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 > 0:00:09- HORN TOOTS - ..with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:09 > 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 > 0:00:20Back in the game...Charlie!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24SHE GASPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- Oh!- This is the Antiques Roadtrip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Welcome to a brand-new trip in the company of a couple of auctioneers.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Look at these staddle stones here. It's a shame they're not for sale.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We could pick a few of those little stumps up.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Steady on, fellows, we're still on the introductions.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- GEARS GRIND - Sorry.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Yeah, that'll be Charles Hanson at the wheel,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Derbyshire doyen and Roadtrip regular,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01in the company of debutant Raj Bisram.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Do you prefer Raj or...? - Raj.- Raj, OK.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Or sir.- Excuse me?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Kentish man Raj might be new to this particular malarkey,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12but he's been in the trade for over 30 years.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15He loves paintings, furniture and big deals.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I look at you and I think, "Yeah, you are at the kingpin."
0:01:18 > 0:01:21You're a man who has that maturity.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26- Like a fine wine, you've prospered...- Keep talking, Charles.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Before antiques, Raj was also a sportsman of some renown.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36I was a qualified ski instructor but I'd also raced as well around Europe.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- On snow?- Yeah, on snow. - Charles sounds impressed.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43But then, the feeling is clearly mutual.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44- You've done ten series.- Yes.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49If I could ask you for one bit of genuine advice on my first one,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51what would it be?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Just buy what oozes your fancy, if that makes sense.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57OK. Yeah, yeah. No. Well, OK.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I hope we're taking notes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05With £200 each and a 1967 Triumph Herald between them,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07their journey starts out at Corsham in Wiltshire
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and takes in most of the south-west
0:02:09 > 0:02:10of England before ending up
0:02:10 > 0:02:12about 900 miles later
0:02:12 > 0:02:14at Crewkerne in Somerset.
0:02:16 > 0:02:22But the very first pin on our Roadtrip map is poised over Corsham
0:02:22 > 0:02:24and the opening auction will take place
0:02:24 > 0:02:26at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Do I have to comment about your driving?- Am I driving well today?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- You're doing very, very well. - Thanks a lot.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33But what's that burning smell?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Built of a lot of very lovely Bath stone,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41which is still quarried hereabouts,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Georgian Corsham has featured in a fair few costume dramas
0:02:45 > 0:02:49over the years. No wonder that Nick Mason,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52the millionaire Pink Floyd drummer, has a home nearby.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- I will see you later.- Come back with treasure, OK?- Wish me well.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- See you later. Bye! - OK, Raj, the division bell sounds.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Hello, I'm Raj.- Raj? My name's Anne. - Anne, lovely to meet you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Easy to meet.- This looks like the ideal shop for Raj's very first
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Roadtrip purchase. - I'll have a little look round
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and then if I find anything, we'll have a little haggle or something.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- How does that sound?- Yeah.- OK, great.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It'll only be a little haggle though cos I'm quite a determined lady.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Could be interesting, a rummage under Anne's stern gaze.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Already spotted something though.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28That's quite a nice late 19th-century riding crop.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32It's not one of the top, top quality ones because it's not got
0:03:32 > 0:03:36a silver collar, but it's in pretty good condition, really.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39The ticket price is a cracking £8.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Time to talk to Anne and granddaughter Amelie.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Would you take a fiver?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Um...yes. I'm sure we would. - You would?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- You're most welcome.- My first deal. Thank you very much indeed.- Yes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Now you'll always remember me for that.- I will.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Well, that was easy enough. Now, what about Charles,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59blissfully unaware of his rival's rather modest start?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I'm very excited to be working with Raj
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and he's somebody I rate very highly,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07and I think Raj is a numbers man,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11and what frightens me is he may be putting noughts
0:04:11 > 0:04:14on the end of his profits and leaving me in the lurch.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18On your metal, Charles, and on your way to Somerset and Bath,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21where a lesser man might be distracted by the wealth
0:04:21 > 0:04:25of gorgeous Georgian architecture, not to mention the buns.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Apparently, Jane Austen once overdid it
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and got a tummy ache from Bath buns.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Good morning.- Oh, good morning.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Now, we've been here before, Charles.- I think you're Caroline.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Yes, I am. - Good to see you. How are you?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- And I think you're Charles. - I am indeed.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Good to see you. And when I came to see you a long time ago,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47you called me Romeo and I called Caroline Juliet.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- It's good to be back.- We had fun and games up on the gallery.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Yes, we did.- Lordy, there's certainly plenty of props in here.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It was a grocery shop once, back in the 19th century,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01but now it's as full of as many antiques as Caroline can squeeze in.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Sometimes, rather then look at eye level, go down...
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- RATTLING - Whoops.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Oh, do be careful, Charles. You'll cause a landslide.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- I do like this.- Yes.- Tell me where it came from, Caroline.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I got it privately. I can't say anything more.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- No.- I can't say it came from Sir...
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- or the Lord and Lady...blah, blah, blah.- No.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31But what we've got is a beautiful Persian scalloped silver tray.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36What I like is the quality of this chased decoration
0:05:36 > 0:05:39on the border here and these, what appear to be herons
0:05:39 > 0:05:46or fanciful birds in this very arabesque cast and chased landscape.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48How much is on it, Caroline?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52110. Is there much room there for negotiation?
0:05:52 > 0:05:57- Not a great deal.- No. I love your style. You're in stripes like me.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59If I said, "Caroline, what's your very best price?"
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Well, I'll do one of you.- Oh, yes. - I'll wave my arms around.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09Well, Charles, I can do it for...
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- 90.- 90, OK. It's almost half my spending gone already.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Can I think about it and I'll come back to you shortly?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- OK.- Thanks, Caroline.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21So, while Charles ponders spending almost half his kitty,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24what's his rival got up to?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Well, this is very interesting. It's an egg timer,
0:06:27 > 0:06:32but obviously it says here actually it's been made from an old bobbin,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and it's probably a 19th-century bobbin made from one of the mills
0:06:36 > 0:06:39in the north of England, which gives it a little bit more mystery.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43That's a very unusual little thing. There's two there.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Another one here, a much larger one. This one, I don't think is as old.
0:06:47 > 0:06:53The larger one has got £10 on it and the smaller one has got £5 on it,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58and they might make a nice little lot of kitchenalia at the right price.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01They're already pretty reasonable, Raj.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Anne, these two egg timers... What's the best price on both of them?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Tenner.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10We're close. SHE LAUGHS
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- We're close, we're close. - £10.50 then.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Aah. Your maths is terrible, isn't it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Yes, awful.- You seem to go upwards instead of downwards.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Yes, I wonder why that is. - OK. £8, we have a deal.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Make it nine.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I've got to stick out for eight.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28There's not a lot in them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29No, there's not much sand in them, is there?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32You can't use them for anything. OK. We'll say £8.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Eight? Lovely. Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Never mind the zeros, we haven't had double-figures here yet.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Back in Bath, Charles has some glass in mind.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- This is quite interesting, isn't it?- That is nice.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Have we got a price on it?- No. - No, we haven't.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Not overly old, is it?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Oh, it's about '20s. - I just quite like the form of this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59It's just got the look of the Art Deco.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- I tell you what, I'll do it for 25. - Thank you very much. OK.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- That is worth something. - I'll give it some thought.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Where does that leave the silver tray, I wonder?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10While Caroline takes a look out the back,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Charles has a decision to make.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'm quite keen to buy the tray,
0:08:14 > 0:08:19so I'm hoping I might just get her down one more bit
0:08:19 > 0:08:23and if she came down towards maybe 70, £75, I could be...
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- WHISPERS:- She's back.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Your silver tray... OK? It's had some restoration here, hasn't it?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32You've got some solder wear there, can you see?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Oh, isn't that chewing gum or something?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Obviously you've got to make money on it as well.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well, just a teeny-weeny bit.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I know, but you've got a big business here and I admire you.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I've got two cats I have to feed.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Go on.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Yeah, go on. - Will you take £70 for it?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I thought you were going to say something like that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- I think it's full of far-eastern promise.- I tell you what, 80.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Oh, don't do this.- I've come down!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- I know you have. - Look, 75 and that's it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- 70, it's a deal. - I thought we were friends.
0:09:07 > 0:09:1372. It'll make about 120 easy.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15And if it doesn't?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Well, tough.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- I'll take it. Thanks, Caroline. - Right! Whoo-hoo!- £72.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24With his deal done, Charles gets his hat.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Raj is also after a bit of silver,
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- but not in quite the same price range.- Yep, it's definitely silver.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It's got a few dents in it though. It's a bit damaged.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It all depends what it can be.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Anne?- Yes, Raj.- I wonder...
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Can we have a little chat about this? - I'm sure we can.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- It's quite a nice little silver urn. - It is.- It's a late-19th...
0:09:47 > 0:09:49What would they have used that for then, Raj?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I'm not exactly sure, to be honest, what this was used for.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- No smell in it? - No, there's no smell.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02I believe that you've got £15 on it, but it is a little dented.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Can I make you another amazing offer? - Yes, they usually are.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08A fiver for it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Yes, I'll let you have it. - Fantastic. Lovely.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Thank you very much. Three little buys and I believe that comes to £18.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Yes.- But if I buy all three AND I pull out some cash,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22would you take £15?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- I've got to try a little bit more. - Cheeky.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- Yes, I'll do that for you. - You're very, very kind indeed.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- You're most welcome. - Let's shake on it. Thanks again.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Raj is clearly a man with a strategy.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Meanwhile, way out west,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Charles is about to take a break from the shopping
0:10:38 > 0:10:41by the Avon Gorge in Bristol where,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45the Victorians built an equally astonishing
0:10:45 > 0:10:48but much less well-known feat of engineering -
0:10:48 > 0:10:52a funicular railway, which once carried passengers from
0:10:52 > 0:10:58fashionable Clifton down to take the waters at the Hotwells spa below.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Hello.- Hi.- Good afternoon. May I come through?
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- Yes, certainly.- Am I on the right platform?- You are.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- You are indeed.- I'm Charles Hanson. - I'm Maggie Shapland.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Great to see you. What an amazing place.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Maggie and her fellow enthusiasts have been hard at work attempting
0:11:16 > 0:11:22to restore the long-disused railway to its 1893 pomp.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I can see over here, Maggie,
0:11:24 > 0:11:30- behind you, almost a plan of how it was back in the 1890s.- Absolutely.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33So, the railway tunnel... You can see, here's the top station.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- So that's where we are now?- That's where we are at the top.- Right.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40You can see that the heaviest car goes down, the lightest car goes up.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Yes.- So, you had a water tank at the top and you had a water tank
0:11:43 > 0:11:46underneath the floor at the bottom. The Clifton Rocks Railway
0:11:46 > 0:11:51was the brainchild of the publisher and entrepreneur George Newnes.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55He wanted Bristol Spa to rival that of nearby Bath and,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59on the opening day, the railway carried over 6,000 passengers
0:11:59 > 0:12:01on a thrilling ride.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- It's quite steep, isn't it? - It's one in 2.1.- Crikey me.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06And just down there, you've got a facade which looks to be like
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- the wooden front of how a tram would have looked.- That's right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11That's actually a full-size replica.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12That wall shouldn't be here.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Yeah.- They've built all these walls on top of the railway line.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18How long would it take me to get from up here
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- to down where I'm going?- 40 seconds.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- You're 500 feet as the crow flies, 230 feet vertically.- Got you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26The engineering is amazing.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30To try and understand how they could plough through this limestone...
0:12:30 > 0:12:35- Absolutely.- ..put in this ingenious method of transport
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- is just incredible. - Yes. They're just so ambitious.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42But unfortunately the railway, unlike its illustrious neighbour,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44never made quite enough money.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48The Grand Spa Hotel became the Avon Gorge Hotel
0:12:48 > 0:12:52and the pump rooms were turned first into a cinema, and then a ballroom.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Newnes's railway was sold then and finally closed in 1934,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01but just a few years later it was to enjoy a very different use.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Thank you. Where are we going?- Well, we're going down to the shelters.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08When war broke out in 1939, the city was certain to be a target
0:13:08 > 0:13:12for enemy bombing, so the Ministry of Works and Buildings
0:13:12 > 0:13:15took over the tunnel and quickly constructed a safe place
0:13:15 > 0:13:17for the people of Clifton and Hotwells,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20where they could shelter deep underground.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22So, now you can see where we got the turnstile from.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25We cut a hole in the wall. It took us ten hours.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27You'll see there's still two more turnstiles in there
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- and you can see the railway lines there.- It's just amazing, isn't it?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The restoration has also unearthed many artefacts
0:13:33 > 0:13:36from the war years, when hundreds of local people
0:13:36 > 0:13:39spent night after night in this cold and dank place.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Maggie's colleague Peter can vividly remember what life was like.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48- I can see the railway track still underneath the cemented steps.- Yes.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50They're steps to sleep on, actually.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54These are the sleeping places, all these concrete slabs.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57The dads might be out in the war or fighting away somewhere,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00but the mums and the kids, and I was one of the kids at the time,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03would be coming into these places, sleeping here.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08And once you had your own card, which allowed you to come in,
0:14:08 > 0:14:09that was your slot.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12What was the feeling like amongst people
0:14:12 > 0:14:13when they were in here together?
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Was there a sense of wellbeing, "We're safe", or was it more,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19"Goodness me, what's happening above there?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20"Are we going to hear a bomb drop?"
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Well, of course, I was only three or four at this time
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and I looked at it differently
0:14:25 > 0:14:28because Mum and Dad went off all night. Dad was on the docks,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31my mother was out driving a truck with sandwiches and tea
0:14:31 > 0:14:35for the firefighters. We just thought it was a bit of excitement.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38In early 1941, BBC Bristol followed,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41removing the four carriages from the bottom of the tunnel
0:14:41 > 0:14:46and constructing several ingenious chambers to be used as studios
0:14:46 > 0:14:50so that if their headquarters in Whiteladies Road took a hit,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52they could still carry on broadcasting.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56When the sirens went, we jumped in a little truck,
0:14:56 > 0:15:00and then came down here, and they manned this until the all clear went,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02and then they went back again.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07It truly was amongst the corporation's more unusual
0:15:07 > 0:15:11studios, carrying on until the 1960s.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15If the war hadn't come, this might never have been used again
0:15:15 > 0:15:20for anything, but it had another life just during those few years.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24After that, it closed. Then it was just left to rot but I don't think
0:15:24 > 0:15:29now anybody would have the guts to fill it in after what we've done.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- It has such history and long may that continue.- Yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Now, somewhere deep in the Wiltshire countryside,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Raj is still shopping,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46although he could do with an alpaca warning...
0:15:46 > 0:15:51just outside the village of Langley Burrell at Fairfax Antiques.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Hello, hello, hello.- Hello. - Nice to meet you.- I'm Elizabeth.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Hi, I'm Raj.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Our new boy's already acquired three lots today
0:15:59 > 0:16:01for the princely sum of £15,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04but it's all on a much grander scale here,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07with almost 10,000 items for sale.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11There is a price tag for those for about 220 each.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15A mixture of antiques and reproduction.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- They're foam. These have aged well, haven't they?- They have.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- They must have been out there a long time because they almost look like the real thing.- Yes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24They are the real thing, those two.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- These two are the real thing? - Yes.- Oh.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Tricky business. Be on your guard, Raj.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32But if there's a bargain here, I'm sure you'll find it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37This is an old military water bottle issued to the troops
0:16:37 > 0:16:39during the Second World War, this one.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41You see a lot of militaria,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44but you don't often see the water bottles for some reason.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- It's quite different. That's on my list of come-back-tos.- OK.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Not a bad spot, Raj. Now, what else has Elizabeth got?
0:16:52 > 0:16:57These are quite nice wall lights, the brass ones.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Those are very pretty but they're very expensive.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Very saleable but... Gee whiz. They're priced at £95 each.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- I think it's for the pair, actually. - Oh, is it? Is it for the pair?
0:17:09 > 0:17:15Even at the pair, that's still pushing it, but...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19I might be inclined to make a little bit of an offer on those.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22OK, time to talk to the proprietor, Harriet Fairfax.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Hello.- Hello, Lady Fairfax. I'm Raj. How are you?- Good.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Well, I've had a lovely look round.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31You've got some lovely, lovely things all over the place,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- which brings me onto these. These are nice and decorative.- They're French.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37They're French, they're very, very decorative,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41but really I've got to make a profit and they're going into auction.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I'd be happy paying 25 for them.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Each or for...?- No, for the pair. - For the pair.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Maybe 30.- Do you know...?
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- Yes. I'm going to splash out. £30. - OK, OK.- We have a deal.- That's good.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Thank you very much indeed. - That went well.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02So well that he's decided to have a go at his other little find.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I mean, it's in really nice condition and £35 on it.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10If I can get this for 15 or under, I'll be happy.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- I'm back again.- Oh...- Yeah, well, to be honest, I was drawn to it.- Yeah.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17I know roughly what these fetch at auction
0:18:17 > 0:18:22and please don't take offence, and if you say no, I totally understand,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- but I'll give you £10 for it. - OK...- What do you think?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I think that's all right.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Yeah. I'm happy to pay a tenner for it, but any more than that...
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Yeah, I think that's OK.- Brilliant. Will we shake hands on that?- Mm.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Great. So, now he just has to make it past the livestock.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Hello, hello, hello... Ooh! HE SPEAKS GIBBERISH
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Mind it doesn't spit. Nighty-night.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Time for Raj to take a turn with the Triumph.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I need to go on a driving course. I wish I could find the gears.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59All you do... Go into third now, so go up.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Yeah, but foot on the clutch first.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Yeah, it was, it was, it was. - That's it, lad. You'll get this.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10These cars, you have to caress them and it's clutch...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- and then gear stick. - Do you like walking?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Luckily, Raj has taken to the shopping
0:19:16 > 0:19:18a bit quicker than the driving,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22acquiring some silver, an army canteen, some sconces,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26a riding crop and some egg timers for a mere £55...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- Can I make you an amazing offer? - Yes, they usually are.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34..leaving £145 in his wallet, while Charles went for a very different
0:19:34 > 0:19:38approach, splashing out £72 on just one item.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I thought we were friends.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Which leaves him almost £130 to spend today.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Raj, R-A-J?- R-A-J, yeah.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- In English it means king. - In English Raj means king?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- King, yes.- Crikey me.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Later, they'll be making for an auction at Winchcombe,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59but our next stop is in Hungerford.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Perched on the westernmost edge of Berkshire,
0:20:04 > 0:20:08the point where southeast meets southwest England,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Hungerford, in a quiet sort of way, is something of a transport hub.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13A good spot for antiques, too.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Good to see you. What a gorgeous part of the world.- Isn't it?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- Hungerford.- Yeah.- And you know what, I'm hungry for antiques.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Yes, he was on a bit of a diet while Raj merrily tucked in,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25so time to pig out, Charles.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- A lovely Victorian boar's head. Isn't he wonderful?- Pricey though.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- Ah, YOU look more like it.- I love the little sheep. That's cute.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40A little antique porcelain figure of a ewe, priced £95.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43In the 18th century, the likes of Chelsea as a factory
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and Charles Gouyn, they were renowned
0:20:45 > 0:20:48for making these whimsical objects.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Often they were made as scent bottles or were just toys
0:20:51 > 0:20:54for ladies of an important house to enjoy.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59The dealer's put, "Possibly Rockingham." Ah-ha. How much?
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- What about 80? - It's got a couple of chipped ears.
0:21:03 > 0:21:10He's a small little sheep. He's a bit tired. Do you want to do £50?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Well, let's see if I can squeeze £50 out of him.- OK.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- I might hold him for a second. Is that OK?- You may. Get acquainted.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- Yes, I will do.- Or even go for a stroll. What's he seen then?
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I quite like him. He's not overly exciting, but it's always quite nice
0:21:28 > 0:21:33to question a label, and I'm a Derby man.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I'm a Derby ram and this is my Derby ewe. How are you, girl?
0:21:37 > 0:21:41So, in fact, she was made in Derby not Rockingham.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Sometimes you really can't leave a bit of Derby history behind
0:21:45 > 0:21:48and if she can be the right price, I think this Derby girl's
0:21:48 > 0:21:52coming to auction. I'll find Alex.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- What you think, Charles? - Yeah, I like her.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57What's the best price on her? Have you called the dealer?
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- 50 offered. 60 is the bottom. OK?- Yeah, fine.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05I think his crook is firmly around that little ewe, Alex,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08but he's still got the appetite for more.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12This tray here is probably a tray from the late 18th,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17early 19th century. People often will grumble about condition
0:22:17 > 0:22:21but where you've got honest wear like here, splits on here,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and it's got stains on, you've got scars.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29But to me, if you want a good brew with a pedigree,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33why not serve it on something that's had experience?
0:22:33 > 0:22:39Alex, this tray here, it's tired, it's a bit worn...
0:22:39 > 0:22:43OK, I understand the condition isn't at its best,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46so I think that we can do a pretty good deal on this.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It's priced a £19.99.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I like your retail style but what's your wholesale hardness?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Well, what about £9.99? - Really? £9.99?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Well, do you know what? I will happily give you £10...
0:23:01 > 0:23:02OK, add the extra penny on.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06..because when you can serve tea on a tray and say,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10"My tray was made 15 years before the Battle of Waterloo."
0:23:10 > 0:23:12That's history. Thanks a lot.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- That means I owe you 70 for the ewe and the tray.- OK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21It could make a fiver, some experts like Raj could even say,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24"Hanson, you've bought some firewood."
0:23:24 > 0:23:27So, with his Derby ewe in pocket
0:23:27 > 0:23:32and a nice bit of Georgian firmly in hand, Charles seems happy enough.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39But what about Raj as he takes our route back west
0:23:39 > 0:23:42towards Salisbury Plain and the village of Avebury,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46where he's come to find out about Alexander Keiller,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49the man who put the village on the World Heritage map?
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- Hello, there.- Hello.- Hi, Ros. I'm Raj.- Hi. Welcome to Avebury.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Beautiful. It looks gorgeous.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Nowadays, this 16th-century manor belongs to the National Trust
0:23:59 > 0:24:03but back in 1935, it became the headquarters of
0:24:03 > 0:24:06the Morven Institute for Archaeological Research,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09an incredible project to restore the stones
0:24:09 > 0:24:11of the Avebury Neolithic Henge,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15but the Scottish millionaire behind it was no less fascinating.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19He was the last of the Keillers of Dundee Marmalade family
0:24:19 > 0:24:23and, when he reached its majority, he got out of marmalade
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and really spent the rest of his life using that money
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- to do interesting things. - Indulging his passion?- Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32As well as archaeology,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Keiller was passionate about quite a lot of things,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38trying his hand at fast cars, the study of witchcraft
0:24:38 > 0:24:41and a good deal of wine, women and song.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43He was a very sociable person, I think.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48One skiing trip, they got through 150 cocktails
0:24:48 > 0:24:51before dinner and there were only 16 of them...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Sounds like a good night out. - ..and he said something like,
0:24:54 > 0:24:59"I think it was 150, but after that I don't recall." So...
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Keiller learned to fly during World War I
0:25:02 > 0:25:07and in the 1920s he made his first real foray into archaeology,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11piloting a De Havilland to take the aerial photographs
0:25:11 > 0:25:13that were published as Wessex from the Air.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16He also bought a Neolithic site nearby
0:25:16 > 0:25:19to save it from development and then turned his attention to Avebury.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23So, when Keiller arrived, what was here?
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Not many of the original 200 stones were visible at all.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30In fact, there were only 15 standing.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34In the Middle Ages, they'd taken to burying the stones
0:25:34 > 0:25:38and in the 17th and 18th centuries, they'd taken to breaking them up
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- and building houses and walls. - Keiller set about restoring
0:25:42 > 0:25:45the four and a 4,500-year-old monument,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48three huge circles that surround the village.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51He also built a museum.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54All in all, a vastly expensive project, which not only provided
0:25:54 > 0:25:59much-needed employment in the area but also provoked some controversy.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03He went to great lengths, didn't he, to clear some of the site?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Oh, absolutely. It was an enormous undertaking
0:26:05 > 0:26:09and, in fact, he actually pulled down a small number of buildings,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13including a couple of houses in this part of the site,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16because they were actually on the line of the stone circle.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21For all the work that's been done, we're still nowhere near discovering
0:26:21 > 0:26:25what the true purpose of Avebury or nearby Stonehenge really was.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29However, one particular stone does have a story to tell.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32We call that the barber-surgeon and it was one of the stones
0:26:32 > 0:26:36excavated by Alexander Keiller in 1938, and they found
0:26:36 > 0:26:40a skeleton of a man between the stone and the side of the pit.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46He had a pair of iron scissors and a little metal probe object
0:26:46 > 0:26:51and three coins, and the coins allowed it to be dated to the 1320s.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Keiller came round to thinking that it could be a barber-surgeon,
0:26:55 > 0:27:00people who shaved, cut hair but also did little medical things, too.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Some of Keiller's ancestors had been barber-surgeons and whalers
0:27:05 > 0:27:09in the North Sea, and I think he rather liked that connection.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Keiller's work was interrupted when the war broke out in 1939
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and, a few years later, he sold his land to the National Trust.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20He died in 1955, but the incredible legacy
0:27:20 > 0:27:24of the playboy-turned-archaeologist remains.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Avebury became a World Heritage Site in 1986.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36In a slightly busier bit of the county,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Charles is on the search for just one more shop
0:27:39 > 0:27:43in the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett. It joined Leamington
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and Tunbridge Wells in getting that rare prefix in 2011.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Wow. How are you?
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- I'm doing very good.- You must be Ed, as in the front door.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- As in "eddintheclouds". - Eddintheclouds. Great.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Perhaps the name refers to the almost virtual nature
0:27:58 > 0:28:02of Ed's business, with quite a bit sold online, but Charles,
0:28:02 > 0:28:06despite his now limited funds, is certainly enjoying a close look.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- I love your little chair over here. - The little Orkney one?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- Liberty and Co.- Just tell me. We call it an Orkney chair why?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- They were made in Orkney. - Were they?- They were.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Liberty were shipping probably about a couple of hundred a month
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- but they're just a classic... - Isn't that a gorgeous chair?
0:28:20 > 0:28:25- Circa 1910?- 1900, 1910. - The best price would be...?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I would probably say 190.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Oh, I wish I hadn't spent all my money earlier on. Oh, no.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32I can't afford it!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34And if you can't stretch to the chair,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37don't even think about this hallstand.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39This is in that Voysey, Art Nouveau...
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- It's Shapland & Petter.- Shapland & Petter.- From their catalogues.- Oh...
0:28:43 > 0:28:48If I guessed, I would have thought you would retail that today for...
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- £1,250.- You are bang on. - 1,250. There we go.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56OK, Raj, watch me. I can play big, as well.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Time for Ed to point Charles towards something more affordable
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- I think I've got a stool for you. - Have you?- Yes.- This one here?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Yeah. Again, it's most likely Liberty & Co.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- The coffee stool is what they were sold as originally.- So, this is a Liberty retail stool?
0:29:09 > 0:29:14- Yeah, Liberty, in the 1880s, were into this kind of...- Moorish...
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Moorish look.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Funnily enough, I spoke to a gentleman who possibly thinks
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- these were possibly made in Tunbridge Wells.- Really?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Yeah, when the Tunbridge Ware market declined.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26You've got almost this Islamic Moorish-influenced top
0:29:26 > 0:29:30in mother-of-pearl, in ebony. But over the years,
0:29:30 > 0:29:35the mosaic has become lost and the jigsaw is very incomplete...
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- Yeah, sadly.- ..because there's no bits to go with it now.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- I like this but it is tired. - Somebody could have a go,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45peel the tops off and have a cute little stool with that.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Yeah. I think it's quite attractive. How much is it?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50In that condition, £25.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- Goodness me.- That is affordable. - You can't say no to that.- No.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Let me give it some thought. There was one thing just downstairs
0:29:57 > 0:30:00that caught my eye, and what I'm quite tempted to do
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- is put the two together and see what price we come out at.- Okey doke.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Now we're getting somewhere. What's he spotted down there?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Aah, some proper Tunbridge.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Here we have got a complete micro-mosaic of parquetry,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18inlaid in rosewood and ebony, and this I presume is a clothes brush?
0:30:18 > 0:30:23- Yeah.- Yeah, a clothes brush of probably 1900, 1910,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26made in Tunbridge Ware. How much could that be?
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- It's £15.- £15, yeah. Do you now to use a clothes brush, Ed?
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Barely.- No, well, you ought to. No, I'm only...
0:30:34 > 0:30:39So, what I'd like to do is make you an offer for the Liberty stool
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- upstairs...- Yup.- ..and this small clothes brush.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46If I said to you, "Eddie, I'll take the two",
0:30:46 > 0:30:50could you give me any discount on the two together?
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- What could you do for me?- Oh...
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- How about if I said to you 30? - That's really good.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Yeah, I'd be silly to say no.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Thanks a lot.- Good luck with them.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Thanks a lot. I'm delighted. That's great.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09It's not bad, Charles. Now, whither Raj?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Remember his flying start?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14He already has quite enough for the auction, thanks very much,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17but just in case, he's come to Devizes,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19that charming Wiltshire market town, to see if he can manage
0:31:19 > 0:31:21just one more purchase.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- SHOP DOORBELL RINGS Hi, I'm Raj.- I'm John.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you, John.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- What a lovely shop you've got here. - Thank you very much.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31I'm sure he says that to all the proprietors
0:31:31 > 0:31:33but this time, he surely means it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35There's got to be a bargain or two tucked away in here.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38You've got a nice big collection of apothecary jars.
0:31:38 > 0:31:44I cleared a chemist shop that had been stored up since about the 1950s.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46These are quite collectable as well, some of these.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49They are. They're almost a museum in one piece.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54- There's a few headache cures in there.- Yeah, I bet, I bet.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57That's a no to the jars then. What is his game?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I was very nervous at the start, to be perfectly honest,
0:32:00 > 0:32:01and up against Charles, as well...
0:32:01 > 0:32:06He's a tough cookie, so I've decided to tread softly at the moment.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I wonder if he's got any silver downstairs.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Ah, well, in that case. Yes, that one.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16It's a pretty little Art Nouveau silver rose vase,
0:32:16 > 0:32:22is what I would call it, and it's got a few dents on it,
0:32:22 > 0:32:29but it's quite pretty. It's priced at £45, which I think that John knows...
0:32:29 > 0:32:33It's a little bit on the heavy side. What could be the best on it?
0:32:33 > 0:32:3730 quid. You're right, it's a little bit dinked.
0:32:37 > 0:32:38What other silver have you got?
0:32:38 > 0:32:42That's a nice little silver sugar shaker, isn't it?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45The hallmark is extremely rubbed and I would say
0:32:45 > 0:32:47that its period was...
0:32:47 > 0:32:51maybe only just. I would say this is probably turn-of-the-century.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53What would be the best on this?
0:32:53 > 0:32:59Well, as it just got here, I could probably flip that for 160.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01That's not a bad price but you have to remember,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05this is my first Roadtrip, OK, so a lot hangs on this for me,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07so I need a little bit of help along the way.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09- I'll give you a little bit of beginner's luck.- OK.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I'll do that for 135 and that's the death on it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17He's got the cash, but he's sticking to his cautious tactics.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- Back to the vase.- Can you do a bit better on that for me?- 28.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- How about 20? - It's too tight.- 20 is too tight?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Cos it is damaged.- I know.- And I'm going to have to sell it
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- with something else. - It's...a little bit low.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Shall we say 24 and we've got a deal?
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- We've got a deal.- OK. - Thank you very much indeed. Lovely.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42A final canny buy for our Raj.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Now, let's remind ourselves what they both acquired.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Charles spent £172 on a silver dish,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54a ewe, a Liberty table,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57a George III tray and a clothes brush,
0:33:57 > 0:34:02while Raj parted with just £79 for some sconces,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05egg timers, a water bottle,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08a riding crop and some silver.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10So, what did they make of all that lot?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13He knows the game. He's been here before
0:34:13 > 0:34:16and, to be honest, it's a nice parcel.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I wouldn't say he's bought knobbly knick-knacks,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22but he's bought some very small lots.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I know I've played cautious, but...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27fingers crossed it should be OK.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30He was telling me in the car how he's spent in the past, £1,000
0:34:30 > 0:34:34for this, £5,000 for that and in fact his table top
0:34:34 > 0:34:38in our first road trip is very much £5 that, £10 that.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Charles has bought well, but watch out for the newbie.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44After setting off from Corsham,
0:34:44 > 0:34:45our experts are now heading
0:34:45 > 0:34:46for their first auction
0:34:46 > 0:34:48at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- # Heigh-ho - Heigh-ho!
0:34:51 > 0:34:53# Heigh-ho! #
0:34:53 > 0:34:57# Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to auction we go.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- See, you can sing! - Well, I can do Heigh-ho.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Designated as a walker-friendly town, Winchcombe features
0:35:04 > 0:35:10on six long-distance footpaths, including the 102-mile Cotswold Way.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14- This is it.- Here we go.- We've built our foundations on this, OK?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- High five.- Good luck.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Welcome to British Bespoke Auctions, home of the famous Bella.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Pretty, ain't she?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I wonder what auctioneer Nicholas Granger makes of our lot's lots.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30There's a couple that are a bit dodgy, if I can say that word.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34The little table, the Liberty-style table needs a lot of work to it.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36There's a couple of little silver items,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38which are quite nice but damaged again.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41They're worth something but how much will they do on the day? We'll see later.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45My favourite is definitely the 18th-century Persian silver dish.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I think that is spectacular. I think that's going to do well.
0:35:47 > 0:35:53- That would be my tip for the day. - So, who will win the first round?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Roadtrip regular or our brand-new boy?
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Just have a quick look round at the people in here.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03They're smiling away. Hello, madam. She's here. We'll be OK.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05We're starting off with Raj's sconces.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I'm going to start off here with a commission bid.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- With me at £35 on the book. - Wow.- At 35, 38, 40.
0:36:11 > 0:36:1440 now with me. Looking for 42, and 2 and 5
0:36:14 > 0:36:17and 50, 55. £55 we have.
0:36:17 > 0:36:23- At £55.- Wow.- Do we get £60? Have we got 60 in the room?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Raj is jumping up and down. We've got 50 here. We need £60.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31I'm going to give fair warning with the sconces at £55. Are we sure?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Going once, twice...- Well-played.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- At £55... - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- ..sold. Thank you.- Well done. - Thank you.- Well done.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- The first of many, I'm sure. - I can relax now.- That's amazing! £55.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45What a start. You've almost doubled up.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Now for Charles's bargain Tunbridge Ware brush.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- If this doesn't make £40... - Get out of here!
0:36:50 > 0:36:52..you're going to have to hold me back
0:36:52 > 0:36:54cos I'm going to put my hands up, OK?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Brush yourselves down with this one. With the bidding at £30.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Oh, wow!- Commission bid. Looking for 32 now.- Let's go.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- We're looking for a 32.- Come on. - 32, 35, and £38 here.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07£38 we've got now. It's got to be worth 40, surely?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Charlie, it's got to be worth 40. - I hope so.- We've got 38 here then.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13We're going to sell it at £38 then.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- Going once and the hammer goes down. Sold. Thank you.- That's good.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19More profits. We started well.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- So, you're ahead.- It's amazing. - So now I'm playing catch up.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26Well, reach for your whip then, Raj. Another cracking buy.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Commission bids on this, ladies and gentlemen,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- at £28. At 28, now looking for 30. - That's awesome.
0:37:32 > 0:37:3332, 35, 38,
0:37:33 > 0:37:3742 with you. £42. We have £42 in the room now on my left at 42.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- That's awesome, well done. - With you in the room at £42.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43And 45 sitting down, sir, on my right. At 45 and 8?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45At 48 here. Looking for 50. Do I have 50 on the net?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47I've got 48 in the room then.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I'm going to crack the whip at £48 then.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50- GAVEL BANGS - Sold.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- That's massive.- Yeah, I'm pleased with that.- Who is this guy?
0:37:53 > 0:37:59Advantage Raj. Will Charles's George III tray carry all before it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Who'll start me on this at £20? £20 we're looking for.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- It needs a little bit of repair but it's a nice tray.- Thanks, mate.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Thanks, mate! How are you?- At £20. Looking for 22 elsewhere.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Have I got 22 in the room or at home?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- It's a George III tray, ladies and gentlemen.- Oh, it's wonderful.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- I'm looking for £22.- Good man! - 22 we've got now
0:38:16 > 0:38:19and 25, you're going to go. Now I'm looking for 28.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Thank you, sir, you're a good man.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- We will sell then...- That's a good price.- It's cheap, it's cheap.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25- GAVEL BANGS - Sold to the room.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28You're a good man. Thanks a lot.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I'm going to try that on my next thing, OK?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33So, could I have some support?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Worth a try, Raj. Maybe on your egg timers.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Start the bidding on those, shall we? At £20, we're looking for.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Looking for £20 in the room. OK, 15 I'll take.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- £50? 50?- 15.- How much?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49..at £18 in the room. Now I'm looking for 20.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- Brilliant. That's massive profit. Well done.- Shh!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53I'm not finished yet, I'm not finished yet.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56At 25 sitting down here. Looking for 28 elsewhere.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5928 on the net now. 28 and 30, sir?
0:38:59 > 0:39:00£30 sitting down.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- W-w-wait, I'm hoping that it's not over.- One more bid perhaps?
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- One more bid?- I'm going to sell then at £30...
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- GAVEL BANGS - ..to the room. Thank you.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11He kept quiet, but they still picked up a profit.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Can Charles's Liberty table match it?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- I could be in trouble. Here we go. - Here we go.- Pray, Hansen.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Don't look round. Cut that out.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- A low cheeky bid at £15. - Oh!- At £15.- Oh!- Shh...
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Looking for 18. At 18 with you, sir, in the room...
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- You've done it, you've done it. - I'm still down.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Would you like to go, sir? 28, would you like to go?
0:39:30 > 0:39:34- 28 now with you at £28... - I'm still very down.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- ..at 28 on my right. At 28 bid. - Hello, the world. You're out.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Going once, twice at £28 to the gentleman in the room.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43- GAVEL BANGS - Sold. Thank you.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48Someone's got a bargain. Now for Raj's little silver collection.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- It's a good lot. Will it make £100? - No. Oh, shut up.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- You're just winding me up now.- Who's going to start the bidding at £15?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- At 15, we've got here straight away. - Profit. Is that profit?- No.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01We've got £15 on this for Raj. Have we got 18 elsewhere? At 18.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- We've got £15 only, in the room or at home.- The game's on now.- At £18.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I'll sell at 15 then. A bargain. And 18 on the net now.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11We've got 18 in now. Thank you, at 18. Looking for...
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- High-five. High-five. - No, no. Shh! Be quiet, you.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16At £18 to the net... Sold. Thank you.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- Off we go! - HE GROANS
0:40:18 > 0:40:20That's his first loss.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23HE BLEATS Sorry?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- HE BLEATS - I hear the big bleat, don't I?
0:40:26 > 0:40:31Quite. Charles's favourite ewe. Was she a bit of a gabble?
0:40:31 > 0:40:32I'm praying. This could flop.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I'm looking for £30 in the room or at home. It is Derby.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- You've got a commission at 15. - I'm in trouble. I'm in trouble.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Looking for £18 in the room or on the net. At £15 a commission bid.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47At 18 sitting down in the room. At 18 now. At 18. Looking for a 20.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- Thank you, 20 in the room now. - Oh, no.- Now at £20 and 2?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Would you like to go, sir? At 22.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54And 5? Are you sure?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- Oh, I don't believe it. - At £22 in the room then.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Going once, twice at £22 on the sheep.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02- GAVEL BANGS - Sold.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07No words necessary. Charles has made a big loss.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12But can Raj take advantage with yet another bargain buy?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Starting the bidding at £15. We have on that at 15.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Looking for 18 elsewhere. At 15 now. I'm looking for £18.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21It must be worth more. At 18 in the room, sir, thank you very much.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23At £18 with you. Looking for 20 now.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27At £18, we're going to sell. Once, twice, at £18...
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Get it down.- ..hammer down. Charles says, "Hammer down."
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Sold!- That'll do. Thank you, that's OK.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- That's good. Happy? Look at me.- Yeah.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38A tidy return but it all comes down to the Persian silver,
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Charles's biggest buy. The auctioneer's tip, too.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- Don't worry, Charles. It's going to be all right, OK?- All right. Thanks.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Commission bids on this, ladies and gentlemen. At £120 starting.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- Get in. We're in business. - 130. Looking for 140, 150...
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Let the net run now. - Come on, then!- 160, 170, 180.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01180 now. Looking for 190. 190 now on the net, 190.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- I'm pumped up.- That'll be 220. - Let's go.- 200 we've got here.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- At 200 and 220 now.- Come on then! - At 220, 220, 240 now.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- 240 bid!- This is good.- Yeah.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16..at 240. We're looking for 260.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Once, twice, at £240...
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- Sold.- Thanks a lot. Thanks, auctioneer.- Well done.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Thanks a lot, chief. Thanks very much.- That's a good buy.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29Charles's boldness pays off and the old hand wins the day.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- Come on, mate. - HE GROANS
0:42:32 > 0:42:37Raj, who started out with £200, made, after paying auction costs,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40a profit of £59.58,
0:42:40 > 0:42:45leaving him with £259.58 to spend next time,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49while Charles began with the same sum, and after paying auction costs,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53he made a profit of £117.46
0:42:53 > 0:42:58so he takes an early lead with £317.46.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03- I'm getting the idea now.- You are, yeah.- So, game on.- Ah, the sunshine.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Don't tell me, it reminds you of Persia.- What a day.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Next on Antiques Roadtrip, there's double deals...
0:43:11 > 0:43:12How much are they for the pair?
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- £100.- And between friends?- 110. - CHARLES LAUGHS
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- ..and car-boot sales. - Raj?- Keep your eyes closed.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22What's going in the boot? There's a fair weight in there.