0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I don't know what to do! SHE BEEPS HORN
0:00:06 > 0:00:11With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Well, an old diamond.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Back in the game. Charlie!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Oh!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Now, you'd think our experts at least would be au fait
0:00:40 > 0:00:41with the rules of the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I really ought to buy something that might make a profit.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- There's a thought.- It certainly is.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Although, in truth, Paul Laidlaw's grasped the nettle this week.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- Is it expensive?- Oh, no.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55While Christina Trevanion has been badly stung.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Ah! Have I won anything...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- this week?- You've won my respect.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Ha! So, losing 4-0 and over £600 adrift,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Christina sets out on the final leg with mixed feelings.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13There's the part of me that is going to miss you,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15just so lovely to be with.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And then there's the part of me that is not going to miss being
0:01:18 > 0:01:21hammered at every single auction that we go to.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Oh!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Yes, Christina's so far managed to shrink her £200 stake
0:01:26 > 0:01:30to just £145.90.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33While Paul, who began with the same sum, has done very much
0:01:33 > 0:01:37the opposite, starting our final leg
0:01:37 > 0:01:39with £750.96 at his disposal.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Beep, beep. How do we honk?
0:01:42 > 0:01:43I've not sussed honking yet.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Where's honking?- Over there.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Oh!- Press harder.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Our trip began in Clare, in Suffolk,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53before careering around the heart of England
0:01:53 > 0:01:58and then heading north, to end up at a Cheshire auction in Northwich.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Today, the HMC Mark IV starts out in the Staffordshire city of Lichfield
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and motors towards that date with destiny
0:02:05 > 0:02:08in the aforementioned Northwich.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Now, if our two rummagers do ever look up whilst in Lichfield,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17they will be awarded with the sight of the only medieval English
0:02:17 > 0:02:20cathedral boasting three spires. How's that?!
0:02:20 > 0:02:24But first things first, and they are in this one together.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27This is my last chance to impress you.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30You don't need to try!
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Oh, I think I do.- Yes, really, she does.- Here we are.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Lichfield Antiques Centre. And good morning. Hello. Who are you?
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- I'm Paul.- Paul. Oh, Paul.- That's a name I won't forget for once.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- I love it.- Hang on a second, your OCD says you have to go clockwise.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Yes.- OK, see you later. THEY LAUGH
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Not really. He's just very particular.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Could always count his profits to calm down, though.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58These two do face very different problems.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03I do have to be very tactical, don't I, this time? Very tactical.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- If I'm to regain a shred of dignity whatsoever.- So, not spend much then?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Whether I've got 200 or £700 to spend, my outlook is the same,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- I kid you not.- We'll see.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Now, what's first out of the cabinets, then?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Isn't that lovely?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Black Forest wares are really, really popular at the moment.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The carved animals, you know, those wonderful bear and mother groups.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The term "Black Forest carving" actually originated
0:03:28 > 0:03:32in Switzerland in the early 1800s, and they weren't overly fashionable,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34but in the last sort of 10 or 15 years,
0:03:34 > 0:03:35they've gone massively fashionable
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and are achieving some really fantastic prices at auction.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40That's fab, I like that.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46- How much is on that?- That he has got...45.- 45.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- And is there any flexibility on price on that?- I could do that for 40.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Mmm, got anything cheaper?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I love these. Little Rolls-Royce condiments.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Yes.- So, so sweet.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02You just can't mistake that Rolls-Royce logo, can you?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05And my father, bless him... I grew up with lots of Rolls-Royce
0:04:05 > 0:04:08memorabilia around our house, because my dad was an apprentice
0:04:08 > 0:04:10to Rolls-Royce, in Crewe, in the 1960s and '70s.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Much cheaper, £10 for those.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17It really does bring back a lot of childhood memories,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21which is worrying because am I buying them with my heart? Probably yes.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26But I think there is quite a healthy collectors club for Rolls-Royce memorabilia.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Oh, yeah. Good point. Especially as the auction is online.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Now, that's very Paul. See what I mean?
0:04:33 > 0:04:38So, I spy what looks like a mid-20th century
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Bakelite cased office wall clock,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44made by Smiths. Big manufacturer of such clocks.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50But what's odd about that clock, that's not a 12 hour sweep,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53that is a 20 minute sweep.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So what on earth am I looking at?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00"I don't know" is the answer. Until we look at the price tag.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02It tells us, "Very rare."
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Well, I get that.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09"World War II RAF darkroom 20 minute clock,
0:05:09 > 0:05:13"used when developing photographs taken over enemy territory."
0:05:13 > 0:05:17So, not only is it a sort of clock, but militaria, too.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Two of his favourite boxes ticked.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21CLOCK RINGS
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And apparently it's got an alarm feature as well.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25HE LAUGHS
0:05:25 > 0:05:27What have I done?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28CLOCK RINGS
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Blimey.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34I suspect, to some collector, this is a good buy at £85.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Now my fear is, it is so obscure
0:05:38 > 0:05:39and so utterly useless,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43that's maybe not such a bargain as we might think.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46There's only one way to find out, Paul.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Meanwhile, Christina is about to turn on the charm. Watch this.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Chris? It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Well, I mean, apart from the damage
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and, you know, it is very broken, isn't it? And pretty ugly.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You don't really want to keep it, do you?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01SHE LAUGHS
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Can we say 25?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Is that all right?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10You're a legend. He said 25 is fine.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Brilliant, Chris, you are an angel, thank you so much, have a lovely day.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Good price. Now, what about the Rolls-Royce of condiments?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22- Or something like that. - OK, thank you. He said eight.- Eight.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Can I phone... Can I speak to him? Ian, right, come on, Ian.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Come on, give us the double whammy.- Hi, Ian.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Christina would like to talk to you. - Thank you.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Hi, Ian, how are you?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I do like them, but I'm thinking more sort of a fiver, really,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40would probably be more my budget. What's your thoughts?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43You're an angel. Thank you so much. So we'll say £5.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I know, you're going to go to heaven, darling, I promise. SHE LAUGHS
0:06:46 > 0:06:51£30 in total, and she's managing very well so far on limited means.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57But what about old moneybags?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- My problem with it is, it ain't a clock.- No.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03You cannae hang that onto your kitchen wall,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07your office wall and enjoy it. It is redundant because it is a timer.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Sure, sure.- And you cannae even use it to cook your eggs.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14THEY LAUGH
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Is there anyway that price could be worked on? - Yes, yes, we could do something.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'd love to buy it for 30 quid, something like that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- I'll see what he says. - Yes, that's all I can ask.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I suspect it might be...a step too far.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28So while our Paul carries on looking,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31shopkeeper Paul takes to the phones.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Looks like there may be something else to consider too.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35This is uber sexy.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Yes, some WMF.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Whose is this stuff?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- This is mine and Madeline's- Really?
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- So I'm now talking to the organ grinder?- Yes.- This is better.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52He bought some different WMF earlier in the week. Did well, too.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I bought the christening set.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57So you are experts on Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00which rolls off the tongue, of course. Ja?
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- IN GERMAN ACCENT: - Ja! Es ist gut. Very interesting, to say the least.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It is slightly scary, to be honest with you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11So we have got this little... It has got to be a whirlpool,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14it would be unfair to say it is an eddy, it is stronger than that.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18And there is this wee kid caught up in it, and looking
0:08:18 > 0:08:23somewhat terrified, because there's a Komodo dragon coming at it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It is a bizarre concoction, it really is.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29But as such, it is a joy.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Quite. The ticket price is £275, plus shopkeeper Paul has managed
0:08:34 > 0:08:38to get a £50 price for the clock.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41So is our Paul about to splash some of that cash?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I'd like 250 for it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Don't put it away!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48THEY LAUGH
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I fear I must.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Seriously, it is £120 worth to me. - Ah!
0:08:53 > 0:08:54That's harsh, harsh.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- If you will make it 180.- It is too strong for me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I think the very best I could do, and it hurts me, is 150.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- I still think it is too much of a gamble for me.- 130.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Come on, for- £10. You're right, you're right, you're right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14That's 130, plus 50 for the clock.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You can almost hear the cogs whirring.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- I'm ahead of the game, I can take a loss.- Good man.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24And he said his pile of cash wouldn't change him. Ha!
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Right, I'll follow you and settle my debt.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Thank you very much.- Pleasure. Next time.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Now, Dr Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield
0:09:35 > 0:09:39and memorably described it as a city of philosophers.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43He almost certainly had one particular resident in mind,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and Christina has come to find out about Erasmus Darwin.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Hello.- Christina.- You must be Tony. - I am Tony.- How lovely to meet you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Welcome to Darwin House.- Shall we go have a little look around? - I think we should.- Thank you.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59This house was once the home of one of Britain's greatest polymaths,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03a highly successful physician, who was also a scientist,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05a poet and a naturalist.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Darwin's work had a huge influence on his much more famous relative.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Explain to me about Erasmus Darwin, because I've heard of Charles.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, which is my home town.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18But I've not heard of Erasmus before?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Erasmus was Charles' grandfather.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23We've set the house in 1770,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26because it was when he began to talk about evolution.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- In 1770?- In 1770.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Erasmus was talking about evolution? - He was, yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35I thought that it was Darwin that was doing evolution, in 18...
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Charles had to get the idea from somewhere.- Really?!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Erasmus Darwin would go on to publish poetry that
0:10:41 > 0:10:44expressed his theories about the origins of life.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Controversial stuff in the late 18th century,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50but it all began with his fascination with botany.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56That picture there was painted in 1756 or thereabouts.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00And is of a great bindweed, which is something you see in our hedgerows.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Yeah, I think of it as a quintessentially English or British plant.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Absolutely. But, in the middle of the flower, there's a stripy beetle,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09which only occurs in the Caribbean.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Darwin was posed the question,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14"How can there be a great bindweed in the Caribbean and in England?"
0:11:14 > 0:11:17And normally what you would have said at that stage was, well,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20God created one for the Caribbean, and one for us.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24What Darwin concluded was that it had developed in the Caribbean
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and also developed in England.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29That is a tremendous conclusion to come to.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Couple that with some fossils which Josiah Wedgwood sent to Darwin,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and Darwin said, "I really don't understand them.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39"What are fish doing in the middle of mountains?"
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It was the great age of enlightenment,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43and they were working things out.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45And they were daring to actually get rid
0:11:45 > 0:11:48of the conventions of the past...
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- And challenge them? - And challenge them if necessary.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Add to those two things the fact that he noticed
0:11:54 > 0:11:56the competition between animals.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Putting all this together,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01he really came up with Survival Of The Fittest.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03But I thought his grandson was credited with that?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06He was credited with it, but it's there, look:
0:12:06 > 0:12:08"Organic life, beneath the shoreless waves
0:12:08 > 0:12:12"Was born and nurs'd in ocean's pearly caves
0:12:12 > 0:12:15"First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass
0:12:15 > 0:12:19"Move on the mud, or pierced the watery mass
0:12:19 > 0:12:22"These, as successive generations bloom
0:12:22 > 0:12:26"New powers acquire and larger limbs assume
0:12:26 > 0:12:30"Whence countless groups of vegetation spring
0:12:30 > 0:12:33"And breathing realms of fin, and feet and wing."
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- That is it. That's evolution. - Absolutely.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39But as well as inspiring his grandson's work,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Erasmus was also a prolific inventor.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Although he never actually registered a patent,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48his incredible mind was forever supplying solutions to the
0:12:48 > 0:12:49problems of his time.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54This is his steering mechanism which he developed for carriages.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56His solution was a differential,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00so the wheels turn at different angles by putting in this bar here.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01This axle behind?
0:13:01 > 0:13:07This is exactly how cars are still steered today, more or less.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09All Darwin's inventions were scrupulously recorded
0:13:09 > 0:13:11in his commonplace book.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's no wonder that he is sometimes described
0:13:14 > 0:13:16as a British Leonardo da Vinci.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Is this all his experiments? - All his sketches.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Not overly good at drawing people, is he?- No...
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Yeah, well, he might not have managed a Mona Lisa,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28but he did have some very good ideas.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Like this copying machine.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Hey, that's not too bad, is it?
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Some, like a mechanical bird, far ahead of their time.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39And others, very practical.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- A flushing loo? - Can you imagine, a flushing loo?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44He shoved a pipe down, through two layers of clay,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48down into the lower porous rock - chalk, or whatever.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49And up comes a spurt of water.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52So that gave him his running water, OK?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56He then fed that into a cistern, and when you got up from the loo,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01and put the seat down, it released the valve so the thing flushed.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05And when you close the door of the closet, the valve went back
0:14:05 > 0:14:09and it filled up again. So it was a real, flushing loo.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Long before Crapper and people like that.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15So the next time you think of Charles Darwin,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17also remember this Lichfield doctor.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But Paul, meanwhile, has taken our route north
0:14:23 > 0:14:25towards Chester and Sandbach.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Famous for its Saxon crosses,
0:14:30 > 0:14:35and also the Foden dynasty of British truck and bus makers,
0:14:35 > 0:14:40so perhaps now a place of pilgrimage for classic truck aficionados?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Hello there!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- John?- Yes.- Paul. Pleased to meet you.- Pleased to meet you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46This is big, isn't it?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Yep, several floors, Paul.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50So let the perusal commence.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54But don't forget that John might have just the item.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55There we go.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It's one of the things that was sold on the last flight of Concorde.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00It's a port label.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- In its original Concorde box.- I see.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Cannot argue with that!
0:15:05 > 0:15:07And I think the small tab on the back has actually got
0:15:07 > 0:15:09the Concorde logo on it as well.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11What are you asking for that, out of interest?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I've got 45 on it, but I can do you a good price on it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Do me a good price on that, John. - LAUGHS
0:15:19 > 0:15:20How does 25 sound?
0:15:20 > 0:15:24It sounds exceedingly tempting.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Can we have a look at the old ones as well?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Ah, so he spotted those earlier.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31It's all coming together rather nicely.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33These are the ones I saw before.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Pretty generic, Regency-type, plated.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I think they're timelessly elegant, those.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I'm a big advocate of these things.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46What would be the deal on the Concorde one and those?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Concorde was 25...
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Ten quid. £2.50 each. - That's cheap, isn't it?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54The Concorde gives it a bit of something else.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56On their own, nobody would look.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58But you've got that antiquity with modernity.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- 30 quid?- Mmm-hmm. - Do you reckon?- Yep.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Good man. Easy as that.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Not quite supersonic, but not far off.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11You get two pair of 19th-century old Sheffield plate decanter labels.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15And then, to sex up that little period lot,
0:16:15 > 0:16:16you get the Concorde thing.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Concorde memorabilia has, wait for it, taken off.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Boom-boom.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Teetotallers could get a look in too, though.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29The vogue for this type of insulated earthenware teaware
0:16:29 > 0:16:31peaked in the late 1940s.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36The big brand-name is Kosy Krafts, spelled with Ks.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Clearly, what you've got here is a chromium-plated jacket, and that's
0:16:40 > 0:16:45lined in an insulating material - or some of them were, let's see...
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah. See that?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51And here's the earthenware teapot.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54So it just keeps the tea warmer for longer.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00With this moderne or Art Deco feel to it. Very geometric.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Not uncommon, but, in good condition, and complete with...
0:17:06 > 0:17:11a rather jazzy sugar basin and milk jug,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14then, I would say, less common.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Nice. Condition's all right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Value...not a lot.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Ten years ago, it was worth £40.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Today, you might struggle to get that under the hammer.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27You'd use that, absolutely you would. Get the bunting out.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Some coronation chicken sandwiches and your Kosy Kraft-type,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Art Deco tea service. It's a great thing!
0:17:33 > 0:17:38I think the thing that might be brewing up around here is a deal.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Never mind your sherry and your port.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44How's about a nice cup of chai?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I don't know how much it's going to cost me,
0:17:47 > 0:17:53because I had hopes that it was going to be 15 quid or thereabouts?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56But then I noticed the price tag on that, and I can't believe
0:17:56 > 0:17:59you're selling them individually given that they're a pair.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00And there's no price on the pot.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- That came in from one house... - Right...
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- ..that came in from another house. - No! And then that?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09And then that came in recently, so that's why I put them separately.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Man alive!- So if you're interested in the whole lot...
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Bear in mind that I thought it was 15 quid to start with.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Can it be near that, or are we a million miles off?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22For the three pieces...£20.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It's a deal.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27No point in being silly. Spot on.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29So, £50 for that little lot.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Now, how about a solo sing-along?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33# And will Jerusalem... #
0:18:33 > 0:18:35You've got such a beautiful voice, come on!
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- You have, I love it! - Sing with me, sing with me.- OK.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39# Till we have... #
0:18:39 > 0:18:41No.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Night, night, you two.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49If honest endeavour has got you nowhere,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52there's always barefaced lies.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I found the Holy Grail of the antiques world.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Oh-ho? Go on.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- What's with the laughter?- What?!
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Next auction, there's you, there's me, there's a whisker.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Whoa, whoa, what's this? Mind games?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We can definitely rule out any Holy Grails,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12but she did acquire a salt and pepper set
0:19:12 > 0:19:14and a Black Forest tray yesterday.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Even on the phone...!
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Those set her back a mere £30, leaving £115 for today's purchases.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28While Paul parted with a fairly impressive £230 for some WMF,
0:19:28 > 0:19:33a tea set, some decanter labels and an RAF timepiece.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36CLOCK BUZZES
0:19:36 > 0:19:39He's still got over £500 left!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Good man.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Later, they'll be making for an auction in Northwich, Cheshire,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47but the next stop is in Manchester.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56The world's first industrial city, once dubbed Cottonopolis,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Manchester has more than its fair share of landmarks and showers.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Antiques are plenty, too.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Good morning.- Good morning. - Hello, hi.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Christina.- Christina, yes. What's your name, sir?- John.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- John, lovely to meet you. - Same here, yes. - Thank you for having me. My goodness.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13This all looks very brown.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17She knows a furniture specialist when she walks into one.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There's some lovely stuff in here, by the way,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22but can Christina afford as much as a leg of it?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I need to be a bit clever about this
0:20:24 > 0:20:26because I've got a lot of ground to catch up.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32You could always throw yourself on John's mercy.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34- How much have you got? - Not very much.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36About roughly, ballpark figure?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I've still got potentially three things to buy.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I'm hoping to spend about £20 on each one.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Oh, John!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- You're not going to do any good here.- Really? Nothing for £20?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48All I can show you is the door.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49The door? Can I buy the door?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Yeah, it's been done, believe me.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55What's this? That's nice.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56It's open to offers.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Definitely not furniture, anyway.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00No price.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- It's beautiful, isn't it? This is Japanese shibayama work.- It is, yes.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Normally they say that these panels
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- come out of a piece of furniture, don't they?- Shibayama cabinets.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- They have those big cabinet doors. - That's right.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15This, possibly, was one of the pieces of the cabinet.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17But they have obviously inlaid it into
0:21:17 > 0:21:19what looks like a photograph album.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The leaves have come detached - that's beautiful.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24We've got painted silk leaves in here
0:21:24 > 0:21:28which are depicting traditional scenes with these figures on here.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Somebody looks like he's James Bond on them.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Goodness, who's that? Elizabeth.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Well, wasn't John Wayne's real name Marion?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Lacquer work is incredibly time-consuming to do, isn't it?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- It's layer upon layer. - Very expensive to do, yes.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It would have taken someone an awfully long time to build up
0:21:45 > 0:21:49all these little intricate layers and produce this, what would have been,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52once upon a time, a really rather beautiful picture.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I mean, potentially, the album is fairly beyond repair, isn't it?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Is there any flexibility with my £20 budget on that?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03I doubt it very much.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Oh, go on, John. Have a think about it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08John's still keen to show her yet more furniture
0:22:08 > 0:22:11but cash remains the issue.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13This is not the bargain basement.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I have to be honest, I do love the furniture
0:22:17 > 0:22:19but I do really like that album.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Right. Well, you can buy it.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Can I buy it for 20?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- It's yours.- Really?!
0:22:25 > 0:22:28You can have it for 20 as long as the next time you come, you don't come.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Send somebody not as experienced as you!
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Are you banning me?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Eh, he's joking, Christina, or at least I think he is.
0:22:38 > 0:22:4120 of the great British pounds.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Still...somehow managing to eke it out.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46You're a legend and I promise never, ever to come back.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Fine.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Another thing for which Manchester's justly famous is political thought.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56The Co-operative movement started close by
0:22:56 > 0:23:00and the Communist manifesto was begun in the city.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Paul's off to find out about the struggle for women's suffrage
0:23:03 > 0:23:06at the former home of the Pankhurst family.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Hi, is it Rita?- Paul. - Pleased to meet you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Morning, welcome to the Pankhurst Centre.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Get me out of this Manchester weather.- Come on in.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Votes for women had been a political topic
0:23:17 > 0:23:20since the early part of the 19th century,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23but it wasn't until 1903 when Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters
0:23:23 > 0:23:26founded the Women's Social and Political Union
0:23:26 > 0:23:28that the fight began in earnest.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31The Pankhurst family lived here from 1898 to 1907
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and it was down in the parlour here
0:23:33 > 0:23:37where the first meeting of the suffragettes was actually held.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40The family moved to 62 Nelson Street after the sudden death
0:23:40 > 0:23:44of Emmeline's barrister husband, Richard Pankhurst.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46So what did Emmeline do then?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Well, she took on work as a registrar of births and deaths.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53She wasn't allowed to be a registrar of marriages because she was a woman.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Obviously bereft from having lost her husband, her soul mate,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01she turned her attention to politics.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04So was this a popular issue at the time?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05I mean, is it well supported?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08There was a lot of support for and against
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and I think maybe one of the surprising things
0:24:10 > 0:24:14is the amount of anti-campaigning, but actually led by women.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Right!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19One of the main anti-suffrage campaigners
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and protagonists was Queen Victoria.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- No!- She described it as a mad, wicked folly.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29They have several examples here of the propaganda put out
0:24:29 > 0:24:32by those who agreed with the Queen, including this handkerchief.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- Is that a typo?- No, no, not at all,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37that's actually from 1881.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Was this predictive?- Yeah.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Was this what the world would be like in 1981 if you...?- Yes, yes.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47If we give women the vote, what next?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We'll have women furling a sail.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52You couldn't possibly have that. They'll be footmen,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- they'll be athletes...- Right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Worse, men will be holding the baby.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Ludicrous.- They'll be doing the laundry and, of course,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02this was highly, highly effective for the anti-suffrage movement
0:25:02 > 0:25:05because people would look at this and they would believe this propaganda.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- This would be frightening to them. - This would be terrifying.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Can you imagine women doing all these jobs?
0:25:10 > 0:25:15What those against hadn't reckoned on was the WSPU
0:25:15 > 0:25:19because Pankhurst's suffragettes with their motto, Deeds Not Words,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23would deliver a much tougher, more publicity savvy campaign.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Women chaining themselves to railings.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Arson...
0:25:28 > 0:25:31putting stones through windows and that's what set them aside from the
0:25:31 > 0:25:35suffragists before them - this new breed, this new breed of woman
0:25:35 > 0:25:39who was prepared to act militantly in order to get their voice heard.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43The harsh treatment the suffragettes received from the authorities
0:25:43 > 0:25:48made Emmeline and her daughter Christabel even more determined to fight on.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52But soon there was splits in both the movement and the family.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55There were, in her mind, two ways of doing things,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58that was her way or no way and it didn't matter
0:25:58 > 0:26:03- whether you were a friend, just a member or even family.- Right.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Sylvia and Adela felt so strongly against the militancy
0:26:06 > 0:26:10and they did have fairly major fallouts with their mum
0:26:10 > 0:26:12and these did end up with splits in the family
0:26:12 > 0:26:14that were unable to be healed.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19I mean, arguably, it needed someone who had such strength of feeling
0:26:19 > 0:26:21and such passion to be able to drive through what she did.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Votes for women finally became a reality
0:26:25 > 0:26:29thanks to Acts passed in 1918 and 1928.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The brave but slightly dysfunctional Pankhursts
0:26:32 > 0:26:35are justly remembered for their huge role in that,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38but perhaps one daughter's due a bit more credit.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I think everyone's heard of Emmeline,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43but if you ask a die-hard suffragette fan, "Who's your favourite?"
0:26:43 > 0:26:46there is no question Sylvia will be
0:26:46 > 0:26:48at the top of the pile.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Because...- Because she was just so broadly
0:26:51 > 0:26:53a women's campaigner in general.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55She wasn't just concerned with women's right to vote,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58she was much more concerned with the lives of working-class women,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00of poorer women.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And probably, without question,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05she's the one that made the most difference
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- on broader women's issues.- I see, yes.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Wonderful. What a family.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Now, back in the car
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and singing back towards Cheshire.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Come on, Laidlaw.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23# Ah, one of these days is but-ah-ga-na-wa-ga-na-don-don... #
0:27:23 > 0:27:24PAUL CHUCKLES
0:27:24 > 0:27:25The trip's almost complete.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Just time for one more shop - in Congleton.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33They used to call it Beartown,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35a reference to the baiting,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38which was apparently quite popular in the 17th century.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Not any more, though!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Goodness me, let's hope antiques are waterproof.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Come on, you. Race you!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Although a shared shop can sometimes get a bit tasty.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Oh! That's a bit drier.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Right.- Antiques that way.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- I'm going that way.- That way.- OK.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Adios!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Hasta la vista.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00But just what will their final buys be?
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Serendipity.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03That's what it is. Serendipity.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Well, hmm, let's hope so.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Is he a bit too wacky for Northwich?
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Who knows?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I dare you to find out.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- What about Paul?- Oh, hello there.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- Are you officialdom here? - I'm Kate, pleased to meet you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20There are around 50 shopkeepers represented here...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23most of them, of course, not actually present.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26There are certain dealers you feel an affinity with
0:28:26 > 0:28:29even in their absence, because you get what they get.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- This one's working for me. - Do tell, Paul.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36A lawn tennis measure, clearly a Victorian specimen.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38But look at this.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42There is a representation of a tennis court
0:28:42 > 0:28:45with the lines spelt out
0:28:45 > 0:28:49and the dimensions provided just in case you FORGET
0:28:49 > 0:28:51where to chalk that boundary line.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Absolutely...
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I think that is SUCH a good thing.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58It's priced up at £65,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01but I'll defy you to find me another one.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04It may only be worth tens of pounds,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08but that is not a measure of its rarity, it is a measure of the demand.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11How many people do you know need a vintage tennis court measure?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- You like that, Kate, don't you? - I love it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14It's a good thing, isn't it?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Is the dealer in this building or contactable?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- We'll see if we can give them a ring.- Track them down.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I'd be really interested to see if there's a trade price on that.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Sounds like advantage, Paul, already.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Good to see Christina's put that clown down. Anything else?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31What have we got in here?
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Oh, my goodness!
0:29:32 > 0:29:35"Electro-Medical Supplies, London."
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Good Lord!
0:29:37 > 0:29:38It actually works, that.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- Does it! Is this yours, sir? - Well done, Christina.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43You've found yourself a real live dealer
0:29:43 > 0:29:45with a distinctly medical bent, too.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48This is a tonsillectomy.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Oh.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51It's a flap and there's a slit in it
0:29:51 > 0:29:53and you hook it on your tonsil,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55pull the trigger, cl-ick!
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Ha!
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Actually, that probably IS too wacky for Northwich.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01But Eric has more.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02That's for making pills.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Oh, that's cool. Can I see that?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's quite heavy, watch, it's heavy.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08That's amazing. So is that for...
0:30:08 > 0:30:10That's for grading...
0:30:10 > 0:30:11They made their own tablets, yes.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13For a pharmacist.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Oh, there's a plate in there.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17That tells you the sizes.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18They must have made them in there.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20I don't know how it works!
0:30:20 > 0:30:22What on earth do you do with that?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- So how much have you got on that, Eric?- Tenner.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27That's Christina's kind of price.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Eric, I'm loving your company.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Now, how is Paul's rummage progressing?
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Can't resist a bit of trench art.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36This is the business end
0:30:36 > 0:30:38of a First World War artillery shell.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Yes, a big bullet, you know what I'm talking about.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43You see the shell cases all over the place.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46This is the bit that governs
0:30:46 > 0:30:48when your shell explodes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Well, it makes a handy little paperweight.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53It's been mounted on vulcanite.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55That's vulcanised rubber.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59But for whatever reason, somebody thought that piece of mass-produced brass,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02these were turned out in their millions,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03was worth preserving.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07How about I'm sitting in my trench, scared witless,
0:31:07 > 0:31:09and there's a bang, does that,
0:31:09 > 0:31:11and I hear this thud next to me,
0:31:11 > 0:31:16and this thing lands a few inches from where I'm standing?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Do you know what I'd do?
0:31:18 > 0:31:21I'd go, "Holy Moses!" and I'd keep that.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23And there's just a possibility
0:31:23 > 0:31:25that it was kept for that sort of reason.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28That's the way these things work, believe me.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31The ticket price for a bit of history is £25.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33But while Kate calls the dealer about THAT
0:31:33 > 0:31:37and the tennis court tape, Christina ponders on.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39OHHHH!
0:31:39 > 0:31:42What am I going to buy? What am I going to buy?
0:31:42 > 0:31:43- What am I going to buy?- Trumpet?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Clarinet?- No, no.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47- Bongo drums?- No.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Teeny tiny violin perhaps?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Relax!
0:31:51 > 0:31:53The pill-making frame was cheap
0:31:53 > 0:31:55and I'm sure that Eric can supply something else.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57It's a firescreen.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I think it's nice.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01The ticket price is £18.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- I love Arts and Crafts stuff and people just aren't buying it.- Yeah.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09It was really in vogue when they had the Arts and Crafts exhibition at the V&A
0:32:09 > 0:32:11and now it's gone out of vogue.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14There are still collectors for it...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16and it's fairly cheap...
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Give me a pound and you can take it out of the way.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- Really?- Seriously.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- £10 for that...- Pound for that.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- What about £10 the two?- Yes, OK.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Really?- Seriously you can have them.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30Eric!
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I love you.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33SHE LAUGHS
0:32:37 > 0:32:38See you again.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40What is Paul's news, then?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Got some prices on those two pieces there.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Tape measure - £45...
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Or artillery fuse, First World War, for £15.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51It's a no-brainer, isn't it?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53I'm going to go for the...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55fuse.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Why, Laidlaw? You see those all over the place.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Well, there's something I didn't let on
0:33:00 > 0:33:03when I was talking in front of the lovely Kate, there.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- Because, I mean, you've got to keep some of your powder dry, have you not?- Well, quite.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08There were no numbers on there.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11You didn't see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14There were Arabic characters.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17That is a Turkish fuse,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20fired almost certainly
0:33:20 > 0:33:23at Anzac or British troops at Gallipoli.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25That's where these things turn up.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I love that and there are collectors out there that get it.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Let's hope that tin hats outnumber tennis types at the auction.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34All of £15.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- Thank you very much. - Wonderful, thank YOU very much.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Thank you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Time to have a peek at what they'll be carting to the auction.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Christina parted with just £60 for a firescreen,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49some Rolls-Royce condiments,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51a bone-inlaid photo album,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53a pill-making frame
0:33:53 > 0:33:55and a Black Forest tray.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58While Paul spent £245
0:33:58 > 0:34:00on some clockwork militaria,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02some WMF,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04a Kosy Kraft tea service
0:34:04 > 0:34:06an artillery fuse
0:34:06 > 0:34:07and some decanter labels.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10So what do they make of each other's buys?
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Christina's pair of Rolls-Royce salt and pepper combination,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I get the sentiment. Frankly, I love them.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20£5 paid, I think they're worth £30-£50.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I love what he's got, I really love what he's got.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24The real creme de la creme for me
0:34:24 > 0:34:26is the wonderful decanter labels that he bought.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31The one thing that I think is a little bit iffy is his WMF bowl.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34But, frankly, if it makes a loss he's still going to be ahead of me,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36so does it really matter?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I may be thrashed in this auction
0:34:39 > 0:34:44if my gamble on WMF does not pay off. What was I thinking of?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Hm. There's a few of us thinking that, Paul.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49So...your tray... PAUL CHUCKLES
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Frankly, I do find it quite sinister. I mean, it's bizarre, isn't it?
0:34:52 > 0:34:56What's sinister about huge reptiles devouring young children?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Oh, nothing at all.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Nothing whatsoever.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03After setting off from the Staffordshire city of Lichfield,
0:35:03 > 0:35:08our experts are now heading for an auction in Northwich in Cheshire.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- Our last auction! - HE SNIFFS
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Do we have to go?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Do we really have to?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Oh, no. It's been a blast.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17The former salt mining centre
0:35:17 > 0:35:21has recently featured on a list of Britain's best places to live
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and this has to be one of the best places to auction in Northwich -
0:35:24 > 0:35:26online and with commission bids.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- Perfect, well done. - For the last time.- Oh!
0:35:30 > 0:35:34I wonder what auctioneer Peter Critchley makes of our lot's lots.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37The photo album is a very, very good quality item.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39We've estimated £60-£80.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42The WMF tray... We've have had a lot of interest in this online.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44It's very unusual,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I've never seen anything like it before from WMF,
0:35:47 > 0:35:49so we have high hopes of that.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Paul will be excited to hear that news, huh!
0:35:51 > 0:35:55But first under the hammer is Christina's bargain firescreen.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56What do you reckon?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Do you reckon you'll make a profit on your pound firescreen?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Probably not.- Behave yourself!
0:36:01 > 0:36:03There's the fire screen now, Arts and Crafts firescreen.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06It looks like some really dodgy nightclub curtains, doesn't it?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Good-looking thing. Start me off at £20.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Start me at £20 on the fire screen.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14£20 on the fire screen. 20?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18- I've got 15 here on commission, looking for 18.- Yes! Get in!
0:36:18 > 0:36:20£15 then, the commission bid.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22No further interest.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- It's a gift to get it for £15.- £15.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27A few more like that and she'll be in the money.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Very happy with that.- What you need is your biggest spend to make a similar margin.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Hm.- That's what you need.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Is that going to happen? Probably not.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Next we have Paul's tickets
0:36:38 > 0:36:41with the Concord one to sex it up.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Let's hope it will fly!
0:36:42 > 0:36:44PAUL SINGS
0:36:44 > 0:36:46You're singing! You're singing!
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Yeah, I did that for you.- Aw!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50PAUL CHUCKLES
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Show me £30 on the labels.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54We've got a Concord label that's worth £30 on its own.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Show me a 20, then. Show me a 20.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57£20 I have.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Yes, quite rightly so.
0:36:58 > 0:37:0125? £20 I have - is there 25? 25.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Aye aye. That leg's on the move.
0:37:03 > 0:37:0525 is a bid. Is there 30?
0:37:05 > 0:37:0630 is in the room.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- It should be 50 quid, shouldn't it?- 35?
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- £30 then.- Oh, I've broken even. - Is there 35 anywhere?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14I think it was a bargain.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16You can drink to that...just.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Oh, the nervous leg.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- I'd forgotten about the nervous leg. - You'll miss it. You'll miss it.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23What can his Kosy Kraft tea service do?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It's not...pointy or...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28fighting or war...
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Amazing!
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Make tea not war!
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Commission interest at 20 only. 20.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Straight in.- I'll start at 20, look for, look for 25.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38£20 on this item. Is there 25?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- He's going to wash his face again! - Come on!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- ..30 on commission.- Hey!- Here we go, £30, well done.- ..£35...
0:37:44 > 0:37:47£30 on commission then. Commission bid and selling.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50No further interest...£30.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Paul scrapes home again.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Now for another of Christina's bargains -
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- her Rolls-Royce condiment set. - Aren't they lovely?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- Are they lovely!- Gorgeous.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Oh, the factory used to be round here.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Oh, God! There's hundreds of them around here, aren't there?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08I've got 15 here. Is there 18 anywhere?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- 15...18?- 18 at the back of the room.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I have 20. 25? 25 is in the room.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14There's a man bidding!
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Rolls-Royce condiments, they don't come any posher than this.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Oh, £30 online. 35?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- £30 online. Is there 35 anywhere? - Keep going.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24£30 is the online bid and selling.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26That's £25.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I think that's the most profit I've ever made.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Margin queen today!
0:38:30 > 0:38:31She certainly is.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Just the five times on those!
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Paul's got high hopes for his Turkish artillery fuse.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Commission interest at 20 only, 20 only.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- 20 only!- What should it make?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Um... It's worth £30-£50.
0:38:45 > 0:38:4725 from Cyprus. How is Cyprus?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Cyprus is bidding on it?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51It has been defused, Cyprus.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Cyprus? The bidder's from Cyprus?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Could they send that in the post?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- £25.- Nice profit there.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Christina's slightly tatty bone-inlaid album next.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05We'll start the bidding at £35 only.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Straight in.- Straight into a profit. That's not bad.
0:39:08 > 0:39:1035 I have on commission.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11It's a fabulous album this one.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Beautifully hand-painted inside.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- It's going to do more, this. - I doubt it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1835 is the bid. Surely it's worth more than that?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20I will sell, no reserve item.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22£35 the bid... 35 it is.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Another fine profit, followed by Paul's RAF timepiece.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Start me at £50 on the World War II Bakelite clock.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Start me at 50.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Start me at 30, then.- Ooh!- Start me at 30.- Hey, it's not going!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- 30 bid - 30 I have.- Come on.
0:39:37 > 0:39:3935. 35 now.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4135, looking for 40.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- 35 is the bid on the RAF clock. - What?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45No further interest?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46£35 the bid...
0:39:46 > 0:39:47- 35.- Oh!
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Aye, aye, aye!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53A loss? For Paul's militaria?
0:39:53 > 0:39:54What's going on?
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Time for Christina's nice slice of Black Forest.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Start me at £20. Any interest at 20?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Start me... - It's lovely, it's very nice.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03£10 on the Black Forest tray.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Ten bid, ten bid, looking for 12. - Oh.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Ten is bid online, is there 12? Surely can't be ten.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Must be more than that? £10 is bid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Is there £12? 12 - back of the room now.- Yes!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Come on!- Is there a 15 anywhere?
0:40:14 > 0:40:1515 over there, 15 over there.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Do you want 18? 18.
0:40:17 > 0:40:1920? 20. 25?
0:40:19 > 0:40:2125? Yes. 30? No.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Oh, go on!- 25 in the room.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Oh, go on, it's nice!
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- No threatening customers, please! - THEY LAUGH
0:40:28 > 0:40:30£25 in the room and selling.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31£25 it is.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I think she thought she was charming them.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Oh, well! At least Christina's having a good time.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37- I'm winning.- I'm not.- I'm winning!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39THEY LAUGH
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Is this what it feels like?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Now for Christina's pill-making frame.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Start me off at £20, please.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50£20? All you need to start your own drug company. Who's got £20?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Start me 10. £10. - That doesn't make me very proud.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55It's a Victorian pill frame, it's got to be worth £10.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- 10 is bid, 10 is bid. Looking for 20.- Rightly so.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00£1 profit. I'm happy.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Is their £12 anywhere?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Last chance at 10?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06£10 it is.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- You went out on a pound profit. - Yeah!
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Yep, sort of sums up her week...
0:41:12 > 0:41:13But she'll win this auction
0:41:13 > 0:41:17unless Paul makes a huge profit on his disturbing WMF.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- Here we are.- Look at it!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Oh, God!- Don't dwell on the subject. It's lovely.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- And I shall start the bidding at £120.- Da-da!
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Oh, it's close. Come on, come on.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27120, looking for 130 now.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29It's a very unusual item, this one.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- I've got £120. Is there...- Oh, no, come on!- ..130?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- Went down.- Certainly did.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Another small loss and Christina triumphs!
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Christina Trevanion, you've won the last auction.- Oh, did I?
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- HE LAUGHS - Well done, you.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45I won one!
0:41:45 > 0:41:47THEY CHUCKLE
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Lost everything else... - Now get out of here(!)
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Christina started this leg with £145.90
0:41:55 > 0:41:58and made, after paying auction costs,
0:41:58 > 0:42:00a profit of £34.30
0:42:00 > 0:42:04leaving her with a final total of £180.20...
0:42:05 > 0:42:08..while Paul began with £750.96 and,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10after paying auction costs,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13made a loss of £48.20.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15So he's lost this battle, but won the war
0:42:15 > 0:42:18with £702.76.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20All profits to Children in Need.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Thanks...I think.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Well, well done, you and your multi-million pound win.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I'm very impressed.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28And I get to drive!
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Come on, baby.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Quite a week, wasn't it?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Put it here, partner.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38After an inauspicious start...
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Oh, I think you've broken it...
0:42:41 > 0:42:43..it turned out a corker.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- You just said...- You said...
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Oh! I'm a bit hot.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Ta-da!
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Well done.- Yes, yes, yes!
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Ah!
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Next on Antiques Road Trip -
0:43:01 > 0:43:04a magical new expert, Raj Bisram...
0:43:04 > 0:43:06I'm going to take the silk hanky...
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Gone.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10..an old favourite, Charles Hanson...
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.- Isn't it gorgeous?
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- It is.- And you're not bad yourself, either! THEY CHUCKLE