0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today the heir hunters stumble on a treasure trove...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08We turned it over, upon unwrapping it,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and seeing "Picasso" quite clearly.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13..but will it be for nothing?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17She must have had money at some point,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21but I did get the impression that it was draining away.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27While in Nuneaton, a fortune from a mystery man is discovered.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29We knew the competition were on the case,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32simply because there was a major asset, ie a property.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35But will they be able to find the rightful heir?
0:00:35 > 0:00:40It always goes through your mind that maybe there will be no heirs.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's all in a day's work for the Heir Hunters.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- Yes, right here.- Is it here?- Yes.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53In Bedford, heir hunter Peter Birchwood
0:00:53 > 0:00:55is on an important mission.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58This is the case of Patricia Chatfield.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00She passed away a few years ago.
0:01:00 > 0:01:07One of the things that has come up is that Mrs Chatfield has left
0:01:07 > 0:01:12six large storage boxes in a storage warehouse here.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17So we're coming here with the idea of going through everything,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19seeing what's valuable,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23and we'll try and clear out everything today
0:01:23 > 0:01:26with the hope that the estate will benefit.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Initial estimates have put the value of Patricia's estate at £10,000,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39but today that estimate could increase significantly,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43depending on what they find in the storage crates.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Peter has invited Charles Ross Auctioneers along
0:01:46 > 0:01:50to help identify any valuable items that could be sold at auction.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Start at that end and work out? - Don't mind.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57And it already looks like they're going to have their work cut out.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Right. OK.- Righty-ho.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Peter also needs to search through Patricia's documents,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06looking for details of any other assets
0:02:06 > 0:02:09or any sign that she may have left a will.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16We have occasionally had situations where the deceased has left a will,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19but never bothered to take it in to a solicitor.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25But maybe left it anywhere where she happens to think
0:02:25 > 0:02:27would be a good place.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Patricia Chatfield died in 2014 in Battersea, in London,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39at the age of 85.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Patricia grew up in Norfolk, where she and Betty became firm friends.
0:02:44 > 0:02:51She came and worked, and took over my job in the canteens department
0:02:51 > 0:02:54of Norwich Union Insurance Societies.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The two remained friends, even when Patricia began spending time abroad.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04She had been backwards and forwards to America in her early days
0:03:04 > 0:03:08because her mother went to live in the States.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12So that she would go and see her mother from time to time.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16She often used to come and stay, you know,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19whenever she came back to England.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23I suppose, in a way, we were the first people
0:03:23 > 0:03:25that she got in touch with.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30And I suppose we were sort of a surrogate family, perhaps.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32There was nobody else, really.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38In fact, the friends became so close,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Betty made Patricia godmother to her daughter, Jane.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46She was our amazing, slightly eccentric,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50glamorous godmother, Auntie Pat, as we called her.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56But sadly, in 2014, Patricia's health took a turn for the worse.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58She was quite unwell. I mean, she had a form of dementia.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05Patricia passed away peacefully on the 20th of January 2014.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09And with no known next of kin, it fell to Jane and her sister, Sarah,
0:04:09 > 0:04:10to try and organise her affairs.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16We always joked that she might leave it all to the cats' home.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22I mean, the one thing she'd said, kept saying she would leave me her vintage clothing collection.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26But Mum always thought that she would've left a will.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So, we... Yeah, you do want to...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31You think if somebody's expressed their wishes,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36that it would be good to try and enable those to be respected.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39With no obvious sign of Patricia's family,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Jane and Sarah were unsure of what to do next.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47But a chance meeting for Sarah offered a solution to their problem.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51We didn't get anywhere and then you bumped into, erm...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Hector.- Hector at the party at Christmas.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Hector Birchwood, along with his father Peter, runs Celtic Research.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04They didn't know what to do with her estate.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08She had no known family, so she asked me if I would help.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Hector got to work,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and it soon became clear the search for Patricia's relatives
0:05:13 > 0:05:15could be quite a challenge.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20We initially established that Patricia was born in Norwich in 1928
0:05:20 > 0:05:23to Thomas Sawyer and Mary Jones.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28They divorced in 1940 and that left Patricia to be cared for
0:05:28 > 0:05:32by her grandmother when her mother, Mary, went off to America.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38It seems Patricia lived in the United States for some time with her mother.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42She was first in Pennsylvania, and then we find her in New York.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46It looked like Hector's search may have to go far and wide.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Every day the heir hunters are reuniting lost inheritances
0:05:56 > 0:05:58with the rightful heirs,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02and coming across amazing personal stories from within the families
0:06:02 > 0:06:03they track down.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06As we work more into the case,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08is when it gets more and more interesting.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Some of those stories we find out are truly remarkable.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Those bits are thrilling,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17absolutely rewarding to find out about.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Case manager Ben Cornish at heir hunting firm Fraser and Fraser
0:06:24 > 0:06:28came across one such case on the Government's Bona Vacantia list.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29So, the case of Raymond Haddon
0:06:29 > 0:06:32was a case advertised by the government legal department.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37The deceased was born as Raymond Haddon in 1938 in Nuneaton.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41He died in Nuneaton, so it appears that he's lived there all his life.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45With limited information, and rival firms also looking at the case...
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I just wanted to check with you two things, the...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51..Ben needed to quickly figure out if Raymond's estate was valuable.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55We looked through the register and found out that he actually owned
0:06:55 > 0:06:57the property, so that is a very good indication for us
0:06:57 > 0:07:01that an estate is worth working.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Average property prices in Raymond's town meant the estate
0:07:04 > 0:07:09was estimated to be worth as much as £130,000.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12When there's a property on a case, the stakes are high
0:07:12 > 0:07:14because you know there's a value to the estate.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17And you know that other companies will be looking into the same matter
0:07:17 > 0:07:21and you know that you're going to get competition.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The market town of Bedworth, in Warwickshire,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27was home to Raymond Haddon for his whole life.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29He lived a quiet and modest lifestyle,
0:07:29 > 0:07:33and those who knew him remember him fondly.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I knew him all my life, you know?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Pete and Raymond grew up in the same area
0:07:39 > 0:07:42and got to know each other over the course of 60 years.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Say, if he wanted me, to tell me anything,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49he'd come and stand outside here so we can see him out there.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54He used to walk up the entry and have a chat with him at the garden.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56But Raymond was a private man,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and it seems few people got to know him well.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01They kept their selves to their selves.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Raymond passed away on the 22nd of April 2016.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10And with no known next of kin, his estate was advertised as unclaimed.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Hi, Josh. Just calling up...
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Case manager Ben Cornish and his team took up the search for heirs.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24They quickly established that Raymond hadn't married, or had children,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26and so they began looking into his parents.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Thank you very much. Bye.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He lived with his father, a Charles Edward Haddon,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and his mother was an Amy Haddon.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Charles, the father, died in 2004, and the mother died in 1992.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42With these crucial clues,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Ben checked records and discovered Amy's maiden name was Hazelwood
0:08:46 > 0:08:50and she married Charles Haddon in 1937.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Now he could check if Raymond had any siblings.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We'd then conduct a search under the surnames of both parents.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00So a Haddon to Hazelwood search, in this case.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03We discovered that there was another child born to the marriage,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05and it was actually Raymond's twin.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09He had a brother called John Haddon, born in 1938.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15If John was alive, he would be the sole heir to Raymond's estate,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19but as the team began searching for him, they made a tragic discovery.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23We found a record in 1960 of him dying in Nuneaton.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26He had passed away from tuberculosis.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Raymond's brother had died at the heartbreakingly young age of 21.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I can remember when his brother died.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Nobody ever talked about it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39The difficult thing about the job is sometimes hearing
0:09:39 > 0:09:40about the family history.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44It's quite an emotional tale for most of the beneficiaries that we approach,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46and it can pull on heartstrings.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49But the team needed to push on,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53and with Raymond having no close family to inherit his estate,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57the heir hunters now had to spread the search for his family even wider.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00So it's just that birth then that we need in?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02We have to establish, first of all,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05when and where the parents were born.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07To help make this essential next step,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Ben immediately ordered up Charles and Amy's marriage certificate -
0:10:11 > 0:10:14and it would reveal some intriguing information for the hunt.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16So, when looking at the marriage certificate,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I noticed that Charles Edward Haddon was a silk worker.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21That can really help us out with our research.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23If you've got a common name and an unusual occupation,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25it can really tie together families.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Raymond's father, Charles, worked at Courtaulds in Nuneaton -
0:10:31 > 0:10:34one of the country's largest and oldest silk weavers,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37going back over 200 years.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Over the centuries,
0:10:38 > 0:10:43they had established a niche industry in ribbon weaving.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It was extremely successful.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50The silk industry in the Midlands made luxury items
0:10:50 > 0:10:52for export around the world.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56The silk ribbon production was mostly for fashion.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It was millinery ribbons,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03so for ladies' bonnets, and to dress the crinolines.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06When the crinoline came into fashion,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10the trimmings were what they called "frills and fancies".
0:11:10 > 0:11:15This is being set up for an ottoman, a ribbed silk fabric,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20which is often used in making the gowns for the judiciary.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23It's very, very strong.
0:11:23 > 0:11:30This particular piece of fabric here will have 10,500 silk warp threads
0:11:30 > 0:11:32in its construction.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37This craftsmanship meant workers, like Charles Haddon,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39put in lengthy shifts on the loom.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Six and a half days a week, so you only got the Sunday afternoon off.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Incredibly long hours back then.
0:11:47 > 0:11:5014 hours was pretty common.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53And those hours were spent in challenging conditions.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56LOUD CLACKING
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Back in the office,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31the marriage certificate that revealed Ray's father's profession
0:12:31 > 0:12:34would give Ben even more crucial information to steam ahead
0:12:34 > 0:12:37with his hunt for heirs.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Lovely, thank you.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41So, we knew from the deceased's parents' marriage certificate
0:12:41 > 0:12:43that the deceased's mother was born as Amy Hazelwood.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Hazelwood's a very good name to work, it's quite unusual.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51A constant thing you'll hear us talk about are good surnames and bad surnames.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55A name, we call it good, it means it's easy to work.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57It means it's not very common.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59We can cut a few corners on the research
0:12:59 > 0:13:03because we've found it, we know it's right.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07With Raymond's mother's maiden name of Hazelwood,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Ben could leap ahead with his investigation.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14We discovered that her parents were George Henry Hazelwood and Hannah Fennemore.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So the 1911 census listed the whole family,
0:13:17 > 0:13:22and we're pretty sure that was the whole family on the maternal side.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Ben had found Raymond's maternal grandparents,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27George Hazelwood and Hannah Fennemore.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31They'd had two more children, Nora and Hannah, Raymond's aunts.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34All hopes of finding heirs on the maternal side
0:13:34 > 0:13:37were now resting on these two aunts.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39We then conducted searches for them,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41because, obviously, their issue would be entitled to benefit,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44but we noted that both had passed away as spinsters.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Nora in 1972, and Hannah in 1963.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It was a major setback for the team.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58With only the paternal side of the family left to research,
0:13:58 > 0:13:59doubts began to creep in.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03When we discovered that there were no heirs on the maternal side of the family,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06it always goes through your mind that maybe there will be no heirs.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Having thrown everything at the search for living relatives,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13would the team be able to find any heirs to Raymond's estate?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23In London, Hector Birchwood was searching for relatives of Patricia Chatfield,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and his search had taken him on an international course.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Passenger records showed that Patricia had first travelled
0:14:34 > 0:14:36to America in 1942 at the age of 17,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and in those days, it was an epic voyage.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42The early methods of travelling long-distance
0:14:42 > 0:14:46would've invariably been linked to travel by sea.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52In the late 1930s, travel on Cunard to Australia
0:14:52 > 0:14:56would've involved a six-month return trip.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59But Patricia wasn't travelling on any old ship.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Records show she sailed on some of the most prestigious liners
0:15:02 > 0:15:04of the day, including the Queen Mary.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Travelling by liner was an event.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Opulence was the order of the day.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15You would've had your own personal suite with steward,
0:15:15 > 0:15:20and anybody who was anyone would've travelled on the liner services.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24All of this luxury came with a hefty price tag.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29A single ticket would've cost the equivalent of £18,000 in today's money.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And this was significant for the heir hunters.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36They realised that Patricia was a very glamorous person.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So that really raised two questions.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Is the estate far more valuable than we really thought?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45And would her family be anywhere in the world?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50As Hector began searching through records,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52the case became even more intriguing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Patricia's death certificate was very enlightening.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It showed us that she'd been married several times.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01She'd had four different married names.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03With multiple marriages,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06there was one thing Hector had to rule out first.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09We had to find out if she had children by any of these men.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Hector began the search for Patricia's husbands.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16And although Patricia was spending a lot of time in America,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20her first marriage was much closer to home.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23By the 1950s, she'd returned back to Norfolk.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28And by 1958, she had married a man by the name of Peter Grice.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32But for Hector, this marriage was a dead end.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Patricia's marriage to Peter Grice ended almost immediately
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and they had no children.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Patricia soon returned to America
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and started working in the British Consulate in New York.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Then she married her second husband, a Bolivian named Eduardo Paz.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54And this marriage would take her even further around the world.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Patricia, I believe, travelled a lot around the world in the 1950s.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03And I suspect, in this particular case, her travel was linked to her partner.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09If Patricia's first trip to the States was in expensive style,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11her next was the height of luxury.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18Travel in the 1950s by jet was at the very cutting-edge of technology.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Jet aircraft were opening up the world to international travel -
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and Patricia clearly was enjoying that privilege.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31This was very luxurious.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Aircraft tickets were expensive.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Passengers on board received full service.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Air travel was an experience.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Maybe unlike today, where it's a commodity.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Patricia's tales of exotic travel added to her aura of glamour.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55She was just so interesting.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And, obviously, she was unconventional.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Pat would turn up and...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Coming from London, or having just got off a plane...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Obviously having been all over the world.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Yeah, she was somebody you thought, "Wow!"
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It was pretty glamorous, you know?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Over the next decade,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Patricia and Eduardo spent time living and working in America,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21New Zealand, France and Brazil.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24But sadly, after all the jet-setting,
0:18:24 > 0:18:29in 1966 the couple divorced without having had any children.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32But more research revealed yet more marriages,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35in even more exotic locations.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Over the next decade, Patricia married twice more.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43First to a man named Frank Chatfield in South Africa.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45This marriage ended in divorce without children.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49And then she married another man by the name of Earl Hustwick in California.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52And we believe he passed away.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56But Patricia's love life was about to take a very unexpected turn.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01In 1985 we found Patricia's final marriage,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03once again to Frank Chatfield,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06the man that she had previously divorced.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08She seems to have married him again
0:19:08 > 0:19:12and then remained married to him until his death.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16I think Pat was a romantic.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21I think she absolutely entered every marriage hoping, believing that,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24you know, this would... this was now going to be it.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Crucially, Hector's extensive searches for marriages
0:19:30 > 0:19:32around the world confirmed a key fact.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Despite having numerous marriages,
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Patricia did not have any children by any of the men that she married.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I think she did want to settle.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45She would have loved to have had a family.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51But that didn't happen, you know.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Although that, I think, was what she would have liked to have done.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Having ruled out immediate family,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Hector now needed to cast the net wider to try and find heirs
0:20:03 > 0:20:05to Patricia's estate.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It was an important paper...
0:20:10 > 0:20:14But if any were found, would they be inheriting a small fortune?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20She must have had money at some point.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24But I did get the impression that it was draining away.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Or would all the heir hunters' work be for nothing?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30At the end of the day,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34if the deceased wanted the estate to go to somebody else,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and they left a will, our fees can't be paid,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41but that's the way it goes.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Every year in Britain, thousands of people get a surprise
0:20:48 > 0:20:51knock on the door from the heir hunters.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53That's good news for you, you can order the Ferrari.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Well, hang on a minute, we haven't found the will yet!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58THEY LAUGH
0:20:58 > 0:21:01As well as handing over life-changing sums of money,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05the heir hunter's work can bring long-lost relatives back together.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- I'm so lucky.- Yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Because I've met, I met up with all of you!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13But thousands of estates have eluded the heir hunters
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and remain unsolved.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Today we've got details of two estates that are yet to be claimed.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Could you be the person the heir hunters have been looking for?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27First is the case of Kathleen Jessie Peacock,
0:21:27 > 0:21:33who died on the 9th of December 1989 in Worthing, West Sussex.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Not native to Worthing,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Kathleen was born in Bethnal Green and her maiden name was Webb.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Her estate was advertised by the Treasury's Bona Vacantia department.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48But so far, no-one has come forward with a valid claim.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Is there a chance you're related to Kathleen Jessie Peacock?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Or do you know someone who could be?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Next is the case of Gerry Riordan,
0:21:57 > 0:22:02who was born on the 19th of June 1902 in the Irish Republic,
0:22:02 > 0:22:08and died on the 20th of March 1988 in Croydon, London.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Gerry never married and the name "Riordan" has links to County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Are you a Riordan?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Do you hold the key to unlocking an estate
0:22:17 > 0:22:20that could be worth a fortune?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23If so, you could be in line for a surprise windfall.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32In London, Fraser and Fraser were racing to find heirs to
0:22:32 > 0:22:33the estate of Raymond Haddon,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37that had been advertised by the government's Bona Vacantia division.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I just want to clarify with you if we're on the right track or not?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The danger of taking on a BV case is that there are many companies
0:22:43 > 0:22:45that will be looking into the same matter,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and you've got to be really accurate with your research.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49These two are alive as well.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Case manager Ben Cornish had been able to establish that Raymond
0:22:53 > 0:22:57owned his home, worth an estimated £130,000.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00And this mattered because heir hunters work on commission,
0:23:00 > 0:23:06taking a pre-agreed percentage of an estate in return for tracing family members.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12But the team's search wasn't going well.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15They'd hit a brick wall on the maternal side of the family
0:23:15 > 0:23:17and found no living relatives.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22It basically reduces the chances of finding a beneficiary by 50%.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26So now everything was riding on Raymond's father's family.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28We still had the paternal family to look into,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31and that was the next thing that we had to make sure we got right.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Ben needed to find Raymond's heirs as fast as possible.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36So, this is the case of Haddon.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39This is the family tree we've got so far.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Ben pulled in researcher Dan Wilshire to help.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45So, when we were looking into next of kin for Raymond,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49we kept to a particular circumference around Nuneaton,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52simply because he was born and died in Nuneaton.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55The team had found the name of Raymond's paternal grandfather
0:23:55 > 0:23:57on his parents' marriage certificate.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59He was Charles Edward Haddon.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03And with this, they located Charles's marriage in 1906
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and began the search for children.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07So we knew that the majority of the family
0:24:07 > 0:24:10would be in that particular area.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13The team had already seen Raymond's father had spent his life
0:24:13 > 0:24:16in the silk factories, making luxury items for the wealthy.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20But Raymond's grandfather had a much more rough and ready existence.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23From the marriage certificate,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26we found out that Charles Edward Haddon, he's 22 years old,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28he was a bachelor when he married,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32so he wasn't previously married at all, occupation was a miner.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Charles Haddon lived in Baxterley, a few miles from Bedworth,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38where Raymond spent his life.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40In the late 19th and early 20th century,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43both towns revolved around coal-mining,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and Raymond's grandfather would've worked in the local pit.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Coal-mining represented a way of life
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and it represented a steady income.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It was seen as an essential way of making a living
0:24:54 > 0:24:55and putting bread on the table.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01But earning that wage meant Charles faced difficult conditions.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The normal working hours for a miner were approximately eight hours.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Within that, though, it's highly physical work.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11This is a very, very traditional coal-mining implement,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14something that every miner would've been familiar with.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17It's a pick or a peck. Quite weighty.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21And something that a miner may well have wielded
0:25:21 > 0:25:23for his entire eight-hour shift.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25To give you some example of how this works...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29This would be considered quite a tall coal seam.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Normally miners were down on the floor,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34or sometimes even on their backs,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37hitting upwards with one of these.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Not only was it strenuous work, it was life-threatening.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Imagine we're hacking our way through a coal face
0:25:44 > 0:25:49and it suddenly gives way, and immediately smashing through there.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53There's potentially a void, and potentially gas.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57That is one of the real dangers that a miner would face.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Any ignition of that gas, there'd be an immediate explanation,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03and potentially not only would the miner be killed,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06but potentially some of his colleagues as well.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Even if you avoided major injury,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11the everyday work would slowly kill you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16The dust gets into your lungs, makes you cough, makes you retch.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21A lot of miners talk about spitting black phlegm from their lungs.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25So miners had their own coping mechanisms.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Drinking was very much the culture of the miner.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31A lot of them used to say that it was the only thing,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33in terms of beer or alcohol,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37was the only thing that could take away the taste of the coal dust
0:26:37 > 0:26:38from inside their mouths.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Charles Haddon's tough existence as a miner would've been painfully
0:26:43 > 0:26:46obvious to his son, Charles, Raymond's father.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51So perhaps it's no surprise he opted for the comparatively safe world
0:26:51 > 0:26:52of silk weaving.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Knowing Charles Haddon was a miner
0:26:57 > 0:27:00helped the team to locate him on the 1911 census,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04with his wife, Sarah Jane Carter, and track down their descendants.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Obviously we've got Charles Edward and Sarah Jane.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13It looks like they've had four children off their marriage.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17These four children, the aunts and uncles of Raymond,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19were the key to finding heirs.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22So Dan immediately set about looking at the two youngest.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27We realised that there are two paternal uncles of the deceased,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30one called Frank Haddon, who was born in 1913,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33and one called George Ernest Haddon, and he was born in 1916.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38These two uncles would be over 100 years old.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41So the team thought the best chance for heirs would be to search
0:27:41 > 0:27:42to see if they had children.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46We looked for marriage records and possible birth records
0:27:46 > 0:27:49from those marriages of the two paternal uncles.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Frank Haddon actually passed away aged 18 in Foleshill.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58And we did marriage searches in area for George E Haddon.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00And we bought his death certificate
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and we realised that he was a bachelor, as well.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06When we found out that Frank and George hadn't had any children,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08our hearts sank, really.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13It was the team's last chance.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17The older two children, Raymond's aunts, Elsie and Florence,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19had to have children.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22It depends what we're going to have on the certificate.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25We found a marriage for Elsie to a Richard Galland.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Galland and Haddon is a good birth search for us.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30They're both unusual names.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33So we managed to find out that they had two children.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40The team had finally made a breakthrough.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42They were very close to finding heirs.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Further research showed Florence also married and had one child.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Now it was a race against time
0:28:48 > 0:28:51to reach these three heirs before anyone else did
0:28:51 > 0:28:54and pass on their share of Raymond's estate.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57With the case having only three beneficiaries,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00it was really urgent to get our representative to the individuals
0:29:00 > 0:29:01as quickly as we could.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04You know, it's a close relationship, they're cousins.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And because, you know, we knew the competition were on the case,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10simply because there was a major asset, ie a property.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Ben called in his travelling researchers to meet the heirs
0:29:16 > 0:29:18as soon as possible.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20They headed straight for Pamela Galland,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24daughter of Elsie Haddon, Raymond's eldest aunt.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26All right, darling.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31But the knock on door came as a shock for her and her son, John Paul.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I was surprised when he stood on the doorstep and said,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36"Does Pamela Haddon live here?"
0:29:36 > 0:29:40I couldn't even think who Pamela Haddon was!
0:29:41 > 0:29:45And it was his daughter who says, "It's you, Nan!"
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Back in the office, the team's hard work had paid off
0:29:50 > 0:29:54and they'd located a total of three heirs to Raymond's estate.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57OK, cool, I will. All right, bye.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00The final value of the case was still unknown,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03but heir Pamela believes some of Raymond's legacy
0:30:03 > 0:30:06may have come from his mother, who she knew as Auntie Amy.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I don't know what happened,
0:30:10 > 0:30:14but Auntie Amy had two very rich sisters.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19And I assume Auntie Amy had all the money from what they had.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27But one month later, there would be a remarkable twist to the case.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31We've been into the property of the deceased.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33One of our representatives went in there to collect
0:30:33 > 0:30:36any financial papers to help us in the administration,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39and it appears that the deceased may have left a valid will.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41It's disappointing news for the team,
0:30:41 > 0:30:46and means all the work they did to trace Raymond's heirs has been for nothing.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50So the heirs that we've located will no longer be entitled to benefit.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Very disappointing for us because of the work that we've put in,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55all the resources and all the man-hours.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59But there is an important positive to the outcome.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01We're happy, because the estate that the deceased had
0:31:01 > 0:31:04will be directed according to his wishes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Raymond's legacy will now go to a friend,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10which is what he had intended all along.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14But Raymond's cousin Pamela will still be left with happy memories
0:31:14 > 0:31:16of her childhood with him.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18We used to play football in the middle of the road,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20cricket in the middle of the road.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23And then we had the swings and things at the back,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26and we all used to be corrugated around there.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Congregate!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- I think it was a very close-knit, very close-knit family.- Very.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33And Pamela's son, John Paul,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36is enjoying learning about his Haddon ancestors.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38- I'm finding it quite interesting. - Good for you!
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Well, you normally sit and listen.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Yeah, so, I'm finding it quite interesting.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53At the storage unit in Bedford,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Peter Birchwood is also facing the prospect
0:31:56 > 0:31:58of potentially uncovering a will.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Shame this is damaged.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Peter and son Hector have been working on the estate
0:32:04 > 0:32:06of Patricia Chatfield for several months,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09and her case has proved to be highly intriguing.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Patricia had died in London, aged 85,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16having led a full and seemingly very glamorous life.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Particularly at Christmas, Mum would host parties.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21And Pat is there, you know, the most glamorous again,
0:32:21 > 0:32:26with pearls round her neck and obviously a full length maxi gown.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Beautiful fabric.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Patricia's spirit for adventure had seen her travel the world.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Something that was remarkable for the time.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39But wherever she went, Pat always came back to Britain,
0:32:39 > 0:32:44where friends Betty, Sarah and Jane were the closest thing she had to family.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I think we were her family in a way.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Erm... Obviously, Mum and her were very close.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58In Bedford, Peter and Charles Ross Auctioneers
0:32:58 > 0:33:01are building up a picture of Patricia's incredible life
0:33:01 > 0:33:03as they sort through her possessions.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07You know, it's good quality. Probably Far Eastern, I think.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11They've spent the morning looking for valuable items
0:33:11 > 0:33:14that will add to Patricia's £10,000 estate.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17And it looks like it's been worth the effort.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19There's some interesting things so far.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24But also a lot of kind of everyday things you'd expect to find in any household.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28So it's a question of going through the boxes and seeing what we can find.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Peter has been sorting through documents,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34looking for details of any other assets
0:33:34 > 0:33:36or signs that Patricia left a will.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40But there are too many papers to look through in one day.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44We've come to the point where we've got about halfway through the boxes.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48There's an enormous quantity of paperwork.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49She must have kept everything.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54And I was going to take it all back in our cars
0:33:54 > 0:33:57so the solicitor could check through it all,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59but I don't think that's possible.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02The auctioneers are also taking away many boxes of items
0:34:02 > 0:34:04for closer inspection.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Before he leaves, though,
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Peter has one last piece of business at the storage unit.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14I didn't know how much she'd have, or how much there'd be.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Goodness.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20He's invited Jane and Sarah along
0:34:20 > 0:34:22to sort through some of Patricia's other belongings,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25and it's bringing back memories.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Does this look familiar to you?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- Missoni! - SHE GASPS
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Oh, my goodness.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39She would come in with the whiff of Los Angeles, or wherever she'd been.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44And while no will has turned up yet,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48it appears Patricia did leave something to those closest to her -
0:34:48 > 0:34:50a box with Jane's name on it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52And it hits hard.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Sorry. - SHE SOBS
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I suppose it's quite nice, because it validates,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- because we always thought... - INDISTINCT
0:35:01 > 0:35:03SHE GASPS AND LAUGHS
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Peter's work at the storage container is now complete.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10And he must spend the next few weeks
0:35:10 > 0:35:12sorting through Patricia's documents.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20In London, it was son Hector who had led the search for Patricia's heirs.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22And having ruled out immediate family,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25he now turned his attention to her parents.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Hector searched to see if Patricia had a brother or sister,
0:35:28 > 0:35:31but he wasn't in luck.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Patricia was the only child from her parents' marriage.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38But Hector did find a crucial piece of information.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Mary Jones and Tom Sawyer had divorced in 1940,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44when Patricia was just 11.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49That meant there was a chance they could have remarried
0:35:49 > 0:35:52and had other children, who would be Patricia's half siblings.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Hector found that Patricia's mother did marry twice more,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59but she had no further children.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03So, next, he turned his attention to her father.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08We started to see that maybe Patricia's father had married again.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11And we eventually found a second marriage for him,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13once we identified his death.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16The crucial question was,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19had Patricia's father had any more children?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21This marriage to Barbara Thrower
0:36:21 > 0:36:26seems to have led to a half sister being born, and that was Janice.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Patricia's half sister Janice had been born in 1942.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32And if she were still alive,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35she'd be the sole heir to the estate.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39But Hector was about to make a rather sad discovery.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Janice was institutionalised after her father died in 1998.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45She had severe learning difficulties.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Hector now needed to find Janice's power of attorney,
0:36:51 > 0:36:55who would be able to manage the inheritance on her behalf.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58And he managed to track down a cousin called Mary.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Mary had a power of attorney over Janice,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05and she looked after her financial affairs.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Mary was able to confirm that she could manage the inheritance
0:37:08 > 0:37:09on Janice's behalf.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14It wasn't until she got older, that for some reason,
0:37:14 > 0:37:19the mental state deteriorated very much.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21She's got nobody else.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23And I do feel sorry for her.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27The first call was from my sister, Phyllis.
0:37:27 > 0:37:33She had a call from Hector, and my sister then put him on to us.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36I was surprised, because I knew nothing about Patricia
0:37:36 > 0:37:42or Uncle Tom's first marriage until I was perhaps 30-40s.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44It just wasn't spoken about.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45So I didn't know.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49And Janice never mentioned anything about this to me.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Mary believes Patricia's parents may have felt under pressure to marry.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57You know, her mother was pregnant with Patricia
0:37:57 > 0:37:59before they got married.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04And I think that's the only reason, really.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07The main thing is to make sure Janice has the money
0:38:07 > 0:38:09to be looked after in the home.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14And we are looking...
0:38:14 > 0:38:16We're thinking she could most likely do with a nice, big telly.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Hector had succeeded in tracking down the sole heir
0:38:20 > 0:38:22to Patricia's estate.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26But two key questions remained - how much would it Janice be inheriting,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28and had Patricia left a will?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35It's a few weeks since his visit to the storage facility,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37and Peter's made a big discovery.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42I found a few bits and pieces in the belongings.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Information about a bank account in the UK.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52I did find information about a house or apartments
0:38:52 > 0:38:57that the deceased had owned back in South Africa,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59where she spent some years.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04I'm told now that
0:39:04 > 0:39:11the house was sold a few years back, but the money is kept safely
0:39:11 > 0:39:15and will be transferred to Mrs Chatfield's estate.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20Peter's discovery means the estimated value of Patricia's estate
0:39:20 > 0:39:23has now risen to nearer £40,000.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28And after going through everything, no will has been found,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30so all the proceeds will go to Janice.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40But today, there's a chance that figure will rise even higher.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44The items found in the storage facility are about to go under the hammer.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47And since bringing everything back to the auction house,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51the auctioneer's uncovered some very desirable pieces.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54So, whilst going through a large quantity of the costume jewellery
0:39:54 > 0:39:57that we found, which was thrown into a box, in amongst it,
0:39:57 > 0:39:59we found this three-stone diamond ring,
0:39:59 > 0:40:03which dates from the mid-20th century.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I think it's going to do very well at auction,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07it's got an estimate of £600-900.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09We've had plenty of interest in it already,
0:40:09 > 0:40:11and I think it could do very well.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16But there's one star item that has caught everyone's attention.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Perhaps the most interesting thing is this...
0:40:21 > 0:40:23..dish, here, with a very good name on the back.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29We turned it over, on unwrapping it, and seeing "Picasso", quite clearly.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31And it is a limited edition.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35A run of 500 were produced, in the mid-20th century,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37designed by Pablo Picasso,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40in the tufted bird pattern.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50Peter and wife Maria have come along to see how the items sell.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Lot 330...
0:40:53 > 0:40:58..is this three-stone diamond ring, very stylish-looking item.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Here we go, then. I can go straight in at £480.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07And immediately, the ring has aroused serious interest.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- 740, 760, 780. - BIDDER:- No.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15No? £760 then, seated on the second row.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17We're at 760...
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Thank you, sir.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It's a terrific result,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and it's not the only one of Patricia's items to sell well.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32But it's the Picasso plate, with an estimated value of £400,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34that causes the biggest bidding war.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39I can go straight in at £200, I'll take at 220 from the room or online.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42We're at £850 online.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Is there 900 anywhere? 900 on the telephone.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47950 online.
0:41:47 > 0:41:501,000. I've got 1,300 online now.
0:41:50 > 0:41:511,400.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53OK, both telephones are out, then.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55We're online at £1,300.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I shall sell it, then, at £1,300.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03It's been a highly successful day.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09It's an estimated value of around £6,000, at the moment.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14So maybe we're looking at quite a good value for the estate.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16We're very happy about that.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25It's good news for the estate.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28But for Mary, the inheritance will always be tinged
0:42:28 > 0:42:30with an element of regret.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35I wish she had known her sister.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Or half sister, but I really do.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Now, looking back on it all,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44it would have been so lovely for her to have had somebody else,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46other than her mother and father.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I think Janice would have loved it, really.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53And I think Patricia would have done, by the sound of her.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56It's a shame.