0:00:01 > 0:00:05- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.- What about that?
0:00:05 > 0:00:08With £200 each,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Can I buy everything here?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Feeling a little saw. - This is going to be an epic battle.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- The honeymoon is over.- I'm sorry. - This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's the last day of the Road Trip for our two
0:00:40 > 0:00:44- antiques aficionados.- It's been great fun, we've had highs and lows.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- I don't know what I'm going to do without you, Charles.- Ditto, ditto.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Auctioneer Mark Stacey has learned that to beat his opposition
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- he needs to change tactics. - Right, get up the stairs.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Get up the stairs. Oh, sorry!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59His rival, auctioneer Charles Hanson,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02makes sure he's always ready for the battle ahead.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Sometimes Mark will be strong armed in the auction.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Both experts began their week with £200.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14On the final day there is well over £200 between them.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Despite Mark gaining ground at the last auction,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20he's still only on £232.08.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Although Charles only earned a small profit,
0:01:24 > 0:01:31when added to his previous totals, he's still way ahead on £470.08.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35They began the week with a mission - to put the A into antiques.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Mark's largely stuck to that aim but Charles, as usual,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40has done his own thing.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45Charles, of course, THE burning question on the nation's lips is,
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- who has put the A into antiques? - I think, Mark...
0:01:50 > 0:01:53You're right, it's Mark. You're absolutely right.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- If I'm being really honest, it's you.- I know that, Charles.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Not that that's got him very far.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03The fellows have been touring the country in a 1973 convertible
0:02:03 > 0:02:08VW Beetle but, like all good things, the Road Trip must come to an end.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So what's the plan for the grand finale?
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The last buy day for me is always the most ferocious
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- and the most nerve-racking.- Is it? - And my tactics are to not hold back.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21We've heard that one before,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24where Charles is going for broke then spends
0:02:24 > 0:02:26less than a third of his budget.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29My tactics are actually to try
0:02:29 > 0:02:33and maintain the very modest profit I've made so far,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36so I will still be trying to look for that one thing that might
0:02:36 > 0:02:40just make a spectacular profit.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Aren't we all?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44The chaps are nearing the end of their extraordinary
0:02:44 > 0:02:46expedition from the North of England down through the East
0:02:46 > 0:02:50with a lot of wiggling up and down and around the country in a giant
0:02:50 > 0:02:52loop the loop, finishing in Flintshire in Wales.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The final leg starts in Western Heath in Shropshire
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and ends at auction in Mold, Flintshire.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05To me, Shropshire is fashionably quite cultured
0:03:05 > 0:03:09but also completely unspoiled and I think untapped.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Which could be good news for Mark as his first shopping stop
0:03:13 > 0:03:17is in the midst of Shropshire's stunning countryside.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Here we are, Charles.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Excellent, Mark.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26This family-run business based in converted farm buildings
0:03:26 > 0:03:30specialises in antique clocks, barometers and furniture.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Tim Dans runs the 12 showrooms containing about 2,000 items.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Wow. Let the challenge begin.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Pressure's on for Mark today to stand a chance of even nearing
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Charles' total.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48It's a fabulous shop.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I mean, I haven't been in a shop like this for years.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56I've actually found a pair of candlesticks here.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01I mean, they're very simple. They're reeded column form,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03with these stacked bases and stacked tops.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06They've got a sort of Arts and Crafts look about them.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I think they're quite fun, but the interesting thing is they're
0:04:09 > 0:04:12marked up at £18.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Not exactly breaking the bank,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17but something with potential for profit so time to get Tim involved.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Hi again, Tim.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Great name.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- I think I've probably found the most boring thing in your shop...- Right.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- ..and they don't fit in with your stock at all.- No.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- You know where I'm going. - A pair of candlesticks.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30You know where I'm going here, don't you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33That's probably the best £10 you'll ever spend.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Do you know? I think we've got a deal already.- They're just different.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40They're just different and for £10 I really can't go wrong.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Big round of applause, I think.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43He's pleased with himself
0:04:43 > 0:04:48and has bagged this pillar of the oak-reeded and stepped candlesticks.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Meanwhile, Charles has headed east to Cannock in Staffordshire
0:04:56 > 0:04:58and he's decided to call the auction house to see
0:04:58 > 0:05:01if they can give him a steer on what to buy.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08So metalwares, brasswares, silver, then china and then furniture.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10So really anything at this next auction goes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13A somewhat blank canvas for your first shop
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- then, Charles.- Thank you. Hi.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Grandad's Loft is a rather quirky affair specialising in taxidermy,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25antique dolls and bears and Gothic skulls and jewellery.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27It's manned today by Nathan Barry,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29who's been collecting for several years.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31What a wonderful shop you've got.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Thank you.- My name is Charles. - Nathan.- Hi, Nathan.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Goodness me, you sell all sorts, do you?- We have everything, yeah.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41May I leave my hat? I'll leave my hat on him there, OK?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Thanks a lot. OK, I'll see you in a second.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Goodness me, that's quite frightening, isn't it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It's just a slit of the tongue. Ha!
0:05:53 > 0:05:56It's not your average antique shop, but then Charles isn't
0:05:56 > 0:06:00your average antiques expert and unusual can sell well at auction.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Nathan, I do quite like this Melodist record player over here.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Is it in working order?- Yes. - Can we play a record?
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- Out of the way, little fella. - OK, let's wind it up.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18OLD-FASHIONED MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:22 > 0:06:25My God, as an ex-Strictly Come dancer, I know
0:06:25 > 0:06:27they wouldn't be getting 10 from Len.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I'll let you take it off for me. Sorry. There we go.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34As an object it's complete. It's 1930s.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's got a good square sarcophagus topping, good condition.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- What would be your very best price? - 100.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46If I said to you, "Here's 40", is there profit in it for you?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Not at that, no. I was thinking more towards, say, 60.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54I like it but I don't think it will make much money.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I'm just going to make a mental note of that, have a walk round,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59see if I see anything else.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04While Charles has been eyeing up the weird and wonderful,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Mark has been careering towards Cosford,
0:07:08 > 0:07:13an area known for its RAF base for over three quarters of a century.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Mark's here to find out about MI9,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19a top-secret unit set up at the start of the Second World War.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It addressed the increasing need to expand
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Britain's military intelligence services.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30MI9 specialised in helping to prevent capture and in aiding
0:07:30 > 0:07:34the escape of our servicemen in enemy occupied territory.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Using innovative techniques we'd associate with James Bond,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43they helped save the lives of around 35,000 service personnel.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Mark's come to hear more from the museum's aviation historian.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Hello, Ross?- Hi, Mark. - Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Around 170,000 British servicemen were incarcerated in
0:07:59 > 0:08:04prisoner-of-war camps by German and Italian forces during World War II.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Although camp conditions were difficult,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10detainees were allowed to carry out activities and receive packages.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14This gave MI9 the opportunity to send in contraband.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I've heard of MI5 but not MI9, what is it?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22MI9 is essentially the organisation set up in
0:08:22 > 0:08:25December 1939 to aid captured airmen,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28but also captured army personnel and naval personnel.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33So all our armed forces were trained by MI9, is that right?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Yeah, you get a process whereby, principally, what
0:08:37 > 0:08:40MI9 do is they and go provide lectures to the services.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Some of the methods are very basic. The descriptions given to
0:08:43 > 0:08:49officers in 1940, 1941 is, you know, "Try to look German."
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But then as the war goes on it becomes more detailed,
0:08:52 > 0:08:56they are given intelligence on best routes out and the maps they are
0:08:56 > 0:09:00provided with, of which we have an example here, are very detailed.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06And I suppose, as the war went on, the boffins created these little ways
0:09:06 > 0:09:11of concealing items and developing what you needed to help you escape.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Yeah, absolutely.- MI9 produced around one million maps.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18They were made from lightweight cloth,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22so it was silent when unfolded to avoid detection.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24They not only needed inventive ways to hide the maps,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28like secret pockets, soles of shoes or even sports equipment,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but they also needed to get them to the men.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- So these were sent into the camps, were they?- Yeah.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- Things like table tennis bats.- Yeah.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- So you get gifts being sent into the camps.- Via the Red Cross, I presume?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41No, not usually. They'd create something.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47For example, the Author's Society doesn't exist but goes in.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52And the Germans are searching about one in three packages by 1944
0:09:52 > 0:09:53that are going into the camps.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But, of course, it's a numbers game so enough is
0:09:56 > 0:10:00being sent in that this material is being used by the escape committees.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04These compasses are rather ingenious. So those were the actual RAF buttons?
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Yes, the compass is the most vital bit of the kit alongside food.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Once the men had managed to escape, they needed to fit in within
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- enemy territory. - And the boots here.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I mean, obviously, these come in sections. Why is this here?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Obviously, civilians do not wear boots like this in general,
0:10:23 > 0:10:24so you need a pair of shoes.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28So the escape aid here is that there's a knife inside here
0:10:28 > 0:10:32and you can cut off the suede and fur lining section,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35which actually, together, form a waistcoat.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- It certainly wouldn't fit my svelte waist.- No, nor mine.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I mean, these little ingenious...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Gadgets, I suppose you'd call them, are very James Bondish,
0:10:45 > 0:10:46- aren't they?- Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51MI9 was made up of a small team of staff initially based in London.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54One of their main tricks of getting contraband through
0:10:54 > 0:10:57the rigorous German camps' security was to hide it amongst
0:10:57 > 0:11:03everyday items, and in only around a third of the parcels sent in.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06So we've got a bog-standard comb here,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- but actually hidden inside it is a razor saw.- Wow.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12So you break it open and once you have escaped you can use
0:11:12 > 0:11:15the saw for cutting wood, keeping fire and so forth.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The record, again, I'm guessing must open
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- and reveal something inside that would be useful to them.- Yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23There's a little section inside that holds monies.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Which of course is vital if you want to get through the country,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29if you want to buy food or if you want to buy a train ticket, whatever it is.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Absolutely.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35This small, dedicated and resourceful unit made
0:11:35 > 0:11:38a huge contribution to the Allies' war effort.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41They not only helped thousands of men return home safely,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44but also equipped many more with training
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and tools to prevent capture.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48MI9 was disbanded after the war,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51but many of their techniques became a vital part
0:11:51 > 0:11:52of intelligence training,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56some of which are still being used by the armed services today.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00It's been fascinating for me, Ross,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- and thank you so much for showing me around.- Thank you.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Back in Cannock, Charles has been busy perusing
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- the curious curios on offer. - What I find do do quite well
0:12:14 > 0:12:16at auction are top hats.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- I have actually got the case for the one...- Oh, have you? Brilliant.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Wowee. Sometimes, Nathan,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- what I find at auction is that the cases really help in value.- Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Where'd it come from?- It was actually someone that brought it
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- into the shop and was having a bit of a clear out.- That's wonderful.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36So there's the case and it's marked RFW,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38that may have been the owner's initials.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41It's a beautiful tooled-leather case.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's a bit tired but it's all there.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48What we're looking at is a late Victorian, probably circa 1895,
0:12:48 > 0:12:501900, child's top hat.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52How does 30 sound for you?
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- Could you get any lower, or not? - I could do 25.- Yeah, I'll take it.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- £25. Give me a high-five - Yeah.- Thanks a lot, job done.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Now, the gramophone player. Your best on that would be...
0:13:05 > 0:13:11- Could you meet me halfway at 50?- I would want to pay maximum about 45.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13And if that's not quite there, it doesn't matter,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- it can stay here, but that's where I am.- I'll take you up on that, yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I think for £45 it's not a bad price. I'll take it. Thanks a lot.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24He certainly drives a hard bargain.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Charles has managed to get a very charitable £60 discount,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31snapping up the Art Deco Grammophon for £45
0:13:31 > 0:13:35and the Victorian top hat for £25. So, don't forget your hat, Charles.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- Thanks a lot. All the best to you. - Thank you.- Take care.- Ta-ra.- Bye.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And that's the fellow's penultimate shopping day over.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46So, off to beddy-byes, both of you.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53The chaps are up with the larks
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and Charles is back behind the wheel of the 1973 VW Beetle.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04- The end is nigh. - Charles, the show is over now.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06The curtain's fallen.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And Mark's suffered enough losses...for a while, anyway.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I'm still convinced that you've been the most unlucky man
0:14:13 > 0:14:15ever on the Road Trip.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20But that's the highs and lows. We took the blows didn't we, Charles?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Yeah.- We've enjoyed ourselves. - Well, that's the main thing.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Yesterday, Charles took a walk on the wild side,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30spending £70 on an Art Deco gramophone and
0:14:30 > 0:14:32a Victorian top hat,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36leaving him with a whopping £400.08 still to spend.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Mark only spent a tenner on a pair of reeded candlesticks,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42so he's got a fair whack left.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45£222.08, to be precise.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50There once was a man called Mark, who got up every day with a lark.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55He went for a bargain and got into trouble, got into a muddle
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and made losses.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01That's possibly the worst limerick I've ever heard in my life.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02I have to agree.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05After kicking off their route in Weston Heath in Shropshire,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08they're now progressing towards Leek in Staffordshire.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11It's been a market town since King John granted rights to hold
0:15:11 > 0:15:14the weekly event in the early 13th century.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Now it also boasts a number of antique shops.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Oh, Charles.- See you, Mark. - Take care.- Good luck.- Bye.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Mark's come to a place specialising in English
0:15:25 > 0:15:29and European country furniture, decorative items and unique objects.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Run by dealer of 20 years Jo Johnson. Hi, Jo.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Hello, we've met before, haven't we? - We have, definitely.- How are you?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- I'm very well, thank you, and you?- Nice to see you again
0:15:42 > 0:15:44With his auction in North Wales in mind,
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Mark is still trying to continue his aim of putting the A into antiques.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52You're not looking for furniture, though, that's a nice box.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- It's quite pretty, isn't it? - It actually came from Wales.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59This is a tea caddy.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01When you open it up it's, unfortunately,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02lost the interior side of it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05And you would have had your little departments for
0:16:05 > 0:16:07green and black tea or whatever flavours you wanted.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12And I suppose it dates to, I don't know, 1840? 1850?
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Something like that. It's a little bit distressed, a little bit tired.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Now, there's no price on that. - It's £45.- Oh.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22And you're going to go, "Ohh!"
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Well, that's what I just did. You know me so well, you know me so well.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29So now you're going to have to go, "Oh!"
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Am I? Well, I don't want to hurt you too much. (Oh, I so do.)
0:16:34 > 0:16:36But he's not committing just yet,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39with a huge showroom still to explore.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43All Mark's got for auction so far is a pair of wooden candlesticks.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46These are quite rustic, aren't they?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But we've bought candlesticks already, haven't we?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Quite. How about branching out a bit, Mark?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Don't put all your eggs in one basket and all that.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56What about that tea caddy, then?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59What would be your very best price on the box?
0:16:59 > 0:17:05- 25 and that'll mean a divorce.- Yeah, but I'll always be here for you.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Will you?- Yes.- Oh, that's so nice.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I'll always be here for you,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- particularly if we could do it for 20.- OK.- Can we?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14(20?)
0:17:14 > 0:17:15(Thank you.)
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Mark's innate charm has managed to snatch him a great discount,
0:17:19 > 0:17:24having to plump up just £20 for the early-Victorian Marquetry tea caddy.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Thank you so much. - You're very welcome.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Meanwhile, Charles has taken the Beetle for a spin to
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Hanley in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37an area affectionately known as The Potteries.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39It was in the 18th century that it became the centre
0:17:39 > 0:17:44of the English ceramics trade and the region was changed for ever.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Its massive impact is still felt today
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and is now known worldwide as the capital of ceramics.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Charles is here to meet curator of The Potteries Museum
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- Miranda Goodby.- Good morning. - Good morning.- Great to see you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- I can't wait to come inside. - Lovely, come on.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Thank you, that's very kind.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08In the once rural landscape of the 17th century,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11local farmers made pots to store their butter.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13But as soil was poor
0:18:13 > 0:18:17and farming unprofitable, they began making pottery full time
0:18:17 > 0:18:21using the wealth of natural resources at their fingertips.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25What, Miranda, did Stoke offer to the potters?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29What Stoke-on-Trent had got was clay and coal.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33To turn one ton of clay into a ton of pottery,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- you need about seven tonnes of coal. - Right.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38In the 17th century, the potters were using local clay -
0:18:38 > 0:18:39it's red and yellow.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43The slipware was the main product of the time, but it's in demand.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44They're well-made pots,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47well-priced and they're being distributed across the country.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50The pots made were functional Irvineware,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53but in the early-18th century demand came for white ceramics
0:18:53 > 0:18:55imitating Chinese porcelain.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58White clay was shipped from south-west England to The Potteries,
0:18:58 > 0:19:03the centre for the skills, with a workforce distribution network
0:19:03 > 0:19:06and more importantly the coal needed to produce whitewares.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09By that period, what the potters are doing is that
0:19:09 > 0:19:13they're aiming their wares firmly at a middle-class genteel household.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17And, of course, Miranda, back in the mid-18th-century the spark
0:19:17 > 0:19:21ignited in Stoke-on-Trent and there was one man, really,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- responsible for what the potteries became.- Josiah Wedgwood.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27He manages to draw together the technical improvements,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29the commercial and the marketing improvements,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32even the layout of his factory and the workforce.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35And really that's the foundation of the industry as you
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- find it from then on.- He was quite a savvy man, wasn't he?- Incredibly.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Josiah Wedgwood was born into a family of potters in 1730.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44The youngest of 12 children.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46After getting experience of the craft,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49he set up his own business in 1759.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53He was a pioneer who transformed English pottery from a cottage
0:19:53 > 0:19:57industry into a successful global business producing works of art.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02What made Josiah that man we all bow to today?
0:20:02 > 0:20:07He was able to see the whole picture, he wasn't just a potter.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09He realised that what he needed to do
0:20:09 > 0:20:11was to get his wares to the right market.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15One of his brothers was a merchant in London and Josiah asks him
0:20:15 > 0:20:20to go to the Palace and present a set of Josiah's creamware
0:20:20 > 0:20:21to the new Queen Charlotte.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23And Queen Charlotte allows Josiah to call himself
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Potter to Her Majesty.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- And, of course, it became known as Queen's Ware.- Absolutely.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33By the 1760s, Wedgwood was employing both directly and indirectly
0:20:33 > 0:20:37a couple of hundred people, housing some in new terraces on-site.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40One of the things he's very keen on is getting people to start
0:20:40 > 0:20:43at the right time, whether that's by ringing a bell or blowing a horn.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Fascinating.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49So what we have here is a horn that was blown to
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- Wedgwood's workers to come back from play...- Yes.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- ..to come back into work...- Yes. - That's wonderful. What an object.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02There seem to be no limits to his talent and, in 1773, Josiah Wedgwood
0:21:02 > 0:21:06even invented a new type of pottery made from barium sulphate.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10And of course, later on, his other important innovation was Jasperware.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Yes. It's a fine, white stoneware - usually dyed to a pale blue.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Initially he starts producing little medallions in imitation of
0:21:19 > 0:21:24antique cameos but before long he's making vases, busts, teawares...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Yes. And you've got this almost cameo oval here.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Yes, it's a beautiful little piece, isn't it?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Well, what's your best price?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Look at me, Miranda. What's your best price?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Don't even think about it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Wedgwood was not only known as the father of English potters
0:21:38 > 0:21:40but he used his influence and connections
0:21:40 > 0:21:44to campaign against slavery, along with his friend William Wilberforce.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49He died in 1795, leaving his thriving business and vast fortune to his children -
0:21:49 > 0:21:52descendents of which are still involved
0:21:52 > 0:21:54in the family business today.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Miranda, it's been wonderful, thank you so much.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- I've really, really enjoyed it.- It's been a pleasure.- Thanks a lot.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07In the meantime, Mark has joined Charles in the potteries
0:22:07 > 0:22:09in the community of Cobridge.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13The Potteries Antique Centre is 25 years old, stocking a large
0:22:13 > 0:22:17collection of ceramics, jewellery, antiques and collectables.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Katy Buckley is holding the fort today.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Hello, I'm Mark. - Hello. Hi, Mark, I'm Katie.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Lovely to meet you, Katie.- And you.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28I think we can tell we're in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31The shop's extensive collection includes of course
0:22:31 > 0:22:33a huge amount of local pottery.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You know, I do want to buy a piece of pottery
0:22:35 > 0:22:39because we are in the home of the British pottery industry.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42So, what will he pick - Wedgwood, Minton, Moorcroft?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Er, Mark?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Well, of course, I said I was going to buy something pottery
0:22:47 > 0:22:49and what could be more appropriate
0:22:49 > 0:22:52than a Victorian child's balloon-back chair?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Well, at least it's not a pair of candlesticks.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00It's, I mean, basically a shrunken version of a balloon-back chair
0:23:00 > 0:23:03that dates to around about 1890,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06but it was actually made for a child to sit on
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and I think that's quite quirky.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12And it's an antique but I need it to be a bit cheaper.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I mean, it is marked up at £75.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Kate?- Yes.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I've stumbled on something which is absolutely delightful,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22but I need it to be terribly cheap.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Well, we've got £75 on it... - You have.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Make me an offer. What would you...?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Well, it's going to be very mean though, Kate.
0:23:29 > 0:23:3125.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Ooh, that is cheap, Mark.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Would you say 30? Would that be a fair...?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Could I put it to one side? - Certainly.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- I think £30 is certainly a fair price.- OK.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- I'll put it down there... - You carry on.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47..and then we can come back to it, all right?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Perhaps a bit of pottery this time, hey, Mark?
0:23:54 > 0:23:59This is...Victorian garden seat, as we'd call it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02These would have been in a conservatory area.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05This is certainly an antique, it was made around 1890.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10It's got this nasty crack running right up the body here.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13And the difficulty with a big crack is that it might actually
0:24:13 > 0:24:18carry on running and that's the only disappointment with this, really.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Otherwise I love the shape, it's a very Oriental shape.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It's definitely ticking the pottery box
0:24:24 > 0:24:27and is made by local company Minton.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31But with a very dusty, faded ticket of £125,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Mark's going to have to have Lady Luck on his side -
0:24:34 > 0:24:36well, Katie anyway.
0:24:36 > 0:24:42- I do like the chair and I like the garden seat.- Right.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- What I'm hoping for is to buy the two of them.- OK.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Is there any way I can just twist you a little bit more
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and say 60 for the two?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Right.- Because of that crack, that's the only thing that's putting me off.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Yes, there is a crack, quite a big one.- But if we could do that,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I'd really be happy to take both of them.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- OK, let's have a deal then. - Are you sure?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Yeah, £60 then for the two. - Thank you so much.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08You are such a nice lady to me.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13And Mark's managed to lure himself another very kind discount,
0:25:13 > 0:25:18getting the Victorian child's chair and Minton garden seat for just £60.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Now let me give you some money before you change your mind.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- There we are, £60.- Thank you. - Thank you again, Kate.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- I'm really grateful. - And thank you for having a deal.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Thank you, Mark, see you again.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Charles has made his way half an hour west to Nantwich in Cheshire.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41The Tudor look of this lively market town is down to the kind donation
0:25:41 > 0:25:44of both money and timber from Queen Elizabeth I after the
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Great Fire of 1583 destroyed many of the town's buildings.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54With a little over £400 left to spend, it could be
0:25:54 > 0:25:59a very lucky day for Jeff Neve, owner of Timeless Treasures.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Good afternoon, sir. How are you?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'm OK. How are you, Charles?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- That's a very dapper jacket you're wearing.- Eh?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08I don't know. What about this?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Speaking of things that are hard to miss,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Charles has found one out at the back of the shop.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I quite like that you've got
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- a pretty impressive lawn mower down here, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20In the actual compartment here,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24we've got the old Atco motor mower details.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I reckon this must date to about...
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- ..what'll it be, 1920s? '30s? - I would say so.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- It is, Jeff. It's quite light, isn't it?- It's manoeuvrable.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Isn't that fantastic, Geoff?- Yeah.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39How much is it?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42It's, er, 135.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Yeah. What's your best?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- 95.- 95.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48- May I just reserve this?- Yeah.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- And then let me just think about it...- Yeah, yeah.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- ..next door as I wander round further.- Yeah.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Soon Charles spies another unusual lot.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01What is down here is a very nice Art Deco lounge suite.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04It comes with two armchairs
0:27:04 > 0:27:06and it's a real north-south divide.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10In London, a suite like this might make 450.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Here, it says £95 and it has got real style.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18But then, is it the right thing for Flintshire?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Well, it's certainly a long way from London.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Ooh, careful, Charles!
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Oh, dear.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28What a lovely clock.
0:27:28 > 0:27:35This clock firstly is quite exotic because we have a rosewood veneer.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37We've also got pewter stringing
0:27:37 > 0:27:41and at intervals we've got little mother-of-pearl dots.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45It may have had some degree of restoration.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49It's also missing its glass cover
0:27:49 > 0:27:52but this is a true antique.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54And that will make Mark happy.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58And it will date to around 1830, 1840s.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I'm going to find Jeff.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Sorry.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Watch out.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Jeff?- Eh?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- There's two things I quite like.- Yep.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- I quite like the three-piece suite...- I thought you might.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- ..because it has style, OK? - Yeah, it does.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16And the other thing I quite like is, I've moved it over there,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- the little clock on the armchair.- Yeah.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22It's tired, it needs a lot of restoration to it.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- It's nice mother-of-pearl inlay, like.- Exactly.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28But what would be your best number one on the settee?
0:28:28 > 0:28:3075 quid.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32What would be your best on the clock?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- 95.- Oh, God, really?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39That's a lot for what it is.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- It's a nice clock.- Yeah, it is.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45The suite, the lawn mover and clock -
0:28:45 > 0:28:47what would be your price for all three?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I'll tell you what I'll do with you.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I'll take one-and-a-half hundred pounds.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Would you come in at 135?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I'm going to match your offer.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- 145.- Meet me at 140 and I'll gamble.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Hold your hand out. - Oh, my goodness me.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- Sold. Yeah, I'll take them. - Good man.- 140. Thanks, Geoff.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Wow. Tense stuff, eh?
0:29:05 > 0:29:09That's an extremely generous discount for the three-part deal.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13That's the 1920s lawn mover for £90,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16the Art Deco three-piece suite for £30,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18the so-called William IV wall clock for £20.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Back in Staffordshire, Mark is hitting
0:29:24 > 0:29:27one last shop in Broad Eye
0:29:27 > 0:29:30in a final attempt to find something to help him try and catch up Charles.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Windmill Antiques is run by Ian Kettlewell
0:29:33 > 0:29:35and is another familiar pit stop for Mark.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36- Hello, again.- Hi, how are you?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- How are you?- Nice to meet you again, yeah.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- You're still here. - I know. Don't I know?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44With over 20 years in the business,
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Ian should have a few items in his collection to catch Mark's eye.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Look at these, look at that, look - a corkscrew.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Modelled as a Westie, isn't it, I think?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58And that's quite fun, I bet that's an inkwell.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I mean, I suppose you'd call it Black Forest - so, Austrian, German -
0:30:02 > 0:30:05but it's modelled as a little tramp's boot.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07And that's quite fun as well, actually.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- Ian, did you...? Are these fresh in? - Just in today.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Just in today, wow.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Could be my lucky day then...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17because I quite like that cos it's novel,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19it fits in to the antique range.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22I mean, it's probably 1900, 1910,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25but I think that's got a quirky charm about it.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27And this is an old corkscrew obviously...
0:30:27 > 0:30:31and you've got a sort of bone bit at the top with the -
0:30:31 > 0:30:34you're wondering what this is, you think it's for shaving, it's not.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36That's for clearing off the dust from the top of the bottle
0:30:36 > 0:30:38once you've opened it.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41But I think that's got some age, it's certainly antique
0:30:41 > 0:30:43which fits in with my theme.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46What have you got on the boot, the boot inkwell?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48You can have the boot for £10, Mark.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Oh, gosh. What about the thingy?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54The best on that is to you,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56with the boot, £20.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Gosh. I think those are quite interesting.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Mark seems to be on a roll with this little cabinet.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I just wonder whether or not
0:31:04 > 0:31:08we could put maybe a couple of these other ones,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10as a little package with the other one.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14And those ones are getting quite interesting.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Let's see what we can do, shall we?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- So you said 10 and 20 for that?- Yep.
0:31:18 > 0:31:25I am tempted to say maybe make a little job lot of the corkscrews.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- Yeah.- Does that make sense, do you think?- I think that's a good idea.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30What could you do if I bought those as a little packet?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32£35.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35I couldn't push you to 40 for the two.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- For the two lots?- Yeah, 30 and 10.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Yeah.- Then we've got a deal.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Where's that red wine?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46It's a bit early for that, old mate, but nicely done.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49£10 for a Black Forest carved inkwell
0:31:49 > 0:31:52and £30 for a selection of corkscrews.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Thank you, Mark.- Thank you again,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- I really appreciate it, thanks. - Thank you very much.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59And that's his lot. With all shopping over,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02let's check out what each of the chaps has bought.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Along with Mark's corkscrews and inkwell,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07he found a pair of oak candlesticks,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09an early Victorian tea caddy,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11a Victorian child's chair
0:32:11 > 0:32:12and a Minton garden seat -
0:32:12 > 0:32:16costing £130 altogether.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Charles bought a Victorian top hat and leather case,
0:32:20 > 0:32:21an Art-Deco gramophone,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23an Art-Deco three-piece suite,
0:32:23 > 0:32:25a 1920s lawn mower
0:32:25 > 0:32:27and a so-called William IV rosewood wall clock -
0:32:27 > 0:32:30all for £210.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34So, there are a fair number of genuine antiques in this lot,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36so will that be enough to impress one another?
0:32:38 > 0:32:43I do feel Mark, on our last shopping excursion, has bought really well.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46My biggest concern is his corkscrew -
0:32:46 > 0:32:48that could be the final screw for me.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51His Victorian chair is nice but neat, but not overly exciting.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55May the best man win in our last auction.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Charles, a lawnmower - vintage or otherwise - please.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01A top hat on its own is worth £25,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05so to get the lovely leather box with it is a real terrific buy.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08The clock is charming, they're a little bit out of fashion,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11but I can't see a loss on £20, Charles, well done.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Now our experts can do no more.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Starting in Weston Heath in Shropshire,
0:33:15 > 0:33:17the chaps are now drawing their journey
0:33:17 > 0:33:20to a close in Mold, Flintshire.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23# Morning has broken... #
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I love these autumn mornings, don't you?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28# Like a first morning... #
0:33:28 > 0:33:31They're certainly in the swing of things this morning.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37# You got to be big and strong Enough to turn me on. #
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Now they're facing the fifth and final auction.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- We've had a good journey, haven't we?- Yeah, very.
0:33:43 > 0:33:4511 counties in all, Charles?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I think I've had a little bit of bad luck but...
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- But...- ..it has been very, very enjoyable.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Good to hear that. Their last stop of the week is Dodds Auction.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Well, this is it, Charles. - Here we are, Mark, this is it.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It's an interesting showroom, isn't it?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Ha! To you! Get in there.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Auctioneer Anthony Parry has been tasked with the job of weighing up the fellows' wares.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10They could have done with putting their glasses on
0:34:10 > 0:34:11when they bought some of these things.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15The three-piece suite, it's in appalling condition.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17We'll be lucky to get a bid for it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19A nice little child's chair, at first glance.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21The lawn mower, we'd... It's certainly...
0:34:21 > 0:34:23It is a collector's piece.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25The corkscrews, not a bad collection.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28There's been a bit of interest in those.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30It may be mixed reviews from Anthony,
0:34:30 > 0:34:34but the experts are now in the hands of the buying public of Mold.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37First, it's Mark's collection of corkscrews.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- So it should make £80-100, so fingers crossed.- Yeah.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Then I can crack open a bottle of wine and celebrate.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Nice collection of corkscrews.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- 55 for that.- Keep going, keep going. - 55 you're looking at...
0:34:49 > 0:34:5160's a hand in the corner...
0:34:51 > 0:34:5265...
0:34:52 > 0:34:55All done at 65 then...
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- Well done, chief.- Well, it's a profit, I guess, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02He's more than doubled his money with that nice profit.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- It's a good start to the day for us.- Yeah.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06It is a good start, Mark, yeah.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08We're riding home together, hey?
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Next, it's Mark's pair of oak reeded candlesticks.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1310 I've got, £10...
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Only £10.- 10, 12, 14...
0:35:15 > 0:35:1616, 18...
0:35:16 > 0:35:1820..2, 24,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- that's 24...- Well, that's not bad actually.- 24, 26...
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- That's good, actually.- 28, 30...
0:35:24 > 0:35:2532, 4 is there?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28£32 is down in the front, at 32...
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- That's awesome, Mark, you're fine. - No, that's good.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- That's three times what I paid for them.- You're doing really well.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Another great profit for Mark.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39This could be the day he finally manages to win a leg.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Next, it's Charles's 1930s gramophone.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Aren't you going to play us a record, Michael?
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- It's playing now.- It is playing.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- It is playing.- Shh!
0:35:50 > 0:35:52MUSIC PLAYS FROM THE GRAMOPHONE
0:35:52 > 0:35:5510. (Dear me.) £10, 10.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56- 15.- Oh, no.- It'll go.
0:35:56 > 0:35:5920, 25, 30...
0:35:59 > 0:36:0335, 40, 45...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- 50, 5...- There we are, you're in profit.- That's better.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09£60, 65 at the back...
0:36:09 > 0:36:1270, 5, 80...
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Anybody else? All done at 80 then.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- That's all right.- That's good. - £35 profit, Charles.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Yeah, it pays to be musical.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23That £35 profit will be music to Charles's ears.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26THEY SING
0:36:26 > 0:36:30The Victorian child's top hat is Charles's next lot.
0:36:30 > 0:36:3210, 12, 14...
0:36:32 > 0:36:3316, 18...
0:36:33 > 0:36:36£18, 18, 20...
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- £20.- Keep going, keep going. Oh, it's cheap, it's cheap.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4222, 24, 26...
0:36:42 > 0:36:4528, 30, 30 there...
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- It's cheap, did you hear that, everyone?- It's cheap, it's cheap.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5034, 36...
0:36:50 > 0:36:52It's cheap. Thanks, Mark. It is, thank you.
0:36:52 > 0:36:5538, 40, 2...
0:36:55 > 0:36:5744. 44 - anybody else?
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Cheap-cheap.- So all done at £44...
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- It cost me £25.- Right. - It made 44.- Yes.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06So I've made how much?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- I'm sure you can work it out, Charles.- £19?- That's right.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11You got there in the end, Charles,
0:37:11 > 0:37:13and it's his second profit of the day.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- We're doing well here today. - We are, yeah. We're rolling.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Will Mark's luck continue with his Black Forest inkwell?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- This is it now.- Good luck, Mark. You'll go marching on now.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2510, 12, 14...
0:37:25 > 0:37:2616, 18...
0:37:26 > 0:37:2720, 2, 24...
0:37:27 > 0:37:3026, 28, 30 is there?
0:37:30 > 0:37:3130, 2 is there?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- £30, all done at £30 then... - Well, I'm happy with that.
0:37:34 > 0:37:3630...
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- Well done, Mark, flying high. - Happy with that, Charles.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Cor, Mark's tripled his money again.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Stick with it, Mark. It's now his early Victorian tea caddy.
0:37:45 > 0:37:4610, 12, 14...
0:37:46 > 0:37:4816, 18...
0:37:48 > 0:37:5020, 2... 24, right at the back...
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- 26, 28, 30...- Now then, come on.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- 32, 34, 36...- Well done, sir.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- It's quality, this.- 38...
0:37:59 > 0:38:0240, 2, 44...
0:38:02 > 0:38:0546, 48, 50, thank you.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- 52...- You're flying, Mark. - Oh, I'm happy with this.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11All done at £52 then.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- Wow.- No, that's good.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15You're blooming right it is -
0:38:15 > 0:38:19another strong profit of £32. Go, Mark.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Now it's over to Charles's three-piece suite -
0:38:21 > 0:38:23not a favourite of the auctioneer
0:38:23 > 0:38:27I heard whispers the auctioneer was going to bin it...
0:38:27 > 0:38:28until he realised that it was mine.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I can't see why(!)
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I don't really think there'll be a bid for it.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I think there will be.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38No, no, no, no, I've heard so many awful comments about it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40What shall we say for it?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Put me a bid in, please.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- BIDDER: Fiver. - In coins, right?
0:38:46 > 0:38:47£5 in coins.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50£5 note. Who's going to make it 10?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52£5 note, I've got.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Put the gavel down! LAUGHTER
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Surely one more? - It's only worth a fiver.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Have a go. He's over there, he's over there.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Are you going to have ten?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- Yeah.- You'll have a tenner? - Good man.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Right. 15, 15...
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Oh, for goodness' sake. - One more!- Going into big money now.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Are you having 20? £20, £20 over here...
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- 25...- I've got you! One more.- Oh.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- 25, 30, £30...- Oh, yes. There we go.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2230. All done at £30 then...
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Thank you very much. Thank you, auctioneer. Well done.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Well, at least it's managed to wipe its face,
0:39:27 > 0:39:32even if there's no profit, and he should probably be grateful at that.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36We're now back to the real antique with Mark's Victorian child's chair.
0:39:36 > 0:39:3710, 12, 14...
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- 16, £18, 20...- It's moving.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- 22, 24...- Come on.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4432, 34...
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Oh, good.- Here it goes, good luck, Mark.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- 36, is it 38 at the back? - Oh, one more. Yes, 40.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's down by me at £40...
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Done it again.- Give me a high-five. Good work.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Mark's certainly on a roll - better late than never.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Now it's Charles's so-called William IV wall clock
0:40:01 > 0:40:02which is missing the glass cover.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Another antique, Charles. Getting better.- Exactly.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- 20, 5...- You're in profit now.
0:40:07 > 0:40:1125, 30, 35...
0:40:11 > 0:40:1340, 5...
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- That's a decent profit. - Yeah.- Oh, 50 in a new place.
0:40:16 > 0:40:2060, 65, 70...
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Well done, Charles.- 75...
0:40:22 > 0:40:25£75, it's gone...
0:40:25 > 0:40:30Another fabulous £55 profit. Charles seems to be having a comeback.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32It's going to be a close auction.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34No, I'm pleased, Mark, with that.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Now it's Mark's final item, the Victorian Minton garden seat,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40which is also in need of some TLC.
0:40:40 > 0:40:4220 I've got, £20, 20...
0:40:42 > 0:40:45£25, £25, 30 up there...
0:40:45 > 0:40:48£25, it's not much money, is it?
0:40:48 > 0:40:49- No, it's not.- It's really not.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- All done at £25... - Oh, dear.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54That's cheap.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Don't get too down, Mark, it's just a £5 loss.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Charles spent big on his final lot, the lawn mower,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05so if it doesn't do well, Mark's in with a chance of winning this leg.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Who's going to kick it off at £50?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Well, somebody's got to kick it off...
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- BIDDER SHOUTS: 20! - Oh, no!- Yes, that's what it worth.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- 20, all right, it's a start. £30... - No, it's not.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18£40, £50, £60...
0:41:18 > 0:41:22£70. 75 - he's getting tight now.
0:41:22 > 0:41:2580, 85, 90...
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- £90, 95...- One for the road.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31All done at £95...
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Going...- Oh, just put the gavel down.- Going...
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Oh!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39It was a gamble that didn't really pay off,
0:41:39 > 0:41:40but it's still a fiver in the bank.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Thank you for a wonderful road trip.- It's been fantastic.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- Have you got everything? - Got my hat.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48The final figures are in
0:41:48 > 0:41:53and after beginning today's road trip with £232.08,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Mark's triumphantly taken the last leg
0:41:55 > 0:41:59with a profit of £70.08 after auction costs -
0:41:59 > 0:42:04giving him a very tidy total of £302.16.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Charles had a strong start with £470.08.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Despite losing this auction,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16with a profit of just £55.68 after costs,
0:42:16 > 0:42:22he's clocked up a rather magnificent £525.76 overall -
0:42:22 > 0:42:25so he's walking away victorious at the end of the week
0:42:25 > 0:42:28with a £200 lead.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30All profits go to Children In Need.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33I can't believe it, I've actually won an auction,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- but you've won overall.- No, Mark, it's been a wonderful week.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38No surprises, it's been great, hasn't it?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- I'm driving, yeah? - Yeah, you're driving.- Fine.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Sadly, that's the end of what's been a fabulous week.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Give me a high-five.- Yeah, exactly.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46With the weird and wonderful...
0:42:46 > 0:42:49I didn't realise, I thought it had three legs for a second.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51..and begging galore.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Please, please, please, please.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54It's been difficult getting from A to B, though.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- I'm not on the road! - Yeah, it is on the...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58My car won't start.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59But there's been singing...
0:42:59 > 0:43:01# It's raining men... #
0:43:01 > 0:43:03# Riding along in my automobile... #
0:43:03 > 0:43:04..and a lot of fun.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Mark, may the best man win at auction.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09On the next Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:09 > 0:43:13it's the start of a whole new adventure with experts
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Paul Laidlaw and Anita Manning.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Paul believes fate might be on his side...
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Money spider.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Omen.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23..but Anita knows the game's not over
0:43:23 > 0:43:26till the last hammer comes down.