[ Horn honks ] -[ Laughs ] -We’re back on the road in our trusty traveling auction house... -Go, go, go!

-Come on, man!

-...on the hunt for treasures hidden in homes all across Britain.

-Finding value in those overlooked objects... -...Auction supremos Christina Trevanion... -Oh, that’s brilliant.

-...and Izzie Balmer.

-Ta da!

-Transforming has-beens into must haves, restorers JJ Chalmers... -I’m delighted with that.

-...and Robin Johnson.

-Look at that.

Doesn’t she sing?

-Our mission?

-Huh.

-To give those unloved and forgotten gems a new lease of life.

-And make their owners some much-needed money.

-We’ve probably got about £1,500 to £2,000.

-Everything we find... -...and fix... -...will go under the gavel in our traveling saleroom.

-Popping up in the most surprising of places... -...we bring the auction to you.

-I’ve got to start this at £700.

-I can’t believe it.

-At £1,500, sold.

-You know what we say -- have gavel, will travel.

♪♪ Oh, we’re going up the big hill.

Come on, van!

Our little blue chariot is on the road again.

-Whoa!

-Whoo-hoo-hoo!

That was tight, Robin!

-And today we’re in Surrey, winding our way up the leafy lanes of the beautiful Mole Valley.

-I love the sound of the Mole Valley.

-Yeah?

-I’m imagining -- I love moles.

-It’s actually called the Mole Valley because it’s named after the River Mole.

-Is there such a thing as the River Mole?

-The valley, yeah.

It’s a river that digs underground and is blind.

-Yeah.

[ Both laugh ] -Well, geography was never one of my strong points.

-Luckily for Christina, I’m the one navigating today.

We’re on our way to meet husband and wife Peter and Lisa.

-Did you get one there?

-We both play darts.

And Peter played in the Surrey Men’s Super League.

I played in the Ladies Super League.

We both got picked for county, and the rest is history.

-It was love at first sight, yes.

She was very beautiful when she was -- still very -- is very beautiful.

-Now, what a charmer.

The couple married 31 years ago, bought the home of their dreams in Sutton, and raised two children.

But life has a way of intervening.

-My dad had passed away in 2018 when he was -- had Alzheimer’s.

My mum sort of looked after him for the last 7 or 8 years.

She was the sort of person that would run around after him all the time, so it had a big effect on her.

-Struggling by herself, Shirley’s health also started to fail, so Peter and Lisa made the difficult decision to sell their family home in order to move in and look after her.

-We sold our house to do all the building work.

It was such a hard decision to actually leave our family home.

But really, Shirley, in her older years, we wouldn’t have wanted her to be on her own.

We decided that we’d move in, extend the property, and we’d all live together.

-Unfortunately, just five months after their move, Shirley also passed away.

-It’s not easy losing your mum.

I don’t think it’s one of those things that you will ever get over.

-We had a big decision to make, whether we stayed at the property or not.

And seeing how Shirley was so excited, in the end, to get everything done, we thought what we would do is we would honor that, get it all finished.

-The family plunged the proceeds of their own house sale and all their savings into creating a home that Shirley would have been proud of.

-But having consolidated two homes into one, they’ve never quite been able to part with Shirley and Louie's belongings.

-I didn’t want to throw the stuff away.

There’s plenty of memories there.

It’s very important to remember that.

-The things that we got in the loft that people would buy, hopefully, they will be able to enjoy as much as what my mum and dad did.

-Luckily for Lisa and Peter, bringing new life and new homes to old items is what Christina and I live for.

I think it’s really tricky when you inherit a lot of stuff from loved ones, apart from the really sentimental items, it’s hard, you know.

You can’t keep everything forever, can you?

-You’re absolutely right.

They deserve to go to a new home where they’ll be enjoyed once again.

-I think this is the place.

♪♪ -Alright, come on, then.

Off we go.

-Alright ♪♪ -Okay, am I knocking, or are you?

-Okay.

[ Rhythmic knocking ] -Hello!

-Hello.

You must be Lisa and Peter.

-We are.

-Can we come in?

-Yeah, come in.

-Welcome.

-Thank you.

It’s such a lovely day that we’re heading to the back garden for a chat.

Now, I’m a little bit anxious, because just walking through the house, it’s very contemporary, it’s very clean.

I didn’t spot many antiques.

-There’s plenty to find.

-Okay.

-They are put away.

And you will find them in every room you go in.

-Anywhere off-limit?

-Nowhere’s out of bounds?

-Right.

So I’ve got some serious rummaging to do.

[ Laughter ] Magic.

Well, we better make a start.

Where are you gonna start?

-I’m gonna start in the shed.

-Of course.

Right.

-You never know.

Well, I’m gonna start in the house.

-Alright.

-Alright.

See you later.

-See you soon.

-Bye.

-Lisa and Peter uprooted their lives to come and care for his mum when she needed them most, and now it’s our turn to help.

-So whilst Christine is on the hunt for hidden antiques... -The loft!

Found the loft.

Ah!

Okay.

-Robin’s scouring the garden for forgotten gems to bring back to life.

-Typical shed.

Absolutely rammed full of stuff, lawn mowers and whatnot.

But there’s something lovely there -- some sort of cabinet, maybe a drinks cabinet.

Yeah.

Let’s pull that out, have a look.

-Oh, Robin, I’m not sure about that cream outfit in a dusty shed.

-This is a really lovely drinks cabinet.

Beautiful veneer, even inside.

The top is really scratched.

There’s some quite deep scratches and gouges.

Even the veneer's kind of cracked there.

But luckily, it’s definitely savable.

But also pretty heavy.

Thankfully, Peter’s on standby to lend a hand.

Any success indoors, Christina?

-Not yet.

But I found a great spot to start my search.

Oh, you know, I love a loft.

Okay.

I’m not entirely sure...

I think I’ve done the hurdle since school with a loft.

It’s best to start right at the back and then work that way, so you’re working out.

Oh!

It’s an elephant.

♪♪ Ooh.

Okay.

Hello.

-Those are quite cool.

And heavy.

[ Laughs ] I like these.

This looks like it’s a box... of vintage telephones.

I think this is the 700 Series, this one here.

The 700 Series were all the rage in late 1960s and '70s Britain -- a time when the General Post Office had sole responsibility for providing telecommunication services throughout the nation.

My mum used to have one of these by her bed when we were little.

And it used to take you about an hour and a half to dial one of your friends, because you used to have to go, "0 --" think about it -- "8 --" think about it... People love the retro look of these phones, making them forever popular at auction.

Ooh.

That’s nice.

There’s some quite early ones down here, as well.

That’s really nice pyramid-style ones.

Okay.

I’ll split them into two groups -- the 700 Series and the pyramid-style Bakelite phones -- valuing them at £30-£50 and £40-£60.

They do need a bit of a cleanup, but I’m sure Robin won’t mind me calling on him later to lend a hand.

-The money that we raise with the auctioneers, we’re hoping to build an outside kitchen and a patio, like a dining area, so where people can sit down at a table and eat.

-Louis and Shirley’s favorite place was the garden.

Their family barbecues were notorious and a way of bringing everyone together.

-This is very much a family orientated house and garden.

We would like to have a little summer house so that we can play our darts out there, have a little bar, and of course a tiny, little shed for Peter at the back.

-[ Laughs ] -All our savings have gone into building the extension that we was gonna build to look after my mum at the time.

So we sort of need some more money to complete the garden.

-Which means we need to find much more than some old telephones to help them achieve this.

-Fear not, Christina.

I’m on the case and all prepped to get cracking cleaning up this old drinks cabinet.

This and the front are the areas to focus on.

If this looks good and these doors look good, this will be as good as sold.

To make this cabinet shine again, I’m first using some methylated spirits and wire wool to carefully lift off all the lacquer and remove the fine scratches.

The wire wall is acting as an abrasive -- not quite as abrasive as sandpaper.

'Cause what I don’t want to do is actually wear down or remove any of the veneer.

But this is coming up actually really nice now.

♪♪ And that is the wood stripped back, ready to accept now a fresh coat of lacquer.

Okay.

One door down, three more to go.

-And whilst Robin is putting in some good, old elbow grease, I’m searching high in another attic... Ah.

Okay.

...and low in more drawers and cupboards.

Oh, these are interesting.

Chords and some records can be worth quite a lot of money.

The majority, sadly, aren’t.

But we have got some potentially quite interesting records here.

As one lot, these could raise around £10-£20.

with no big-money items yet, though, I’m hoping I might find something more valuable in the bedroom.

Oof.

Okay.

Lots of commemorative coins here.

Okay.

That could be really interesting.

I might take that down.

What’s this?

Coins.

More coins.

What’s in here?

Oh!

I feel like I’m, like, a spy or something.

They have these kind of cases, don’t they?

That’s quite cool.

What’s in here?

Oh, more coins.

More coins.

Commemorative coins.

Ooh!

What a find.

Just call me 007.

Wow!

Loads of coins!

Or perhaps Miss Moneypenny’s more fitting for this item.

They’re all encapsulated in these plastic capsules, as well.

I’m keen to learn more about their history.

So whilst Robin’s hard at it outside, I’m going to chat to Peter.

Pete, I’ve been having a look 'round upstairs.

And there’s this... well, quite extraordinary coin collection that I found.

Whose is it?

Who did it belong to?

-These coins belonged to my dad.

I think he started collecting them way back, like, when Queen Elizabeth got coronations, and it’s just progressed from there.

And he loved them, as well.

That was the thing.

-So, this one has got "Georgius III."

So that’s George III.

And he was on the throne -- when was he on the throne -- 1760 to 1820?

-Blimey.

-So that’s even earlier.

And I think this one is 1802, I think.

So that’s well before Queen Elizabeth was on the throne.

But it’s a real mix, a real collection.

You’ve got commemorative crowns.

You’ve got some gold examples here.

-Yeah.

-Tell me about your dad.

-He’s a lovely man.

He’d help anybody.

Anybody he could, he’d help.

-Peter’s mum and dad were two of the loveliest people you’d like to meet.

My father died at 57.

And then I met Peter, and Louis' been my dad ever since.

There wasn’t anything that he wouldn’t do for me.

I loved him dearly.

I loved them both dearly.

-They lived here for nearly 40 years.

-Did they?

-Yeah.

Just over 40 years, something like that.

-So they spent most of their married life in this house.

-Yeah.

-It's a happy house, happy memories.

-So, yeah, it’s a family home.

-Well, it seems fitting that Louis' coin and sovereign collection is going to help the family he loved so much.

But with so many, I need to research them further.

In the meantime, I think they could be worth between £2,000 and £3,000 -- a lot of coinage towards Peter and Lisa’s kitty, but still a way off what they’ll need to complete their plans for the garden.

So, how are you getting on with that drinks cabinet, Robin?

-It’s hot work out here, but I finished stripping back the wood to bare veneer, and I’m now applying a fresh coat of lacquer.

The trick to spraying anything is to be even and quick, not super fast.

You want to just apply a thin layer across everything nice and evenly with good overlaps, but you don’t want to put too much on.

If you put too much on, you’ll start to get dribbles.

So small, small, gentle, gentle, thin coats.

First things first -- always wear a safety mask to prevent inhaling any toxic chemicals.

Then apply thin coats.

The more you do, the better the finish.

And now I need to wait for it to dry.

-Well, this is cute.

-Meanwhile, I’m still on the hunt for forgotten trinkets or memorabilia with hidden value.

Interesting.

What have we got here?

We’ve got a load of football programs.

So, these are quite early examples from the late '60s and '70s and some 1980s for a little football club you may have heard of called Chelsea.

The Football League started in 1888.

And while they produced programs, they’re not as we know them today.

They were essentially scorecards for the game.

Football programs are very much a collectible field, but they do have to be quite scarce.

And I’ve had a look through the dates on these, and sadly, none of them appear to be particularly scarce programs.

I think there was one example from the 1880s that recently sold for £30,000 at auction.

£30,000 they’re not, sadly.

But a £30-£40 estimate is still a score in my books.

-And outside.

I’m finishing my drinks cabinet.

The lacquer's now dry, and I’ve given the glass a good, old cleanup.

Final piece of the puzzle.

♪♪ Okay.

Lovely.

You know what?

I’m really proud of that.

That looks brilliant.

And I’d be surprised if someone doesn’t pay a pretty penny for that.

-Or at least £20-£30.

-And with one job complete, I’m heading back to the garden in search of my next project.

-Oh, hello.

That looks like a rocking motorbike.

God!

It’s quite heavy.

It’s a lot of red on it.

I wonder what sort of life this has had.

I’ve never seen a rocking-horse motorbike before.

And that is the sort of thing that, you know, I can imagine a grandparent buying for a grandchild to have around their house.

So I think there’s probably a little bit of value in it, but, also, it's an awful lot of fun.

-This rocking motorbike will make a great addition to our auction finds, joining the retro phones, the drinks cabinet, football programs, records, and of course Louis’s stunning coin collection -- part of a lifetime of items collected and treasured by Louis and Shirley.

-Well, Mum and Dad were married for just over 60 years.

They got their telegram from the Queen Elizabeth II and it used to sit on the wall in the hallway.

-So that’s a lot of years to comb through.

And with time running out, I’m leaving no stone unturned or cupboard un-rummaged.

Well, I have found the shoe cupboard and slippers.

Ooh!

Cars.

Hey.

Here we go.

What have we got here?

We’ve got a collection of die-cast and other vehicles from various makers.

We’ve got Corgi, Bburago, Vanguards.

Now, these sorts of things were very collectible.

And while ours are relatively modern, look out for earlier die-cast Dinky and Corgi vehicles, as they still prove popular today.

This market is driven by nostalgia.

You buy a miniature example of your first car, of your parents' car.

It’s quite a buoyant market, but we just need to be careful we price these right.

Love these.

Speaking of vehicles, I know Robin’s keen to get started on his rocking motorbike, but there’s always time for a call from me surely.

Hello.

-Well, you are in my workshop, Christina, so I can’t even pretend to be engaged.

-Buy, buy, buy.

Sell sell, sell.

-You got no signal?

-[ Laughs ] Yeah.

You’re right.

We’re in a dead spot.

[ Laughs ] -Of course.

What’s all this?

-Aren't they cool?!

-Do you remember?

Did you ever have these?

Are you old enough to remember these telephones where you had to dial the numbers?

[ Laughs ] -Yeah.

-They are -- look -- incredibly filthy Bakelite telephones.

-Bakelite?

-Yeah.

-These are GPO telephones.

And GPO used to make a special renovating paste called number five paste that you’d put on to renovate the Bakelite.

Also, you could use it to clean up the contacts within the phone.

So it was like the one paste that fixes everything on your telephone.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-How do you know this stuff?

-I'm a bit of a Bakelite geek.

-Are you?

I mean, they’d look great with a bit of a spruce, wouldn’t they?

-Yeah.

-Can I leave them with you?

Go on, Robin.

You can do it.

I know you can do it.

-I’ll add it to my list of things to do today.

-[ Laughs ] I’ll go and find you a few more things.

-Thanks, Christina.

-[ Laughs ] -Before I get hung up on Christina’s telephones, I want to get started on my rocking motorbike.

I’m using a wire brush, which is great for getting into all the grooves and carvings to get rid of that red paint.

There you go.

Straight away.

That’s taken that red finish off.

And it’s removing some of the gray coloring, as well.

It’s just taking the very top layer of the wood off.

It’s getting into all those tricky crevices.

And with a little bit of oil, it’s gonna look absolutely top-drawer.

And hopefully help find a new family to love it.

Hello, Peter.

-Hi, Robin.

I thought you might like this.

-Oh, mate.

Thank you very much.

It’s hot work out here.

-It’s hot in here in the sun.

Where’d you find that?

-In the garden.

Do you know anything about it?

-I don’t ever remember it seeing it in the garden.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-So, the garden -- this is like the hub for your family in the summer.

And that garden is the space that you sort of tie it all together.

-My first barbecue over here was the very first time I met Peter’s family.

And Shirley was running around, doing all the cooking.

Louis was sitting there, having a drink.

And all the family on both sides.

It was lovely.

Everybody was so welcoming.

-A trait that clearly runs in the family, which is lucky, as I need a bit of help from Peter to finish off this rocking motorbike.

I’m just using the wide brush, going back and forth, kind of with the grain where I can, just to get that red stuff off.

It is taking me ages.

Would you be up for wire brushes?

-Be my pleasure to give you a hand.

Yeah.

Take it out the back, and I’ll give it a go, see what we can do.

-Wonderful.

-Got it?

-Yep.

-I’ll manage this.

-Okay.

-With Peter helping out, it’s all hands on deck.

We need to keep up the searching, fixing, and cleaning if we’re going to make enough cash for our couple.

Ooh!

♪♪ [ Laughs ] Now we’re talking.

What’s this?

Bangles, watches, jewelry.

Ooh!

There’s lots of jewelry in here.

Alright.

Let’s grab this.

I’ve not got enough hands.

Do that.

Do that.

Oh!

[ Laughing ] I've not got enough hands!

[ Laughs ] See that?

Okay.

And for my next trick -- attempting to open that door.

[ Groans ] It’s all in the footwork.

So much jewelry could attract big bids at auction.

But first, I want to take a closer look and check what Lisa’s happy to part with.

Here you go, Christina.

-Ah!

Thank you very much.

What a star.

It’s nice out here, isn’t it?

-It's lovely.

Now, I have been doing some rummaging.

-Yes.

-And I found this jewelry.

Talk to me about this little ring here.

-That one was Shirley’s.

She had it when she was 19.

And I hadn’t ever seen her wear it.

-Really?

-No.

The rings that we’ve kept are the rings that she wore all the time.

And the rest have just been hidden away in her little jewelry box.

-Out of all the rings here, this is actually my favorite.

-Yeah, it is nice.

-You can see that wonderful detailing in the stone there.

-It is pretty.

-Then we’ve got two rather lovely bracelets.

We’ve got one which is in 14-karat, which is diamond set, in both yellow and white gold.

They’re both my bracelets, this one I got from a little charity shop, and that one was a present from my brother.

I think I could pair these with some other bracelets that I’ve spotted to make a couple of lots, which could be worth between £700 and £900.

Lisa’s got quite the collection, but there’s one particular item that sparked my interest.

Where is this from?

I’m not 100% sure where that one’s come from.

-Looking at this stone, there are a couple of things that are just flagging for me just queries on it.

-Yeah.

-Firstly is the setting, which is quite a crude setting.

It’s not marked as gold or platinum, which you would expect it to.

Now everything to me is saying that this could be what we call a moissanite.

Now, a moissanite is possibly the most effective diamond simulant you can get.

It’s very difficult to tell the difference between a moissanite and a diamond, so I need to do a bit more research on that.

So, if it was a diamond, I wouldn’t hesitate to put maybe £300 to $500 on this, maybe a bit more.

-Yeah.

-So, I would suggest we’ve probably got in the region of £1,500 to £2,000 here.

-Perfect.

-And that’s excluding that pendant for now.

-Okay.

That’s lovely.

-It’s a long way to a summer house, isn’t it?

-It is.

[ Both laugh ] -And re-creating those family barbecues that Louis and Shirley loved so much.

I’m delighted that we found such amazing jewelry, but that’s no excuse to ease up.

-We need to raise as much as possible to complete the garden renovations.

Wow.

What a difference that linseed oil has made.

So now that the bike is cleaned and oiled, I’m off to find another project to get my hands on.

Lovely, lovely finish.

Which is proving easier said than done.

Oh, well.

That is definitely more a Christina thing.

♪♪ Why don't we go in here?

Aha!

Nice little nest of tables.

Kind of Chinese, Japanese in their design.

Ah.

They got glass on the nested tables.

That one hasn’t.

Lovely carved detail.

And that one’s got glass on it.

So that tells me that that piece of glass is missing.

Really nice condition otherwise.

-After a good cleanup by Robin, this nest of carved occasional tables could fetch between £25 and £35 at auction.

-Plus, it’s a really simple fix to bring them up to top nick.

First, I need to source some new glass from a local glazier.

Do you deliver?

Oh you do.

Brilliant.

Which leaves me free to clean out all the dirt that’s become ingrained in the carvings without the glass top to protect it.

Because this relief is quite deep.

I’m gonna use quite a fine brush just to try and get the dust out.

And the method I’m using is quite rudimental, really -- get the brush in the little crevices, pull the dust off my finger, brush in, dust off.

Once the table is nice and clean, then comes the fun part -- waxing.

It’s amazing sometimes what a little bit of wax can do to a lovely piece of wooden furniture.

It can just help take out any really light surface scratches.

It soaks in.

It renovates the wood, you know, brings the wood a little bit of shine.

Wax is similar to oil, but not as glossy, and it provides a nice bit of protection for the surface.

The thing with wax is knowing when to stop.

I’ve put it on.

I’ve applied it.

I’ve given it a little buff.

It looks great.

-Meanwhile, I’m making my way to the bottom of the house in the hope of finding one last item for my auction collection.

Ooh.

This looks like clock corner over here.

And we’ve got -- I think they want to keep that, so... That is quite a typical mid-century oak-cased, oak-veneered mantel clock.

What does it say on the dial there?

"Smiths Enfield.

Made in England."

Okay.

Sir Edmund Hillary carried a Smiths wristwatch when he conquered Everest in 1953.

This British brand is often eclipsed by its Swiss contemporaries, but, like those early mountaineers who pushed boundaries, this clock was the cutting-edge technology of its time.

In 1952, the Enfield name went completely, and they just traded under Smiths.

So we can date this to I would suggest between about 1935 and 1950.

Classic 1940s little oak-veneered mantel clock.

For some reason, these have sadly really fallen out of favor at auction at the moment.

These were mass-produced, factory-made clocks.

But nonetheless, I don’t think it’s gonna suit this very contemporary home.

And it would make a nice little lot in the auction.

Which I’d estimate at between £30 and £40.

-Every little helps.

And the glass has arrived for my nest of tables, so they’re now complete.

I’ve even had time to give Christina’s retro telephones a good clean.

I didn’t have any GPO number five to hand, but I found another solution.

A bit of metal polish has brought them up really nicely.

And actually, they look great.

♪♪ -Incredibly, in just one day, we’ve managed to get through two generations and two households' combined possessions.

-Hidden away in drawers and attics, Christina really has unearthed some little gems and precious coins.

-And Robin definitely worked his magic today, particularly on that old racing motorbike, with the help of Peter.

Thank you ever so much for having us.

-Thank you for coming.

It’s been a real pleasure.

-Yeah.

Absolute pleasure.

Shall we go?

-Yeah.

Lets.

-And we will see you at the auction.

-Yeah.

Look forward to it.

-See you soon, guys.

See ya.

-Bye.

♪♪ -What a gorgeous couple.

-There were a lot of fun, weren't they?

-They were.

So sweet.

I wish we could spend longer with them.

-I know.

Well, we might be invited back for a barbecue in the summer.

Who knows?

-Yeah.

That’s very true.

-In their new garden.

-Yeah.

-Now, whose turn is it to buy dinner tonight?

-Uh, it must be yours.

-Is it?

-Must be yours.

-Again?

-Yeah, again.

When was the last time you bought dinner.

-Well, I forgot my purse last time.

-[ Laughs ] You forget your purse every time.

-[ Laughs ] ♪♪ Seven weeks later, and the big day has finally arrived.

The items have been cleared, cataloged, and are ready for sale at today’s auction in Luton.

-Robin, where are you going?

-This way.

Wait!

Robin, there’s a tree!

-I’ve got a special permission.

It’s grand slalom.

-This is not an off-roading van.

-'Course it is.

That’s what I’ve designed for -- driving across fields.

-[ Laughs ] Really?!

-Yeah.

-Oh, right.

Okay.

The barbecue season is fast approaching, so the pressure is on for Peter and Lisa to finish the garden so they can bring the family together again in their age-old tradition.

-Nice garden, isn't it?

-Alright.

And that will probably do us.

-Ah!

Perfect.

-Right about here.

Have you been on this side?

-No.

-Oh, it’s so cool.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Today’s auction is taking place at the Stockwood Discovery Centre, renowned for its beautiful gardens and museum.

Its centerpiece is the incredible George Mossman Collection, with over 50 historical carriages.

Right.

Here she comes.

Oh, she’s still in one piece.

As we set up camp, we’ve got one goal in mind -- to raise as much money as possible for Lisa and Peter.

-It’s been a tough few years, uprooting their lives to care for Peter’s mum Shirley, then losing her so soon after dad Louis.

So there’s a lot riding on today.

Hey, guys.

How you doing?

-Hi, Robin.

-Nice to see you again.

-Do you recognize all of this?

-Yeah.

They look fantastic.

-The phones have come up really well.

-Yeah.

Really nice.

It just goes to show what a little bit of solution and elbow grease.

-Yeah.

They’ve come out really well.

-So, are you feeling good?

How are you feeling about the auction?

-Excited, nervous.

-Yeah?

-Good.

How’s it going at your house?

-We're just sort of like getting ready to make the plans for the garden.

And hopefully, by the end of the summer, it’ll all be ready.

-Fantastic.

-Hopefully, this will be the start of it.

-Yeah.

Fingers crossed.

-I’m sure it will.

There are 51 items up for auction today, and I’ve already got some good news for Lisa and Peter.

Do you remember on our day when we spent at your house, we found this pendant?

-Yes.

-Well, I’ve tested it, and it is a diamond.

-Really?

Fantastic.

-Yeah, It is.

So you do actually have quite a large diamond lurking around in the drawers.

[ Laughs ] So I’m hoping this is gonna be one of your top lots today.

It’s really lovely.

-Oh, that’s great.

-Oh, that's brilliant.

-Helping me run today’s auction in conjunction with Hanson Ross Auctioneers are Sonia and Barry.

And as well as people in the room, we also have two online bidding platforms opening up our items to buyers around the world.

-So, as we take our seats, the phone lines are opened, and Christina is poised to start bringing in the bids.

I don’t know about Peter and Lisa, but I couldn’t be more excited.

Let the games commence.

-Are we ready, everybody?

We are gonna start with the very beautiful -- I completely fell in love with this, didn’t I, Lisa?

-- a turquoise-set, 9-karat gold ring.

Very Arts and Crafts, very pretty.

I’m gonna take £30, £40, £45 on platform one here.

-This was Shirley's.

It was just in the bottom of a jewelry box.

-£75.

-It’s going to a good home.

-She’d like that.

-At £90 I have.

Looking for £95 now.

One £95.

Thank you.

Just in time at £95.

Looking for £100 now.

£100 is bid -- thank you -- on platform two.

Fair warning at £100.

Selling, then, at £100.

-What a great start for Lisa and Peter.

-Very good.

-Fantastic.

-But how will the bracelets fare?

-I have interest here with my commission bidder at £500.

-That’s good.

-Looking for £520.

£520.

Thank you.

Now looking for £540.

I will sell, make no mistake, at £520.

-And one came from a charity shop.

Incredible.

-Fantastic.

-I am pleased with that one.

-But there are more diamonds and gold to come.

Now moving on to the diamond and 14-karat white gold ring with the claw-set princess diamond to the center.

It’s about a quarter of a carat.

And I have interest already.

Got a bid of £180.

At £180 I have.

Now looking for £190.

At £180.

Are we all settled?

I will sell them at £180.

-Well-done, Christina.

Good stuff.

Good sell.

-That is big to sell.

-All the glitters really is coming up pure gold at this auction today.

-Any interest in the room?

Are you bidding, sir?

The diamond in 14-karat white gold, half eternity ring I’m selling at £80.

The half-hour sale of Lisa’s jewelry brings in hundreds of pounds.

[ Applause ] And still to come is the diamond necklace I’m thrilled to have tested and confirmed as real.

There it is -- the beautiful diamond and 9-karat white gold pendant within the rubover setting there.

I have interest at £320 as a starting bid... -More than what I expected.

-Oh, okay.

-Well, that’s good.

That’s good.

-I wasn’t even sure it was a diamond.

-At £320.

All settled at £320?

-There you go.

-Very good.

-The jewelry has definitely been a hit.

But hold the phones.

It’s time for a bit of nostalgia.

-I quite like these ones.

I’m gonna go and model them.

-The four early 20th-Century GPO Bakelite telephones.

-What are you doing up here?

-I’m taking a telephone bid.

-[ Laughs ] -Yeah.

-I love when you work.

-What was that?

£100?

Might be a bit optimistic, but let’s see how we get on.

-Right.

Would you like to know what I’ve got in front of me here?

-Please.

-I have a bid of £60.

-Wow.

That’s really good.

-Yeah.

-I will sell them to my Internet bidder if we’re all settled, all finished at £60.

-Fantastic.

-Good, innit?

-All that buffing clearly paid off.

And don’t go away, Robin, as your rocking motorbike's up next.

-Will it zoom away?

We’ll find out.

I’m looking for £10 for it.

£10 for our rocking motorcycle.

At £10.

-Easily worth at £10.

-£10 I have.

thank you.

-Fantastic.

-At £10.

I see you in the room at £10.

[ Applause ] Yay!

-Gone to a family, which is just what I hoped for.

-Moving on, we have the collection of assorted vehicles, to include Corgi, Vanguard, Lledo, et cetera.

And I have £25.

On platform one at £25.

looking for £28.

At £25.

Are we all settled?

Selling at £25?

-Yeah.

-More pounds for Lisa and Peter’s pot.

Next up is an old family heirloom that really does mark the passing of time.

-Remember this clock from when it used to be on my Nan and Greg’s mantelpiece.

-At £25.

-Another £25.

No clock-watching here.

This auction's too exciting.

-Well, keep your eyes peeled, Robin.

Your handiwork's up again with this lovingly restored nest of tables.

-Although the glass panels aren’t here today, because they’re a little bit fragile in transit, they each come with a glass-inset panel.

-Very beautiful.

Here we are.

£25 pounds for these, please.

£25 for the four.

Any interest at £25?

I’ve got £25.

Bidder online at £25.

At £25, £28, £30 with my absentee bidder.

£35.

Online at £35.

-Brilliant.

-Fair warning and finished at £35.

-Well-done, Christina.

-That’d be nice for some people, aren’t they?

-That’s a great price.

And I’m delighted something unused and unloved has a new home.

Over the next half-hour, the bids just keep coming from onliners.

-And in the room, with silverware, more jewelry, die-cast cars.

and football magazines, tallying up over £2,000.

[ Applause ] -Amazing work, Christina.

Sadly, my drinks cabinet didn’t sell this time, but it will go into a dedicated furniture auction, where it’s sure to be snapped up.

-But now it’s time for probably the most sentimental items of this auction -- Louis' coin and sovereign collection.

Let’s move on to some gold.

We like gold.

There it is.

The Royal Mint 1980 sovereign in its original, little perspex case there.

There it is.

And I am bid -- What am I bid?

I’m bid £260, £270, £280.

On platform two at £280.

I’m now looking for £290, but selling if we’re all settled at £280.

-£280.

Well-done, Christina.

-That’s brilliant.

-Fantastic.

She’s done it again.

Next up is Louis' Victorian 1872 Shield Back sovereign.

-And lots of interest going on in front of me here.

I have got to start this at -- I’ve got £280 on this platform.

I’ve got £300 on this platform.

So I will start at £300.

Now I’m looking for £320.

-Christina did like this one, didn’t she?

-Yeah.

-Fair warning then.

And selling to the Internet at £300.

-Brilliant.

Brilliant.

-Well-done.

[ Applause ] -What a result.

-Moving on now to lot 47, which is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee silver proof collection of 24 silver crown-sized coins.

I have to start this at £240 with my absentee bidder.

At £240, as I’m looking for £250.

We're all settled at £240.

-I’ll tell you what.

-That’s really good.

-That’s good.

-I’m starting to lose count.

-Oh.

[ Laughs ] -The figures got quite high.

-Louis would be delighted that his coins are proving so popular.

But let’s hope there are some pennies left in the bank for a 1912 George V full sovereign with 9-karat gold mount and chain.

Goodness me.

I’ve got £320, £340, £360, £380 is bid.

On my Internet-bid platform here at £380.

Are we all settled?

Fair warning and finished at £380.

-That's very good.

-That's just fantastic, isn't it?

-And last up, after some research, I discovered a real corker amongst the batch, which I’m hoping will really bring home the money.

Moving on to the 1983 2-pound coin.

Now, I have lots of interest in this.

I’ve got to start this at £700, £750, £800 is bid.

-Wow.

-How about that?

-At £800 I have.

Now looking for £850.

At £800 I have.

Looking for £850 from you.

I can see you hovering on platform one.

-Well, that's your shed covered.

-At £800 I have.

I’m now looking for £820, but I will sell at £800.

And selling to our Internet bidder.

-Pleased with that.

-That’s a fantastic result, isn’t it?

-It’s certainly one to end on.

Lisa and Peter, that concludes your items today, so thank you so much.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

-Well, that’s it.

-Brilliant.

-That’s fantastic.

♪♪ -Before the auction, I did have a little bit of an inkling that Lisa’s jewelry was gonna sell well.

But I kept looking over from the rostrum, and bless her, her smile just got bigger and bigger and bigger.

And I thought, "Ah!

There we go.

That’s okay.

Lisa’s happy.

I’m happy.

And now for the best part of the day -- letting Lisa and Peter know just how much money we’ve made for them.

Oh, my goodness.

Well, they do say that the sun shines on the righteous.

-[ Laughs ] -And it’s true.

[ Laughs ] Did you enjoy the auction, or was it all quite nerve-wracking?

-No.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, really.

It was a bit nervous to begin with, but as soon as you got into your swing, it was good.

Really enjoyable.

-Right, Robin.

Come on.

Put us out of our agony.

-After commission and fees... -Yeah.

-...You guys are going home with over £4,500.

-Wow!

That's brilliant!

-That is a lot of plants!

-Well, it was expected.

-Yeah.

-A lot of plants.

-That's all your hard work.

-A lot of paving stones.

-I’ll come and do your garden for that.

[ Laughter ] -Yeah.

-Get your spade, Robin.

Let's go.

-That’s brilliant.

-No.

That's fantastic.

-Ah.

Are you pleased?

-Absolutely, yeah.

-Aw.

I’m thrilled for you.

-Yeah.

Really pleased.

-Yeah.

That’s fantastic.

-You let us know when it’s done.

We’ll come round for a barbecue.

-Definitely.

Especially in this kind of weather.

-Definitely.

-Yeah.

-I’m really pleased.

I mean, I’m so excited about all the items that got sold.

And we’re really happy.

-I never thought that we’d be able to raise that amount.

Watching some of Shirley’s and Louis’ items go really did make me catch my breath a few times, because I know how much everything meant to them.

But then I look at the garden.

I know how much they love their garden.

And once it’s done, I know that they’d be looking down, being really proud.

-And I can't say no more.

-[ Laughs ] -I’m delighted Peter and Lisa are so happy.

-And it just goes to prove that you don’t always need large items to win big at auction.

Numerous little lots can tally up to a great overall result.

-Another wonderful auction, Christina.

Well-done.

-[ Laughs ] It’s amazing, isn’t it?

We just keep doing it.

Oh, my goodness.

What a day.

♪♪ -Onwards and upwards.

-Onwards and upwards.

-Another day, another dollar.

-And now another family to help.

-Yep.

You did strap the rostrum down, didn’t you?

-No.

Did you?

-You did, didn’t you?

-We’ll find out when we get there.

-[ Laughs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪