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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...

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This is beautiful. That's the way to do this.

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..with ?200 each, a classic car, and a goal - to scour for antiques.

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Joy! Hello!

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The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

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There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

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So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

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The handbrake's on!

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This is Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah.

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Today, we begin a very special road trip,

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starting right here in the Republic of Ireland.

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Oh, yes, this'll be a treat for our top auctioneers,

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Christina Trevanion and Thomas Plant.

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What a combo.

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Your impressions of Ireland? You've been here before, I've been here before.

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You can go anywhere in the world, and you can go and visit countries

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and they're beautiful, but it's all about the welcome you get, isn't it?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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It's wonderful, and the people are so friendly, and so accommodating,

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and so sweet.

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Hey, I love the Wedgwood blue wheels, guys.

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Their quirky 1962 Bedford van was manufactured before it was

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compulsory to fit seatbelts, so it's legal to drive without them.

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Do you know what slightly worries me? What?

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That's the engine!

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It is the engine, isn't it? And it's quite nice as a heater.

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Our jewellery and silver buffs start their trip with ?200 apiece,

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but as they begin in Ireland, they'll kick off with 285 euros.

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Get it?

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Starting in Cashel in County Tipperary,

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they'll get about Ireland, hop across to North Wales,

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whizz around England,

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and then end up, over 700 miles later, in Stoke-on-Trent.

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This first leg will see them travel from Cashel

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towards the opening auction in Birr, County Offaly.

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Now, lets' begin shopping with young Thomas.

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See you later. Bye! You look marvellous!

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Owner Ruth Barry's in charge here.

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Looks like she does more than antiques, too.

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Bit of lotus, maybe.

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You're Ruth? Yes, I am. I saw your name on the door. Yes.

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And it's sort of Giver of Hope.

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I'm a yoga teacher and when you do your teacher training,

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they bestow a name on you, and that was Asha, Giver of Hope.

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Giver of hope. Well, I'm going yo be giving you hope today. I hope so! I hope!

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I just totally...

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..love these tambour-fronted cabinets.

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What's even better is this here. Wait for it...

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RATTLING

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Ah! And it's all hidden away.

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This early 20th-century oak cabinet is 490 euros,

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way over Thomas's budget.

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Looks like that's not his only problem now.

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Whoops, has he broken it?

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Ruth, erm, is there a key for this?

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I'm afraid not. What did you do?

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I just pulled it down and it locked. Well...

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you really should have asked for some help with that, Thomas.

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Now you've broken it. I don't think I've broken it.

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Bit awkward, this.

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It has happened before, so Ruth knows how to fix it, thankfully.

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Meanwhile, Christina has headed just half an hour north,

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still in Tipperary, to the small village of Templetuohy.

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Her first shop is Larkins Antiques,

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a family-run affair that's been on the go for over 30 years.

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Hello! Hello.

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Hello, good morning. How are you, Christina? Very well, thank you.

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Nice to meet you, I'm Christina. And I'm Mary.

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Lovely to meet you, Mary. My goodness, what a shop!

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That's rather fun, isn't it?

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This isn't early enough...

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..sadly, to be a George Jones piece. Quite interesting, though, isn't it?

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Certainly got a look and we're finding that, in the UK,

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majolica is selling incredibly well.

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George Jones began manufacturing this type of elaborately moulded ceramics

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in the late 1860s - however, this was made long after George Jones died

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and that's why it's called "majolica-style".

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What have you got on that, Mary?

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Well, I could give you that for...

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..40 euros.

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Well, it's certainly got a look to it. Absolutely, yes.

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OK, so that could be a possibility,

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cos I quite like that. It's gorgeous.

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But Christina's only scratched the surface of Mary's wares.

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Oh, that's quite fun. How much is on that?

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Do we know? Mike?

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My husband. This is Christina. Hello. Nice to meet you.

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You're in charge of the furniture, are you? Yes.

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How much is on your chair that needs some TLC, Michael?

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Er, that's 100 euros.

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100 euros. It does need a lot of TLC. It does.

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Indeed. At least the frame of this Victorian carved chair

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is still in pretty good condition.

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Is there any flexibility on that price, Michael?

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Maybe a little bit.

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Um, 85?

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85 euro, OK.

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I quite like that.

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It's definitely a possibility. Thank you, Mike, you're a gentleman.

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I will give it some thought.

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Back in Cashel, Thomas has been doing some al fresco browsing.

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Can I go inside? Of course you may, yes.

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He's on to something, look.

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I love these, these are fab.

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They're gorgeous.

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So we've got the Burgundy, we've got Chartreuse. Yes.

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I have another one inside. Do you? Yeah, hang on.

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By the turn of the 18th century,

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decanters were popular in the homes of both the middle and upper classes.

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The labels indicating the liquid contents

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were originally called "bottle tickets".

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Look, "Kew-rac-oh". Curacao, actually.

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In perfect condition.

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So they're on copper with enamel. Yeah.

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And how much are these each? Ten each.

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Ten each. They're a giveaway. OK, we'll talk about that.

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Oh, right. And then how much are these?

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This one is 12.

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And these two little ones are eight.

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I mean... Two, three, four, five - 50 euro.

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62. OK.

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78 euros. You're good at the maths.

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How about we start at 40 euros and then we work somewhere...

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Oh, my God, no.

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Where can we meet in the middle? Thomas...really.

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You're not going to sell them to me at 40, I get that. OK, 65.

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Ah, that's far too much!

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No. Yes, it is.

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These are beautiful. They are beautiful.

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I love them. You never see these. They're gorgeous.

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Could say 60 and it's a deal? Oh, OK, for you. Yeah, you think so?

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Yeah. Let's do it. All right.

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60 euros is for the eight

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silver-plated and enamelled decanter labels.

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Back in Templetuohy,

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Christina's enlisted Mary's help once more.

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I thought these were quite fun.

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Oh, you've lovely taste.

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Aren't they beautiful?

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I mean, typically 1830, this body to me looks like a Coalport body.

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But that's really unusual decoration.

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I mean, this is what we call a spur handle,

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that typical spur handle of about 1830.

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Is there any more of the tea set? I have.

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And Mary's secret stash is in a drawer behind the counter, obviously.

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What else have you got in that drawer?

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No, I can't show you what's in my drawers, Christina. Oh, my goodness.

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Crikey, there's loads of it, look!

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Are they not fabulous? They are fabulous.

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Are they not the nicest you've ever seen?

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The tea and coffee service isn't complete,

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but there's so much of it that you could make easily a full set of six,

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with spares.

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I need 180.

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Can we do...

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200 for the tea service and the chair?

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You have a deal. I'm still quite tempted by the majolica.

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Can we say 210 for all of it?

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210. For the tea service, the chair and the majolica.

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She's hitting me the whole time, you are a hard woman. Go on. Will you?

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A smile. Will you? Yeah, thank you, Mary!

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Christina has certainly gone big and bold on day one,

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parting with 210 euros for three items.

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Meanwhile, rival Thomas will continue his own quest for lovely gems.

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He's travelled to Birr in County Offaly,

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How 'Offaly' nice.

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Hi, Tom, how are you? Very well.

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What's your name? Breda. Breda? Yes. Nice to see you, Breda.

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Indeed, nice place you've got here too.

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Cool cocktail shaker.

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You know, drinking is always a popular thing.

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And certainly cocktail shakers, it evokes that sort of vintage style.

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It's silver-plated.

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And one puts your mixers in there.

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It's got a cork stopper, which means that none of the mix will fall out.

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Rather lovely, really, with a handle,

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and it just looks rather good fun.

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Not a bad option, though.

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But I'm sure there's more temptation somewhere.

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This is an extraordinarily thing.

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Being marked "sterling" means it could be American.

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But I'm not going to spend 95 euros on something I don't know what it is.

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Perhaps Breda does.

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What is this? It's a cake breaker.

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If you have a very fresh sponge, what the Victorians -

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and they had something for everything, as you know yourself -

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they'd push it down through it

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and it would stop the cake literally from breaking.

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And they'd slip the knife in and then you'd have a perforated slice.

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Oh, yes! Cor, those Victorians certainly knew how to prevent

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their cakes from being squashed!

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What an interesting object.

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In the right sort of climate, really.

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Baking is quite popular these days, isn't it?

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Another one to ponder.

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Some soda siphons, they could...

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We could make a sort of cocktail lot.

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"Mineral Waters Distributors Ltd, Dublin."

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So an Irish soda siphon.

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There's no price on there. It's obviously free.

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Hey, time to do some buying. You're needed, Breda.

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The cocktail shaker. OK. What can that be?

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There's a price of 45 on it, isn't there? Yes.

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OK. I was thinking maybe 25.

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Well, since you're such a nice gentleman,

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and you obviously need it... Yeah, I do.

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OK. 25 for that. Yeah. Great.

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So that's one thing out of the way. OK.

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What about that rather unusual cake-breaking thingy?

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What could you do that for? Well, it's 95.

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Yeah. Mm.

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What about 45?

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Now, it is nice, and it is silver. It is, yes.

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I would be very happy with 55. 55. I think you've got yourself a deal.

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OK, very good. I like it very much.

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He's clocking up the purchases in here,

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and those soda siphons are still an option.

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How much can the three of them be? 30?

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35? No, I didn't have that number in my head, no.

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40, then? Well, as I said, you are such a gentleman, yeah, OK,

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40 would suit me.

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Would that suit you? Mm.

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Deal. That's another deal. You are very welcome.

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Good work, Thomas, that's the Art Deco cocktail shaker,

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a sterling silver cake-breaker

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and three soda siphons for 120 euros.

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And with that, it's time for our experts

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to head off to the land of Nod.

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Night-night.

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Another glorious day in Ireland.

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I keep on going...for...

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this gear stick here.

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It's here, darling. I know, I know.

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The stick here is here. The stick is here, Thomas. Well done.

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Fortunately, Thomas is better at dealing than driving.

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This morning, our duo are starting at Portlaoise.

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Don't buy too well. Enjoy. Don't break it. I won't break it.

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Christina's next shop is run by David Kane and Robert Colin.

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Good morning, how are you? Good morning, I'm very well.

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You're very welcome to the Store Yard.

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Thank you, what's your name? I'm Robert.

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Lovely to meet you, Robert. And you are? David, how are you?

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Pleased to meet you. This is amazing.

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This is a sort of hidden world. It's a treasure inside.

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Oh, yes, it's big enough

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and rammed with architectural and decorative items.

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That's quite nice. That's a nice little thing, actually.

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It's priced very well, there is some damage.

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But it's nice Florian ware.

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Florian ware was the company that Moorcroft started working for.

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Correct. Before he started his own factory.

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And you've got "WM des", so William Moorcroft designer.

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Nice Florian ware stamp.

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25 euros? Yeah.

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I mean, yes, it's got some damage to it, but I still think

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for a Moorcroft collector, that's a really nice thing, isn't it?

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A good thing, yes, a very good thing.

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Well, that's a distinct possibility, David. I like this a lot.

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OK, shall we keep wandering? Yeah.

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Sounds positive.

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Let's leave Christina to explore her new favourite shop

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and join our other intrepid antiques hunter.

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He's taking a breather from shopping to find out

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about one of Ireland's great heroes -

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a world-renowned explorer

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and pioneer of the heroic age of Antarctic discovery.

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Thomas is visiting Athy Heritage Centre

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just a few miles from the birthplace of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

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Thomas is here to meet head of the Shackleton Society, Seamus Taaffe.

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Seamus, we're here because you have a famous hero, a man of great note.

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Yes, we're very lucky, we have one of the greatest explorers

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of all time. Ernest Shackleton was born in Kilkea.

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As the eldest son of ten children,

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Shackleton was expected to help support his family.

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But instead, at 16 he went off to sea and became a master mariner.

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He charmed his way onto Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1901,

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gaining experience that led to his own endeavours

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into the then uncharted continent.

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We know Shackleton had lots of expeditions.

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Which one is the one we all know?

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The greatest expedition is obviously

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his 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

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Bear in mind, at this stage,

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the pole has been reached by Amundsen and Scott in 1913.

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So he comes with a plan - he's going to cross the Antarctic from sea to sea.

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The South Pole, the Antarctic?

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Yes. Cross it? Yes.

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But from the very start, it all goes terribly wrong.

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The mission was to sail from South Georgia to the Weddell Sea.

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Once they hit land, they would continue by foot and sledge

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until they reached the Ross Sea.

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It had never been done before, and when they got near,

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disaster struck.

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The 28-man crew got stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea.

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Their ship, Endurance, eventually sank,

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forcing them to set up camp on the ice.

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20 months after setting out, the ice finally melted

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and starts pulling them in the wrong direction.

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How did they survive?

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They kept three lifeboats from the ship which they're pulling

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across the ice towards the direction they want to go,

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but the ice is still drifting, so eventually they get into open water.

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They decide to go for a place called Elephant Island,

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a desolate rock in the middle of nowhere in the South Atlantic.

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And they spend about seven days in the three boats

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until they get to Elephant Island.

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How do they do that - under sail or rowing? A bit of both.

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But there's no hope of being rescued from this small, inhospitable island.

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Shackleton knows, to stand the chance of survival,

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he must take his five best sailors in one lifeboat and travel

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over 1,000 kilometres back to the inhabited island of South Georgia.

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The other 22 men are left behind.

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The South Atlantic is a miserable place to be,

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the southern oceans, it's the worst... Big waves.

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Big waves, daylight is very poor, it's very hard to read.

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And after 70 days, they reach South Georgia,

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an extraordinary boat journey, there's nothing to compare to it.

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Despite their incredible achievement,

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they arrive on the wrong side of the island.

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The boat is battered and the crew exhausted,

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so Shackleton then has to lead his team across uncharted,

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rough, icy terrain by foot

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to get to the whaling station on the northern side.

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They spent 36 hours crossing nonstop.

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At one point, the men are very tired,

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so Shackleton says we'll have a sleep.

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He lets them sleep for five minutes.

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Then he wakes them up and says, "That was an hour, lads, great."

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He was very clever how he managed his men.

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But eventually they get across

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and they hear the sound of the steam whistle of the whaling station.

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In the morning, they know they've reached safety.

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But Shackleton couldn't rest

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until he'd saved all his crew from Elephant Island.

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He mustered boats from Norway and Chile

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to make several rescue attempts.

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But it wasn't until 25th August 1916 that he reached his remaining 22 men.

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They'd been stranded for almost four months

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with very little in the way of provisions, but they all survived.

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Seamus, what have we got here?

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This is actually one of the few relics

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we have of the Endurance expedition.

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It's the last biscuit that Shackleton had in his pocket

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crossing South Georgia.

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The last bit of food he had left to feed himself and his men with.

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I think he kept it as a reminder to himself for the rest of his life

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of how close they came to death at that time. That's marvellous.

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Although Shackleton didn't achieve his scientific goals,

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his heroism has gone down in history.

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He set off on what would be his final Antarctic expedition

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in late 1921, this time aiming to circumnavigate the continent.

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Is this the album of his last voyage?

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It's images from the expedition from the very get-go.

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This album is in some ways a sad relic of the expedition

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because that's where he died -

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at the scene of his greatest triumph, where he rescued his men.

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He died there. He died there.

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Shackleton died of a heart attack in January 1922

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and was buried on South Georgia.

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His courage and skill in keeping everyone alive

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on his trans-Antarctic expedition has become his enduring legacy.

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Back in Portlaoise, Christina is still shopping in heaven.

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That's quite smart, isn't it? Yes, nice little pond yacht, actually.

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I mean, it's typically early-20th century, isn't it?

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Can you imagine the hours of fun someone's had with that? Exactly.

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Pure enjoyment. Yeah, exactly. And the sails are all original.

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Have you got the stand? I don't have the stand, unfortunately.

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But the condition is good. I do love these things.

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What have you got on that, David?

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125 we have on it, but we'll do something on it.

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Could you do quite a lot on it?

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Do I have to sit down? I think you might have to. Tell me.

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I really don't have much money left and I don't want to offend you,

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but I love the Moorcroft. Mm-hm.

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I mean, would you really, really, really, really

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throw me out of this beautiful place - please don't,

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because I love it - if I said 50 euros for the two?

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I'll do 60 for the two. Is that fair?

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60 for the two, I think that is more than fair. Very good.

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You're incredibly generous.

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That you are.

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That's 60 euros for a reasonably priced, but slightly damaged,

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Florian ware butter dish

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and a late-Victorian or early-Edwardian pond yacht.

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Meanwhile, Thomas has one last chance to shop in Kilkenny,

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at Darcy Ralph Antiques.

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Hello. Hello. I'm Thomas.

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I'm George. George, nice to see you.

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Have you got anything particularly sort of Irish related?

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I had Waterford glass yesterday, but I've run out today.

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But I've got some Belleek. Belleek over there, is there?

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This is what George mentioned, a bit of Belleek.

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Belleek's founder, John Caldwell Bloomfield,

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set up the Northern Irish pottery business

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to provide employment after the potato famine

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in the mid-19th century, and has been producing fine China ever since.

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Thomas loves this Belleek so much, he's going straight in for a deal.

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I do like this Belleek, because it's known and although it's modern,

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its lustre, it's rather smart, very fine porcelain.

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HOLLOW RINGING

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Sounds good. A good jingle out of it, yes.

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A bit of paint on there, but that's not the end of the world.

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So, would you take 20 euros for this?

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I will. You would? I will. You have a deal. Thank you.

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You're a star. I'll give you some money.

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Swift business. 20 euros for a Belleek jug and bowl.

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I wish you good luck. Thank you. Thanks a million. You're a star.

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Thank you. Thanks a lot.

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And with that, their first shopping trip draws to a close.

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Christina spent 270 euros on a rather worn Victorian chair,

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a majolica-style jardiniere,

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a tea and coffee service,

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a Florian ware butter dish

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and a pond yacht.

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While Thomas paid out 200 euros for eight decanter labels,

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an Art Deco cocktail shaker,

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a cake breaker,

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three soda siphons,

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and a Belleek jug and bowl. So, what do they think?

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One thing I think should be consigned

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to the hole of hell of antique buying,

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that's that reproduction jardiniere. What?!

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The cocktail shaker is just Thomas through and through.

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It's sleek, it's a bit glam, it's quite suave.

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I think it's fabulous, I love it, I'd buy that, I think it's great.

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After setting out from Cashel, our experts are now heading for

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their first auction, back in Birr, County Offaly,

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which is Offaly nice!

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So, did you enjoy our first Irish buying leg? I did, I loved it.

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I want to stay here, I don't want to go back to the United Kingdom.

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But will he be saying that after round one of Trevanion Vs Plant?

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Handbrake on, come on.

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Ladies first. Thank you.

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Welcome to 45-year-old Purcell Auctioneer's.

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Today's guy with the gavel is Conor Purcell.

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Time to find out who has the luck of the Irish.

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First up is Thomas's Belleek jug and bowl.

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20 anywhere for this lot?

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20 anywhere? 10 and see what happens.

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Any advance on 10? 10, he's got 10. 12? Any advance on 12. 14 online.

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Any advance on 14? Come on. 16 in the room.

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Still in the room at 16. It's against you, online bidder.

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Last chance. I'm selling in the room at 16.

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It's a shaky start, but it can only get better.

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Easy for you to say.

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Let's see if Thomas's Art Deco cocktail shaker

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can turn his luck around?

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The commission is here with me at 30, and two,

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and five, and eight, and 40, and two. Profit. 42 now.

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45 online. 45, 48 commission. And rightly so. Go on.

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On commission at 48. All done and dusted.

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It's here to be sold, and selling at 48.

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All's fair in love and antiques.

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Thomas has almost doubled his money on the cocktail shaker.

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Now, it's over to Christina's majolica-style jardiniere.

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Lovely squirrel handles there. Ah! Lovely squirrel handles.

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50? Have we 40 anywhere? See what happens. 40 anywhere? 40 bid online.

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At 40 bid. Christina!

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42, lady's bid. 45. 45, 48. 50 bid.

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50 bid online. Well done. 50 bid.

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Any advance? 55. 60 bid. Two bidders online. I'd stop now, it's fine.

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60 bid. Any advance on 60 bid? 65 bid. At 65. Any advance on 65?

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Still there at 65. Online bidder winning. At 65, and selling at 65.

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High-funf, young girl. I'm going to lose it all in a minute.

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Have faith, milady, have faith.

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Next up, it's Christina's biggest spend,

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the tea and coffee service, loads of it.

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50 anywhere for this lot? 50, 60, 70, 80 online.

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You see, 90 now.

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90 bid. Oh, come on. Come on, internet!

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Any other hands in the room at 90? 95, 100.

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It's still hugely losing money. It doesn't matter. 120.

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Still there at 120. 130 bid. 140. 140 bid.

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All done at 140.

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Online bidder... At 150 bid.

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Last chance to you all, online, in the room and elsewhere at 150.

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It's selling at 150.

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Well done. See? All of that. How do you feel?

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You must feel exhausted. Relieved. Hugely relieved. Exhausted.

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It's a lucky escape, with only a small loss after auction costs.

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Now, it's back over to Thomas with his three soda siphons.

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Nice lot again. And straight in. 32, 35, 40, 42, 45, 48, 50 bid.

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That's a profit. That's a profit. Ugh! That's a profit. At 55.

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I'm out at 55. In the room at 55.

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More, more, more. Any advance on 65? 60 bid. 60. Oh, my goodness.

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Any advance on 60? 60 bid. Last chance, going, going... 65.

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65, go on. Stop it.

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Any advance on 65?

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With a little encouragement at 65. One more?

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No, he doesn't need any encouragement. And selling at 65.

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Well done. Seriously, well done. I'm amazed.

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Top job, Thomas. Another solid profit.

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Now for Christina's bargain Florian ware butter dish,

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but will the damage hold it back?

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Commissions in again. 30, 32, 35, 38, 40 bid. Starting bids.

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Two, five, six. 45 with me. At 45. 48? 50 bid.

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55. Takes me out at 55.

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Come on, internet. Come on. Oh, no!

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Five. That should have made more than that.

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I feel bad for you, Christina. It's a profit. It's a profit.

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Don't feel too bad, she's doubled her money.

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Christina's Victorian chair is up now. Stand by.

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Needs a bit of TLC. Who will start us at 80? 60? 50?

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Have we 40 anywhere? 40 anywhere? Go on. It's beautiful.

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30 have we? 20 anywhere? Ouch!

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20 anywhere for this one? 20 anywhere?

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I think I might take that and be grateful for it.

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20, all done around the room? That's not great news, is it? Oh, no!

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20 euros. I can't really... Mary.

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It's not exactly in peak condition, Christina.

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Can the pond yacht do any better?

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50 anywhere? 50 anywhere for the pond yacht? 40, start me at 30.

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30 bid. 30 bid. Come on!

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32 online. 32. And 35.

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One more, come on. Come on. Any advance on 35? Come on, come on!

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Any advance on 35? 38 bid. 38 bid.

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It needs to make a bit more than that. Last chance to you all.

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It's going, going at 30... At 40 bid. Hooray!

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42 bid in the room.

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Oh, he's in the room as well. Two in the room now. 45, 48.

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They can put their hands down now.

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She's getting too big for her boots. Selling at 48.

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I think you have done tremendously well.

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Well done, you. That's it, I'm done.

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That's Christina all out, ending with a nice little profit.

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But Thomas still has two more items to go,

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starting with his sterling silver cake breaker.

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Commission is in at 50, and five, 60 bid.

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What did you pay for it? 55. Oh! Put your hand up if you are bidding. 65.

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70 bid. 70 bid, whoa, yes!

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Any advance? 75. 75. It is there, isn't it?

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My commission buyer is winning.

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At 80 bid, make no mistake, I'm selling at 80.

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Goodness. That was really good. Well spotted.

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Cakes are popular, people like baking at the moment.

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But it would also be very useful if you'd forgotten your hairbrush.

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Another little earner for him.

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Finally, it's Thomas's eight decanter labels.

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Starting at 40.

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30, nice things, these. 30 anywhere?

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Oh, no, he we go. 20 anywhere for all the labels? 20 bid.

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Any advance on 20? Go on. 22. 22. 22 bid. 22, 25.

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Go on. It's a bidding war. 30 bid. Any advance on 30 bid?

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Here to be sold. Selling at 30.

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It's a hard loss. Welcome to my world. It's a horrible loss.

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This one could be a close call.

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Let's go check the figures and have a cup of tea.

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Maybe we can go and use your cocktail shaker. I've sold it now.

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Oh, Thomas! It's gone.

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Come on. Come on, then.

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Thomas began with 285 euros.

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After auction costs, he lost four euros, two cents,

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leaving him with almost 281 euros to spend next time.

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Christina started with the same sum.

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After deducting auction costs,

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she made a profit of seven euros, 16 cents,

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giving her the early lead and just over 292 euros.

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These two titans of antiques are still road tripping in Ireland.

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It's on to leg two.

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So if you were an antique, what would you be?

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I'd be like a beautiful golden enamel...

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A beautiful bit of Edwardian jewellery.

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What would you be?

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I think I'd be a pitchfork. Lordy.

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Today they begin in Prosperous...

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HE LAUGHS

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..in County Kildare, before making the journey over the water

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and heading for auction in the Welsh town of Wrexham.

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High-class furniture. Come on.

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Brilliant. Let's go. In you go.

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Hello. Hello, Thomas. How are you? Very well. Lovely to meet you.

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Ger Nevin is my name. How are you? Christina, lovely to meet you.

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Sorry, what was your name? Ger Nevin is my name.

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Ger...? Ger.

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Introductions over, it's time to get cracking.

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I'm a bit confused because these things have got lot numbers on them.

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Am I in the right place?

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Well, this establishment is a little different,

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as it also operates as an auction house.

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The items here are ready to go under the hammer,

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but many of the sellers are happy to let them go presale

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if the money's right.

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Kidney-shaped lacquer...

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All these different boxes, it could be a little lot, really.

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We've got a little horn snuff, with white metal ends.

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That would be for cheroots, tobacco.

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Probably 19th century.

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A cigar case.

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Sort of zinc-lined to keep that tobacco fresh.

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A Japanese kidney-shaped little box,

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slightly damaged but in the lacquer.

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A souvenir ring box

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and this Californian poppy brilliantine.

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I think that is for tobacco as well.

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It's a nice little lot. You know, it looks rather good.

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Let's get Ger over.

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I'll try and set you off on a good deal. Could you?

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How about 50 euro? They are surely worth 10 euro each.

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Could we do a little bit better?

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How about 40, then?

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That seems very fair, doesn't it? That does seem fair. 40 euros.

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You're a good man. Deal. So that's my first deal. You're very welcome.

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I'm going to carry on looking. First deal of the day.

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How are things faring upstairs?

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Beautiful, I love that.

0:31:240:31:26

That's a great picture. A wonderful rural scene.

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You've got, obviously, bygone days.

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This guy is driving his cattle down the road, leading his horse.

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There's a little girl there, feeding her chickens.

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It's just luminous, isn't it? It's wonderful. I like that a lot.

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I suspect it'll have quite a high price tag on, I think.

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That's one to consider, then.

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How about Thomas?

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This is like the bowl which keeps on giving.

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Like a cornucopia, which, sort of, carries on.

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(Oh, I love mother-of-pearl!)

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Can you see the way it shimmers?

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These are obviously ends off handles or something.

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But I love it.

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This I think is a piece of agate. Well, it is a piece of agate.

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If you get the light on this...

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It's got a really grey

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but, sort of, translucency to it.

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It could be a salt dish for the centre of the table.

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Then we've got a collection of Oriental soapstone.

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These are scroll weights.

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So when you're laying out that Chinese scroll,

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you want to weigh it down so that it doesn't roll in on itself.

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I might call over Ger and see what we've got here.

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See if there's a price to be had.

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Ger, can I have a chat with you?

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That's the little hidden gem. Is it a little hidden gem?

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Was I allowed to find this bowl? Of course you were.

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A bit naughty of me. Absolutely.

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So you've got the contents of the bowl. Yes, exactly.

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I mean, I like it. Yes.

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It all depends on value-wise what you want to charge.

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Well, for you... Yeah.

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..I'm going to give you a good price. Do you think so?

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Absolutely. Absolutely.

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If we said 55 euros for the lot. That's immensely fair.

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I don't think I can argue with that. No, I don't think you could.

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I'm not going to argue with it. I am really not.

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Are you sure you're happy with that? Absolutely. 55 euros. For you.

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After that buying frenzy,

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Thomas has landed the soapstone collection,

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some mother-of-pearl handles

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and that lovely salt, and enough boxes to start a collection.

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Christina best get a move on.

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Oh, look at that! SHE GASPS

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It's a fantastic country house club fender with this leather top.

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Brass based. Put that in front of your fire.

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Can you imagine warming your back on the fire?

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That's fabulous. Again, these are selling really well at the moment.

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But there's no price tag.

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Let's see what Ger has to say about the picture first.

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Ah, fantastic.

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I do really like that.

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So we have got the signature down there as well. Yes.

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So GC Barlow on that. Yes.

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So it's oil on board? Oil on board. Exactly, yes.

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Ah, GC Barlow. Artist, exhibitor, Paris.

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So that's great that that label's still on there. Yes, yes.

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That's fantastic. Right, can we spin it over? Absolutely.

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And it's got its original frame, again. Mm-hm.

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So how much is on that one?

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175. And what could you do me that for?

0:34:160:34:19

How about 120?

0:34:190:34:21

120 on that one? Yes. OK.

0:34:210:34:23

That's a definite potential, then.

0:34:230:34:26

Now, onto the club fender.

0:34:260:34:28

How much for your tatty club fender?

0:34:290:34:31

There's a good... This could be a deal for you.

0:34:310:34:33

220 euro.

0:34:330:34:35

That's nearly all my budget!

0:34:350:34:37

Well, how about 180?

0:34:400:34:42

SHE SIGHS You've got to keep going.

0:34:420:34:43

I think it's well worth that. That's quite good value.

0:34:430:34:45

And how much did you want for the picture?

0:34:450:34:48

120. Could you come down any more on this?

0:34:480:34:51

What did you say on this? 180? 180.

0:34:510:34:54

160.

0:34:540:34:55

Is there any, any, any, any, any chance you could do me

0:34:570:35:00

the picture and the fender for 200?

0:35:000:35:02

HE GASPS

0:35:020:35:04

You are such a convincing woman.

0:35:040:35:06

Really? SHE LAUGHS

0:35:060:35:07

Am I? You have a deal. I don't think many people would say that. Yeah.

0:35:070:35:11

Well, Ger has been very generous to both Christina and Thomas.

0:35:110:35:15

And let's stick with Christina as she takes a breather from shopping

0:35:150:35:18

to visit the fair city of Dublin.

0:35:180:35:21

From medieval castles to Georgian splendour,

0:35:210:35:24

Dublin has a vibrant and charismatic reputation.

0:35:240:35:28

Ireland's capital has been home to Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett,

0:35:280:35:32

and James Joyce, and Christina is on the trail of another literary great.

0:35:320:35:36

She's visiting Trinity College,

0:35:360:35:38

Ireland's premier seat of education, where archivist Jane Maxwell

0:35:380:35:42

is on hand to reveal the story of former student Jonathan Swift.

0:35:420:35:46

Known for his masterpiece Gulliver's Travels,

0:35:460:35:48

he became one of the greatest satirists in the world and

0:35:480:35:52

started a legacy that would change the face of literature in Ireland.

0:35:520:35:55

He's the chap that's famous

0:35:550:35:57

for saying that the world was founded, more or less.

0:35:570:35:59

Jane, this is just visually the most stunning place I think I've ever been.

0:36:010:36:05

Isn't it lovely? It's wonderful. It really is, gorgeous.

0:36:050:36:08

The old library. It really is. So, was Swift ever here?

0:36:080:36:11

Not physically in this building, no. He predated this.

0:36:110:36:14

This is 300 years old. He was here in the 17th century.

0:36:140:36:17

This is an 18th-century room. Right.

0:36:170:36:20

Erm, but, this library has the privilege of holding

0:36:200:36:23

the Jonathan Swift collection.

0:36:230:36:25

Born in Dublin in 1667,

0:36:250:36:27

Swift was sent to Trinity College in the city at the age of 14.

0:36:270:36:32

This is the register that records him arriving in Trinity College.

0:36:330:36:38

Oh, there he is!

0:36:380:36:40

Jonathan Swift.

0:36:400:36:41

Did he show any talent for being a writer when,

0:36:410:36:44

when he was this age, when he was here?

0:36:440:36:45

Certainly we don't have anything that he wrote at the time

0:36:450:36:48

and he got into disciplinary problems, you know?

0:36:480:36:50

He was a naughty boy? He was a naughty boy, yeah. So...

0:36:500:36:53

I think I quite like him.

0:36:530:36:55

It ends up with... he gets his degree by special grace.

0:36:550:36:58

Despite a shaky academic career,

0:37:000:37:02

Swift began to build a reputation as a writer,

0:37:020:37:05

first working for former politician William Temple, then

0:37:050:37:09

as a clergyman, arguing the position of the church on political matters.

0:37:090:37:14

He becomes a political propagandist

0:37:140:37:16

and he is writing pamphlets left, right and centre.

0:37:160:37:18

That's what they did. That's how you waged war. You wrote.

0:37:180:37:21

And you produced pamphlets? Endless pamphlets.

0:37:210:37:23

And because Swift's specific talent was satire

0:37:230:37:27

and if you can make people laugh, you have them half won over.

0:37:270:37:31

So, he made it... he made it really readable?

0:37:310:37:33

While satire has been around for centuries,

0:37:330:37:36

in this age of the Enlightenment, Swift was part

0:37:360:37:39

of a resurgence of the craft

0:37:390:37:41

which interrogated moral and political views.

0:37:410:37:44

Later in his life, Swift was to display his moral outrage

0:37:440:37:47

at the treatment of Ireland's poor

0:37:470:37:50

in one of the most famous satirical essays in the English language.

0:37:500:37:54

This is The Modest Proposal which everybody knows about

0:37:540:37:57

even if they're not entirely sure...

0:37:570:37:58

"A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people from

0:37:580:38:01

"being a burden to their parents or the country and for making them

0:38:010:38:04

"beneficial to the public"?

0:38:040:38:06

Yeah, they kind of liked long titles. It's snappy, isn't it?

0:38:060:38:08

This is a time when poor people

0:38:080:38:10

were considered to be slightly less human.

0:38:100:38:12

So, he starts off in this tone of voice,

0:38:120:38:14

saying, "Yeah, we all know this is a problem" and then he just,

0:38:140:38:17

without as much as a blink of the eye he segues

0:38:170:38:19

seamlessly into a... "I think they should eat their children.

0:38:190:38:23

"I mean, if you fed a nice plump poor baby well, you know,

0:38:230:38:28

"you could serve him up for dinner." What?

0:38:280:38:31

And then all of a sudden you realise

0:38:310:38:33

he's making fun of you. Yeah. And your prejudices. Yeah.

0:38:330:38:35

And your biases, because for a moment you might have thought yeah, he's right...

0:38:350:38:38

SHE GASPS Oops! Yeah, yeah.

0:38:380:38:40

That's what he did and he did it beautifully because he sucks you in.

0:38:400:38:43

You think he's writing a boring economic pamphlet.

0:38:430:38:46

With his wit and fearless approach, Swift towered over his predecessors.

0:38:460:38:51

As partisan politics emerged,

0:38:510:38:53

he used his satire to tackle this new complex political world.

0:38:530:38:57

Ah, so, here we have...

0:38:570:38:59

In 1726, he took his arguments to a wide audience,

0:38:590:39:04

creating what would become his best-known work.

0:39:040:39:07

This is how we know Jonathan Swift, really, isn't it? Yes.

0:39:070:39:09

His Gulliver's Travels. Yes.

0:39:090:39:11

But it says here, "Travels into several remote

0:39:110:39:13

"nations of the world in four parts by Lemuel Gulliver,

0:39:130:39:17

"first a surgeon and then a captain of several ships, volume 1..."

0:39:170:39:20

It goes on and on and on. Yes, I know.

0:39:200:39:22

Well, at the very first page he's...making a little fun

0:39:220:39:25

of the tradition of writing travelogues.

0:39:250:39:28

Right. Which were becoming very popular at the time. OK.

0:39:280:39:30

So, he gives the name Gulliver but also he gives a little background

0:39:300:39:34

to make it seem more like this is actually a genuine travelogue.

0:39:340:39:37

By presenting the book as Gulliver's own memoirs,

0:39:370:39:40

Swift distanced himself from a controversial tale

0:39:400:39:44

that criticised the politicians he felt had blocked his own career.

0:39:440:39:48

This is political satire again

0:39:480:39:50

because he goes to all of these countries and, erm,

0:39:500:39:53

he picks out individuals and characters whom

0:39:530:39:56

all of his readership know

0:39:560:39:57

who the contemporary politician is who he's making fun of.

0:39:570:40:01

It's not a children's book at all? It's actually political satire?

0:40:010:40:04

Yes. But now it's marketed as a children's book.

0:40:040:40:06

I mean, you couldn't get more poles apart, really, could you? No.

0:40:060:40:09

Each group that Gulliver encounters represents a different

0:40:090:40:13

section of society, all afflicted by one type of prejudice or another.

0:40:130:40:17

Like the character of Flimnap, a wily politician

0:40:170:40:22

torn by jealousy, who is understood to be a thinly veiled caricature

0:40:220:40:26

of Britain's first modern Prime Minister, Robert Walpole.

0:40:260:40:30

Scared of prosecution by those targeted in the book,

0:40:300:40:33

Swift's publisher used several different printers

0:40:330:40:37

and even changed sections of text,

0:40:370:40:39

the tale becoming an instant success.

0:40:390:40:42

It was immediately hugely popular.

0:40:420:40:44

Even people who said they didn't understand who the targets were

0:40:440:40:47

found it incredible.

0:40:470:40:49

And even people who didn't like Swift had to admit that

0:40:490:40:53

it was wonderful.

0:40:530:40:54

Swift's book gave readers an entirely different perspective

0:40:540:40:57

on this new age of politics and politicians.

0:40:570:41:00

Since its first release, Gulliver's Travels has never been

0:41:010:41:04

out of print and is heralded as a milestone in satirical literature.

0:41:040:41:09

Once he had an idea, he took it to its rational obvious conclusion

0:41:110:41:15

and he was prepared to go a step further than everybody else.

0:41:150:41:18

Always... Stretching the boundaries? Absolutely.

0:41:180:41:21

Swift died in Dublin in 1745.

0:41:210:41:25

His pamphlets remain amongst the most important texts

0:41:250:41:30

held in the great library of Trinity College,

0:41:300:41:33

and Gulliver's Travels

0:41:330:41:34

inspired readers and influenced writers for centuries to come.

0:41:340:41:38

Just over 15 miles back down the River Liffey,

0:41:430:41:46

Thomas is in the village of Straffan, in County Kildare.

0:41:460:41:50

Straffan Antiques is a family-run affair, managed by Eoin.

0:41:500:41:54

The jacket's off. He means business.

0:41:570:42:00

These are good.

0:42:000:42:02

Look at these sweet little things.

0:42:020:42:04

Children's folding chairs.

0:42:040:42:06

They look great fun. Ow!

0:42:060:42:08

I'd take a seat, Thomas, if I were you. Ticket price is 480 euros.

0:42:100:42:15

We've got a pair of them. A pair is unusual, yeah.

0:42:150:42:17

It is unusual, isn't it? Yeah.

0:42:170:42:20

And it looks like original upholstery on them. I think so.

0:42:200:42:22

Probably, um, maybe late 19th century,

0:42:220:42:25

something like that. They're quite sweet, aren't they?

0:42:250:42:28

What can you do those for?

0:42:280:42:30

Erm...we could do those about...maybe 220.

0:42:300:42:34

Oh, my gosh.

0:42:340:42:35

I don't think I've got 220.

0:42:350:42:37

I've only got 185 and I need some left for tomorrow.

0:42:380:42:42

So, I was looking at those as sort of 50 euros each, 100 euros.

0:42:420:42:47

But if you can do it, you can't do it. Yeah.

0:42:470:42:50

I'll try and find something else.

0:42:500:42:52

Could do 150 on them.

0:42:520:42:53

I think 150 is a bit, a bit strong for me.

0:42:550:42:58

Could you meet me halfway somewhere?

0:42:590:43:02

Could do 130? 125, we've got a deal.

0:43:020:43:05

Go on? Go on. 125. Yeah, good man.

0:43:050:43:09

A bold buy, Thomas.

0:43:090:43:11

Great discount but it doesn't leave you very much.

0:43:110:43:14

HE MOUTHS

0:43:140:43:16

(What have I done? What have I done?)

0:43:160:43:19

Heaven knows.

0:43:190:43:20

Blissfully unaware of Thomas's big spending,

0:43:240:43:27

Christina is hotfooting through Dublin's streets

0:43:270:43:30

in search of a bargain.

0:43:300:43:31

Hello. Hey, how you doing? Well, thank you. I'm Christina, nice to meet you.

0:43:310:43:35

Alistair - how are you? Alistair? Do you mind if I have a quick look around? Yeah, sure.

0:43:350:43:38

If there's anything I like the look of,

0:43:380:43:40

I'll come and give you a holler. OK. A holler, eh?

0:43:400:43:44

Owner Alistair has been running the shop, along with his mother,

0:43:440:43:47

for four years, and they do a lot of their buying in French markets,

0:43:470:43:50

so the shop has a certain je ne sais quoi.

0:43:500:43:53

You are feeling it?

0:43:530:43:54

So, that is quite cool, isn't it? Look at that. "The Royal Dragoon."

0:43:540:43:59

"Ales and prize medal beers".

0:43:590:44:02

So, it's obviously an old pub sign, isn't it? The Royal Dragoon.

0:44:020:44:06

Breweriana in advertising is quite in vogue at the moment

0:44:060:44:09

but that's also really a very powerful, strong image.

0:44:090:44:12

It's 45 euros.

0:44:120:44:14

I wonder what Alistair can do on that.

0:44:140:44:16

Alistair? Yes. Where are you, darling?

0:44:160:44:19

We picked this up at a French market about two months ago.

0:44:200:44:25

Did you? I'm not sure how old it is but it's certainly nice, anyway.

0:44:250:44:30

It's a decorative thing, isn't it?

0:44:300:44:32

It hasn't got a huge amount of age to it, has it?

0:44:320:44:35

Yeah, probably about 1970s, I'd say, maybe.

0:44:350:44:38

So, what would be your best price on that? 20.

0:44:380:44:42

It's quite fun, isn't it? I do quite like that.

0:44:420:44:44

There's something about the image which is powerful.

0:44:440:44:46

Yeah. That horsey strutting off to war.

0:44:460:44:48

Is there any chance you could do that for 15?

0:44:480:44:51

20 is quite cheap for it, as is... Is it? For a modern repro sign?

0:44:510:44:57

For a bit of fun? It is hand-painted.

0:44:570:45:00

Go on, 15 euros.

0:45:000:45:02

And you've got a sale. OK. Yeah? Yeah. It's a deal.

0:45:020:45:06

I shall take my Royal Dragoon and charge off into the sunset.

0:45:060:45:10

With 15 euros spent on an oldish pub sign,

0:45:100:45:14

your sunset awaits - so nighty-night, you two.

0:45:140:45:17

Good morning, Dublin!

0:45:220:45:24

I love Ireland

0:45:240:45:25

but I do spend a lot of money in Ireland. Join the club.

0:45:250:45:28

You're telling me.

0:45:280:45:30

Later, they will be heading for auction in Wrexham

0:45:300:45:32

but for the rest of the day, Dublin beckons.

0:45:320:45:36

Let's follow Christina

0:45:360:45:38

as she tries to spend the last of her remaining euros.

0:45:380:45:41

She's having a wander through Dublin's art and antiques quarter,

0:45:410:45:44

but can she uncover something special?

0:45:440:45:47

Hello. Hi, how are you doing? I'm all right, thanks. How are you?

0:45:470:45:50

Good, thanks. What's your name? Alistan. Alistan. Great name.

0:45:500:45:53

Alistan, you are very tall. I know. How tall are you?

0:45:530:45:55

6'6", 6'7" on a good day. I think I should have worn my heels today.

0:45:550:45:59

This is pretty cool.

0:45:590:46:01

It is certainly eclectic.

0:46:010:46:02

What is on your storage jars?

0:46:020:46:05

They're about 175. Are they? Yes.

0:46:050:46:09

They're nice, aren't they? Clean kitchenware, one pint.

0:46:090:46:13

I mean, they are very kitsch, aren't they?

0:46:130:46:16

I like the typography on them. Yeah, that text on them is fab, isn't it?

0:46:160:46:20

It's cool, yes.

0:46:200:46:21

Also you get the TG green ones,

0:46:210:46:23

which - obviously the blue-banded Cornishware ones -

0:46:230:46:25

but I really like the fact that these are in green.

0:46:250:46:28

It's the colour of Ireland, isn't it?

0:46:280:46:30

Yeah. Very cool. It's true.

0:46:300:46:32

I'm a bit worried, there is a little bit of damage around them.

0:46:320:46:35

We can talk about price. I mean, what have you got in your mind?

0:46:350:46:39

Uh...

0:46:390:46:40

Don't hate me. Go on. But I think I have 77 euros left.

0:46:410:46:47

77 euros? Yeah.

0:46:470:46:49

I tell you what, I could probably give you half the set. No!

0:46:490:46:52

You can't split the set! What about...? OK...

0:46:520:46:55

You look like a really cool, mid-century guy,

0:46:550:46:58

I have got a really cool mid-century vehicle outside.

0:46:580:47:02

OK, so we do a swap? No. OK.

0:47:020:47:04

Hmm... OK, OK. I thought that was where this was going.

0:47:060:47:09

What about 77 euros and a ride in my van?

0:47:090:47:12

What do you think? That sounds a bit...

0:47:140:47:16

Does that sound like a deal? Do you know what? OK, OK. Yeah?

0:47:160:47:19

OK, as long as it is going to a good home,

0:47:190:47:21

I think it's going to go to a good home.

0:47:210:47:23

Done. Happy? Yeah, I think so.

0:47:230:47:25

It's pretty cool, and it does go quite fast.

0:47:270:47:29

Here we go.

0:47:290:47:30

You will be amazed.

0:47:300:47:32

Hope on in, baby.

0:47:340:47:35

I hope someone is watching the shop.

0:47:390:47:41

Can you fit in my van?

0:47:410:47:43

OK, there are no straps.

0:47:430:47:45

There are no straps? No, it's pre-straps. You will be fine.

0:47:450:47:48

Are you ready for the ride of your life? Yes, let's go.

0:47:480:47:51

Second. Good gear change. Hold on tight.

0:47:540:47:57

Be careful with him, Christina.

0:47:570:48:00

There is just time for a quick run around the block.

0:48:020:48:05

I didn't terrify the life out of you? No, you didn't. Are you sure?

0:48:050:48:08

No, not at all. Good.

0:48:080:48:10

Well, that's one way to get yourself a set of storage jars for 77 euros.

0:48:100:48:16

You're an angel. So are you. Very, very pleased with my jars.

0:48:160:48:19

Nice to meet you. Take care, see you again. See you.

0:48:190:48:22

Just a few paces down the street, Thomas is on the prowl.

0:48:260:48:29

Hello, I'm Thomas. Thomas, how are you? Mervyn is my name.

0:48:310:48:33

You're very welcome, you're very welcome.

0:48:330:48:35

This looks fabulous. I'm going to have a really good look around.

0:48:350:48:38

Yeah, good stuff. I will warn you...

0:48:380:48:41

Oh, yes. Stand by.

0:48:410:48:42

..there is not a huge budget,

0:48:420:48:44

but what there is is burning a hole in my pocket.

0:48:440:48:48

OK, we will try and help you spend it.

0:48:480:48:50

I don't think he needs much help.

0:48:500:48:51

Look at that. That's quite a fun thing, that, isn't it?

0:48:510:48:54

It's a cartridge filler, isn't it? That's right, yeah.

0:48:540:48:57

They were for filling one's guns cartridges, weren't they? Yeah.

0:48:570:48:59

You clamp that onto the table. On it goes.

0:48:590:49:03

This is where your firing pin goes, on the top here.

0:49:030:49:07

You fill your beast as you wind it off with all the powder.

0:49:070:49:14

Then you fold it up into there.

0:49:140:49:17

This is when one used to make

0:49:170:49:18

one's own gun cartridges for shooting.

0:49:180:49:21

It is quite an interesting thing, isn't it? Yeah, it's nice, yeah.

0:49:210:49:24

I've not seen one like that before. Right, OK.

0:49:240:49:26

You called it Victorian. Yes, it is about that sort of level, isn't it?

0:49:260:49:29

Yes. Yes. OK.

0:49:290:49:31

Ticket price is 185 euros.

0:49:310:49:33

Merv, I'm going to level with you.

0:49:330:49:36

I said I had some money burning a hole in my pocket.

0:49:360:49:38

I do, and it is going to have to be spent. There is 60 euros.

0:49:380:49:43

What can you do for 60 euros?

0:49:430:49:45

What can I do for 60 euros?

0:49:450:49:47

Well, you were looking at that.

0:49:470:49:49

That would relieve me of 60 euros, would it?

0:49:490:49:51

It would. That would be it, done. Done and dusted.

0:49:510:49:54

That is really not a bad price. That has to be a purchase, really.

0:49:540:49:58

Very good. Very fair. You have been immensely fair.

0:49:580:50:01

He has relieved me of all my money...

0:50:010:50:03

apart from a couple of cent. Right. You can throw that in if you want.

0:50:030:50:06

Well, I can probably throw that in, couldn't I, really?

0:50:060:50:08

So that generous deal makes it 60 euros and 98 cents.

0:50:080:50:12

That has cleaned Thomas out and ends this trip's shopping.

0:50:120:50:16

Thomas spent all of his 289 euros, 98 cents on the collection of boxes,

0:50:190:50:25

the 19th-century soapstone items,

0:50:250:50:28

an agate salt,

0:50:280:50:30

the mother-of-pearl handles,

0:50:300:50:33

the cartridge loader,

0:50:330:50:35

and a pair of children's chairs.

0:50:350:50:37

Christina only left herself with loose change,

0:50:390:50:41

as she spent 292 euros on a set of 1950s storage jars with coffee pot,

0:50:410:50:47

a 19th-century brass fender,

0:50:470:50:50

an oil painting of a rustic scene,

0:50:500:50:52

and a painted pub sign.

0:50:520:50:55

What do they think of each other's offerings?

0:50:550:50:57

I think actually he has been quite risky.

0:50:570:50:59

He has been quite plucky and I like that.

0:50:590:51:01

I would happily swap probably most of my stuff,

0:51:010:51:03

to be perfectly honest, for that beautiful banded agate salt

0:51:030:51:06

that he bought, which I think is just an absolute stunner.

0:51:060:51:08

I really love her picture that she has bought.

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I think it is delightful.

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It's going to be such a close-call thing.

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After starting this leg in Prosperous, in County Kildare,

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our experts have travelled via Dublin to the Welsh town of Wrexham.

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Today, our pair are headed straight to Wingetts Auction House.

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Wielding the gavel is John Lloyd.

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Now in Britain, the rest of the trip will be pounds.

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So, with currency converted,

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Christina has spent a total of ?205.63 on four items,

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while Thomas's six lots have set him back a total of ?197.87.

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First up are Thomas' collection of boxes.

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I've got ?20 bid with me to go straight in.

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20 bid, 5 bid, 30.

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5, sir?

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40. 5.

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?40 bid. Profit. That's good.

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I'm out. Sold on the internet.

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Yes! Well done.

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Good job. Result! Yeah.

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A cracking start for Thomas.

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Will his luck keep going?

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His cartridge loader is next.

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I've got ?15 bid. Straight in with me to go...

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What did you spend on this?

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40...

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45, OK.

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In the door at ?20. I'll take 2 for it.

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Now at 22 I'm bid. 24. 26?

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24.

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41.

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Next time.

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That's a blow, but there's plenty left to go at, Thomas.

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So disappointed. It's OK, it's OK.

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It took Christina some clever negotiating

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to get the storage jars,

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but how will they fare?

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We're on the internet, then, at ?26.

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28 bid. 30.

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And 5, sir. 40. God, making more.

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40, bid. 5, sir? Oh, go on, sir. They're lovely.

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?40 we've got bid.

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All finished at 40.

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Perhaps the damage to the jars has hit your chances of a profit.

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I think that's disappointing.

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I don't mind taking a loss

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because I had such a lovely ride in the van with Alistan. Did you? Yeah.

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Let's see if Thomas can get us back on track

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with his mother-of-pearl handles.

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I'll take ?20 to start for them.

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Nobody is going to bid.

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No bid for these? I can't believe that.

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10, then?

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?10 I've got. 12 I'm bid. 14.

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16.

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16, back in. 18.

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20.

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They're out on the net at 18 bid. It's ?18. 18.

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That's good. ?7 profit.

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I was expecting three figures.

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I was!

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Well, you know what they say about expectations.

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No, don't, don't...

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Perhaps your hopes were a little high, but that's still a profit.

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Next up, the club fender.

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This cost Christina 120 euros, which comes out at just under ?85.

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Cheap.

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I've got ?100 straight in with me to start, then. 100. 110. 120. 130.

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140. 150.

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High-five? High-five?

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170. 180. 190. 200. ?200 on the internet!

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?200 on the internet!

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Get in there. ?220 in the room.

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?220, the bid is in the room. This never happens to me.

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220 bid.

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All done? GAVEL BANGS

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Well done.

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A superb profit for the fender gives Christina a healthy lead.

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I've got some catching up to do, Christina. No, you haven't. I have.

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No, no.

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Can the collection of Chinese soapstone perform as well for Thomas?

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?10 I'm bid, starting.

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12 I've got on the internet. 14 bid, 16.

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See, it's going, it's going.

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?18.

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You're out on the internet.

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Thanks for coming. 20, you're into a profit.

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On the net.

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Sadly, after auction costs, that's a small loss.

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Next up, it's Christina's painted pub sign.

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Ought to be ?20 to start.

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Oh, internet bid 15, that's good.

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15, see - straight in, profit.

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I'll take 16 if it helps you. 16 I am bid.

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At ?16 we're still on the net at ?16. It'll take 18.

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18 I've got. 20?

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20 bid. 2.

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24. 26. 28.

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28 bid. 30. 2?

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In the room at 30.

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That's good, isn't it? Again, high-five.

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That's more of a medium-five.

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Jealous.

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Well jel.

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Another good profit. Things are going very well for Christina.

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Thomas is playing catch-up and his agate salt is next.

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?5 I've got to start.

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It's in the door. I'll take 6, I'm bid 8.

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6, internet. 8, internet. 10, internet.

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See? Profit, profit, profit, profit.

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14. 16.

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18.

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Goes on the internet.

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?18. What's that, ?7 profit? Yeah, ?7.

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That's good. It's OK.

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A modest profit for Thomas.

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Christina's oil painting is her final lot.

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Maiden bid for this one at ?30.

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I'm only bid 30. 35 got, and I'm out.

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At ?35 the bid is in the room.

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It's cheap at 35. It'll wipe out all my profits.

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No, I don't think so.

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Moving on. Quite rightly.

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50?

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All done?

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Oh, go on.

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50 bid. 5? See? There you are.

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Sold at 50.

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A small loss, and it's not over yet.

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Thomas spent a huge 125 euros on those chairs,

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which is around ?90,

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but will it pay off?

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10 for them.

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?10. Early bid on my right, standing. 12 bid. 14. 16.

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18. 20. And 2?

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24.

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26.

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It's getting there.

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It's getting there. 40. And 2?

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?42 I'm bid in the room, standing, at 42 bid.

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I'll take 44 if you want.

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It's standing.

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Actually, that's like a body blow...

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A hammer going through my body.

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Well, someone's got a bargain,

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picking up a beautiful pair of chairs for a great price.

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Anyway, go on. Let's go and see how much money I've made.

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I think... No. It might take us a while.

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To count it all?

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You're so cruel.

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So how have our pair fared?

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Thomas, looking grim, spent every last penny of his ?197.87.

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After auction costs,

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he's made a loss of ?60.93,

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leaving him a total of ?136.94

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to take on to the next leg.

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Christina started with ?205.75

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and after auction costs

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made a fantastic ?73.17 profit.

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So she has won the day with ?278.91 and a substantial lead,

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so well done, girl.

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My goodness. Well done.

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I need a telescope to see where you are

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and you need a telescope to see where I am.

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You might have to go and get the van

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because my pockets are weighing me down. Are they?

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Can I borrow some money? I'm not sure I can walk.

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Can I borrow some money? You've, like, made hundreds.

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Cheerio.

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