0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- I don't know what to do. - HORN TOOTS
0:00:06 > 0:00:09..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 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Back in the game...Charlie!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- SHE GASPS - So, will it be the high road
0:00:25 > 0:00:28to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:32- Oh!- This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39It's day four of this week's adventure
0:00:39 > 0:00:43and our expert auctioneers are revved up and raring to go.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- Charles, wake up, wake up. - Sorry. Sorry!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Charles Hanson is an antiques expert
0:00:49 > 0:00:52who loves nothing more than getting giddy at a great find.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Aren't we lucky to be living almost in a hazy dream
0:00:55 > 0:00:57that's the Antiques Road Trip?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Good Lord. This week, he's on the road with Raj Bisram,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02our top auctioneer from Kent.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- ENGINE REVS - Sorry, sorry again.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Can you get in the back?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Raj made money on the last leg, which means he's got
0:01:12 > 0:01:17an impressive £414.86 to spend.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19GAVEL BANGS
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Charles also bagged himself a profit,
0:01:20 > 0:01:26which means he's currently in the lead with £464.64 to play with.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- It's about taking part that counts. - Absolutely.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And that's what Mr Tim Wonnacott always believes in.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Buy with a passion, stay away from knobbly knick-knacks,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39make a name for yourself and celebrate history.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- That's a road trip. Got it?- Yeah, got it.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Glad to see you've been listening, Charles.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Our chaps' mammoth mission began in Corsham in Wiltshire
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and takes in most of the south-west of England,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55eventually finishing around 900 miles later
0:01:55 > 0:01:56at Crewkerne in Somerset.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Today's trip kicks off in Hele in Devon
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and will finish up at an auction in Exeter.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Do you know what I'm looking forward to the most?- Tell me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12I'm looking forward to a cream tea, a famous Devonshire cream tea.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Yeah, a Devonian cream tea.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And I reckon the man who knows a good cream tea is Mr Wonnacott -
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- he comes from Devon. - Does he?- Yeah, yeah.- Fantastic.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I think he likes the cream on first, before the jam.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Rubbish, Charles. You know it's the jam on and then the cream.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30They're bonding up nicely, though, aren't they,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33in the dashing Triumph Herald nicknamed Bella?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- It's been great, Raj, and Bella's been a joy.- She has.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Yeah, I have to say, I wasn't too sure at the beginning,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- but I'm certainly getting used to her now.- Yeah, yeah.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45A bit like you.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51I love a good bromance. First stop today is Fagins Antiques.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Here we are. I would keep going. Keep going!- Here we are!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Today's a day...- Fagins Antiques. - Slow down there. Stop, stop, stop.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- What's going to happen today? - Where's the entrance?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Yeah, but look at that! Thousands and thousands of square feet.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04THEY LAUGH
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- After you.- After you.- Go on, get in.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09It should be big enough for both of them.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19If I had a house one day big enough,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I'd love to buy a nice, big snooker table.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Uh, Charles, I think this is the moment to move on, old boy.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Sorry, back to business. Come on, Hanson. I'll let you carry on.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Raj, meanwhile, has enlisted owner Chris to help him hunt.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Well, I think it's made out of an old shell.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45First World War, maybe, converted to a moneybox.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Some of the estimated one billion shells fired
0:03:49 > 0:03:52during World War I were transformed into trench art,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55but I think this is likely to be a later reproduction, don't you?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- There's a lot of people that collect that sort of thing.- Yeah.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And what would that have to be?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- 60.- 60?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- There's not going to be a profit in that, is there?- There is...
0:04:06 > 0:04:07- Not at 60.- I'd say...
0:04:07 > 0:04:13At auction, I reckon that's £40-£60.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Well, seeing as I've only just unearthed it,
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- I can't remember what it cost me...which is terrible.- £30.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I've got to have a chance at 30.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- 40.- 35.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- All right.- 35?- I should think you'll do well on that. That's a start.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32OK, that's a start. OK. Thank you very much. Brilliant.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Right, Raj is off the mark. Charles?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38It's always the most nerve-racking time on the first day of a shop
0:04:38 > 0:04:42of a new county and you've got to start digging deep
0:04:42 > 0:04:45because the hardest thing ever is to find the first purchase.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51It's always that twitchy time where you're doing this.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Well, you might want to get a move on
0:04:53 > 0:04:56as Raj has already found something else he fancies. Look at that.
0:04:56 > 0:05:03Chris, I noticed this on the way in. It's a nice Georgian cheese coaster
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and, of course, in Georgian times, this is how the cheese
0:05:06 > 0:05:10would have been served on the tables but, as you can see,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13it's a nice piece of mahogany. It does need repair.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18This is all doable but it would have to be very cheap.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- The ticket price is £50.- I could probably do that for 40 for you.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24I think there's quite a good profit.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28I mean, they usually go 300-plus, don't they?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Well, I've sold a few recently and I've got about £100-£150 for them,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- but they've been in good condition. - Oh, right.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36In that condition...30 quid.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- It's got to have the work.- Yeah.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- OK, you can have it. - Yep, £30?- A deal on that.- Fantastic.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47A roaring start there for Raj, with two items bought for £65.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Charles, meanwhile, has decided to move on empty-handed
0:05:57 > 0:06:00and is headed south to the pretty town of Topsham.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Perhaps he'll have better luck at Quay Antiques.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Hello, sir.- Hello.- How are you? - I'm well. I'm Albert.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10- Albert, Charles Hanson. - Nice to meet you.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Is it your emporium?- No, not mine.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- I can't afford anything like this. - Get out of here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18You're in the bow tie. You look the part, sir.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well, if you look the part, you can fool anybody.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Shh, don't tell anyone, Albert.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Surely there's something to tickle our Derby dandy in this place.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's so exciting. It's like, "Land ahoy!" or "Antiques ahoy!"
0:06:34 > 0:06:35They're everywhere.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44One thing I do quite like is this lady here.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49She's what we call a peg-jointed doll,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53and with her wooden head...
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and this tiny, squashed face
0:06:56 > 0:07:01on that painted, enamelled wooden face,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04she would be early Victorian - 1820, 1830.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10What impresses me is I think she's in her original clothes.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14I think it's a very nice object, which is certainly worth
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- further inspection. - Only one way to find out.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I like her original face - it hasn't been changed or altered.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27My only concern with her is, Albert, she's missing a leg.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- So, although she's a peg-jointed doll...- She's a peg leg.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I'll call her Peggy. Peggy is missing a leg, which is a shame.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Peggy is priced at £49.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41If I could make an offer with your dealer,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44what sort of figure do you think would be acceptable?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- She'd probably do it for 45.- Yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52In the perfect world, I'll probably want to pay more like 35,
0:07:52 > 0:07:57but you might say, "Look, Charles, that's just one bid below too far."
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Shall we find out? - Could you, Albert? That'd be great.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I'll give her to you and, if Peggy is a goer, I hope she is.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Right.- Thanks a lot. - Let's see what we can do.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10With Peggy put aside for later, anything else grab you, Carlos?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I quite like the little goblet in here, you know,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17which is quite decorative. I'll bring it out to you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20That's quite attractive, isn't it? What I like about it
0:08:20 > 0:08:21is, if you turn it upside down,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23you've got some nice wear on the base.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28That's a good Bristol Blue goblet of probably around 1820.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Another item goes on the consideration list.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Are you actually going to buy anything, Charles?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38What you hope to see is objects that jump out at you
0:08:38 > 0:08:43- and they say, "Come on, Hanson, buy me."- Yeah, quite.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Well, what does this desk calendar say to you, then, Charles?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50What's nice is it's set on this nice oak plinth base,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54which is mounted with the leather, but what's really nice
0:08:54 > 0:08:58is the engine turning and the fact it's also hallmarked
0:08:58 > 0:09:01just on the side here.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Hallmarked for Birmingham and the date code does coincide to 1930.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10It's priced, Albert, at £75.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I quite like it. It's in good condition, hasn't been dropped
0:09:13 > 0:09:17before. There's no indentations. There's not too much wear and tear.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21With a ticket price of £75, Charles has some thinking to do.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Meanwhile, Raj is back on the road
0:09:25 > 0:09:29and taking a trip to the highest town in Somerset - Chard.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35Charles will be in some warm, hot shop now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Here I am, driving around the beautiful Somerset-Devon countryside.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Chard is not only the birthplace of powered flight,
0:09:43 > 0:09:48but it was also once home to James Gillingham, shoemaker and inventor,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51who became a pioneer in artificial limbs.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Raj has come to the Chard Museum
0:09:53 > 0:09:56to meet chairman of the trustees David Ricketts
0:09:56 > 0:09:57to find out more.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03James was born in 1838 into a family of boot makers in Chard.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05And, at the age of 21,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09he went up to London to be apprenticed into shoemaking.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11When he returned after a few years,
0:10:11 > 0:10:17he ran the business with his mother and he was very much an inventor.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23We know him for inventing radiators, for example, and escape mechanisms.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26The invention Gillingham would become most famous for
0:10:26 > 0:10:30were his artificial limbs made from moulded leather.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35The ground-breaking event occurred in 1863,
0:10:35 > 0:10:41when the town was celebrating the wedding of the Prince of Wales
0:10:41 > 0:10:46and they fired fireworks and a cannon, and Will Singleton,
0:10:46 > 0:10:51who was a local gamekeeper, was tamping into a cannon,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55preparing to fire it, and it exploded
0:10:55 > 0:10:57and took his arm off at the shoulder.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01And when, out of the blue, two years later, Will Singleton met
0:11:01 > 0:11:04James Gillingham, James Gillingham immediately said,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08"I can make you an arm and I'll do it for nothing."
0:11:08 > 0:11:11And that's exactly what he did, using his shoemaking skills.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Heavy wooden prosthetics at that time required part of a limb to
0:11:15 > 0:11:20attach to, but Gillingham invented a ground-breaking artificial arm
0:11:20 > 0:11:24for Will Singleton, without which he would have lost his job
0:11:24 > 0:11:25and faced destitution.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30He devised a special secret process for softening the leather,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34moulding it into shape around a last
0:11:34 > 0:11:38and then when it cooled, it hardened and it, in fact,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41was half the weight of the wood that would originally have been used
0:11:41 > 0:11:43for such an artificial limb.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45So this was really revolutionary?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Singleton's arm was taken up to London to demonstrate
0:11:48 > 0:11:53to the medical profession and they were really impressed with this.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57James Gillingham was asked then to make further limbs for people who,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00up until that time, the medical profession had thought
0:12:00 > 0:12:03were incurable as regards to fitting limbs.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06He got so busy that he closed his shoe shop and opened up
0:12:06 > 0:12:11his workshop behind the house, Prospect House, as he called it.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12He was a very benevolent man.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16He didn't charge for a lot of things that he might have charged for
0:12:16 > 0:12:20because he didn't believe it was right, and the individual treatments
0:12:20 > 0:12:23that he gave to the patients were of great benefit to them.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28His son Sydney joined him and, by 1910, they had created
0:12:28 > 0:12:32bespoke artificial limbs for 15,000 people.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37The family business continued producing world-class prosthetics
0:12:37 > 0:12:40for three generations, helping many war veterans along the way.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45In early 1924, James Gillingham died.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49His son and grandson continued to individually attend to customers
0:12:49 > 0:12:51until selling the business in 1950.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Unable to compete with mass production,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56the firm finally closed in the 1960s.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Well, there's no doubt about it from what you've told me today,
0:13:00 > 0:13:04he revolutionised prosthetics around the world
0:13:04 > 0:13:09and I've learnt so much today and it's been such an interesting visit,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I can't tell you. So, I thank you very much for your time, David.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's been an absolute pleasure to meet you and to listen to your words.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Very pleased to have you here. That's lovely, thank you.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27While Raj has been having an informative afternoon in Chard,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Charles is still shopping in Topsham. Look at him go, that boy.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Oh, look, he's on the scent, look.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36What I like about this... This is a what appears to be
0:13:36 > 0:13:41a Russian silver sifter spoon by Grigory Sbitnev of Moscow.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44It's quite heavy. Feel the weight of that, Albert.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50I love the trefid handle, I love the pierced silver gilded bowl
0:13:50 > 0:13:53and it is Moscow. It would date to around 1890.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I quite like, Albert, this spoon as well, which is also Russian.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01Monogrammed on the back, gilded bowl and again the hallmark
0:14:01 > 0:14:05is just very indistinct, but within the bowl here, as well.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And this is Russian silver, hallmarked,
0:14:08 > 0:14:09again probably around 1890.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14I just wonder, Albert, in the very smart bow tie, mate...
0:14:15 > 0:14:18..if you could do me a favour and just find out
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- if the dealer would do a deal for the two together?- OK.- Is that OK?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Yeah.- That's really kind.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27So, Charles has now shown interest in four lots,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29but will he buy them?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Peggy's dealer has knocked £9 off the price tag,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34making the damage for the doll £40.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I'm going to buy her because I fell in love with her
0:14:37 > 0:14:41and with a passion, you buy what you like, so I'm going to say,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45"At last, I've bought an object." Put it there...for £40.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Hooray! First lot bought, finally.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- The blue glass goblet...- Yeah. - Best price?
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- 15.- £15, I'll take it. Sold. That's two things down.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I feel a lot better now. The day is warming up.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Now for those Russian spoons.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Desperate for a deal, plucky Charles is sweet-talking the dealer himself.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I was just wondering whether you could do the two together for £50?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18No. So, your best price finally is 65?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- OK. Thanks a lot. - You in or out, then, Charles?
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Because my day has been so sparse, I think I'm going to buy them.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- Right.- Because I've got a busy day tomorrow.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Well, you can take it easy tomorrow. - Oh, dear... Hanson, Hanson, Hanson.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Go on, put it there. I'll take them.- OK.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Clocking up the lots now, eh? What about the calendar?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- And your best price is...?- £60.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- Yes. I brought these three for 120. - So another £60.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I'll take it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58That flurry of activity has landed him four lots for £180.
0:15:58 > 0:16:0040, 60... Am I happy?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I'm always happy cos life's too short.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Well said, that man. And so day one is done. Nighty-night, chaps.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Morning has broken and the boys are back on the road.- Beautiful.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Look at these buildings, Raj. I feel almost caught in time...
0:16:19 > 0:16:22with you, my old mate.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Yeah, less of the old, OK? - I mean, look at this.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I'm your new mate.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- So far, Charles's new pal Raj... - Go on, get in.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36..has spent £65 on two items - the brass moneybox postbox
0:16:36 > 0:16:38and the wooden cheese coaster -
0:16:38 > 0:16:44which means he still has a huge £349.86 available to spend today.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50While Charles forked out £180 for four items -
0:16:50 > 0:16:54his peg doll, the blue glass goblet,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56the Russian silver spoons
0:16:56 > 0:17:02and his silver desk calendar - leaving £284.64 to play with today.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Our Roadtrippers have made their way to Paignton,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11a gorgeous seaside town on the coast of Torbay.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Look at this view.- Fantastic.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18- Oh, I'm looking forward to today. - Don't make it choppy.- No.- OK.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Keep calm.- I'll get the good buys. - Yeah, take care.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And put the "Bis" in "Ram", OK?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26And go away and buy some great things.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Raj is playing catch up on the buying stakes,
0:17:29 > 0:17:34so here's hoping he'll find some gems at his first stop of the day.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Hello, there.- Hello, Raj.- Hello, Peter.- Welcome.- Nice to meet you.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- And you, too.- What a lovely little shop you've got here.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Asking Peter for some pointers
0:17:42 > 0:17:46leads Raj to some rather pretty pottery plates.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48These are by Old Hall Pottery.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Christopher Dresser was one of their designers
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and these are very much in his style.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58They're very heavily gold-gilded and they're just quality pieces.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00They are. I mean, if they were definitely connected
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- to Christopher Dresser, these would be almost museum pieces...- Yeah.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07..because of his name. How much are these?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- They're £120 for the pair.- And what would be the very best on these?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- I'd do them for 100.- OK.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19I'm going to put them to one side for the moment
0:18:19 > 0:18:21and I may come back to those.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- Ooh...- This is unusual.- Hello.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29You've labelled it as 18th-century.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- 18th to 19th, thereabout. - 18th to 19th.- Yeah.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36But this is original gilding that we can see on here.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Oh, yeah. Difficult to date, this thing.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43It could easily be 20th-century and possibly part of a larger piece.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46It's a decorative item and Raj will need to get a lot off
0:18:46 > 0:18:49the 275 price tag to make it worthwhile.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I would be looking to pay about £100 for it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Not even close. - OK, well, give me an idea.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00The best would be 180.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04So it's now a battle between two very different lots.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07It's a question of the plates or the mask.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11I mean, they are quality. I can see that these plates are really quality,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14but I'd have to attribute them to Christopher Dresser.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18There's no hard evidence. I mean, the mask is...very different.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- I've never, ever seen one like it before.- It's a unique piece.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I think it's going to have to be the mask. I know you've said 180.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I've only got a limited budget, as well, I think you know that.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- That's already over £100 off. - A little bit more movement.- 175?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37160 cash. Come on, that's not a bad price.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41We'll split the difference at 170. I can't say further than that.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- We have a deal.- All right.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- £170.- Well done. You'll do very well. - I hope so. I do like it.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Thank you.- Hang on. Looks like Raj isn't spent out yet.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I'm playing it a bit safe here, Peter.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57You've got a pair of claret jugs, they're definitely 20th-century ones.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- There's not a lot of age to those. - They're a good-looking pair, though.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04They are a good-looking pair and, if I can get those cheap,
0:20:04 > 0:20:05I'm definitely going to buy them.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11I've noticed that you've got £24 on, I presume, each ticket. That's £48.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- These have got to be cheap. What's the best on these?- Well...
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Remembering I've already spent £170 with you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- As it's your first trip, Raj... - OK, here we go.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26..you can have the pair for £24.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- We've got a deal. No arguing. - Well done.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- I'll take them at 24. - Fast work there, Raj.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Charles, meanwhile, has come to well-known landmark Oldway Mansion.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44This Grade II listed building was built
0:20:44 > 0:20:48by the super-rich American family the Singers,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51who lavished hundreds of thousands of pounds
0:20:51 > 0:20:55creating this impressive status symbol.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Chairman of the Friends of Oldway, Paul Hawthorne,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00is here to tell Charles more.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Good morning. Mr Hawthorne? - Yep, Paul.- Paul, I'm Charles.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Nice to meet you, Charles.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It's great to be on the French Riviera.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- I almost feel I'm outside Versailles.- Yeah.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13No, no. Welcome to Oldway Mansion, historic home of the Singer family,
0:21:13 > 0:21:14a model on Versailles.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19It was a recreation based on the Petit Trianon gardens in Versailles.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23It's interesting, Paul, that in my day job we often handle Singer
0:21:23 > 0:21:27sewing machines and of course it was that money which really built this.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Yeah, very much so. The first machine was put together in 1850,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34patented 1851. The company was really starting to get up speed
0:21:34 > 0:21:38and a lot of wealth by the time Isaac Singer came here in 1872.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44When Isaac Singer left America,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47not only was he one of the richest men alive,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51he had also fathered 18 children with several different women,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55a scandal which forced him to flee to Europe.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58He soon settled in England with his new wife,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01living in London before heading to the English Riviera.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06He came here with his French wife and six young children.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09He came down to recuperate from a heart condition,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12recommended by his doctors to take the airs on the Riviera
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and fell in love with the place. He'd taken a lease
0:22:14 > 0:22:18on the house, the original villa behind here, called Little Oldway.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23And this place, 100 feet exactly above sea level,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26gave him a panoramic view right across the bay,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28where he could build a great house to look out on the bay
0:22:28 > 0:22:31but also, for Isaac Singer, being a showman,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34everybody in the bay could stand anywhere and look up
0:22:34 > 0:22:37and see his great house that he'd constructed watching over them.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Sadly, Isaac never got much time to fully enjoy his dream home
0:22:42 > 0:22:46as, in the summer of 1875, his health worsened
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and he passed away. Whilst Isaac Singer designed
0:22:50 > 0:22:53the original mansion, it was one of his sons, Paris,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57who remodelled the building on the design of the Palace of Versailles
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and the real show stopper was his reproduction
0:23:00 > 0:23:02of the lost Ambassadors' Staircase.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08I almost feel as though I'm in a place of myth.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's magical. It's like a fairytale.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13We're in the space that was originally the father's theatre.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- When he made over the house outside, he did the same inside...- Yes.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21..and he recreated the legendary lost staircase,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Ambassadors' Staircase from the Palace of Versailles
0:23:24 > 0:23:26that no longer existed and actually, to the day,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29there are only two recreations of this staircase.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33One is here at Oldway. The other is in one of the palaces
0:23:33 > 0:23:34of the Bavarian kings, Ludwig.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40It's just high society American decadence of what age?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42What date are we talking, Paul? When was this put in?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45This is probably about 1900, 1905 this was being done.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49The big David painting he had the original of,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52he acquired in about 1898 at auction in Paris
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- and he introduced that into the design.- Yes.- But all the marble here
0:23:56 > 0:23:58is all quarried from the same quarries the French kings
0:23:58 > 0:23:59had used at Versailles.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02They were opened up especially for Paris Singer,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- so no expense was spared on the materials.- Yes.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It takes your breath away. Let's go, Paul.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Another impressive part of Oldway is the Rotunda.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Originally built by Isaac Singer as a horse-riding pavilion,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20this stunning structure has morphed into many things over the years
0:24:20 > 0:24:23from a swimming pool to a film studio,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and it was even used as a hospital ward during World War I.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Was this actually a place, the Rotunda, where we had beds?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Yeah, this was a ward. You'd have beds all around the circular walls
0:24:33 > 0:24:36there and in the centre here. This was St George's Ward
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and you had nursing stations at the back and another big ward.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42The wards were sponsored by wealthy Americans.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It was The American Women's War Hospital,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47so it was called St George after a wealthy American benefactor.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50It was entirely funded by the American people.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Nothing from the UK Government went to pay
0:24:52 > 0:24:55for the treatment of the 5,000 soldiers that came here.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58After the First World War, what happened to Paris?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Was he here for a few more years?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Paris Singer... By the end of the First World War,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07he'd moved on because of various personal problems and associations.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11He started project building a castle in the south of France, Cap-Ferrat,
0:25:11 > 0:25:16and he went over as well, convalescing from a heart condition,
0:25:16 > 0:25:21and developed what's today Palm Beach, Florida. That was his resort.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Without Paris Singer, Palm Beach in Florida would be nothing but...
0:25:24 > 0:25:26What was it the architect called it at the time?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29"Without him, it would have been nothing but a sandspit."
0:25:29 > 0:25:33After World War I, Paris's other projects saw him
0:25:33 > 0:25:37spend more time away from Oldway, so his original plans to fully remodel
0:25:37 > 0:25:41the mansion and demolish the Rotunda were put on hold.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Thanks to this, the Oldway we see today shows the unique vision
0:25:46 > 0:25:49of both father and son. Amazing.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53It has a romance, it has this lost American glamour,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56which I really hope the public will rejoice at in years to come
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- and be able to enjoy for what it represents.- Oh, very much.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I think the history of the house and the Singer family has a lot
0:26:03 > 0:26:08to give to the public, to the world, that hasn't yet been told.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12I think it's so unspoilt. It's so sleepy and market-fresh,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14and I'm sure one day it will sing again.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Do you get it? Sing? - I do. Very good.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Which way is my way out, Paul? I'd better go.- We go out this way.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I'll follow your lead. Thanks a lot.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Back together again, our boys have hit the road
0:26:28 > 0:26:32and are travelling 30 miles west to Plymouth.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35They've even made an ice cream pit stop en route.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- When it drips, just do a 360 with your tongue.- OK.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- You sound experienced.- Yeah.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49- Oh, no!- I'm sorry. Sorry, I'll give you... It just broke.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- It just broke?- Yes, it did. - "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!"
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I hope you're not making a mess of that car, Charles.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Ice creams demolished...
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Keep going, you're fine. - Oh, look out.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Perfect, Raj.- ..it's time to shop.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- If I go to the little shop down below...- And I'll go up above.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Good luck.- You, too.- Stay lucky. - Yep.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Raj is off to Parade Antiques, which is best-known for having
0:27:15 > 0:27:20the largest selection of military antiques in south-west England.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Um, that's not very military-like. Ole.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Oh, this is really, really interesting.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30I don't know who it actually belongs to but it's a matador's outfit.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It's obviously going to be of somebody very, very important
0:27:33 > 0:27:37because the work that's gone into this costume is incredible.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Can dealer John shed any light?
0:27:40 > 0:27:45- Hola.- Hola.- Hablas Espanol?- Si.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48John, this is obviously a matador's outfit.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Yes, I've stopped wearing it now, but...
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Yes, no, it is. It's the bullfighter's suit.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58They call it the suit of lights, traje de luces,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and it was worn by Joselito el Gallo.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05El Gallo means cockerel because he was small.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08And he was probably the most famous bullfighter that's ever lived.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14He fought around the period of 1910 till 1920.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I've got to ask you, what are you asking for it?
0:28:17 > 0:28:22- I think it's about 50,000. - About 50,000?- Yep.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26It's slightly, just a little bit over my budget.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Maybe you could show me something for around my price range then?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Right, OK.- Yeah, very good idea.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38John, I quite like this hat. Is this an original?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- No...- It's a copy, is it? - It's a copy. It's a good copy.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43It's made by some London outfitters,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46but it was made for the Sharpe series.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48What do you think?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52That you're not going to buy it, that's what I think. Move on.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Here's another military uniform. - That's nice.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58I like that because it's a Hussars-type uniform,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01but it's actually Horse Artillery.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- It looks quite small.- People were small. It could have been a bugler,
0:29:05 > 0:29:08in which case it would have been a youngish lad.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11I guess it's going to date from the early 1900s.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15I'm pretty sure the buttons are King's Crown...
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Yeah, so I think there is a label in here.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23If I remember right, it dates from about 1900-1906.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I really quite like that. What's the price on that?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31The absolute death on that would be...
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I'll do it for 60. How's that?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- That is not bad, John. That's not bad.- It's VERY good.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- I mean, I couldn't offer you £50? It would be cash.- No, no, you can't.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44No, you can't. No, £60 would be the absolute best.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I tell you what, John, I'm going to show you something and if you think
0:29:47 > 0:29:51it's worth knocking off the extra fiver to make it 55, we have a deal.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56If not, I'll give you £65 instead. Are you prepared for that?
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- OK, yeah, I'm happy to make 65. - How's that?- That's OK.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- And you've got to be honest, OK?- This is taking haggling to a new level.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05OK, watch carefully.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07OK, you can see there's nothing in my hand there.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I'm going to take the silk hanky and I'm going to put it
0:30:09 > 0:30:14into this hand here, right under your nose right there.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15OK, you can see it. It's right there.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18All I'm going to ask you to do is to just blow on my hands.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Right.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Gone. Completely and utterly disappeared.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Of course. I knew you were going to do that, but...
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Yeah, actually, that's good. - It's not bad, is it?
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- That's not bad. - Is that worth £55?- Go on, then.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- We have a deal. Thank you.- I've been conned but I don't know how.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Neither do I. You're a man of many talents, Raj,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43and with that little trick, you're all bought up.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47If you do find my green silk hanky, please post it back to me, OK?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- I'm impressed actually. - 40, 60. Brilliant.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Charles still has some spending to do with a final shop to browse.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06It's quite an interesting shop. It's like a giftware shop.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09There's also lots of other interesting objects, as well.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12So, it's always quite nice when antiques are almost
0:31:12 > 0:31:14off the radar a bit.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17This group of old storehouses holds one of the biggest collections
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- of antique traders in the South West.- Hello there.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Hello.- How are you?- I'm fine. - And your name is?- Anton.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30- Anton, are you a local man?- Yes. - Anton is... Is it Polish or...? No.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- No, it's just trade name.- And your real name is...?- Tony.- Tony.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Hello, Tony. I like your style.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Well, it's not HIS style you're here to buy. Any antiques grab you, boy?
0:31:40 > 0:31:45What we've got here are a nice pair of his and hers...
0:31:45 > 0:31:47I suppose, what you might call...
0:31:47 > 0:31:50They're not really dressing table mirrors, they're more just ornaments
0:31:50 > 0:31:53you may have had on your sideboard, in your hallway.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56They are quite crude. Look at me.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Do you agree? - You're trying to get a bargain.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Isn't he always? Is there one here to be had?
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- 50 would be my absolute best. - OK, OK.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10I also like the Myatt tea set down here, as well.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I'll be very honest with you. Why that is so sensibly priced...
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- Yes.- ..one of the cups has got a chip.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Because of that, I can negotiate much, much better.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25What's the best price on those, with a broken cup?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28I can go very good on that. I can actually half it for you.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32With a ticket price of £49, that would be a pretty sweet deal
0:32:32 > 0:32:36for the striking Art Deco Myatt tea set.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- You mentioned one chip, Anton, just show me.- It's there.- Oh, no.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- That one little chip.- What a shame.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44That's all that's wrong.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49So, what we've got here is an 18-piece, 19-piece tea set.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Hand-painted.- Yeah, it is. The design is vivid.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Myatt & Sons made it in Staffordshire. I do like it.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02I love this almost feathery orange-yellow banded brown glaze
0:33:02 > 0:33:06and, in the auction house we're going to in Exeter,
0:33:06 > 0:33:10there's going to be those young Art Deco fans
0:33:10 > 0:33:15and I would guide it cautiously between 20 and 30.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19So, I think £25 is a good mid-estimate and, for that,
0:33:19 > 0:33:20it's worth a gamble.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23I shall take your 19-piece tea set for £25
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- and say, "Good day."- Right.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Good day. Thanks a lot.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Like the hazy sun, it's going down to auction.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37And, with that, both our intrepid auctioneers are all bought up.
0:33:37 > 0:33:44Raj spent £314, bagging himself the brass postbox moneybox,
0:33:44 > 0:33:49the Georgian cheese coaster, the unusual bronze mask,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51the pair of 20th-century claret jugs
0:33:51 > 0:33:54and the Royal Horse Artillery uniform.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57My father was in the Royal Horse Artillery.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03Charles spent £205 buying the George III blue glass goblet,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05the pair of Russian silver spoons,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08the Queen Anne-style painted wooden doll,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11the mounted silver desk calendar
0:34:11 > 0:34:14and the porcelain Art Deco tea set.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16So, what do they make of each other's lots?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19The heat is on and I feel like saying "hats off!" to Raj.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21This bronze head has come out the ashes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26It cost him about £120. It could make 50, it could make £1,000.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28So, it really is game on and what a thrill.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30The items that Charles has bought,
0:34:30 > 0:34:35I think the two that could fly are the doll and the calendar.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38His other items, I love. I love the uniform, I love his cheese coaster,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41so I think Raj ought to soar at auction.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47If I was asked to swap anything with Charles, the answer would be "No."
0:34:47 > 0:34:49After starting this leg in Hele,
0:34:49 > 0:34:51our experts are now hurtling
0:34:51 > 0:34:53towards the auction in Exeter.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Raj, if ever there was a day when the escape is on,
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I think it's today.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03I think we've both had a difficult buying session and I do feel,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06if we can escape without too much harm,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09without too much of a loss in Exeter,
0:35:09 > 0:35:14let us head down to Penzance, hopefully with a bit leftover.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Managing expectations, eh, Charles?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- # The sun has got his hat on... # - Here we are.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- # Hip, hip, hip hooray. # - Here we are.- The day awaits.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Here we are.- I think, Raj, it will be a hip, hip, hip hooray for you.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- Well, let's hope so.- I think the mask, like the sun today,
0:35:32 > 0:35:37- will smile on the fortunate one. - We shall see. I wish you well.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43So, the man wielding the gavel is Brian Goodison-Blanks.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Let's see what he makes of our lots.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49The Russian silver spoons - I quite like these.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52They're nice, they're period, by a very well-known Russian silversmith.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I think these will do quite well.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57The bronze wall mask is decorative. We're maybe looking at £30-£40.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00The one to watch would probably be the Royal Field Artillery uniform
0:36:00 > 0:36:02cos militaria is a strong field at the moment and that will
0:36:02 > 0:36:04certainly do very well with collectors.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Well, there's only one way to find out.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Get comfy as the auction's about to begin.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Right, here we go.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Charles, it's your Bristol Blue glass goblet first.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Start me at 20, somebody. - Come on.- Start me at 10, somebody.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Oh, it's painful.- At 10, 12, 15?
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- 15. 18...- Go on.- ..20, 22,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- 25, 28? Are you sure, sir?- One more.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31At 25 here, then. Are we all done at 25? 8 now elsewhere?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Last chance, then, at 25. - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- There we go. Happy with that. - Fantastic.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42First profit in the pocket. Raj is up next, with his brass moneybox.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47£15. Save your pennies. You'll need them later.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Oh, no.- That's good!
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- £10, madam.- He's got 1,000 pence. - 12 now. 15?- Here we go.
0:36:54 > 0:36:5815. 18? No, at £15 in the middle to the lady.
0:36:58 > 0:37:0115. 18, sure? At £18 on my left and standing at 18. And 20?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Are you quite sure then at 18?
0:37:04 > 0:37:05GAVEL BANGS
0:37:05 > 0:37:07It's almost been lost in the post, hasn't it?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Not sure now's the time for jokes, Charles.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13That's a disappointing start for poor old Raj.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Now the pair of Russian silver spoons.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21I'm hoping we can depart Exeter with some Russian love.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24From Russia with love, via Exeter.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Various interests and commissions here.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30With me here at 30, 5, 40, 5, 50. 50 is bid.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32That's it. I'm out.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36At 50 with my commission bid then. 55 in the room. I'm out then.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41- At 55 here. Looking for 60 now. - That's it. I'm down 10. Go on.- 55...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- GAVEL BANGS - Boom. Boom.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- That's not bad at all. - Russia has gone boom to bust.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Ah, hard luck, old chap.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Let's hope Raj fares a little bit better
0:37:52 > 0:37:53with the Georgian cheese coaster.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Come on, chief, hold tight. - HE SNIFFS
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- I can smell cheese.- £50.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00What will I say for that? Somebody's got to be brave to take this on.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- £20?- Oh, God.- £10, then. 10, I have, wave of the hand.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- And 12, 15, 18, 20... - It's going to move. Hold tight.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- 22, 25?- Yes.- £22, cheaper than firewood.- Yes, 25.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- No, no.- 5 elsewhere. At 22...
0:38:15 > 0:38:16GAVEL BANGS
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Aw.- Was that two fat ducks? - That was two very fat ducks.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23This saleroom is not proving popular with Raj. Another loss there.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- That's quackers, isn't it? It's quackers.- Boom, boom, Charles.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31OK, Peggy's up next. Can this damaged dolly pull in a profit?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- Hold tight. Come on, doll. - Various interests here.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36At 25, 35, 40.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- £40 is bid. At 40. Can I see 5 elsewhere?- Come on. Let's go.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- At £40. Bid me 5, somebody. - Come on. Come on.
0:38:43 > 0:38:4545, 50. And 5? No.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- My commission has it then.- Good. - At £50 and 5 now? Quite sure then?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- At £50 then. At 50! - GAVEL BANGS
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Happy with that.- 50-80. Yeah, you can't complain with that.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58A nice little earner there for Charles.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Next, it's the decorative bronze mask that Raj saw potential in
0:39:02 > 0:39:05but the auctioneer wasn't so keen. So, how will it fare?
0:39:05 > 0:39:10This mask is a massive gamble, but if I'd seen it in that shop
0:39:10 > 0:39:12where you were, I would have bought it as well.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1480 is commission bid here. Here at 80 with me.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19Do I see 5 now in the room? 85. 90 now. 85. 90 at all?
0:39:19 > 0:39:2385 with the lady. 90? 85, then, you're quite sure for the wall mask?
0:39:23 > 0:39:28It's 19th-century. At 85, then. At 85...
0:39:28 > 0:39:31GAVEL BANGS Well, I've got no chance now, have I?
0:39:31 > 0:39:35That's a real shame but don't throw in the towel yet, Raj.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- We're only halfway through. - I'm never coming to Exeter again.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Oh, dear. Anyway, hold tight.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Next up, it's Charles' silver-mounted desk calendar.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- So what will I say for that? Start me at £20.- Oh, no.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53- £20 I have.- That's tough.- 22, 25 seated, 25, 28?- That's tough.
0:39:53 > 0:39:5925 seated then, looking for 28 then. 25 seated. 28 fresh place. 30, 2?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01- Come on.- Nope.- Oh, no! - 30. Original bidder at 30.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04If you're quite sure, are we all done at £30 then? At 30...
0:40:04 > 0:40:06GAVEL BANGS
0:40:06 > 0:40:11- That gives Raj a chance to catch up. - The show goes on, don't forget that.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16We fly the Road Trip flag for Queen and country. We will not...
0:40:16 > 0:40:18We will not collapse.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Well, I think Raj might if he doesn't pull in a profit
0:40:21 > 0:40:24with his pair of 20th-century claret jugs.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26If these make a loss, I'm going to... I don't know.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I was going to say I was going to eat my underpants, but I'm not.
0:40:29 > 0:40:35- Various interests here. 25, 30, 5, 40.- Wow.- £40 is bid.- Brilliant.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Brilliant.- Well, that's about right. - At £40 here. 5 at all?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40At £40 only for the decanters then, are you quite sure?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I thought they'd make a little bit more. At £40. Are you quite sure?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- I'm selling at £40... - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:45 > 0:40:50- That's a result.- That's a result. - Put it there.- No.- Put it there.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54- All the Ps, profit all-round. - That's more like it.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Raj's first profit of the day.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Let's see if the winning streak can continue
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- with Charles' Art Deco tea set. - I'll start at 40.- Come on.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- I'll start at 20 then.- Oh!
0:41:05 > 0:41:0720 I have, wave of the hand there.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- Go on, sir.- At 20. 5 now, anybody else?- Come on.
0:41:10 > 0:41:1225, thank you, madam. 30, sir?
0:41:12 > 0:41:17- 30, 5? 40, 5? At 40 to the gentleman...- One more. Go on.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20..the provisional bidder. Looking for the 5 then.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- At 40, are you quite sure? - Squeeze a smile?
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- GAVEL BANGS? - Thank you very much.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28A result. Marvellous.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30To have any chance of catching up, Raj will need a massive
0:41:30 > 0:41:35profit on his last lot - the Royal Horse Artillery uniform.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- Attention!- Various interests here.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Overlapping commission bids starting here at 25, 35, 45...
0:41:41 > 0:41:46- Good.- ..55, 65, 75, 80.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- £80 here.- Brilliant.- At £80. - I'm not...- That's good.
0:41:50 > 0:41:525 now elsewhere? 85 I have. At 85.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I am out then at 85. 85 is now in the room.
0:41:55 > 0:41:5890 now, somebody, for the uniform. Militaria is on the up.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00At £85, then, looking for 90 now. You're quite sure then?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03All in with 85. Right in the middle then and selling.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- GAVEL BANGS - That's good.- It's a profit, yeah.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- £30. That's fantastic.- That it is!
0:42:09 > 0:42:12As predicted, a pretty profit for the uniform.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15On that march, one, two, after you. Come on.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Well done, chaps. But the big question is who came out on top?
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Raj struggled with three lots, which meant,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27after paying auction costs, he made a loss of £109,
0:42:27 > 0:42:33but he's not out of the game yet as he's still got £305.86.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Don't step back.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Charles also made a loss, albeit a little less dramatic.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42After costs, he lost £41.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48This means our dapper dandy has £423.64 left
0:42:48 > 0:42:50and is in the lead going into the final leg.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Well, it's goodbye, Exeter...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Hello, Cornwall. - Hello, Cornwall.- Yes.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Here we go. I'm looking forward to some nice Cornish ice cream.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Clotted cream...- Yeah! THEY CHEER
0:43:02 > 0:43:05And so, until next time, toodle-pip, Roadtrippers.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Next time on Antiques Road Trip, the end is nigh for Charles and Raj
0:43:11 > 0:43:14as they head towards their final auction.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- Hello, Charles. - But the big question is...
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- CLUNKING - What was that, Raj?
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- ..will they actually make it? - Bail out!