0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antique experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05I don't know what to do.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07HORN HONKS
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..with £200 each, a classic car and a goal -
0:00:09 > 0:00:11to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What a little diamond!
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Back in the game! THEY LAUGH
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24SHE GASPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Oh!
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41It's the final leg of this week's adventure with our likely lads,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Raj and Charles.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47You know, it's been a very, very lovely experience for me.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And, of course,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52it wouldn't have been anywhere near this enjoyable without you.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I think what's nice, Raj...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm going to need therapy though, I have to say.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- When I get home, I am going to need a little bit of therapy.- Thanks a lot.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03As we all know, Charles Hanson is a road tripping veteran,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06who has a tendency to be a tad clumsy.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Oh! No!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10I'm sorry.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Whilst his partner in crime this week is newcomer to the road trip,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16expert auctioneer Raj Bisram.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I don't think, if I do another trip, it will ever quite be the same.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Get out of here, Raj!- There's
0:01:22 > 0:01:25nothing like having your first... THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- ..nothing like having your first Charles Hanson.- Get out of here!
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Raj started this trip with £200 in his pocket.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38And some wise buys now see him sitting pretty with £305.86.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Charles started with the same £200 stake.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48After some profitable purchases though, his purse has more than
0:01:48 > 0:01:54doubled, with a fabulous £423.64 to play with on this last leg.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Like a game of football, it's a big first half with an even
0:01:59 > 0:02:04bigger second half before the final whistle goes at our last auction.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07People might say, "Well, Hanson, you're ahead."
0:02:07 > 0:02:10But there is always, in a football match, that chance.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12And this could be your chance, Raj.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17This week's automobile of choice is tidy little Triumph Herald.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Nicknamed Bella.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20RATTLING
0:02:20 > 0:02:21What was that, Raj?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Raj, what was that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25We've lost something.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- Is it the exhaust pipe? - I think something fell off.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Oh, looks like this trip is taking its toll on poor Bella.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34GEARS GRIND
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Bella!
0:02:35 > 0:02:38ENGINE RATTLES
0:02:38 > 0:02:39THEY LAUGH
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Come on!
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Ha! It's been a long old journey for Bella and our boys.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48After starting their trip back in Corsham, Wiltshire,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51they've taken in most of the south-west of England
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and will finish their epic
0:02:53 > 0:02:55900-mile journey in Crewkerne, Somerset.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Their final leg starts in Lostwithiel in Cornwall
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and will hopefully finish at auction in Crewkerne.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03If Bella makes it, that is.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Here we go. We park up here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Put your back into it, Charles.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Perfect. Well done, Charles.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17First shopping stop is Uzella Court Antiques Centre.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Let's go.- Keep it real. Hello.- Good morning.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Hello, Vicky. I'm Raj.- Hello, Raj. - Lovely to meet you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- And the famous Charles.- And the famous Charles.- Get out of here!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Far from it.- Good morning.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30- You have a wonderful shop here. - Yes.- It is.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34It's not mine but I work here and it's a pleasure being here.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- It's great fun.- Do you specialise in certain things or is it a mixture?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40No, we have 16 people that have stock in here. That rent cabinets.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42And it's a whole mixture of everything.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Everything you can think of.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48That means plenty of pretty pieces on offer for our experts.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'm going to be the Cornish cat that got the cream.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57Come on, Hanson. The Cornish cat that can find the cream.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58What about you, Raj?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I've just noticed there is a lovely,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06lovely red serpentine stone lighthouse there.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Serpentine stone goes back millions of years.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And it comes in lots of different colours.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16But the red one I think is actually one of the most attractive ones.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19It's not a cheap piece but I'm going to speak to Vicky
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and see what we can do.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Huh. With a ticket price of £55, is there a deal to be had?
0:04:26 > 0:04:2945 would be the very, very best.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I'd like to get it for about £35.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And I still don't think there is going to be a big
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- profit in this at auction. - Perhaps not.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40But it has got a tiny little nick there, which I hadn't noticed.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42So I will have to reduce it.
0:04:42 > 0:04:4640, Raj, would have to be truly my very, very best.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- And I'm speaking on behalf of the owner.- OK.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53I'm not going to rush into it but if I can just put it to one side
0:04:53 > 0:04:57and think about it. Have a little look around and come back to it.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- I will keep it safe. - Thank you very much, Vicky.- Bye-bye.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Charles, meanwhile, is rummaging around upstairs.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07These are quite nice. I quite like these vases.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What I love about these vases is they almost have a
0:05:13 > 0:05:17bit of a Christopher Dresser, Linthorpe look.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20These are twin-handled vases.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22With this gorgeous drip glaze.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28And I suspect the vase would date to around 1905, 1910.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30The birth of the 20th century.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32But look at the crevices.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Look at that almost hairy dust which has been there many, many years.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I can remove it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43You almost want to leave it there because it gives a sure
0:05:43 > 0:05:49telltale sign that these are big capital A, like that, for antique.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54They are called a pair of Art Nouveau vases. £15.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57If I could perhaps acquire them for a tenner...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59They are a good buy.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Actually, I might, in case Raj comes upstairs, put them down here.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Out of harm's way.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Smart thinking, old bean. Now, what has Raj found?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- All these keys.- I really like the crib boards. Do you play crib?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16No, I don't.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Really old-fashioned game.- Yeah. - Really old-fashioned game.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I particularly like that one. It looks in pretty good condition.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's got lovely ball feet which are engraved.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27It's quite a nice, early one.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I should think it's late 19th, early 20th century.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Vicky, it's priced at £55. What would be the best on it?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Um...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- £40.- OK.- You can have that, Raj, for £40.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44That's not too bad.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I'm going to put it to one side with the lighthouse.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I'm putting a lot of things to one side at the moment.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- And come back to it. That'll be great.- Thank you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54A third item has caught Raj's eye.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00This is a really nice, decorative magnifying glass.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05It's made up but it's really, really quite nice. It's got...
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's made out of silver plate and mother-of-pearl.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It's only got £14 on the ticket.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Which isn't a great deal of money.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16If I can get this for £10-£12, there's got to be a profit in it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20So, Raj has three lots on the table.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Vicky has given a best combined ticket price of £90.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Would you do a little bit better if I buy all three?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Ah...
0:07:29 > 0:07:31If I said 80 for all three, Raj,
0:07:31 > 0:07:35that would have to be the absolute best I could do.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37If you are happy with that, I certainly am.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I would certainly say yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So a bold, last leg move there from Raj,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44buying three items in the first shop.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Right, where is Charles?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52That's nice. Barnstaple. That's in Devon.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55We are really seeing some southern treasures.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00I love this because it's almost a glaze. It gives me an oceanic feel.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It's like being here in Cornwall.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06And I just think it's a really stylish vase.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08What I could do with this vase, tactically,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12is almost put it with those vases
0:08:12 > 0:08:17and it almost gives them, the Art Nouveau, a bit more of a punch.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Because this one is marked and it might put the two vases over there
0:08:22 > 0:08:26into almost a better league to be beside this.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28To be beside the sea.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Ah, but is Vicky willing to do the deal?
0:08:31 > 0:08:37£15 is the initial ticket price on the vases. £9.50.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40All in, it makes 24.50.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44And I was hoping to buy the group for £15.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Which is quite a big discount. Could you do it for £15?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- No.- No, OK.- That's a bit low.
0:08:51 > 0:08:5320 would be ideal.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Yeah, I like your style. You're 20. - Yes.- I'm over here at 15.- Yes.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- If I take a walk in...- Yeah. - ..can you meet me...- At 18.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Yeah. Come over here. That's it, great. £18. That's a deal.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- All right?- That's great. There is £20.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- If I may have a solid £2 back. - You can.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- It could make all the difference. - All right.- I appreciate it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Thank you very much.- I got a bit of a discount. I was hoping for £15.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- But Vicky...- £2 change. - ..is a good dealer.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21That's great.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And with that, Charles is off the mark.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27After a quick fix, Bella is back on the road
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and Raj is taking a break from shopping and has headed to Helston.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35He's come to meet local museum curator Katherine to find out
0:09:35 > 0:09:38more about Henry Trengrouse,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41a local man whose invention has saved lives all round the world.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48- Katherine, is that Henry Trengrouse? - That's Henry Trengrouse, yes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50He was actually from Mullion but he then moved to Helston
0:09:50 > 0:09:52and he was a local cabinet-maker.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56But, of course, it's not his cabinet-making that he's
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- famous for, is it? - No, that's right, no.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02He was actually inspired to invent a life-saving
0:10:02 > 0:10:04apparatus for people at sea.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07What actually triggered that off?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Just after Christmas in 1807,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13he heard that a ship had gone aground off Loe Bar,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15which is just outside Helston.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17And he went down to the beach to see.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Unfortunately, many people were drowning.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23The ship was actually beached just slightly off the shore, just
0:10:23 > 0:10:26too far for people to get a rope across to it, to get people off.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29About 100 people drowned in front of him
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and the people watching on the beach.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It sounds like he was really affected by what he'd seen.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Are there any accounts of what actually affected him?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Yes, we know exactly how he was feeling because we do have
0:10:41 > 0:10:44one of his notebooks where he describes the wreck.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46"It was then and there the annihilation of this fine ship
0:10:46 > 0:10:49"and so many of my fellow creatures most seriously
0:10:49 > 0:10:52"arrested my reflections and sympathy.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54"And freshened in my memory the premature
0:10:54 > 0:10:57"destruction of about 50 fine fellows at the wreck of a transport
0:10:57 > 0:11:02"ship only a few weeks preceding. And also near the same spot.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04"These melancholy disasters continue
0:11:04 > 0:11:07"to exercise my mind intensely day and night.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10"And I was led to consider what means could have been applied to
0:11:10 > 0:11:13"save those who had so miserably perished within hail of their
0:11:13 > 0:11:18"countrymen and friends, and within a few yards of land and safety."
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Wow, that really does...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22That really does give you a sense of exactly what
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- he must have been feeling.- Yeah.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Traumatised after helplessly witnessing men,
0:11:28 > 0:11:33women and children drown in front of him, Henry Trengrouse made
0:11:33 > 0:11:36it his life's mission to help save people from shipwrecks.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39And what did he actually do?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Well, he actually thought that there must be a way of getting
0:11:42 > 0:11:44a rope across to the ship.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46And he though about how could you actually get it there.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Actually, I think he had been to a fireworks display
0:11:50 > 0:11:51to celebrate some royal event.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And the idea of the fireworks just gave him
0:11:54 > 0:11:55the idea to actually fire a rocket.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59So this rocket device, Katherine, how did it work?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I think his original idea was that every ship would carry this
0:12:02 > 0:12:06apparatus with them. And then fire towards the shore.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09The rocket would get a thin line across to the shore
0:12:09 > 0:12:12which could then be pulled and attached to a larger rope.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Then once you got a large, substantial rope across, you could
0:12:16 > 0:12:19then attach a seat to it which could be pulled backwards and forwards.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21And that's the Bosun's chair that he invented.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24And was he the first person to come up with this idea?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26He was one of several people who came up with a similar
0:12:26 > 0:12:28idea at the same time, yes.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33It took Henry Trengrouse ten years to fully develop his rescue system.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Putting much of his own money into his big life-saving invention.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38How long was it used for?
0:12:38 > 0:12:42In actual fact, the basic idea of firing a rocket with a line
0:12:42 > 0:12:44was used up into the early 1980s.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- Oh, wow.- And sort of search and rescue helicopters still carry them.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50He must have been a very rich man then.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Unfortunately not, no.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55He only made about £50 out of his idea from the Navy.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Because unfortunately, he didn't patent his idea.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And the other people who'd come up with a similar device
0:13:01 > 0:13:04patented theirs. So he missed out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- So no real recognition for his invention?- Unfortunately not. No.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And he actually died in poverty, which is very sad
0:13:11 > 0:13:14really considering the amount of lives he actually helped to save.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Trengrouse's rocket-powered rescue system is estimated to
0:13:18 > 0:13:21have saved over 20,000 lives.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25So while he may not have made money from his ingenious invention,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Henry Trengrouse did exactly what he set out to do -
0:13:28 > 0:13:31save peoples lives.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It's a bit of a sad ending really, isn't it?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I'm afraid so, yes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Well, at least it's good that you have recognised,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41and local people have recognised him.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45It's just a shame that, you know, the world's stage didn't.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47But it's been a fascinating story.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Thank you very, very much for showing me around.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- After you.- Thank you.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Charles, meanwhile, has hit the road
0:13:57 > 0:14:02and is headed to the most southerly city of mainland Britain. Truro.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Where he is hoping to dig out a few fantastic finds to take to auction.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- Are you open to a discount? - Yeah, I can only say no.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13THEY LAUGH
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Sounds like dealer Gary might need some sweet talking, Charles.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20That's if you find something you fancy.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24These are quite decorative, aren't they? These beakers.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And we have got these nice, almost leafy,
0:14:27 > 0:14:33overlapping designs radiating around the flared tumbler.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- And in fact, Gary, you have called these Lalique.- Mm-hm.
0:14:37 > 0:14:43Pair of Lalique tumblers with black enamel poppy design.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48And all-importantly here, on the bottom,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53is the mark for R Lalique, as in Rene, who died in 1945.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57And some of his most important Art Deco glass
0:14:57 > 0:14:59can fetch small fortunes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01There are so finally blown...
0:15:01 > 0:15:05GLASS PINGS
0:15:05 > 0:15:08And they ring beautifully. And they haven't got much wear.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I think they're probably 1930s.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15So, something to think about. Anything else, Charles?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I quite like the vases up there.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20A nice pair of what appear to be Crown Ducal -
0:15:20 > 0:15:24they could be Crown Devon - vases
0:15:24 > 0:15:26with a blush ivory ground,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28maybe 1910.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32They are only £15, but it notes, Gary,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- one has damage. May I have a look at them?- Yeah.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39It all depends on how serious the damage is. Thanks, Gary.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41They're a good pair, aren't they?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Oh, I say, they are cracked.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48They're priced at 15. What is the best on them?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Yeah. As that one is not really worth anything...
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- Yeah, a fiver.- OK. Yeah. Put it there.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Oh, sorry, Gary.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04You need to work on that handshake, Charles. What about those tumblers?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I see them probably...
0:16:06 > 0:16:10An auctioneer guiding them between £20 and £30.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Is there any margin
0:16:13 > 0:16:15for you to give me a bit more off?
0:16:18 > 0:16:1925.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- 20?- Five.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Meet me halfway?- 25.- 20?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- No.- Gary, you know what, I just like these
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- because they carry that magic name. Oh-la-la.- Lalique.- Exactly.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34And I think for that reason...
0:16:34 > 0:16:37£25, it is worth a gamble.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- Gary, put it there. That's a deal. Thank you.- No problem.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Appreciate it. Thanks a lot, I am really pleased.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48So, with two lots bought, that is day one done.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Nighty-night, chaps.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52The next morning,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55the boys are soaking up the scenery at Cape Cornwall.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Where fishermen go for lobster pots. - Yeah.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02So far, Raj has secured himself three lots -
0:17:02 > 0:17:04the cribbage board,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06the serpentine lighthouse
0:17:06 > 0:17:08and the decorative magnifying glass,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11leaving him £225.86
0:17:11 > 0:17:13available to spend.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Charles, meanwhile, has mainly bagged himself vases.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The first three he bought, he has grouped in one lot.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Then there was the Crown Devon pair.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26And finally, just to mix things up, he snapped up the glass beakers.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33That means he has still got £375.64 burning a hole in his pocket.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I've seen four crabs so far.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39No time for a paddle, lads.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Raj, do you want to hold my hand? - No, thanks, Charles.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Hurry up.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45There is shopping to be done.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48First stop of the morning is the nearest town to Land's End -
0:17:48 > 0:17:50St Just.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- Cheers.- Buy some antiques. - I will.- Bye!
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Raj has come to Bygones, hoping to uncover something special.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03- Good morning.- Good morning to you. - Hello, I'm Raj.- Vicki.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04- Vicki, lovely to meet you.- And you.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06What a lovely little shop you have as well.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Thank you. Have a browse.- I will. - See what you find.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10In no mood to mess about today,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Raj has already sniffed out something he is cuckoo about.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22This is a very nice little...
0:18:22 > 0:18:23bronze dog.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28It's...cold-painted bronze.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31And it is... I'm trying to... I'm not exactly sure what kind...
0:18:31 > 0:18:35It's a pug. It's a pug. There are a lot of pug collectors.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37On the bronze, it's painted.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40And then rubbed down.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43And it has got a really nice little finish to it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46And it has got nice detail too, as well, on that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50there were a number of bronze foundries in Austria
0:18:50 > 0:18:54specialising in these cold-painted figurines.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57This is a modern reproduction, but it is real bronze and could
0:18:57 > 0:19:01pull in K-9 collectors. Raj is keen.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07The ticket price says 60.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Make me an offer I can't refuse.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Make you an offer you can't refuse...
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I could probably make you a few that you could refuse. £25.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25No.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- No? You didn't even think about it. - No. I can't do it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- You can't do it for 25?- No.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Look, 35. Still a bargain for you.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Hello, Raj!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I tell you what we'll do, how about we split it?
0:19:42 > 0:19:4430, and it will be cash.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49You drive a hard bargain.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- We have a deal?- Yeah.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- OK, we have a deal. - You've got a deal.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And just like that, deal's done for Raj.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Meanwhile, Charles is made his way to Pendeen,
0:20:00 > 0:20:04an area with a proud mining heritage.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Cornish mines like these played a vital role in transforming
0:20:07 > 0:20:11the economic and social development of Britain in the 18th
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and 19th centuries.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Charles is meeting ex-Geevor miner Eddie Strick to find out more.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23What a sight we are on, with the sea just over there.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- But tell me, mining here, it was all about tin?- It was all about tin.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29It has been about tin for centuries here.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32You know, you're talking about 1500 onward.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Tin, along with other metals,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37have been used by humans for over 4,000 years.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42And since 1860, tin mining has been Cornwall's biggest export,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44even shaping the Pendeen landscape.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Eddie is taking Charles down the 18th-century Mexico Shaft
0:20:48 > 0:20:50to get a closer look.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Well, Eddie, I am looking the part now, aren't I?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54You are looking well dressed for the part, yes.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59This mine, to me, is very low. It seems quite narrow.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Well, it is a bit of a Victorian mine, as you will see later on.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04This would have been worked by a family, more than likely.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08The founders used to like to work together in this early period
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- to keep their costs down.- Yeah. - So children as well.- OK.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Well, Dad, after you. - There we go.- Come on, Dad.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The pioneering mining techniques developed in these Cornish mines
0:21:20 > 0:21:24played a key role in the industrialisation of Britain.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Hey there, I've got a backache.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Here you'll be able to straighten up a bit.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Oh!- Bumped your head.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Oh, OK.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Wowee, Eddie. It is like being in an igloo.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Where are we now, Eddie?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36We are on the hauling shaft,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38where all the ore was hauled to the surface.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42As you see in front of you, the kibble, OK, that is
0:21:42 > 0:21:43what they used to load up.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46And that would then be pulled to the surface by a horse whim.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49You mentioned families who work together.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The girls were on the surface milling their dirt,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55so as it was hauled up in these kibbles, of course...
0:21:55 > 0:21:58The women's side of the family would be up there processing that
0:21:58 > 0:22:01where the men and boys would be here, hauling it out.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03So if they had big families then...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06In the Victorian families, there might have been of seven or eight
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- in a family.- Yeah.- Uncles, nephews, all come together.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Paid on the amount of ground they had broken,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17wages for mining were generally higher than other local occupations
0:22:17 > 0:22:20like farming or fishing, but came with much bigger risks, too.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Accidents and deaths from blasting,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27drowning and rock falls were common, as were serious long-term
0:22:27 > 0:22:32health problems caused by breathing in the silica dust underground.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Although these walls can't talk,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37it really does give you a feeling of the emotion of,
0:22:37 > 0:22:43in part, the passion but more the hard life miners who
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'm sure were much younger than me had to go through and endure.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I can feel the work in the walls. Where are we going next?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Well, we are going where they'd go at the end of the shift.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53They obviously wouldn't be.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- They'd be going home to a tin bath.- Yes.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58We are going up to the dry where we would shower.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Oh, lovely. Shower... - And homeward with a bit of luck.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Have a hot drink. - A hot drink and home we go.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- That sounds more my style.- We will make our way.- I'll follow you.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Cornwall pioneered
0:23:07 > 0:23:10the transfer of the British Industrial Revolution overseas.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14As Cornish miners migrated, they took their special skills with them.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20The gold rush in Australia, the South African diamond in
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- Kimberley.- Getting in the hard rock, this is where the Cornishmen were.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27So really, that Cornish love affair with mining really
0:23:27 > 0:23:32spread around the world and showed the world the Cornish way.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33That's right. And there is a saying,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36"Wherever you go in the world, look down one hole.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38"There is usually one Cornishman amongst them."
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The Cornish miners didn't just export their technology,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44they took their culture too - wrestling,
0:23:44 > 0:23:49pasties and saffron cakes became well-known in Australia and America.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53And Cornish place names can be found on every single continent.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Over the 1900s, Cornish tin production declined.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01There was a sudden revival of the industry in 1970 and '80
0:24:01 > 0:24:05which gave it a last brief boom before disappearing in the 1990s,
0:24:05 > 0:24:07when this mine was shut.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- It has been an amazing visit, thank you so much.- And the fleas.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I've got to tell you about the fleas, cos there were fleas here.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Now you tell me!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- But you are all right with that jacket.- Yeah, I bet I am.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19It feels a bit itchy, actually.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22We used to have to fumigate this place every so often.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Yeah, thanks a lot.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I have got to see my mate, Raj, now and I'll pass the jacket onto him.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Nice to see you, Eddie. Take care. Thanks, Eddie. See you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35A little further along the coast,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Raj has made an unscheduled stop, as he has spotted local
0:24:39 > 0:24:43fisherman Steve, who is surrounded by a load of lobster pots.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- This is an old lobster pot. - This is an old lobster pot.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- How old would that be, Steve? - Is about five or six years old.- OK.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- The problem is, the bottom rubs on the hard seabed.- Ah-ha.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Rubs the plastic off and then the saltwater rusts it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- OK.- But for what you want...
0:25:01 > 0:25:04What would people do? I mean, that looks ideal to put a plant in.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Yep.- A flower in the garden or something.- Trailing plants, whatever.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10You are not actually going to buy one of those, are you?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13So if I were to offer you... If they are worth 20 quid at auction,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- if I were to offer you a fiver, would you be happy with that?- No.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- You wouldn't be.- No. - No. God, you are a hard man already.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23I could tell. OK... OK, how about ten?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- That has got to be fair.- Ten sounds better.- We shake on it?- Yep.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27We have a deal.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Cor, pretty unconventional auction lot,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33but I do love the fact that Raj is getting into the road trip spirit.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Aren't you?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39While Raj has been taking in the sea air, Charles has travelled
0:25:39 > 0:25:4440 miles northeast to Redruth, with some serious shopping to do.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Hats off.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Charles!- How are you? - How are you doing?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- You got the name. - You got here eventually.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52We have met before, have we?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- No, no, I've seen you on TV loads of times.- Oh, thanks.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- There we go. - I just couldn't wait to see you.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Could we do a deal today, do you think?
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Hopefully. It would be lovely, I need the money.- Get out of here!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Get out of here! I like your necklace, by the way. Goodness me.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- You carry the gold well. - Brass.- Is it?
0:26:08 > 0:26:12You have a look round, Charles. I'll just be behind here.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- What is your name?- Walter.- Walter. - Yeah, my friends call me Wal.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Hey, Wal.- Right on.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Yeah, man! Charles, what are you after?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Well, I quite like... Walter, follow me over here.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25There is one thing I have seen that I quite like.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Lots of glass, lots of pottery but I quite like...- Oh, right.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- ..the bottle. - It is certainly different,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33a wooden bottle, isn't it?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35I don't think it is overly old.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- I...- It definitely isn't Louis XIV.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43The Sun King. Where is our sun today? I quite like this.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Interesting, isn't it?- Yeah. What is your very best on that?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- I'll do it for a tenner.- You wouldn't.- Yeah, why not?- Look at me.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I'm looking at you. You look like a nice man.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I think this is what you might call, in the auction, a fine
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Edwardian oak-banded and coopered
0:27:01 > 0:27:05brass-bound novelty
0:27:05 > 0:27:10wooden wine bottle with a stopper, and it is just uncorked.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Because I am going to buy it for £10.- Go for it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Wal, put it there.- Done. - As it Wal or Walter?- Wal will do.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Thanks, mate.- Right on! - Right on!- You got a deal.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Thanks a lot. Hold on, Wal, I am going to fly the flag. There we are.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23That is one down.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Firm friends already,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Wal is offering up a little titbit for Charles.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30The little pot is different, at the top there, Charles.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Is that peculiar?- Strange, yeah. I have no idea what it is.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36What does it look like to you?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I would have said a portable inkwell, but maybe not.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43If it was an inkwell, I would have thought it would have had...
0:27:43 > 0:27:45A seal of some sort maybe?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Some remnants inside of maybe where a glass liner was.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53And I just wonder whether it is to do with
0:27:53 > 0:27:55maybe a nipple cover
0:27:55 > 0:28:02if you were perhaps... What is the phrase? When you feed a baby.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Breast-feeding.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Also if you'd fill a bottle, what do you call it?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09What is the phrase?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11What are you on about, Charles?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Express.- Oh, right.- You've had a baby and you are expressing.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19I just wonder whether maybe there was some sort of nipple cover...
0:28:19 > 0:28:20- In the box?- In the box.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23You might be onto something there, Charles.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I could believe that.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It is marked London.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I think you've quite rightly dated it to Edwardian.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32It is decorative, it's not got much weight to it.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34But it is quite a dainty object.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37If I was estimating it for auction, I would be quite hard
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- and say it is probably going to make between £15 and £30.- Yeah.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Is there much scope to knock a bit off that? What could
0:28:43 > 0:28:45you do it for, do you think, Wal?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Um... I would let you have that for 25.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51It is a shame the marks are rubbed. I think it is an interesting box.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- You wouldn't do it for 20, would you?- Go on, go for it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Are you sure?- Yeah. - Put it there. Thanks a lot.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00So that's a box and a bottle bought. Anything else, Charles?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02What I quite like is...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- I've stuck that on the second shelf. - Right.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Four nice pendants. You've got cycling, that is all the rage.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14And that is a pendant from 1931.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17So early cycling interest.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Then you've got an interesting little pendant here,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24which appears to be in the form of a sundial.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Then you've got soccer, football as we call it all over here,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30with a beautiful little blue...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Enamel, yeah.- ..enamelled football. - Lovely.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Which is 1950s.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And then, are you at darts player?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38- No, not at all.- No?
0:29:38 > 0:29:42As a sporting lot, what will be the best price on all four?
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- As a one-hit.- I'd go £40.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- For the whole lot?- For the lot.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50You wouldn't do a bit less, would you, Walter?
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Is there another one we could throw in?- Get out of here!
0:29:53 > 0:29:57If that is the case, Walter... You have got one here.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I think you have picked the dearest one, Charles.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Well, now you've got five, I will do the five for 50.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05You wouldn't do them for...
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Not a bit less?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09- Oh, Charles...- £45?
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Go on, have a go.- Are you sure? - Go for it.- Happy?- No.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Have you been here a while?- Yes. - Look at me. You've got to be happy.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18You have upset me now.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22- Don't say that.- Have you ever seen me cry?- We have done so well.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- The journey was well and truly on. Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Is there a margin in it for you?
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- Not a lot.- No, but is there a bit of a margin?- Just a bit.- OK, sold.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Thanks a lot. Put it there. Sold.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37So our dapper dandy is all spent up with three final lots bought.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Raj isn't done yet, though.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42So he has made his way to the ancient town of
0:30:42 > 0:30:48St Columb Major and is off to his final shop on this road trip.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Hello.- Hello there.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- I'm Raj.- I'm Tina. - Tina, lovely to meet you.- And you.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It is a pack shop,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58so you'll need to use your head to find your final lot.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Hello, Charles.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Oh, suits you, sir. Right, anything looking good, Raj?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06This is really, really quite nice.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10It is a copper inkwell which is slightly different
0:31:10 > 0:31:15because it is very Art Nouveau-y, and it looks like it might be
0:31:15 > 0:31:20from the Newlyn School, which is obviously not very far from here.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24The Newlyn School started around the 1880s and went on
0:31:24 > 0:31:27until the early 20th century.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31It is where a lot of artists went from the cities down here
0:31:31 > 0:31:35because they... They became a colony, basically.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40And they were all able to help each other and work on art forms.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46And this looks very, very typically of a Newlyn Art Nouveau-y piece.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I can't see of signature on this at all, but it would've sat...
0:31:49 > 0:31:51it would've sat on a desk.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54It's missing its liner, which it would've had.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56But it is definitely got age to it.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59In fact, it has got here "Possibly Newlyn".
0:31:59 > 0:32:02It has got a price on it of £79.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06For POSSIBLY being Newlyn, 79 is quite a heavy ticket.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Better see if there's a deal to be had with Tina.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15- I see you've got £79 on the ticket. - I have.- Now, what could you do?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- OK.- I don't want to have to get down on my knees, yet.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20- OK.- But I will.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23How about if we said...
0:32:23 > 0:32:2465?
0:32:26 > 0:32:2765...
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- I'll tell you what I'd like to pay for it...- OK.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34..that might give me a chance. I'd like to pay £40 for it.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Right. Do you think we could do 42?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- And you could have a deal. - Are you happy at £42?
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- Yes, I'll be happy with 42. - You sure?- Yes.- Tina, we have a deal.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Great, thank you.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52And with that, the boys are all bought up.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Raj spent £162 on six lots.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59The cribbage board,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01the serpentine lighthouse,
0:33:01 > 0:33:02the magnifying glass,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04the lobster pot,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06the bronze pug
0:33:06 > 0:33:08and the Art Nouveau inkwell.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Charles spent £123,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14buying the trio of vases,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16the wooden coopered bottle,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18the unusual silver box,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21the selection of sports pendants,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23the moulded glass beakers
0:33:23 > 0:33:25and the pair of Crown Devon vases.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29So, what do they make of each other's lots?
0:33:29 > 0:33:33What I really, really like and what might be my Achilles heel,
0:33:33 > 0:33:36it's only got three letters - the pug. It might just go...
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- HE HOWLS - At auction.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41The wooden bottle, £10, it is
0:33:41 > 0:33:44a nice piece of treen with some brass surrounds.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45There is a small profit in that.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48The cribbage board, it's a game of yesteryear. It's nice.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53The enamelling on the club and the heart are slightly damaged.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Even so, it is in inspired buy.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Charles has bought well. He hasn't spent a lot of money.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00He has played it very, very safe.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It is never over until the auctioneer for the last time
0:34:02 > 0:34:04says, "Going, going, gone."
0:34:06 > 0:34:08After starting this leg in Lostwithiel,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11our experts travelled all around the Cornish coast
0:34:11 > 0:34:15and are now off to the very last auction in Crewkerne.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Presiding over the auction today at lovely Lawrences
0:34:19 > 0:34:20is Richard Kay.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22So what is he make of our lads' lots?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24The Cornish lobster pot is a bit of a surprise.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26We have a huge variety in our sales,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28but I don't think we've ever had one of those before.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31I think it might be a little bit too fishy for some collectors' tastes.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34This has been called a nipple box, which is a new term to me.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36I think it is a small piece of beautifully made silverware
0:34:36 > 0:34:38from the Edwardian period.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41It's precise purpose is unclear, but we won't dwell on that now,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43I think, we'll just hope for a good price on the day.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47I think the one I am going to put my money behind is the copper inkwell.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50There is no signature on it, which is a little off-putting,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52but the quality is lovely. It is a charming piece.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54So I think that could be quite a good price today.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59So, for one last time, our boys are getting ready to head-to-head.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03The journey starts now, this is the final curtain.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09First up is Raj's mahogany and brass cribbage board.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Bid's here, start me at 20. 25, 30 is bid.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- Well done, profit. - It's 35, I'm out.- Keep going.
0:35:16 > 0:35:1940, new bidder. 45.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Are you bidding? 50. 55.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- £55 now.- Excellent. - That is awesome, Raj.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28At £55...
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Storming start there for Raj.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Will Charles be as lucky with his pair of Linthorpe-style
0:35:33 > 0:35:37vases together with the blue Brannam vase?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40What shall we say, £10 for all three?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42- 10 is bid.- Come on.- 12 now.
0:35:42 > 0:35:4415. 18. 20. Five.
0:35:44 > 0:35:4725, lady's bid at £25.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Uh-oh.- 30, new bidder. 35.
0:35:50 > 0:35:5240. 45.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- Selling this one at 45.- Oh!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56That's good!
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It is indeed, more than doubling your money there.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Well done, Charles.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Well, we are both off to a good start.- Wowee!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Like the sun, we are burning in the profit, aren't we?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Right, Raj, let's see how
0:36:07 > 0:36:10your Cornish serpentine stone lighthouse fares.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- I light up your life.- You do. You do.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16£10 for it. 10 is bid. Opening at 10. Selling at 10 only?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Come on.- Are we done? £10?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21At £10.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- Let's go.- All done at 10? I'm selling.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24Last time.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27That loss means Charles is still in the lead.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32Can he pulled further ahead with his oak and brass-coopered bottle?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34£20 for that. £20 is bid.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37That's good. Come on. Let's move.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40£20, then. And selling this one. 25.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4330. 35.
0:36:43 > 0:36:4640. No? £40.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- It is the lady's bid at 40. - Cost me how much?- Ten.- That's good.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53The champagne's on ice, the show is almost over...
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- Brilliant, well done.- Thank you. - That's a good one.- Thank you.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Another top profit there for Charles.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- You've done very well. - Thank you.- I have to say.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- Are you enjoying yourself? - I'm loving it.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05I'm loving it!
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Well, here is hoping you are still is chipper
0:37:08 > 0:37:12after your decorative magnifying glass goes under the gavel.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14£10 for that. £10 for it.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- £10, surely.- Is that a profit? - 5, then. 5 is bid.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I saw the lady's bid first.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21£8, sir. Are you bidding?
0:37:21 > 0:37:2410. 12. £12 now.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Selling at 12. At £12, last time.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31So, although it is a £2 profit, after auction costs,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34it means Raj actually made a bit of a loss there.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Up next is Charles' unusual silver box.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- £25 for it. 20 then. - Interesting box.- £20.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45£15, anywhere?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- 15 is bid.- Come on.- 18.
0:37:47 > 0:37:5220. £20. I am selling this one at 20. All done?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Interesting.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Again, after auction costs, although he broke even,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00that actually results in a bit of a loss for Charles.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Next, the lot the auctioneer felt was a bit off-piste -
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Raj's lobster pot.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08£10 for that?
0:38:08 > 0:38:105 anywhere? 5 is bid.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- 8 now. 10. 12.- Well done. Well done, Raj. Profit.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1712. 15. 18. £18.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Selling at 18.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- All done at 18?- Well done!
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Very good. You gave it all that. - I gave it all that, and it worked.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26And you got all of that.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29So, a pretty profit there for an old lobster pot.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Can Charles' collection of silver sports pendants perform as well?
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- What shall we say, £15 for them? - Oh, dear.- 18. 20.- There we go.- Five.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4330. Five. 35. By the pillar at 35.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Selling this one at £35. Last time.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47All done.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49£10 down.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52No sports fans in the house today, it seems.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54What about dog fanciers?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57A profit on the pug would give Raj a healthy lead.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- The reason I bought this was because I thought of you...- Why?
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- ..when I saw the pug.- Am I the pug? Pugs are quite unattractive.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- HE LAUGHS - What are you trying to say?
0:39:06 > 0:39:11Very charming little piece. Bids here start me up at 40. 45. £50.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Well done.- £50 is bid. 55. 60.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Five. 70. Five. 80. Five. 90.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Wow!- £90, the bid is still with me. - Wow!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23At 90, I am selling this one at 90.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26£90 then. All done?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- Put it there.- Yes? - Wonderful, wonderful.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30HE HOWLS
0:39:30 > 0:39:32HE BARKS
0:39:32 > 0:39:36A delightful doggy profit for the pug.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I am going to be woofing all the way home.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39HE HOWLS
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Right, enough of the puppy puns,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Charles is playing catch-up with his Art Deco glass beakers.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Which shall we say, £40 for them?
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- £40 for them? 30 then?- Oh. Uh-oh.- £30 is bid. 35 now.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5440. 45.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Any more? It is 45. At the cabinets at 45. All done?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Nice little earner there for Charles.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02But a good result on Raj's
0:40:02 > 0:40:05last lot could see him win this final leg.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08It is the auctioneer's favourite, the copper inkwell.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- Charming piece. Bids start me at 50 on this one.- Oh, my goodness!
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- He's in.- 55. 60. Five, 70. Five, 80.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18Five. At £85 now. I'm out in the room.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2190, new bidder. 95. 100.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Are you bidding? 110. 120. - You've done it!
0:40:24 > 0:40:28It is 120. It is your bid, madam. At 120. And selling at 120
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- if you are done elsewhere. Last time.- I think you have done it.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32Are we done?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I think you bought a wonderful object and I think
0:40:35 > 0:40:37you're flying high.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Fantastic result, but it is not over yet.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42You have still one last chance, Charles.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46It is the final lot of the trip - his Crown Devon vases.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Come on, auctioneer.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- I am going to call the room out. - Blush ivory vases.- Come on.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51No, no, no, stop that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55What shall we say, £10 for the two, quickly, for them?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- £10 here. - Come on!- £10 anywhere?
0:40:58 > 0:40:59- Five?- I need some help.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- £5.- It's awful!- £2 anywhere?
0:41:03 > 0:41:04It's only a pound each.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- £2 is bid.- Help! Help!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11At £2. Only 2? Selling at 2? Are we done with them?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And £2 only... Four, just in time.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- One more!- Six. Selling at six. - Thank you!
0:41:17 > 0:41:18You made a profit!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22After auction costs, that means a teeny-tiny loss there for Charles.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Come on.- After you. No, you go first, I salute you.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Well done, chaps, but the big question is -
0:41:30 > 0:41:33who is this week's winner?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Raj started out with £305.86 and made,
0:41:37 > 0:41:42after paying auction costs, an incredible profit of £88.10.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Making him today's winner and leaving him
0:41:46 > 0:41:51with an impressive final total of £393.96.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Well done, that, man.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Charles began with £423.64.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04And after paying auction costs, also made a profit of £33.62.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06That means he may have lost this leg,
0:42:06 > 0:42:13but he has won the overall trip with a fabulous final tally of £457.26.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17All profits go to children in need. Well done, Charles.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- For the last time. - For the last time.- Foot on break.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- It is a bit of a sad moment. - Now, go to first gear.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- I can say, "Going, going..." - Gone.- There we go. That whole time.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Watch it, watch it.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32What a week our cheeky chaps have had!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Who is this guy?
0:42:35 > 0:42:37It has been a magical journey.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Completely and utterly disappear.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41That's brilliant. Wowee!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45And although there have been a few bumps along the way...
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Bella!
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Go down. Whoops. Sorry.- Oh!
0:42:49 > 0:42:52We have witnessed the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Raj, do you want to hold my hand? Good luck.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Next time sees the start of a brand-new road trip with
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Butterfingers David Harper...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Normally...
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Sorry about that, Roger.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09..and the ever-entertaining Anita Manning.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10Whooo!