0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05This is beautiful!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12..with £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Joy.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:22 > 0:00:23- Sorry, sorry! - ..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:35 > 0:00:38SWING MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:38 > 0:00:42On this third leg of the trip, it's all about North Wales
0:00:42 > 0:00:45for Christina Trevanion and Thomas Plant.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48# Bread of Heaven
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- BOTH:- # Feed me now or never more
0:00:51 > 0:00:52# Never more. #
0:00:52 > 0:00:55All right, all right, all right. That's enough of that.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Quite.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59This trip started out in Ireland...
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I think it's the most beautiful antique shop I've ever been into.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05..with varying degrees of success.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- Just pulled it down and it locked. - Now you've broken it.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11They'll now finish their trip in Britain,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14along with their 1962 Bedford van,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17which was manufactured before it was compulsory to fit seatbelts.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Both our auctioneers began with £200.
0:01:26 > 0:01:32After losing at both auctions so far, Thomas has just £136.94...
0:01:34 > 0:01:40..meaning Christina has taken the lead and has £278.91.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45So, you must be feeling like sort of Rockefeller there.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Ah, so flush.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47- Can you lend me some money?- Nope.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- Nope.- Nope. - SHE LAUGHS
0:01:52 > 0:01:56After setting off from Cashel, in Tipperary,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00and a roam around Ireland, they hopped across to North Wales.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02From here they'll travel through England,
0:02:02 > 0:02:07finishing up over 700 miles later in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12We begin in the picturesque town of Ruthin, in Denbighshire,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and head for auction in Colwyn Bay, Conwy.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Christina's first stop today is in a former cinema.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Oh, wow.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Oh, my goodness.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Onto something already?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29There's an awful lot of stuff in here, isn't there? My gosh.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Oh, wow! Look at that!
0:02:31 > 0:02:35It's a little salt and pepper cruet in the form of two gavels...
0:02:35 > 0:02:36which is perfect!
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Thomas and I are both auctioneers. That's amazing.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41She's working fast this morning.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Best track down a Mr Andy Stow.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Hello.- Hello, Christina. - Hello, my love.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Andy, I've already seen something I love.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Well, no, I don't love it. It's sort of, you know, OK.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Smoothly done, Christina.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, what I saw, Andy, was this...
0:02:58 > 0:03:01which I thought was a bit of fun.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02That is fun!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04So, you've obviously got salt and pepper
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and you've got the stand for them to go on as well.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Is there any maker's mark? - No, I don't think so.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13That's got a bit of corrosion on there from the salt,
0:03:13 > 0:03:14so obviously...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But unfortunately, it's very rare
0:03:16 > 0:03:18to find them without that corrosion, isn't it?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Absolutely.- Because of the very nature of salt itself.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26They're priced at £35, so as we wait to hear back from the dealer,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Christina browses on.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Hey, I like this. What's this, Andy?
0:03:33 > 0:03:38It's, in a sense, a dentist's chair, basically.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Really?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Well, it could be whatever you want it to be.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I was thinking it might be a barber's chair, in which case...
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It is. It is actually a barber's chair.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48As a dentist's chair, it's making me feel a bit nervous.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And what price have you got on it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Well, I've got 230 on it.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- SHE LAUGHS - You're joking.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56For you, 150 quid.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Generous. One to think about, then.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02There's word back on the gavel cruet set.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07Right, OK. So, 25, potentially, on that.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Now, what about that chair?
0:04:10 > 0:04:11£150.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Or double the value and call it a tattooist's chair.- A what?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Tattooist.- That's a brilliant idea!
0:04:17 > 0:04:22It's a tattoo... Yeah. What about can we do £150...?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- I'll give you your £150 for this... - Yeah.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28..but I would like the salt and pepper as well.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Go on.- Oh, Andy. You're a legend. Thank you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36So, that's 25 for the cruet set and £125 for the dentist's
0:04:36 > 0:04:39or barber's or tattooist's chair.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Thomas has headed north
0:04:43 > 0:04:45to the former quarrying village of Penmaenmawr.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Lying on the edge of Snowdonia,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53this pretty coastal settlement is home to Perry Higgins Antiques,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56owned by Michael King.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Hello. I'm Thomas.- How do you do? - Very well, thank you.- Good.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02This is amazing.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08Indeed. Certainly a lot to see in this 15,000-square-foot showroom.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- It doesn't stop, does it?- No.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I mean, it's room after room!
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I'm seeing a few things. I quite like your stick stand.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- It's not dear.- It's not dear? - No, I don't think so.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21How much is it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- You've got a four and a two next to it.- Yeah.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Couldn't be the other way around, could it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28No, but it's close. I'll do it at 30 quid.
0:05:28 > 0:05:3025?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Hmm.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- 26.- £26.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Makes a deal, doesn't it?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I think in Wales they need stick stands
0:05:37 > 0:05:38to put their umbrellas in...
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- They certainly do. - ..with drip trays.- Yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42That's awesome. Done.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Can we go outside now?- Yes.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45At the back of the shop,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Michael also has an architectural salvage yard.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- I like these terracotta pots.- Yeah. - Were they a lot of money?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54They cost me about 80 quid.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Have you got any sort of cheaper pots?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- What are those green ones there? - Those are cheap, yeah.- Yeah?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- These are concrete ones, are they? - Yeah, they're concrete.- Yeah.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05How much is a pair of those?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I want about 35 quid each for them. I'll do 40 quid.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Could you do them for 30?- Oh!
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Have you got some money in there?! - Honestly, I know I look like...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17You must have some money in there. £32 and take them. Go on.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21All right. You've got a deal. £32.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22You're a star.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26That's the pair of reconstituted green-painted planters
0:06:26 > 0:06:31and an Art Nouveau umbrella stand for £58. Well done, Thomas.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Sticking with Thomas, he's made his way back up the coast
0:06:34 > 0:06:38to the charming seaside town of Rhos-on-Sea.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Shawna Peters Antiques is Thomas' next stop, so it's stand by.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Hello.- Hi.- I'm Thomas.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- How do you do?- How do you do?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Thomas has some serious catching up to do on this trip.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56What am I going to buy which is going to make me loads of money?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That is the million-dollar question.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Now what's that he's found?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02That's pretty, isn't it?
0:07:04 > 0:07:10Enamel flower set with some sort of paste-set jewels.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14If you were a lady and you were out for an evening,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18want to do more of your rouge, out this would come, wouldn't it?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Yeah.- Really pretty with that floral design.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- But it's just gilt metal.- Faberge.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Well, I wish, with the sort of filigree around it.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28It does look quite beautiful.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30What's your very best on that one?
0:07:31 > 0:07:3325.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Ooh. That's very good, isn't it?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Could I offer to 20? - SHE LAUGHS
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- You just said that was good! - HE LAUGHS
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Truthfully, I've spent a little bit of money today
0:07:44 > 0:07:48and then Christina's thrashing me and I need all the help I can get.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Was that a nod?- OK.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- OK?- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Oh, you're a sweetheart.- I know. - Thank you very much.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Very generous, Shawna. Deal done at £20 for the Art Nouveau compact.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I'm pleased with what I bought today. Tomorrow is another day.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10And on that note, night-night, antiquers.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Another day dawns in North Wales.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Bore da, Thomas.- Bore da, Christina.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Oh, well done. - Do you like the roll of the R?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Impressive.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29The auction awaits in Colwyn Bay.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34But, for now, Thomas is heading to the small village of Llanystumdwy.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Here we are. Enjoy.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39- Good luck.- Have fun.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Bye!- Bye!
0:08:41 > 0:08:46Christina is charging further down the Llyn Peninsula
0:08:46 > 0:08:48the market town of Pwllheli,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51home to Christina's first shop of the day.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Hello.- Hello there. Hi. How are you? - Rodney Adams, I assume.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- No, I'm John Adams. That's my father.- Oh.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01John and his father have three different units in the town.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Plenty of choice, Christina.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05These are interesting.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Yes, they are. They've just come in.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09They're a pair of little taper stick holders
0:09:09 > 0:09:11on little onyx bases.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Those are quite fun.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14"PHV and Co Made in England."
0:09:14 > 0:09:18OK, so, probably about what, 1940s, 1950s?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Probably, yeah.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24These candlesticks were designed to hold tapered candles.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Well, I like those. Can I go down in the cellar?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Yes.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Also leaving no stone unturned.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Oh, this is rather beautiful.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Locally-built ship in case, £40.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Yes, I'm actually selling it on behalf of somebody,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and that's what they want for it as a goodwill gesture.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47All the rigging and so on is right, as it were.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49OK. But it is quite bright, isn't it?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52But it certainly looks like it's a galleon in full sail
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- off the Welsh coast.- Yeah.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Let's take that one upstairs.- OK.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01She's even checking out John's other shop across the street.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03That's nice.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- It is. It's a lovely thing, that. - Hmm.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07It's got quite a sort of naive feel about it, hasn't it?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10It's a pipe rack. What's on that, John?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Uh...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14it has to be 60 quid.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Oh, my goodness.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Is there a deal afoot?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- So, I like the taper sticks.- Right.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- I like the ship.- Right.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24And I like this.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28So, what can our sort of best prices be on these, John?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The taper sticks I can do for 30.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- I'm selling that on behalf of somebody.- Right.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39That thing, it has to be 40, which is sensibly priced.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41OK. All right. And then the rack.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42That can be 50.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45So, can we negotiate on these, then?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47What are you offering?
0:10:47 > 0:10:52I would like to give you £50 for the ship and the tapers.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Put a fiver on top of that and then we'll have a deal on that.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- OK. 55.- Deal it is.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Deal it is. Thank you very much. - Thank you.- It's been a pleasure.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04That's £55 for the silver-plated taper sticks
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and the ship in the case.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10In Llanystumdwy,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Thomas has come to the childhood home of a radical social reformer
0:11:14 > 0:11:18who became one of the greatest statesman of the 20th century.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23He not only laid the foundations for the welfare state we have today,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25but is the man often credited
0:11:25 > 0:11:28for winning the First World War for the Allies.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Thomas is here to meet curator Emrys Williams.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Good morning.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Bore da. Croeso.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40David Lloyd George, Britain's only ever Welsh prime minister,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42moved to this cottage as a baby.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45After the death of his father, it was his uncle, Richard Lloyd,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48who helped raise and educate the young David.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51He instilled a set of values in his nephew
0:11:51 > 0:11:53that would stand throughout his life,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55in part by turning his cobbler's workshop
0:11:55 > 0:11:57into a hotbed for debate.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- It was like a debating society. - Oh, right. Yes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08And soon, Lloyd George became politically aware.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Ah. So, it gave him an education,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14a work ethic and a passion for politics.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Yes.- Debates. - Yes.- What's fair, what's right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Yes.- Interesting.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21After training as a solicitor,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Lloyd George steered his passion for fairness into politics,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28first as a Liberal MP and then as a member of the cabinet.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33It was here he tackled social justice
0:12:33 > 0:12:34as he'd always wanted.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39He created the welfare state we take for granted today.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41It was a revolutionary feat.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44So, he became chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- What did he do with that?- Yes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Well, the first thing he did in 1908
0:12:49 > 0:12:53was to introduce the Old-Age Pensions bill.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- So, there wasn't an Old-Age Pensions bill before that.- No.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And then Lloyd George in 1909
0:13:00 > 0:13:04formulated his great People's Budget,
0:13:04 > 0:13:09the budget he declared was to wage war against poverty,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- sickness and ill health. - Mm-hm.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15He also went on to introduce national insurance,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19designed as a safety net for anyone who became unemployed
0:13:19 > 0:13:22or needed cash for medical treatment.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24It predated the NHS,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28which wouldn't come to fruition for another 37 years.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Such forward thinking. How did he become prime minister?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35The Great War broke out in 1914.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40In 1915, there was a shell shortage
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and the king created a new post.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Lloyd George became the first minister of munitions.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51The scandal threatened to defeat the Allies,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54but by building munitions factories across the country
0:13:54 > 0:13:58and utilising a previously untapped female workforce,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Lloyd George rearmed the British forces
0:14:01 > 0:14:03and solved the crisis within months.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07He was then the obvious choice to take over as prime minister
0:14:07 > 0:14:11in a Liberal-Conservative coalition in 1916.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15What did he do to move the war forward for us?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17He galvanised everybody.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19"We are going to win."
0:14:19 > 0:14:24But the problem was that military strategy
0:14:24 > 0:14:27was in the hands of the generals.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Lloyd George's dynamic leadership boosted morale.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36With his newly formed war cabinet,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39he coordinated the Allies under one command
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and helped orchestrate American involvement.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45This proved to be a major turning point in history.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54- The Americans came into the war. - 1917.- Yes. And the war was won.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59And Lloyd George is now regarded by historians
0:14:59 > 0:15:03and biographers as the man who won the war.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09He remained prime minister until resigning in 1922,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12but continued to be an active political figure.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Lloyd George returned to Wales in 1944 and died a year later.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22He will be remembered as one of the greatest social reformers
0:15:22 > 0:15:25of his time and a revolutionary leader.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Meanwhile, Christina has motored the Bedford van north to Llandwrog.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Christina's next shop is based in a former RAF base.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Hello!
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Hi.- Nice to meet you. Are you Mr Kill?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45No. Martin Lewis, I am.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- It's a great name, though, isn't it? - It's wonderful, isn't it?- Yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- You sound like a bit of a secret agent.- Assassins, yeah.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Yeah, very possibly. Are you an assassin, Martin?- No.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- No, you don't look like an assassin. - No.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Yeah, well that's good to know, then.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00And Martin's got something in mind for Christina.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Have a look at that.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- What do you think? - How did I walk straight past that?
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- So, that is an old wheelbarrow. - It's for carrying slate.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11So, you would've quarried your slate and put it on that,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13stacked it up so it didn't slide off the front.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- That's right.- You've got that guard on there as well.- Yeah.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18That's quite fun, isn't it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- IT SQUEAKS - It comes with the squeak.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Does it?- Yeah.- A free squeak?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- It comes with a free squeak. - How could a girl refuse?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- How much have you got on it?- 40.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30IT SQUEAKS NOISILY Blimey, Christina.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35- I do like it, but I don't like it for £40, I'm afraid.- OK. Try me.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- I was sort of thinking £10 or £20, to be honest...- Oh!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- I couldn't possibly take... - ..as a nice outside piece.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43What would be your absolute death on it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You can have it for 25.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- I'm a happy girl at that. - I'll throw the squeak in.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48You're too kind.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53£25 for the slate barrow with added squeak.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Ha! Thomas meanwhile is back on the hunt.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00He's headed to the stunning harbour resort of Barmouth
0:17:00 > 0:17:02on Snowdonia's west coast
0:17:02 > 0:17:04and to his final shop -
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Fron House Antiques, run by Jamie Howard.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Hello.- Hello.- I'm Thomas.- Jamie.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Jamie sources his eclectic mix of items both locally and overseas.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18What's Thomas onto?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20You've got some lovely things here.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Oh, that's naughty, Jamie, your little erotic cheroot holder.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29It's a little Stanhope, which is a lens,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33and the lens has a print on the back,
0:17:33 > 0:17:37and that print then gets magnified as you look through the lens.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40It's titchy, but you place it up to your eye
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and you fill your eye with the scene.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48This one has somebody on the beach in not many clothes.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50And it's a cheroot holder.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Ticket price is £58.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- How about 20?- Can I offer you 15?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- How about 18?- Perfect.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Swift business. Anything else?
0:18:05 > 0:18:06What a cool thing.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08It's quite decorative, isn't it?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09A garden windmill.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Look at that.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I just like the visuality of it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Could be a sort of gardening theme with your pair of planters, perhaps.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20"Please shut the gate."
0:18:21 > 0:18:24That's a heavy bit of stone there, isn't it?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I wonder if I could buy the stone and the windmill.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28HE LAUGHS
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Sort of garden lots, aren't they?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Time to bring back Jamie, eh?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34You've got a few things down here I quite like.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- First of all, I like the windmill. - It's quirky.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Could be Dutch. It's fun.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39- It's not that old.- No, it's not.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42And just talk me through the stone.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- It's fun.- I've got 40 quid left.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- 40 quid left.- And I want to spend 40 quid with you.- OK.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53So, 18 on the cheroot holder and 40 on these two?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Yeah. Cos this will be a lot. - We could have a deal at that.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Could we?- All right? - Thank you very much.- OK.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01And with that, shopping is complete.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Let's take a gander at our experts' treasures.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Along with the stone, windmill and cheroot holder,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Thomas bought an enamel compact,
0:19:13 > 0:19:17the garden planters and an Art Deco umbrella stand
0:19:17 > 0:19:20all for £136.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Christina spent £230 on the chair...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27A gavel cruet set,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29a pair of taper sticks,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33a ship in a box and a barrow with a squeak.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35So, what do they think of each other's lots?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37She's bought one dangerous item,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39the big barber's-cum-tattooist's chair.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Three figures on it. A lot of money.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45What I absolutely love is her cruets as gavels.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48We're both auctioneers, we'll both love those.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I think Thomas has done exceptionally well.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I think the compact that he bought was particularly lovely.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55He's been very clever. He's been very tactical.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00If my chair bombs, which I slightly have a sad feeling that it might,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I think he might hold the stronger hand
0:20:02 > 0:20:04in this little round here.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07After kicking off from Ruthin,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Christina and Thomas are now headed towards their third auction
0:20:10 > 0:20:11in Colwyn Bay.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Oh, my goodness.- I love it. I love it.- Good parking, Thomas.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18See? You know, I'm gifted. Natural. In you go.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24John Rogers Jones will be manning the rostrum at this family-run auction room.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Let's see what the people of Colwyn Bay think of our experts' lots.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29First up, Thomas's pair of planters.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Thomas Plant-er... Get it?
0:20:31 > 0:20:3440 for the pair on stands.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Start me at a tenner then.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Tenner. That's a way to start.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40£5 only. Eight over there.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Ten is here. 12 there. 15.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- Well done. Well done. This is better.- 18.
0:20:44 > 0:20:4818. 18 and the hammer's up.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Still time to make that back, Thomas.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53That's a good loss.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- That's half.- That's a good loss. - That's a good loss.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58That's half the money gone.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Can Christina's slate barrow do any better?
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Give me £50.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05There's no justice if there's a bid of 50.
0:21:05 > 0:21:0820 anywhere. Come on.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Look good in the front garden.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12- A tenner.- Yes, it would. Exactly.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Tenner I have. A tenner.
0:21:14 > 0:21:1612. 15. 18.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Oh, they're all over it now. - 20. 22.
0:21:19 > 0:21:2125. 28.
0:21:21 > 0:21:2330. 32.
0:21:23 > 0:21:2435. New bidder.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Look at this. I don't believe it.
0:21:26 > 0:21:2835 in the middle. 38 over there.
0:21:28 > 0:21:3340. 42. 45, seated. 48, standing. 48. 50.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- Well done.- 50 on the left. I'm going to sell at 50 now.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That's really good.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Oh, bravo. Magnificently done. - Yeah, well done.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Well done, sir. Well done.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Christina's doubled her money.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Now it's back over to Thomas with his plinth and windmill.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Give me £40. 40.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Try me at 20 then.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- So heavy. It was so heavy. - Eight, ten, 12.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01See, now they're all over it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:0515. 18. 20. 22. 25.
0:22:05 > 0:22:0728. 28. 28.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09All done?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Thanks for coming. Thanks for coming.
0:22:11 > 0:22:1228.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Oh, Thomas.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- You're having a bad day.- A bad day.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- It's OK. We're only two lots in. - Two lots in.- We'll be OK.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I've already sort of lost a load of money.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It's Christina's ship in a box up now.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Give me £50. £50.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Try me at 30. Five. Where's eight now?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Fiver. £5.- I have eight.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Ten behind. 12. 15.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Rightly so. It's worth more than that.
0:22:40 > 0:22:4215 behind you. Where's 18?
0:22:42 > 0:22:4318. 20.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Oh, here we go.- 22.- 22.- 25.- 25. Moving on.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It's still a loss.
0:22:49 > 0:22:5028.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Are we all done at 28?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Fair warning at 28.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00A good buy for someone.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I'm disappointed for your loss.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Thanks, but...?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Disappointed, but I'm pleased it didn't make more
0:23:07 > 0:23:08than my plinth and windmill.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Well, at least he's honest.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Maybe it'll be third time lucky for Thomas
0:23:13 > 0:23:15with his Art Deco umbrella stand.
0:23:15 > 0:23:1715. Where's 18 now? 18.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- He's got a commission price. - Where's two now? £20.
0:23:20 > 0:23:2422. 25. 28. 30.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- 32.- Thomas! I told you.- 35. 38.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28- 32.- Yeah.
0:23:28 > 0:23:3140, new bidder. £40. £40.
0:23:31 > 0:23:3542. 45. 48.
0:23:35 > 0:23:3848, I have. Final call at 48.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Finally, a profit for Thomas.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Brilliant.- It's OK.- £20 profit! - It's marginal.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Take the wins while you can, eh?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Next it's Christina's gavel cruet set.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Ten to start. Ten I have. 12, lady. 15. 15. 18. 20. 22.
0:23:56 > 0:23:5822, the gent.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59All done at 22?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- This is making me a bit... - Oh, oh!- Final call.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06A small loss to help close the gap.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Mine just isn't going well any more. - No.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Stop it.- Yes!
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- SHE LAUGHS - Yes! Yes!
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Next it's Thomas's enamel box.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21A bit of interest in this. It starts with me at 25.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Already profit. Straight away. I know.- Thomas, that's wonderful.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- It's good, yeah. - 32 with you. 35 with me.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- 40 sees me out. £40. Anyone? - Might...
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- Very savvy buyers.- Go on. - £40. Where's two now?
0:24:32 > 0:24:3642. 42. 45. 48.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- 48. Where's 50 now? - Go on. Make 50. Make me a happy man.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42The hammer's up at 48.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Final call.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Yes!- Well done.- Yes!- £28 profit.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Yeah, all right, all right. - That is fantastic.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51An amazing profit for Thomas, doubling his money.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Now let's see if Christina's taper sticks can do the same.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I've got a bit of interest. Starting me at £20.
0:24:59 > 0:25:0220. Is there two anywhere? 22. 25.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Good. Look.- 28.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- 30 with me.- Double money. - Double money.- Mm.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11£30. I am going to sell at £30.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Have you finished?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Anybody else?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The hammer's up.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- Doubled your money. Well done. - Brilliant.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Well done indeed.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Now it's Thomas's final item, the Stanhope cheroot holder.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26£50.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27- Go on.- It's fabulous. - It's very rare.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Give me a tenner then. Ten.
0:25:30 > 0:25:3312. 15.
0:25:33 > 0:25:3718. 20. 22. 25.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- Instant profit.- It is. It is profit.
0:25:39 > 0:25:4125, lady. 28, new bidder.
0:25:42 > 0:25:4430, seated. 32.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Brilliant, Thomas.- It's very good.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Final call at 32.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I'm now three profits in a row.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56It could be just what Thomas needs.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59But it all comes down to Christina's last item,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02her biggest spend and riskiest buy -
0:26:02 > 0:26:06the dentist or barber's or tattooist's chair.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Give me 100.
0:26:10 > 0:26:1220 as a start.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- 25 I have.- 20.- 25. 25.
0:26:14 > 0:26:2030. 35. 40. 45. 50. 55. 60.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22It's moving on. It's going to get to 100.
0:26:22 > 0:26:2465. 70. 75. 80, new bidder.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26New bidder. New bidder.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- 90, new bidder. - 90, new bidder. New legs.
0:26:29 > 0:26:3195, seated. 100 over there.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33105.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36You see 105? You can stop now. It's fine.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38120 in front of me.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39130 over there.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43130. Are we all done at 130?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- We're going to sell. - That's brilliant, Christina.- 140.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- 140, standing.- All done at 140?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53She's back in the game with another profit.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I bought that thinking, "It's not going to make me a huge profit."
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- You got most of your money back. - "It's funky!"
0:26:58 > 0:26:59But has Christina done enough?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01- Come on. Let's go.- Yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Christina set off this leg with £278.91.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12After paying auction costs, she's down £8.60,
0:27:12 > 0:27:18so she's still hanging onto her overall lead with £270.31.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Thomas began with £136.94
0:27:22 > 0:27:26and after auction costs, he made £6.68,
0:27:26 > 0:27:31leaving him £143.62 in his kitty.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Thomas has his first win of the week. Hurrah!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39With that, onto leg four with stylish antiques hotshots.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Christina and Thomas each raring to win.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- You have had your haircut! - Yeah.- When was that?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I don't know, a while ago.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- I feel terrible, I didn't notice.- Thanks(!)
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I don't know, Thomas! In this penultimate leg,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55are starting off in Stratford-upon-Avon
0:27:55 > 0:27:59and aiming for auction in the Cotswold town of Winchcombe.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Time to get Thomas' shopping under way.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Bye, love.- Bye-bye.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Hello.- Hi, Thomas, nice to see you. How are you doing?- Nice to see you.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- What's your name?- Richard.- Richard. - This is my wife, Zoe.- Hello, Thomas.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19And I'm Tim. So, now we all know each other,
0:28:19 > 0:28:20let's get cracking.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27What we've got here is a vintage bracelet.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Most unusual silver gilt bracelet.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Hallmarked from 1975.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Look at that rock here.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38The matrix of the quartz.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45It's got a replacement clasp on it, but it's £55.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48If we can... Not a fiver, but a bit more than that.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51OK, let's see what we can do, Thomas. Absolutely.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53With over 40 dealers on display,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Richard is going to have to get on the phone.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- OK, Thomas.- Richard.- We have some news.- Oh, yeah, what is the news?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- It's quite good.- Oh, yeah?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- So, it' at 55. Usually, I'd stop around 50.- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- But we can go to 45.- 45... Do you think we could have this for 40?
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- Could you do a pound or two more? - Could we do 4...1?- Go on, then, 41.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15HE LAUGHS
0:29:15 > 0:29:18You know, I hate even...odd numbers.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Right, OK. Deal.- Thank you.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22That's one done. Anything else?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31A letter opener with the clown on the top.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Some people don't like clowns. But this is very Deco in style.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Is it Deco? I think it is. It's got a nice...
0:29:38 > 0:29:40It's been well rubbed and worn.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44I don't think I've ever seen a paper knife like that.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It is quite a cool thing. I think I'm going to go for that.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50If that can be the right sort of price, definitely.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53See, I can put something else with it. You see?
0:29:53 > 0:29:54It's only, you know, £22.
0:29:57 > 0:30:03So what we have here is a brass Art Deco ink stand.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05I love it.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11Because in here is DR, 1922.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13So it's engraved in here.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17It has got a bit of a nick. It is a bit of a sizable nick.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19But once you put it in, you can't see it.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21So one would put one's letters there.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25And the ink goes in there. And your pens rest on here.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27What is the price of that?
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- WHISPERS:- £38...
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Time to sweet talk Richard.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33So these two...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36You know, 38 and 22.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38What does that come to?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Well, so we're at 60.- Yeah.- Um...
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Can you do 52? - I was more like thinking 39.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46That's a bit too low.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Can we meet somewhere in the middle?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- HESITANTLY:- 45?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Yeah, go on, we can work with 45. - Yeah?- Yeah, we can do that.- 45?
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Thank you.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58That's £86 for the paper knife, letter stand and bracelet.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Bye-bye.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Now, where's Christina?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Heading for her first shop in the village of Long Marston.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Good morning.- Good morning.- Hello, are you a Laura?- I am a Laura, yes.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Lovely to meet you, I'm Christina. This is rather magnificent.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- It goes on... Look, it goes on forever.- It does go on forever, yes.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Almost daunting, isn't it?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24You've just got to start searching, Christina.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26I love that.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31I sold one of these on Saturday, and it was for the Savoy.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33It was for the Savoy Laundry Company.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36It only made about £20, but it was wonderful. Look at that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38London Laundry, Coventry, Limited.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42"Articles for dry cleaners to be parcelled separately, please. 1971."
0:31:42 > 0:31:44A bit of vintage kit, really. I love that.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46It doesn't have a price on it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Which is a bit worrying.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Time to get Laura.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50OK...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52I'll find out for you.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I mean, really, I've sold one of those recently for £15, £20.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- So that is what I would want to be looking at...- OK.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- ..securing it for, at the most. - Okey dokey.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- But if you can give them a buzz... - Of course I will, I'll do that now.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Lovely, thank you.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- I may have a bit of good news for you.- Oh.- 15.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Have you done your best for me? - I've done my best, course I have.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Of course you have! - Of course I have!
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- £15... That's a deal at 15. - Brilliant.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21- Thank you, Laura.- No problem.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Right, let's go. With my laundry.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28And with that, Christina is up and running.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Back in the van, she's now motoring north to Henley-in-Arden,
0:32:32 > 0:32:34where she's pulling up
0:32:34 > 0:32:38at alliteration-loving Fabulous Finds. Ha!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Shop owner Caroline is on hand to show her around.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Oh, look! You have got some unusual things.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46It feels like hunting for the Easter egg sometimes.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49That's right. You never know what you're going to find.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52You never know what you are going to find. Oh, that's nice.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57OK, so we've got a little compact which looks to be base metal
0:32:57 > 0:33:01rather than silver. So you'd put your powder in there.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03And obviously, that would spin round.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06You'd have your powder puff on top and the mirror on the top.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09So you could just make sure that everything was in the right place.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12And then the enamel on the top. It's very Art Deco, isn't it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Very sort of 1930s, 1940s.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18£95. OK, all right. Is there any sort of negotiation in that?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Certainly there is, yes.- Brilliant. Let's pop that back for now.- OK.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23I think that is a really charming thing.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24That sounds promising.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Look at these. - Lovely French posters.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33"Interdit aux cyclotouristes et cyclomotoristes."
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Tres bien.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- Something about cyclists and motor...?- Yes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Interdit, so these are the things that you're not allowed to do.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43So this would have been used as sort of an educational poster...
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- That's right.- ..about road rules in France.- Yes.- I like that.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- How much is on that, Caroline? - I've got 45 on that.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Another one to think about.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- Caroline, look at that! - Isn't it wonderful?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57That is a stunner.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Can you manage? There we go. - Wow. Can I put that on top there? - Yes, of course.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- Wow. Tell me it's by Coalbrookdale or Minton or...- It's Minton.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- It's Minton!- It is Minton, you see.- Heaven!
0:34:13 > 0:34:15I mean, just the colourway is fabulous, isn't it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Minton started producing ceramics in Stoke
0:34:18 > 0:34:20at the end of the 18th century.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26This one dates from around 1900 and has a ticket price of £140.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- But £140 is quite steep for me. - I could possibly do...
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- I'm terribly poor. - DEALER LAUGHS
0:34:32 > 0:34:36- I can do better for you.- You can? - Yeah, I can, certainly.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38She'll hold you to that, Caroline.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Oh, I love that. Is that copper?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43It is copper, yeah. It's wonderful.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- Got a hole in it, hasn't it? - Yes, unfortunately.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48That's wonderful.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Ticket price is £100.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52SHE GROANS
0:34:54 > 0:34:57What would you do with that? Is that some sort of mixing, cooking...?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I think it probably was, yes.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02But nowadays, people use them in the gardens, don't they?
0:35:02 > 0:35:03That's what I was thinking, as a sort of...
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- That's right, or a planter or anything like that.- Yeah.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Shall we take this downstairs? I will carry it if...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- THEY LAUGH - ..if you can be flexible on price.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13If you can't, then it's staying up here.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- No, no, I can be flexible on price. - OK. All right, let's...
0:35:16 > 0:35:18SHE GROANS
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Let's go. Watch these steps.- Right.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26Crikey, that's four items and a combined ticket price of £380.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Just how flexible can Caroline be?
0:35:29 > 0:35:33So I am thinking £140 for the lot.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38Talking about these three here, if I could do 110...
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- And what about the compact?- 50.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Can we say 150 for the lot?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48- Oh, you drive a hard bargain, don't you?- I think I've met my match!
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- My goodness, 150... Um... - Go on.- Go on, then. Go on.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Brilliant. Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- That's brilliant. - Good luck.- Thank you.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Very generous, Caroline. Not bad for a day's shopping.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05But time to put all that excitement to bed for one night.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08So off you go.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10And...nighty-night.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16It's another day on the Road Trip
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and our experts are up with the larks.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- It is quite foggy, isn't it?- It's really foggy! And it's really early.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I know, it is immensely early in the morning.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Our pair have whizzed cross-country
0:36:30 > 0:36:33and are heading for Steeple Bumpstead, in Essex.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34What a lovely name!
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Now, I've been here before, Thomas. - Have you?- Yes.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Oh, this man is an absolute delight.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Well, I don't think it's open.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45No, I'm sure... I remember Graham from last time, he's lovely.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- I don't think it's very open, though.- It can't be closed, can it?
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- I suppose it is quite early, isn't it?- Quite early, Christina.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- I think it's...- I think he... - ..closed.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Oh, well, I guess we'll just have to wait then.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01SHE WHISTLES
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Blimey.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Thankfully, Graham is here to save us all.- Oh, Graham!
0:37:07 > 0:37:10And with the doors opened up, there is no stopping them
0:37:10 > 0:37:11from diving straight in.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15I've got lots of toys and things in here.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Quite an interesting box.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19What is this? New...
0:37:19 > 0:37:20new picture cubes.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24British maker, always nice.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Take the lid off.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26And these, on the top here,
0:37:26 > 0:37:30are the guides as to what your picture was supposed to look like.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33So cats, Katzen, gati, katten.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35There. Half a... Oh, maybe that's the...
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Is that the rear end of the donkey, do you think?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40SHE LAUGHS
0:37:40 > 0:37:44These are very worn, sadly, aren't they? But nonetheless wonderful.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47But these...these blocks are really rather lovely.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50And still, it looks like it has got all its pieces to it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54So you'd have to assemble these cubes to create your picture.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I'd say this is probably Victorian or Edwardian,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00so we're probably looking at sort of 1880, 1910.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I love that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Hm. Indeed.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07But there is no ticket price. So how is Thomas getting on?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Graham, what has this goblet got to be?
0:38:10 > 0:38:15The goblet and the dish, £60.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Is that your very best on that?
0:38:16 > 0:38:20No, it could be 75, which is even better.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23I was thinking that these could be 30 quid.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- What, each?- No.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Because that would make it 60. - That's correct.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- It is a nice sort of goblet and dish.- Yeah, they are sort of 19...
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- probably early 20th century. - Early 20th century.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Signed, I think, one is.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Just.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- And, yeah, they're Danish, of course.- Let me...
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Have a little think around and we'll see.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Yeah, I'll let you think about it, I'll think about it,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- and I'll walk around and see what else I can see.- Yeah.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Good strategy. But Graham's work is not done yet.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I love your shop and I would like to buy something from you.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Kind of you to say.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01I did see this, which is a really, obviously, lovely Victorian puzzle.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02But I'm not under any pressure,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I don't necessarily have to buy anything, so I was thinking,
0:39:05 > 0:39:06if it was cheap enough...
0:39:06 > 0:39:10And I was sort of thinking maybe £10 to £15, really.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Would that be a goer for you?- No.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18- I can do it at around 25.- I mean, it has seen better days, has it not?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Oh, yes, it has been well played with. Go up another five...
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I really can't. I mean, really, my maximum was ten.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26I'll meet you in the middle at 15 and that's my absolute death on it.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- OK, yeah, we'll do that. - Brilliant. £15, I'm a happy girl.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- I bet you are. - Great. Thank you very much.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Christina lands the Victorian wooden puzzle for £15.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40And just like that, her shopping is complete.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Bye, Thomas!- Bye-bye.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43See you this afternoon.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Looks like you have got the run of the shop, Thomas.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Time for some more negotiating. Round two.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Now, how about that goblet and dish? - How about it?- 30 quid.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I'm terribly sorry, but I can't do it at that.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Despite everything.- Really?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Where could we go? And I can't do 40.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05- And I don't really want to go over 35.- Sorry, Thomas, I can't on those.
0:40:05 > 0:40:0735.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12You drive a very, very hard bargain, you really do.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- OK, I will do it at 35. - You are a good man.- I'm a silly man.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- You are not a silly man. - But there we are.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22The good news is, Graham's generous discount means
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Thomas got his goblet and tray for £35.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28The bad news is he has less than £23 left to shop with.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Unaware of Thomas's spending plight,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Christina is on her way to Duxford, where she is in for a treat.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Christina has the opportunity to witness an extraordinary
0:40:43 > 0:40:47display of World War II aircraft as they commemorate
0:40:47 > 0:40:50one of the most pivotal moments in British history -
0:40:50 > 0:40:52the Battle of Britain.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57In the summer of 1940, Hitler began an initial push before attempting
0:40:57 > 0:41:01an invasion, which brought the war to the skies over Britain.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06For three months, the RAF repelled relentless attacks from the Germans.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Their battles above the British countryside saved this country's
0:41:09 > 0:41:12shores from Nazi invasion.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16As the first airfield to take delivery of the Spitfire,
0:41:16 > 0:41:20RAF Duxford played a crucial role during the Second World War.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Now, over the course of two days,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26around 40,000 people will watch the breathtaking displays
0:41:26 > 0:41:31showing the aerial prowess of these restored aircraft.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Esther Blaine is introducing Christina
0:41:34 > 0:41:37to the most famous of all - the Spitfire.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40- SHE GASPS - The Spitfire!- Absolutely.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43The iconic fighter of the Second World War
0:41:43 > 0:41:45in all the public's imagination.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I mean, I never thought that I would say that there is an
0:41:47 > 0:41:50aeroplane that is beautiful, but it really is, isn't it?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53When you watch it fly, it is so agile,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55such a beautiful aircraft.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59You can see why those young pilots absolutely loved flying in it.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Amazingly, there are still around 30 airworthy
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Spitfires in existence around the UK.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08One of the men lucky enough to fly these magnificent machines
0:42:08 > 0:42:09is John Romain.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I am the director of the Aircraft Restoration Company,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14which is based here at Duxford. We own a Blenheim,
0:42:14 > 0:42:16which is flying in the show today.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- So I am flying that in the first slot.- Right.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- And then we have also got a lovely Mark I Spitfire.- Oh!
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Which is now owned by the Imperial War Museum.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Wow! Oh, my goodness.- But it was a 1940s Duxford aeroplane.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- How wonderful.- So it is very famous.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33- Especially linked to Duxford.- So what is it like to fly a Spitfire?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35The first reaction is, of course, they are lovely.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37But they actually are. I mean, they...
0:42:37 > 0:42:41You sort of don't get in one, you put it on. It becomes part of you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44But as a flying machine, stunning. Absolutely stunning.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47So when you are flying within that formation,
0:42:47 > 0:42:48with all those Spitfires behind you,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51do you think it will give you a real sense of what it was like?
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Yeah, it will.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55To look back and see those numbers of aeroplanes all around you
0:42:55 > 0:42:59will really make you realise what those boys were doing.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02The battle in the skies continued beyond the Battle of Britain
0:43:02 > 0:43:05for fighter pilots of Hurricanes and Spitfires
0:43:05 > 0:43:08and for others in long-range bombers.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12A seat in a Lancaster bomber was one of the most dangerous places to be.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17Some 55,000 aircrew died in raids over Europe.
0:43:17 > 0:43:22The life expectancy of new aircrews was just two weeks.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27One veteran of these bombing raids is gunner Don Chinnery.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30I went in the early part of the war.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- And I toured all through the war. - Mm-hm.
0:43:34 > 0:43:39I'd done my tour of operations, which was 30,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41that was your full tour.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44And then you had six months' rest
0:43:44 > 0:43:47and you went back for a second trip.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50What was it like to be in a Lancaster?
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- I would be back in tomorrow, if I could.- Would you?- Yeah.
0:43:56 > 0:43:57What an amazing man.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01These incredible aerial displays today commemorate
0:44:01 > 0:44:05those heroic actions of air crewmembers like Don.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Esther, tell me, what is happening here?
0:44:07 > 0:44:10It's all happening in the skies above us at the moment.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13So the German Air Force fighters have flown into Duxford and
0:44:13 > 0:44:16we now have a Spitfire and a Hurricane taking off
0:44:16 > 0:44:18to repel the enemy. It's exactly as it would've been
0:44:18 > 0:44:21- back in the Battle of Britain. - I've got goose bumps.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23- It's unbelievable. - Absolutely, it's very emotional.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Really, I've got tears running down my face.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Well, understandable.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30It's those very emotive moments that really bring it home
0:44:30 > 0:44:33what it would have been like during the Battle of Britain.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Of course, you know, that would have been fairly
0:44:35 > 0:44:39relentless from July to September, throughout 1940.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43- Just makes you realise how special those young men were.- Absolutely.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Look how close they are getting. I feel like I should be ducking.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50It must have been very difficult to deal with emotionally.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52- How wonderful! - It's amazing. It's amazing.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56And people watched these dogfights happening, didn't they?
0:44:56 > 0:44:58- Over their very heads.- Absolutely.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01Actually, that's the bit that I wonder what it must have been like
0:45:01 > 0:45:03to see those contrails in the sky and to think,
0:45:03 > 0:45:06actually, those are our boys up there fighting.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09It must've been a very, very emotional experience.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16Whilst Christina continues to enjoy the airshow,
0:45:16 > 0:45:21Thomas still has some shopping to do and is headed to Debden Barns.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Dealer Andy is on hand to help out.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25- Hello, I'm Thomas.- Hello.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Oh, that was good, wasn't it?
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- What happened there?- Hello, Thomas!
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Are you into breaking things, Andy?
0:45:32 > 0:45:33It's my main talent, actually.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35I love that. Look at that.
0:45:37 > 0:45:38It will never be the same again.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44What can you find for your slender budget then, Tom?
0:45:44 > 0:45:47These are our main cabinets for some silver and bits and pieces.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Yeah, well, my budget is really quite low.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53- Do you want me to level with you? - Yeah.- I've got 22 quid and some...
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- Oh! - HE LAUGHS
0:45:55 > 0:45:56- Sorry.- Honestly. That's it.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Oh, dear.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01The items inside may be a bit too rich for you, Thomas,
0:46:01 > 0:46:03but will you be tempted by Andy's old stock
0:46:03 > 0:46:06which currently resides in the back of his car?
0:46:06 > 0:46:11I have been brought to the back of, um, Andy's vehicle.
0:46:11 > 0:46:16And it is like a dusty...a dusty experience.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20- Now, I used to do a little bit of jewellery.- Did you?- Yes.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23Now, this is sort of like...
0:46:23 > 0:46:25This is a Trifari.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27- I know about Trifari.- OK.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Trifari are one of the most famous houses of costume jewellery.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Yes, that's right.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35And it is one of those things that I could've sold it
0:46:35 > 0:46:37once for about 30 quid, but I didn't.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40- I regretted it thereafter. - What else have you got?
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Well, there you are, you see, we've got nine carat gold.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- A little pearl in there. - Very pretty.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Silver ring.- Look at you. Right, OK. - Big clunky jewel.- Oh, nice.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51All right, what else are you going to pull out?
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- This is like Mary Poppins' bag. - Oh, yes. This.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56You may know exactly what it is straightaway,
0:46:56 > 0:46:57but nobody else can tell me.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Well, you have handed me a stoneware...
0:47:02 > 0:47:03..vase.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05- Tin-glazed earthenware.- Yeah.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07- In the Iznik style.- Yes.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11Iznik pottery was produced between the 15th and 17th centuries
0:47:11 > 0:47:15in what is now Turkey. However, this is rather more modern.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- Probably Iranian.- Right. - Persian.- Right.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20- It is probably 1920s.- Yes.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23- That's what I thought.- Peacocks. And it is just a bud vase.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25- You put one budding flower in. - That's it. I was going to say,
0:47:25 > 0:47:28you're not going to get a lot of them, a big bunch of roses.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31What a fun thing that is, isn't it? What a beautiful object.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33- But you know my position.- Yes.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- £22 and a couple of pennies.- Yep.
0:47:35 > 0:47:40The Trifarian stuff - the rings - I mean, they are just leftovers.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43- This, it didn't cost me a lot.- OK.
0:47:43 > 0:47:44OK.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47- So this could be my lucky day. - Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50Could I give you all my money for that vase
0:47:50 > 0:47:54- and that bit of jewellery in there? - HE GASPS LOUDLY
0:47:54 > 0:47:55You are a good man.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57That is a great deal.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01£22.62 for the vase and the jewellery collection
0:48:01 > 0:48:02of four rings and three necklaces.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Thomas is now all spent up.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11So, with everyone's shopping all wrapped up,
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Thomas is making the trip to join Christina at Duxford
0:48:14 > 0:48:17for the climax of those astonishing aerial displays.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20He just needs to find her.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Come on, Thomas, you don't want to miss something really special,
0:48:26 > 0:48:27do you?
0:48:30 > 0:48:33- You made it.- I made it, Christina. - Hello. Look.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36You are just in time, look. Absolutely mind-blowing.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- Listen, everybody is quiet.- Yeah.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43- I've had a good look around. - Have you?- Yeah.- Have you really?
0:48:43 > 0:48:45- I really have. - Have you bought anything?
0:48:45 > 0:48:47No, I haven't bought anything! Here we go.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50It is just so emotive, isn't it?
0:48:51 > 0:48:56MOTORS ROAR
0:48:56 > 0:49:00It's just that lovely noise, that fabulous noise.
0:49:00 > 0:49:04And these planes are sort of over 75 years old.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06- They really are national treasures, aren't they?- They are.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08As are the people who flew them.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Very well said, Christina.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20What a sight to see, eh?
0:49:20 > 0:49:23This incredible road trip is nearly at an end.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27After starting out in Stratford-upon-Avon,
0:49:27 > 0:49:29our duo have travelled from east to west and back again
0:49:29 > 0:49:32to arrive at their final destination in Winchcombe.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Christina's lots for auction include
0:49:39 > 0:49:41the 1970s laundry box,
0:49:41 > 0:49:43an enamel compact,
0:49:43 > 0:49:45a Minton jardiniere,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48a French cycling poster,
0:49:48 > 0:49:50a copper bowl
0:49:50 > 0:49:52and a Victorian child's puzzle.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Thomas's offerings are a silver gilt bracelet,
0:49:59 > 0:50:02a polished brass inkwell and letter tidy,
0:50:02 > 0:50:05an Art Deco paper knife,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08a Danish copper goblet and tray,
0:50:08 > 0:50:12a tin-glazed vase and a collection of jewellery.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15So what do they make of each other's items?
0:50:15 > 0:50:17I adore that peacock vase.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19I just think the colours in it are quite splendid.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22And that little job lot of jewellery that he got... What did he pay?
0:50:22 > 0:50:27£22.64 or something? Ridiculous.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Taxi for Trevanion!
0:50:29 > 0:50:33The compact is great. The quality of it. The painting is brilliant.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36She is sort of in my wake now because I beat her last time.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Am I going to beat her this time? I don't know.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43All will be revealed at the auction in Gloucestershire.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46A packed saleroom at Bespoke Auctions awaits.
0:50:48 > 0:50:53- Let's rock and roll.- Where are you? - I'm here.- Ladies first.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55In charge is auctioneer Nicolas Granger,
0:50:55 > 0:50:59assisted by a parrot, which is alive.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00Oh, my goodness, right.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Woo, it's rather exciting. Did you see the parrot?
0:51:03 > 0:51:04Oh, I love a parrot.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07You'll be looking for more than pieces of eight for your first lot,
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Thomas. It is your Art Deco paper knife.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Lovely. Good luck.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13Starting at 15. 18. 20 now.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- That's really good.- 22 in the room. Thank you. Straight away on my left.
0:51:17 > 0:51:18At 22 now. Looking for 25.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20At 22 with you, madam, in the pink.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23At £22, we're selling...
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- 22.- Well done, Thomas.- Done.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Nice little profit, too.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- That's all right. I'm pleased by that.- Good.
0:51:31 > 0:51:35Christina fell in love with the Victorian puzzle. Will the bidders?
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Start the bidding here at 15. 18. £20 now.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38Looking for 22.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- £20.- 20.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42At 22 now, looking for 25.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45- And five on my left, thank you. - Oh!- On my right. 25. And eight.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Would you like to go 28 now? And 30, sir, would you like to go?
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Are you sure? That's once, twice, selling at £28...
0:51:51 > 0:51:54That is everyone off to a good start.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57It took a lot of persuading to get your hands on this goblet and tray,
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Thomas. Let's hope it was worth it.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Start the bidding with me on the book at £40. 40 I've got.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Looking for 42. At 40 bid with me, a commission bid.
0:52:04 > 0:52:05Looking for 42.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08We're selling then at £40...
0:52:08 > 0:52:10- Sold.- Another £5 profit.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13Small profit, but creeping forward.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14Thanks for coming.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Time for Christina's laundry box.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21It is a London Laundry Coventry laundry box.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Reminds me of my days in Savile Row.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Going to start the bidding with me, a commission bid, at £15.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27- £15.- Looking for £18 now. 15 bid.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30At 18 now. In the room now with you, madam, at £18.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Looking for 20. Don't know what's inside it, have you had a look?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34At £18, we're selling then.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- And sold, thank you very much. - Sold. Done.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39That just about holds its own.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Thanks. Just a bit out-of-the-way.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Thomas is still searching for the lot that will bring him
0:52:44 > 0:52:45back into this road trip.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47His inkwell is next.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50We've got a bid here at 20. 22. Five. Eight. I've got 30.
0:52:50 > 0:52:5332 on the net now. And five, madam? Thank you.
0:52:53 > 0:52:5635. I'm looking for 38 now. And eight in the room now. 38.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57And 40, madam. And two, sir.
0:52:57 > 0:53:02- 42. And five. Are you sure? Shakes the head.- Don't shake the head.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06One more. 45. With you, sir, at 45. Looking for 48 elsewhere now.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07At 48 in the room then.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- Sir, at 48.- One more. - Looking for 50.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12And 50 in the room, back of the room.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17Looking for 55 elsewhere. I'm going to sell then. At £50 to the room...
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Yes!- Well done. Well done.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23That is a very decent profit.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27Now, a very large copper bowl with several holes in it.
0:53:27 > 0:53:32At £15, asking. 15 we have. I'm looking for £18.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34- 18...- Something to wash your feet in at night, maybe.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37At £15 we've got. Although it is not big enough to be a Jacuzzi.
0:53:37 > 0:53:3815 we've got.
0:53:38 > 0:53:42That is not making it any better. I've just lost a lot of money.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45In the room at 20. Looking for 22 on the net. At 22.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48And five, sir, would you like to go? 25 now. At 25.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51And 28. Looking for 28. At 28. And 30 in the room, thank you.
0:53:51 > 0:53:52With you at 30 now.
0:53:52 > 0:53:5432 up here. Going once, twice...
0:53:54 > 0:53:58At £32 for the footbath... And sold.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01- Horrendous. He worked jolly hard. - # There's a hole in my bucket
0:54:01 > 0:54:03- # Christina, Christina... # - Good auctioneering.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07He certainly did his best. But it is still a loss, I'm afraid.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10# There's a hole in my bucket Dear Thomas, dear Thomas
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- # There's a hole in my bucket.. # - There's a big hole!
0:54:13 > 0:54:15# Dear Thomas, a hole. #
0:54:16 > 0:54:19It is the first of Thomas's car-park purchases.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22OK, we start the bidding at £15. And 18. Looking for 20 now.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25- So you made a profit. - Yeah, definitely. Straight away.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Looking for 22. Some dust on there, for nothing. 22 now.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Looking for 25. At £22.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Once, twice... At £22... And sold.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Almost doubling his money, that's a great result.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Well done, Thomas.
0:54:37 > 0:54:42Christina's lagging behind a bit, and it is her enamel compact next.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- Who will start the bidding on that? At £40?- No bids?- £40.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49- All the hands go up at £40. 42. 45. 48. 50.- Oh, oh, oh!
0:54:49 > 0:54:50What's going on?
0:54:50 > 0:54:5255 at the back there, looking for 60.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- You can stop now.- No, go on.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56And 60. And five, sir?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59- Christina, race away.- 70.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00At £65...
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Sold to the back of the room.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05An excellent profit that brings it neck and neck.
0:55:05 > 0:55:06Splendid.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09You sounded immensely Welsh then.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11- Oh, did I?- SplenDID!- Splendid.
0:55:12 > 0:55:16Thomas loved this 1970s bracelet. Will it be a winner today?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Let's start the bidding, ladies and gentlemen, on that. At £15.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21At 15. 18. Looking for 20. 20 bid on the net. Looking for 22.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Are you going to buy as well? You going to bid?
0:55:23 > 0:55:24I'm going to lose all that money.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28Looking for £28. At 25 on the net now. And eight. Looking for 30.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30- At 28 then.- He's trying hard.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33At £28, we are selling. And sold. Thank you.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38You see, that was a bad thing. I lost. Big loss.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41Oh, the first loss of the day for Thomas.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43- You've still got your Persian vase to go.- Still got that to go.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45That is going to make £2 million.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- £5 million, I'm thinking. - Do you think?
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Christina has her own ceramic offering.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52It is her Minton jardiniere.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55We'll start the bidding on that at £40. Looking for 40.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Looking for 40. At £30 I have now, at 30. At 32. And 35.
0:55:59 > 0:56:04- It's moving up. We'll get there in the end.- And 38. And 40, sir.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07I'm asking 42. 42. And five, sir?
0:56:07 > 0:56:10- And five with you.- Hang on. - It's so beautiful, look at it.
0:56:10 > 0:56:1448. £48, thank you, on the net. 50 in the room now.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16And five asking. 55?
0:56:16 > 0:56:20- And 60, sir? Are you sure? Shakes his head.- Go on, it's lovely.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Who's bidding?
0:56:21 > 0:56:25Once, twice then. At £55 to the net. Sold.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26And thank you.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29A small loss, but Christina is still in the lead.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32You were sort of going into this crescendo in Ireland and Wales.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34I was. I was going almost stratospherically well.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37And then suddenly we come here and it's...pooooom.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40Thomas has high hopes for his Persian vase
0:56:40 > 0:56:42bought out of the back of the car.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44This is my final hope.
0:56:44 > 0:56:50At 30. Now with me. 32. 32. And five. 35. And eight. And 40.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52At 42 with you. I'm looking for 45.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- I think it's beautiful.- I love it.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- I love that.- On the internet, surely.- Nothing online yet.
0:56:57 > 0:56:5960 at the back. And five. 65.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03- Nothing online? I'm quite... - Do you catch...?
0:57:03 > 0:57:06Fair warning then. At £65.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09That's over 500% profit.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Well done, Thomas.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14- Jolly well done, Thomas, that's fantastic.- Thank you very much.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18Their final lot of the day is Christina's French cycling poster.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20At 50 in the room. Straight away now. Looking for £18.
0:57:20 > 0:57:24At 15 now. Have I got 18 elsewhere? At 18 at the back there. At 18.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26£20 back with you, sir. At £20.
0:57:26 > 0:57:27We are looking for 22 elsewhere.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30- Going to have to sell at 20 then. - No!
0:57:30 > 0:57:32To a good home then...
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- I want to go back to Ireland. - THEY LAUGH
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Zut alors! After costs, that is a small loss.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41Have I beaten you again? Have I beaten you again?
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Time to find out, Thomas.
0:57:43 > 0:57:47Christina started with £270.31.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51And after auction costs, she made a tiny loss, poor love,
0:57:51 > 0:57:58of £1.24, leaving her with £269.07.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00But still looking gorgeous.
0:58:00 > 0:58:05Thomas spent all of his £143.62 and made a very nice profit
0:58:05 > 0:58:12after costs of £42.52, giving him his second auction victory in a row.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16He now has a total of £186.14.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20But Christina holds on to the lead for the decisive next leg.
0:58:20 > 0:58:24- It's a great result - two auctions each.- Oh, I don't like this.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26This is making me feel quite uncomfortable.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29You never know, Christina, I might catch up at the last auction.
0:58:29 > 0:58:30I know, you might.
0:58:32 > 0:58:33Cheerio.