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The Yorkshire Auction House S0 Episode 20 Engsub
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00:01The Moors are alive with the sound of money.
00:04£1,300 it is. Anybody in the room?
00:06Just 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!
00:27..of his talented team...
00:29I think it's in need of a bit of a tune.
00:32..he's taking on even more jam-packed homes.
00:35There's a lot, isn't there?
00:36..finding priceless treasures...
00:38Oh, my word. It's a box of gold. This is fantastic.
00:42..fascinating curios...
00:43How heavy is it?
00:44Not too bad.
00:47..cherished collections...
00:48End of an era?
00:49Oh.
00:50Didn't really expect to get emotional then.
00:52No.
00:52..and family heirlooms.
00:54Could that go to auction?
00:56That could go.
00:56Oh, you've made my day. Thank you very much.
00:58..then using his knowledge and expertise...
01:01..what the highest orders of gallantry there is.
01:03..and his gift of the gavel...
01:06..at 1,550.
01:08You look tempted, sir. You do.
01:10..he delivers a fantastic...
01:12..2,000 pounds.
01:15..cash...
01:15..all done at 4,000.
01:17..and...
01:17Ooh!
01:20..bonanza.
01:20I like it when it goes up like that.
01:32I think I love them.
01:33I think I love them on you.
01:35Not with the outfit.
01:36No.
01:37I don't want to damage the soul.
01:38Speaking of what's good for the soul,
01:41today, Angus is off on a bit of a pilgrimage.
01:44Right, Jack, I'm really excited today.
01:46It is a very long drive.
01:49We're going to Alton.
01:50Yeah.
01:51Not Alton Towers.
01:53Alton Abbey.
01:54Oh, nice.
01:55Yes, much better than Alton Towers.
01:57The Hampshire village of Beech is home
01:59to the Anglican Benedictine monastery, Alton Abbey.
02:02We're waiting to meet Angus, our Abbot Giles...
02:05I think it's Rebro.
02:07..and his younger sister, Lizzie.
02:09I'd rather like it.
02:11You can't have it.
02:12I'm not asking you for it, dear.
02:16We're in North Hampshire
02:18and the monastery has been here for 130 years.
02:23In 1895, we bought this property
02:28and the building which we're sitting at the moment,
02:31which is the Abbey Church,
02:32the foundation stone was set in 1905.
02:39This brings back lots of memories, doesn't it?
02:42When her brother became Abbot in 1990,
02:45Alton Abbey became an important part of Lizzie's life too.
02:49The girls' christening, mum's funeral.
02:52Yes.
02:53Your installation is Abbot and your blessing.
02:56That was a very special day too.
02:59And the whole church absolutely crammed with people.
03:03Yes, most of whom I didn't know.
03:06When I first came, they were about 18.
03:08The teens, the older monks,
03:12eventually went to their eternal rest.
03:15And we got down eventually to five,
03:18some of whom are now very sick people.
03:22And we don't know how long the Lord is going to allow them to remain.
03:27Sadly, we've closed our house,
03:30but we live in hopes that somebody will pick up our lifestyle
03:35and live it perhaps in a different way.
03:39Most of the monks have now moved into residential care,
03:43and Abbot Giles is staying with his sister Lizzie.
03:46The property is now hopefully sold,
03:50and my role is to try and disperse the goods that are here.
03:56I contacted Angus, because in a vast building like this,
04:01we have a lot of furniture,
04:03and it needs someone with a real knowledge.
04:07There could be some really interesting pieces there.
04:10There'll be bits that are getting sent to other churches
04:12and things like that.
04:13So it's not a case of every piece to go.
04:16There's certain things that I won't allow at Seoul.
04:20They're being donated in various places.
04:24We've been open to giving things away
04:26rather than making a bomb out of anything.
04:30All the same, maybe Angus can make some dynamite finds today.
04:36Right, I'll find a way in and go find them.
04:38I'll have a little look around.
04:39You're loving this, aren't you?
04:46Hello.
04:47Morning.
04:48Abbot Giles.
04:49Hi.
04:49Lizzie.
04:50Do come in.
04:51Thank you very much.
04:54It is peaceful, isn't it?
04:55It is.
04:58So this is your quarters?
05:01I came into these quarters 30 years ago.
05:03You've been here for over 60.
05:0560.
05:06That's quite incredible.
05:07It is.
05:07So what's the situation now?
05:09The monastery is closed,
05:11and the five monks are all dispersed now
05:14to residents where they can be looked after.
05:17And I suppose that's been a very tough decision.
05:20It hasn't been easy, but your monastery is your habit, not the building.
05:26Yes.
05:26Our hope is that you will be able to raise some money to help support the monks.
05:32I shall do my best.
05:35And I suppose bits all over.
05:38Yes.
05:38Let's fry her up the engines then and have a look around.
05:42So we have this bench.
05:44My community believe this went on the Mayflower of America.
05:49The Mayflower was a ship that transported a group of families known as the Pilgrims to America in 1620,
05:55where they founded the Plymouth Colony.
05:58Among them was Stephen Hopkins, a suspected ancestor of Reverend Charles Plomer Hopkins,
06:04who founded Alton Abbey in 1895.
06:07Our founder, when he came to this country, this was brought back to England.
06:12The Mayflower set sail in 1620.
06:15These arms here sort of feel a bit later.
06:18Yes.
06:19But that could have been that it's been restored at some point.
06:22Yes, I'm sceptical about the whole thing.
06:24I think there is a story then.
06:25We can certainly say, by repute, relates to the family of.
06:31It's a nice link to the founder of the community.
06:34Absolutely.
06:34Everything has a story.
06:36Even if it's made up in monks' idle times.
06:41That style of furniture isn't as popular as it used to be, sadly.
06:45If you take the story away, you know, it's in the low hundreds,
06:48but the story might just capture a few imaginations.
06:51Right, well, I'd best go find Jack and leave us to it.
06:57This is an incredible job, you know, an actual Abbey.
07:01I really feel for Abbott Giles.
07:03This has been his whole life, 60 years he's been here.
07:07The mission for myself and Jack today is extracting as many items as possible,
07:11get a full van load and raise as much as we can
07:14to help support those monks in their final years.
07:18Jack, you're going to love it.
07:20Big job.
07:20There is a library.
07:22Just look at his little face.
07:24While Jack skips off to his happy place.
07:27Why don't you check out the chapter house, Angus?
07:30That's the name for the room used for official meetings in the monastery.
07:33These are the sorts of things we'd expect to find in a place like this.
07:38Huge, massive floor standing Victorian candlesticks.
07:41If you take these off, these have been made to put smaller candlesticks on.
07:44But actually, these would have housed huge, massive altar candles that would have sat on this spike.
07:49More and more places, sadly, like this Abbey, are being decommissioned.
07:53A lot of them now have become homes.
07:55So actually, if you bought a chapel like this, a pair of these, you know, either by a fireplace or
08:01something like that,
08:02there's a nice feature piece that just gives that little heritage touch back.
08:06That's where the market is.
08:08I think as a pair, maybe two to four hundred.
08:10There is a market for them, but it is a bit niche.
08:13Hopefully not too niche.
08:15Get them loaded and then let's see how our saintly scholar Jack is getting on in the library.
08:22Jack in his natural environment.
08:24Exactly.
08:25That's quite nice, isn't it?
08:26Which library wouldn't be complete without a revolving bookcase?
08:29This style of bookcase was popularised by Ohio-born inventor John Danner in 1876,
08:34who patented a design with a central post revolving on a cast iron bearing.
08:40They were really popular in the Edwardian period.
08:42It's a freestanding piece of furniture that actually houses a lot.
08:46It's got its faults, there's a bit of freeze off there, splitting top and mahogany, but it's very faded.
08:52It's been in the sunlight.
08:53That sort of Edwardian office look has come really back in.
08:57I think because of the damage, though, sort of one to two hundred.
09:02Really good nick.
09:03It could be four to six hundred, but it's been well used and loved.
09:08And there's plenty more furniture to get loading, from chests, benches and pews to...
09:14This is the Abbot's chair. It is the most uncomfortable chair in the Abbey.
09:18And how many years have you sat in that?
09:20Every day for 30 years.
09:24Sit tight, Abbot Giles. It's comfy chairs from here on in.
09:32This is Our Lady, who is Mary, Mother of Jesus.
09:36This is what we call a polychrome figure.
09:39Now polychrome basically means many-coloured.
09:42It goes right back to the ancient Egyptians, and it was a way of bringing items to life.
09:48So it was a carved wood figure, and then they used these natural pigments and colours to paint them.
09:53Quite often gold leaf to really bring them out.
09:57Roughly a hundred years old, give or take a little bit.
09:59And it's nice. It's had some knocks and cracks.
10:02There's a charm about that.
10:03So that's not the end of the world.
10:05Maybe two to four hundred.
10:07Let's just pray it gets an immaculate reception on sale day.
10:11With dozens of pieces of furniture and religious items loaded...
10:15Right, Jack.
10:19..it's almost time for the boys to head back to base.
10:22The van's quite full. I don't think we could get much more on.
10:25You managed to get that crucifix off the wall.
10:28We did, yes.
10:29My word.
10:30We were going to put it in the front with Jack, but...
10:32I thought of it as a hood ornament. It would be quite good.
10:35Thank you so much.
10:37Yeah, it's all right.
10:39How are you feeling now? Kind of makes it feel a bit real now, I suppose.
10:42Yes, it does really. Yeah.
10:43Seeing the spaces in the house.
10:46To actually know that it's going to be taken by someone who will do their best to find a new
10:52home,
10:52is actually wonderful for us.
10:54Well, we'll hit the road and we'll see you up in Yorkshire.
10:58Thank you very much.
10:59Thank you very much.
11:00I'm looking forward to auction day.
11:03I thought meeting Anglis was great.
11:05I liked his approach. I enjoyed the experience.
11:09Don't tell him that.
11:12Well, what a day.
11:14We've got the best van load that we could.
11:16And we've got some really interesting, lovely items.
11:20But some of it is quite traditional, which the market's against at the moment.
11:25So there's a few challenges, I think, on auction day.
11:28But you know what? There's some also great pieces.
11:32It might take a leap of faith, but Abba Giles and the rest of the monks are counting on you
11:37to succeed, Angus.
11:38You know what to do.
11:55Hello, Millie. Hi, Jack.
11:57What have you got for me?
11:58I've got partial contents of an abbey.
12:00Ooh.
12:01And lucky Millie gets to help unload it all.
12:04For example, you can tell we've been to an abbey.
12:08You've brought back a crucifix.
12:10Yeah, it's quite a heavy piece.
12:11This bronze study of Christ most likely dates from the early 20th century
12:16and is mounted on an ebonised or chemically darkened wooden cross.
12:21It's a nice crucifix, that.
12:22This and everything else will need to be researched and catalogued before auction day in two weeks' time.
12:34I mean, it's absolutely fascinating from Alton Abbey.
12:38It is the Lubeck altarpiece.
12:40Not the original, it's a copy of...
12:43Painted by artist Hans Memling for the altar at Lubeck Cathedral in northern Germany in 1491.
12:49The original work features a triptych of three centre panels
12:53showing the passion, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
12:57Foldable outer-wing panels depict several saints, including St Giles and St John the Baptist.
13:03These are lithographs and lithographs is a type of print that was developed in the late 18th century.
13:10It's got lovely colourful pictures on these lithographs
13:13and the fact that it all folds into a cabinet makes it quite an interesting piece.
13:17The overall condition's okay. We're probably looking about sort of one to two hundred on this.
13:25Hi Millie. Hello.
13:26What are you doing, cataloguing your piece of furniture?
13:29I just thought I'd give it a go.
13:30Millie's specialisms are fashion and ceramics, but it's good to branch out,
13:34in this case into the oak chair of Abbott Giles.
13:37It is what we would broadly term a wainscot chair.
13:41A wainscot was originally a high-quality oak board used in wall panelling.
13:46In the early 17th century, the term was also used to describe panel-backed oak chairs.
13:52Church furniture, generally oak, because that's what was most plentiful.
13:56It's very, very hard-wearing as well.
13:58And it would be expected to last for a long time.
14:01This carving is obviously very uniform.
14:03Yeah.
14:03You don't think this is pan-carved?
14:05No.
14:05I'd be 99% certain that that was machine-carved.
14:08Yeah.
14:08Very typical in the Victorian era.
14:10They would over-carve everything to make it look a bit, you know,
14:12it became ye olde chair because they associated the carving with earlier centuries.
14:17But it's a nice-looking thing.
14:19Where did you pitch it, value-wise?
14:21I put 150 to 250 on it.
14:23I just think it is a really nice example of, like, a Victorian chair.
14:27It is a statement, so I think it should do pretty well.
14:37Excited about today?
14:38Yes.
14:38To see what can happen?
14:39It's been really nice.
14:41Yes.
14:41Abbott Chas and Lizzie have braved the Yorkshire weather
14:44to see their things go under the gavel.
14:46Oh!
14:47Mayflower Bench.
14:48Yes.
14:50And the crucifix.
14:52Yes.
14:54Such of Our Lady.
14:57Yes.
14:58She's rather beautiful.
15:00Oh!
15:01The triptip.
15:03St Giles.
15:05Yes.
15:05And there's more...
15:08...looms further, I think.
15:11Morning!
15:12Morning, Anger!
15:13This is wonderful, isn't it?
15:14I personally did not know that St Giles and the others were here.
15:18Because when it was displayed at the Abbey, it was this bit that was on display.
15:22And it's lovely, because it's St Giles.
15:25How about Giles?
15:26Striking resemblance.
15:28Watch it.
15:29LAUGHTER
15:31Any particular bits that sort of jump out for you?
15:34There's one or two things.
15:35That was your chair, wasn't it?
15:37It was, yes.
15:39You found it uncomfortable.
15:40Uncomfortable.
15:41Uncomfortable.
15:41Because you sat on it.
15:43Yeah.
15:43Well, we won't tell them that when we're selling it, OK?
15:47We'll just tell them it's a beautiful chair.
15:49Yeah.
15:50Well, I'll get ready for the sale.
15:52Yes.
15:52I'll see you up on the rostrum and we'll see what we can do.
15:55Thank you very much.
15:56Do you know what?
15:56I really hope we do well today.
15:58Some wonderful items, but they're also very traditional.
16:01And the market for that's not great.
16:03So, we'll see how it pans out today.
16:04I'm hoping people want a bit of that history for Moulton Abbey.
16:08So, fingers crossed.
16:10Give us a hand.
16:12And hopefully, we'll have a good day.
16:14It feels strange to be here and see things that I've known in place at the Abbey for over 60
16:21years.
16:22It's difficult to put it into words, really.
16:26Because so much of the furniture has been with me for such a long time.
16:30Some of it I've liked and some of it I haven't.
16:35Your dreaded chair and the 40 other lots from the Abbey will hopefully soon be just a memory, Abbott Giles.
16:42Auction clerks Jasper and Heather are standing by to oversee today's online bids.
16:47Now, as Angus takes to his rostrum, we can begin.
16:51Happy.
16:53Right.
16:54We start this wonderful collection, all from Alton Abbey.
16:58First up, it's the 19th century floor standing ecclesiastical brass candlesticks.
17:03Look at these.
17:04These are superb.
17:07We're at 100, 110, 120, 130.
17:09And I've got...
17:11Everyone's putting their hands up.
17:13We'll just let it calm down.
17:14I'll come to the room.
17:15190, 200, 210, 20, 220 in the room at 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270.
17:24Another room bidder is there now.
17:26280, 290, 300, 320, 340, 360, 380, 400, 420.
17:33Room bidder at 420.
17:34You're out on line.
17:35The gavel's up.
17:36The candlesticks with two candles.
17:39Well, you know, they're not cheap now.
17:41440, see?
17:42At 440, 460, 460, 460.
17:46At 460 it is, then at 460.
17:48Gavel's up at 460.
17:51Angus is burning bright today.
17:55460, 69.
17:56Thank God.
17:56Let's see if he can keep it up with Abbott Giles' Victorian Wayne Scott chair.
18:01The Abbott's chair.
18:02That's the one there.
18:04Beautiful piece there.
18:05Out the abbey there.
18:06While I've been talking, bids have been racing off.
18:08We're up to 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 320.
18:21At 320 it is, then we're all done at 320.
18:27Sold to the room bidder and comfortably over its estimate.
18:32Well done, Angus.
18:33Sticking with furniture, it's the 17th century oak bench that might have been on the Mayflower.
18:40There was a bit of gossip in the abbey, wasn't there, about this?
18:44Very tangible, possible Mayflower loot.
18:47I go straight at 120, 130, 150, a bit at 150, 160, 170, 180, 190.
18:52Round it up, 200 on line.
18:54At 210, thank you madam, at 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 300, 320, 340, 360.
19:07At 360 it is, then final call, we're all done for the bench.
19:10At 360.
19:13Gossip or not, that's a decent price.
19:15Brilliant.
19:17That's good.
19:17Coming up, the early 20th century carved wooden polychrome statue of Mary with the infant Jesus.
19:24We start at 150 pounds, 160, 70, 80, 90, 2, 10, 20, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 300, 320,
19:36340, 360, 380, 400.
19:40At 400 pounds, 420 is back in.
19:44440, 450, 460 bid, thank you.
19:47At 460, back of the room, at 460.
19:52Another monumental purchase for the gentleman at the back.
19:56Very good.
19:57Over the next half hour, Angus puts 36 more lots under the gavel, including...
20:02At 130.
20:04The Edwardian revolving bookcase and...
20:07At 540.
20:10The bronze study of Jesus on an ebonised wooden cross.
20:15That's enough to take on board.
20:17Yes, it is.
20:19But it's good.
20:20Lizzie seems to be taking all this harder than Abbot Giles.
20:23But there's just one lot to go.
20:25The lithograph copy of the Lubeck Cathedral altarpiece.
20:29There it is.
20:30The trip ticket all folds out.
20:32There we go.
20:32Wonderful.
20:33Lots of interest in this.
20:34We'll start at 300, 320, 340, 360, 400, 420, 440, 460, 480, 500, 520, 560 it is now.
20:43580, thank you.
20:44600, thank you.
20:45640, 660, 680, 700, 720, 740, 760, 780.
20:51800 pounds.
20:53At 800 it is then.
20:54At 800 pounds.
20:55We're all done.
20:56At 800 pounds.
20:59Sold to a bidder in Oxfordshire.
21:01Amazing.
21:03Yes.
21:03Oh, we're finished.
21:05There we go.
21:05Finished.
21:06With the treasures of Alton Abbey off to new owners,
21:10how much money has Angus made the Abbot and his monks
21:13for their much needed rainy day fund?
21:29Yes, it's done very well.
21:31Hello.
21:32Hello.
21:33How was that?
21:35All right?
21:35Lovely, yes.
21:36Yes.
21:37I'm pleased there was lots of interest.
21:39I think what was raised on the statue of Our Lady, which is one I never liked.
21:44Oh.
21:46Sorry.
21:48Well, I think Our Lady's been looking after you today.
21:51Yeah.
21:52Absolutely has.
21:53All's forgiven.
21:54I shall answer for it in due time.
21:56Oh.
21:57And I suppose the altarpiece.
21:58That was amazing.
21:59Yeah.
22:00Yeah.
22:00I mean, it moved me to tears.
22:02I suppose you'd like to know what's to come back?
22:05Yes.
22:06After fees, you got £5,159.
22:10Wow.
22:10That's amazing.
22:11Thank you so much.
22:13Well, it's been an absolute pleasure.
22:14We've enjoyed it.
22:15Thank you very much.
22:17It was breathtaking because for so long one walks past things and the house and knew they
22:26were there because I'm taking the notice of them very much.
22:29I am amazed and very touched at how much we have raised and the fact that so many people
22:38value and want these things and they will be cared for.
22:42I'm delighted that things are well.
22:44These items are going to live on and actually, Alton Abbey is living on really through these
22:49objects.
22:49Such a happy chappy, the Abbot.
22:52Always chuckling away to himself.
22:53So, I think we've done him proud.
23:04There she is.
23:08It's Charlotte's last day at the auction house.
23:13And you.
23:14I miss you so much.
23:15Because she's leaving the team for pastures new.
23:19I just want to say thank you for your last six years and wish you all the best for your
23:23studies.
23:23I've made cake.
23:25Oh, Joe, thank you.
23:27Oh, I'm going to miss you all so much.
23:29We'll miss you too, Charlotte.
23:31Should we all have some cake then?
23:32Yep, yep.
23:33Go on.
23:38Well, Nick, we've got a bit of a drive ahead of us, but I think it could be quite an
23:45interesting
23:45job.
23:46Best part of the job.
23:47Where are we going?
23:49Well, Northamptonshire.
23:50A little village near Toaster.
23:53The boys have a three and a half hour drive ahead of them to the pretty village of Braddon.
23:58I love that photo as well.
23:59I love that photo.
24:00The way he's looking at you.
24:01Yeah.
24:02I wonder what he's seeing.
24:02Where they'll be meeting Margaret and her daughter, Emma, at the home Margaret shared
24:08with her husband, Den.
24:10We moved into this barn in 1983.
24:13Den was a builder and it was all his life's ambition to convert a barn.
24:19He was a very active man.
24:21He raced vintage motorbikes and race cars.
24:24I did a skydive with him for his 70th birthday.
24:28He was an adrenaline junkie.
24:29He was.
24:30He went car booting a lot.
24:32He's a big collector with many interests.
24:35It was incredible how he found things.
24:38He'd come in here at night thinking he's doing his office work and he's fiddling with
24:43some little toy he's found that wasn't quite right.
24:46And he'd be quite happy in his own little world in here playing.
24:50Four years ago, Den received a life-changing health diagnosis.
24:55Den had always been a very healthy man.
24:58He then developed Parkinson's.
25:02It devastated him.
25:04He'd been such an active man throughout his life.
25:07To see him then become somebody that didn't have that mobility anymore was really hard.
25:13It was after Christmas he got poorly with a chest infection and he spent his last 13 weeks in hospital.
25:19I miss him dreadfully.
25:21But in some ways there's a relief there that he's not suffering.
25:25Because he was suffering and it wasn't my old Den.
25:32Since Den passed away, the family have been worried about what to do with his collections.
25:37There is stuff ranging from dinky cars, aeroplanes all over the ceilings.
25:45Every drawer you open is full of more toys.
25:49I don't know where to start.
25:51I don't know how much everything's worth.
25:54So I contacted Angus to see if he could help me.
25:58You know, Margaret's at the stage where, you know, what do I do with all these things?
26:03But I think just really wants Dennis' collection to go to people that are going to love it like you
26:08do.
26:09I'm over 80 now and I don't want to leave it for the children to sort out.
26:13I don't think it's fair on them.
26:16I desperately need help.
26:18Right, here we are.
26:30Morning.
26:31Hi, Angus. Nice to see you.
26:32And you.
26:33I've brought Nick down with me.
26:34Hi, Nick.
26:34Hello, nice to meet you.
26:35This is Emma.
26:36Hi, you all right?
26:37Would you like to come in?
26:38Lovely, thank you.
26:44Oh, it's a wonderful looking village.
26:46It's great to be down here.
26:48It is.
26:48It's a nice community here.
26:50How is it that we can help?
26:52Dan was a collector.
26:55And that's putting it mildly.
26:57He was always finding something somewhere that needed mending and he could mend it.
27:01There's one thing particularly I want to show you.
27:04Well, yeah, well, Nick, do you want to start on the bits in here?
27:05Yeah, wonderful.
27:06I'm going to leave you to it.
27:07OK, thank you.
27:10Come through this way, Angus.
27:12Oh, my word.
27:13I mean, this is an Aladdin's den, isn't it?
27:15Where's it gone?
27:15Here it is.
27:16The den did tell me about it, but I've forgotten how to open it in that.
27:20OK.
27:21Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908.
27:26This exhibition was a large public fair celebrating UK-French relations that attracted 8 million visitors.
27:34Its purpose-built white exhibition buildings gave their name to the area of London known as White City.
27:42I should imagine it was a souvenir from the exhibition.
27:45I think so.
27:45It's a pipe.
27:46You'd have a little mouthpiece on there.
27:47So it's a bit of fun in the form of a champagne bottle.
27:51But...
27:52Oh, look.
27:53Oh, look at that.
27:54It's a little glass bead in the end.
27:56And we have a picture of the exhibition.
27:59It's what we call a Stanhope.
28:00Invented by Lord Charles Stanhope in the 1800s, the Stanhope lens was a cylindrical piece of glass used as a
28:08microscope.
28:09It was later adapted for use in miniature form to view tiny photographs in novelty souvenir items.
28:15Over a hundred years on and it's still there in all its glory.
28:18The Stanhope pipe will go in a group lot with some other vintage items.
28:22So it's pretty much a few bits in the house, but these two rooms you want clearing.
28:26Yeah.
28:26Right.
28:27We've got some work to do.
28:28Lead me to it and we'll set to.
28:30I'll save the wine for later.
28:32Dennis sounded like a remarkable chap.
28:35Parkinson's is a cruel disease.
28:36My dad had it.
28:38I think really for Margaret and Emma, it's about moving Dennis' collection on to people like him that are going
28:44to love it.
28:45There's a lot of work to do and lots of packing up to do, but a fascinating job.
28:49Good thing you brought toy specialist Nick along, Angus.
28:52I just hope you packed lots of boxes.
28:55Guys, everywhere you look there's just drawers full even.
28:58Chest drawers and...
29:02Ah!
29:03OK, I wasn't expecting that.
29:05You know, we're in this room full of models,
29:08automobilia,
29:09and then randomly we have a lovely case of silver cruet set.
29:13A cruet set is a collection of small containers
29:16for holding condiments like salt, pepper, vinegar and saucers.
29:19We have the lion on the hallmarks that tells us it's silver.
29:22The Q means it's 1915.
29:25And we've got the makers marked there, which was for Alexander Clark and Co.
29:30It's almost like a double set because you've got four pepperettes, four salts and two mustards.
29:37There are a few dings and conditions not fantastic, but there will always be a base level in value because
29:43of the silver.
29:44So we're probably looking at one to two hundred as a case set.
29:49Hopefully this little set cuts the mustard on sale day.
29:53Oh, Nick, I thought I'd find you in here.
29:55Oh, yeah, yeah.
29:56And I don't think I had a taste for the vintage...
29:58Submarines?
29:59Yeah, Sutcliffe Toys, the Underwonder.
30:02What a name.
30:02This is from the 1950s and it's a little clockwork submarine.
30:05So, I mean, these were designed to go in the water, weren't they?
30:08And paddle around.
30:09Play with them in the bath as a kid and so on.
30:11And they were a British company, weren't they?
30:13Yeah, yeah.
30:14They were mostly known for their boats, sadly now defunct.
30:17These are a little bit more interesting.
30:19A company called Harold Flory.
30:21They were basically air powered.
30:23You'd have a squeezy little...
30:26Oh, okay.
30:27And there'll be a little rubber line attached to the mechanism.
30:30The air propelled it.
30:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:32The mechanism missing from this and there's no boxes.
30:34But actually, you know, clean that up, that'll look quite nice.
30:37The three submarines will be lotted up with some small scale cast metal ship models
30:42to try and make some waves at auction.
30:45But right now...
30:47What's that?
30:49Oh, I was gonna say, it's a bit far.
30:51The boys have hundreds more planes, trains, automobiles and other vehicles to deal with.
30:57From a large 1930s-era London transport bus
31:00to Den's collection of over 50 toy motorbikes.
31:04His favourite was motorbikes.
31:07He'd come back from a car boot and he said,
31:09look what I've found today comes out of his pocket.
31:11He was over the moon with it.
31:13Den's beloved bikes will be sold in a group lot
31:16to try and get the best prize for the collection.
31:18If we did do well at the auction, Emma and I might make New York.
31:22We've just always said we fancy New York at Christmas.
31:26Come on then, Angus.
31:27Anything left in those cabinets to help pay for some flights?
31:31Actually, some of the cabinets in their own right are very saleable.
31:33These two in particular would have started off as shop counter display cabinets.
31:38Sort of Edwardian period, sort of early 20th century.
31:41Now, the ones that sell really well are the branded ones for somebody like Cadbury's Chocolate, for example.
31:46They're great if they've got branding on.
31:48These ones haven't, but they're still lovely, lovely display cabinets.
31:52And, you know, they add a bit of character and charm.
31:54The cabinets will be split into one lot of three small ones, and a two-shelf countertop display cabinet will
32:01be sold separately.
32:03After a final hour of sweeping the home, and with the last few boxes on the van...
32:09Right, Nick. I think we're all done. That was the last bit.
32:11OK.
32:13Right, come on through. Thank you, Kim.
32:15Oh, my God.
32:16We haven't emptied it, emptied it, but we've...
32:19I think we've made a good impression on it.
32:21Pretty big impact. Yeah.
32:23I didn't realise how big the room was.
32:25It looked a tiny room before, but it doesn't now.
32:28I don't remember it this empty at all.
32:31And I just hope it all goes to a nice home, and I hope he approves.
32:35Well, I'll hopefully do it throughout.
32:37Well, I'll hit the road. I'll see you on auction day.
32:39Brilliant. Thank you very much.
32:42A couple of times I saw something going out, and I thought,
32:45oh, I remember that.
32:47I felt a bit emotional seeing his room, his office, so empty.
32:52But, again, I think we've got to be sensible about it,
32:54and just know that we've done the right thing.
32:58You know, I know Margaret's been prepared for this, but it will be tough,
33:01you know, seeing that full room that was him is now gone.
33:06So we want to do a great job to return tickets to New York.
33:10That might be a bit of a push, but we'll see.
33:13Margaret and Emma have a big appetite for the Big Apple,
33:16so it's going to be crunch time on auction day, Angus.
33:39All right, Nick. All right, Jack. You going to give us a hand?
33:41Yeah, sure. What have we got today?
33:42Quite a lot.
33:45Oh, my God, there is quite a lot, isn't there?
33:47There sure is, Jack.
33:49So best hop to it and get all of Den's things unloaded.
33:52Here we go, Nick. Let's talk about that.
33:55Yeah, hands on.
33:56Indeed, Nick.
33:58Margaret bought this cheeky pewter-plated sculpture as a present for Den.
34:02It's by Bromley-based company, Compulsion Gallery,
34:05and is entitled Riley Kiley.
34:08It's quite a good design.
34:10Don't fall behind schedule, lads.
34:12There's hundreds of items to catalogue before sale day.
34:22Hello, Nick.
34:23Hello, Mark. Got a little job here.
34:25It's just a nice little collection of model aeroplanes.
34:27They've got little petrol engines.
34:28Most of them are tethered racers.
34:29You'd tie them to a post, you'd put a big post in the ground,
34:32and they would literally just go round and round and round.
34:35Wooden, probably kit built to plans and so on.
34:39During the 1950s and 60s, it was a popular little hobby.
34:42Nice mosquito there.
34:44This is actually a really big tethered one.
34:45What's quite nice about this?
34:46It's all wood, like the real thing.
34:48It was known as the wooden wonder.
34:50The de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft
34:54introduced during World War II.
34:56Its airframe was mostly made of wood,
34:58making it lighter, faster and quicker to build
35:01at a time when aluminium was in short supply.
35:04So what about value then, Nick?
35:06Condition is a real issue with these,
35:07but then some of them do have some real age.
35:09So I've kept them all as one lot.
35:11They'll appeal to, you know, aviation enthusiasts,
35:14model enthusiasts.
35:16Nice little lot.
35:17Good little lot.
35:27Oh, wow.
35:29Gosh.
35:29Will they stop?
35:30God, Dad would have loved to have had a look round all this.
35:33Wouldn't he?
35:35These are our cabinets then, I think.
35:37Yeah.
35:37They look different now.
35:38I never knew he had that.
35:40Morning.
35:41How are we feeling about the auction?
35:45Hesitant.
35:46Hesitant.
35:46Hesitant.
35:46Yeah.
35:47Anxious.
35:48I just don't know how it's going to go.
35:51I think we'll be all right.
35:52Don't worry.
35:52It'll be okay.
35:53One thing...
35:54You're looking for the ladies.
35:56Have you had much interest in that?
35:58Maybe a little bit.
35:59Oh.
36:01Well, I'll let you have a look round.
36:02I'll get ready for the sale and I'll see you up on the rostrum.
36:04Okay.
36:05Thanks, Angus.
36:07Some great items, some great collectibles.
36:09We've got really good vintage toys.
36:12A real interesting mix.
36:13I think we should be able to raise quite a sum today.
36:15The silver, I bought that in Petticoat Lane.
36:19Gosh, when you were about this high, I think.
36:21That's cute, that is.
36:23They were the days of having dinner parties
36:25and I thought that was lovely.
36:26Yeah.
36:28Looking round here, it's a bit nostalgic.
36:31The end of an era, really.
36:33Looking forward to the auction.
36:34You haven't been to one?
36:35No, never been to one.
36:37So, yeah, quite keen to get it going.
36:40Let's get to it then.
36:42Auction clerks Millie and Heather are poised to oversee
36:45the internet bids for the 77 lots going under the hammer today.
36:49Is this it?
36:50Once Angus is ready...
36:52Are we all good?
36:53..we can start the auction.
36:54Oh, we're on.
36:55First up, it's the 1930s-era London Transport double-decker model bus.
37:01Look at that.
37:02That's wonderful, isn't it?
37:03We're at £180, £180, £190, £190, £190, £200.
37:07Round it up for me.
37:08It's £210, £220, thank you, in the room.
37:10The room comes to play now at £220 in the room.
37:12£230 and £40.
37:13£240 and £60, sir.
37:16£260, £270.
37:18I'm going to sell the bus at £270, £280.
37:22Back in on the room, the room.
37:23£290.
37:25Might as well round it up.
37:26£300 and beard in the room.
37:28£320.
37:30£320.
37:30£320.
37:31Carry on.
37:33£340, £360, £380.
37:35He's in trouble with the wife.
37:37£400, £400 bid.
37:40No, he down, he down.
37:42No, £400.
37:43Into that bid at £400.
37:45All aboard at £400.
37:47Well over its estimate, the bus is bound for a bidder in Epping.
37:51£400, thank you.
37:52Ooh, that was a surprise.
37:53Pleased to be there.
37:55And next to depart is the planes.
37:58The large-scale model aircraft there, there we go,
38:00including the Mosquito B Mark IV.
38:03That's the one there.
38:03Great lot.
38:0442, 5, 8, 55.
38:0555, 60, is it now?
38:07At 55, it is then at 55, bound them.
38:09We're all under the Mosquito at 55.
38:12Hmm, the planes didn't really take off.
38:1555, 50.
38:16That's not bad.
38:17That's not bad.
38:18But maybe the lot of over 50 of Den's model motorbikes
38:21can put some tiger in the tank.
38:24We're racing away at 100, 180, 220, 240, 250, 260,
38:29270, 280, 290, 300, 320, 340, 360 pounds, 380 and...
38:35400, 400, 420, 420 a bid at 420, it is.
38:38460 and...
38:3980, round it up for me.
38:43Please.
38:44500 and bid at 500, thank you.
38:45Yay.
38:46520, thank you.
38:47At 520, we're all done for the lot at 520.
38:51Now we're really up to speed.
38:54Oh, well done.
38:55And after zipping his way through 15 more lots of model vehicles...
39:00At 50 pounds.
39:02..including the Sutcliffe Underwanda and Harald Flory submarines,
39:07along with 13 small-scale ship models...
39:12That was good.
39:14Angus moves on to the Edwardian countertop display cabinet.
39:18Lovely thing is that.
39:20130, 140, 150, 60, 70, 80, 90, 200, 210.
39:27210 it is then at 220, 230.
39:29At 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290.
39:36290.
39:37290 the cabinet at 290.
39:39290 gavels up.
39:41What a fantastic display.
39:43That's a pleasant surprise.
39:45Yeah.
39:45Ooh.
39:46And after smashing the estimate for Den's three smaller shop display cases...
39:51At 160.
39:54Brilliant.
39:55Thank you very much.
39:57Angus has something of Margaret's to sell.
40:00Silver, double cruet set there.
40:01I've got loads of bids.
40:02The first one starts at 170.
40:04Then we go 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260.
40:09260 for the cased silver cruet sets at 260.
40:12All done gavels up at 260.
40:15Angus did say these were worth their salt.
40:18That is...
40:19That's good.
40:20Over the next hour, Angus puts another 55 lots under his gavel, including...
40:26At 90.
40:28A collection of 20 car badges and plaques and...
40:32At 100 pounds.
40:34The 1908 Franco-British exhibition Stanhope Pie, plus a mixed lot of antique items.
40:42That's good.
40:43Yeah.
40:44Finally, bringing up the rear, is the pewter-plated sculpture by Compulsion Gallery.
40:49Oh, the lot you've been waiting for.
40:51It is the, erm...
40:57The Wiley-Kiley.
40:59We've got 100 pounds only bid.
41:00100 pound I bid at 100...
41:02110.
41:03Oh, 110.
41:04Oh, yes, sir.
41:04120.
41:05120.
41:06120.
41:06140.
41:08150.
41:08160.
41:09170.
41:10180.
41:11190.
41:12200.
41:1320.
41:13240.
41:14260.
41:15280.
41:16300.
41:17320.
41:18I don't like to look back.
41:19160.
41:19400.
41:20420.
41:21440.
41:22460.
41:23The two gentlemen in the room seem desperate to get their hands on that sculpture and it's
41:28sending the total sky high.
41:301,000.
41:3150.
41:321,100.
41:331,150 and a divorce.
41:351,200.
41:361,200.
41:371,250.
41:391,300.
41:401,350.
41:411,450.
41:431,450.
41:441,450.
41:461,450.
41:461,450.
41:471,550.
41:481,600.
41:501,600 pounds it is for the most expensive bottom in Britain.
41:561,600 pounds.
41:58Surprisingly, just two gentlemen bidding on this.
42:001,600 for you all done.
42:03Selling at 1,600.
42:06The gentleman at the back has won the booty.
42:09Oh, my goodness me.
42:11Thank you, whoever it was.
42:13It was a lovely piece of art, yes.
42:15That was your last lot, by the way.
42:17With everything sold, it's time to find out how much Angus has raised for that holiday fund.
42:23Will it be New York, New York, or just plain old York?
42:27Hello.
42:28Hello.
42:28How are you?
42:30Wow.
42:31What a surprise.
42:32Was that good?
42:33Yeah.
42:33It was excellent.
42:35You know when you said you were nervous, and I said, don't worry.
42:38Yeah.
42:38You knew.
42:39Did you know Kylie was going to be good at that?
42:41I knew there was a couple of people that wanted it.
42:46I didn't necessarily know it was going to go that crazy.
42:48And the bus?
42:49Yes.
42:49To be fair, mate, all the sort of toilets were really strong, weren't they?
42:53Yeah.
42:53Thank you very much.
42:54No, no, you are very welcome.
42:55It's a wonderful job to do.
42:56After fees, you'll be taking home 5,494 pounds.
43:00You're joking.
43:01Wow.
43:02No.
43:02Short of 5,500.
43:04Oh, that's incredible.
43:05Oh.
43:05I thought we were going to make about 2,000 at a push.
43:08And thank good old Kylie.
43:10Yes.
43:10Definitely.
43:11It's been an excellent day.
43:13Successful.
43:14Yes.
43:15Carried out Dad's wishes.
43:17Hopefully, we might get to go to New York.
43:19It would be nice if we could go in his honour.
43:21Such a good result.
43:22Yeah.
43:23Yeah.
43:23Good day all round.
43:24Well, that was brilliant.
43:26Really good, proper collectibles.
43:28And, you know, that's what the market wants.
43:31I think there was a few big shocks in there.
43:33A cheeky little surprise.
43:35So, a good, good job.
43:36Good sale with great results.
43:38And you can't ask for more than that.
44:00Yeah.casualb
44:02We'll see
44:02you later. I'll see
44:03You
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