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!
0:00:06 > 0:00:11HORN BEEPS With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to 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 > 0:00:18Back in the game!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Charlie!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24SHE GASPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or 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.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's leg two of this week's epic road trip
0:00:38 > 0:00:42with dynamic duo Natasha Raskin and Philip Serrell.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44- I think we're a good match, do you know that?- Yeah.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Do you get tired being happy all the time?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48No, but do you know what I think you're doing?
0:00:48 > 0:00:51You're kind of chilling me out a little bit.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Phil is a Road Trip veteran and an expert auctioneer
0:00:54 > 0:00:56with a reputation for being a bit of an old grump.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- Have you got any idea where we are?- No, no idea.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- You don't have any idea where were going to?- Er...Newport.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Newport, we're in Newport and we are heading for Newport.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I don't want to be picky but this is not Newport.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Let's just establish roles here.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Pilot, navigator.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Novice Road Tripper Natasha is an auctioneer in Glasgow
0:01:16 > 0:01:19who specialises in Scottish contemporary art.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I cannot think of a better way to spend a day than driving around
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Wales in a gorgeous Porsche with a handsome man like you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Oh, what a girl, what a girl. - SHE LAUGHS
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I'm so glad you've memorised that script I gave you.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36On this journey, our trippers are cruising
0:01:36 > 0:01:39in a classy 1957 Porsche 356 Coupe.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I absolutely adore this car and, of all the road trips I've done,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- this is the car I want to take home with me.- Yeah.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Natasha made a loss on the last leg.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50After starting with £200,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54she's ended up with £161.96 to play with.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Meanwhile, old hand Phil played a stormer
0:01:57 > 0:02:04and made a great profit, so he has £275.90 to spend today.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06What are you going to be looking for today?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Well, cheap things.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11I don't have much to spend but I think I'm going to go...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14slightly smaller, slightly more feminine this time.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15I've got a plan.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17What the plan?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Just buy five totally different things.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Our experts' mammoth mission began in Narberth in Pembrokeshire
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and will see them travel several hundred miles,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30covering Wales and southern England
0:02:30 > 0:02:33before finishing up in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Today's trip kicks off in Newport
0:02:36 > 0:02:40and will meander its way north towards the auction in Newent.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Nothing like a relaxing drive in the British countryside, eh?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Oh, Lord. Have we got to go on that? - I think we might have to!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- You're joking. I do not fancy that at all.- No.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55What? That thing hanging out of the sky?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58That thing is the Newport Transporter Bridge.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Built in 1906, the Grade 1 listed structure is very rare,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06with only six operational transporter bridges worldwide.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- This is a bit exciting.- It depends on what you deem is exciting.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Originally built to carry steelworkers across the River Usk,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18the mile and a half journey now costs just £1 per person,
0:03:18 > 0:03:23or £2.75 for those brave enough to climb the 270 steps
0:03:23 > 0:03:26up to the high-level walkway at the top of the structure.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- It's moving. It's moving, it's moving, it's moving.- Oh, my love.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Are you not enjoying this?- No, I don't. I don't like this one little bit.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Why?- Cos I don't like stuff like this.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37It makes me feel all...
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- HE GAGS - Are you OK?- yeah, just feeling very...
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Safely back on solid ground, it's time for our pair to part ways
0:03:46 > 0:03:49as Natasha's heading to her first pit stop.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Hello?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Hello.- Oh, hello. Hi, there. I'm Natasha.- Hi, I'm John.- Hi, John.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56- Lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59This looks like an absolute treasure trove of a shop.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Good name, too. Strawberry Water Junk Company. HE LAUGHS
0:04:03 > 0:04:05OK, OK.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I don't really know where to start. There's so much everywhere.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10There are... I can't help but look up, cos there are so many pictures.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I can't stop looking up, but I don't think we're going to look at pictures today.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Look at stuff, look at stuff.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Stuff, eh? Plenty of that in here.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20That is the best thing.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Maybe that's by somebody.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Oh. How excit... Oh, a Beswick.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Oh, that's amazing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I do know the name Beswick, of course, because everyone does.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33It's probably 1970s. But it's in the form of a pheasant.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It's probably for keeping eggs.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38It's hand-painted, which is really nice,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and he's only 15 quid and if John would give me something off of him,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43come on, he's got to be a winner.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45There's only one way to find out.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46This has £15 on it
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and I think it's really sweet,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and I wonder what would be your best price on the pheasant terrine?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Oh, dear.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- I'll be sweet to you, a tenner. - A tenner, OK.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Well, I think, for a tenner, it's a pretty good deal,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04but before we shake on it, there was another thing as well
0:05:04 > 0:05:06that I've just clocked as we walked past.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Ah, she spotted a rather large glass carboy,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11which were primarily used to carry acids.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14What I know about these you could write on the back of a stamp,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- but it's, I guess, a sort of molden glass. It wouldn't be blown, would it?- No, no.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20So, it's a big bit of molden glass,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23but they're so decorative, aren't they? You can do anything with those.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Well, you put a garden inside, and have it growing...- Yeah. They're really awesome.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It would have been an acid holder, wouldn't it?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Oh, really? I think it's a lovely lot.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34And I'm thinking... I haven't even seen the price.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36OK, so it got £28 on it.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37I really like the two.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I think they're totally bizarre and disparate.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- But, at the top end, their combined price was £43.- Mm-hmm?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Would you be open to an offer of £30?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Yeah, go on. It's near enough. - Are you sure?- Yes, I'm sure. - SHE LAUGHS
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I feel awfully cheeky but, if you're happy with that,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I'm going to grab your hand and go with it.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00So, with two lots bought, Natasha's off to a flying start.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Phil, meanwhile, has motored his way 17 miles south
0:06:07 > 0:06:09to the Welsh capital, Cardiff.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12One of Britain's flattest cities,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Cardiff also clocks up more hours sunlight then Milan.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Surely that'll brighten up Phil's day?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I'm, sort of, loathe to admit this, but I do really like Wales.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I mean, as an Englishman who's mad keen on rugby, you know,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Wales is our natural enemy,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31but I think Wales is... I love it. I really do.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32That's nice,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36but enough of the love-in, you've got some shopping to do.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Hi, how are you?- I'm good, thank you. Welcome to The Pumping Station.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- You've got a massive place here, haven't you?- We have.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It's on an industrial scale,
0:06:45 > 0:06:49with more than 35 different traders all under one roof.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Lovely.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- How are you, good Sir? Are you well? - I'm good, young man, yourself?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Young man? I'm warming to you already.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Hey, Phil's not been a young man for a long time.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01But, what's this he's spotted?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- The intaglios, here.- Yes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- Can I have a look at the group of them, please?- Yes.
0:07:07 > 0:07:13It's a collection of 19th-century intaglio metal moulds and glass seals.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20Intaglios are designs or images that are cut into hard surfaces such as metal or stone.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And back in the 18th and 19th centuries,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24they were collected by grand tourists
0:07:24 > 0:07:28as sophisticated keepsakes of classical antiquity.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30These are Grand Tour bits,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34so when you went on your Grand Tour in 1820 and you wanted a souvenir,
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- you didn't bring back a stick of rock or a piece of troika...- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42You brought back books...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46and you opened the books out and the books would be full of intaglios.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Phil's clearly interested, but can he strike a bargain?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52What would you take for those and what would you take those?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54£150.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57That's for all of it?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59See, I'm miles away from you on price.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I've really got to try and get these under 30 quid.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02You're going to struggle.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Could 25 quid buy them?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Cash. The folding holding.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Mmm...
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Yeah, go on.- Oh, you're an absolute gentleman. Thank you ever so much.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21So, a generous discount there from Paul has secured Phil his first purchase.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Anything else float your boat?
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Oh, this is a little watercolour.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33It's of HMS Tidepool, which, one presumes, is that there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I just think it's a really interesting little watercolour.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It's quite finely done. It's pencil and watercolour,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42but there's a great deal of depth to it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48The ticket price is £28, but can Phil convince dealer David to take less?
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I think, at auction, that's going to make between, oh, I don't know...
0:08:52 > 0:08:5520 and 40 quid - that's what I think -
0:08:55 > 0:08:59which means I've got to try and buy it for between 10 and £15.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Now, this is what we call... - WHISPERS- ..a pregnant pause.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09A long silence
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Well, I'm going to shock you.- Oh! - I'm going to shock you.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Look at this.- I'm going to shock you.- Go on, then.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16You can have it for £14 and that's my final offer.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Thank you very much.- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much indeed.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23That purchase puts Phil neck and neck with Natasha on the buying front,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25with both of them bagging two lots each in their first shops.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Natasha's also made her way to Cardiff
0:09:29 > 0:09:33and has come to its indoor flea market for a scratch about.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34OK.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37This is really great.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Wow.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47I think, actually, I want to find something vintage and retro. It's got that look, doesn't it?
0:09:47 > 0:09:48You can say that again.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Look at the planter.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55What is going on with this?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Planter, plant... 1970s tiger plant pot.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I'll probably put this one down and move on.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Yes, something a little less garish might be best.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09There's one thing I really like. It is quite unusual.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12It's this little coral and seed pearl brooch.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15What's going on with that? I don't have a clue what the motif is.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Well, it is a riding crop.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21You can see the whip. You've got your handle up here...
0:10:21 > 0:10:25And the horseshoe is to represent hunting and all that sort of thing.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Good luck.- Seed pearls and coral, is that right?- Yes.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Is this in nine carat gold?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35No... I still haven't found a mark on it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Ah, OK.- So I think it is gilded.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- OK.- I'm not pricing it as nine carat gold.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44What is your price on that then?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I will do for £25 for you.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50It wouldn't be right if I didn't counter offer you.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55What if I said £20? What if I said that, what would you do?
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- £20. You're OK with £20. - Can we shake on it?- Definitely.- Oh!
0:10:59 > 0:11:03That's excellent. Thank you so much. I think that is really cute.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Nice deal done, knocking five pounds off the asking price,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10and it looks like Natasha's artistic eye has spotted
0:11:10 > 0:11:12another little treasure.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15This lovely little oil on canvas board painting is making me
0:11:15 > 0:11:20pretty misty eyed because it is the most nostalgic, really nicely
0:11:20 > 0:11:25executed painting of what I am guessing would be the artist's father.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Signed Jan Fisher, so I am saying female artist,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30probably around the 1980s.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It has a nostalgic feel to it and I think Jan Fisher has produced
0:11:33 > 0:11:36something that wasn't commercially commissioned,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39it is just a nice memory she has had that she's wanted to reproduce.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It is just a lovely thing.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Can she convince owner Pete to part with
0:11:43 > 0:11:45the painting for under the £50 ticket price?
0:11:45 > 0:11:50- What would be your best price? - I can probably do it for 40.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Oh, Pete. 40 quid, you reckon?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55You aren't going to mug me now, are you?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I am not going to mug you, but here is what I'm going to do.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I will lay my cards on the table.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04I was hoping that Peter, Pete, you would offer it to me for £20.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- That is ludicrous, isn't it? - Ludicrous! Oh, come on.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- What can I say?- What do you reckon? Am I being too cheeky?
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- No, go on, you can have it. - Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Oh, Pete, you're such a star. Thank you so much. Oh, my goodness.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Come on! He is so cute. He is everyone's best friend.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Yeah, he is. - And you are now mine!
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Aw, another great deal done securing the painting for £20.- Yes!
0:12:28 > 0:12:30She is off to a strong start.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Phil, meanwhile, has taken a 20-mile trek west to Bridgend.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39This Welsh countryside was once host to a Second World War
0:12:39 > 0:12:41prisoner of war camp.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46The site held captured German military personnel both during
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and after the war, and it was the site of an infamous daring escape.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Phil has come to meet Hut 9 Preservation Society member
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Brett Exton to find out more.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- Hi.- Hi, Phil. How are we doing? - Good, how you?- Fine, thank you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- This is an interesting building. - It is.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05This is hut number nine of a prisoner of war camp.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Prisoner of war? - German prisoner of war camp.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Not a very big one, by the looks of it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Oh, it was huge. Yeah, yeah. There would have been another 30 huts.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Oh, not just this bit then. - No, not just this one! This is all that remains.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22The site is almost unrecognisable now, but this 1950s footage shows
0:13:22 > 0:13:25the camp closer to how it would have looked during the war.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29There were over 1,000 prisoner of war camps across the UK with
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Island Farm, also known as Camp 198,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35holding almost 2,000 prisoners.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Wow, so this is our cell.- Yeah.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41We are the Germans and this is our cell.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- Yeah.- What did we do? That is clearly where we slept.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47This obviously was where we slept,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50but we would have had to find things to amuse ourselves.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53We would have written letters to home,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57we would have made things, we would have crafted little things, toys.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Mind occupation here must have just been,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02they would have gone stir crazy.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Well, they were very, very artistic, so in some of the rooms
0:14:06 > 0:14:09they drew some very intricate pictures.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Many of the original paintings have been preserved,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15some of which are rather racy and there was a reason for this.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18These were the ones used to distract the guards from uncovering
0:14:18 > 0:14:21the secret tunnel the prisoners were digging.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23In 1945, March 10th 1945,
0:14:23 > 0:14:2870 Germans got out of this very hut, tunnelled to freedom,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31making it the largest escape from any POW camp in Great Britain.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33How did they know where they were?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Because, you know, you're in the middle of Bridgend.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39You wouldn't know if you are in Bridgend or Bournemouth, would you?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Well, the British military had been quite ingenious.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44They thought, "If we are going to be invaded by the Germans,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46"what can we do to make things a bit difficult for them?"
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So they had taken all the road signs down from every single
0:14:50 > 0:14:54street and road, but what the British had forgotten to do was take
0:14:54 > 0:14:56the maps down off the back walls of the railway carriages -
0:14:56 > 0:15:01the very train that brought the Germans here back in November 1944.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04So these Germans had seen these maps on the back walls
0:15:04 > 0:15:06of the railway carriages, and traced them onto
0:15:06 > 0:15:09their handkerchief and onto the tail pieces of their shirts.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- This really is Colditz in reverse! - Absolutely, yeah!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16It took the prisoners over four months of hard graft to dig the tunnel
0:15:16 > 0:15:20from Hut 9 out to freedom on the other side of the fence.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24It started in the room here and it went down about three or four
0:15:24 > 0:15:27feet in a curved shape underneath this path.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Underneath this path?- This path would have been here in 1945
0:15:31 > 0:15:35and then, in length totally, about 30 feet in total.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- And, I mean, that is an engineering feat.- Absolutely.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Vorsprung durch Technik, they say.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44And the tunnel is still standing today, 70 years on.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- It has never collapsed after all this time.- How did they do it?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Well, the actual tunnel was dug using any type of instrument,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55anything that was sharp, the edge of a tin, spoons, knives,
0:15:55 > 0:15:56anything of that nature.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00But what's the interesting thing is how they shored the tunnel up.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04The beds in there, the bunk beds, were made of timber,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07so they cut equal lengths of wood off the bed lengths,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09all the bunks went down and nobody noticed
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and that is what they used to shore the side walls of the tunnel.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15What did they do about losing all the soil?
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Inside the hut, on a corner shape part of the hut,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21they extended the wall with plasterboard.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- They made a dummy wall. - Yeah, to make a false wall.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26They got the plasterboard and extended this false wall,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29but they didn't have any screws, nuts, bolts to fasten the wall,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32but what they did have was a plentiful supply of porridge.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Porridge?- Porridge.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37They brewed up a real gloop-like consistency
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and that is what they used to glue the wall together.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44The irony of the glue being porridge is that on one of the walls
0:16:44 > 0:16:48the prisoners drew a porridge man carrying a POW porridge bucket,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52and that is a joke at the expense of the guards.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Although ultimately the joke was on the prisoners as their months
0:16:55 > 0:16:58of hard labour were to end up in vain.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Some made it as far away as Birmingham and Southampton but,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03within a week, all 70 of the escapees
0:17:03 > 0:17:05were recaptured and imprisoned once more.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07So, after the war,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10did all the soldiers go home or did some of them stay?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Well, some of them settled down in the area.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- Really?- They'd been out working on farms and been...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20It became more like an open prison,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23so they would have been allowed out under armed escort
0:17:23 > 0:17:27to work in nearby places, and some of them befriended local women
0:17:27 > 0:17:29and some of them settled down, married locally
0:17:29 > 0:17:33and settled down locally in Bridgend.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35That's fantastic, isn't it? A really good story.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38This is very much part of Bridgend's history, isn't it?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Very much so and it is a history we would love to
0:17:40 > 0:17:44see preserved, and hence why this is a Grade II listed building today.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47It isn't the prettiest Grade II listed building I've ever seen!
0:17:47 > 0:17:52- No, I agree with you. - But it's the story.- Absolutely.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53A fascinating story.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Brett, you have been a star. Thank you for sharing.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Thank you. You had better make your escape, I think!
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- Not by tunnel. By Porsche! - All the best.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It has been a busy day all round.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10It's time for our weary experts to head off for some well-earned rest.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Nighty-night!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15It's the start of a brand-new day.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Natasha and Phil are back on the road enjoying the scenery.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Does it pull on your heartstrings, Phil,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24when you see lambs gambolling around fields?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I quite like spring lamb...
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Mint sauce, new potatoes, don't you?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Phil, you're a cruel, hard man. - Farmer's son.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Oh, that explains it.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Farmer's son.- Aw, there is nothing like a wee lamb gambolling...
0:18:38 > 0:18:43- A wee lamb gambolling on to your plate.- No, no!
0:18:43 > 0:18:46So far, Phil has spent £39 on two items -
0:18:46 > 0:18:50the 19th-century intaglio moulds and seals,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53and the 1970s watercolour.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57He still has a healthy £236.90 available to spend.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00While Natasha's storming ahead on the buying front.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05She has forked out £70 for four items - the Beswick egg tureen,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09glass carboy, unmarked gold brooch
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and the original oil painting -
0:19:11 > 0:19:14leaving her £91.96 to play with today.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- Are you really pleased with your buys yesterday?- Um... Reasonably so.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21They got better as the day went on, I do believe.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23How much did you spend?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- I have spent £70 in total.- 70?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I spent...
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I spent £39.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32How many items have you bought?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I have only bought two, but I am...
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I was going to scold you for having got three or four.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42This morning, our experts have steered the Porsche to the
0:19:42 > 0:19:46popular market town of Evesham, where our Little Miss Sunshine is
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- ditching Mr Grumpy. - Have a really good day.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Don't buy too well! - No, I will try hard not to.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Flash some of your cash! Ha-ha. Bye!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Phil's first stop of the day is Twyford Antiques,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07with an eclectic range of collectables set over two floors.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12There's two quite nice wine labels that might be worth a look at.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14In the 17th and 18th century
0:20:14 > 0:20:19there were wine labels that were put onto whiskey, gin,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23brandy, whatever, and it was a little silver tag that went around
0:20:23 > 0:20:26the collar of the decanter or the bottle that told you what it was.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29They actually did one for Worcester sauce.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I've been looking for one of those for about ten years.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37It's just sherry and champagne that dealer Andy has on the menu today.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39This is a sherry label
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and it's silver. Hallmarked London.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44And it's interesting because this one here
0:20:44 > 0:20:46is twice the price of that one, isn't it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Hm.- Why is that?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I suppose champagne will be a little bit...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Well, I suppose champagne's more expensive,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54so the label's more expensive.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- Can't fault his logic, can you? - Certainly not.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02The ticket price on the cheaper sherry label is a hefty £136.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Can there be much movement on the price on that?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Normally...probably get away with about 100.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12OK.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- And abnormally?- Abnormally, might drop down below 100 for you.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It's a possibility. Can I leave that one out?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Yeah, certainly.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25One to think about.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Anything else take your fancy?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29This is just a really cool thing, isn't it?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30This is a stationary engine.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34And you've got the...steam engine here.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38You then boil the furnace and the steam then operates...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41..that punt there, like that.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I think that's a real good bit of fun.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Andy?- Yeah.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Could there be a bit of movement in the price on that one as well?
0:21:50 > 0:21:54With a ticket price of £99 on the stationary engine
0:21:54 > 0:21:59and £136 on the sherry label, what kind of deal can Phil work, eh?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01What would be the best you could do on each of those?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Realistically, we'll probably be looking about sort of £60 on him,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08£80 on him.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- I don't know what to do!- Chop, chop.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15If I can have the two...
0:22:15 > 0:22:17for £90, I'd have them both of you.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- £95?- Do it for £90 and I'll have a deal with you.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Go on, then.- Thank you.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27That very generous deal bags Phil another two lots.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Natasha has taken a cruise south to one of the most unspoilt villages
0:22:32 > 0:22:35in the Cotswolds - Snowshill.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37She's come to visit Snowshill Manor.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40This 16th-century house holds a unique collection
0:22:40 > 0:22:44of extraordinary treasures that, back in the 1920s and '30s,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47attracted both the famous and royalty.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Hello. Hi, there. You must be Sue. - I am.- Hello. I'm Tasha.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Hi, Tasha. Lovely to meet you.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Thank you very much for having me along.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- This is the collection of Charles Wade, is that right?- It is.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00This is Snowshill Manor and this is place that Charles Wade
0:23:00 > 0:23:04chose to house his collection of around 22,000 objects.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Charles Wade was an architect, artist,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09craftsman and most famously a collector.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Inspired by his grandma's special cupboard of curios as a child,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18at the age of seven, Charles starting building his incredible collection
0:23:18 > 0:23:20of children's toys, clocks,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23mechanical oddities another bizarre items.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27In 1919, after stumbling across an advert for the sale
0:23:27 > 0:23:31of Snowshill Manor, Charles knew he'd found the perfect place
0:23:31 > 0:23:33to house his collection.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35So this is our first port of call.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37This room is called Zenith.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Charles Wade named all his rooms... - OK.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44..depending on where they were in the house or maybe what was in them,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46but the important thing about this room is that it contains
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- granny's cabinet. - I was just about to say.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51This is a stunning lacquered cabinet.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52So from when does this date, do you think?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It dates mid-19th century.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And my eyes are darting around because it's quite a collection.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Are these things that Charles collected,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02or are these grandma's curios?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Well, these ones here are things that were in the cabinet
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- when Charles was a child, so these were granny's curios.- Amazing.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13And she only opened this cabinet on Sundays, so it was quite a ritual.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Looking at granny's collection on a Sunday, that special day
0:24:18 > 0:24:20that made Charles want to be a collector.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Bitten by the collecting bug and his love of hand-crafted objects,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Charles spent his life building an impressive catalogue of weird
0:24:27 > 0:24:32and wonderful items, most of which he surprisingly uncovered in the UK.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34What I'd love to see is something so exotic
0:24:34 > 0:24:37that I just would never believe you that he purchased it here in the UK.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Is there anything of that ilk?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Well, I think, if you come and look at Charles Wade's collection
0:24:42 > 0:24:45of samurai armour, you'll find that pretty amazing.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Housed in the Green room is one of Europe's largest collections
0:24:49 > 0:24:50of samurai armour.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55The 26 suits date from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56This is mad.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I'm speechless and a little bit terrified.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Where on earth did he find this collection
0:25:02 > 0:25:04of samurai suits in the UK?!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07There's actually quite an amusing story
0:25:07 > 0:25:09about where he found some of the suits.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14He needed a washer for a tap, so he took himself to the plumbers
0:25:14 > 0:25:16and it was a tiny plumber shop apparently -
0:25:16 > 0:25:19barely room for a sink in the window and a few washers -
0:25:19 > 0:25:23and he went in and there was a suit of samurai armour.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25And the man said, "If you want some more,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28"there's a whole load underneath the tarpaulin in the yard."
0:25:28 > 0:25:32And there were...I think six sets of samurai armour in total,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34really laid out almost as scrap.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36That's just bizarre.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39And he was able to buy them for quite a small sum of money.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42It's really fitting actually because didn't he have a saying
0:25:42 > 0:25:47that he had a set motto, as it were, three words, "let nothing perish"?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Yes, indeed. That was what he said. His own motto.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54It must have absolutely disgusted him when this tarpaulin
0:25:54 > 0:25:57was thrown off and to see these things lying on the floor.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00He must have thought, "They're perishing! I can save these!"
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Absolutely. And that's what he loved to do.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06He would have took them to his workshop at the back of his cottage
0:26:06 > 0:26:09and spent many hours working on them.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Charles' motto also applied to the manor itself.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Completely run down when he bought it,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17he spent three years restoring it to its former glory.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20So impressive was the end result that both royalty
0:26:20 > 0:26:24and celebrities came to visit, including writer Virginia Woolf,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28who turned out to be one of Charles' few unhappy house guests.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Well, I think you either got Charles Wade or you didn't
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and Virginia certainly didn't.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37He loved his clocks... Many clocks throughout the house
0:26:37 > 0:26:39and they're all set to different times,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41and they'd all chime at different times.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Oh, not Virginia's cup of tea?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Not her cup of tea because she made the mistake of relying on
0:26:46 > 0:26:49these clocks and missed her train back to London,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52so she thought he was a bit of fraud and didn't get him at all,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55so not a happy weekend.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58After marrying late in life, Charles retired to St Kitts
0:26:58 > 0:27:02and, in 1951, the estate was passed to the National Trust.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07He regularly returned to his beloved manor, but on one such visit in 1956,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Charles sadly took ill and passed away in a nearby hospital.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14So his life came full circle.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17He was back in the manor that he loved and had created.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Yeah, well, he had a very busy life and a seriously interesting one.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- Yes.- It has been a real thrill, a real dramatic thrill
0:27:25 > 0:27:28to learn about Charles Wade and his fabulous legacy.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Thank you so much for showing me around.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- I'll never forget it. - Oh, that's brilliant.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35That's what Charles Wade would have wanted.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And so, the fascinating collection of a wonderfully eccentric man
0:27:38 > 0:27:41will continue to live on at Snowshill Manor.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Phil, meanwhile, has made his way to the birthplace
0:27:48 > 0:27:51of William Shakespeare - Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54He's heading to the very street Shakespeare was born in
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and into Henley Street Antiques to meet owner Steve.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I'm a man with a mission.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I'm definitely going to buy something off you.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I don't mind what it is, you've got lots of really good stock.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07What I want is something that's been either been here
0:28:07 > 0:28:09for a long time that you need to get rid of.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- You're looking for a bargain. - Yeah, you got it.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Nothing like cutting to the chase, eh, Phil?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22That's looking like it's tried to be Mr Chip 'n' Dale?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Yeah.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- And how much could that come for? - That could be 150.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Do you know what?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32This is ridiculously cheap because what I find bonkers in this business
0:28:32 > 0:28:34is, if you went to auction
0:28:34 > 0:28:37and you saw a scrubby old painted pine chest of drawers,
0:28:37 > 0:28:40it will make more money than this, which is really just good quality.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43If you like brown furniture, it's fantastic value at the moment.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I think that's a nice thing, Steve, I do.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- OK. Anything else?- Yep.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51There's a bit more brown at the back in the form of a settle.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Now this is made out of oak, isn't it?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Top marks. Interested, Phil?
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I have made a certain speciality...out of buying
0:28:59 > 0:29:02things that have been nibbled by a bit of worm.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06So, is it worth the £175 ticket price?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09If you can shove your little pinkie in places that you shouldn't
0:29:09 > 0:29:12shove your little pinkie, that is a problem.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Your little pinkie shouldn't go there.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Best to have a word with Steve, eh? - I'm thinking...
0:29:21 > 0:29:26which has got more leeway, this or the chest of drawers?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Tiny more margin on this maybe.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Best on the chest of drawers could be 150.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Perhaps one last look at the chest of drawers will help decide.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- So the death on this is 150.- Yes.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- And on the settle?- 140.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47- Can we split it and do 130? - 130, yep, let's do it.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48You're a gentleman, thank you.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Deal done on the damaged oak settle.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56Sold for a pricy £130, but has Phil bitten off more than he can chew?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59I just hope that I'm sitting on a fortune now
0:29:59 > 0:30:01and not in the poor house.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Hm. Only time will tell, Phil.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05But before we find out,
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Natasha's still got a bit of retail therapy to do,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13so she's made her way to the pretty town of Deddington.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18She's on the hunt for one last lot at Deddington Antiques.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24There's certainly plenty to choose from, Natasha.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28A million items and only one to buy,
0:30:28 > 0:30:32so could be anything. Glass, silver...
0:30:33 > 0:30:35..sculpture.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Seems to be quite expensive, this shop.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43I really need to spot the sleeper and I really need to do it fast.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Well, you've only got £91.96 to play with.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Better ask owner Brenda for a helping hand.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52OK. Now you say you've got a piece of Beswick.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- I do already, yes. - And it's a tureen.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57It's in the form of a pheasant. It's for eggs.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- Would you like a penguin?- Sort of because they're very saleable, aren't they?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Yeah.- This little feathered friend is priced at £33.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08OK, so it's got the exact same stamp as my pheasant,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- so we're talking about 1970s. - That's right.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- Is he holding a cane?- Yes. - He's the dad.- Yeah.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- He's dad penguin.- Big daddy.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Big Daddy - that's what I call Phil.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Does Phil know you call him that?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24What else were you thinking? Cos I do love pottery
0:31:24 > 0:31:28and it's always good to go outwith your comfort zone, isn't it?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Again, it all depends on how much money you've got.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- They are fabulous. - They are pretty cool, aren't they?
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Ah, but with a £58 price tag, are the piggies worth a punt?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- I love penguins. - You prefer the pigs.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42But I think I prefer the pigs.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47And I think Philip will be devastated you've got the piggies.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Do you reckon?- Yes. I think he'll be so jealous.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52What if I offered you £25?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54What if you offered me £35?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- 35.- Hm.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57What if I offered you 30?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00What if you offer me...
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- 32?- This is fun, isn't it? - Come on. 32.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Are you forcing it? - 32.- Oh, go on, then, Brenda.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- Well done. - Nice bit of negotiation there, girls.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Do you know what Phil told me to do?- Yeah.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- He told me to buy something I loved. - Yeah. Do you love it?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18When you brought that out, I thought, "That's the one."
0:32:18 > 0:32:21What? You say Phil when you saw this?!
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Poor Phil.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Poor Phil indeed.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28And, with that, they're all bought up.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33So Natasha bought the Beswick pheasant tureen,
0:32:33 > 0:32:38the piggy back, also stamped Beswick, the decorative carboy,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42the oil painting and the coral and seed pearl broach.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46That little lot cost her £102.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Meanwhile, Philip bought the stationary model,
0:32:50 > 0:32:54the collection of intaglios, the silver sherry label,
0:32:54 > 0:32:58the watercolour and the costly oak settle.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01He spend a mighty £259 in total.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04So, what do they think of each other's lots?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07This is going to be the battle of the late 20th-century paintings.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I've gone oil, Phil's gone watercolour.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14They couldn't be more different, but I think that Phil has won a watch.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17At £14, that watercolour is stunning.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21What I absolutely love is that portrait.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24That's very her, that's a really cool thing,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26and I think that's absolutely lovely.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29With a woodworm-infested antique oak settle,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33he's determined to shoot himself in the foot, but guess what?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I'm going to predict it's going to be his star lot.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I really love that settle.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I think the patenation on it is absolutely fantastic.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41The problem for me is the woodworm.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Have you seen the size of those holes?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Those woodworm, they must be this big!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Scary thought.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53So, from starting this leg in Newport in Wales, our experts are now
0:33:53 > 0:33:57hurtling towards the auction in Newent in Gloucestershire.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00And I'm wearing my lucky tartan.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- Really?- I do have matching trouse,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05but I thought that might be a bit much.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I was going to wear mine. Black death.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Oh, dear. Something playing on your mind, Phil?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12I'm sort of OK with most of my lots,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16but I threw 130 quid into a settle.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- All in. - And that thing's got more worm...
0:34:19 > 0:34:21than Ilkla Moor bar tat.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23I'm a big fan of statement pieces of furniture.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Yeah.- You've got to make one. - This statement is, "Help!"
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Too late for that, Philip,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31as you've now arrived at today's saleroom -
0:34:31 > 0:34:32Smiths of Newent Auctions.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- Are you stuck? Come on, my love. - I'm struggling.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Oh, you've done it.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Right, are you ready for me to play some serious catch-up?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Absolutely. - This way.- This way.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45There are two auctioneers wielding the gavel today -
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Barry Meade and Rita Kearsey.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Before they start, let's see what Rita makes of their lots.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52The egg tureen, that's quite nice.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54I haven't seen that particular model before.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I think it's a little bit of an unusual one
0:34:56 > 0:34:59and so hopefully we'll pick up some Beswick collectors.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I think my favourite item is probably the sherry decanter label,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04just because it's a very nice quality piece.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I like the steam engine.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08It's a collectible and it's in very good condition,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11so hopefully that will do well on the internet.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14The auction's about to begin...
0:35:14 > 0:35:19and it's a busy one, with bidders in the room, online and on the phone.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27First up is Natasha's 1960s Beswick animal group piggy back.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29I'm looking for 20 for that one.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- 20.- Oh, no.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Can I have at ten? 12.
0:35:32 > 0:35:3412. Make it 14.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3614 bid. 16. Make it 18.
0:35:36 > 0:35:3818. Make it 20.
0:35:38 > 0:35:3918, sitting down.
0:35:39 > 0:35:4120 anywhere else?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Selling at 18.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44297.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Unlucky, Natasha, but plenty still to come in this auction.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Shall we walk in again and just pretend that didn't happen?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Yeah, that'd be nice. Yeah.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59No time for that though, as Phil's silver sherry label's up next,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02which was fancied by auctioneer Rita.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03£40 for the sherry label.
0:36:03 > 0:36:0540 I'm bid. Looking for 42.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I've got 40 now.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- Looking for 42 on the net. - Come on, creep up.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- 44. At 42 on the internet. - Cheeky fox. You've got a net bidder.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16At 42. At 42. Looking for 44.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1944 in the room. 46. 48.
0:36:19 > 0:36:2146 on the net. Looking for 48.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23At £46.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25You all done? You all finished?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26I'm selling at 46.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29That really isn't very expensive, that.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Ouch.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33A shock loss there for Phil.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Not ouch. That's not an ouch situation.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38That's a gentle bump.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43It's a gentle knee in the nether regions, isn't it?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Can Natasha fair any better with her second bit of Beswick?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49This time it's a 1970s pheasant.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- 20.- Yes.- 20 for that one.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- We're off.- 22. At 20.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Any advance on 20? I'll take 22.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59At 20 in the middle there.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0022 anywhere else?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Selling at 20 in the middle.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06That's all right, but it could have done better.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09A profit's a profit and that's the first of the day.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Can Phil score a profit with his Wilesco
0:37:13 > 0:37:15working model of a stationary engine?
0:37:15 > 0:37:17I've got interest on commission. Starts me at £24.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20I'm looking for £26.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22At 26 now. Looking for 28.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25£28 now. Looking for 30.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26At 28.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28At £28. Looking for 30.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32You all done? At £28 you finish.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Selling at £28.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Clearly there are no engine enthusiasts in the saleroom today.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Will a spot of jewellery be more to their taste?
0:37:43 > 0:37:47It's Natasha's unmarked yellow metal seed pearl and coral brooch next.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I think this will do well. This will do well.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51£20 for this one.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Can I see 20 for it?
0:37:53 > 0:37:5520 I'm bid. On the net at 20.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- Thank you.- At 22. At 20 now.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Come on.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00At £20. 22 online.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Two online bidders. Looking for 24.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Looking for 26.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Come on. The battle of the bidders.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08At 26 now.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11£28 now. Looking for 30.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At 30 now. Looking for 32.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- Come on.- At 32. Make it 34 online. At 32.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20At 32. 34 now. Looking for 36.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22At £36. You all done?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Selling at £36.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Oh.- That's a tiny little profit.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- That's OK. - It deserved a bit more than that.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It did deserve a bit more.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34A good profit nevertheless.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Phil's turn again. Can his watercolour secure his first profit?
0:38:40 > 0:38:41£20.
0:38:41 > 0:38:4520 for it. 20 anyone?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Someone start me at £10 for it.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- £10 for the watercolour.- Phil.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Must be worth £10.
0:38:53 > 0:38:5510 I'm bid. Looking for 12.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- At £10.- That's a bit of a relief, really.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Looking for 12. At 10.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02At £10. Are you all done?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I'm selling at £10.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Talk about an unlucky street, but at least it wasn't a big loss.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14I just want you to know that I'm not warped or bitter in any way at all.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Next up, Natasha's oversized carboy.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19£20 for it.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Oh, gosh.- £20 anyone?
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Not a hand in sight.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2420 I'm bid. on the net at £20.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Looking for 22.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27At £20 on the net.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Go on.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30That's plus two quid.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33At £20.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38Are you all done? Selling at £20.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41I reckon you're about minus oomph pence for that.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Phil's right.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45The £2 profit will resolve him a small loss
0:39:45 > 0:39:47after auction costs are deducted.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Right. Come on, Phil.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Let's get you that first profit with your 19th-century intaglio
0:39:52 > 0:39:53moulds and seals.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Interest in this
0:39:54 > 0:39:56starts me on the internet at £32.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Yes, profit!
0:39:58 > 0:39:59I'm looking for 34.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02At 34 now. Looking for 36.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06At £34.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Are you all finished?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Oh, come on.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Selling on the net at £34.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- You'll take a profit. - You're absolutely right I will.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17He's done it.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Great little profit there for Phil.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Wish I hadn't spent all that money on that settle.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Settle down, Phil.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Next up, it's art expert Natasha's final buy,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30the modern British original oil painting.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Telephone bid on this item.- Stop it!
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Can I see 20 for it? - Yes, you can. Go on.
0:40:36 > 0:40:3820 I'm bid.
0:40:38 > 0:40:3920 on the telephone.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Well done, you.- Come on, online. - At 20 on the phone.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Looking for 22.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48At 22. 24. Looking for 26.
0:40:48 > 0:40:5028. Looking for 30.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Yes.- 30. Looking for 32.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54It's worth it.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Looking for 34.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5736.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Yes.- Well done, you. - Looking for 38. 40.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Looking for 42. 44.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Looking for 46.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07At £44 on the telephone.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Are you all done at 44?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Selling then at £44.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Great profit there for Natasha,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17but she hasn't won yet as the there's still one lot to go -
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Phil's big risk, the antique oak settle.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Would someone like to start me at £100 for this?
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Looking for £100.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Looking for 100.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Looking for £100.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Start me at £60.
0:41:31 > 0:41:3360 for the settle.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3860 I have. £60 online. Looking for 65 now. At 65.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40You coming back in, online?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I'm going to sell then at £65.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45You all done?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- You've got to laugh, haven't you? - At £65.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49You've got to laugh cos, if you didn't, you'd cry.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- Oh, Phil.- That's 991.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Bloomin' 999, not 991.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Someone's got a nice settle there for a great price - Lucky devil.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Onwards and upwards, Phil. Shall we go?
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- Yeah. - Loser drives?- I'm in no fit state.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I need nurturing and looking after gently here.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I might even need a darkened room.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Come on, let me drive you home.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Well done.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21Phil was down on his luck today, resulting in a loss of £108.94.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29But he's still got a healthy £166.96 to spend on the next leg.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Natasha faired better,
0:42:33 > 0:42:37giving her an overall profit of £11.16 after auction costs,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40which means she takes the lead going into the third leg
0:42:40 > 0:42:44with £173.12 to play with.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47You're in a state of shock. I'm in a state of shock, but in a good way.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50In a good way, but I feel sorry for you.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Really?- Yeah.- You look it.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Right, here we go.- Now, now, Philip, nobody likes a sore loser.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- Go, go, go.- And they're off.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Next time on Antiques Roadtrip,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Natasha struggles to find the right way...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08That looks like serious oil paintings. I'm going to go this way.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10..and Philip gets on the wrong side of a dealer...
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Would you just like to pull that knife,
0:43:12 > 0:43:15just in the middle of my shoulder blades?