosemite National Park in California
31:54is really going to clobber the old bank account.
31:58I am not done as yet.
32:00Well, that's a relief.
32:01Over the next two and a half hours, Irita digs.
32:05A lot of bar-related items.
32:08And Nige lugs and loads.
32:10Here you go. Thank you.
32:11In this box is a 1960s Subutio set.
32:15The finger footy game created in 1946 by ex-RAF man Peter Adolph.
32:21He was a bird watcher too.
32:23Subutio is the Latin name for a falcon,
32:26whose speed and attack he likened to a soccer striker.
32:30Oh, my God, this is heavy.
32:33Somebody else might enjoy that and get it running.
32:36Nige finds some wrapped-up prints to be investigated back in Melbourne.
32:40These are nice.
32:42Very nice.
32:43Beep, beep!
32:44Come in, Nige! Come in, Nige!
32:47Oh, no, I think that's the last one.
32:49Finally, the job is done.
32:55Right then, guys, come on in.
32:57Look at that, there's even room for you to stand.
33:01Amazing, amazing.
33:03How are we feeling, thinking the next stage is auction?
33:06Excited.
33:07Excited about that.
33:08Be there and see how everything performs.
33:10I'm going to say bye on that note.
33:12Oh.
33:12Thank you so much.
33:13Enjoy your space.
33:15And I'm going to see you in Derbyshire.
33:16Yeah.
33:17Okay.
33:17Brilliant.
33:19We'll see you soon.
33:19Bye.
33:20Bye.
33:21Yay!
33:21Yay!
33:23I have my bedroom back.
33:25Yay.
33:25Hooray.
33:26So that's really good news.
33:27I can finally spread out with my own things when I come home.
33:32So I'm happy.
33:33We did take a fair amount of boxes out of their house.
33:36We might struggle getting them all the way to Yosemite.
33:42Fiddlesticks.
33:43There's plenty more in this hall you haven't seen, Irita.
33:46You may find more treasures back at base.
33:56It's been a week since Irita loaded up the loot from Lytham.
34:00Oh, I'm a planter.
34:01This is nice.
34:02And her team are flat out valuing and cataloguing.
34:06Like, what do I say?
34:08I mean, just look at it.
34:10Is that what I think it is?
34:13No need for explanation when you say this name.
34:17Lowry.
34:17Lowry.
34:19Told you, this story has just taken an exciting turn.
34:34Irita's unpacked what looks like quite the find from those prints Nigel found in Paul's loft.
34:40Lowry was born in 1887 in north-west of England.
34:44He worked for 40 years as a rain collector.
34:49And when he got home, he would paint till early hours of the morning.
34:55What we have here is a print.
34:57But he has the original hand signature of the artist.
35:03In 1973, Lowry signed just 650 prints of his 1938 painting of Berwick upon Tweed.
35:11We have estimated this £2,000 to £4,000.
35:15Woohoo!
35:16There will be excitement when this comes up for sale.
35:21I'm going to put this in a window because I absolutely adore it.
35:25It might also make the family's California dreaming come true.
35:39This is a coin I've never seen before.
35:43Norman is Irita's coin guru.
35:45Is that a glint in his eye?
35:48It's the smallest silver coin produced in America.
35:51And it's called the three-cent coin.
35:53You've heard of the dime.
35:55This was the trime.
35:57This coin was introduced in 1851.
35:59They wanted a small denomination coin to match the postage
36:03because the government had reduced the postage stamp from five cents to three cents.
36:09But when the cost of a first-class stamp fell again, from three cents to two,
36:14the trime fell out of use.
36:16This particular coin is from 1852, so it's the second year it was minted.
36:21It'll be the oldest example in a lot of early and mid-20th century US coins,
36:26plus two Mexican one-peso notes withdrawn from circulation in 1973.
36:33I estimate the Lismstown's collection of coins to between 110 and 130 pounds.
36:39And just imagine what stories it could tell.
36:47Hi, Sue.
36:48These are Irita's favourites, so hopefully they'll bring a good look at the auction.
36:52Have a good day.
36:53And you too. Thank you.
36:55While the sale room is readied...
36:57Today's finally the day.
36:59Look who's arrived in Derbyshire.
37:01And what about that Lowry, eh?
37:04I was surprised about the Lowry.
37:05I've had that over 30 years, and it's never actually been on a wall.
37:08I feel ashamed to say it.
37:10Well, I hope it sells well.
37:13How much money are we going to raise for that pot for the trip to Yosemite?
37:17Who knows?
37:18But I am rather hopeful after I discovered that Lowry while cataloguing.
37:24It's just one of 59 lots in today's sale.
37:28Overseeing the online bidders are Nick and Nagita.
37:30But everyone else's eyes are on the gal with a gavel.
37:35You've made it!
37:37Finally!
37:38Right, let's kick off.
37:40The collection of vintage boxed footballers.
37:43£60, please.
37:44£60 is bid.
37:46£65, £70, £75, £80, £85, £90, £95, £100, £110, £120, £130.
37:51Is there £140, please?
37:53What's going on?
37:54£140 in the room.
37:55We have £150, £160, sir.
37:57£160, £170, £170, £180.
37:59£180 has it in the room.
38:01£200, £220.
38:03Come back online at £220.
38:05£220 has it.
38:05£240, sir.
38:06£240 is bid.
38:07Bid me £260, £260, £280.
38:10Round it up online, or I'm going to sell to the room bidder, who looks very excited.
38:15Fair warning and selling a £280.
38:18Did that just happen?
38:19Sold at four times its estimate.
38:22Yay!
38:22First item gone.
38:25Will the bidders go crazy for the trying too?
38:28We got a sorted American coinage.
38:30All sorts in there.
38:32£80.
38:33£80 we have.
38:35£85, £90, £95, £100, £110, £120, £130, £140, £150, £160, £170, £180.
38:40Here we go again.
38:41Round it up online at £200.
38:43Come on online.
38:44Yeah, you can do it.
38:45Come on online.
38:45£200 is bid, is there £220?
38:48£200, fair warning and selling.
38:51At £200.
38:53This is just brilliant.
38:55Money makes money.
38:57Next, the insignia of, let me catch my breath, the Royal Order of Antediluvian buffalos.
39:05Great little lot this is.
39:07£40?
39:08£40, £45, £50, £55, £60, £65, £70, £75, £80, £85, £90, £95, £100.
39:14£110 is bid, do I see £120?
39:17£110?
39:18Fair warning and selling of £110.
39:21Well I'm not surprised anymore.
39:23This is fun.
39:25This auction is going great guns and the next hour is no different as Irita belts through
39:3250 more lots including...
39:34£50, fair warning.
39:36Going, going.
39:37The six hand painted Royal Dalton figurines.
39:41And selling at 30.
39:43And the Edwardian Bentwood coat rack.
39:47Yeah, that's good.
39:49Just two lots left.
39:52First...
39:52A 1960s Carlton wear pottery horse money box.
39:56I think there might be someone in the room who might quite like this.
39:59Mm-hmm.
39:59Irita's assistant Claire is champing at the bit.
40:03£20 please.
40:04£20, £25, £30, £35, £40, £45, £50 do I see.
40:08£50 in the room.
40:09£50 has it.
40:10Is there £55 please?
40:11£55 new bidder.
40:13£60.
40:13Coming up on the outside.
40:15£60, £65, £65, £70, £70, £75, £75 has it.
40:22£80, £80, £85.
40:24Are you sure sir?
40:25£80.
40:26Fair warning.
40:29Claire's the winning owner.
40:30Good result.
40:31That was nice.
40:32Well done.
40:33Now it's the biggie.
40:35The last lot of the day.
40:36Behold, lads and lasses.
40:38The signed Lowry print.
40:40The lot that you very much underestimated.
40:43Yes, very much.
40:44Very good.
40:44But I love it.
40:45In the aisle, Claire has a phone bidder on tenterhooks.
40:49As does her husband, Peter, who's helping out.
40:52Here we go.
40:53I can open with a commission bid at £2,000.
40:56Where do we go from there?
40:58Up.
40:592,000, 2,1, 2,2, 2,3, 2,4, 2,5, 2,6, 2,7, 2,8, 2,9,
41:033,000, 3,1, 3,2, 3,3, 3,4, 3,5, 3,6, 3,7, 3,8, 3,9,
41:084,000 is bid.
41:09That was the top estimate.
41:12For one.
41:12For two.
41:13For three.
41:14For three online.
41:15For four.
41:164,400, the preferences to the phone.
41:19For five.
41:20For six.
41:20For seven.
41:22For seven is bid.
41:23For eight.
41:24Peter's bidder has thrown in the towel.
41:27For eight is bid.
41:29For nine is bid.
41:30Round it up.
41:31Do I see £5,000 is bid online.
41:35Are you okay?
41:36Yeah.
41:37Fine.
41:38New bidder at 5,400, 5,500, 5,600, 5,700.
41:445,700 is bid.
41:455,800 is bid.
41:476,000 is bid.
41:49Is there 6,100?
41:506,100 is bid.
41:516,100 is bid.
41:516,100 is bid.
41:526,100 is bid.
41:536,100 is bid.
41:546,100 is bid.
41:556,100 is bid.
41:556,100 is bid.
41:576,100 is bid.
42:006,100 is bid.
42:027,800 is bid, 6,09.
42:056,900 is bid.
42:107,100, 6,900.
42:121,100 is bid.
42:127,100 we have that is it.
42:167,100.
42:18Going, going, going.
42:21Sold.
42:22Well done.
42:247,100 pounds.
42:277,100.
42:27Yeah.
42:27I'm speechless.
42:28A phone bidder from Litchfield would not let go.
42:32Go gather yourselves, guys.
42:33Well done. Thank you so much.
42:34Have a drink and I'll see you out there.
42:36That Californian getaway just got closer.
42:40But exactly how much has Irita put in the pot?
42:44Hello.
42:45Hello.
42:47Look at those smiles. What can I say?
42:49Well, you're responsible for them.
42:53I mean, the Lowry.
42:54You know, what's sold? Sold.
42:56And you can't beat the Lowry.
42:59No.
42:59Do you have any idea what the total will be then after fees and commission?
43:03No, I couldn't even make a guess.
43:05You're going home with £7,773.
43:11We had no idea. No idea, obviously. So that is amazing.
43:15Fantastic. No, thank you so much.
43:16Fantastic result.
43:17Thank you for letting me sell my first ever Lowry.
43:20Loved it.
43:21Loved it!
43:23Kind of go full circle from our parents collecting these items over the years
43:27to now we'll be able to spend the money on a really lovely trip as a family.
43:31Irita was great.
43:32She brought a lot of energy.
43:33So maybe she could come to Yosemite with us too.
43:35We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
43:37We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
43:39We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
43:41We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
43:42We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
43:43We'll be right back to Yosemite with us.
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