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Across Britain, behind the doors
of homes of all shapes and sizes,

lie astonishing hoards of
potential treasures.

We're not collectors. We are...

Hoarders. We are actually hoarders.

The extraordinary owners have
crammed their rooms with items

they've acquired and curated...

I remember counting 600
dresses long ago.

Is there a space anywhere?

I believe more is more is more.

..or obsessively collected.

I seem to keep buying cars.

ENGINE ROARING

But faced with challenging times...

There's definitely been things
that have kept us awake at night.

The walls are falling down.

We're absolutely desperate
for money.

..will a valuable item amongst
their hoard provide the windfall

they desperately need?

I think there might be hidden
treasures here that

we're really unaware of.

It's exciting.

Now the best in the world

of antiques and collectables...

People do call me Mr Miscellaneous
because I just love

all sorts of objects.

..will use their experience...

As a pawnbroker,

I see a variety of objects

every single day, and I do
know the best way

to get the best price for them.

..expert eye..

For me, it's all about creating

a look. And that's what
really sells.

..and contacts...

Rock stars, A-listers.

They're all in my little black book.

..to identify the treasures...

Oh! Whoever thought these were
a great idea?

..and tell them for much
needed funds.

They're insane. I'm so happy.

But will the hoards deliver the
goods?

I've got some bad news.

No value whatsoever.

And will these extreme collectors
be able to part

with their beloved possessions?

You see, I wouldn't sell that one.

It's my favourite.

To change their lives for the better.

Sold.

Wow. You bought very well.

Yeah.

I have to ask the million
dollar question.

A million is not far from
the dollar.

What? My God!

It's the start of a new week
in East London.

Ronnie, how are you? Hi.

And an inquiry has landed
on Clive's desk.

Nice to see you. Great to see you.

Which he's keen to discuss
with the team.

Rachel, how are you doing?

Hello.

Hey, Paula.

Hey. Teas and coffees, anyone?

That sounds delightful.
Yes, please.

Yeah?

I have had a call from a family
who've got a castle in Scotland.

Oh, wow. Oh, yes, indeed. Amazing.

Who doesn't like a castle?

Wow.

They've been there, the family, for
800 years or something like that.

It's not like, "Oh, I've got some
stuff my nan left in the shed."

Yeah. If you haven't collected
a lot of interesting things

over that amount of time,
then I'd be astonished.

You lucky thing.

Well, perhaps it could be, you know,
us being a lucky thing.

What do you mean us?

Yeah, because I reckon it's right
up your street.

I think you should come to see
the castle with me. Really?

I was just experiencing
a little bit of FOMO.

THEY LAUGH

Fear of missing out. Now
you're inviting me?

There's definitely pictures
on the wall. Yeah.

So there's art there.

He said they've got, like,
documents and stuff.

They seem motivated to research
and get some things sold.

So off I'll go and do it.
Oh, I envy that.

I know I am feeling
slightly jealous.

I'd love to go to a castle.
Yeah, but you just know.

I mean, who knows? This could be
something that delivers the big one.

If it's going to be anywhere, it's
going to be in a castle, isn't it?

We're not collectors.

We are...

Hoarders. We are the... We are
actually hoarders.

It's just nobody's ever
thrown anything out.

Set in 600 acres of unspoilt
Scottish countryside

lies Craufurdland Castle.

It is Simon Craufurd's family home.

Craufurds have been at
Craufurdland since 1245.

The first time I met Simon's
parents, I was nervous.

Half way up the drive,
Simon says to me.

"Oh, I suppose I should let you
know my parents live in a castle."

And I remember coming through
the blue door and I thought,

"I can't not say anything."

So I just kind of said, "Nice
house, Mrs Craufurd."

In 2011, Simon and Adity gave up
their successful corporate careers

and took on the castle instead,
moving in with their two daughters.

But maintaining an 800-year-old
building with 35 rooms and acres

of ancient woodland is a big
responsibility.

There's definitely been things that
have kept us awake at night.

Heating, we spend £1,300
a month over the year.

Insurance is absolutely
phenomenal because

this is an A listed building.

I think this year the insurance
costs us £80,000.

To cover costs of over
£100,000 a year,

the couple run business ventures
on the grounds,

including an activity centre
and restaurant.

We're not at the stage to be taking
any money out.

That's how businesses go bust.

We pay ourselves less than other
members of staff.

But we want to get it to the stage
that it's self-sustaining enough

that the girls have a choice
whether they want a career

here or they choose to have
a career outside.

Simon and Adity need a cash
injection to keep the castle

and businesses going.

In order to try and raise cash to do
our next project, we're looking

at whether or not we've got
something that would raise

in the region of about 50,000.

And the answer could lie in the
castle's vast collection of antiques,

books and manuscripts that have
been hoarded over generations.

But some of those things have
a direct link to the heritage

and the history.

And so there are some things
that I wouldn't consider selling,

however much you say they're worth.

But there are other things not
connected directly to us.

They probably are of greater worth
and... Value to somebody else.

Value to somebody else.

If we can sell them and create
something new for the castle,

that's great.

You take it on as generation
number 28.

You don't want generation 28
to be the one that lost it.

The family have called in Clive and
Ronnie, who have over 50 years

of experience between them in the
art and antiques trade

to see if any of the castle's
keepsakes can raise the cash

Simon and Adity need.

People have a responsibility
when they live in castles.

They need to maintain the heritage
of our wonderful country,

and that requires money.

Oh, wow.

I am very excited.

I cannot wait to get in.

I'm thinking to myself,
it's a nice looking building.

There's obviously something
nice behind the door.

Your heart races a little bit
and you think,

"Well, that's going to be good."

Hello. Hello. Come on in.

Hi. Hello. Hello.

Ronnie, after you. Thank you.

Wow, This is fantastic, isn't it?

How long have you guys
been here, then?

I'm the 28th generation.

That's quite a legacy, isn't it?

Yes, legacy, responsibility, depends
which way you look at it. Yes.

Well, I can't wait to crack
on and find some things.

Before the search begins,
Simon wants to show

Clive and Ronnie an example
of the Craufurd family history.

Original letters from Mary,
Queen of Scots.

Wow.

That's Mary, Queen of Scots'
signature.

Date is 1561.

Archibald Craufurd was appointed
as armour to Queen Mary of Scots.

This was the gift of land to the
Craufurds of Craufurdland

for the service that Archibald
had served. Wow.

When they showed me the Mary Queen
of Scots letters, I knew this family

was properly connected to
serious history.

Didn't expect to find that
within what are in?

Within one minute in.

And I just thought, anything
is possible here.

It means so much more
than money for us, this,

because this is directly
my bloodline.

Then we'll have to find some things
that aren't off limits, won't we?

With 35 rooms to conquer,
Ronnie and Clive split up.

Ronnie starts his hunt at
the far side of the castle.

Oh, wow.

Which Simon and Adity hire
out to paying guests.

Portraits everywhere.

But they probably won't sell these.

They're obviously family portraits.

But they've got eminent artists
to paint them.

Family member again.

Gosh.

That says that's Constable
on there.

Constable is massive.

He is just like the God of English
19th century landscape painting.

It's one I have never seen.

I thought, that's a Constable.

But is it a Constable?

Why haven't they mentioned
this painting?

Ten years ago, the family had
the painting valued for insurance

purposes, but it was dismissed
by a local auction house as a fake.

So it's been hanging in the
guest wing, just behind the telly.

Ronnie, however, isn't so sure.

Interestingly, this is glazed.

Someone's thought to preserve this.

It's a nice scene.
It's a bridge over a river.

And it actually says it's
Old Bridge over the Avon.

Why shouldn't it be real?

We're in good company here.

We're in illustrious company here.

Come and have a look at this.

Ronnie calls in Clive for a second
opinion.

What have you found? Well, it's a
picture over in the corner there.

Constable?

That's the one.

How about that, then?

There's no reason to think
it's NOT right, is there?

I've encountered many things
that auction houses

have said aren't right

that turn out to be right.

This could easily solve
all their financial problems.

In 2012, one of Constable's
landscapes became one of the most

expensive British paintings
ever sold, fetching

£22.4 million at auction.

Let's see if we can get
it down and take a closer look.

It's relatively heavy because it's a
nice gilt gesso frame.

Oh, there's a barcode on the back.

Ikea, it says, Ronnie.
RONNIE LAUGHS

You want to take that?
Where do you want to go.

In the light.

That wasn't done in the last
two weeks, was it? No.

This has been on the wall
here for a long time.

When you see something
of that stature, you know

it's going to be hard work.

But you can't knock not
do it because of that.

That's my job.

That's what I do.

So the next step, really, is it
has to be qualified as a piece,

and that means a specialist.

We're in this for the thrill
of finding those gems,

the big hitters.

Look at this.
Look at the shading there.

You know, it's starting
to look architectural now.

I'm not going to buy it, Ronnie.

It doesn't matter how convincing you
are. It's not for me.

I prefer dogs playing pool.

Ronnie and Clive are in Scotland
looking for treasures to help

free up cash to keep the
centuries-old

Craufurdland Castle running for
future generations.

Oh, what's this?

Oh, my God.
There's an attic in there.

Ronnie's already found a possible
Constable painting he feels

is worth investigating.

Now he's extending his search
in the library, where something

has caught his eye -

a hotel guest book from 1844.

My great great-grandfather,
John Reginald Howison Crawford,

travelled as a young man to Splugen

and he stayed in a hotel.

Then he went back years later
with his family and he realised

it was the same register

and he looked through it to find

his own signature
from his earlier visit.

He then realised that he actually
recognised quite a lot of names.

Probably the one that everybody will
recognise is Charles Dickens. Wow.

Who apparently stayed in
August 1861.

So he made a rather strange
request and he said,

"Can I purchase the register?"

And I think the hotelier thought,
"Well, it's money."

THEY LAUGH

In the guest book. There were some
interesting signatures.

It was like a who's who, but I think
a really niche market, actually.

The question, I guess,
is whether or not people

would be interested in this.

It depends what's in it.

This has got huge potential.

I think it's worth about £1,000.

But I think our best bet is to track
the hotel down in Switzerland

and see if it still exists.

And if it does, the owners
of the hotel would potentially

be the best buyers for that.

It would be really interesting
to them.

I think maybe that's a job
for Clive.

I love it here.

Can I move in?

But that's not all.

Watch your step.

This is all our archive
material -

we don't know what all of it is.

There is a bundle of documents
which had letters to do with people

of literary note.

We think we've got something
written by Robert Burns.

Wow.

The National Bard of Scotland.

Who wrote Auld Lang Syne.

He did - who wrote Auld Lang Syne,
amongst many other things.

Amongst many other things.

The business letter,
concerning an order of wine,

includes scribbled calculations

and, on the other side, a humorous
rhyme

or epitaph for an imaginary
gravestone

of a notorious local character,

apparently written

by Burns himself.

So the epitaph is not particularly
complimentary.

Well, he's a man of the
people. Yeah. So it's,

"Here lies with Dethe aulde
Grizzled Grim,

"Lincluden's uggely witch.

"O Dethe & whatt a taist haste thou

"Cans't lye with suche a bitche!"

It's a bit like hip-hop.

Gangster rap
from the 18th century.

Good old Robbie.

My understanding is that Burns wrote
a poem called Grizzle Grim,

which is the last two words
of the first line.

And his inspiration
for it was this epitaph.

It's not always gold and diamonds
and silver.

Treasure isn't what you expect
it to be, very often.

I also love that about it.

I love the literary nature of it.

You cannot lie with such a bitch.

The next step is to get
it authenticated beyond a shadow

of a doubt.

It's what this job is all about.

In the guest wing of the castle,
Clive has discovered another

painting that could help
the family raise the £50,000

they need to invest in the building.

Well, I never.

Sometimes, you get something that
just makes your tail go bushy.

Old stretcher.

William Marlow.

Gosh!

William Marlow was a famous British
painter in the 18th century,

renowned for marine and landscape
scenes.

You kind of think, "Oh,
this could be a picture

"that could be worth thousands."

I think that we are talking
about the real deal,

and I have the perfect man
to speak to.

Iain, how are you?

Good. How are you, Clive?

VOICE-OVER: Iain Brunt is an art
specialist,

and I can think of few people

in the world who are better placed
to give this thing a value and find

the right buyer.

I'm kind of excited cis, if I can
spin my phone round, you can see

what I can see, which is this rather
delightful painting here.

Now, there we go.

If it's a William Marlow,

it's obviously 220 years
old, at least.

Yeah.

That view of the Westminster Bridge
is without Big Ben or the

Houses of Parliament, which were
built in the 1830.

So it's pre-1830.

But Marlow died in 1813.

It's probably late 1700s.

But is Marlow collectable?

Oh, very, very.

He's a known artist.

I mean, Marlow is in a lot of the
museums and the Royal Academy.

A lot of my clients live
in New York,

and they have very stylish
English decoration.

And this size of painting
is perfect for that.

Iain will take on the task of
finding a buyer

using his global contacts.

Another possible win to add to Simon
and Adity's three items to sell.

Meanwhile, back at base...

How many sugars do you have again?

Officially, one.

But let's say two.

..Paula's been approached

by a client in need of help with his
hoard

on a slightly different scale.

I'm going to see a chap called Pat
who I've been speaking to, and Pat

has this incredible fashion
collection,

which...that's music to my ears.

The problem is, is that he lives
in a small flat, but it's just

chock a block full, apparently,
of all of his clothes.

Oh! From Victorian, Edwardian,
1920s.

So I'm looking forward to rummaging
around and seeing what he's got.

But it sounds incredible.

I collect vintage fashion.

I've been collecting clothes
that are vintage for 22 years.

I have possibly thousands
of items in my collection.

Hundreds of pairs of shoes, bags,
accessories, jewellery.

I remember counting 600
dresses, long ago -

I have no idea how many now.

Pat lives in North London and works
part-time as an online

fashion editor and stylist.

I love pretty things, and pretty
things are like art.

Art makes you feel excited
and makes you feel happy.

He styled a friend 22 years ago,
and since then his collection

has grown and grown.

As a stylist, normally you go out
and you look for clothing

for the specific situation.

What I do as a personal stylist is,

I have those items of clothing

already in my arsenal.

This particular shoe here
is from Prada.

That is a beautiful example
of shoes as art.

This kind of old-style clothing
where everything is aesthetic.

It's got high individuality to it.

That's rare.

I think it's important
that it's preserved for the future.

The money Pat earns goes
straight into his passion.

But it's not enough to achieve
his dream of moving to Japan,

where vintage clothing is in high
demand.

My plan is to relocate to Tokyo,
because that's where the work is.

I have an affinity for Japan
because all my friends

are women from Asia.

I like their understanding
of vintage.

I like their love of history
and culture.

They are my ultimate muses.

I need to be in Japan to be able
to do what I was basically

put on this earth to do.

I need about £10,000 to start off.

It would fund the visa.

It would fund the flight there.

But to raise the cash,
he'll have to sell part

of his precious collection.

Having somebody like an expert
coming to see me and start rooting

through boxes and opening up things,

that's going to be like,
"Oh, my God!"

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hi. Pat?

THEY EXCHANGE GREETINGS

Lovely to meet you, I'm Paula.
Nice to meet you, Paula.

Come on in.
Thank you so much.

Wow.

Pat lives in a one-room studio
that is surrounded by the most

magical, beautiful vintage.

It would be Narnia if Narnia
was just inside the wardrobe.

You've got Victorian, little bit
of Edwardian,

then you've got 1920s
all in the bags.

Amazing. '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s.
Wow.

You are incredibly organised.

Thank you. I mean, you've catalogued
it beautifully.

How many dresses and how many
pieces of clothing?

Goodness me.

Probably the most extensive
collection in the smallest space

that I have ever seen in my
entire life.

Normally, I wouldn't be wanting
to sell anything because I'm in love

with everything, but I need to live
in Tokyo.

And for my clients, who are Japanese
women normally, it makes sense.

I know lots of people who are
willing to spend a lot of money

on these vintage pieces.

The trick is finding items that Pat
will part with and that will also

appeal in today's market.

Amongst the hoard of Pat's garments,

something has caught Paula's eye.

Oh, my goodness.
Look at that.

That is incredible.

Oh, wow.

That is lovely, isn't it?

So you've got silk and you've got
velvet.

When he showed me parts
of his flapper dress collection

from the 1920s -
so exciting.

So, flapper dresses, really...

It was moving on from Edwardian,
when all the women were sort

of trussed up and small waists
and that very overemphasised

women's physique.

And then suddenly, with freedom

and after the First World War...
Yes.

It's a symbol of emancipation
and liberation for women.

It's a great time to be selling
items like this.

I have a little black book
of contacts and people who may

be interested in purchasing
some of these items.

We need to raise that £10,000.

And if we can do that - if I can do
anything to help with that -

then, you know, I'm happy.

Thank you.
Well, I'm happy, too.

With Paula's brilliant find
of the flapper dresses, the team

are on a roll.

Up in Scotland,

Ronnie's invited one of the world's
leading experts on Burns,

Professor Gerard Carruthers, to find
out if the manuscript is authentic.

What have we got here?

So we've got a very brief
letter to Burns,

which is interesting in itself.

And then we've got a bit of doodling
arithmetic that Burns has done,

as he often does on bits of paper
in the course of his duties

as a gauger, as an excise man.

On the other side, we have a mock
epitaph where he's imagining a woman

that he doesn't like in her grave.

And the kind of joke is he's also
addressing death and saying,

"How can you stand it, death,
to be lying in the grave

"with this horrible woman?"

Very vitriolic...but humorous.

Yes.
It's black humour, isn't it?

It's dark humour -
exactly that, Ronnie.

But is this a genuine letter
worth serious cash to a collector

or just a worthless forgery?

Here is a printout of Burns's most
notorious forger, Antique Smith.

The forgers don't realise
that Burns's handwriting changes.

This is a facsimile of a genuine
Burns manuscript. Mm-hm.

What you get in the authentic Burns
is the straight-back D,

but sometimes also a looped D in the
same manuscript.

And we see that here.

There in Lincluden is a
straight-back D -

I don't know if you can see that
there. Just this here? Yeah.

There, yeah.

And there we've got a looped D,
a bit of a tail to it,

in "aulde Grizzled Grim". I see.
Yeah.

No forger would know to do that.
Yeah.

Also, there is mention of a
Mr Hutton, and no forger

would know who Mr Hutton was.

He was a wine merchant
in Dumfriesshire.

So there isn't a snowball's chance
in hell that this is not authentic.

So what do you think the market
will be like

for this wonderful item?

The letters will go for anywhere
between £7,000-9,000.

With your verification
that this is genuine, I can offer

it to an auction now.

Very, very exciting.

In East London, to raise
the 10k fashion collector

Pat needs to move to Tokyo for work,

Paula has delved into her black book
of contacts and invited

her celebrity stylist friends
to view his 1920s flapper dresses.

Thank you so much for coming.

There's no better way of encouraging
people to buy than to get people

in one room all looking at the same
limited amount of things

and all geeing each other up
into a little bit of a frenzy.

It's very difficult to come
across flapper dresses

which are in good condition and,
if you find them,

they're extremely expensive.

And this one in particular
is in really gorgeous condition.

I mean, the beading, you know,

I've been looking at a lot of
dresses and you'll have runs,

you'll have beading that's missing.

And that actually is quite
difficult to correct.

Is anyone interested in perhaps
a little purchase?

Do you know? In fact, we've just...

It's just been the second
Downton Abbey movie

premiere and it's been all over.

And I know an actress friend
of mine was looking

for that. Really? A very petite
actress.

So sometimes it's down to timing,
isn't it?

100%, Yeah.

Paula's generated some interest,
but no money in Pat's pocket.

The pressure is on to find a buyer.

So I haven't got any specific
offers yet.

If this doesn't come off,
I'll be gutted for Pat.

But I do have one more person
up my sleeve.

He may be my winning ticket.

Vintage expert Paula is trying to
sell fashion stylist Pat's dresses

to raise £10,000

he needs to move to Japan.

With no takers so far, she's invited
Tatler magazine's contributing

fashion editor and celebrity stylist
James Brown for a private viewing.

And here we have the beautiful
1920s flapper dresses.

Oh, my God, the condition.

I've gone all goose bumps.

Have you? They stop you breathing -
like, "Oh, my God, what's next?"

Wow. So that's silk-velvet.

Absolutely. Heaven!

Really gorgeous.

I didn't know what I was going
to see today. Yeah.

And now I like... I'm tongue tied

it's so amazing.

So it's so interesting,

this era. The '20s and the '60s,
I think, were like

revolutionary times.

We forget because everything's
so accessible now.

But they didn't have
fast fashion or fast food,

so they're all pretty small.

A lot of them are one-offs,
aren't they? Yeah. Oh, 100%.

All one-offs, yeah.

But as soon as I see them,
I literally can see people

in these at events. Like how you can
modernise that - like you can make

that look major. I mean...

So when you say events -
are you thinking of red carpet

or is it parties...?
Red carpet, parties...

You're at Annabel's.

When I saw these, I thought
of Sienna Miller.

I thought of Kate Moss.

Like I could just see them
really fighting over these.

The best designers in the world
would also kill to get their hands

on this stuff, because this is
like the next five years

of inspiration. How much

does he want to raise? 10,000.
10,000?

It'd be great if I could
photograph some of them,

then send them out to people.

The challenge has been set.

James has offered to forego
his commission and try to sell

the dresses for Pat to reach
his goal.

And how much more is there?

How do I get to see it?

Where is it hiding?

Well, that's on a need-to-know
basis. But we can chat. We can chat.

Oh, my God, right.
Pat needs to be my new best friend.

Meanwhile, in Central London, Ronnie
is taking the next steps to see

whether the painting he spotted
in the castle

could be an original John Constable.

He's invited Caroline Lay,
auctioneer and art specialist,

to have a look.

I am incredibly excited to see this.

If it is, it would more than cover
the £50,000

Simon and Adity need to invest
in the castle.

Wow!

It's interesting, isn't it?

I'm sure you have the same
trepidation as I do

in authenticating old masters,
particularly Constable.

He's notoriously difficult.

To try and help prove that it
could be an original,

they first need to look for clues
or similarities

with Constable's work

and establish its age.

We know Constable loves a bridge.
Yeah.

We know that he loves to paint
trees in the sky.

He loves a horse.

He loves a horse, and he loves red.

And there's a little flash of red
there on his neckerchief.

Yeah. It's very Constable-like.
Yeah.

The paint has cracked, which is
always an indication of age.

And, you know, I know that cracking
look can be faked,

and this clearly is not.

Looking here, there's this textured
detail in the trees - that looks

more modern to me.

Some of Constable's unfinished
pieces were worked into

and then sold on after
he passed away so the family

could make money.

I don't know.
It's all speculation at this stage.

No, very good observations.

To look for paint that may have
been added after the original work

was done, Caroline uses a UV light.

Modern paint fluoresces
in a different way.

Ooh.

Ooh.

Could that be? A signature?

It could be painted over a previous
signature.

It could be painted over

a bit of damage to the painting,
repairing it.

Or it could be another
artist's hand.

And some of this craquelure
has been painted in,

which is to protect the integrity
of the painting

so it doesn't all just crumble
away from the canvas.

It's been repaired.

You know, someone's looked after
this.

This looks like a study to me.

Yeah.
You know, for a larger picture.

Yeah. He was best known for his
six-footers, wasn't he?

And painted the same scenes
over and over again.

So I think that would be a good lead
for us, if we look further

into where this could be. Mm.

On the Avon. Yeah.

It's quite vague to say

a bridge over the Avon.

The Avon is a long river.

If I can find evidence that he was
there in a letter to somebody, some

correspondence, or even if there's
a sketch of a location that tallies

with the painting, that would be
another huge step forward.

So we haven't found anything yet
to say that it's definitely not

a Constable, but we haven't
found anything yet to say

that it definitely IS a Constable.

The painting requires further
investigation and will be looked

at by a Constable specialist.

The journey here could be
a long one.

It might take a couple of months,
maybe six months, maybe even a year.

I'm a bit daunted, but not
so much so that I won't do it.

For Simon and Adity, I had to say
there's a possibility here

and I'm prepared to do the homework.

With no sales yet achieved
to make the 50k

Simon and Adity need to invest
in the castle,

Clive has been working on finding
a buyer for the hotel guest book,

and appears to have come up trumps.

Hello, Luc.

Hi, Cliff.

He's found the current owner of
the hotel where the book came from.

That's unbelievable what
you have in your hands there.

We are very interested
in having the book again.

It's the perfect finish
for our 300-year jubilee

if we would have the book back.

Perfect.

With the sale secured,

Clive has invited Simon and Adity to
London

to share the news.

The hotel that the book is
associated with, I had a really

good chat with the owner and he is
more than a little excited to

get it back in his hands.
That's brilliant! Amazing.

It's a great story that you can
have, you know, two generations ago

we bought the book off you,
and now...

BOTH: ..he's going to buy it back!

I went to market with a punchy
price, which was a couple

of thousand. On a really great day,
in a really good auction,

you might just get there.

However, he really, really,
really wants it and he would

like to drive over personally
to collect it from you.

Oh, wow!
So it couldn't turn out any better.

But Clive is not finished there.

He's got exciting news about
the Marlow painting and has brought

them to a London gallery
where it's being held.

You're going to recognise
this, aren't you? Yes. Indeed.

I've engaged with a chap called
Iain Brunt,

who is the kind of
expert in this area.

He's been out and spoken to other
people that he knows, and we do

have some buyers for it -
potential buyers for it -

which is nice.
They would want to buy it restored.

So there's the kind of £1,000 fee,

but it's specialist work.

BOTH: Yeah. It takes a long time.

It's not Fairy Liquid and a brush.

No! Exactly.

The number is 9,500.

That's what they've come back with.
Yeah.

So you're seeing £8,500
return for this picture.

But it's a nice number. How do you
feel about that, guys? Exciting?

Yeah, it's good.
Yeah.

I mean, you know, we'd no idea,
actually, what it's worth... Yeah.

..but, you know, if that can help us
get towards that goal

that we've got, which is...

That would be wonderful.
..how we started the process. Yeah.

So if somebody else can enjoy it,
then that makes a lot of sense.

That really is what the whole
process is about.

Wander around, find something
that the family are happy to sell

and get it sold for the best
achievable price.

I think the girls will be really,
really excited as well,

especially when we tell
them about the guest book.

Yeah, totally.

It never even occurred to me that
it could go back to the hotel. No.

It's just amazing.
It is. It's incredible.

More than the price of it,

it's just that story. Yeah.

My job was to sell the Marlow,
sell the guest book.

Done 'em both, ticked the boxes.

10,500 in the pot.

Perfect result.

Paula has been hard at work trying
to raise the £10,000 Pat needs

to achieve his dream of moving
to Japan.

Celebrity stylist
James Brown saw the potential

in the flapper dresses.

LINE RINGS
But has he achieved a sale?

Hello, James, it's Paula.
Hi, Paula!

I have managed to sell nine
of the beautiful dresses for Pat.

Oh, my God. Nine of them?

I know. I'm so excited!

Oh, my goodness. That is amazing
news.

I've managed to get 9,000.

9,000 for the nine dresses?

Oh, my good... James, that's
incredible.

We did it, Paula. We did it.

We did it. But can I dig a little
further and find out who it is,

or is that top secret?

Well, it is top secret,
but we're talking A-list.

And, hopefully, it will be a great
contact for him moving forward.

Oh, fantastic.

Thank you so much, James.

You are a miracle worker.

But will Pat be happy with the news?

Hello, Paula.
Hello. Hello, Pat.

Come on in. How are you?

So I have been talking
to an old friend of mine, a friend

called James Brown. Ah.

He is known as one of the old sort
of Brit gang with Kate Moss

and the supermodels.

He's very known in fashion circles.

Excellent. James has managed to
contact somebody

who is an A-list designer.
Wow.

So this designer wants inspiration.

And you, Pat, have provided
the inspiration he needed.

He would like to purchase
nine dresses from you. And, Pat,

he would like to pay you £9,000.

Wow. Do we have a sale?

Absolutely. Brilliant.

Thank you so much, Paula.
Thank you.

Honestly, it's been the most
wonderful privilege.

It puts me closer to where
I need to be.

Absolutely.

So I think the dream for going
to Japan is... Are we nearly there,

or are we there?

Well, we'd better be!

Way!

I've had many people telling me,
just give up this nonsense.

Get out of fashion.

Forget Japan.

I've had so many people
try and put me off.

This has been...

I can't get the right words out. Aw.

Oh, it feels like I was put
here for this one singular purpose.

And I'm finally going to be able
to get to do that now.

I'm getting emotional now.

Pat, I'm so happy for you.

Thank you.
I'm so happy.

I feel like Cinderella's
fairy godmother.

Honestly, it's...

To be able to make somebody's
dream come true is just

my dream come true.

I'm so happy.

Thank you so much.

With two sales raising £10,500
for Simon and Adity,

it's now down to Ronnie to add
to the castle coffers and sell

the Burns manuscript.

It's been accepted by one
of the world's most prestigious

auction houses.

Sotheby's is the right place for
a piece of that stature.

And Sotheby's is an auction engine
that reaches the world and reaches

the best people.

I always feel a lot of
responsibility for anything I sell

for a client.

I'm confidently nervous.

It's like being the best jockey
in the world on the best horse -

you're still nervous you could fall
at the last hurdle.

The team have successfully sold
a William Marlow painting

and a hotel guest book, raising
£10,500 for Simon and Adity,

to go towards investment in the
castle.

Today is the Sotheby's online
auction

of their Robert Burns letter.

It's an exciting but nerve-racking
day because this is the day

the Burns auction ends and I want
to be with Simon and Adity

so we all hear the news together.

Hi. Lovely to see.
Mwah.

Good to see you.
Really nice to see you.

You been busy?
Very busy.

And the auction is in progress
right now, so it's nerve-racking!

Shall we have a look?

Yeah. Go on, then. Ooh!

One bid, reserve met.

So someone wants it.
OK.

We just need somebody else
who wants it.

We need three other people
that want it.

And sometimes people do wait till
the last minute

and they go
in with another bid to get it.

Right, so this is us.
OK.

Oh, my God!

This is terrible.

Do you know what? It's an exciting
minute, whatever happens, isn't it?

Oh, my God.
I think... I actually feel sick.

Oh, gosh. My heart's going.
I can actually feel my heart going.

I can't stand it.

That red line. I'm going to be
dreaming about this red line.

THEY COUNT DOWN OUT LOUD

My heart's beating.

Go! Wow! Whoa!

Oh, my God!

Yay!

SIMON LAUGHS

Wow! Honestly.

Oh, excellent.

Thank you. Really brilliant.

That's a good start.

By selling the guest book,

the Marlow painting
and the Burns letter,

the family have made close
to £19,000.

I am so happy for you.

But I've got some even better news,
if you think this is good.

OK. Yeah.

Oh, wow. That's intriguing.

Since discovering the possible
Constable painting in the

guest quarters two months ago,

Ronnie has been searching for
evidence

to help prove whether the painting
is real or a fake.

It's funny cos it's a picture
that's sat on a wall that I've seen

I don't know how many times.

I've never actually probably...

Paid attention. ..paid any attention
to it.

You said it had been looked
at and it was considered

not to be real.
Yes.

So Caroline and I showed
an image to the Constable

specialist and expert.

Now, 98% of Constable she gets
shown are rejected.

2%, she considers.
OK.

We're in the 2%.

Oh, my God!

I'm so glad I didn't listen to you.

And she says, "Any opinion I give
is with the reservation

"that I have not seen it first-hand.

"It needs cleaning and
studio examination to give

"a definitive opinion.

"All that takes time. However,

"usually, high-res photos
are good enough to tell fairly

"accurately if something
is obviously wrong.

"Areas of it look pretty convincing
in terms of ground,

"priming colours and handling.

"Further search would be necessary
to identify the location."

That's where I went.

I think I've found the bridge.

So I'm going to show you
this...bridge at Abingdon.

Look at that building.

Yeah, wow. Yeah.

A similar bridge still stands.

Not over the Avon, but the Thames.

And I think it's a framer's mistake.

Or could be.

But you've got different arch
formations. Cos it's those arches.

There's no big arch like that.

But it's been changed.

Yeah.

Photographs from 1890 show
that it matched the bridge

in the painting until it was partly
rebuilt in the 1920s.

The angle of the building
I think he might have twisted

for his composition.

That's that artistic license.

But he's only tweaking.

She says here,

"And whether the same place is found
among Constable's sketchbooks,"

which I found - the same place is...

The bridge at Abingdon,

June the 7th, 1821. Proof he was
at Abingdon in the 1820s.

Yeah. And proof the bridge

used to have buttresses

and multiple arches.

It's still not definitive,
but it's very compelling.

I have to ask the
million dollar question...

A million's not far from the dollar.

Oh, God! OK.

So that's...that's the sort of value
it could be?

If it turns out to be a Constable,

the auctioneer would suggest

an estimate of
800,000 to 1.2 million.

Oh, my God!

That would be life-changing

for the business.

For the house, for...everything.

But you have to temper.

There's an if. There's a big if
there.

It's a big if. Mm-hm. It's a big if.

But I have a lot of confidence
in this.

And the next part of the journey
will require a lot of confidence,

backed up by a little bit of money.

And that could take
six months or even a year.

It'd be silly to stop
the journey now.

Absolutely.

I'm really thrilled about what Clive
and myself have managed to sell.

I know that Simon and Adity
are really appreciative of the work

we've done, and we've raised
them some money.

What's not to like?

But the castle is jam-packed
with things,

amongst them some treasures.

Regarding the possible Constable,

watch this space.

The potential that that painting
could bring to what we want to do

with the estate going forward is...

It's not life-changing

just for us,

it's a legacy that will go
on for,

I would hope,
generations and generations.

Hi. Hi, Ronnie. How are you?

So I'm guessing that you must
have more news.

What I've come to tell
you is about provenance.

I'm so excited.

I don't know what words to use.

In your relatives' correspondence,

we found documents
that were dated 1918.

Yeah.

The chap that owned your painting
was the finest collector of his day.

JP Heseltine.

He is so important.

He owned 600 old master
drawings, including

Rembrandts, Michelangelos, Durer,

Constable. Wow.

And your painting came
from this man's collection.

Amazing. You know, this provenance
is off the scale!

You've got gold.

My hands are actually shaking.

All that's left now is a Constable
expert's opinion

and the forensic work.

This just elevates the value
more to double, 1 to 2 million.

Jesus Christ.

Whilst I don't have champagne,

I think a whisky might be...

Do you like whisky?I love whisky.
THEY LAUGH

ALL: Cheers.

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