0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05I don't know what to do.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08..with £200 each, a classic car,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and 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 > 0:00:19Back in the game! THEY LAUGH
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Charlie!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 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!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41It's the third leg of the road trip for old hand Philip Serrell
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and fellow tripper Natasha Raskin.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Living the dream.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- Why are you living the dream? - It's a lovely day.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51I've got a lovely girl, lovely car and I am going out,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53spending money, buying antiques.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54You lucky man!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Veteran auctioneer Philip may be a dab hand at selling
0:00:58 > 0:01:02from the rostrum, but he is still working on his bargaining technique.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03- Could you do 17 the two?- No.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05HE LAUGHS
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Oh. His competitive companion is smart Scot Natasha.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11She loves old paintings and contemporary fashion.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13And also having a laugh.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I was thinking that together that would go quite nicely.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24Our duelling duo had set off in a 1957 Porsche with £200 each.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27The auction score so far is one apiece.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33However, Philip's coffers have twiddled to £166.96.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Poor chap.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40Natasha has a few pounds more in her handbag - £173.12.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43It is all to play for! Brighten up.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44- I am in good spirits, Phil. - Why is that?
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Not because I am in the company of someone so wonderful as yourself.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- Yeah.- Not only that.- Yeah. - Because I've actually edged in front.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I don't know if you have done the maths, but...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57My goal now is to try and get to Friday solvent.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Philip and Natasha started their 900-mile drive in Pembrokeshire.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Their journey will see them travel through the home counties,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12down to the south coast, before ending up in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14The third stretch sets off in St Albans
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and winds down towards
0:02:16 > 0:02:18an auction in leafy Chiswick,
0:02:18 > 0:02:19West London.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25St Albans is named after Britain's first Christian martyr,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28executed by the Romans in the third century.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33It is also home to Natasha's first shop of this trip.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- I will see you soon.- Have a good day, lovely.- Thank you so much.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- See you later!- Right.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Bye!
0:02:40 > 0:02:43A keen Natasha gets straight to it.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47OK, there is quite a lot of stuff here that is very modern,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49super modern.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I don't know if it is really what we are looking for, very antique-y.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I think I'm going to look for something a bit more...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56a bit more age to it.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I don't know. Maybe a bit more interest, a bit more quirk.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Stuff like this is really weird. I love this.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Is it a little bit morbid to like dead butterflies?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I mean, it is a bit gruesome cos they are furry and you can get
0:03:07 > 0:03:11a close look at them and they just look a little bit crusty now.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Quite. Step away, Natasha.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16What is she on to now?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Some Scottish looking brooches, perhaps?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Dealer Dee is on hand to help. Go, Dee.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- The best thing for me has got to be that citrine.- Yeah.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27That is just a beauty, isn't it?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Would you mind terribly if we take a closer look?- No, not at all.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Purely because... It's a bit of a whopper!
0:03:32 > 0:03:36It is obviously not in gold. Right, OK, so we can see that now.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38So it is just a metal that has been gilded, right?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I mean, I like the fact that it is exactly what you would wear for
0:03:41 > 0:03:46sort of Highland dress, but maybe you could wear that in a more modern way?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Oh, absolutely.- Do you reckon? Yes, yes. Would you wear that?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Maybe pair it with these here?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Oh.- I was thinking that together that might be quite a nice look.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55- THEY LAUGH - A good night out.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Right, stick that back.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- What do you think? I am going to make an offer for it.- OK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00- If that is OK with you.- Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It is £12 ticket, what if I say eight?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Ten?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- Could we make it single figures and go nine? Do you reckon?- Yes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09- Quite happy with that?- Yes.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Dee, I'd like to shake on that, cos I think it's really cool.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And I think for a genuine citrine in a nice, decorative mount,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- you can't really go wrong at nine quid.- No.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Oh, deal done, Dee.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22But Natasha has spied another potential purchase
0:04:22 > 0:04:23when she first arrived.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26So we drove in here, and the first thing
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I saw was this lovely Belfast sink, but it is really big.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Looks really heavy, too.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I'm going to try... I don't think I can shift it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Arrrgh!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Between us, Dee.- Girl power.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Right. So if we have a little look in the basin,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42it looks to be in pretty...pretty good order, actually.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- I don't see any...any scary bits. - No, there is no cracks.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Dee is asking £40 for the old sink. But think carefully,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Natasha, you don't want your profits going down the old plughole.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56What if I said to you I would like to buy it from you at £20?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- I don't know. 30? - What if I said you 28?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Deal.- But do you still get something out of that?- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06She is managing very well so far on limited means.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10I think that is it. I think two items at Alley Cats and I'm done.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Meanwhile, Philip has taken to the road and travelled to Hertford.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18In 1712, the county town saw the last person to be convicted
0:05:18 > 0:05:21for witchcraft in England. Ha!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Philip is heading for his first shop
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and meeting owner Bonnie,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27who may bewitch him.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Now...
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Gah, you've got some things in here, haven't you?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32What is your speciality?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Jewellery.- Jewellery.- Yeah. - So have you got any really good
0:05:34 > 0:05:36bits of jewellery you can show me?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- I do.- Really?- Come along. - Things are looking up, aren't they?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Don't get ahead of yourself, Philip.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48- My favourite piece...- Yeah. - ..is this opal and diamond ring.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Ha, ha, I think that might be out of my price bracket!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Yes, I think you might be right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Is that opal or topaz?- That is opal. - How do you tell the difference?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- I'll show you a topaz.- OK. They look the same to me.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Yeah. Call yourself an expert?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Topaz are transparent and quite blue.- Oh, right!
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Yeah, yeah.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- Opals can vary in colour.- There you are, you can see. It is quite...
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Almost iridescent in a way.- Yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Whereas that is a clear colour, isn't it?- That's correct.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You see, I've learned something now.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I'm about to learn something else as well. So how much is that?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Please.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22This is...
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- £180.- All right.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28And how much is that?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31This is £950.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Right. I think I'm just going to have a quick look around
0:06:33 > 0:06:36and I'll be with you in a moment, Bonnie. Thank you for that.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39That ring is nearly six times Philip's budget.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Perhaps Bonnie has some cheaper stock?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46These are cool things, aren't they?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50These sort of stork thread pullers or whatever they are.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- They are ribbon pullers. - How does that work, then?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Well, in the old days...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57"In the old days..." I was there. I was there!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Yeah, go on.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04They knitted baby's garments rather than mass produced them.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And they were always adorned with ribbons and things.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And to try and get the ribbons through the holes of booties
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- or bonnets...- They pulled that. - ..it was difficult.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- You've got another one here.- I do.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- So that is silver.- It is.- And what is this made from?- Silver-plate.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- That is £95. And how much is the other one?- £250.- OK, fine.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You haven't got any chairs in here, have you? I mean, I just...
0:07:25 > 0:07:29No, just feeling... I'm become a bit faint.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Right.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Is he really?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34He's fine.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36You don't know how low he'll stoop.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Steady, Bonnie. Steady. - You're winding me up.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You nearly knocked me over there, Bonnie.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Philip puts the expensive ribbon puller back in the cabinet
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and the cheaper pair to one side to think about.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I love that. This is...
0:07:53 > 0:07:59This is a desk seal that would have sat on a gentleman's desk.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03And you have got an agate ball that is held by this claw, bird's claw.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05And then you have got this seal here.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07This would have sat on the desk.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10And when he wrote to someone, he would have got his sealing wax
0:08:10 > 0:08:14out, sealed the letter or the envelope with his seal.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17And then to give it his own personal seal, as the wax was hot,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20he just dunk that in there. And off it came.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22These are quite collectable. That is quite fun.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25The ticket price is £65.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28But will Bonnie the blonde bombshell be kind to Philip?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Being as it is you,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- and I'd like you to do well... - Things are looking up. Yeah.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- If you took both of them... - Yeah?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I would do them for 80.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Very generous, Bonnie, that is £70 knocked off.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44- Could you do 70 the two? - FIRMLY:- No.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47HE LAUGHS
0:08:48 > 0:08:51She is not so keen on you now, Phil.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Would you just like to pull that knife...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Just in the middle of my shoulder blades,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I think there is a sharp object sticking out at the minute.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Just there.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- All right. - SHE LAUGHS
0:09:01 > 0:09:03That's my girl!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Philip may have met his match here.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10But Bonnie is not one to miss out on a sale.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Oh, no, she offers a second Victorian seal to make up a job lot.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Is there a deal to be sealed?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Can I give you £80 for that lot? And I can't go any more,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- honestly.- Yes, go on, then.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- Are you sure?- Yeah, that's fine.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- Are you happy with that, honestly? - I'm not really happy,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26but I will accept that.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29You are an angel, thank you very much. Thank you.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- You're welcome. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Philip seems very happy.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37£35 for the two seals, and the ribbon puller for £45.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Cheers now!- Bye!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Natasha has made her way to Central London
0:09:42 > 0:09:44to find out more about
0:09:44 > 0:09:46A British institution that played a vital role in winning
0:09:46 > 0:09:48the First World War.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51The British Postal Museum and Archive is home
0:09:51 > 0:09:54to 2.5 miles of vaults charting the history
0:09:54 > 0:09:56of the General Post Office,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59the forerunner to our modern Postal Service.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00At the start of the war,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02one quarter of a million people were working for the GPO,
0:10:02 > 0:10:07making it the largest single employer of labour in the world.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11The manpower was needed not only to deliver the mail,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15but the GPO was also responsible for telecommunications
0:10:15 > 0:10:18and offered a banking service.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Natasha's host is Head of Collections Chris Taft.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26So, when the war broke out, all this huge number of employees,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28we are talking a quarter of a million people here, who I presume
0:10:28 > 0:10:33- most of whom were men, must have been taken away to the war efforts.- Yeah.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I mean, the Post Office were to supply many
0:10:35 > 0:10:38thousands of men to the war effort.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39By December 1914,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43nearly 30,000 GPO employees had enlisted.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48And many found themselves putting their expert knowledge
0:10:48 > 0:10:50of the Postal Service to good use.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52At the outbreak of the war, one of the most important things was
0:10:52 > 0:10:56to maintain the morale of the troops and of the people at home,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00and so postal communication was absolutely essential to that.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02The government and Army chiefs
0:11:02 > 0:11:04knew that the delivery of post from home to those serving
0:11:04 > 0:11:06on the front line was vital,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10as it was one of the few comforts and distractions to the men.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13The volumes of mail that by the peak of the war were being
0:11:13 > 0:11:15handled by the Post Office were phenomenal.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I mean, you were looking at 12 million letters a week
0:11:17 > 0:11:18being moved to the Western Front.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21You are talking billions over the course of the war.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Oh, yeah, absolutely.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26So efficient was the service, letters took just two to three days
0:11:26 > 0:11:30to get from the front line to the front door of soldiers' families.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34But the Postal Service wasn't just delivering the mail,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36they were reading it, too.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Every piece of correspondence to
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and from the front line was read by an official.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46The government claimed censorship prevented intercepted mail revealing
0:11:46 > 0:11:48military secrets to the enemy,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50but this wasn't the only reason.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52For morale purposes,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55they didn't want the full kind of horrors of what was going on to get
0:11:55 > 0:12:00back to affect people's morale both at home and in the theatres of war.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01The things that people must have read,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04it must have been really heartbreaking for the censors
0:12:04 > 0:12:05to sit there and read these letters
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and then to effectively have to, you know, score them out.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It must have been...taken a certain type of person
0:12:10 > 0:12:12to take on the role of censor.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Yeah. Letters deemed to contain inappropriate information
0:12:16 > 0:12:17were simply destroyed.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Censorship was so time-consuming,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23the Field Service Post Card was introduced to speed things up.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26On the front, you would write simply the address of the person
0:12:26 > 0:12:27to whom it was going.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32And then on the reverse, there was a multiple-choice.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35If you wrote anything on the card beyond what was permitted,
0:12:35 > 0:12:36the card would be destroyed.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Yeah, bold. That is a sort of three-line whip.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41"If anything else is added, the postcard will be destroyed."
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- It is awfully impersonal, isn't it? - Very impersonal.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47All you are permitted to do is score out that which doesn't apply.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50As impersonal as it is, it is actually rather ingenious.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Yeah. And it's important.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57The archive holds a number of letters from riflemen Harry Brown.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00He served under the King's Royal Rifle Corps
0:13:00 > 0:13:04and fought in the trenches in western France.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The story we hear from Harry Brown is quite an emotional story,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11actually. He writes regularly to his mother.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14But then one of the letters his mother sends is sent back to
0:13:14 > 0:13:18her, so it is presumed that Harry has been killed.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Quite often, letters would be returned to
0:13:20 > 0:13:25sender before official news of their loved one's fate had reached them.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29It would mean an agonizing wait to find out
0:13:29 > 0:13:32if they had been injured, captured or tragically killed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35But eventually, she gets a letter back from her son,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39from Harry Brown, who's being held in a German prisoner of war camp.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So now she realises that in fact he is alive.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43He is actually wounded, he has been injured, and he was captured.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45But he is alive.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49In August 1917,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53while interned in a prisoner of war camp in Germany, Harry writes
0:13:53 > 0:13:56to his mother, "Don't worry about me, I am finished with the war."
0:13:56 > 0:13:57But sadly, even though
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Harry survived to see the end of the war, he never made it home.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04What then subsequently happened is he takes ill, again,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07this time with an illness rather than an injury.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10And sadly, just after the war has ended, he dies.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- In the camp?- In the camp.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Harry had inflammation of the lungs
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and was too poorly to make the journey home.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23He died just 16 days after the armistice was signed,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26on 27 November, 1918.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Poor Harry Brown. Gosh, can you imagine what he endured?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32That story of Harry Brown was charted through
0:14:32 > 0:14:33the correspondence, the letters.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36And that is why the collection is so important,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38because it charts that social history story.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It's not about the military history,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43it's about this social history, about what happened to that
0:14:43 > 0:14:46individual and his family and the impact on that family.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51It is now almost impossible to imagine life on the front line
0:14:51 > 0:14:54other than to understand what a huge comfort a letter from
0:14:54 > 0:14:56home would be to the often young
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and scared but honourable men like Harry.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Thank you so much for showing me around.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I feel like I have learned a lot.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Thank you very much. - You're very welcome.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Philip has made his way to Hemel Hempstead.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12His next shop is in the Old Town district,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16on a street claimed to be one of the prettiest in Hertfordshire.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Cherry Antiques is run by dealer Scott.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Hello!- Hi there.- Hi, Philip. - I'm Scott.- Scott, how are you?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Yeah, nice to meet you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26This is the sort of place where you think you are going to find
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- something.- Here's hoping.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Yeah, well, all we got to do is start looking now.- Yeah.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Spend that £86 wisely, Philip.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36He is onto something, though, already.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38The Silver Fox at work.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Those are quite cool. How much are those?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- I'll do you a good price on those. - Can you?- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Philip has found some 1920s Art Deco burr walnut chairs.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52They are priced at £90 for the four. Wow.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54And what could you do those for, then?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Very, very, very best would be 60.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01One to think about. While he is thinking...
0:16:01 > 0:16:04What I'm going to try and do is to see if I can
0:16:04 > 0:16:07make up a job lot of prints.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09How much is that print?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- A couple of pounds.- OK.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I think that is quite nice, you know. So, how much is that?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Is that another pound or two?- Yes.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Philip has picked out a selection of five prints.- Could I bid you...?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Yep.- Could I bid you five pounds and £45?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Yeah, happy with that. - You are a gentleman, sir.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39That is a cracking deal on the four chairs.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Philip's got them for half their ticket price.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Scott, you've been very kind to me, I better pay you.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47And he has paid a pound apiece for the five prints.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Let's hope there's a dog lover at the auction. Ha!
0:16:52 > 0:16:56One day down, one to go for our duelling duo.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Time for a well-earned rest all round.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00OK, night-night, you two.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It's day two of the road trip.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Let's get down to business, here.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I am six quid in front, and I want to keep it that way.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I still can't believe how I didn't come out
0:17:15 > 0:17:17of the last auction another 100 quid up.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Phil, you need to get over it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Yesterday, Natasha spent £37 on two items -
0:17:23 > 0:17:25a Scottish plaid brooch
0:17:25 > 0:17:27with a large oval citrine
0:17:27 > 0:17:28and a big sink -
0:17:28 > 0:17:32leaving her with £136.12.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Philip spent £130 on a folio of prints,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40four Art Deco walnut chairs, two Victorian letter stamps
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and a pair of silver-plated ribbon pullers, as you do.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49After that spending spree, Philip has £36.96 left for today.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Our pairs' next stop is just a few miles from Aylesbury.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Philip has come to Stoke Mandeville's sports stadium
0:17:57 > 0:18:00to find out how a small patch of land behind a hospital became
0:18:00 > 0:18:04the birthplace of the world's second biggest sporting event.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I am so looking forward to this.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- I think...- I am really, really looking forward to it.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- ..you're going to be very inspired, Mr Serrell.- Very humbled.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Humbled and inspired. - Very, very humbled.- Here we are.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- You take care.- You too, bye.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Have a really lousy day!
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Thanks, Phil(!)
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- Bye.- Bye!
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Stoke Mandeville Hospital is home to one of the largest
0:18:25 > 0:18:29and the oldest spinal injuries centres in the world.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32It was founded by a neurologist in 1944 who had a radical
0:18:32 > 0:18:34approach to rehabilitation.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38And Philip is meeting former hospital patient Martin McElhatton
0:18:38 > 0:18:44to find out how Dr Ludwig Guttmann's ground-breaking treatment work.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48He introduced a comprehensive medical model of treatment
0:18:48 > 0:18:51for people coming back from the war with spinal injuries.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55In what way exactly was he different to the way everybody else
0:18:55 > 0:18:56treated spinal injuries?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Well, he brought all the knowledge from around the world together
0:18:59 > 0:19:01into, you know, his treatment.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And he treated the patients really in a fantastic way.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07And they even called him Poppa.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10You know, a very affectionate name of how much they felt about him.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Before Dr Guttmann, unthinkable though it is now,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18the paralysed were considered untreatable.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Up until the mid-1940s, eight out of ten spinal injury patients
0:19:23 > 0:19:25died within three years of paralysis.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29However, Dr Guttmann's visionary approach changed
0:19:29 > 0:19:31the course of thousands of lives.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34He made sure they had the right medical care.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You know, the right physiotherapy.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40But he also felt that there was something missing in the treatment.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41And he loved sports.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45He felt that sport would add that dimension of comradery
0:19:45 > 0:19:50and psychological wellbeing for the injured servicemen and women.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54This pioneering notion led to the world's first sporting
0:19:54 > 0:19:58competition for disabled people - the Stoke Mandeville Games.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The brainchild of Dr Guttmann,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03it took place on the hospital lawns on the very same day
0:20:03 > 0:20:07as the Opening Ceremony of the 1948 London Olympics.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09How wonderful.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Presumably, I mean, this wasn't here then.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16No, there was nothing here, just green fields and a car park
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and the old huts that are behind us.
0:20:18 > 0:20:2414 men and two women, all injured military personnel, competed.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Well, initially, they did things
0:20:26 > 0:20:30like archery, because the chairs were very big and cumbersome.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34So, you know, doing other sports that involve propelling
0:20:34 > 0:20:36the wheelchair was probably more difficult.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40But athletics was done. And they did javelin.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44The referees were made up of doctors and nurses.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47It was nothing more than a glorified sports day.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But Dr Guttmann had started something remarkable.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55We had 16 in the first games in 1948.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00And by 1956, that had grown to 130 competitors.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02And in London 2012,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06around 5,000 athletes from all over the world.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10The Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner to the Paralympic Games.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Today, a modern stadium sits alongside the hospital.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And what would Guttmann have thought of all of this?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I think he would have been amazed. I think he would be really proud.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24And I think, you know, he would have wanted more.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Because he was a guy who, I think, always wanted to push
0:21:28 > 0:21:29the boundaries.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34And by pushing those boundaries, he enabled so many men
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and women around the world to achieve their sporting dreams.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39He always had the vision there would be
0:21:39 > 0:21:43an Olympics for the paralysed or a parallel Olympics,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and that is where the term Paralympics comes from.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Dr Guttmann's legacy has helped
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Martin achieve his sporting dreams too.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Aged 18, he was hit by a lorry and left paralysed.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57He was treated at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
0:21:57 > 0:22:01and had to learn how to adjust to life in a wheelchair.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02What was your sport, Martin?
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Well, I played wheelchair basketball in the 1984 Paralympic Games,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08which happened to be here, in Stoke Mandeville.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- So you have pulled your Olympic vest on?- Yes!- What did that feel like?
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Well, it was an inspirational moment and something you feel hugely
0:22:16 > 0:22:18honoured and proud to represent your country.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24When Dr Guttmann died in 1980, his dream of a Paralympic Games being
0:22:24 > 0:22:27held in parallel with the Olympic Games
0:22:27 > 0:22:28was still yet to happen.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33It wasn't until Seoul in 1988 that both games happened together.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36So, Martin, you've got some ephemera here.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Is this all one person's?
0:22:38 > 0:22:42No, it is a selection from our archive here, at Stoke Mandeville,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46which tells the story of Dr Guttmann
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and the Paralympic movement
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and, you know, really about some of the individual athletes who
0:22:52 > 0:22:56have been inspirational as part of that story.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I bet he didn't realise what he was creating, did he?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03For me, personally, if he hadn't done what he did,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07I wouldn't have had the opportunity to take part in Paralympic sport.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11I don't think Dr Guttmann is on his own in being an inspiration,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- really, you know.- Thank you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Natasha's motored the Porsche to Tetsworth, in Oxfordshire.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29She is heading for The Swan Antiques Centre
0:23:29 > 0:23:32with her remaining £136.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Housed in a historic Grade II listed Elizabethan coaching inn,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41there are not many prettier places to shop in.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Paul is the man in charge.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44I recognise you!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46How lovely to see you. Thank you very much.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Look at these surroundings, you are not slumming it around here, are you?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52We certainly are not slumming it. It is absolutely fantastic.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Elizabeth I stayed here, Queen Victoria stayed here.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Do you know what?
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- You play your cards right, you might be able to stay here.- Oh.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Now, there is an offer!
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Maybe see how the shopping goes first, eh?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I think I am going to
0:24:07 > 0:24:10work my way to the top
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and then work my way back down again.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14There is plenty of stock, but Natasha needs to
0:24:14 > 0:24:17focus on finding something in her price range.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20OK, I'm going to go this way. No, no, that looks like...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22serious oil paintings. I'm going to go this way.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24No oil paintings, please.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29This is a nice wee room, this.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I'm going to have more of a look cos there are trinkety things.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Trinkety things is what I am after.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38She is drawn to a French hand-painted pin dish.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42And it is porcelain. It is actually on a little porcelain dish.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45And you can see it has got a little bit of crazing on it. Not really.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47It is in nice condition overall.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I think that is a really sweet little stand.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55This pretty little dish dates from the late 19th century.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57It sports a ticket price of £80.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01It is just a decorative thing, but it is absolutely beautiful.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04There certainly won't be two of these at the auction.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06But this would be a gamble piece.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Lovely though it is, it is not going to have wide appeal.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10It is £80.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13But I would quite like to get it for half that price.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18So I reckon if I could maybe push Paul a little...
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Good luck with that!
0:25:21 > 0:25:22I think that is a nice thing.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- That is French, 19th century, the papillon, the butterflies.- Yeah.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- What do you reckon?- A symbol of the soul.- A symbol of the soul set free.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29What do you reckon?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Natasha was hoping to get this for half the ticket price.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35If I knocked you a tenner off... So what has it got on it? 80.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- If I said 70?- We could round it down to 70. Do you know what?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I love the little papillon.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42For 70 quid, shall we shake on it?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- Let's shake on it.- Yay! - Merci, madame.- Merci and thank you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Tres bon! A deal done for the French hand-painted dish.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Make sure you come back now. - I will, thank you.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54She has made a good impression there.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58The next shop for both our road trippers is the picturesque
0:25:58 > 0:25:59town of Wendover.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Phil has stolen a lead on Natasha,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05so he is getting first pick at the local antiques centre.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Hopefully, dealer Mike knows where the bargains can be found.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Have a look in this room. There is a cabinet full of curiosities.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14And lots of bits and bobs.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18EARLY 1900S PIANO MUSIC
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Oh, I like that.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Yes, I do like that.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Labelled as a fireman's hose nozzle and priced at £35.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33- What could that be?- As it is you, and all that old gag.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- 27.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Seeing as it was me, I was hoping for like 15 or 20.
0:26:39 > 0:26:4325 quid is the bottom line.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45That is ten pounds off the asking price
0:26:45 > 0:26:49and within Philip's remaining budget of £36.96.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Anything else catch your eye?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58People think of antiques as being perhaps furniture and porcelain
0:26:58 > 0:27:02and bits of silver. But now, you know, it is
0:27:02 > 0:27:07all garden implements, it is all this sort of ephemera that
0:27:07 > 0:27:11relates to our social history, in a way, and I just love it.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13And I love these, look at these.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15These are fantastic. Now...
0:27:16 > 0:27:22These are for fitting on the hooves of ponies.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25If you can imagine in the 19th century,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27a big country house with a croquet lawn at the front.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29When it was mowed,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32there wasn't any cylinder lawnmower or whatever.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Your mower was pulled by a team of ponies or horses.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38You didn't want the horses' hooves to sink in
0:27:38 > 0:27:41to your lovely, beautifully manicured
0:27:41 > 0:27:45croquet lawn. So the ponies had little booties. Aren't they cool?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49They are also 160 quid.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52And the only thing that just confused me a little bit,
0:27:52 > 0:27:57there is only two there. I don't know that many two-legged ponies.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59With the horse shoe back on the shelf,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Phil has settled on the hose nozzle.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Time to shout for Mike.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Mike! Come into my office.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Do have a seat.- Thank you.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- Maybe some wax fruit would be nice. - Absolutely right.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Now, I really like that.- Mm-hm.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I'm not sure, actually,
0:28:16 > 0:28:21whether it was a fireman's nozzle or it was just a big country house type
0:28:21 > 0:28:24of thing because that ain't going to put out much of a fire, really.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26And all of this is me working around to the fact
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- that I do want to buy it off you. - But? I can hear but.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Yeah, no, you have been very, very kind to me, but... 20 quid.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- 23, bottom line. - That won't get us anywhere, that.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40The dealer has got TWO ex-wives to keep.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Thank you very much.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Thank goodness he hasn't three divorces!
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Even so, that is a generous settlement off the ticket price.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Oh, look! Natasha has finally arrived in Wendover.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Look out.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Oh, it is Serrell.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07What a lovely way to shove it in my face, as you stuff your face,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09that I've still got things to buy.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Finish that off. It is rude to speak with your mouth full.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I'm glad you're... You've been minding your manners.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18But you are awfully cheeky for starting without me.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I will remember this. Thanks, Phil.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- See you in a sec.- This really is very, very good, honestly.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24It really is.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Wasting no time, Natasha delves deep to find a bargain...or two.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Phil has had a little look.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38He has had first dibs, so he will probably have singled out
0:29:38 > 0:29:39the best thing at the best price,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42and I will be left with everything else, but come on, there is
0:29:42 > 0:29:46so much stuff in here, I reckon I can find something.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Search and ye shall find.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Dealer Sarah is ready to help.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- I saw a really cute thing in here. - Oh!
0:29:53 > 0:29:56It is ridiculously cheap and it is a sweet little thing.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58And I am guessing that it is not silver.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00But it is a little sewing machine.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02But seeing as I have very little money,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04things with a five-pound price tag
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- are starting to appeal. - Appealing to you.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13Yeah. Out of the cabinet, it actually looks better in the light.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- It looks really sweet. - I think it is rather sweet.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- It is unusual, isn't it? - Yeah, cos it is really well worked.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19All the parts are there of the sewing machine.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23You've even got the sort of wheel at the back doing all the turning.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24And it is a really cute thing.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Can Natasha get this tiny bracelet charm for a tiny price?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30If I were to offer you three pounds for it,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32how would you feel about that?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- I think that'd be fine. - You think you can deal with that?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36I think that will be absolutely fine.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- Let's shake on the three quid. - Yes, absolutely.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Another deal sewn up, and for three pounds!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I'd say there is hope of a little profit.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- But Natasha isn't finished yet. - I just caught this.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50And, you know, this is something that has caught my eye for one
0:30:50 > 0:30:53particular reason - because everything about it is quite pretty.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57It is lovely. On a distance, on a shelf, you would just say,
0:30:57 > 0:30:58"Oh, that is so sweet."
0:30:58 > 0:31:01You have got lovely hand-painted decoration on this very
0:31:01 > 0:31:05sort of Bristol blue glass with a nice kind of frilly top
0:31:05 > 0:31:07and what looks to be the original stopper.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Let's have a wee look, let's see if we can see the pontil mark.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Yep, you know, it's nicely hand-blown.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15It is just a good thing.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18But what is not particularly pretty is the fact that whoever
0:31:18 > 0:31:20has taken the time to paint this,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23they have not done the best job with her sweet little face.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26She has got sweet little hands with a pointing finger,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29dainty little feet, a sweet little waist and a cute little haircut.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32And on the face, they have just been a wee bit sloppy.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33She's right.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37The label only indicates this decanter MIGHT be painted
0:31:37 > 0:31:41by Mary Gregory, who was an American woman and fine enameller of glass.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44This story is told that she was an old lady who painted
0:31:44 > 0:31:46the children she never had.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Whether this tale is true is questionable,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52but without a doubt, her pieces are very collectable. But!
0:31:52 > 0:31:53She was a perfectionist
0:31:53 > 0:31:56and would certainly never have painted ugly chops like that.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01Now, it has got that age-old motif written on their - A/F.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03So sold as found.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06So there has got to be some damage somewhere.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07So see if we can source it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Yeah, there is a little bit of a crack where the handle meets
0:32:12 > 0:32:14the neck of the decanter.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18It has a fair ticket price of £28.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Sarah, out of all the lovely things in the shop,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I have been attracted to this sort of glistening blue decanter.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Isn't it lovely?- It is a little bit damaged, it is noted on the label.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30So I was thinking of making an offer, it's a wee bit cheeky.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- OK.- But I thought, seeing as we have become such good friends...
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- You wouldn't be offended. - It is worth a try.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38You would take it in good humour and you wouldn't slap me across the face.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42I'm going to offer 18. And see what you can do for me.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Sarah needs to put Natasha's cheeky offer to the dealer
0:32:45 > 0:32:46selling the decanter.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Time for a quick phone call.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- She said if you make it 20, then you could have it.- Oh...
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- Two pounds more.- What about if I said 19? Just for a laugh.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Oh, how about 19 for a laugh?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Yeah, you sure?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05OK. Great. Thanks, Chloe. Thanks very much.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Natasha has haggled hard,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09getting around a third of the ticket price
0:33:09 > 0:33:13knocked off the decanter, plus the bracelet charm for three pounds.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Could these be the lots to get Natasha a big profit?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22As this leg of the journey draws to a close, here's
0:33:22 > 0:33:25a rundown of what Philip and Natasha bought on their travels.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Natasha started the road trip by picking up a Scottish plaid
0:33:28 > 0:33:31brooch and a large Belfast sink.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32As you do.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36She also bought a hand-painted pin dish, a white metal bracelet
0:33:36 > 0:33:39charm and a blue glass decanter depicting a Victorian girl.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44The five lots cost Natasha £129.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Philip's purchases include a folio of prints,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51a set of four Art Deco burr walnut chairs,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53two Victorian letters seals,
0:33:53 > 0:33:57a silver-plated ribbon puller in the shape of a stork
0:33:57 > 0:34:00and a 19th-century copper and brass nozzle.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03All that lot cost him £153.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05What did they think of each other's buys?
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Phil has done a great job.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10It doesn't matter how poor the condition of those prints is
0:34:10 > 0:34:13because they are not foxed, so it is salvageable.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15And for a fiver, they'll do fine.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17I really, really love that oval dish.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21I think it is pure Victorian. But it is such a lovely, lovely thing.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24And if you can find two people at the auction who really want that
0:34:24 > 0:34:27and covet it, it could go and make a lot of money for her.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31£45 for four Art Deco chairs could be all the money. I'm not sure.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33They could make 100, they could make 20,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35such is the story with furniture these days.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38So not too sure, but I think he has got the balance just right.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39He will do fine with those.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43The sink, however, there is an exception to every rule.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I think she might just go down the plugger with that.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51It's time now to turn those lots into a profit
0:34:51 > 0:34:54and head to auction in Chiswick, in West London.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57This is my Mecca. This is my Mecca!
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Natasha is enjoying her time in the capital already.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01I don't think she gets out much.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05I think you think this is a fairground ride, honestly.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06Scream if you want to go faster!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Aaaah!
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Almost there, Philip. Hold on tight.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15High Road Auctions is the venue for today's sale.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Ross Mercer is our auctioneer today. He knows his stuff.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20But what does he think about our items?
0:35:20 > 0:35:24My favourite has got to be the Art Deco chairs.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25The last of the good quality furniture.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27They are newly upholstered.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29They should attract quite a lot of bidders.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35One of the items that may struggle is the costume jewellery brooch.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40Coloured piece of glass looking like a citrine but not quite the quality.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44As Ross takes to the rostrum - ha - our experts take their seats.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- First up, lovely, is your brooch. - I know.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Our Glasgow girl was quite taken
0:35:49 > 0:35:50with this brooch.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51Hopefully, someone in the room
0:35:51 > 0:35:53is just as keen.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I've got a bid here at five pounds.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Oh, off to the races.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58At eight pounds, bid me ten.
0:35:58 > 0:36:0112 now. 15, do I hear?
0:36:01 > 0:36:0415 now on the telephone. At £15.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05A phone bidder!
0:36:05 > 0:36:07From Scotland.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Last chance, going to sell it now
0:36:09 > 0:36:12to my colleague on the telephone at £15.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- That's all right. - It's £15.- I'll take that.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17A steady start.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21First up for Philip, his folio of prints.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Maybe this chap wants to get his paws on dog pictures.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Let's find out. Arrr!
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I've got bids here at ten pounds.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Against you at ten.
0:36:29 > 0:36:3215, I will take. 15. 20 now.
0:36:32 > 0:36:3320 bid on the phone. I'll take five.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3525. 30 now.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39£30 bid with my colleague, left-hand side. 30. Last chance.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Going to sell it now
0:36:40 > 0:36:43to the telephone at £30.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45That's remarkable, isn't it?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47That is excellent!
0:36:47 > 0:36:48I'm please with that.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Very pleased, very pleased.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Five prints, bought for a pound each
0:36:52 > 0:36:54and turning a £25 profit.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Now that is how to do it.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Next to go under the gavel is Natasha's big Belfast sink.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Just the job for London.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Ten pounds surely for it. Five I will take.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06It has got to make a pound.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- A pound on bid.- A pound?- Two. Three.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Five pounds bid. Eight. Ten. 12.
0:37:11 > 0:37:1415 I have. At £15. 20 bid on the phone.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17At £20. Probably broken a record here somewhere.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- At 20.- Hey!- All done?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Bad luck, the first loss of the day.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27But there is still time to claw it all back.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Philip's fire hose nozzle is next.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Ten pounds, it's no money.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Ten pounds bid. At ten. 12. £12. Bid me 14.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- 14.- OK.- 16 bid. 18 now.
0:37:38 > 0:37:4020 bid. And two.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- At £22 I'm bid. The gentleman stood in front, at 22.- So close.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Clearly, I paid the right price for it.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48£22.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5024, may I say? £24 bid.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Profit!- At £24, then.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55At £24...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Sadly, after commission is deducted,
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Philip is going to be a little out of pocket.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Now, Natasha's blue decanter,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06enamelled with a face that looks
0:38:06 > 0:38:08as if it launched 1,000 ships.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Will she appeal to any bidders?
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Five pounds? At five pounds. Bid ten.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- 15. 20. New bidder at 20.- Why?
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Five now.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- £20. 25.- OK, OK.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20£25. £25, lady's bid.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Sitting in the front row at 25.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Thank you!
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Well done.- You bought a nice thing.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Oh, yes. Decent profit for Natasha there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Philip has received some bad news about his next lot.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Do you remember those two seals? - Mm-hm.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39There was the bone one and the agate one.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Ah-ha, yeah, they were pretty nice. - Yeah, one of them has gone astray.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Oh, no! Has it been lost? - Yeah. Don't know where.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Philip paid £35 for the two seals.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53An insurance valuation for the lot was given at £65.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58If the one remaining seal sells for less,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Philip will get the insurance valuation.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05But if it makes more in the sale, Philip is even better off.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Ten pounds on bid in the books. At ten pounds. 15 now.
0:39:08 > 0:39:1120 there. At 20. 25. 30.
0:39:11 > 0:39:1330 bid. 35.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Sure? At £30, through to the back, at 30.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Do you know what? It has done all right on its own.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22Stood at the back of the seating, at £30. I'm going to sell it.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24So, the gavel is down at £30.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28And Philip's insurance valuation is £65,
0:39:28 > 0:39:31which means he has actually made a £30 profit.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Natasha paid just three pounds for this bracelet charm.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Five pounds starts me.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Five pounds I'm bid. At eight. - Get in, girl, get in.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4112 in the centre. At 14?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42£12, I have.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44In the centre of the seating at 12.
0:39:44 > 0:39:4514.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4616. At £16.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Do you know what? You should have bought the whole charm bracelet
0:39:50 > 0:39:51and chopped them up.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Last chance. Going to the gentleman at £16.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58So, five times what Natasha paid
0:39:58 > 0:40:00for it, that really is charming. Ha!
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Next up, Philip's ribbon puller.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04£20 starts.
0:40:04 > 0:40:0720 bid. 25. 30.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Five with you, sir. At 35.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Straight in now 40. Left-hand side at 40.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14At £40.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18- Lady's bid at £40 only. I am going to sell them on at 40.- Oh, Phil.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Don't make a loss, don't make a loss, no!- At £40...
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Yes, it is a loss. But only a small one.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28The auctioneer expected Philip's chairs to do well. Was he right?
0:40:28 > 0:40:31We have got bids at £40. Straight in at 40.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Five now. At 45.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3650 bid. 50. Five now. 55. 60.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Oh!
0:40:40 > 0:40:4365. At £70 bid now.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Come all this way, sir. 75.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49£75 now. 85. Still worth it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52£85. At 85.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5490 bid.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Come along. At £85.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- Gentleman in the seating at 85. - This is exciting.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I'm going to sell it to the gentleman.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- You should say thank you to your man behind you.- He is a good chap.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Philip has almost doubled his money.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Excellent stuff.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11The pressure is on for Natasha.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And next up is her gamble buy.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16She spent £70 on this little pin dish.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19But will it bring big bids?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I've got bids here at ten pounds.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Bid on the books at ten.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Take 12 from you. At £12.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Bid me 14. 14. 16. At 16.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Why is he going in twos?
0:41:29 > 0:41:31A minute ago he was moving in fivers.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Now with Rachel, 20 bid.- It is not looking good.- With the lady at 20.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- In the seating at £20.- Say 25, don't say 22.- I'll take five from you.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43- It is a lovely item.- Yeah. - At £20. Last chance at £20.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45We are going to sell it to the lady at 20...
0:41:45 > 0:41:50- Oh, that is really horrific. - Oh, that is a big, big ouch.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54That is sort of physically sore as well as mentally bruising.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58I know, Natasha, such a disappointing end. Bad luck.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Do you know what, lovely? I think I had a bit of luck there.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04In auction terms, well, it is two on to me, isn't it?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Onwards and upwards. Come on, you OK?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09(Well done.)
0:42:10 > 0:42:15Natasha started this leg with £173.12.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21After paying auction house fees, she is down £50.28. Oh, dear.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27As a result, Natasha has £122.84 to start next time.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Philip has stolen the lead, starting with £166.96.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36And after costs, he is up £47.08,
0:42:36 > 0:42:42leaving Mr Serrell with £214.04 in his kitty to carry forward.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45All right, go, go, go! Before the bus comes.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Where are we off to, guv'nor? - Well, Brighton, darling, Brighton.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- I am getting farther from home and so are you.- We can see the sea.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- There is every chance we might. - Woo-hoo! Whoo!
0:42:57 > 0:43:00# Let's go to the seaside! #
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Next time on Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:03 > 0:43:07As Natasha does her best not to upset the dealers...
0:43:07 > 0:43:09I only want to be honest, not offensive.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11..Philip is busy offending our ears.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I don't know any more.