0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I don't know what to do! SHE BEEPS HORN
0:00:06 > 0:00:11With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Well, an old diamond.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Back in the game. Charlie!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Oh!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Now, you'd think our experts at least would be au fait
0:00:40 > 0:00:41with the rules of the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I really ought to buy something that might make a profit.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- There's a thought.- It certainly is.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Although, in truth, Paul Laidlaw's grasped the nettle this week.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- Is it expensive?- Oh, no.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55While Christina Trevanion has been badly stung.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Ah! Have I won anything...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- this week?- You've won my respect.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Ha! So, losing 4-0 and over £600 adrift,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Christina sets out on the final leg with mixed feelings.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13There's the part of me that is going to miss you,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15just so lovely to be with.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And then there's the part of me that is not going to miss being
0:01:18 > 0:01:21hammered at every single auction that we go to.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Oh!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Yes, Christina's so far managed to shrink her £200 stake
0:01:26 > 0:01:30to just £145.90.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33While Paul, who began with the same sum, has done very much
0:01:33 > 0:01:39the opposite, starting our final leg with £750.96 at his disposal.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Our trip began in Clare, in Suffolk,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46before careering around the heart of England
0:01:46 > 0:01:50and then heading north, to end up at a Cheshire auction in Northwich.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Today, the HMC Mark IV starts out in the Staffordshire city of Lichfield
0:01:54 > 0:01:58and motors towards that date with destiny
0:01:58 > 0:02:00in the aforementioned Northwich.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Now, first things first, and they're in this one together.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08This is my last chance to impress you.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10You don't need to try!
0:02:10 > 0:02:15- Oh, I think I do. - Yes, really, she does.- Here we are.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Lichfield Antiques Centre. And good morning. Hello. Who are you?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- I'm Paul.- Paul. Oh, Paul.- That's a name I won't forget for once.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- I love it.- Hang on a second, your OCD says you have to go clockwise.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Yes.- OK, see you later. THEY LAUGH
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Not really. He's just very particular.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Now, what's first out of the cabinets, then?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Isn't that lovely?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Black Forest wares are really, really popular at the moment.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The carved animals, you know, those wonderful bear and mother groups.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The term "Black Forest carving" actually originated
0:02:46 > 0:02:50in Switzerland in the early 1800s, and they weren't overly fashionable,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52but in the last sort of 10 or 15 years,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54they've gone massively fashionable
0:02:54 > 0:02:56and are achieving some really fantastic prices at auction.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59That's fab, I like that.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- How much is on that? - That he has got...45.- 45.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- And is there any flexibility on price on that?- I could do that for 40.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Mmm, got anything cheaper?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I love these. Little Rolls-Royce condiments.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Yes.- So, so sweet.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20You just can't mistake that Rolls-Royce logo, can you?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Much cheaper, £10 for those.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I think there is quite a healthy collectors club for Rolls-Royce memorabilia.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Oh, yeah. Good point. Especially as the auction is online.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Now, that's very Paul. See what I mean?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38So, I spy what looks like a mid-20th-century
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Bakelite cased office wall clock,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45made by Smiths. Big manufacturer of such clocks.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49But what's odd about that clock, that's not a 12 hour sweep,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53that is a 20 minute sweep.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55So what on earth am I looking at?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00"I don't know" is the answer. Until we look at the price tag.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02It tells us, "Very rare."
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Well, I get that.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09"World War II RAF darkroom 20 minute clock,
0:04:09 > 0:04:14"used when developing photographs taken over enemy territory."
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So, not only is it a sort of clock, but militaria, too.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Two of his favourite boxes ticked.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22CLOCK RINGS
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And apparently it's got an alarm feature as well.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26HE LAUGHS
0:04:26 > 0:04:27What have I done?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28CLOCK RINGS
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Blimey.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35I suspect, to some collector, this is a good buy at £85.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Now my fear is, it is so obscure
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and so utterly useless,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43that's maybe not such a bargain as we might think.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46There's only one way to find out, Paul.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Meanwhile, Christina is about to turn on the charm. Watch this.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Chris? It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Well, I mean, apart from the damage
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and, you know, it's very broken, isn't it? And pretty ugly.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59You don't really want to keep it, do you?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01SHE LAUGHS
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Can we say 25?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Is that all right?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10You're a legend. He said 25 is fine.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Brilliant, Chris, you are an angel, thank you so much, have a lovely day.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Good price. Now, what about the Rolls-Royce of condiments?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- Or something like that. - OK, thank you. He said eight.- Eight.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Can I phone... Can I speak to him? Ian, right, come on, Ian.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Come on, give us the double whammy.- Hi, Ian.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Christina would like to talk to you. - Thank you.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Hi, Ian, how are you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I do like them, but I'm thinking more sort of a fiver, really,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40would probably be more my budget. What's your thoughts?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43You're an angel. Thank you so much. So we'll say £5.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I know, you're going to go to heaven, darling, I promise. SHE LAUGHS
0:05:47 > 0:05:52£30 in total, and she's managing very well so far on limited means.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56But what about old moneybags?
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- My problem with it is, it ain't a clock.- No.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You cannae hang that onto your kitchen wall,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07your office wall and enjoy it. It is redundant because it is a timer.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Sure, sure.- Is there any way that price could be worked on?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Yes, yes, we could do something.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I'd love to buy it for 30 quid, something like that.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- I'll see what he says. - Yes, that's all I can ask.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I suspect it might be... a step too far.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22So while our Paul carries on looking,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25shopkeeper Paul takes to the phones.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Looks like there may be something else to consider too.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29This is uber sexy.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Yes, some WMF.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Whose is this stuff?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- This is mine and Madeline's- Really?
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- So I'm now talking to the organ grinder?- Yes.- This is better.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46He bought some different WMF earlier in the week. Did well, too.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I bought the christening set.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51So you are experts on Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53which rolls off the tongue, of course. Ja?
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- IN GERMAN ACCENT:- Ja! Es ist gut. Very interesting, to say the least.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01It's slightly scary, to be honest with you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05So we have got this little... It has got to be a whirlpool,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09and there's this wee kid caught up in it, and looking
0:07:09 > 0:07:14somewhat terrified, because there's a Komodo dragon coming at it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It's a bizarre concoction, it really is.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Quite. The ticket price is £275, plus shopkeeper Paul has managed
0:07:22 > 0:07:26to get a £50 price for the clock.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So is our Paul about to splash some of that cash?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'd like 250 for it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Don't put it away!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36THEY LAUGH
0:07:36 > 0:07:37I fear I must.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Seriously, it is £120 worth to me. - Ah!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That's harsh, harsh.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- If you will make it 180. - It is too strong for me.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I think the very best I could do, and it hurts me, is 150.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- I still think it is too much of a gamble for me.- 130.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Come on, for £10.- You're right, you're right, you're right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02That's 130, plus 50 for the clock.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04You can almost hear the cogs whirring.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- I'm ahead of the game, I can take a loss.- Good man.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12And he said his pile of cash wouldn't change him. Ha!
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Right, I'll follow you and settle my debt.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Thank you very much. - Pleasure. Next time.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Now, Dr Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield
0:08:23 > 0:08:27and memorably described it as a city of philosophers.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30He almost certainly had one particular resident in mind,
0:08:30 > 0:08:35and Christina has come to find out about Erasmus Darwin.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Hello.- Christina.- You must be Tony. - I am Tony.- How lovely to meet you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Welcome to Darwin House.- Shall we go have a little look around? - I think we should.- Thank you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47This house was once the home of one of Britain's greatest polymaths,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50a highly successful physician, who was also a scientist,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52a poet and a naturalist.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Darwin's work had a huge influence on his much more famous relative.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Explain to me about Erasmus Darwin, because I've heard of Charles.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, which is my home town.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05But I've not heard of Erasmus before?
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- Erasmus was Charles' grandfather. - Right.- We've set the house in 1770,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14because it was when he began to talk about evolution.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- In 1770?- In 1770.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Erasmus was talking about evolution? - He was, yes.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I thought that it was Darwin that was doing evolution, in 18...
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Charles had to get the idea from somewhere.- Really?!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Erasmus Darwin would go on to publish poetry that
0:09:29 > 0:09:32expressed his theories about the origins of life.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Controversial stuff in the late 18th century,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38but it all began with his fascination with botany.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43That picture there was painted in 1756 or thereabouts.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47And is of a great bindweed, which is something you see in our hedgerows.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Yeah, I think of it as a quintessentially English or British plant.- Absolutely.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54But, in the middle of the flower, there's a stripy beetle,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56which only occurs in the Caribbean.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Darwin was posed the question,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02"How can there be a great bindweed in the Caribbean and in England?"
0:10:02 > 0:10:05And normally what you would have said at that stage was, well,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08God created one for the Caribbean, and one for us.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11What Darwin concluded was that it had developed in the Caribbean
0:10:11 > 0:10:13and also developed in England.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17That is a tremendous conclusion to come to.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Couple that with some fossils which Josiah Wedgwood sent to Darwin,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and Darwin said, "I really don't understand them.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27"What are fish doing in the middle of mountains?"
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It was the great age of enlightenment,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and they were working things out.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33And they were daring to actually get rid
0:10:33 > 0:10:35of the conventions of the past...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- And challenge them? - And challenge them, if necessary.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Add to those two things the fact that he noticed
0:10:41 > 0:10:44the competition between animals.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45So, putting all this together,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48he really came up with Survival Of The Fittest.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51But I thought his grandson was credited with that?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53He was credited with it, but it's there, look -
0:10:53 > 0:10:56"Organic life beneath the shoreless waves
0:10:56 > 0:10:59"Was born and nurs'd in ocean's pearly caves.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03"First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07"Move on the mud, or pierced the watery mass;
0:11:07 > 0:11:10"These, as successive generations bloom,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14"New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume;
0:11:14 > 0:11:17"Whence countless groups of vegetation spring,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21"And breathing realms of fin, and feet and wing."
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- That is it. That's evolution. - Absolutely.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27But as well as inspiring his grandson's work,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Erasmus was also a prolific inventor.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Although he never actually registered a patent,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36his incredible mind was forever supplying solutions to the
0:11:36 > 0:11:37problems of his time.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42This is his steering mechanism, which he developed for carriages.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44His solution was a differential,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48so the wheels turn at different angles by putting in this bar here.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49This axle behind?
0:11:49 > 0:11:54That is exactly how cars are still steered today, more or less.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57All Darwin's inventions were scrupulously recorded
0:11:57 > 0:11:58in his commonplace book.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's no wonder that he is sometimes described
0:12:01 > 0:12:03as a British Leonardo da Vinci.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Is this all his experiments? - All his sketches.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Not overly good at drawing people, is he?- No...
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Yeah, well, he might not have managed a Mona Lisa,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16but he did have some very good ideas.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Like this copying machine.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Hey, that's not too bad, is it?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Some, like a mechanical bird, far ahead of their time.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27And others, very practical.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- A flushing loo? - Can you imagine, a flushing loo?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32He shoved a pipe down, through two layers of clay,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36into the lower porous rock - chalk, or whatever.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37And up comes a spurt of water.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39So that gave him his running water, OK?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44He then fed that into a cistern and, when you got up from the loo
0:12:44 > 0:12:49and put the seat down, it released the valve, so the thing flushed.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52And when you closed the door of the closet, the valve went back
0:12:52 > 0:12:57and it filled up again. So it was a real, flushing loo.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Long before Crapper and people like that.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So the next time you think of Charles Darwin,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05also remember this Lichfield doctor.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11But Paul, meanwhile, has taken our route north
0:13:11 > 0:13:13towards Chester and Sandbach.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Hello there!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- John?- Yes.- Paul. Pleased to meet you.- Pleased to meet you.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21This is big, isn't it?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Yep, several floors, Paul.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25So let the perusal commence.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28But don't forget that John might have just the item.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30There we go.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33It's one of the things that was sold on the last flight of Concorde.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35It's a port label.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- In its original Concorde box.- I see.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Cannot argue with that!
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And I think the small tab on the back has actually got
0:13:42 > 0:13:44the Concorde logo on it as well.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46What are you asking for that, out of interest?
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I've got 45 on it, but I can do you a good price on it.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Do me a good price on that, John. - HE LAUGHS
0:13:53 > 0:13:55How does 25 sound?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It sounds exceedingly tempting.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Can we have a look at the old ones as well?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Ah, so he spotted those earlier.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It's all coming together rather nicely.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07These are the ones I saw before.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Pretty generic, Regency-type, plated.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I think they're timelessly elegant, those.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I'm a big advocate of these things.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20What would be the deal on the Concorde one and those?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Concorde was 25...
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Ten quid. £2.50 each. - That's cheap, isn't it?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The Concorde gives it a bit of something else.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30On their own, nobody would look.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33But you've got that antiquity with modernity.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- 30 quid?- Mmm-hmm. - Do you reckon?- Yep.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Good man. Easy as that.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Not quite supersonic, but not far off.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Teetotallers could get a look in too, though.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47The vogue for this type of insulated earthenware teaware
0:14:47 > 0:14:49peaked in the late 1940s.
0:14:49 > 0:14:55The big brand-name is Kosy Krafts, spelled with Ks.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Clearly, what you've got here is a chromium-plated jacket, and that's
0:14:59 > 0:15:03lined in an insulating material - or some of them were, let's see...
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Yeah. See that?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10And here's the earthenware teapot.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12So it just keeps the tea warmer for longer.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19Not uncommon, but, in good condition, and complete with...
0:15:19 > 0:15:24a rather jazzy sugar basin and milk jug,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27then, I would say, less common. Nice.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32There's no ticket price on the teapot. Hold tight, Paul.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Never mind your sherry and your port.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38How's about a nice cup of chai?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I don't know how much it's going to cost me.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44For the three pieces...£20.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It's a deal.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49No point in being silly. Spot on.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51So, £50 for that little lot.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Now, how about a solo sing-along?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56# And will Jerusalem... #
0:15:56 > 0:15:57You've got such a beautiful voice, come on!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- You have, I love it! - Sing with me, sing with me.- OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02# Till we have... #
0:16:02 > 0:16:03No.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Night-night, you two.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Bright and breezy and back on the road, later, our pair will be making
0:16:13 > 0:16:17for their final auction of the day in Northwich, Cheshire,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19but our next stop is Manchester,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22where Christina is taking a wander
0:16:22 > 0:16:25around a furniture specialist's set up.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29There's lovely stuff here, but can she afford as much as a leg of it?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31John's the man in the charge.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- How much have you got? - Not very much.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36About roughly, ballpark figure?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I've still got potentially three things to buy.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I'm hoping to spend about £20 on each one.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- Oh, John!- You're not going to do any good here.- Really? Nothing for £20?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48All I can show you is the door.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49The door? Can I buy the door?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Yeah, it's been done, believe me.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55What's this? That's nice.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56It's open to offers.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Definitely not furniture, anyway.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00No price.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- It's beautiful, isn't it? This is Japanese shibayama work.- It is, yes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Normally they say that these panels
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- come out of a piece of furniture, don't they?- Shibayama cabinets.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- They have those big cabinet doors. - That's right.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14This, possibly, was one of the pieces of the cabinet.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18It would have taken someone an awfully long time to build up
0:17:18 > 0:17:21all these little intricate layers and produce this, what would have been,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24once upon a time, a really rather beautiful picture.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29I mean, potentially, the album is fairly beyond repair, isn't it?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- Yeah.- Is there any flexibility with my £20 budget on that?
0:17:34 > 0:17:35I doubt it very much.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Oh, go on, John. Have a think about it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41John's still keen to show her yet more furniture,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43but cash remains the issue.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46This is not the bargain basement.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I have to be honest, I do love the furniture
0:17:49 > 0:17:51but I do really like that album.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Right. Well, you can buy it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Can I buy it for 20?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- It's yours.- Really?!
0:17:57 > 0:18:01You can have it for 20 as long as, the next time you come, you don't come.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Send somebody not as experienced as you!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Are you banning me?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Eh, he's joking, Christina, or at least I think he is.
0:18:10 > 0:18:1320 of the great British pounds.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Still...somehow managing to eke it out.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- You're a legend and I promise never, ever to come back.- Fine.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22The trip's almost complete.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Just time for one more shop, in Congleton.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Goodness me, let's hope antiques are waterproof.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Come on, you. Race you!
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Oh! That's a bit drier.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Right.- Antiques that way.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- I'm going that way.- That way.- OK.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Adios!
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Hasta la vista.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42But just what will their final buys be?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Is he a bit too wacky for Northwich?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Who knows?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I dare you to find out.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- What about Paul?- Oh, hello there.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Are you officialdom here? - I'm Kate, pleased to meet you.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57There are around 50 shopkeepers represented here...
0:18:57 > 0:19:00most of them, of course, not actually present.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03There are certain dealers you feel an affinity with
0:19:03 > 0:19:06even in their absence, because you get what they get.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Good to see Christina's put that clown down. Anything else?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12What have we got in here?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Oh, my goodness!
0:19:14 > 0:19:16"Electro-Medical Supplies, London."
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Good Lord!
0:19:18 > 0:19:19It actually works, that.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Does it! Is this yours, sir? - Well done, Christina.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You've found yourself a real live dealer
0:19:24 > 0:19:26with a distinctly medical bent.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28That's for making pills.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Oh, that's cool. Can I see that?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31That's amazing. So is that for...?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- That's for grading... - They made their own tablets, yes.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- For a pharmacist. - Oh, there's a plate in there.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That tells you the sizes. They must have made them in there.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I don't know how it works!
0:19:43 > 0:19:45What on earth do you do with that?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- So how much have you got on that, Eric?- Tenner.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49That's Christina's kind of price.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Eric, I'm loving your company.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Now, how is Paul's rummage progressing?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Can't resist a bit of trench art.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59This is the business end
0:19:59 > 0:20:01of a First World War artillery shell.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Yes, a big bullet, you know what I'm talking about.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06You see the shell cases all over the place.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09But for whatever reason, somebody thought that piece
0:20:09 > 0:20:13of mass-produced brass, these were turned out in their millions,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15was worth preserving.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17The ticket price for a bit of history is £25.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22But while Kate calls the dealer about THAT, Christina ponders on.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24The pill-making frame was cheap
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and I'm sure that Eric can supply something else.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28It's a firescreen.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30I think it's nice.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32The ticket price is £18.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- I love Arts and Crafts stuff and people just aren't buying it.- Yeah.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38There are still collectors for it...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41and it's fairly cheap...
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Give me a pound and you can take it out of the way.- Really?- Seriously.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- £10 for that...- Pound for that.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- What about £10 the two?- Yes, OK.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- Really?- Seriously you can have them.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Eric!
0:20:55 > 0:20:56I love you.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- SHE LAUGHS - Good work, Christina!
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Meanwhile, Kate has come back with a price of £15
0:21:01 > 0:21:05for Paul's bit of militaria. Are you tempted, Paul?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06I'm going to go for the...
0:21:06 > 0:21:08fuse.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Why, Laidlaw? You see those all over the place.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Well, there's something I didn't let on
0:21:13 > 0:21:16when I was talking in front of the lovely Kate, there.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21There were no numbers on there. There were Arabic characters.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24That is a Turkish fuse,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26fired almost certainly
0:21:26 > 0:21:30at Anzac or British troops at Gallipoli.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31That's where these things turn up.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I love that and there are collectors out there that get it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Let's hope some of those collectors are biting at the auction.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- All of £15.- Thank you very much. - Wonderful, thank YOU very much.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Thank you.- Absolute joy.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Time to have a peek at what they'll be carting to the auction.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Christina parted with just £60 for a firescreen,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56some Rolls-Royce condiments,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58a bone-inlaid photo album,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00a pill-making frame
0:22:00 > 0:22:02and a Black Forest tray.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05While Paul spent £245
0:22:05 > 0:22:07on some clockwork militaria,
0:22:07 > 0:22:08some WMF,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11a Kosy Kraft tea service
0:22:11 > 0:22:12an artillery fuse
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and some decanter labels.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16So what do they make of each other's buys?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I love what he's got, I really love what he's got.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23The one thing that I think is a little bit iffy is his WMF bowl.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26But frankly, if it makes a loss, he's still going to be ahead of me,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28so does it really matter?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I may be thrashed in this auction
0:22:31 > 0:22:37if my gamble on WMF does not pay off. What was I thinking of?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Hm. There's a few of us thinking that, Paul.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43After setting off from the Staffordshire city of Lichfield,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46our experts are now heading for an auction in Northwich in Cheshire.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Perfect, well done.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- For the last time.- Aw!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The man in charge today is auctioneer Peter Critchley.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- No further interest. - GAVEL BANGS
0:22:55 > 0:22:58First under the hammer is Christina's bargain firescreen.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Do you reckon you'll make a profit on your pound firescreen?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Probably not.- Behave yourself!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Start me off at £20.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Start me at £20 on the fire screen.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11£20 on the fire screen. 20?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- I've got 15 here on commission, looking for 18.- Yes! Get in!
0:23:15 > 0:23:17£15 then, the commission bid.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19No further interest.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- It's a gift to get it for £15.- £15.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24A few more like that and she'll be in the money.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Very happy with that.- What you need is your biggest spend to make a similar margin.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30- Hm.- That's what you need.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Is that going to happen? Probably not.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Next we have Paul's tickets
0:23:35 > 0:23:38with the Concorde one to sex it up.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Show me a 20. £20 I have.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Yes, quite rightly so.
0:23:40 > 0:23:4325? £20 I have - is there 25? 25.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Aye aye. That leg's on the move. - 25 is bid. Is there 30?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- 30 is in the room.- It should be 50 quid, shouldn't it?- 35?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- £30, then.- Oh, I've broken even. - Is there 35 anywhere?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I think it was a bargain.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58You can drink to that...just.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Oh, the nervous leg.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- I'd forgotten about the nervous leg. - You'll miss it. You'll miss it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06What can his Kosy Kraft tea service do?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Commission interest at 20 only.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- 20.- Straight in. - I'll start at 20, look for 25.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13£20 on this item. Is there 25?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- He's going to wash his face again! - Come on!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- ..30 on commission.- Hey! - Here we go, £30, well done.- ..£35...
0:24:18 > 0:24:21£30 on commission, then. Commission bid and selling.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24No further interest...£30.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Paul scrapes home again.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Now for another of Christina's bargains -
0:24:29 > 0:24:31her Rolls-Royce condiment set.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I've got 15 here. Is there 18 anywhere?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- 15...18?- 18 at the back of the room.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I have 20. 25? 25 is in the room.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39There's a man bidding!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Rolls-Royce condiments, they don't come any posher than this.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Oh, £30 online. 35?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- £30 online. Is there 35 anywhere? - Keep going.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50£30 is the online bid and selling.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53That's £25. I think that's the most profit I've ever made on this trip.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Margin queen today!
0:24:55 > 0:24:59She certainly is. Just the five times on those!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Paul's got high hopes for his Turkish artillery fuse.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Commission interest at 20 only, 20 only.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- 20 only!- What should it make?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Um... It's worth £30-£50.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1225 from Cyprus. How is Cyprus?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Cyprus is bidding on it?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It has been defused, Cyprus.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Cyprus? The bidder's from Cyprus?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Could they send that in the post?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- £25.- Nice profit there.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Christina's slightly tatty bone-inlaid album next.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30We'll start the bidding at £35 only.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Straight in.- Straight into a profit. That's not bad.
0:25:33 > 0:25:3535 I have on commission.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36It's a fabulous album this one.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Beautifully hand-painted inside.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- It's going to do more, this. - I doubt it.
0:25:40 > 0:25:4335 is the bid. Surely it's worth more than that?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44I will sell, no reserve item.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47£35 the bid... 35 it is.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Another fine profit, followed by Paul's RAF timepiece.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Start me at £50 on the World War II Bakelite clock. Start me at 50.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- Start me at 30, then.- Ooh!- Start me at 30.- Hey, it's not going!
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- 30 bid - 30 I have.- Come on.
0:26:02 > 0:26:0435. 35 now.
0:26:04 > 0:26:0535, looking for 40.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- 35 is the bid on the RAF clock. - What?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10No further interest?
0:26:10 > 0:26:11£35 the bid...
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- 35.- Oh!- Aye, aye, aye!
0:26:15 > 0:26:18A loss? For Paul's militaria?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19What's going on?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Time for Christina's nice slice of Black Forest.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Start me at £20. Any interest at 20?
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Start me... - It's lovely, it's very nice.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- £10 on the Black Forest tray. Ten bid, ten bid, looking for 12.- Oh.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Ten is bid online, is there 12? Surely can't be ten.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Must be more than that? £10 is bid.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Is there £12? 12 - back of the room now.- Yes!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Come on!- Is there a 15 anywhere?
0:26:39 > 0:26:4015 over there, 15 over there.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Do you want 18? 18.
0:26:42 > 0:26:4420? 20. 25?
0:26:44 > 0:26:4725? Yes. 30? No.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Oh, go on!- 25 in the room. - Oh, go on, it's nice!
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- No threatening customers, please! - THEY LAUGH
0:26:53 > 0:26:55£25 in the room and selling.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56£25 it is.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I think she thought she was charming them.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Oh, well! At least Christina's having a good time.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02- I'm winning.- I'm not.- I'm winning!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04THEY LAUGH
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Is this what it feels like?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Now for Christina's pill-making frame.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Start me off at £20, please.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15£20? All you need to start your own drug company. Who's got £20?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Start me 10. £10. - That doesn't make me very proud.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20It's a Victorian pill frame, it's got to be worth £10.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- 10 is bid, 10 is bid. Looking for 20.- Rightly so.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25£1 profit. I'm happy.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Is their £12 anywhere?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Last chance at 10?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31£10 it is.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- You went out on a pound profit. - Yeah!
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Yep, sort of sums up her week...
0:27:37 > 0:27:38But she'll win this auction
0:27:38 > 0:27:42unless Paul makes a huge profit on his disturbing WMF.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- Here we are.- Look at it!
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- Oh, God!- Don't dwell on the subject. It's lovely.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- And I shall start the bidding at £120.- Da-da!- Oh, it's close.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Come on, come on. - 120, looking for 130 now.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It's a very unusual item, this one.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- I've got £120. Is there... - Oh, no, come on!- ..130?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- Went down.- Certainly did.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Another small loss and Christina triumphs!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Christina Trevanion, you've won the last auction.- Oh, did I?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- HE LAUGHS - Well done, you.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10I won one!
0:28:10 > 0:28:12THEY CHUCKLE
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Lost everything else... - Now get out of here(!)
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Christina started this leg with £145.90
0:28:20 > 0:28:23and made, after paying auction costs,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25a profit of £34.30
0:28:25 > 0:28:29leaving her with a final total of £180.20...
0:28:30 > 0:28:35..while Paul began with £750.96 and, after paying auction costs,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38made a loss of £48.20.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43So he's lost this battle, but won the war with £702.76.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45All profits to Children in Need.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Thanks...I think.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Well, well done, you and your multi-million pound win.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I'm very impressed.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53And I get to drive!
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Come on, baby.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59As we wave farewell to Christina and Paul...
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Put it here, partner. HE LAUGHS
0:29:01 > 0:29:05..it's time to bring on another pair of auctioneers for a brand-new trip!
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Look at these staddle stones here. It's a shame they're not for sale.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11We could pick a few of those little stumps up.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Steady on, fellows, we're still on the introductions.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- GEARS GRIND - Sorry.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Yeah, that'll be Charles Hanson at the wheel,
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Derbyshire doyen and Roadtrip regular,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25in the company of debutant Raj Bisrim.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30- Do you prefer Raj or...?- Raj. - Raj, OK.- Or sir.- Excuse me?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Kentish man Raj might be new to this particular malarkey,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36but he's been in the trade for over 30 years.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39He loves paintings, furniture and big deals.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I look at you and I think, "Yeah, you are the kingpin."
0:29:42 > 0:29:45You're a man who has that maturity.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50- Like a fine wine, you've prospered...- Keep talking, Charles.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53They're already hitting it off!
0:29:56 > 0:30:00With £200 each and a 1967 Triumph Herald between them,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03their journey starts out at Corsham in Wiltshire
0:30:03 > 0:30:04and takes in most of the south-west
0:30:04 > 0:30:06of England before ending up
0:30:06 > 0:30:08about 900 miles later
0:30:08 > 0:30:09at Crewkerne in Somerset.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17But the very first pin on our Roadtrip map is poised over Corsham
0:30:17 > 0:30:19and the opening auction will take place
0:30:19 > 0:30:21at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- I will see you later.- Come back with treasure, OK?- Wish me well.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30- See you later. Bye! - OK, Raj, the division bell sounds.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Hello, I'm Raj.- Raj? My name's Anne. - Anne, lovely to meet you.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Easy to meet.- This looks like the ideal shop for Raj's very first
0:30:38 > 0:30:40- Road Trip purchase. - I'll have a little look round
0:30:40 > 0:30:44and then, if I find anything, we'll have a little haggle or something.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45- How does that sound?- Yeah.- OK, great.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49It'll only be a little haggle though cos I'm quite a determined lady.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Could be interesting, a rummage under Anne's stern gaze.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Already spotted something though.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58That's quite a nice late 19th-century riding crop here.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02It's not one of the top, top quality ones, because it's not got
0:31:02 > 0:31:07a silver collar, but it's in pretty good condition, really.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09The ticket price is a cracking £8.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Time to talk to Anne and granddaughter Amelie.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Would you take a fiver?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- Um...yes. I'm sure we would. - You would?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- You're most welcome.- My first deal. Thank you very much indeed.- Yes.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Now you'll always remember me for that.- I will.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Well, that was easy enough. Now, what about Charles?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Unaware of his rival's modest start,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33he's made the journey south to Bath.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- Good morning.- Oh, good morning.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Now, we've been here before, Charles.- I think you're Caroline.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Yes, I am. - Good to see you. How are you?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- And I think you're Charles. - I am indeed.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Good to see you. And when I came to see you a long time ago,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51you called me Romeo and I called Caroline Juliet.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- It's good to be back.- We had fun and games up on the gallery.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- Yes, we did.- Lordy, there's certainly plenty of props in here.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01It was a grocery shop once, back in the 19th century,
0:32:01 > 0:32:05but now, it's as full of as many antiques as Caroline can squeeze in.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- I do like this.- Yes.- Tell me where it came from, Caroline.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I got it privately. I can't say anything more.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- No.- I can't say it came from Sir...
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- or the Lord and Lady... blah, blah, blah.- No.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25But what we've got is a beautiful Persian scalloped silver tray.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29What I like is the quality of this chased decoration
0:32:29 > 0:32:33on the border here and these, what appear to be herons
0:32:33 > 0:32:40or fanciful birds in this very arabesque cast and chased landscape.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41How much is on it, Caroline?
0:32:41 > 0:32:44110. What's your very best price?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- Well, I'll do one of you.- Oh, yes. - I'll wave my arms around.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Well, Charles, I can do it for...
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- 90.- 90, OK. It's almost half my spending gone already.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Can I think about it and I'll come back to you shortly?
0:33:01 > 0:33:02- OK.- Thanks, Caroline.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06So, while Charles ponders spending almost half his kitty,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09what's his rival got up to?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Well, this is very interesting. It's an egg timer,
0:33:12 > 0:33:17but obviously, it says here actually it's been made from an old bobbin,
0:33:17 > 0:33:21and it's probably a 19th-century bobbin made from one of the mills
0:33:21 > 0:33:24in the north of England, which gives it a little bit more mystery.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28That's a very unusual little thing. There's two there.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Another one here, a much larger one. This one, I don't think is as old.
0:33:32 > 0:33:38The larger one has got £10 on it and the smaller one has got £5 on it,
0:33:38 > 0:33:43and they might make a nice little lot of kitchenalia at the right price.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46They're already pretty reasonable, Raj.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Anne, these two egg timers... What's the best price on both of them?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Tenner.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55We're close. SHE LAUGHS
0:33:55 > 0:33:57- We're close, we're close. - £10.50, then.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Ah. Your maths is terrible, isn't it?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Yes, awful.- You seem to go upwards instead of downwards.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Yes, I wonder why that is. - OK. £8, we have a deal.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Make it nine.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11I've got to stick out for eight.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12There's not a lot in them.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15No, there's not much sand in them, is there?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17You can't use them for anything. OK. We'll say £8.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21- Eight? Lovely. Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Back in Bath, and Charles is still smitten by that Persian silver.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28But can he strike a deal?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31You've got some solder wear there, can you see?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- Oh, isn't that chewing gum or something?- Ha-ha!
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Will you take £70 for it?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I thought you were going to say something like that.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- I think it's full of far-eastern promise.- I tell you what, 80.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- Oh, don't do this.- I've come down!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- I know you have. - Look, 75 and that's it.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- 70, it's a deal. - I thought we were friends.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52HE LAUGHS
0:34:52 > 0:34:5872. It'll make about 120 easy.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00And if it doesn't?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Well, tough.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- I'll take it. Thanks, Caroline. - Right! Whoo-hoo!- £72.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09With his deal done, Charles gets his hat.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Raj is also after a bit of silver,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- but not in quite the same price range.- Yep, it's definitely silver.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19It's got a few dents in it,though. It's a bit damaged.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22It all depends what it can be.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Anne?- Yes, Raj.- I wonder...
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Can we have a little chat about this? - I'm sure we can.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32- It's quite a nice little silver urn. - It is.- It's a late-19th...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34What would they have used that for,then, Raj?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I'm not exactly sure, to be honest, what this was used for.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- No smell in it? - No, there's no smell.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47I believe that you've got £15 on it, but it is a little dented.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Can I make you another amazing offer? - Yes, they usually are.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53A fiver for it?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Yes, I'll let you have it. - Fantastic. Lovely.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Thank you very much. Three little buys and I believe that comes to £18.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- Yes.- But if I buy all three AND I pull out some cash,
0:36:04 > 0:36:06would you take £15?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- I've got to try a little bit more. - Cheeky.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Yes, I'll do that for you. - You're very, very kind indeed.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14- You're most welcome. - Let's shake on it. Thanks again.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Now Raj is settled in, he's headed for the Wiltshire countryside.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Just outside Langley Burrell is Fairfax Antiques.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Hello, hello, hello.- Hello. - Nice to meet you.- I'm Elizabeth.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Hi, I'm Raj.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Our new boy's already acquired three lots today
0:36:30 > 0:36:32for the princely sum of £15,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36but it's all on a much grander scale here,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38with almost 10,000 items for sale.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43This is an old military water bottle issued to the troops
0:36:43 > 0:36:45during the Second World War, this one.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47You see a lot of militaria,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50but you don't often see the water bottles for some reason.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- It's quite different. That's on my list of come-back-tos.- OK.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Not a bad spot, Raj. Now, what else has Elizabeth got?
0:36:58 > 0:37:03These are quite nice wall lights, the brass ones.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Those are very pretty, but they're very expensive.
0:37:06 > 0:37:12Very saleable but... Gee whiz. They're priced at £95 each.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- I think it's for the pair, actually. - Oh, is it? Is it for the pair?
0:37:15 > 0:37:21Even at the pair, that's still pushing it, but...
0:37:21 > 0:37:25I might be inclined to make a little bit of an offer on those.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29OK, time to talk to the proprietor, Harriet Fairfax.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Hello.- Hello, Lady Fairfax. I'm Raj. How are you?- Good.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Well, I've had a lovely look round.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37You've got some lovely, lovely things all over the place,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- which brings me onto these. These are nice and decorative.- They're French.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43They're French, they're very, very decorative,
0:37:43 > 0:37:47but really I've got to make a profit and they're going into auction.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I'd be happy paying 25 for them.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- Each or for...?- No, for the pair. - For the pair.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Maybe 30.- Do you know...?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Yes. I'm going to splash out. £30. - OK, OK.- We have a deal.- That's good.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Thank you very much indeed. - That went well.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08So well that he's decided to have a go at his other little find.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12I mean, it's in really nice condition and £35 on it.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16If I can get this for 15 or under, I'll be happy.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- I'm back again.- Oh...- Yeah, well, to be honest, I was drawn to it.- Yeah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23I know roughly what these fetch at auction
0:38:23 > 0:38:27and please don't take offence, and if you say no, I totally understand,
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- but I'll give you £10 for it. - OK...- What do you think?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I think that's all right.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Yeah. I'm happy to pay a tenner for it, but any more than that...
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- Yeah, I think that's OK.- Brilliant. Will we shake hands on that?- Mm.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Great. So, now he just has to make it past the livestock.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Hello, hello, hello... Ooh! HE SPEAKS GIBBERISH
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Mind it doesn't spit. Nighty-night.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Time for Raj to take a turn with the Triumph.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I need to go on a driving course. I wish I could find the gears.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06All you do... Go into third now, so go up.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Yeah, but foot on the clutch first. - Yeah, it was, it was, it was.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Later, they'll be making for an auction at Winchcombe,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14but our next stop is in Hungerford.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- Good to see you. What a gorgeous part of the world.- Isn't it?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Hungerford.- Yeah.- And you know what, I'm hungry for antiques.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Yes, he was on a bit of a diet while Raj merrily tucked in,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29so time to pig out, Charles.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- A lovely Victorian boar's head. Isn't he wonderful?- Pricey though.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39- Ah, EWE look more like it.- I love the little sheep. That's cute.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44A little antique porcelain figure of a ewe, priced £95.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48In the 18th century, the likes of Chelsea as a factory
0:39:48 > 0:39:50and Charles Gouyn, they were renowned
0:39:50 > 0:39:52for making these whimsical objects.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Often, they were made as scent bottles.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59The dealer's put, "Possibly Rockingham." Ah-ha. How much?
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- What about 80? - It's got a couple of chipped ears.
0:40:03 > 0:40:10He's a small little sheep. He's a bit tired. Do you want to do £50?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- Well, let's see if I can squeeze £50 out of him.- OK.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18- I might hold him for a second. Is that OK?- You may. Get acquainted.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Yes, I will do.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Or even go for a stroll. What's he seen, then?
0:40:23 > 0:40:28I quite like him. He's not overly exciting, but it's always quite nice
0:40:28 > 0:40:32to question maybe a label, and I'm a Derby man.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37I'm a Derby ram and this is my Derby ewe. How are you, girl?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41So, in fact, she was made in Derby, not Rockingham.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Sometimes, you really can't leave a bit of Derby history behind
0:40:45 > 0:40:49and, if she can be the right price, I think this Derby girl's
0:40:49 > 0:40:52coming to auction. I'll find Alex.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- What you think, Charles? - Yeah, I like her.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- What's the best price on her? Have you called the dealer?- 50 offered.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- 60 is the bottom. OK?- Yeah, fine.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06I think his crook is firmly around that little ewe, Alex,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08but he's still got the appetite for more.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12This tray here is probably a tray from the late 18th,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17early 19th century. People often will grumble about condition,
0:41:17 > 0:41:22but where you've got honest wear like here, splits on here,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and it's got stains on, you've got scars.
0:41:24 > 0:41:30But to me, if you want a good brew with a pedigree,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33why not serve it on something that's had experience?
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Alex, this tray here, it's tired, it's a bit worn...
0:41:38 > 0:41:42OK, I understand the condition isn't at its best,
0:41:42 > 0:41:45so I think that we can do a pretty good deal on this.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48It's priced at £19.99.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I like your retail style, but what's your wholesale hardness?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Well, what about £9.99? - Really? £9.99?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Well, do you know what? I will happily give you £10...
0:42:00 > 0:42:01OK, add the extra penny on.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05..because, when you can serve tea on a tray and say,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09"My tray was made 15 years before the Battle of Waterloo,"
0:42:09 > 0:42:11that's history. Thanks a lot.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- That means I owe you 70 for the ewe and the tray.- OK.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19So, with his Derby ewe in pocket
0:42:19 > 0:42:24and a nice bit of Georgian firmly in hand, Charles seems happy enough.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30But what about Raj as he takes our route back west
0:42:30 > 0:42:34towards Salisbury Plain and the village of Avebury,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37where he's come to find out about Alexander Keiller,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41the man who put the village on the World Heritage map?
0:42:41 > 0:42:46- Hello, there.- Hello.- Hi, Ros. I'm Raj.- Hi. Welcome to Avebury.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Beautiful. It looks gorgeous.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Nowadays, this 16th-century manor belongs to the National Trust,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54but back in 1935, it became the headquarters of
0:42:54 > 0:42:58the Morven Institute for Archaeological Research,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00an incredible project to restore the stones
0:43:00 > 0:43:03of the Avebury Neolithic Henge,
0:43:03 > 0:43:07but the Scottish millionaire behind it was no less fascinating.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11He was the last of the Keillers of Dundee Marmalade family
0:43:11 > 0:43:14and, when he reached its majority, he got out of marmalade
0:43:14 > 0:43:19and really spent the rest of his life using that money
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- to do interesting things. - Indulging his passion?- Yes.
0:43:22 > 0:43:23As well as archaeology,
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Keiller was passionate about quite a lot of things,
0:43:26 > 0:43:30trying his hand at fast cars, the study of witchcraft
0:43:30 > 0:43:33and a good deal of wine, women and song.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35He was a very sociable person, I think.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39One skiing trip, they got through 150 cocktails
0:43:39 > 0:43:42before dinner and there were only 16 of them...
0:43:42 > 0:43:46- Sounds like a good night out. - ..and he said something like,
0:43:46 > 0:43:51"I think it was 150, but after that, I don't recall." So...
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Keiller learned to fly during World War I
0:43:53 > 0:43:58and, in the 1920s, he made his first real foray into archaeology,
0:43:58 > 0:44:02piloting a De Havilland to take the aerial photographs
0:44:02 > 0:44:05that were published as Wessex from the Air.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07He also bought a Neolithic site nearby
0:44:07 > 0:44:11to save it from development and then turned his attention to Avebury.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14So, when Keiller arrived, what was here?
0:44:14 > 0:44:20Not many of the original 200 stones were visible at all.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22In fact, there were only 15 standing.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25In the Middle Ages, they'd taken to burying the stones
0:44:25 > 0:44:30and, in the 17th and 18th centuries, they'd taken to breaking them up
0:44:30 > 0:44:34- and building houses and walls. - Keiller set about restoring
0:44:34 > 0:44:37the 4,500-year-old monument,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39three huge circles that surround the village.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42He also built a museum.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46All in all, a vastly expensive project, which not only provided
0:44:46 > 0:44:51much-needed employment in the area, but also provoked some controversy.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54He went to great lengths, didn't he, to clear some of the site?
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Oh, absolutely. It was an enormous undertaking
0:44:57 > 0:45:01and, in fact, he actually pulled down a small number of buildings,
0:45:01 > 0:45:04including a couple of houses in this part of the site,
0:45:04 > 0:45:07because they were actually on the line of the stone circle.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12For all the work that's been done, we're still nowhere near discovering
0:45:12 > 0:45:17what the true purpose of Avebury or nearby Stonehenge really was.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20However, one particular stone does have a story to tell.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24We call that the barber-surgeon and it was one of the stones
0:45:24 > 0:45:28excavated by Alexander Keiller in 1938, and they found
0:45:28 > 0:45:32a skeleton of a man between the stone and the side of the pit.
0:45:32 > 0:45:37He had a pair of iron scissors and a little metal probe object
0:45:37 > 0:45:43and three coins, and the coins allowed it to be dated to the 1320s.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47Keiller came round to thinking that it could be a barber-surgeon,
0:45:47 > 0:45:52people who shaved, cut hair but also did little medical things, too.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56Some of Keiller's ancestors had been barber-surgeons and whalers
0:45:56 > 0:46:00in the North Sea, and I think he rather liked that connection.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Keiller's work was interrupted when the war broke out in 1939
0:46:05 > 0:46:09and, a few years later, he sold his land to the National Trust.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11He died in 1955, but the incredible legacy
0:46:11 > 0:46:16of the playboy-turned-archaeologist remains.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Avebury became a World Heritage Site in 1986.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27In a slightly busier bit of the county,
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Charles is on the search for just one more shop
0:46:31 > 0:46:34in the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett. It joined Leamington
0:46:34 > 0:46:38and Tunbridge Wells in getting that rare prefix in 2011.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Wow. How are you?
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- I'm doing very good.- You must be Ed, as in the front door.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- As in "eddintheclouds". - Eddintheclouds. Great.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Ed's business sells quite a bit of stock online.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Charles, despite his limited funds of £58,
0:46:54 > 0:46:56is enjoying a close look around.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00- I think I've got a stool for you. - Have you?- Yes.- This one here?
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Yeah. Again, it's most likely Liberty & Co. The coffee stool is
0:47:03 > 0:47:04what they were sold as originally.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09You've got almost this Islamic Moorish-influenced top
0:47:09 > 0:47:12in mother-of-pearl, in ebony. But over the years,
0:47:12 > 0:47:17the mosaic has become lost and the jigsaw is very incomplete...
0:47:17 > 0:47:20- Yeah, sadly.- ..because there's no bits to go with it now.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23I think it's quite attractive. How much is it?
0:47:23 > 0:47:25In that condition, £25.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28- Goodness me.- That is affordable. - You can't say no to that.- No.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Let me give it some thought. There was one thing just downstairs...
0:47:31 > 0:47:34- OK.- ..that caught my eye, and what I'm quite tempted to do
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- is put the two together and see what price we come out at.- Okey doke.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Now we're getting somewhere. What's he spotted down there?
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Aah, some proper Tunbridge.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49Here we have got a complete micro-mosaic of parquetry,
0:47:49 > 0:47:53inlaid in rosewood and ebony, and this I presume is a clothes brush?
0:47:53 > 0:47:57- Yeah.- Yeah, a clothes brush of probably 1900, 1910,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00made in Tunbridge Ware. How much could that be?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02- It's £15.- £15, yeah.
0:48:02 > 0:48:07- What I'd like to do is make you an offer.- Go on, then.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11- For the Liberty stool upstairs... - Yup.- ..and this small clothes brush.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15If I said to you, "Eddie, I'll take the two",
0:48:15 > 0:48:18could you give me any discount on the two together?
0:48:18 > 0:48:22- What could you do for me?- Oh, um...
0:48:22 > 0:48:26- How about if I said to you 30? - That's really good.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Yeah, I'd be silly to say no.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31- Thanks a lot.- Good luck with them.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Thanks a lot. I'm delighted. That's great.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37It's not bad, Charles. Now, whither Raj?
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Remember his flying start?
0:48:39 > 0:48:43He already has quite enough for the auction, thanks very much,
0:48:43 > 0:48:45but just in case, he's come to Devizes,
0:48:45 > 0:48:47that charming Wiltshire market town,
0:48:47 > 0:48:50to see if he can manage just one more purchase.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52- SHOP DOORBELL RINGS Hi, I'm Raj.- I'm John.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you, John.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- What a lovely shop you've got here. - Thank you very much.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59I'm sure he says that to all the proprietors,
0:48:59 > 0:49:01but this time, he surely means it.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04There's got to be a bargain or two tucked away in here.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08It's a pretty little Art Nouveau silver rose vase,
0:49:08 > 0:49:13is what I would call it, and it's got a few dents on it,
0:49:13 > 0:49:21but it's quite pretty. It's priced at £45, which I think that John knows...
0:49:21 > 0:49:24It's a little bit on the heavy side. What could be the best on it?
0:49:24 > 0:49:2830 quid. You're right, it's a little bit dinked.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30What other silver have you got?
0:49:30 > 0:49:33That's a nice little silver sugar shaker, isn't it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:37The hallmark is extremely rubbed and I would say
0:49:37 > 0:49:39that its period was...
0:49:39 > 0:49:42maybe only just. I would say this is probably turn-of-the-century.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44What would be the best on this?
0:49:44 > 0:49:50Well, as it just got here, I could probably flip that for 160.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53That's not a bad price, but you have to remember,
0:49:53 > 0:49:56this is my first Road Trip, OK, so a lot hangs on this for me,
0:49:56 > 0:49:58so I need a little bit of help along the way.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- I'll give you a little bit of beginner's luck.- OK.
0:50:00 > 0:50:05I'll do that for...135 and that's the death on it.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08He's got the cash, but he's sticking to his cautious tactics.
0:50:08 > 0:50:13- Back to the vase.- Can you do a bit better on that for me?- 28.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16- How about 20?- It's too tight. - 20 is too tight?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- Cos it is damaged.- I know. - And I'm going to have to sell it
0:50:19 > 0:50:23- with something else. - It's...a little bit low.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Shall we say 24 and we've got a deal?
0:50:27 > 0:50:31- We've got a deal.- OK. - Thank you very much indeed. Lovely.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33A final canny buy for our Raj.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Now, let's remind ourselves what they both acquired.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41Charles spent £172 on a silver dish,
0:50:41 > 0:50:45a ewe, a Liberty table,
0:50:45 > 0:50:48a George III tray and a clothes brush,
0:50:48 > 0:50:53while Raj parted with just £79 for some sconces,
0:50:53 > 0:50:57egg timers, a water bottle,
0:50:57 > 0:50:59a riding crop and some silver.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02So, what did they make of all that lot?
0:51:02 > 0:51:04He knows the game. He's been here before
0:51:04 > 0:51:08and, to be honest, it's a nice parcel.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11I wouldn't say he's bought knobbly knick-knacks,
0:51:11 > 0:51:14but he's bought some very small lots.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Charles has bought well, but watch out for the newbie.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19After setting off from Corsham,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21our experts are now heading
0:51:21 > 0:51:24for their first auction at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28- This is it.- Here we go.- We've built our foundations on this, OK?
0:51:28 > 0:51:31- High five.- Good luck. THEY LAUGH
0:51:31 > 0:51:35Welcome to British Bespoke Auctions, home of the famous Bella.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Pretty, ain't she?
0:51:37 > 0:51:42Our auctioneer today is Nicholas Granger, so let the games begin!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44First up, Raj's sconces.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47I'm going to start off here with a commission bid.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- With me at £35 on the book. - Wow.- At 35, 38, 40.
0:51:50 > 0:51:5440 now with me. Looking for 42, and 2 and 5
0:51:54 > 0:51:57and 50, 55. £55 we have.
0:51:57 > 0:52:02- At £55.- Wow.- Do we get £60? Have we got 60 in the room?
0:52:02 > 0:52:06Raj is jumping up and down. We've got 50 here. We need £60.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10I'm going to give fair warning with the sconces at £55. Are we sure?
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- Going once, twice...- Well-played.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14- At £55... - GAVEL BANGS
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- ..sold. Thank you.- Well done. - Thank you.- Well done.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19The first of many, I'm sure.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22- I can relax now.- That's amazing! £55.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24What a start. You've almost doubled up.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Now for Charles's bargain Tunbridge Ware brush.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- If this doesn't make £40... - Get out of here!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32..you're going to have to hold me back,
0:52:32 > 0:52:33cos I'm going to put my hands up, OK?
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Brush yourselves down with this one. With the bidding at £30.
0:52:36 > 0:52:41- Oh, wow!- Commission bid. Looking for 32 now.- Let's go.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- We're looking for a 32. - Come on.- 32, 35, and £38 here.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47£38 we've got now. It's got to be worth 40, surely?
0:52:47 > 0:52:50- Charlie, it's got to be worth 40. - I hope so.- We've got 38 here, then.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52We're going to sell it at £38, then.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56- Going once and the hammer goes down. Sold. Thank you.- That's good.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59More profits. We started well.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02- So, you're ahead.- It's amazing. - So now I'm playing catch up.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06Well, reach for your whip, then, Raj. Another cracking buy.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Commission bids on this, ladies and gentlemen,
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- at £28. At 28, now looking for 30. - That's awesome.
0:53:11 > 0:53:1432, 35, 38, 42 with you.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17£42. We have £42 in the room now, on my left at 42.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19- That's awesome, well done. - With you in the room at £42.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22And 45 sitting down, sir, on my right. At 45 and 8?
0:53:22 > 0:53:25At 48 here. Looking for 50. Do I have 50 on the net?
0:53:25 > 0:53:26I've got 48 in the room, then.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28I'm going to crack the whip at £48, then.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30- GAVEL BANGS - Sold.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- That's massive.- Yeah, I'm pleased with that.- Who is this guy?
0:53:33 > 0:53:39Advantage Raj. Will Charles's George III tray carry all before it?
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Who'll start me on this at £20? £20 we're looking for.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44- It needs a little bit of repair, but it's a nice tray.- Thanks, mate.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- Thanks, mate! How are you? - At £20. Looking for 22 elsewhere.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Have I got 22 in the room or at home?
0:53:49 > 0:53:52- It's a George III tray, ladies and gentlemen.- Oh, it's wonderful.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55- I'm looking for £22. - Good man!- 22 we've got now
0:53:55 > 0:53:58and 25, you're going to go. Now I'm looking for 28.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Thank you, sir, you're a good man.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03- We will sell, then...- That's a good price.- It's cheap, it's cheap.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05- GAVEL BANGS - Sold to the room.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07You're a good man. Thanks a lot.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10I'm going to try that on my next thing, OK?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13So, could I have some support? LAUGHTER
0:54:13 > 0:54:17Worth a try, Raj. Maybe on your egg timers.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20Start the bidding on those, shall we? At £20, we're looking for.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Looking for £20 in the room. OK, 15 I'll take.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26- £50? 50?- 15.- How much?
0:54:26 > 0:54:29..at £18 in the room. Now I'm looking for 20.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31- Brilliant. That's massive profit. Well done.- Shh!
0:54:31 > 0:54:33I'm not finished yet, I'm not finished yet.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36At 25 sitting down here. Looking for 28 elsewhere.
0:54:36 > 0:54:3828 on the net now. 28 and 30, sir?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40£30 sitting down.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43- W-w-wait, I'm hoping that it's not over.- One more bid perhaps?
0:54:43 > 0:54:46- One more bid? - I'm going to sell, then, at £30...
0:54:46 > 0:54:47- GAVEL BANGS - ..to the room. Thank you.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50He kept quiet, but they still picked up a profit.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Can Charles's Liberty table match it?
0:54:53 > 0:54:56- I could be in trouble. Here we go. - Here we go.- Pray, Hansen.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Don't look round. Cut that out.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02- A low cheeky bid at £15. - Oh!- At £15.- Oh!- Shh...
0:55:02 > 0:55:04Looking for 18. At 18 with you, sir, in the room...
0:55:04 > 0:55:07- You've done it, you've done it. - I'm still down.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10Would you like to go, sir? 28, would you like to go?
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- 28 now with you at £28... - I'm still very down.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18- ..at 28 on my right. At 28 bid. - Hello, the world. You're out.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Going once, twice at £28 to the gentleman in the room.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23- GAVEL BANGS - Sold. Thank you.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27Someone's got a bargain. Now for Raj's little silver collection.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29Who's going to start the bidding at £15?
0:55:29 > 0:55:32- At 15, we've got here straight away. - Profit. Is that profit?- No.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35We've got £15 on this for Raj. Have we got 18 elsewhere? At 18.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39- We've got £15 only, in the room or at home.- The game's on now.- At £18.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42I'll sell at 15, then. A bargain. And 18 on the net now.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45We've got 18 in now. Thank you, at 18. Looking for...
0:55:45 > 0:55:48- High-five. High-five. - No, no. Shh! Be quiet, you.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50At £18 to the net... Sold. Thank you.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52- Off we go! - HE GROANS
0:55:52 > 0:55:54That's his first loss.
0:55:54 > 0:55:59Charles's favourite ewe. Was she a bit of a gabble?
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I'm praying. This could flop.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04I'm looking for £30 in the room or at home. It is Derby.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07- You've got a commission at 15. £15! - I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11Looking for £18 in the room or on the net. At £15 a commission bid.
0:56:11 > 0:56:16At 18 sitting down in the room. At 18 now. At 18. Looking for a 20.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- Thank you, 20 in the room now. - Oh, no.- Now at £20 and 2?
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Would you like to go, sir? At 22.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23And 5? Are you sure?
0:56:23 > 0:56:26- Oh, I don't believe it. - At £22 in the room, then.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29Going once, twice at £22 on the sheep.
0:56:29 > 0:56:30- GAVEL BANGS - Sold.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35No words necessary. Charles has made a big loss.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40But can Raj take advantage with yet another bargain buy?
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Starting the bidding at £15. We have on that at 15.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47Looking for 18 elsewhere. At 15 now. I'm looking for £18.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49It must be worth more. At 18 in the room, sir, thank you very much.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52At £18 with you. Looking for 20 now.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55At £18, we're going to sell. Once, twice, at £18...
0:56:55 > 0:56:58- Get it down.- ..hammer down. Charles says, "Hammer down."
0:56:58 > 0:57:02- Sold!- That'll do. That's OK.- That's good. Happy? Look at me.- Yeah.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05A good return!
0:57:05 > 0:57:08So it all comes down to Charles's most expensive item -
0:57:08 > 0:57:10the Persian silver.
0:57:10 > 0:57:15- Don't worry, Charles. It's going to be all right, OK?- All right. Thanks.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Commission bids on this, ladies and gentlemen. At £120 starting.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23- Get in. We're in business. - 130. Looking for 140, 150...
0:57:23 > 0:57:26- Let the net run now. - Come on, then!- 160, 170, 180.
0:57:26 > 0:57:30180 now. Looking for 190. 190 now on the net, 190.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33- I'm pumped up.- That'll be £200. - Let's go.- 200 we've got here.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38- At 200 and 220 now.- Come on, then! - At 220, 220, 240 now.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41- 240 bid!- This is good.- Yeah.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45..at 240. We're looking for 260.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48Once, twice, at £240...
0:57:48 > 0:57:50- Sold.- Thanks a lot. Thanks, auctioneer.- Well done.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53- Thanks a lot, chief. Thanks very much.- That's a good buy.
0:57:53 > 0:57:58Charles's boldness pays off and the old hand wins the day.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00- Come on, mate. - RAJ GROANS
0:58:01 > 0:58:05Raj, who started out with £200, made, after paying auction costs,
0:58:05 > 0:58:08a profit of £59.58,
0:58:08 > 0:58:14leaving him with £259.58 to spend next time,
0:58:14 > 0:58:17while Charles began with the same sum and, after paying auction costs,
0:58:17 > 0:58:21he made a profit of £117.46,
0:58:21 > 0:58:26so he takes an early lead with £317.46.
0:58:26 > 0:58:30- I'm getting the idea now. - You are, yeah.- So, game on.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32- What a day.- Cheerio for now!