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00:00This time at the Auction House, can a giant chain be worth more than its weight in gold?
00:07Oh, wow. I don't think I've seen a chain this large before.
00:10I ask you, sir, 27,500.
00:14Aliens land at Bishton.
00:16The celestial world discovered.
00:18As Jim unearths a rare 300-year-old book.
00:21If you talk about aliens, then obviously that would be amazing.
00:25And auctioneer Claire's under the spotlight with a collection of rare film posters.
00:30At £360, this is the beauty of auctions.
00:33Almost over it, and then it takes off again.
00:36They're £10,000!
00:38£11,000! Sold!
00:41Close to the Derbyshire Dales is one of Britain's busiest auction houses.
00:45Hello, Ireland! Hello, America!
00:47Run by enthusiastic antique specialist Charles Hansen.
00:51Are they Art Laveau?
00:52He and his army of expert valuers...
00:55That one indicates that it's a true Harry Potter first issue.
01:00..examine thousands of treasures every year.
01:02I'm touching a garment that was worn by Queen Victoria.
01:06This carving is sumptuous.
01:08From the familiar...
01:09Whereabouts do you want this bike going, then?
01:11It's amazing, absolutely lovely.
01:13..and unusual...
01:14Look at the movement and that!
01:17..to the phenomenal...
01:18This sculpture, this is something quite special.
01:21..every object has a story to tell.
01:24A vampire slain kit.
01:26Oh, my God, Ian, it's amazing!
01:27From surprising revelations...
01:29£30,000 round my neck.
01:32Antique luggage is really, really collectible.
01:34..to jaw-dropping hammer prices.
01:36£20,000!
01:38We're in!
01:39Sold!
01:40Got to be pleased with that.
01:42There's nothing quite like an auction.
01:43Good afternoon, Hanson's auctioneers.
01:54Every year, Charles and his expert team of valuers
01:57scrutinise over 100,000 antique items
02:00that come in from all over the country.
02:02This onion bottle, with a very old label on the base there,
02:06would date this to around 1700.
02:08But if they're going to sell for the very best price,
02:12an object's history is key.
02:14In this world today, provenance, who owned it,
02:17where's it come from, is so important.
02:20Provenance sells anything.
02:22All that glitters is not always gold.
02:24So research is paramount.
02:26Something the jewellery department are well aware of,
02:29with over a million pounds in sales every year.
02:32Well, from looking at it straight away,
02:34I'd say that it was more an Art Deco ring.
02:37Helen Smith has been head of jewellery at Hanson's
02:40for the last seven years.
02:42I've always been in the jewellery industry.
02:44I've worked as a goldsmith, manufacturing jewellery.
02:47I've worked as a designer, and I've made my own things.
02:51I do love it.
02:52Every day is really interesting.
02:54Loads of really good stuff coming through the door,
02:56and things that you don't really know about.
02:58So it's really interesting researching all of that
03:00and finding out more about the objects.
03:02And today, Helen's detective skills are being put to the test
03:09by 34-year-old Andreo from Nottingham.
03:13Hello.
03:13Hiya, nice to meet you. I'm Andreo.
03:15Hi, Andre, I'm Helen.
03:16I'm actually a senior buyer for a cash and carry at the moment.
03:21I've always been kind of in the buying and purchasing area.
03:25I've just always fascinated with gold and things shiny.
03:28What do you have for me today?
03:30I've bought an extremely large chain and cross.
03:34Oh, wow.
03:35That is large.
03:36That is something, isn't it?
03:38So massive links.
03:39I don't think I've seen a chain this large before.
03:41In this job, you never know what's going to come through the door.
03:44So unexpected today, a massive gold chain with a huge gold cross
03:48that would adorn anybody's neck
03:50but probably would break it at the same time because it's that big.
03:53So what's the story behind this?
03:55So I took a trip to Birmingham, to the jewellery quarter.
03:59I spotted this and asked where it had come from
04:01and apparently someone had it commissioned
04:03and decided against the purchase.
04:07So I decided to buy it
04:09because I couldn't bear it getting melted in the malting pot.
04:12And being Roman Catholic,
04:15I know my nan would turn in her grave
04:17if she knew her cross was getting melted.
04:19So I wanted to save it and give it a...
04:21And I took a bit of a punt and bought it.
04:24So you're giving it a new lease of life?
04:25I tried to give it a new lease of life.
04:28So have you ever worn it?
04:29Erm, no, I tried it on in the shop before I bought it.
04:33Erm, then I walked out with it with two security guards
04:36and I was getting a bit too much attention
04:38so I decided to take it off and put it in the safe.
04:41So I decided to sell the piece to buy a more discreet piece
04:44because obviously it's not something you can wear every day
04:47and I'd rather it go to a good home
04:50or someone that can get more use of that than what I can.
04:53And I can't see who would wear it, really, other than celebrities.
04:58Maybe Charles wants to wear it, I don't know.
05:00So, this is a Belcher chain.
05:02I don't know whether you know that already.
05:03Erm, quite large links.
05:05The Belcher chain is the king of Blink,
05:08characterised by links that are domed on the outside
05:11and flat on the inside.
05:13Its name goes back hundreds of years,
05:15thought to be named after legendary bare-knuckle boxer James Belcher,
05:19who wore scarves in big loops around his neck.
05:22But could this huge chain really be gold?
05:25And have a look.
05:29So you've got Sheffield Assay Office and 9 carat on that one.
05:36See that's hallmarked on the loop as well.
05:39Again, Sheffield, but with a different manufacturer.
05:44So those two parts are independent from each other.
05:47They've got different manufacturers.
05:48And then the chain links, which is nice.
05:53It's stamped 375 with the gold mark.
05:57So, do you know how much it weighs?
05:59I think it weighs about one and a half kilos.
06:01So, 1461 grams, quite a substantial amount there.
06:13Yeah.
06:14So, can you remember what you paid for it?
06:17Err, I paid just under 29,000 for it.
06:20So, it was just over scrap price on the day.
06:23I've got 28,500 invested in the item.
06:26It's quite a lot of money to invest in gold,
06:28since gold is quite volatile at the moment.
06:31So, even in today's scrap value market,
06:33you're looking at 23,000, 24,000.
06:36So, it's gone down a little bit.
06:38It's not good news for Andreo.
06:40His gold investment has dropped by around 5,000.
06:43Are you looking to recoup your money that you've already...
06:46Yeah, just recoup my mind like it to just go to a good home, really.
06:49If I could make a profit, that'd be great,
06:50but as long as I don't lose money on it, I suppose.
06:54And that's only if it is real gold.
06:57In order to confidently sell this chain at auction,
07:00Helen will need to confirm it's genuine.
07:02I just want to double-check that it is what it looks like,
07:05because things nowadays can be made with a metal core inside
07:09and then have layers of plate or gold over the top of them.
07:13So, what I want to do is a little bit more research,
07:15to make sure that we're selling the correct item.
07:18I need to definitely make sure that it's 100% gold
07:21and not got a core of something else,
07:22so I'm going to send it to the assay office
07:24and get them to check it over,
07:25because I cannot afford to sell something
07:28that isn't as it should be.
07:3520 miles away from the Derbyshire HQ is Bishton Hall,
07:38a Staffordshire Georgian mansion
07:40that is home to the auction house's head of books, Jim Spencer.
07:44I grew up in a house with lots of books.
07:47The only thing I ever really applied myself to at school was English.
07:51I did eventually get into Birmingham University in Edgbaston,
07:55where I studied literature.
07:57I'm constantly learning all the time,
08:00and that's sort of the best part of the job, really.
08:03I could never buy these things or own them,
08:07but in cataloguing them, I get to learn about them, handle them.
08:10Jim handles 800 books a month,
08:13with his quarterly auctions bringing in
08:15over half a million pounds of business every year.
08:19I had a few career highlights.
08:21I found The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith,
08:24the first edition that sold for £65,000.
08:26I actually had a Harry Potter first edition
08:28that arrived wrapped in a tea towel from Luxembourg,
08:32which sold for £60,000.
08:34So it comes from far and wide.
08:40And coming in today is Gail,
08:42who's hoping she can add to Jim's career highlights.
08:46I'm bringing in about five to six books today
08:49just to see what the valuations are,
08:52and I picked them up from the charity shops.
08:55Right-ho, you've got a goodie bag.
08:58I have.
08:59Good, good.
09:00This is as well.
09:01Super, OK.
09:03I love collecting lots of things.
09:06I'm quite passionate about books,
09:08especially old books.
09:10I love old books.
09:11So one little miniature.
09:13Romeo and Juliet.
09:15Yeah, Shakespeare, yeah.
09:16I can see straight away you've got a few little gems,
09:19so well done.
09:21That's a nice scrapbook.
09:23These can be very popular if they're Victorian.
09:26You know, or even you do get the Georgian ones,
09:29not so often,
09:30but they've got the lovely caricatures in.
09:33I just love hunting for something that might be different,
09:36you know, different, unusual.
09:38This is the one that caught my eye
09:40as soon as I got the books out of the bag.
09:42Right.
09:42This is much, much earlier.
09:43OK, so Huygens...
09:55So it's a huge name.
09:57It's, you know, up there with Galileo and Isaac Newton.
10:02Born in 1629 to a wealthy Dutch family,
10:06Huygens was a mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
10:09He designed telescopes and invented the pendulum clock,
10:13a breakthrough in timekeeping.
10:16In 1655, he discovered Saturn's moon, Titan,
10:20and later speculated there might be life on other planets.
10:24What does it say here?
10:25Their animals have feet and wings like ours,
10:27and like ours have heart, lungs, guts,
10:30and the parts serve into generation.
10:33It sounds like he's talking about inhabitants on other planets.
10:37Planets, yeah, yeah.
10:38If he's talking about aliens, then obviously that would be amazing.
10:42To think that somebody in that time
10:44thought there might have been people on other planets
10:47or aliens on other planets is incredible, isn't it?
10:49Yeah, well, Jupiter and Saturn.
10:50Yeah.
10:51It is good when you pull something like that aliens book out.
10:54It makes it all worthwhile,
10:56and actually it's very well-preserved inside.
10:59Did you have to pay a lot for them?
11:01I didn't.
11:02I paid £30 for them at the end of the day, yeah.
11:05Wow.
11:06Yeah.
11:06For everything, yeah.
11:07Yeah, that's not bad, is it, at all?
11:09No, it's not.
11:10No, I think I might come shopping with you.
11:14If it's first edition, which it looks like it's going to be,
11:17it seems well-preserved, so I'm sure it will be fine.
11:22And subject to that close, you know, examination,
11:25I would say sort of £1,500, £2,000.
11:28Yeah.
11:28I was quite shocked when I realised that one of them might be worth quite a lot more than that.
11:34So, yeah, I'm looking forward to the auction.
11:37In Derbyshire, jewellery expert Helen knows just the man who can appreciate a bit of bling,
11:56fellow antiques valuer, Carl.
11:58Hola.
12:00Hello.
12:00I know you like your gold chains.
12:02Oh.
12:02What do you think of that?
12:04OK.
12:05It's not very big, is it?
12:06Wow.
12:07Have a look at this, then, if you think that's small.
12:09Oh, wow.
12:10£1,400 and something grams, maybe around £30,000.
12:13£30,000 around my neck.
12:16Wow.
12:17I think I could get away with it in a way, couldn't I?
12:20It's very Snoop Dogg, isn't it?
12:22I love it.
12:24The cross is a bit big for me, but the chain.
12:26Got to be in the music tray to wear something like this.
12:29Yeah, absolutely love it.
12:31So, anyway, I might have better give it your back, haven't I?
12:35There you go.
12:36I don't want this tap.
12:37Give me the real thing.
12:37See ya.
12:38Having managed to wrestle the chain back from Carl,
12:42Helen needs to do her homework
12:44and check that the giant necklace is pure gold.
12:47We need to be very stringent on checks.
12:50If we need to get other experts in,
12:52we will get other experts to look at the items
12:54to make sure they're genuine,
12:55because, obviously, things can be faked
12:57and they're very, very clever fakes.
12:59The purity of precious metals
13:01can be tested at one of the UK's four assay offices,
13:04the oldest of which is the Goldsmiths Company in London.
13:08It was founded in the 14th century
13:10and is the oldest company in Britain
13:12to be still trading from its original site.
13:15Helen has come to the new assay office in Birmingham
13:18at the edge of the city's jewellery quarter.
13:21So, the purpose of today is to find out
13:24whether the chain is 100% gold
13:26and it's not got a metal core inside it
13:28and it's not been plated,
13:29so I need to know whether it's definitely gold
13:32all the way through.
13:33Mark Malin has spent four decades
13:36testing and hallmarking precious metals.
13:38Thank you for looking at this.
13:40I've seen a chain and a cross of this size,
13:43this proportion, this weight.
13:45Very rarely comes through the door.
13:47Today, Mark is using an XRF machine
13:50to test the gold content.
13:52We're able to analyse the alloy
13:54to make sure that the gold content is correct.
13:57The XRF basically works using an X-ray beam.
14:01OK.
14:02It's very technical.
14:04It is very technical,
14:05but we'll keep it very simple.
14:07So what we do is
14:08we put the article onto the X-ray machine.
14:11So we've just taken a totally random link
14:15and we're going to have a look at it.
14:17So if we start the machine off,
14:19basically the X-ray beam is now hitting the metal
14:22and it's analysing how much of each element it's got.
14:27OK.
14:27OK.
14:28So these peaks here will identify in a minute
14:31and it will tell us what element is where.
14:34OK.
14:35And then we can ask it to analyse it
14:37and it will tell us how much of each metal is present.
14:40Oh, brilliant.
14:40So we've identified the elements
14:42and what it's basically telling us
14:44is we've got copper here,
14:46we've got a little bit of zinc here,
14:49we've got gold
14:50and we've got silver over here.
14:52OK.
14:53The gold content must be over 37.5 to be 9 carat.
14:58So then we can ask the machine to analyse that for us.
15:02The value that we're looking for is the gold value,
15:05which is 37.88%.
15:07Good.
15:08The gold content.
15:09The other elements don't really matter too much.
15:11Confident it's definitely 9 carat gold.
15:14Yeah.
15:14Perfect.
15:15That's what I wanted to know.
15:16OK.
15:17So it's great news.
15:18Mark's confirmed that it's actually 9 carat gold.
15:20It's solid, so I don't have to worry about that now.
15:23So I'm going to put it to auction for just under £30,000.
15:26So it's all good.
15:27It's just the news that we wanted to hear.
15:29My vendor will be really, really pleased too.
15:34At Derbyshire HQ, word has spread about Jim's alien book
15:38to receptionist Joy and Morvan.
15:40What did you think about the Bishden Hall library sale on aliens?
15:44I've just heard a little bit about it.
15:46I've not heard much about it, but it's pretty fascinating, really, isn't it?
15:50Bonsall's supposed to be a UFO hotspot in Derbyshire.
15:53Yeah, well, you get people saying they've seen things and whatever up in the air and whatever.
15:57Strange lights.
15:58Strange lights and whatever.
15:59You just never know, really.
16:04Word might be spreading fast about the alien find,
16:07but before it goes to auction, Jim not only reads the book,
16:11but also needs to make sure no pages are missing.
16:14C.
16:16C2.
16:18C3.
16:19C4.
16:20And then the corresponding blanks will be C5.
16:23If you have to assume, of course, C6, C7, C8,
16:28and you're hoping for D to start then.
16:31That one went up to 8 before it went to D,
16:34so because it's in 8, we know that is an octavo book.
16:40The name comes from the historic printing techniques used hundreds of years ago
16:45when 16 pages were printed on one large piece of paper.
16:49It was then folded three times to produce eight smaller pages.
16:53When you're collating, you're doing it fairly snappily because you've got a lot to do,
16:57so you're sort of working through the book fairly quick like this.
16:59Pages all present and correct, Jim's also found some scribbled notes.
17:04This is nice, marginalia.
17:07That's what we call it in the trade.
17:10So somebody, and it's quite spooky actually when you think about it,
17:14somebody around 1698 has actually sat there with the old quill
17:19and they've actually annotated underlying bits of interest to them,
17:26but you do get a sense of being back with that person
17:31and thinking, you know, they're reading this.
17:33At S Wall, Helen is preparing for today's gold chain auction
17:40and after spreading the word,
17:42a contact of Helen's, a local jewellery dealer, has shown up.
17:46Oh, morning, Helen.
17:47Morning. You all right?
17:49We've got a retail jewellery store in Ashbourne.
17:51I was talking to Helen and Charles
17:53and I knew there was a few interesting items this time,
17:56one of them being this big heavy gold chain.
17:58So I feel a bit nervous
18:03because obviously you don't know what's going to happen today.
18:05It depends how many bidders we get online or in the room.
18:09One person who's definitely going to be in the room is seller Andreo.
18:13Today I'm feeling a bit apprehensive about the sale.
18:15I'm not sure it's going to sell, but hopefully it will do.
18:18There's just time for Helen to make a last pitch
18:20to the jewellery dealer, Alan, to encourage him to bid.
18:24And then this is the chain.
18:26Look at that.
18:27It's kind of hefty.
18:28It is unbelievable, isn't it, really?
18:30There is a big market for it, very much so at the moment.
18:33So there are people that would buy it for sure.
18:36So that's good, yeah.
18:37But we'll see what happens one way or the other, I guess.
18:39Yeah, I'll have that back.
18:40Yeah, that's it. Yeah, watch it.
18:41They're going to pocket that.
18:42Yeah, watch it.
18:45Helen has reached out to a number of jewellers and dealers.
18:49If she can get two dealers bidding against each other,
18:51it can help increase the price.
18:53Are you interested in the gold chain?
18:56Ah, fabulous.
18:57That's all I wanted to know.
19:00So, yeah, 1,465 grams.
19:06OK, see you later.
19:07I'll talk to you later.
19:08Good luck.
19:08Bye.
19:09Bye.
19:09Bye.
19:10Bye.
19:11There's going to bid on it.
19:12So that's good.
19:13Woo-hoo!
19:14Sales clerks Cal and Ade are taking the online bids.
19:21Charles will be running the auction today,
19:23but before he starts, he needs to check with Andreo what his minimum price is.
19:28Hello.
19:29Good to see you.
19:29Charles Hanson.
19:30Nice to meet you.
19:30Looking very smart.
19:32Your bottom to clear you want is how much money?
19:36$28,800.
19:37$28,800.
19:39I'll say, look at me.
19:41I've got $28,500.
19:42I'll look at you.
19:44Do I go or not?
19:46Yes.
19:47I do go.
19:48Yes.
19:48$28,500.
19:50$28,000.
19:52Do I see two?
19:53$28,000.
19:55No more.
19:56$28,000.
19:57I'll look at you.
20:00I can't drop to $28,000.
20:01OK.
20:02That's fine.
20:03So $28,500 is a bottom.
20:05Yeah.
20:06Good luck.
20:07Good to see you.
20:08Enjoy the sale.
20:09Good luck.
20:10Today will be one of the first days that I've had a client standing right near me
20:15on the day of the auction,
20:16because obviously he will be next to me because we'll be talking about it.
20:20So that, from my point of view, is quite tricky
20:22because obviously I don't know what's going to happen.
20:24If it's a good result, then brilliant.
20:26If it's a bad result, I'll probably get a kick in the leg.
20:30Good morning, all.
20:31How are you all today?
20:32Good morning.
20:33Good to see you all.
20:33Good morning.
20:34Now my number is this magnificent.
20:37Quite unusual.
20:38Good morning, sir.
20:39Good to see you as well.
20:40A very rare, important, extra large, very large,
20:45nine-karat gold belcher chain.
20:47I've got bids online at £19,000, at £20,000.
20:56As the bid began at £19,000 on my platform,
21:00you know that this is going to go very high.
21:03So it's a case of just trying to follow what Charles is saying
21:06and making sure you don't do anything wrong.
21:09At £21,000, at £22,000, at £23,000, at £24,000,
21:22£25,000, I'm bid.
21:27When it gets to £24,000 and then £25,000,
21:30I think, oh, this might be quite good.
21:32We might actually get there.
21:34The bidding has stopped there.
21:36At £25,000, I look in the room,
21:40£25,500, I'm bid.
21:43Thank you, sir.
21:44Alan gives me a wink.
21:46Got you, mate.
21:47I kind of put the price up in my mind,
21:49thinking let's go more and let's see if we can make this happen.
21:52£26,000 online do I see.
21:57£27,000 I'm bid.
21:59£27,000 I'm bid.
22:03I ask you, sir, £27,500.
22:18Charles Hansen is auctioning a 1.5kg 9-carat gold chain.
22:24£26,000 online do I see.
22:26£27,000 I'm bid.
22:31And he's getting close to the £28,800 reserve price
22:35set by seller Andreo.
22:37£27,000 I'm bid.
22:40I ask you, sir, £27,500.
22:44Are you sure?
22:45I'm out of that.
22:46You're out, but thank you.
22:48Everything begins to hibernate.
22:50The gold has almost found its level in this market now.
22:55And I'm left there trying to create a pause.
23:00Do you want it?
23:01Because now's the time to buy it.
23:04I will take £28,000.
23:12First time.
23:13There's a deal to be done here online at £27,500.
23:26I will take £28,000.
23:32Fair warning.
23:33Charles is looking at the audience,
23:35looking at his internet on the computer.
23:38And he starts looking at Alan,
23:40starts pressurising Alan by looking at him like this.
23:43Starts to try and work his magic on Alan.
23:46At £27,500,
23:48if anybody would like to bid £28,000 now.
23:57One for the road, sir.
23:59I don't know, Charles.
24:01We are out online,
24:03despite numerous bids and tender,
24:05but we do need £28,000.
24:07First time.
24:14Second time.
24:15For £27,500,
24:21we'll see you all
24:22post-sale for a deal.
24:24Thank you, Alan.
24:25The reserve hasn't been met,
24:28so currently there's no sale,
24:30but it's not over yet.
24:31There is a deal still to be done.
24:35Jewry dealer Alan is still interested,
24:37but with Andreo not budging on price,
24:39the only way to make up the difference
24:41is for Charles to lower his commission.
24:43So it's whether we can charge 5%, 10%.
24:47Normally, it's 20%.
24:50But with a high-value lot,
24:52we're, like Andreo,
24:54keen to get a deal done
24:55and see less income coming.
24:59No sooner has one auction ended
25:02when there are plans for another.
25:04Everyone that is consigned to sale
25:06must be valued, verified and catalogued.
25:09With an average 3,300 items in every auction,
25:13it can take the team weeks to prepare.
25:16Izzy is one of Hanson's experts.
25:19Life at Hanson's is very fast-paced, fast-moving.
25:23We have monthly auctions,
25:24specialist auctions, quarterly fine arts.
25:27So there's always items coming through the door,
25:30pieces to catalogue
25:31and auction deadlines to hit.
25:34Sometimes, when there is a collection of objects to view,
25:40the valuers go to the sellers.
25:42Izzy has travelled all the way to Linton in Devon
25:44to meet the owner of a cinema
25:46with a particularly unique collection of rare posters.
25:50Hi, Bill.
25:51Hello.
25:51Hi.
25:52Welcome to the Linton Cinema.
25:54What an amazing place.
25:56Well, smallest town in England
26:02to have a permanent cinema
26:04and we're open every day of the year,
26:06bang up to date with the films.
26:08Fantastic.
26:08So we've been running the cinema now
26:10for 20, about 23 years,
26:13but I've been in the trade all my life.
26:15Yeah, I can see your ticket machine here.
26:17Your ticket machine.
26:18So how old is this?
26:18When does that date back to?
26:20Well, there we are.
26:21There you go.
26:22The machine would come from the 1930s.
26:24Wonderful.
26:25Look at that.
26:26That's fantastic.
26:28That must take people back to their childhood.
26:31I think it does.
26:32Wow, we've got our tickets.
26:33There you are.
26:34Shall we go and have a look?
26:34Go and have a look.
26:37Over the last 60 years of being in the cinema business,
26:41Bill has amassed posters from hundreds of films.
26:44Now he's finally decided to part with a few.
26:47Back in 2005,
26:49the most expensive film poster ever was sold
26:51and it was the 1927 Metropolis poster
26:54that sold for a whopping $690,000.
26:59So who knows what's going to be lurking inside?
27:02All the posters here are films
27:03that I've actually shown myself.
27:08Oh, the Railway Children.
27:09Railway Children.
27:10Well, of course,
27:11that's fairly recently been reissued.
27:13Yes.
27:14I ran this for a couple of weeks when it came out.
27:16It's such an iconic film.
27:18It takes people right back to their childhood.
27:21It's absolutely lovely.
27:22That's it.
27:23And, of course,
27:24they've just made the sequel to it
27:25with Jenny Agatha.
27:28Brilliant memories.
27:30But this one...
27:32Thought to be extremely violent at the time.
27:41Absolute cult classic now, isn't it?
27:43Very modernistic design.
27:47When it came out,
27:47it was banned by quite a few councils
27:49because they considered it was so violent.
27:53I mean, way ahead of its time.
27:55Very unusual.
27:56That's going to have a lot of collectability value,
27:58isn't it?
27:59I would have thought, yeah.
28:01And then on to The Great Escape.
28:04Probably Steve McQueen's best-known film.
28:07Probably.
28:08One of the top half a dozen war films ever made.
28:11Yeah.
28:12Got to be.
28:12But obviously, it's, you know,
28:15even the colouration to it.
28:16We've got the red, white and blue.
28:19Yeah.
28:19It's American and English.
28:21Yeah.
28:21Every time you put the posters up,
28:23the local girls were pinching the posters.
28:26They wanted them on their walls.
28:27They wanted them on their walls.
28:29Yeah, absolutely true.
28:30What's made you decide to take someone to auction with us?
28:33I've been trying to raise some money
28:35to restore my 1955 Morris Minor.
28:39Fantastic.
28:40I've had it for nearly 40 years.
28:42But if I want to keep it,
28:44I've got to pay for it.
28:45Exactly.
28:46So I thought, right, how can I raise some money?
28:48So I've got out some of my collection of posters.
28:52It's been great to meet Bill today.
28:54Having seen the posters,
28:55I know Claire, back at base,
28:57is going to be really excited to go through them.
28:59So I'm going to take them back to Wetwall,
29:01sit down, go through them.
29:02She can give us her insight
29:04into what they might make in her future sale.
29:11At Bishden Hall,
29:12a press and social media push
29:14on Jim's historic alien book
29:16is raising some interest for the auction.
29:18So, just looking at the Aliens book online,
29:24and it's making some news already
29:27on The Mirror, on their website,
29:30and it says,
29:30ancient book about aliens
29:33shows that humans believed
29:35they were around 300 years ago.
29:38Along with Twitter and the BBC,
29:41the press release has had the desired effect,
29:43and the book has become national and international news,
29:46which is just what Jim was hoping for
29:48on the day of the auction.
29:57I always feel a sense of duty
29:59to the vendor who wants, obviously,
30:02this sale to maybe solve a few problems,
30:04pay a few bills,
30:05or just wants to enjoy the money.
30:08Leading the auction today
30:09is Jim's boss, Charles.
30:11Morning, wingman.
30:12Look at this.
30:12Mr. Hanson.
30:13How are you doing?
30:14All good?
30:14Yeah, yeah.
30:15You've got bars all over the world today
30:16bidding as well.
30:18And when I sell the alien book, Jim,
30:20what makes it special?
30:21It's quite scarce.
30:23I think it has universal appeal.
30:25Set me a target.
30:26What do you want me to achieve?
30:27If I said to you,
30:28you reserved £1,500,
30:30am I sneaking at £1,500,
30:32happy it sold?
30:33Yeah, vendor bought it
30:35for about £30, so...
30:36Really?
30:37And here it comes...
30:38If it gets that estimate,
30:39I can sleep again.
30:41Let's do it.
30:42Whatever happens, Jim,
30:43happens for a reason,
30:44and that's a journey
30:45of our auction business.
30:46It's exciting.
30:47Let's do it.
30:47Toy valuer Mark has a bidder on the phone
30:52from abroad.
30:52I'm at 304 now.
30:55And Cal is monitoring bidders online
30:57across the planet.
30:58Charles is hoping this interplanetary auction
31:00will really take off.
31:02Right, guys,
31:03give me a thumbs up
31:03when we're live across the world.
31:05Good morning.
31:09How are you?
31:09Welcome to Bishon Hall,
31:11it's our library sale
31:12created by Jim Spencer.
31:14Good morning to our friends
31:15on Hanson's Live.
31:17The aliens have landed.
31:18Discovered our conjectures
31:20concerning the inhabitants,
31:21plants,
31:22and production of the world
31:23and the planets.
31:24It's an amazing lot
31:25from 1698.
31:27The bids almost are going
31:29beyond worldwide.
31:30I can start this book with me
31:32at not a thousand,
31:34not two thousand,
31:36not three thousand,
31:38three thousand two,
31:39three thousand four hundred pounds
31:41I'm bid.
31:42It rocketed to three thousand four hundred
31:44straight away.
31:46A couple of people
31:47desperately wanted to own this.
31:50So that bidding was just,
31:51you know,
31:52lightning speed,
31:53very determined bidding.
31:54Do I see three six?
31:56Would you like three six, sir?
32:00Three thousand two,
32:08three thousand four hundred pounds
32:10I'm bid.
32:11Just moments
32:11into the alien book auction
32:13and already it's more
32:14than doubled expectations
32:15with a bid of three thousand
32:17four hundred pounds.
32:19Do I see three six?
32:20Would you like three six, sir?
32:22It's that moment
32:23when everything is on pause.
32:26Three thousand six
32:30at three thousand four hundred.
32:32Fair warning.
32:34First time,
32:36Jim,
32:36they've landed.
32:37The aliens have landed.
32:39First time,
32:41second time,
32:42out in the room
32:43we're selling
32:44three thousand
32:45four hundred pounds
32:47on platform.
32:48Congratulations.
32:49Going at
32:50three thousand
32:51four hundred pounds.
32:53Sold.
32:55It's your bid, sir,
32:56Jim.
32:56Congratulations.
32:57What an amazing price.
32:58Well done online.
33:01What a result.
33:02Three thousand four.
33:04It was a huge relief.
33:05It deserved to do that
33:06and I'm really pleased
33:07for the vendor.
33:08I always feel
33:09a bit of pressure
33:10because,
33:10you know,
33:11you've promised them
33:12in a way
33:13a certain amount
33:15of money
33:15that it is
33:17a decent amount
33:18of money
33:18and it got there
33:20and it was good.
33:21Yeah.
33:21The last job
33:23of the day
33:24is to catch up
33:25with seller Gail
33:25who couldn't
33:26make the auction.
33:28Hello, Gail.
33:29Hi.
33:30How are you doing?
33:31I'm fine, thank you.
33:32It's sold to
33:33a private buyer
33:34in Scotland.
33:36Three thousand
33:36four hundred pounds.
33:37It's a great result.
33:39Are you going to
33:39treat yourself
33:40to something?
33:41I'm going to buy
33:41a computer
33:42so that I can
33:43check things out
33:43online.
33:44Yeah?
33:45That sounds like
33:45a good idea.
33:46Yeah.
33:47All right, Gail.
33:47You take care of yourself.
33:49Bye.
33:49Cheers, Gail.
33:50Take care.
33:50Bye-bye.
33:55In Derbyshire,
33:56auctioneer Claire
33:57is meeting with Izzy
33:58to assess the film posters
33:59she brought back
34:00from Devon.
34:01Oh, wow.
34:03Posters,
34:04handbills
34:04and that kind of thing
34:06has become
34:06more and more
34:07popular.
34:08Anything that's got
34:09a cult following
34:11from 60s,
34:1370s
34:13and 80s films.
34:15I've been in the music
34:16sort of business,
34:17if you like,
34:18not performing,
34:19but buying and selling
34:20for probably
34:2132 years.
34:24It's exciting
34:25for me
34:25in my job
34:26because I see
34:28different things.
34:30You don't know
34:30everything.
34:31You're learning
34:31something new
34:32all the time.
34:34So I've just
34:34cherry-picked a few out.
34:35I think maybe
34:37have more collectible value,
34:39maybe more interest.
34:41Oh, wow, yes.
34:42You've got the railway children.
34:44Obviously,
34:45Jenny Agata,
34:46it's such a
34:47British iconic film,
34:49isn't it?
34:50It's a lovely poster.
34:51I mean,
34:51it tells the story
34:53exactly of the film
34:55and 1970,
34:58this came out.
34:59It is an original,
35:00we can tell
35:01because,
35:02again,
35:02we've got the lines
35:03where it's been folded.
35:05It doesn't have
35:06a huge value,
35:07actually.
35:08OK.
35:08Probably only
35:0960 to 80 pounds.
35:11Oh, right.
35:11There was a remake
35:12of the film.
35:13Yeah.
35:14So is that going to
35:14generate some more interest?
35:16Yeah, absolutely.
35:16I think people then
35:17would like to perhaps
35:19think,
35:19well, yeah,
35:20actually,
35:20I'd like to buy that.
35:22So,
35:23Stanley Kubrick,
35:25Clockwork Orange,
35:26again,
35:27another cult,
35:28yeah,
35:29cult film.
35:29Yeah.
35:30Absolutely.
35:30He looks so menacing,
35:31I think.
35:31Oh, no,
35:32he does,
35:32doesn't he?
35:33And I would
35:34probably estimate
35:35this poster
35:36around about
35:36250 to 300 pounds.
35:39I've seen a few
35:40of them in the past.
35:41Yeah.
35:44This is such
35:45an iconic film
35:46from the 60s,
35:47isn't it?
35:48Yes.
35:48Steve McQueen,
35:49The Great Escape,
35:51the music's going
35:51round in my head.
35:52Yeah.
35:53Da-da,
35:54da-da,
35:54da-da,
35:55da-da,
35:55da-da.
35:56No,
35:56brilliant,
35:57brilliant.
35:57Yeah,
35:581963,
35:59the original
36:00film came out.
36:01So this is actually
36:02a 1970s
36:04reprint
36:05of the original
36:06poster.
36:07OK.
36:07OK,
36:08but that one is still
36:09a very nice poster,
36:11still desirable,
36:12and I would
36:13put on that poster
36:14300 to 400 pounds.
36:17Gosh.
36:17In total,
36:18Bill is selling
36:1951 posters
36:20from his cinema,
36:21but these are
36:22the box office hits.
36:23So I'm hoping
36:24that his collection,
36:26we should get
36:27a couple of thousand
36:28pounds at the end
36:29of the day.
36:35At Vishton,
36:36with the book sale
36:37behind him,
36:38Charles has made
36:38some headway
36:39on selling the gold chain.
36:41He's reducing his fees
36:42and brokered a sale
36:43with dealer Alan.
36:44He just needs
36:45to persuade Andreo
36:46it's a good offer.
36:47I'm going to call
36:48Andreo now
36:49about the gold chain
36:50and the crucifix.
36:53I just want a sale.
36:54I want a sale
36:55to say we sold it.
36:59Andreo,
37:00how are you?
37:00How are you?
37:01OK, you?
37:02I'm OK.
37:02The buyer
37:03is prepared
37:05to offer
37:05£28,000.
37:08£28,000?
37:10Yeah.
37:10He was holding out
37:17to pay
37:19£27,500.
37:20I think
37:21it's a good price
37:22to take.
37:23I've pushed
37:24the buyer
37:24and if you're happy,
37:26I think we ought
37:27to take
37:27£28,000.
37:29Yeah,
37:30shall we take it?
37:30Let's do it.
37:32OK, let's do it.
37:33Good man,
37:33sold.
37:34I will
37:35issue an invoice
37:36to the buyer
37:37and we will
37:38return to you
37:39the £28,000.
37:41Perfect.
37:42All right,
37:42thank you, Charles.
37:42Andreo,
37:42have a good weekend.
37:44Business isn't just
37:45about earning commission
37:46or what I call
37:48earning a slap.
37:49I've been slapped there.
37:50But in many respects,
37:52it's a good result
37:53for us.
37:53It's good PR.
37:55It's good marketing.
37:57Helen's going
37:57to be happy.
37:58Also hoping
38:04for a happy result
38:05is Claire,
38:06who is gearing up
38:07for today's
38:07film memorabilia
38:08auction
38:08with sales manager
38:10Karen.
38:11Right,
38:11got your sheets
38:12for you.
38:12We've got a list
38:13of telephone buyers,
38:15two phone clerks
38:17today,
38:18Jules and Joy.
38:19They'll be
38:20hovering around
38:20the rostrum.
38:21Excellent.
38:22Good luck.
38:22Thank you very much.
38:25Seller Bill
38:26has travelled
38:27230 miles
38:28from Devon
38:28to watch
38:29his treasured
38:30posters go
38:30under the hammer.
38:31He's hoping
38:32to make enough
38:32money to restore
38:33another love
38:34of his life,
38:35his Morris Minor.
38:36For years,
38:37they've been in boxes
38:38or tucked away
38:39in chest of drawers,
38:40whatever.
38:42So,
38:42let somebody see them.
38:44Well,
38:44we've got quite a lot
38:45of interest
38:45on the posters
38:46already.
38:47I've seen a few
38:47little bids online
38:48because on the
38:49sale room,
38:50we can see that
38:50a few people
38:51have already bid.
38:52We've got a few
38:53telephone bids as well.
38:54So,
38:55it'll be very exciting
38:56and hopefully
38:57we'll get them
38:57sold for you
38:58and...
38:59And hopefully
38:59they will go
39:00to a good home.
39:01I'm sure they will.
39:02It is nostalgic
39:03and that's what
39:04people are loving
39:04at the moment.
39:05So,
39:06I'm hoping that
39:06they're going to
39:07do really well
39:07for you.
39:08I will do my best.
39:15They all laugh at me
39:16because I sit on a stool.
39:17That's because
39:17if I stand up,
39:18I'm actually even shorter.
39:19Nobody can see me.
39:21Right.
39:23Hello.
39:23Right.
39:26First up
39:27is the railway children.
39:29Brings back
39:30lots of memories
39:30watching this
39:31and I've got
39:3225,
39:3328,
39:3432.
39:36I'll take five now.
39:37At 32 it is,
39:38I'll take five now.
39:39At 32 pounds,
39:40I'll take five.
39:4035 bid.
39:42The bid is with
39:42Hanson's Live
39:43at 35 pounds.
39:46I'll take 40.
39:48Fair warning then.
39:49Or we sell
39:50at 35 pounds.
39:53It is a 70s poster
39:55so kind of expected
39:57that early stages
39:58of the auction.
39:59Claire's hoping
40:00the next poster
40:01will do better.
40:02Great.
40:03Colt poster,
40:03Clockwork Orange,
40:05Stanley Kubrick's
40:05iconic film,
40:07UK quad,
40:08170 pounds.
40:10Bid online,
40:11170,
40:12180,
40:13asking 190.
40:15190 bid,
40:16I'll take 200.
40:17200 on Hanson's Live,
40:19210 on the sale room,
40:20220 Hanson's Live,
40:22230 on the sale room,
40:24it's ping pong,
40:25240.
40:26It was just exciting
40:27the way,
40:28you know,
40:29the bidding was coming in
40:30from one to the other
40:31and it just went up and up
40:33and it was brilliant.
40:34250,
40:35asking 260,
40:37yes please,
40:38270,
40:39270 bid,
40:40where's 280?
40:41Go on,
40:43one more,
40:44280 bid on Hanson's Live,
40:46290 on the sale room,
40:48at 290 pounds,
40:51300 pounds we have,
40:52320,
40:54320 bid,
40:55I'll take 330,
40:56if you like,
40:58but we've got 340,
40:59thank you Cal,
41:00360 bid,
41:02360 bid,
41:03I'll take 380 now,
41:05at 360 pounds,
41:07this is the beauty of auctions,
41:09is that you think
41:10it's almost over
41:11and then it takes off again.
41:13They're back in at 400,
41:15asking 420,
41:16at 400 pounds,
41:18I'll take 420,
41:20fair warning then,
41:22at 400 pounds,
41:25good result,
41:26thank you both internets.
41:29Next up,
41:30The Great Escape.
41:32Fantastic film
41:33and I've got interest
41:34at 180,
41:35at 180 pounds,
41:37looking for 190 now,
41:38190,
41:39200,
41:39200,
41:41and 10,
41:42210 pound bid,
41:44220,
41:44220 bid,
41:45where's 230,
41:47at 230,
41:48asking 240,
41:49240 bid,
41:50the sale room at 240,
41:53I look to the room,
41:55sir,
41:56at 250,
41:57no thank you ma'am,
41:59no thank you ma'am,
42:00he says,
42:01get 250,
42:01that's it,
42:02I'm out,
42:02and if it goes up,
42:03no,
42:04no,
42:04no,
42:04fair enough.
42:05It's 280,
42:06I'm asking 290,
42:08fair warning,
42:09or we sell then,
42:10at 280 pounds.
42:12We do,
42:16thank you.
42:18That's a couple of wheels,
42:20sir.
42:22In total,
42:23Bill sold 51 posters,
42:24making just over 3,000 pounds.
42:27It's been great,
42:28so,
42:28back in the attic now,
42:29looking for some more.
42:31I'll be truthful,
42:32I've actually never been to an auction before,
42:35so I didn't really know what to expect.
42:38It was great fun,
42:38and I mean,
42:39Claire was wonderful.
42:40You can get your tyres,
42:41and your wheels,
42:42and your,
42:42and your bonnet,
42:44or whatever,
42:44you have to restore,
42:46so,
42:46yeah,
42:47that's brilliant,
42:47but thank you so much for coming.
42:50Look after yourself,
42:51safe journey home.
42:52Yeah,
42:52thanks.
42:57Up in Edinburgh,
42:58the alien book has landed with its new owner,
43:00Professor of Astrobiology,
43:02Charles Cockrell.
43:04I study life in the universe,
43:06and how we can look for life on other planets,
43:09and when I saw this book,
43:10which is one of the most famous books,
43:12speculating about alien life,
43:14come up for auction,
43:15I looked at it,
43:16and I thought,
43:16I have to have that.
43:18I was really excited when the hammer fell,
43:21because I actually hadn't decided where I was going to stop.
43:24I probably thought I might spend 3,000 on it,
43:28and then it carried on,
43:29but, you know,
43:30it did stop before he got to 4,
43:31which is good.
43:32I thought I had to have been able to flip over.
43:36I thought I had to have vouята so much for tite now,
43:37but, and then it also planned what?
43:39I have to have been able to flip over the world,
43:41and it but, and I that summer,
43:41and I thought I have to have fun,
43:43and I thought I asked you helpful with this book that I might be learning.
43:45I'll see you then.
43:47team event in the next program.
43:52Wh Hackett,
43:53boys are 23,
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