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Millionaire Hoarders UK S02E01
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00:00Behind the doors of our mansions, castles, and houses, lie piles upon piles of forgotten treasures.
00:14I've been looking for that for two years.
00:17I can't get away from them. They are simply everywhere.
00:20Am I a hoarder? Yes.
00:22But when tough times come knocking...
00:25When you're saying movement, what's it doing?
00:27Come and have a look.
00:28How much does this all cost?
00:29I'd try to think.
00:31Do they have a hidden gem that could be their salvation?
00:34I'm not sure what's in there. Could be anything.
00:37I'd love to think that there was a master painting in here.
00:41They will need the best in the business.
00:43People do call me Mr Miscellaneous. I just love all sorts of objects.
00:49It's all about creating a look. That's what really sells.
00:53Rock stars, A-listers, they're all in my little black book.
00:56Experts determined to track down valuable finds.
01:00The book alone would command an incredible amount of money.
01:04Oh, wow. Okay. Well, that's a big name.
01:07Ooh, this is a bit of money.
01:09And deliver life-changing sums.
01:11Solve!
01:12Oh, my goodness.
01:14This is the only copy anywhere in the world.
01:18It's unbelievable.
01:28Heading to a true national landmark today is antiques dealer Clive.
01:32Do days get any better than this?
01:35I'm on an amazing beach.
01:37The weather is fabulous.
01:39The sun is shining.
01:40Look at that!
01:43Vanbrugh Castle.
01:45It's just staggering.
01:47What an amazing sight.
01:50Centuries and centuries and centuries old.
01:52There has got to be some amazing items to find in there.
02:04This magnificent castle towers over the northeast coastline.
02:11Once the seat of power for Anglo-Saxon rulers,
02:14it's now the most visited tourist attraction in Northumberland.
02:17The current custodians are Frankie and Claire Watson-Armstrong.
02:30Yes, you look beautiful.
02:34Don't spit in my hair.
02:36Let it go.
02:40Spitting in my hair.
02:41Just having a domestic.
02:42No, I'm not.
02:43Just spat in my hair.
02:44I didn't spit in your hair.
02:48Frankie's ancestor, Lord William Armstrong,
02:50bought a run-down and neglected Bamboura in 1894.
02:55His wealth in those days was massive.
02:57Completely self-made, self-taught,
02:59absolutely incredibly intelligent.
03:01What a genius.
03:03Armstrong was a famous and innovative engineer and industrialist
03:07who became known as the magician of the north
03:09when he built the first house in the world
03:11to be lit by hydroelectricity.
03:13In today's money,
03:16he spent the equivalent of £160 million
03:18restoring and expanding Bamboura.
03:23You lead the way.
03:24I don't know where we're going.
03:25Neither do I.
03:27Obviously, we need new carpets.
03:30The castle boasts over 300 rooms.
03:33Quite big, isn't it?
03:33Including 14 staterooms
03:36and sits in a wider estate
03:38comprising of a beach, battlements and abundant farmland.
03:43This is our refurb.
03:48This has been going on for months and months and months.
03:50But every time you strip something back,
03:52you find another problem.
03:53Damp, water leaks, dodgy wiring.
03:56But isn't it gorgeous?
03:57Look at the detail on that as well, though.
04:00Look, there's the Armstrong crest, too.
04:03Ladies first.
04:05Growing up in the castle
04:08with its labyrinth of chambers and corridors
04:10was a fairy tale for Frankie.
04:16Crack, it's a year since I've been in here.
04:18Wow.
04:19Ooh!
04:19There's a lot of things about
04:21with the Armstrong crest on.
04:22Hey, nice.
04:24Ooh!
04:25Do you know, I wonder if they're dishwasher-proof?
04:27You are such a wag.
04:30The bronze bust of me and Mum.
04:32I'm not going to try and lift it.
04:33Ooh, careful. Ooh!
04:35There.
04:36Me with my wild hair.
04:38This used to be our sort of playground
04:39when we were kids.
04:40But none of this was here.
04:42It was all our playroom.
04:43Train set.
04:45All sorts of stuff going on in here.
04:46So, yeah, happy days.
04:47Probably the largest train set there could be,
04:49I can just imagine.
04:52My father died in 87.
04:54Mum died in 99.
04:55They were custodians of the castle then.
04:58It passed on to the next generation.
04:59And I like the word custodian.
05:00I don't really consider myself an owner.
05:02It's more, you know,
05:04just keeping it standing for the nation
05:06and for the next generation.
05:09But now that Frankie's in charge,
05:11maintaining the castle for the nation
05:12is a heavy burden to bear.
05:16A lot of people think,
05:18you know, how lucky is he living in a castle?
05:20But actually, it's quite an onerous task
05:22to keep the place going.
05:23I mean, the wages are high numbers.
05:25There's heating, there's electricity,
05:27there's rates, there's all that sort of stuff.
05:29And then what's left in the pot,
05:31most of that goes to maintenance.
05:33For instance, the room behind you here,
05:35the keep, that needs a new roof.
05:37So that's going to be two or three million quid to do that.
05:40Boy, oh boy, it's expensive.
05:44The castle relies on income from its visitors.
05:47But getting the public to return year after year
05:50is a constant challenge.
05:52To counter this,
05:54the couple plan to create
05:55a new state-of-the-art attraction.
05:58The new project will be, hopefully, a showstopper.
06:01High-end six-figure, some project probably.
06:04It will be a significant sum.
06:05And the biggest investment
06:06in the castle's recent history, I would have thought.
06:10It will be, yeah.
06:10That will bring more visitors in the castle,
06:12therefore, more funds to keep the place standing.
06:16But in order to begin,
06:17they need the cash.
06:19And while everything on public display can't be sold,
06:23they're hoping that after five generations of hoarding,
06:26the forgotten back rooms
06:27could be housing hidden items of value.
06:33I don't really know what the values of things are.
06:35There's 50 grand sitting there
06:36or 100 grand sitting there.
06:37It's just part of the collection.
06:39It's been like that
06:40since I've been crawling through these rooms as a baby.
06:43It smells of dead things in here.
06:45Mmm.
06:46Well, it is bones, isn't it?
06:47It is all bones.
06:47You can taste it.
06:48Actually, oh.
06:49It does smell of...
06:50It does smell.
06:52With so much history to root through,
06:55the couple are going to need a helping hand.
06:59Antiques expert Clive
07:00prides himself on his knowledge and his contacts.
07:05Identify the treasure, turn it into cash.
07:08That is what I'm good at.
07:10And finding hidden gems in a castle
07:12is his perfect day out.
07:14Oh, what a brilliant, wonderful day.
07:20Could it be any better?
07:21Hello!
07:22Really nice to meet you.
07:23Lovely to meet you too.
07:25I'm fair.
07:25Nice to meet you.
07:26Very, very good.
07:27Would you welcome to Bamboura and Bamboura Castle.
07:30Every day it's like this, yeah?
07:32It's great, isn't it?
07:33Let's go and see the dusty bits.
07:36The dusty bits!
07:37So this would have been the working part of the castle.
07:46And there would be animals,
07:48there'd be the sound of the blacksmith,
07:50there'd be weaponry makers.
07:51It would have been a real hubbub of activity, so...
07:53You kind of see it in the movies, don't you?
07:55You do!
07:55You're all in good prints of themes and things like that.
07:58Yes!
07:58You see the village setting.
07:59We want to bring that to life in this new,
08:02exciting museum and interpretation.
08:04Okay.
08:04A new museum will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.
08:10The feasibility survey alone will be 30,000.
08:13And they're looking to Clive for a cash injection.
08:18And here we are, Grand Courtyard.
08:20Yes.
08:20Oh, it says it there, the keep.
08:22And it's where we keep all of our unusual stores and finds,
08:26so we're going to let you in and have a rummage.
08:28Let's go and have a look and see what we can find.
08:31We might leave you to it.
08:32I better get wondering.
08:34What have we in here?
08:45Splendid-looking room.
08:47Stuffed.
08:48Oh, look, a sword.
08:49Of course you would.
08:50Come in and find a sword.
08:52Look at that one there.
08:53Does it come out?
08:55I'm reluctant to pull that too hard,
08:57just in case the handle comes off.
09:00That there...
09:02That's a weird thing, isn't it?
09:05I think they're called a bar shot.
09:08And you fire it, woof, like that.
09:10And then as it's in the air, it all opens up like that.
09:13It hits and buggers up your rigging and your sails.
09:18So it's like a single-use thing.
09:21It would be fired off, never seen again.
09:23I wonder how many of those are out at sea.
09:25It's probably modern technology at one stage, wasn't it?
09:29Quite of interesting things here.
09:32But commercial has no value at all.
09:33In the collection of ancient artefacts,
09:37Clive is yet to find an item worth selling for Claire and Frankie.
09:42A sign that says keep out.
09:45I cannot resist that.
09:47Let's keep in.
09:49Ooh, what have we got here?
09:52Crikey, storeroom and a hearth.
09:54Fantastic light and space.
09:57And we've got stuff.
09:58My goodness, we have got stuff.
10:00There's chairs.
10:02We're covering all the bases here.
10:04What have we got?
10:05I've got some Thorne Cafe chairs up there.
10:07Bentwood ones from like the 1920s.
10:10And then I've got some armour.
10:11Goodness knows how old that is.
10:15Hmm.
10:16A pigskin bucket.
10:18Nicely stitched, isn't it?
10:20Great thing.
10:24Ooh, that's a big sucker, isn't it?
10:26Big room divider screens.
10:30Well, it's about eight foot long.
10:31It's quite big.
10:32Woodworm have certainly got to them.
10:34We've definitely seen better days.
10:38What have we got here?
10:40Nothing.
10:42Oh, nothing.
10:46Oh, that one there's got...
10:48What's that?
10:49Looks like a train...
10:52coal.
10:53Carrying one, I reckon, that is.
10:55Something in that one.
10:56We've got numbers on the end.
11:00A Lehman.
11:01Made in Western Germany.
11:06Lehman Grossbahn were pioneers of larger size model trains,
11:10and they were first manufactured in 1968.
11:15Designed for outdoor gardens and public displays,
11:18these trains have become highly collectible.
11:20In excellent condition, single engines can sell for up to £400 each.
11:29Guess it's unusual to find these things.
11:32Still in their original boxes.
11:34Oh, look, they've even got a bloke.
11:36He looks quite German, doesn't he?
11:38With that hat on.
11:39Yeah.
11:40This is all, you know, jolly collectible these days.
11:43It's in nice condition, isn't it?
11:45There we go.
11:45Proper boy stuff, this one, isn't it?
11:48It's got a great deal of weight to it.
11:52Oh, some more in there.
11:54Oh, and there's more.
11:55OK, I've got drawers of it.
11:57Draws and drawers.
11:58With over 20 boxes of train paraphernalia,
12:01this could add up to a tidy sum for Claire and Frankie.
12:06Let's face it, you're not going to get a new Rolls-Royce out of it,
12:09but if it's just sitting here languishing,
12:12and there seems to be quite a few bits,
12:14fun, unexpected, but fun.
12:18Let's go see what else we can find.
12:25Lots of stuff here.
12:28After a good look around the keep,
12:32Clive asks Frankie and Claire
12:34if there is anywhere else that he can explore
12:37that could hold the answer to their money needs.
12:41You're welcome.
12:42Wow, look at this.
12:44This is the Armstrong Engineering and Aviation Museum.
12:49Look at that.
12:51That's my favourite piece in here.
12:53A 1914 four-inch naval gun that still works.
12:57Looks remarkably heavy.
12:58We had to take the roof off to put that in here,
13:00and I think that's why the building leaks so much now,
13:02but yeah, it's a good bit of kit, that.
13:04The museum highlights the legacy of Frankie's famous and ingenious ancestor,
13:11the first Lord Armstrong.
13:14But one item in the collection was contributed by Frankie himself.
13:18Well, that is bits of a Mark 1A Spitfire.
13:23So how did that end up here, then?
13:25There's a friend of mine, Derek, who's very keen in aviation history.
13:29Yeah.
13:29He rang me one morning, very excited,
13:31banging on the water.
13:32Come on, come on, get up.
13:34I said, what's the matter, Derek?
13:34He said, I've found, I've found where this wreck site is.
13:37So off we went on a really miserable wet day.
13:39Derek and I were shovels.
13:40We dug it all up, basically.
13:42It was literally in the ground.
13:43In the ground.
13:44A high-speed crash.
13:45The pilot fortunately escaped.
13:47He got out of it, and it's a Mark 1A Spitfire.
13:49So these things are like...
13:51Rare, rare.
13:51Very rare.
13:52Phenomenal.
13:53Can I get behind the glass?
13:54Yes.
13:55Let's do that.
13:56VIP.
13:57Very privileged.
13:58In the suburbs of London, vintage expert Paula is on a mission.
14:14This is that moment right before I go and see a new collection.
14:18I'm fizzing with anticipation and excitement.
14:20She is meeting someone who has curated a collection over several decades.
14:24I never know what I'm going to find.
14:26Really, really, really looking forward to this.
14:33Entrepreneur Paula lives with her husband and two sons,
14:37who are used to her compulsive collecting.
14:41Every time I pick up an item, I don't buy because they're cheap.
14:45I buy because they speak to my heart.
14:47They literally have my name on it.
14:49They say, hey, Paula, how are you?
14:51And then when you look at it, so beautiful, so arty.
14:56You're always close to tears.
14:58You're like, oh, my God, it's so beautiful.
15:01I need to calm down.
15:03You could throw it around your neck or you could put it on your head.
15:06Really, really cool.
15:08Really awesome.
15:09I'm the fifth of six children.
15:13I've always had pass-me-downs and I've always loved them.
15:18There was always a story around the things I owned.
15:21Maybe my sister wore it to her prom or she wore it to her party.
15:25Beautiful things with character and a story.
15:28But Bola's love for everything vintage
15:31isn't just confined to her overstuffed house.
15:38So this is my beloved Penelope.
15:42She's the most gorgeous triumph herald ever.
15:45And over here is Frederick.
15:47She's like a collector's dream.
15:50She's completely pure.
15:52Oh, it looks like I left the lampshade in there.
16:02I think I was trying to hide it from my husband
16:05and I forgot it in the car.
16:10All of Bola's collection is firmly rooted in the past.
16:13But she does have an eye on the future.
16:17I've decided to sell off some of the pieces
16:19to raise some money to help my son.
16:22He's starting to be a filmmaker
16:24and he would love to buy some filmmaking equipment.
16:28And I want to be able to give him that head start.
16:33Bola's hoping she has something to sell
16:35to realise her son's dream.
16:37But she needs help.
16:40Vintage expert Paula could be her guardian angel.
16:43I like to find exquisite things.
16:47And I know exactly where to take them to sell them.
16:50If there's money to be made here,
16:52Paula will find it.
16:53And this hoard could be right up Paula's street.
16:57I can't believe the first thing I see,
16:59triumph heralds.
17:00I'm so excited.
17:01What else am I going to find?
17:02Oh, my goodness.
17:09As fabulous as I hoped.
17:11I mean, fabulous on the driveway,
17:12fabulous in person.
17:14So are you.
17:14Oh, hello.
17:15I'm so excited to see what you have.
17:18Save you.
17:19It's true.
17:21Everything I look at is incredible.
17:24So how much are we trying to raise today?
17:27Perhaps if we could raise 5,000.
17:29You know, my son is studying filmmaking.
17:32The equipment is pretty, pretty expensive.
17:35Every little helps,
17:35but let's go for as much as we can.
17:37Absolutely.
17:38Let's do it while I'm still in this mood.
17:40Before I wake up next morning,
17:41I say, what, what, what?
17:43I want to keep it all.
17:44Yeah.
17:44They're all mine.
17:46Well, let's get going.
17:48Let's get going.
17:49Enjoy.
17:50See you in a moment.
17:51See you.
17:52Bola's collection ranges from the 1920s to the 1980s
17:56and is displayed all over her house.
18:01So just as a starting point,
18:04these are original 1940s.
18:07Absolutely incredible shape
18:08and just in the most immaculate condition.
18:14I see pairs of glasses,
18:17anything from 25 pounds upwards.
18:18I mean, you get some lovely ones
18:20that are 200 pounds, 300 pounds,
18:22but they almost have to be very special.
18:24They would have to have been connected,
18:25perhaps, with the person who wore them.
18:28So many of these pieces
18:29are just such statement pieces.
18:32These, which are not necessarily precious gems,
18:34they do go for a lot of money.
18:36This one is a Christian Dior.
18:37The costume jewellery from the 1950s and 60s
18:40is so iconic, so intricate.
18:42Then you get these unique pieces,
18:45which are, I mean, that is so much fun.
18:47It's very eccentric.
18:50This really is the real deal.
18:52It has a mirror inside,
18:53so it's almost like a vanity case as well.
18:55Which is so special.
18:58To be honest, there's a lot of things
19:00that are so unique and individual and special.
19:04To sort of try and raise money
19:06by selling each of these individually
19:08is going to take a long time.
19:10big-ticket items are where the real money lies.
19:18And for Paula, two of the biggest
19:20are sitting on Boller's driveway.
19:23I have to say, I'm particularly excited
19:26because I went through France in one of these.
19:28Oh, wow.
19:28I'm called Umberto.
19:30What are yours called?
19:31This is Penelope, and that's Frederic.
19:33Frederic is the colour from the factory floor.
19:36That's the real colour.
19:37Absolutely.
19:38Penelope and her beautiful, resplendent and pink.
19:41Tell me about Penelope.
19:42It used to belong to a very famous British artist
19:46called Craigie Aitchinson,
19:48and he first painted it pink.
19:51And in fact, a lot of his artworks used to have,
19:54you know, the colour pink as the main theme.
19:56So he literally hand-painted it.
19:59He would spin down the neighbourhood
20:01with the door flinging open
20:03because heralds are there to fly open.
20:06I know that one.
20:07I know that one.
20:08So this is a special piece.
20:13Between 1959 and 1971,
20:17over half a million Triumph heralds
20:19were produced in the UK.
20:21Its stylish design, practicality and affordability
20:24made it popular with the working and middle classes.
20:28And pristine examples can sell for up to £20,000.
20:32When you're really into the vintage scene,
20:35this is your perfect accessory.
20:37This is the sort of thing
20:39that you want to turn up
20:40at your vintage car boot sale in.
20:42And there's plenty of room in that back seat.
20:44I should know.
20:48I think the first place I'm going to look
20:50will be the vintage festivals,
20:52something like the Goodwood Revival or Twinwood,
20:55a place where people are really passionate
20:57about their vintage is the best place to start.
21:00And that's what I'm going to do.
21:05Back at Bamboura.
21:06Dealer Clive is about to find out
21:10just how special the wrecked Spitfire really is.
21:14Wow.
21:14Look at this.
21:16I am now a living exhibit.
21:19And there she is, the main event.
21:21The amount of force it would take to bend that Conrad there.
21:30Imagine sitting in here with all of that in front of you.
21:34And the noise and the feeling.
21:36A symbol of victory,
21:39the Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War II.
21:43This single-seat fighter gave the British and Allied countries
21:46a decisive advantage at the Battle of Britain.
21:49The original model was named the Mark I.
21:52Well, when you get the word Rolls-Royce, you know you've got a great thing, don't you?
22:04Another bit of classic British engineering.
22:07This might look like a mangled wreck,
22:10but with its unique registration code, L1037,
22:15it could be restored to flying condition by an expert.
22:17We've got the cockpit here, and we've got the seat,
22:21and we've got...
22:22There's so much here.
22:24It's really impressive.
22:26Intact, restored Spitfires
22:28have been known to fetch over £4 million at auction.
22:33You enjoy that?
22:34Yeah, it's cool, isn't it?
22:36Yeah, I really enjoy it.
22:37The thought of sitting in there
22:39with that massive engine roaring in front of you.
22:42Wow.
22:42People shooting at you, wondering...
22:44It's proper stuff, isn't it?
22:45All your friends are being killed around you.
22:47Would you sell it?
22:49It's about where it would go, and that is our priority.
22:52I see.
22:52OK, so it's no or no?
22:55It's not a no.
22:56It's not a no.
22:56It's not a no.
22:57That's really exciting.
22:58It's the history of it.
22:59Yeah.
23:00It's the spirit that was flying it,
23:01the guys that were involved in flying that plane.
23:03I owe it to them that it goes to the right place, definitely.
23:05Yeah.
23:08Finding the perfect buyer for Frankie
23:10is going to take all of Clive's expertise.
23:13See if we can tap into the Spitfire community,
23:18and there is one out there,
23:20and find out the provenance behind it,
23:23what that does for the value,
23:24and then hopefully find a really solid buyer
23:28so that I can come back here
23:30and put something real on the table for these guys,
23:33because it's a wonderful, wonderful item.
23:42In Sussex, Paula's at a vintage car meet,
23:45searching for a buyer for Bola's two Triumph Heralds
23:48so that she can raise money for her son's film career.
23:52I'm here at the Goodwood Revival today,
23:54which celebrates Goodwood Racing from 1948 to 1966,
23:59and what I think is wonderful
24:01is that it's the period that Bola's cars are from.
24:11She's meeting classic car dealer Andreas,
24:13who has over 10 years' experience
24:15in the car auction business.
24:18Paula's hoping he will give her a steer on Bola's cars.
24:24Hi, Andreas.
24:25How are you?
24:26Not too bad.
24:26I've come here to you because I know that you're a man
24:28who knows all about classic and historic cars.
24:31Yep.
24:31But the Triumph Heralds...
24:33What's great about a Herald is
24:35they're not too expensive to get into,
24:36but you can have just as much fun as you can
24:38with a £100,000 classic car.
24:39You know, they're brilliant.
24:41I've got two examples.
24:42One is a 1961.
24:44It has been altered a bit.
24:46OK.
24:46And you'll notice that it's not in shop floor pink.
24:50No.
24:51You know, something like this,
24:53the beauty of it is,
24:54there's going to be someone that likes the look of it,
24:55and they like the idea of having a classic car
24:58that they can take out and enjoy.
24:59There shouldn't be too much of an issue with it, really.
25:01Wonderful.
25:02And then, a more classic example,
25:04and it's a 1963 Triumph Herald.
25:07Now, this one is a convertible.
25:09Generally, you tend to find the convertibles go for the most.
25:12Really?
25:12Yeah.
25:13So, the most I've seen a convertible go for,
25:15and that went to auction,
25:16that did about £20,000.
25:17Oh, really?
25:18That's for your top end,
25:19but a lot of it is condition-dependent.
25:21So, even with the pink car,
25:23which I actually really quite like it.
25:25I'm glad you said that.
25:26The interior may be not so much for me,
25:28but it almost becomes an art car.
25:31If the condition is there,
25:32it might do more than you'd expect it to go.
25:34OK, lovely.
25:34Andreas will need to inspect the condition of Bola's cars
25:39to establish their exact value.
25:42What was really interesting from Andreas' feedback
25:44is that one of Bola's cars is pink.
25:47It's not necessarily a negative.
25:49He called it an art car.
25:51We may have an art car on our hands,
25:53which may actually add a premium to what we thought,
25:56so it's all good.
25:57In the suburbs of London,
26:05it's a big day for Bola.
26:11Paula is bringing classic car dealer Andreas
26:14to value her vintage cars.
26:17And she's hoping to raise £5,000
26:19to buy film equipment for her son.
26:23Hi! So good to see you!
26:25Here is Andreas.
26:26Hi, Andreas.
26:27It's very nice to meet you.
26:28Do you want to tell Andreas
26:29a little bit about the cars?
26:31Absolutely.
26:31So this is Penelope.
26:33She used to belong to Crady Aitonson.
26:36And this is Frederick,
26:38after my heart,
26:39because always has a way
26:40of just looking elegant with the roof down.
26:43Well, if it's OK with you,
26:44we'll have a good look around the cars.
26:46Maybe take one of them out for a spin
26:47and go from there, if that's OK.
26:49I'll let you get on with that.
26:50Thank you very much.
26:50Enjoy.
26:52Let's have a look.
26:53It feels good.
26:55It feels nice.
26:55They do just make people happy, classic cars.
26:58That's why I love them so much.
27:00It's got that sound, hasn't it?
27:06OK.
27:06Make him smile.
27:07You see, it made him smile.
27:08Made him smile.
27:09There we go.
27:09We've got, like, a Range Rover behind us.
27:24I'm wondering, what is going on here
27:26with the door flying out of the car?
27:28Oh, my goodness.
27:29And a lot more entertaining
27:30than if we were in that Audi, for example.
27:33But will the fun continue
27:35when Andreas assesses the car's condition?
27:40The body work, the paint,
27:41perhaps a little bit faded.
27:43We have a little bit of rust coming through here,
27:45so we need to factor that in
27:47when having a think about the car's value.
27:49We've got some rust on the bottom of the door
27:51coming through here.
27:52On this wing here as well,
27:54we have an area where the paint's flaked off.
27:56Now, that will stand out to buyers.
27:59Overall, I would say it's not too bad.
28:00It could just do a bit of TLC, really.
28:04Andreas, you've assessed the cars.
28:06You've looked at the condition.
28:07You have a few ideas of what they might be worth,
28:10what should happen next.
28:11Look, they're both great usable examples
28:13that I think would be brilliant, you know,
28:15for an enthusiast that's looking to get
28:17into classic car ownership.
28:18If we start with Penelope,
28:20there's a bit of rust here and there.
28:22Having had a look at the market,
28:24anywhere between sort of maybe
28:26£2,000 to £2,500 at auction,
28:28which may or may not be
28:30anywhere near your expectation.
28:34But I've got to be honest with you.
28:36I would never tell you a car is worth more
28:38than I thought it realistically would sell for.
28:41I hate you.
28:42You're going to get more of a market for this car
28:44and the fact it's a convertible as well.
28:45I think this car could probably do
28:47between £2,500 and £3,500,
28:49but there are a few sort of imperfections
28:52here and there that I think
28:53may hold it back a little bit.
28:54How does that make you feel, Bola?
28:57I believe they're worth a lot more.
28:59When I was looking to buy Frederick,
29:01I suddenly paid a lot more than that.
29:04Bola is disappointed with the valuations,
29:06but because she needs to raise money,
29:08she agrees to sell just one of her cars.
29:11It's a part of human nature to overvalue the things that we love.
29:15We put names to our cars because they mean something to us.
29:19So, therefore, we are always going to put a higher value to that.
29:22And, sadly, in this situation, I think that's what Bola has done.
29:26All Bola's hopes now rest on Penelope,
29:29with her celebrity pedigree getting a good price at auction.
29:32What I'm hoping is that we can reach a compromise.
29:36Andreas being happy with a reserve price
29:40and Bola being happy with what that reserve price is.
29:46In Bambra, Clive wants to ensure that he gets the right price
29:49for Frankie's model railways.
29:51Further to doing some research on these trains,
29:58I've spoken to some auctioneers about value,
30:01and I'm just not happy with it.
30:03So, I've done a bit of research,
30:05and I found a chap called David, who owns this bookshop,
30:08and he is a bit of an authority on him.
30:10So, I'm going to go and have a chat
30:11and see if he can add a little bit of light
30:14and maybe a little bit of value.
30:15You never know.
30:16Barta Bookshop in Annick
30:21has for over 30 years showcased a model railway
30:24running round the tops of its bookcases.
30:27And it's exactly the same make
30:29as the trains Clive unearthed at Bambra.
30:32David!
30:33How are you, sir?
30:35There's a whole lot of wow when you come in here, isn't there?
30:38Yes, there is.
30:39You're no stranger to these boxes, are you?
30:42No, no, we've been running these for the last 33 years.
30:45Yeah.
30:45You know, they work hard for a living,
30:4710 hours every day, every 18 months,
30:50we have to replace the rails
30:51because they wear the rails away.
30:53Wow, really?
30:54No, I really like it.
30:55I think it's a very cool idea indeed.
30:57I've been and seen a couple of auctioneers
30:59who specialise in this kind of thing,
31:01and to be honest,
31:03the values were really, like,
31:05oh, really disappointing.
31:07They are beautiful,
31:08but they have been produced in very large numbers.
31:11In your opinion,
31:12what sort of money would that kind of thing make?
31:14You know, as it's in really good condition,
31:16I think it probably looked at 150 to 200 pounds,
31:19I would have thought.
31:20So, despite me bringing the very best one
31:23that we have in the collection along,
31:25but it's not going to be worth thousands, is it?
31:27I have very much doubt it.
31:30You know, we can always put it up here
31:32and give it to everyone if you would like.
31:34How do we do that?
31:35There's a set of steps.
31:36Yeah, we've got a set of steps here.
31:37Let's...
31:38Fabulous.
31:38Let's go do that.
31:41Let's give this a whirl.
31:42Just give it some power.
31:46Power?
31:47Power, sir!
31:48What have we got?
31:49Yes, let's have some power.
31:50There she goes.
31:52Ha, ha, ha, ha.
31:53That's fun, isn't it?
31:54Those little wheels whizzing.
31:56Well, that's a delightful thing to see, isn't it?
31:58Yeah.
31:59Is it eventually going to end up back here?
32:01Hopefully.
32:02It just brings a little smile to your face.
32:06It does, yes.
32:07In life, you need that, don't you?
32:09And there it is.
32:10It is.
32:11Returning to us.
32:12Full circle.
32:15The low valuations mean that Clive has come to the end of the line
32:19with the model trainsets.
32:21Well, that was interesting.
32:23Didn't help with my value, though.
32:25I'm now thinking, having seen the track set up here,
32:30that's what Frankie needs to do.
32:31Get one of these set up.
32:33Don't just divest yourself of this.
32:36Buy a load more!
32:40All of Clive's hopes now lie with the Spitfire.
32:50He knows that it crashed in the 1940s on a training manoeuvre.
32:55But he wants to find out more about its wartime service record.
32:58Because he knows that the more he finds out about its past,
33:03the more it could raise at sale.
33:05As soon as I saw the Spitfire,
33:08it was so obvious there was a much bigger story to be had.
33:13So I find myself here at the home
33:16of the Imperial War Museum's aircraft collection,
33:20and I'm off to see the senior curator here.
33:24Let's find out how special this plane was.
33:27I'm going to go and see Adrian.
33:29The museum is based in Duxford,
33:32on the site of a key World War II RAF base.
33:35And here we are.
33:39What a fabulous place to go to work every day.
33:42We are surrounded by aviation history.
33:45It's all quite incredible.
33:46Is this us?
33:48This is Spitfire Mark I, N3200 here.
33:51This is what they look like when they're all together.
33:53Exactly.
33:54Although the Bambra Spitfire is not intact,
33:57its story is,
33:59and is contained in the logbooks Adrian has found.
34:02The Spitfire was built in 1939.
34:05In July of that year,
34:06it was allocated to 611 Squadron,
34:09based near Liverpool.
34:10OK.
34:10And what I was really excited to see
34:12was that that squadron moved down here to Duxford.
34:15Ha!
34:16Around the time of the outbreak of the Second World War.
34:18So our actual aircraft flew out of here?
34:20Indeed, yeah.
34:21Oh, wow.
34:22And was actually here at Duxford
34:23on the day that Britain declared war on Nazi Germany.
34:26And then what follows on from there then, Adrian?
34:29How do you kind of trace it through?
34:30In May 1940,
34:32British Expeditionary Force is evacuated from Dunkirk.
34:35Right.
34:35And Spitfire helped provide aerial cover
34:37to make sure that the ships on the ground
34:39don't get attacked by the Luftwaffe.
34:41The squadron actually gets ambushed.
34:43Three of the squadron's pilots are lost.
34:45But L1037, it's OK.
34:47And then it's found again by another pilot,
34:51Sergeant Arthur Binham.
34:52Yeah.
34:53This is another patrol to Dunkirk.
34:55It looks like our Spitfire actually gets slightly damaged.
34:58Wow.
34:58But it can't be too bad because literally only a few hours later,
35:02Arthur Binham's up in our Spitfire again,
35:05flying back to Dunkirk.
35:07I fired a burst at 109,
35:10which turned over and went into a dive.
35:13Engine smoking.
35:14Oh, it's just amazing, isn't it?
35:17Invaluable information to build into the story of this aircraft.
35:23Yeah.
35:24Knowing that the Bambra Spitfire played a role at Dunkirk
35:28will be key to attracting potential buyers.
35:31But before Clive leaves,
35:32he can't resist fulfilling a childhood dream.
35:35An absolute first for me, for sure.
35:38Then both legs down.
35:40Ah, and he's in.
35:42Not a lot of space, right?
35:43No.
35:44It feels incredibly light, the whole, you know, just the whole control.
35:48And I can see as I'm moving here,
35:50I can see it moving on the wings.
35:54Wow.
35:54Brilliant.
35:55Thank you so much, Adrian.
35:56It has been an absolute pleasure.
35:58No problem at all.
36:00That was amazing.
36:02We've more than filled in the blanks, yeah?
36:04It's just created an incredible story.
36:08Who'd have thought that that one aircraft had such a rich history?
36:12Brilliant, brilliant day.
36:23Clive's back at Bambra.
36:25And all his hopes to realise Clare and Frankie's dream of a new museum
36:31are pinned on the Spitfire.
36:35To tell you the truth, a bit excited.
36:37I've got a chap called Peter here today,
36:39and it wouldn't surprise me if he gets his checkbook out.
36:42So, fingers crossed, we're in for a good day.
36:49Aviation expert Peter Monk is one of a handful of people in the world
36:53with the skills necessary and the funds available
36:56to buy and restore the wreckage of a Spitfire.
36:59Peter.
37:01Peter.
37:02Hi.
37:03Hi.
37:03Good to see you.
37:03Nice to see you.
37:04Natural habitat for you, surrounded by aircraft parts.
37:08Aircraft parts everywhere.
37:09There she is, behind glass.
37:12Wondrous, wondrous thing.
37:14Fantastic.
37:15I'm already looking at all the usable parts,
37:17so I can see they leap out at me.
37:19Look at this.
37:23Ah, fantastic.
37:24So you've got that instant recognition.
37:26Oh, yeah.
37:26I think I know what that is.
37:27There's parts there, instantly I can recognise that that should be with that.
37:30Parts on the floor down here.
37:32Yeah, if you can pop it back together, you can fly home.
37:35There's some fantastic parts there that have survived.
37:39And it excites me, I can tell you.
37:41Mm.
37:42Amazing.
37:43But this is a very early, very early mast.
37:46I've not seen one before, and I genuinely mean that.
37:49Fabulous.
37:50Oh, that's wonderful news.
37:51If I could end up with it and we could use it as a basis of a restoration,
37:55in memory of the guys that flew these, it would be quite something.
37:59Frankie and Claire need to raise £30,000,
38:02and this is Clive's final chance to realise that money.
38:07So, there's obviously some kind of, you know, financial number.
38:11What does the price look like for you?
38:17It's a very difficult one to value.
38:19Yeah.
38:20They all are.
38:21Everyone is different, everyone is unique.
38:23But I would put a value on this of £80,000.
38:29From my previous conversations, yeah,
38:32it will have to be a six-figure number,
38:36even if it's the lowest six-figure number you can think of, yeah,
38:40if I could take that back to them tomorrow,
38:43I'm very sure that we can get a conclusion on this deal.
38:51It's a special thing, isn't it?
38:54It is.
38:54It's a special aircraft.
38:55And in the midst of time,
38:57an extra £20,000 is just going to disappear and not even remember.
39:00Just like that.
39:01Just like that, yeah.
39:02That, as you say, the £20,000,
39:05if that's what it takes to get this one across the line,
39:12I think we'll make an offer of £101,000.
39:15How's that?
39:16That would be wonderful.
39:17Excellent.
39:17Thank you, sir.
39:18Thank you very much.
39:19Brilliant.
39:19I'll leave you staring at bits.
39:21Thank you very much.
39:24I think he is the perfect buyer.
39:28Now, you can always argue about numbers,
39:29but that's just money, isn't it?
39:30Yeah, but wouldn't it be wonderful
39:32as I stand here now
39:34and see that Spitfire completed in a few years' time
39:39just roaring over the castle grounds?
39:43It's been a great day.
39:49Getting rid of treasured hordes can be bittersweet.
39:52I can't believe I'm letting you go,
40:03but I hope she really, really finds a good home.
40:08I hope this is goodbye.
40:10Love you.
40:14Yeah, I think I'm going to.
40:16She's gorgeous.
40:21In Buxton, Bola's beloved Penelope
40:24is about to be auctioned off
40:26to make money for her son's film career.
40:29At £32,500, once, twice, third and final.
40:36£32,500 to my telephone bidder.
40:41Similar age models have been known to sell
40:43for five-figure sums.
40:46£19,000.
40:48Really mixed feelings about somebody else owning Penelope
40:52because Penelope is me.
40:56I love the quirks.
40:57I love the history.
40:58But sometimes in life,
41:00you also have to teach yourself
41:02that love is letting go.
41:04You just have to see the bigger picture.
41:07£24,500, £25,000 with me.
41:11In my heart, I believe that no amount of money
41:13can really be put on Penelope.
41:15£26,000 then.
41:18On commission still.
41:19The dream figure would be probably around £8,000.
41:23The bigger dream would be about £10,000.
41:26Anything lower than £3,000
41:28will be a slap on my face.
41:32Mark 86 is the 1961 Triumph Herald 1200.
41:37It's time for the auction.
41:40And the reserve has been set at £3,000.
41:44Bola's hope is that the car's artistic pedigree
41:46could spark a bidding war.
41:48It was previously owned and hand-painted
41:51by Scottish charters Craigie Hitchison.
41:54It's a good-looking little car, this.
41:56Lot 86.
41:58Where's we start?
41:58Got a few bids on the book.
42:00They're nice and low.
42:01£800 in the room.
42:03£900 on the book.
42:04£1,000.
42:04You've got to do more than that.
42:05That's you, me.
42:06And £1,000.
42:07I've got £1,100.
42:08Do you want £1,200?
42:09Come on, Penelope.
42:10£1,200.
42:11Your bid, sir, standing.
42:13I'm going to accept it provisionally.
42:14Come on, Penelope.
42:15At £1,003 on the aisle.
42:17Sorry, sir.
42:18£1,400.
42:19£1,500, sir, on the aisle.
42:21Would you like another bid?
42:22Come on, come on.
42:23At £1,005.
42:24That seems to be all the money today.
42:27I'm looking for...
42:28The bidding stalls at £1,500.
42:31At £1,500...
42:32No, you're coming home.
42:33Provisional.
42:34So, with Bola's reserve price of £3,000, Penelope hasn't sold.
42:39Thank you very much.
42:40Ouch.
42:42I was willing to go through this.
42:44I was willing somehow to let it go for a bigger course.
42:49I'm going to have to think about much more fun ways of getting him the money.
42:54And I still get to keep what I love.
42:59Penny, you're coming home with me.
43:02It's a beautiful day.
43:07I feel like going for a swim, actually.
43:08Why don't you come in?
43:09Me?
43:10Swimming?
43:10In there?
43:11Just have a day.
43:11Taking the mick on you.
43:13It's Clive's final day at Bamboura, and he's come armed with an offer he's hoping Frankie
43:19and Claire can't refuse.
43:23Another grand room.
43:25Another...
43:25Hi, guys.
43:26How are you doing?
43:27Hello, how are you?
43:29You're back at Bamboura.
43:29It's always nice to be back.
43:30I'm back with exciting news, I hope.
43:33Welcome back to Bamboura.
43:34Nice to see you.
43:36It's a splendid setting, isn't it?
43:38We're in the courtroom where judgments were once made, so...
43:42Yes.
43:43Very fitting.
43:44Let's see if we've got some judgments to be made today.
43:46Yes.
43:47I spent some time down at Duxford at the Imperial War Museum.
43:51Great place, love it.
43:52They were very excited about the fact that your particular aircraft had been based at Duxford
43:57at the time that war was declared.
43:59Got a really good, solid link to them there.
44:01I know, it has, hasn't it?
44:02It's a really solid link to them there.
44:05Amazing.
44:06But I've managed to engage with a world-renowned expert on all things Spitfire.
44:11So there's very few people with the skill to do what is perhaps the best thing for this
44:17aircraft, which is to get it back flying again.
44:20Is that even possible?
44:22Absolutely.
44:23But you have to be the right man.
44:26So what's the deal look like?
44:28There's some bits of it that he won't require, and he would be happy to present those back
44:33to the castle, and you can have those as part of your permanent museum display, and also
44:38to come back to here whenever you've got things that you want to commemorate, to use it as
44:43part of that, to do flybys and things.
44:47Because we do a big D-Day celebration.
44:49Oh, there we go.
44:50You know, seeing all those bits of wreckage flying again.
44:53Yes.
44:53Yeah.
44:54It's amazing, isn't it?
44:55So the other final part of it, I suppose, is the monetary element of it.
45:00The number that he's put on the table is 101,000.
45:06That's quite a lot, isn't it?
45:08Yeah.
45:09Quite a long way.
45:10Yeah, that'll help with the construction of the new project.
45:13Yeah, definitely.
45:14And in some ways, who else is going to buy it?
45:16Yeah, because of the thing.
45:17Exactly.
45:17That is the reality.
45:18He's probably the only person on the planet who's got the skills and the knowledge and
45:22is in the place to actually do it.
45:24Absolutely.
45:25So it either sits there for another 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, 100 years, or you realise
45:30the value and do something really exciting.
45:33Well, it's going to a good home as well.
45:34Yes.
45:34That was one of our priorities, wasn't it?
45:36Wow.
45:37Just sometimes all the stars align and this just happens to be one of those moments.
45:41Amazing.
45:42And I do want to come back when the aircraft flies back over this building in a few years'
45:47time.
45:47So that one's in the diary.
45:49Thank you very much.
45:51It's been really wonderful.
45:52Oh, it's been a delight.
45:54Thank you so much.
45:55It's really, really excellent to meet you.
45:56Thank you so much for your hard work.
45:58Incredible what you've achieved here.
45:59It was good, wasn't it?
46:00And such good fun as well.
46:01We've loved having you here.
46:02We smashed it out of the bar.
46:03And thank you for all this.
46:05Much appreciated.
46:06Take care.
46:06Thanks, Chloe.
46:07Wow.
46:08Gosh, isn't it just...
46:10Yeah, very pleased with that one.
46:15Just magical.
46:16The whole thing.
46:17Once in a lifetime.
46:19So, Bambra, thank you.
46:22Frankie and Claire are working through the details of a deal with Peter.
46:28So, it looks like the new museum at the castle may be taking flight soon.
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