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!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11With £200 each, a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What 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 > 0:00:18Back in the game! Charlie!
0:00:20 > 0:00:24There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
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 > 0:00:40Welcome to a taste of the West with Charles and Raj.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Last night I had a pint of Somerset cider.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Do you know what I really enjoy? If it's not cider, I love cheese.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- Oh, well they make a very nice brie in Somerset.- Do they really?- Yep.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Those two gourmands, in a Triumph Herald,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57are actually here to gobble up bargains.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00This is a treasure island and I just want to dig with you.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Dig that, Charles Hanson, our auctioneer from Derby.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Antiques expert and Rams fan.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12At the moment it's Hanson - 1, Raj - 0.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Can it be 2-0 in Somerset?
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Not if Raj Bisram,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19our auctioneer from Kent, has anything to do with it.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Antiques expert, llama aficionado, and wizard of the slopes...
0:01:24 > 0:01:25I was a downhill racer.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Oh, yes?- Which means that I'm going to go flat-out to win.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Highly competitive between these two, and it's only the second leg.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Raj started out with £200 and he has already made a tidy profit,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44with £259.58 to spend today.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48While Charles, who began with the same sum,
0:01:48 > 0:01:54has done even better with £317.46 at his disposal.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56And boy, I love how you say Charles, say it again to me.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Charles.- Yeah, I like that. Yeah.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You say it in a nice ring.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Our journey starts out at Corsham, in Wiltshire,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and takes in most of the south-west of England, before ending
0:02:08 > 0:02:11up about 900 miles later at Crewkerne, in Somerset.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But, today we begin in the Somerset village of Blackford
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and journey south and east towards an auction near the Hampshire coast,
0:02:18 > 0:02:19at Swanmore.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Located deep in the heart of the Somerset Levels,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Blackford's premier, and quite possibly only,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33antiques outlet is housed in an old primary school.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Good morning. Hello? - Hello, good morning.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Good morning, sir, how are you? - How are you, sir?
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Good to see you, what a wonderful building and I'm just greeted
0:02:42 > 0:02:44by astounding antiques.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Yep, Les does have stock worth shouting about,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49especially the English furniture.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I just can't believe the quality, I mean,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55the pair of credenzas over there,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58they must be worth upwards of £50,000.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I think that might even be on the low side, Charles.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Academic, really, considering your budget.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They were strong in the arm in the Victorian times.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10With heavy-weight antiques and prices to match,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12our Charles will have to be on top form here.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17In this cabinet here, is some really good blue and white porcelain.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Now...be careful, don't drop it, Charles.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Took the words right out of my mouth!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25But when you're looking for blue and white, you're looking for
0:03:25 > 0:03:28rare Chelsea blue and white, you're looking for rare
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Lowestoft blue and white,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34and if you can find the rarer factories, in blue and white,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37the value can be ten times more than the more bog-standard.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41So I'm just having a quick peek in here now.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Ooops!
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Nice. Put him up there. They're lovely.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Put these...
0:03:48 > 0:03:53I've got six saucers, and matching tea bowls,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56one, two, three...
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Ah! I've got the six.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Gosh, aren't they gorgeous?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And if you think back to the times when us English were
0:04:04 > 0:04:09discovering secrets in ancient Greece and Italy in the 1760s,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13and Worcester were making these tea bowls and saucers
0:04:13 > 0:04:15with these ruinous finds.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21Look at the old metal riveting repairs to actually maintain them as
0:04:21 > 0:04:23objects of beauty.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25No price though.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Knowing Les, I reckon the six could be £1,000.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31If you don't ask, you never find out.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Les?- Yes, Charles.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38If I said to you, pluck a price for six tea bowls and saucers...
0:04:38 > 0:04:39200 quid.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Interesting.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But I don't really want to sell it.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47One more thing that I pulled out, this little tea bowl here.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- That would be Chinese.- I think it probably is.- How much?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Could be 40 quid? The other piece is a good early lot.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- How much is that? - Probably the same price.- 40 quid?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Yeah, you can have that for the same price.- £40?- Yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I'm from Derbyshire, you know, things seem to be a bit more
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- expensive down here.- Really(!)
0:05:04 > 0:05:06You're not in Derbyshire now, Charles.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Thank you, Les. I shall think on.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I could take a chance, my mind's ticking.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The gamble could be on.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Sorely tempted, eh?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Remember though, your only loss in the last leg
0:05:19 > 0:05:21was almost £40 on a little derby ewe.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Be careful, Charles, have another look around at least.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Oh, I quite like these figures down here.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31You've got him and her, they're still together.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32And these are modelled...
0:05:34 > 0:05:35..by James Hadley,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39who was a very important modeller at Royal Worcester.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41They've had some restoration, what a shame.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Look at that one there, and look at the difference.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46- Les?- Yes?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Only a quickie, I'm really impressed
0:05:49 > 0:05:52with your Hadley his and hers ladies.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- How much are they, for the pair? - £100.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57£100, and between friends?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00£110, plus VAT(!)
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I like those. Time to take another peek at the old china, then.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I might just ask Les
0:06:07 > 0:06:11if I could get a bit off because he's come straight in at £200.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Next door to these are also these bits of broken Chinese porcelain.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21What I might do, is use this pile as a bargaining tool to,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24perhaps, buy two lots.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Round two.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I probably will take the tea bowls and saucers, could you do me
0:06:30 > 0:06:34anything on these bits of broken Chinese bits here?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36£225, and you can take the lot.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Oh, dear.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- I tell you what, 200 quid.- For the whole lot?- Yes, how about that?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45The break would be something like 180, for that lot there,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and £20 there.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I would think that would be reasonably accurate.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51You know you're going to.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Yeah, I will. Thank you very much. - I knew you would. I've been done!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I'm not so sure, Les.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02They're certainly a big gamble for Charles, not that he seems too worried.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But, while all that excitement's been taking place,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Raj has had a more leisurely start, making his way towards
0:07:12 > 0:07:14the village of Nether Stowey where
0:07:14 > 0:07:17he's come to visit one of the most cherished places
0:07:17 > 0:07:21in the history of English Romantic poetry, Coleridge's cottage.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Hello, Stephen. - Hello, nice to meet you.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's nice to meet you, I'm Raj. What a lovely place.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The Devon-born critic and philosopher,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Samuel Taylor Coleridge, had just been discharged
0:07:31 > 0:07:35from the Royal Dragoons, and was editing a failing journal,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37when a meeting changed his life.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Everything turned around
0:07:38 > 0:07:42when he met William Wordsworth in Bristol in 1795.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45It was that point, that the two of them realised that there was
0:07:45 > 0:07:48something that each of them had, a spark of genius.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51That was a hugely profound moment for both of them.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55And, they became friends from that moment onwards.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Coleridge soon decided to leave Bristol and live in nature,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04moving his family to this cottage in the foothills of the Quantocks.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06He took long walks in the countryside
0:08:06 > 0:08:12and wrote works like The Nightingale and This Lime Tree Bower, My Prison.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The Romantic poetry period is not about, sort of, Mills and Boon romantic love,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19it's much more about our connection to nature,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21how it makes us feel.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23That's what he wanted to start writing about,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25in a language that people understood,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29because all the poetry that went before was quite complex,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30the way it was structured.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33This was just in the language of ordinary men.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36So, Stephen, most of his famous work originates from here, the cottage?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Yes, Frost At Midnight, which is
0:08:38 > 0:08:42one of his better known poems was written in this parlour.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46It's 1798, in February and it's absolutely silent.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49The only thing he could hear was the fire,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51the flame was this sole, quiet thing.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55His son, Hartley, was lying next to him in his cot here.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And it's one of his most famous poems.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01These conversational poems were a great influence on Wordsworth,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and soon he moved close by.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Together they caused quite a stir.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09They used to go out at night, from their point of view that was
0:09:09 > 0:09:13experiencing nature at a different time of day.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16But, from the point of view of the village, they were a bit suspicious
0:09:16 > 0:09:19because at the time the French Revolution was going on
0:09:19 > 0:09:22and they just thought, "Are they spies?", and they believed
0:09:22 > 0:09:24they were mapping the area for the French to invade.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Really?- And someone from the foreign office was sent here,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30he fortunately realised that they were just poets. That was it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- That was the end of it. - Bit crazy!- Yeah(!)
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The two poets published, in 1798,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39a work which was a landmark of the English Romantic age.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41This is the Lyrical Ballads.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43It's a first edition, and although it looks tiny,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and quite insignificant,
0:09:45 > 0:09:49in terms of English literature, it's huge.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53One of Coleridge's contributions, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57became so famous that a particular phrase entered the language.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Day after day, day after day
0:10:00 > 0:10:02We stuck, nor breath nor motion
0:10:02 > 0:10:05As idle as a painted ship
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Upon a painted ocean
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Water, water, every where
0:10:09 > 0:10:10And all the boards did shrink
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Water, water, every where
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Nor any drop to drink.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Coleridge spent just three years in Nether Stowey,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and although subsequently his collaborator became Poet Laureate,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Coleridge fared less well.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29He developed an addiction to the laudanum he'd been prescribed
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and then quarrelled with Wordsworth.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33He continued to write, however,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36and was encouraged by Byron to publish Kubla Khan.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Coleridge died in London, in 1834, aged 61.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I think when people talk about Wordsworth,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47it's very rare you won't hear the name Coleridge in the same sentence.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49The two of them are always linked.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53It's Coleridge's work that endures, that is...
0:10:53 > 0:10:57his poetry that was written here is still remembered today.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02I suppose his legacy is that he was one of the crucial voices
0:11:02 > 0:11:05of the Romantic poetry movement in this country.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Now, back on the lonesome road, our two travellers are together again.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Go right here, Raj. - Certainly, Charles.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Clear my way.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Just about.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- You know, if you ever decide to give up antiques...- Yeah.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- ..the military's for you.- I thought I might become a driving instructor.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Yeah, and I might become a ballroom dancer! Ha!
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Getting along famously, aren't they?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Around here, even if we see things outside,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34it's always worth maybe just stopping off and saying, look,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36let's knock on the door.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Yeah, maybe we can be like rag and bone men.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Well, strangely enough, Raj has it on good authority
0:11:42 > 0:11:45that there may be a bargain around here somewhere.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Don't be long.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- I've...- No, I won't be too long. - I've got shopping to do.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Not sure Brian's workshop would be Charles' sort of thing anyway.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Wowee, look at this.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I'd like to sell this, but I can't.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Well, to be honest, this is a little on the big side for me.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03This is the only one in the world.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- It's the only one in the world?- Yes. - And what exactly is it?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09It's a portable steam engine, motive power,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11made by Paxman's of Colchester.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- Amazing.- I had been, in my collections,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15gathering little bits for years
0:12:15 > 0:12:17and I've got a little steam boiler,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21which would be very, very attractive to the right people.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- If you wanted it, I'd sell it cheap.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27To be honest, I haven't got a clue what it's worth.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But what are we talking about? A tenner? Can I buy it for a tenner?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34A little bit more than a tenner and I expect you could get...
0:12:34 > 0:12:35150, 200 for it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- What about £20 and I'll just take a chance?- Done.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- We have a deal.- Good man. - Fantastic! Thank you very much.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- So, it's a vertical... - A vertical steam boiler.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- How old is it?- Oh, there you are.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51There's no maker's plate, but I would say it's got to be 100 years old.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Well, at least it's an antique, then.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Charles.- Raj.- Close your eyes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Are you being serious? I can hear something jangling in the back.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Raj?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Keep your eyes closed. - What's going in the boot? There's a fair weight in there.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Yeah, mind the back axle. - Fine. Thank you very much.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Point to Raj, I reckon.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Why don't you, yeah, just pump it a bit?- Pump it a bit?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- You'll want an ambulance pump in a minute.- You're blocked off now.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19That little encounter took place
0:13:19 > 0:13:22just outside the south Somerset town of Somerton.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Although nowadays a fairly sleepy place,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Somerton was once the county town.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Some even think that back in 900 AD
0:13:30 > 0:13:32it might have been the capital of Wessex.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- BEEPING - Good morning.- Good morning.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Sorry, afternoon, I beg your pardon. - No problem.- And your name is?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- I'm Paul.- Paul, Charles Hanson. - Pleased to meet you, my friend.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Now, Charles got off to a runaway start earlier,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47so what, we wonder, will his tactics be here?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I've had a very eventful morning of big spend.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I think now, it's time to pull myself in
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and just perhaps find something that's slightly...
0:13:55 > 0:13:57steady...
0:13:57 > 0:14:00but ready...to go, go, go.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- Mixed messages, I'd say. - I quite like...is it for sale,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I think you're using it in your shop, this lucky dip bin?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- It could be.- Could it be for sale? - It could be.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I quite like it, because it's just....
0:14:13 > 0:14:15OK, it's not very old.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What could it be, 1960s?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19'80s, '70s?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Maybe '70s.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Was it your era, Paul, the '70s?- Yes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- PAUL LAUGHS - There we go, there we go.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26I'm normally very much into my antiques, Paul.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30An antique by definition needs to be 100 years old.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34This isn't, but to me it radiates a period,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36it radiates a style
0:14:36 > 0:14:37and almost, for me,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- it's a yesteryear object that takes you back to your childhood.- Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42But what's the best price?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Between mates?- Oh...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47£70 and you get the free gifts?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Really? As well? - You get the free gifts as well.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53- This could get complicated. - What are the gifts, Paul, inside?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- I can't tell you that.- Oh, no! - You have to pay 50p to buy one.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58THEY LAUGH
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I reckon there must be at least
0:15:00 > 0:15:03the best part of 150 presents in here, mustn't there?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- I don't think there's that many. About 80.- So, 80.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09So, I might give the gifts a miss.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I could then almost...have £40 off?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- £30 off.- Really? What's his name, by the way? Has he got a name?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- No.- No name.- You can name him. - I might call him Charlie.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23So, £40 and on the shortlist.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- And elsewhere in Somerton, Raj is on the prowl.- Raj.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Nice to see you, it's Andrew, welcome to Market Cross Antiques.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Hello, Andrew - nice to meet you. Lovely looking shop you've got here.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Thank you.- Oh, yeah? No seaside clowns, though.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Oh, well - I'm sure he'll find something.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46It's really nice to actually come in the shop and see so many antiques.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Well, a quick look at the sign would have done it, Raj.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53There's a nautical cookery book here. It's a lovely little thing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I've never seen a nautical cookery book before.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00This dates from about 1920, 1930. It's an unusual little piece.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Isn't this lovely, it says here, "The Nautical Cookery Book,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07"for the use of stewards and cooks of cargo vessels.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11"Stewed oysters or clams with white wine sauce",
0:16:11 > 0:16:13so they didn't eat too badly, did they?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's got £20 on the ticket. I might be pushing it,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19but if I get this for a fiver, I might do quite well on this.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I'm beginning to think that everything I buy is a fiver.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23You're not alone there, Raj.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27How's the lucky dip going?
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Over here, we've got this almost magical figure on a carpet
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- which appears to be a little Eastern cobbler, isn't he?- Yes, he is.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Priced at £85, Paul.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- What's your best on him?- 50.- 50.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Yeah, you see, you're good. - Not everyone's cup of tea,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47but he was designed by the famous CJ Noke,
0:16:47 > 0:16:48plus, when it comes to
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Royal Doulton, there's always a guide price to help out.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56So there he is, HN1706.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Here.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59His retail price is 275.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05When it comes to auction, you normally drop it by about 75%.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It's a good price - food for thought.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09So, the cobbler...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11versus the clown.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15It's like an episode of Batman in here. Holy knick-knacks!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17He's already got plenty to ponder.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19If I did buy and took a risk
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- and bought the Doulton cobbler... - Yes?
0:17:24 > 0:17:29..and bought the clown, what would be your best prices to an old mate?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- £80 the pair.- Oh, dear.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35What do I really want to do?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Your absolute bottom is?- 70. That's it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Getting tense. Time for a spot of Somerset air.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44It's a difficult decision.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I've got to think about my big find, my Worcester,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and how I put those in the sale, but these two objects,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53if the price is right, if he can come down a bit,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I might take the two and then work it out later.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Gird your loins, then.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Is there anything you could do on the £70?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Oh!
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Um...
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- We'll go down to 60. That's a good price.- Yeah.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I just wonder if I could perhaps acquire them both at £25 each?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Put your hand there.- Thanks a lot.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18£50 the two. They got there.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Now, I wonder what Raj has unearthed?
0:18:20 > 0:18:25I've spotted a pair of watercolours by a listed artist.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29This is by... I believe it's Abraham Hulk.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32It could be either Hulk senior or junior.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Incredibly, there are a whole dynasty of 19th-century
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Anglo-Dutch painters of maritime scenes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The price for the two is £110...
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I'm going to really chance my arm on these.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Time to pipe Andrew aboard.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I quite like these, they're very nice and decorative
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and the auction they're going to is on the coast.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- They might be perfect and they've been well framed...- Yeah.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- But I'm going to be cheeky. - OK. Cheek away.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- I can do you a good deal on these. - You can?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I bought them, they came with another watercolour I really wanted.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Right.- This could be the big one for you
0:19:11 > 0:19:13that gets us ahead of Charlie Hanson.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Really?- I think it could.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Hear that! He's practically on your team.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- I mean, would you take £20 for them? - Yeah, go on, as it's you.- Really?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Yeah. You've got yourself a deal.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- Really?- Yeah!- Shake his hand, then.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Now I feel bad!- You want to give me some more, don't you!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Well, I WAS going to go higher, but I'll tell you what I'll do.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- To be fair, I'm going to give you 25 for them.- 25, we've got a deal.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42- Well, that is a first.- I've seen something else. While I'm on a roll!
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- We're on a roll now, aren't we?- Yes! Can I show you this?- Course you can.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49This just a nice little nautical cookery book.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Can I offer you a fiver for that?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54I can go make a phone call and find out for you.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I can't believe I got the pictures for £25!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- They've got to do well.- Raj...? - Yes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I've given the dealer a phone call and the best she can do is ten quid.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- I've got to squeeze you on this one. - OK, mate.- Eight?- Yeah, go on, then.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- You've got a deal. Thanks very much. - I'll sort her out for the other.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13While you're here, is there anything else nautical that you can think of?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16I'll take a bit of a look around and see if I can find something.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19You never know, it would be nice if there was something to go
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- with it, make it a little bit of a job lot.- More?!
0:20:22 > 0:20:24He can't stop buying, today.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I was just thinking there's a nice flag here.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Got a bit of age to it, St George's flag.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Could be a naval flag, it's the sort of size they use,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- naval signalling flags.- Yes, that might go perfect with the book.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Can I make you an offer?- Course you can.- Will you take a fiver for it?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Yeah, go on - I'll take a fiver for that.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43So Raj now has his watercolours
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and another nautical lot of the cookbook and the flag.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I think he's been inspired by The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I don't think there's any great age to this,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55but it's just a pretty little sloop.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I should think this is as modern as anything.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01A sloop, from the Dutch "sloep",
0:21:01 > 0:21:03is a sailing boat with a single mast.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05The ticket price is £24.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I'll get this for a tenner. It'll add...
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Just give some more oomph to the lot I've got.- Or sink it.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Andrew, this naval lot... - This is growing now.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Yes, it's growing into a convoy! This sloop, here.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20What about a tenner?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24The absolute death on it is half price, 12.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- I'm not going to quibble on that.- OK, thank you very much. That's good.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Lovely.- Not a bad haul, Raj.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Now, back to the driving lessons.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40You know when you have a junction like back there,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- always go into first gear.- Really?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45You just let me know when you want me to do an emergency stop
0:21:45 > 0:21:46and I'll do one.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Not quite yet!
0:21:47 > 0:21:48TYRES SQUEAL
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Right. Night-night!
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Today is someone's very special day.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- It's your birthday!- It sure is.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04The sun is shining, you're on the road with your new best mate
0:22:04 > 0:22:05and it's your birthday.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- How old are you today?- Cut!
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Our experienced experts certainly had a good day yesterday, acquiring
0:22:14 > 0:22:19some watercolours, a cookbook, a flag, a sloop and a steam boiler.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21To be honest, I haven't got a clue what it's worth.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Those set him back £70, leaving almost £190 in his wallet,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30while Charles was equally acquisitive, plumping
0:22:30 > 0:22:32for a clown, a Doulton figurine
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and enough tea bowls to open a cafe.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I'm from Derbyshire, you know -
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- things seem to be a bit more expensive down here.- Really?!
0:22:39 > 0:22:41That lot cost £250.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45So, he's got just under £70 left for today's bargains.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I have to say that spending my birthday with you today is
0:22:48 > 0:22:51a real pleasure. What are we stopping for?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Sorry, I was looking at a sign back there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- I thought it was a stone, I thought it might be for sale!- You carry on!
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Later, they'll be making for an auction in Hampshire at Swanmore,
0:23:00 > 0:23:01but the next stop
0:23:01 > 0:23:03is at Wareham in Dorset.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Between the rivers Frome and Piddle sits the delightful town of Wareham.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I wonder if our birthday boy will find a pressie?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Good morning, Jake.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Hi, how're you going?- Very well, thank you.- Nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you, too.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Very nice little shop you have here.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Anything that you think would be a good little buy for me?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31We've got what I thought was a Chinese or Japanese cup, there.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We did have an Oriental expert look at it
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and she actually said it was English.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38I'm not saying it's going to be worth as much as the Ming one
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- that went for about 20 million! - If only, that would definitely upset Charles!
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Yes, I think it would upset me as well, a little bit!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Quite, Jake!
0:23:48 > 0:23:52The ticket price is £49. Odd he's after blue and white as well...
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Yeah, it's a 19th-century copy, isn't it?- Yes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57But it's unusual to have these marks on the bottom.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00If I was going to put money on that, I'd have said it was Japanese.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- What could you do it for?- Um...
0:24:03 > 0:24:07To give you a chance, I could definitely come down to 20 for you.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I guess they said it was what, mid-19th century?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Yes, I reckon it could be a little bit older.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I reckon it could be 200 years old.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It's got a lovely little design on it, too.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It's got the Japanese lady there.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's blue and white, blue and white is...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Lots of people collect it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Well, we know two, anyway. - £20, you say?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yes, I reckon you'd have a chance at that.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- You've got a deal.- All right, brilliant.- Thanks very much.- Cheers.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It could create a buzz at the auction.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I think Charles has similar hopes, Raj!
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- What else do they have? - Here's a nice old piece.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44In fact, funnily enough, at our auction rooms,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46we have a collection of gavels!
0:24:46 > 0:24:50I wonder when he'll finally splash some serious cash?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52What do you think is your rarest piece in here?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54These are actually quite nice.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We had these looked at, they're solid silver.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It's actually a Danish silver mark.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02That's quite an unusual design.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06What have you got on those? 169.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08They could be Georg Jensen.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Georg Jensen is one of the most famous Danish makers.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Just as a matter of interest, what would be the best on these?
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I might be able to do 100 on them for you.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19If I was going into an auction where the auction was going to be
0:25:19 > 0:25:22online, I think I'd snap those up.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- I think because I'm not sure, Jake, I'm going to have to leave them.- Ah!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I thought we were getting somewhere, then.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Chess sets suit you better, sir? - It's not that old.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It's definitely a sort of turn-of-the-century one,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39I'd say this was probably early 1900s.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Looks like it's a boxwood...
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- What have we got on there, 29?- 29.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I can certainly come down to 20 for you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49To be honest, I'd want to be paying more about ten.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51How about meeting in the middle at 15?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think there's definitely a profit in this, Jake, with that at 15.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57No doubt about it. The thing is, I don't know
0:25:57 > 0:25:59if you know, but I'm up against Charles Hanson!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I suppose Charles ought to be flattered by such tactics!
0:26:03 > 0:26:05All right, then - to give you a chance, I'll do it for a tenner.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08How can I turn down a chess set for £10?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10There is actually a wooden board down there.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It doesn't actually belong to the chess set,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15but it might be something that you could look at.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18That's not a bad board.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Can you do that for a tenner?- Yes,
0:26:20 > 0:26:21I'll throw it in.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Brilliant.- Yeah.- Fantastic. Great.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28So, £20 for those and £20 for the cup and saucer.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29- £40.- Thanks a lot.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Thanks again. - He's got quite a pile, now.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Meanwhile, just outside Wareham, Charles has come to find the
0:26:40 > 0:26:45tiny cottage that was once the home of a legendary British war hero.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- Good morning!- Morning, Charles.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- Alison.- Pleased to meet you.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52I feel like saying, "I'm Hanson of the Road Trip!"
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Yes(!)
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Clouds Hill was where TE Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01came after his famous exploits during World War I.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02He came down here in 1923,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06found the cottage as a place to retreat from what he called
0:27:06 > 0:27:10"the brutality of the barrack life" and it's very individual inside.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Lawrence was stationed with the Tank Corps nearby - they're still here -
0:27:15 > 0:27:18when he rented this old forester's cottage.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Every detail from the Greek inscription over the lintel,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23which means "Why worry?" to the interesting plumbing,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26reflects his unique personality.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Wowee, Alison - it's just a cottage like no other.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It is a tiny cottage with just four rooms.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38It's so dark in here - why is it so dark?
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Because there was no electric lighting,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42we've kept it the way Lawrence had it, with no electric light.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44When was the building given to the Trust?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48In 1937, his brother gave it to us, so just two years after his death.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50We've been looking after it for nearly 80 years.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54So, in fact, there was no time to see any alterations,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56it's just how he left it.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- We have it very much like that. - Well, almost,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01because this room, the book room,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03once contained 2,000 volumes.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07So when many of the more valuable tomes were removed to the
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Ashmolean Museum, Lawrence's friends replaced them with images of
0:28:11 > 0:28:15the man who brought about the Arab Revolt against the Turkish army.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20He was by no means the only British officer helping the Arabs,
0:28:20 > 0:28:24but he was unique in that he had learnt their language,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29he'd absorbed their manners and he adopted their dress and he enabled them.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32He just was this unique character, which they adored.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Exactly, he didn't try to tell them what to do,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39he recognised that they were tribespeople used to travelling about,
0:28:39 > 0:28:41so he developed guerrilla tactics
0:28:41 > 0:28:44and he earned the respect of the Arabs
0:28:44 > 0:28:48because he showed that whatever they could do, he could do as well.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51And the archaeologist who could ride a camel as well as converse
0:28:51 > 0:28:55in at least eight languages created a bolthole to match.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Is this a bedroom, then, or...?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- Lawrence didn't do anything in a conventional way.- No.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Not a conventional bed, a huge divan, it must be about 6ft square,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06covered in leather.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09He used it more as a couch, somewhere to sit and look at his books.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Really? So he'd almost recline on this couch...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Yes, maybe talking to friends.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Then, in the middle, you can see there's a sleeping bag.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- He stitched those words "Me um" onto it...- Which means?- Mine, in Latin.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27- Really?- Upstairs, you'll see the one that goes with it, "Tu um" - yours.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32Even this chair, I've never seen such an angular Art Deco chair.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- That was made for him.- Made for him? - He was very slight.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36When he came back from the war,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39he was probably only about 80lbs.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- He'd lost a phenomenal amount of weight.- 80lbs?!- But lovely, isn't it?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45He's got sheepskin, so it'd be lovely and warm at his back.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50He would have had it turned around, feet on the fender, reading his book.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- He designed this and had it made by some friends.- What an ingenious man.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54He even had a little gadget there
0:29:54 > 0:29:57so he didn't have to hold his own toasting fork up.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01This comes out, you pop your toasting fork in there to toast your bread.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I just feel so close to the great man,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07it really is quite a special feeling.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11But crumpets aside, Lawrence was no cook.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15Instead, he lined a huge larder with aluminium to store tinned food
0:30:15 > 0:30:18and added a bed for his overnight guests.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Lawrence did his entertaining upstairs, in the music room.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25It's so different. What I love is this huge gramophone.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I've never seen such a big horn.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I mean, it's almost like a bachelor pad.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Absolutely, he often describes in his letters sitting here with
0:30:33 > 0:30:37friends, playing music, saving certain ones until it was dark
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- because they had more impact.- Really?
0:30:40 > 0:30:44At Lawrence's soirees, the likes of EM Forster and Robert Graves
0:30:44 > 0:30:48would apparently sit round clutching a tin of olives - Thomas Hardy, too.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Although there is a bathroom, I wonder how they coped without a loo?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- So no toilet, but hot water. - Absolutely.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58He always said that if he had the luxuries, he could do without the
0:30:58 > 0:31:01essentials and his luxuries were his hot bath, his books and his music.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03I like his style. I'd better go.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08It's been wonderful, thank you so much. I think nature is calling!
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Let me show you where the spade would be, by the front door!
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Thank you very much!
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Now, fortunately for our two,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Wareham is a convenient distance from the Hampshire
0:31:18 > 0:31:20town of Ringwood, where they'll be
0:31:20 > 0:31:23enjoying one last shop - together.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28- Oh, dear.- To be honest, if you go up there and park up up there...
0:31:28 > 0:31:31If you... If you...!
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- Steady on!- If you can park up up there, I'd appreciate it!
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- Wait for me!- Lordy(!)
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- He won't let me in!- Control yourself, please.- Sorry about that!
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Our best behaviour, OK?- Yes, best behaviour. Hello, Carol.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- Hello, I'm Carol Miller.- How do you do? Nice to meet you, I'm Raj.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Which way are we going?!
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- Who's this?- I'm Charlie. - Oh, sorry, Charles!
0:31:56 > 0:32:00We can hardly blame him for getting a little overexcited.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01It's a very nice shop, after all,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04with a bit of French influence here and there.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- You like oysters, don't you? - Well, I don't, but my husband did.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11I've noticed in all the rooms are these beautiful oyster dishes.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Yes, that's quite a nice one, that oyster plate.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17That's quite nice. That's French.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Dating it, I would say between 1890 and 1910.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Yes, that's about right.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26It's difficult to tell exactly, but they are good...
0:32:26 > 0:32:28That one's in good condition, too.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29How much could you do this for?
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Really, it's marked 65...
0:32:33 > 0:32:3545.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36That's a good deal.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Could you do it a little bit less?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41What do you mean by "a little bit less"?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- It's not going to be a tenner! - Has she seen him in action?!
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Would you do £30?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Oh, I don't know that I could do 30.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- I'll do 35 just to be... Just to be nice.- 35?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Are you sure you're happy with that? - Yes, yes.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58In that case, definitely, we have a deal at 35,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01thank you very much indeed, Carol.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06- Now, what's Charles up to?- I quite like this lamp over here, Valerie.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It, um...
0:33:08 > 0:33:10jumps out because it's probably eastern.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12If we lift it up very carefully...
0:33:14 > 0:33:15..without damaging the...
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- Oops! - Oh! Cor, dear(!)
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Without damaging the shade?!
0:33:20 > 0:33:24I'll put it on there for safekeeping! It is...
0:33:24 > 0:33:29A very nice Japanese bronze vase,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32probably Meiji period,
0:33:32 > 0:33:33so 19th century.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Beautifully patinated
0:33:36 > 0:33:38in this lustre, oily bronze.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I'm so sorry, but it isn't for sale.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- She wouldn't be open to an offer at all?- Not at all.- What a shame!
0:33:44 > 0:33:48That is unfortunate! Although his rival may not see it that way.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Have you bought up already?- I think I might have done.- Being serious?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- I'm serious!- OK. Well, the world's my oyster!- Yeah!
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Funny you should say that.- Quite!
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Now, Charles hasn't actually added to his purchases here,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03so let's have a look at what they'll be taking to the auction.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Raj parted with £145 for a steam boiler.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10A flag. A sloop and a cookbook.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Some watercolours.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14A cup and saucer.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16A chess set and board.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18And, finally, an oyster dish.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21While Charles spent £250 on a clown.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23A Doulton figurine.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Some oriental tea bowls and six Worcester tea bowls
0:34:26 > 0:34:30that he's dividing into three lots of two. Get it?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32So, what did they make of each other's buys?
0:34:32 > 0:34:35There's no doubt about it that Charles has a reputation
0:34:35 > 0:34:37for being a bit of a clown.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I just can't believe that steam boiler.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44I think it cost £20. Market value probably today is more like £10.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47I do like the Worcester blue-and-white bowls.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49They are lovely.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53I do like the 18th-19th century-style tea bowl and saucer.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56In fact, it's more like 1920s.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Full of Eastern promise, I doubt!
0:34:58 > 0:35:01After setting off from Blackford in Somerset,
0:35:01 > 0:35:03our experts are now heading for an auction
0:35:03 > 0:35:06close to the Hampshire coast at Swanmore.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09The car is purring. You are driving it like a man.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Your feet look better on the pedals as well, sir, I don't know why.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Are you wearing different shoes?- No.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Welcome to this fine Edwardian pump house,
0:35:18 > 0:35:20now converted to a quite different use.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Feeling pumped up?- Yep.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27I wonder what auctioneer Dominic Foster thinks will prosper here?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Period ceramics don't sell that well.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33Things like the period Worcester might be a little bit slow.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37My favourite item today is probably the cast-iron boiler cylinder,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40it's quite an interesting object. It's quite useful,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43could be used as a stick stand or in the garden, something like that.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Hey, I didn't see that coming. So, boiler time for Raj.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Heavy enough. But how hot can it be?
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- I've got 40, 50 and I've £60. - No!- Nice.- Wow.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- 62 there, 65 anywhere? - Well done.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01- 65 here. 68? 70. - I can't believe it.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06- £70 here. 2 anywhere? 75 here. - Keep going, I need it.- You are.
0:36:06 > 0:36:0778 anywhere?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Come on. - 75, I'll sell it then at £75.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Give me a high five.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- GAVEL BANGS - That's brilliant. Wowee!
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Riveting result, what!
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Next up, it's Charlie the clown.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Look at me, son, when I'm talking to you.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Bids on it here, I've got 40, 45.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Come on, let's go.- 48 there is.
0:36:27 > 0:36:2950 anywhere?
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- There is 2.- Good man, we're going, we're going.
0:36:32 > 0:36:3558, 60. At 58. 60 anywhere?
0:36:36 > 0:36:39"Gottle of geer."
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Oh, is it my lot, is it my lot? Oh, no.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- It's definitely yours. - 65 anywhere?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- Oh, no. - Sell it for £62 then.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- GAVEL BANGS - 165.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- Was that for the clown?- It was.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- Yes, it was.- It was.- Do try and keep up.- Sorry, sir, I apologise.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Nice profit, Charlie.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Next, it's Raj's little maritime collection.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04A couple of bids here, 20, 24 here.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Well done. Profit.
0:37:06 > 0:37:0926, 28, 30.
0:37:09 > 0:37:122. 34. 36. 38.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- 40. 2.- Yes, yes.
0:37:15 > 0:37:1946, 48. 50.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- You've got a gift, you have.- Yes. - 2?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24No, at £50. Sell it at £50, then.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Bit more, bit more.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27- GAVEL BANGS - 1252.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- Well done, chief. - Yep, doubled its money.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32How will his Hulks fare?
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- What were they priced at originally? - 110.- And they cost you 25.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Yeah.- Crikey me. I like your style. - It's the way I smile.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Again, a couple of bids here.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- I've got 40 and 5. £48. - Wow, it's good.- 50 anywhere?
0:37:47 > 0:37:5350 there is. 2 anywhere? 52. 55, sir? Yes? No.
0:37:53 > 0:37:5755. 58. 60. 2. 65.
0:37:57 > 0:37:5968. 70.
0:37:59 > 0:38:022 anywhere? £70. 2 anywhere?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Come on, come on. - Selling them at £70.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- GAVEL BANGS - Yours, sir.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Not quite the smash he was after. But not bad.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13You're like the ocean around here, so calm and serene
0:38:13 > 0:38:16in your profit-making machine, in which you are.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Because I know I'm up against admiral of the fleet.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25I tell you what. Hanson's walking the plank at this rate.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Enough. Time for Raj's chess gambit instead.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3235, 38 here. 40 anywhere?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Profit anywhere. - Yes, good. 38's OK.- 40 anywhere?
0:38:35 > 0:38:4040 there is. 2. 44. 46 anywhere?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Sell it then and £44.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44GAVEL BANGS
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- I salute you. - Rightly so, another profit.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Now, what about Charles's china part one?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- I've got 38, I got £40 here. - Let's go.- 2 anywhere?
0:38:53 > 0:38:5642 there is. 44. 46.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- 48. 50.- Oh, Charles. - 2. 54.
0:39:00 > 0:39:0456, 58. 60 anywhere?
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- Ooh.- So, at £58 here. 60 anywhere?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- One more!- At £58.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- GAVEL BANGS - 1252.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15That's good, that's very good.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Yep, not bad for the makeweights of the deal.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22Time for Raj's blue and white. It might not be Ming but here goes.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2515. I've got 18. 20 is there?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Come on.- 20 there.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31I've got 2. 24. At 24 here. 26 anywhere?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33That's good.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Selling then at £24.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- GAVEL BANGS - At least it's a profit.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41But how will Charles' big buy fare?
0:39:41 > 0:39:44The first of his three pairs of tea bowls.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Bids on the book, yes.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- 35. 38 here. - I'm in trouble.
0:39:48 > 0:39:4940. There is 2.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5444. 46. 48. 50. And 2. 55.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- 58. 60.- Here we go. Yep. Profit.
0:39:57 > 0:40:0165, 68, At 65. 68. 70.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05And 2. 75. 78.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- 80. And 2.- Charles.
0:40:07 > 0:40:1185, 88. 90.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15No? At £88. 90 anywhere?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Two fat ladies at 88.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Sell them at £80 then.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- GAVEL BANGS - Yours, madam.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22But they're still great value, they're still great value.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24More of that, and he'll do fine.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26The second lot.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28I've got 50, and I've got £60.
0:40:28 > 0:40:322 anywhere? 62, 65. 68, 70.
0:40:32 > 0:40:352. 75. 78.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3780. 2. 85.
0:40:37 > 0:40:4088. 90. At 88.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- 90 anywhere?- Two fat ladies again, it's two fat ladies.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- At £88 then. - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I've now got four fat ladies.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Yep, very respectful. He's set fair for a big profit
0:40:50 > 0:40:53if this pair delivers.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56£40 for them somewhere? 40 bid. 2 there is.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- 44. 46.- We're warming up.
0:40:58 > 0:41:0250. 2. 55. 58.
0:41:02 > 0:41:0460. 2.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- Oh, no.- 65.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0868. 70.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10No?
0:41:10 > 0:41:1270. At £68. Oh, no. 70 anywhere?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15At £68 then.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- GAVEL BANGS - I didn't make six fat ladies.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22No. I think in "Mingo" that's called saving grace. Strangely enough.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Raj's big spend, the oyster dish.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28I'm not going to make a loss on it but it's a lovely thing.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- It could make a loss, let's be honest.- Sorry?- It could make a loss.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33- Sorry.- It could make a loss.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3530, 34 here.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Well done, profit.- No, no, not yet. - Put it there, you've done it.
0:41:38 > 0:41:4236 there is. 38, 40. 2 anywhere?
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- At £40 here. 2 anywhere? - It's worth more than 40.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- You've done it. - It's worth more than 40.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Well done.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- GAVEL BANGS - Thanks for coming.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Definitely worth shelling out for.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Raj is just in front on this auction.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59But it's never over until the cobbler's cobbled.
0:41:59 > 0:42:05- Couple of bids with me. 40 and 45. - That's good, I'm happy.
0:42:05 > 0:42:0648. 50 anywhere?
0:42:06 > 0:42:0950 anywhere?
0:42:09 > 0:42:1250 here. And 5, sir? 55.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- 58 anywhere? - I'm really pleased.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Sell it at £55 then.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19- GAVEL BANGS - Yours, sir.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Profits all round.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24So, who's coming out on top today?
0:42:24 > 0:42:28The competition is sparking. Come on, I'm sparring, let's go.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Charles began with £317.46.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36After paying auction costs, he made a profit of £93.58.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41So, he still leads overall with £411.04.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43But Raj wins the day.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Having started out at £259.58,
0:42:47 > 0:42:52he made, after paying auction costs, a profit of £103.46,
0:42:52 > 0:42:56leaving him with £363.04 to spend next time.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Wow.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59You're on the road now.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01You're showing me the way.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03And the way is Dorset.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Next on Antiques Road Trip, a little of what you fancy.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- He's into fresh.- Is he? - I don't mind if it's a bit old.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16And, not everyone's cup of tea.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20It's not minging. But, in fact, this is Ming.