0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts!
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- This is beautiful! - That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12With £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 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23- There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.- Sorry!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or 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 > 0:00:38Welcome to a right old ramble around the country,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41in the company of delectable antiques experts,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Charles and Margie.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- Are you enjoying yourself?- Of course I am.- Really?- In your company.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Really?- You're a little bright spark!- Am I really?- Yes, you are.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Dealer and Cheshire girl Margie Cooper
0:00:52 > 0:00:54is playing catch up on this road trip.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- You think I'm going to break it, Mike?- No, I'm just worried that...
0:00:58 > 0:00:59You'll lose the sale!
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Behind the wheel of their dashing 1959 Elva is the man in front,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07auctioneer and bright spark Charles Hanson.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Sometimes, when you're going into a battle,
0:01:10 > 0:01:11you need your mates with you.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Yeah...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Our duo set off on this road trip with £200 each.
0:01:17 > 0:01:24After three trips to auction, Margie has £325.74.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28But with a clean sweep of victories so far,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Charles is boasting £545.02.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Their epic road trip started off
0:01:34 > 0:01:37in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40They've been touring around six counties
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and will end their week in Leicester.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49In this penultimate leg, our pair start off in Nottingham
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and will make their way towards auction in Lincoln.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Let's see what riches our experts can uncover in Nottingham.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- Look at this! It's amazing! My jacket's off, Margie.- Coats off.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- Can I go for a wander? Is that OK? - Good morning!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06They're on top form this morning.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Look at him go!
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Oh, look here. Let's see if he growls.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Right, here we go...
0:02:17 > 0:02:20BEAR GROWLS WEAKLY
0:02:20 > 0:02:23He sounds like a flock of sheep!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Puzzling, that(!)
0:02:25 > 0:02:28HE BLOWS HORN TUNELESSLY
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Lordy, you need a mouthpiece.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37Now, what's this box? And it says Derbyshire Shrievalty.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Or SHRIVE-alty... Francis Douglas Ley, Esquire,
0:02:42 > 0:02:431956-1957.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Something to do with the Sheriff's office or something? And it's £29.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52What else has caught Margie's eye?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54That's really nice. Lovely bit of Art Nouveau silver there.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59With that lovely Art Nouveau lady at the bottom.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03£69, Art Nouveau, 1910, very, very nice indeed.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Time to speak to assistant Lynn.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It's verging on rude if I said £35.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Right, we'll give it a go.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18While Lynn calls the dealer to see what can be done,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19what has Charles found?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22There's one word I've got for that...
0:03:22 > 0:03:23It could almost melt.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26It's almost organic.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28It's sinuous.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's quite unusual.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32And it's what I would call the Art Nouveau.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35That's a lot of words, Charles.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40These Chantilly sprigs are printed rather than being painted.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44That's quite nice. Condition? Oh, what a shame! What a shame!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47There's a chip on the inside of the rim. Oh, dear.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50But it is so stylish.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52And it's made in Limoges.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Limoges is a city in central France
0:03:54 > 0:03:58that has lent its name to fine porcelain since the 18th century.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01This sugar box dates to around 1910.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Tony's on hand to talk money with Charles.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06It's priced at a tenner.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I wonder whether you could do it for £5.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Erm...- To an old mate!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Yes.- Is that a yes?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Yes.- Lovely. I'm going to take it.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Well done, Charles.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20The first purchase of the day and the battle has begun!
0:04:20 > 0:04:26- Get off!- I've always liked gnomes. He is early, Margie. Be nice.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- Get off!- Would you like me to make an offer? Oh, he's nice!
0:04:31 > 0:04:32He's an early one.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- But you're not a gnome collector, are you?- £13.50.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I might have a go at that.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Where was it, Margie? I never saw that.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I didn't think we'd have to separate this pair over a gnome!
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I don't really want this guy. I was having a laugh with Charles, really.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51And I thought he was brand-new. But he's not brand-new.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53He's just horribly painted.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Before you decide, let's find out
0:04:54 > 0:04:57what Lynn can do for the box and mirror.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It would have to be 65...
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- For the two?- For the two, yeah.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Ahem, ahem! Don't forget old ugly mugs.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08You're never going to sell that, are you?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10You'd need a real mug punter to buy that.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15It's just that I happen to like gnomes. £69 and throw him in.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16OK, a deal.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Great stuff. - A cracking haul for Margie.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Three items in her first shop, all for £69.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Let's continue shopping with Margie.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33She's travelled to Southwell in rural Nottinghamshire.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35This looks just the job.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Good to meet you. - And you. Margie, and you're Terry?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Yeah, I'm Terry.- Right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Introductions over, what takes your fancy?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- I see you've got lots of nice shiny stuff.- Yes! I like my silver.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Some of it's reasonably modern and other pieces are...- These are old.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- The little piece there is Victorian. - That's lovely.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54But I can't see a price there.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Oh, here we go! Time for a closer look, Terry?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02See, we've got that, we've got that on at £59. You'll get that at £59.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Absolutely cracking nick, late Victorian.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- What a lovely thing to give somebody for a gift, eh?- Mm.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Right, OK. That's a little start.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And I'm going to start having a little wander, if I may?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Have a wander and if you spot anything,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- I'll always do a price for you. I'm well known for it. - Aw, Terry, that's really nice.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Two feet from the till and Margie's got her eye on some silver.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Anything else?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27This looks quite nice, doesn't it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's a marriage.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I think the base is rosewood.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38A different top to how it started life.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Mahogany.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42The ticket price is £65.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45If it's not a lot of money, it doesn't really matter about the marriage.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47But if you're spending a lot of money,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49you've got to have the right top with the right base.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Oh, yeah. One to think about, then.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- What are these here?- The cards?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Mm.- They are, I believe, from 19... Well, First World War, 1914.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Right.- I think they're called sweetheart cards.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Sweetheart cards were postcards created for soldiers to send
0:07:04 > 0:07:06back home to their loved ones.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09These are dated from the First World War.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- They haven't been written on. - So you bought them as a collection?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Yeah, yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- A bit dramatic, aren't they?- Mm.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- But why not? - Why not? It was dramatic times!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20It was, yeah. So how much are those, Terry?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Well, how does £25 sound... for the whole lot?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Doesn't sound a lot, does it? - I don't think it's a lot.- No.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- I've also seen - in the other room - the little table.- Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Maybe we could go and look together? - Yeah, yeah. Have a look.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Got something in your eye, Margie?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38So it's on at 65, I believe.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Yeah, which is, you know, you'd be lucky if it gets that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- What are you looking at? - So, for the three...
0:07:43 > 0:07:44For the three, yeah?
0:07:46 > 0:07:4885.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Sorry?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Well, the cards are a bit...
0:07:54 > 0:07:5690, and they're all yours.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Done it!
0:07:59 > 0:08:03And just like that, Margie polishes off a very productive day.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Nighty-night.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's another day and another county.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Wakey-wakey!
0:08:14 > 0:08:18We're shopping in our great country.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- We are.- Give me an L.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Leicestershire.- Lincolnshire!
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Charles is hopping out to Navenby to visit his first emporium of the day.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- See you later.- Bye-bye now!
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- Bye!- See you!
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Good morning, how are you?- Good morning, Charles!- Nice to see you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Nice to see you again.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Do you know, I was about to say, it looks vaguely familiar.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- You were here three or four years ago. You were.- Yes, I was.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48A long time ago.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Hopefully, there's plenty of new stock for you by now, Charles.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59These are quite sweet. Let me hold one.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02If you close your eyes... and you grab the other one...
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- And I think these are cut, aren't they?- Yes.- So, they're not moulded.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10If they were moulded, they'd be quite smooth and not so crisp.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15On my collar here, a very clear hallmark, which is for Birmingham.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21And the date code, I suspect, is probably 1910, 1912.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25They're probably George V. One is slightly bigger than the other one.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Hallmark for the same date code as well,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31so they are a pair, which is great to see.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35That's a pair of perfume bottles for a ticket price of £125.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Laura, I think what I'll do...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I will earmark these as a definitely-maybe.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Yes, absolutely, I'll pop them on the counter for you. - And then come back to them.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46But there's so much to see here in your shop, I'm going to wander on.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I'd watch out, Laura.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Charles looks like he's going to get stuck in this morning.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54This is a lovely mahogany box.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56On the inside, it's pine.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00And what's interesting is this dealer has put
0:10:00 > 0:10:06a flame mahogany two-section tea caddy, circa 1890.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10In fact, it's more like 1790.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14You can buy - not a late Victorian tea caddy -
0:10:14 > 0:10:17but a Georgian tea caddy for £14.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22And that's amazing. Interesting.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24That's a great find, and he's not hanging about...
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Wow!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34What we've got here is probably a panel, which is very much
0:10:34 > 0:10:36in the Gothic taste.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40That panel may have come off a pew, but it's certainly
0:10:40 > 0:10:45a piece of timber that has come off something perhaps ecclesiastical.
0:10:45 > 0:10:52This big, heavily carved piece of yew, that is probably circa 1600.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I really think it's that early.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59And it could be £65. But next to it is this.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06And I love this. This stool is tribal. And it reads here,
0:11:06 > 0:11:11"African? Stool?"
0:11:11 > 0:11:14All we know is it's £85.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Hey, he's unearthing a lot in here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21That's nice.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24That's lovely, isn't it?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27This actually is Scottish.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30And it's just so different.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33What I like, again, if you look very closely,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37is the gold specks within the actual glass body.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It's only priced at £75, which, to me,
0:11:40 > 0:11:45is a fairly conservative retail price.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Importantly, has it got a good ring? - BOWL DINGS
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Yes, it has! It's lovely.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57Again, I might go and query that, alongside the stools, with Laura.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I think Laura's got a calculator. Let's start with the bowl.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Dean says he will do that for you... - Look at me...
0:12:03 > 0:12:05..at what he paid for it.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Oh, crikey!- And he'll do that for you at £40.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- So, at cost price. Wowee, that's good!- At cost for you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Have you got a pen? May I borrow a pen and paper?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Yes!- Because when I get a bit nervous and we talk money...
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- You need to start writing some notes.- My mind can go a bit blank.
0:12:17 > 0:12:24Yeah... Paper at the ready, Laura also offers £30 for the church stool
0:12:24 > 0:12:26and £40 for the African tribal fellow.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- £10 for the tea caddy and knocks £55 off the scent bottles.- Wow!
0:12:30 > 0:12:34I need to lie down. I've got a sweat on. I've got a sweat on!
0:12:34 > 0:12:39That leaves Charles staring at a generous £174 discount.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44And I will say for £190, I'm going, going, gone.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Excellent!- Thank you so much, Laura. Thank you so much!
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- Hey, a huge haul for £190. - Thank you.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Very welcome. Aw! - See you, Laura. Take care. Bye!
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Keeps on kissing hands. What a charmer!
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Oh, dear! I feel a bit dizzy now. Take care.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00And no wonder. Top work, Charles!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Margie has toddled north to the cathedral city of Lincoln,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09to learn about one of the most popular men
0:13:09 > 0:13:10in Victorian Britain.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Grace Timmons is introducing Margie to the Alfred Tennyson Collection,
0:13:15 > 0:13:16which tells of a man
0:13:16 > 0:13:20who not only became one of our most celebrated poets,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23BUT changed the way the public viewed
0:13:23 > 0:13:26and interacted with poetry forever.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30In this corner, we've got the books that Tennyson grew up with.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- This is his father's library, which was in Somersby.- Yeah.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40Tennyson was born in 1809, he was one of 11 children born in 13 years.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Gosh! Tennyson's father was a scholar, who tutored Tennyson
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and his brothers with a classical education.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I've got a book here that I can show you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54It's Virgil, which indicates a lot of his approach to the study
0:13:54 > 0:13:56that his father set him to do.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- So we see a lot of...- He made comments all the time.- Yeah.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And there's a lot of translation and comments here
0:14:01 > 0:14:03and this is probably his teenage work.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07But what I like best, though, is if you look at the front,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11apart from all the doodles that are here, we've got this,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15which says Tennyson, Somersby, in Lincolnshire, in England,
0:14:15 > 0:14:20in Europe, in the world, in the air, in space!
0:14:20 > 0:14:22So, he's got a bit of attitude, hasn't he?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25But life in the rectory wasn't always a happy place.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Alfred's father is believed
0:14:27 > 0:14:30to have been prone to alcoholism and violence.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Poetry was Alfred's escape.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36At the age of 18, he published a collection of poems,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40with his brothers, before leaving home for Cambridge University.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41When he arrived in Cambridge,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45suddenly he's meeting a whole group of young men who are
0:14:45 > 0:14:48like-minded but who had a very different background to him.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53So, they're urbane, sophisticated, well travelled. But they really enjoyed what he was writing.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57And Arthur Hallam, a friend he made, who became his best friend,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02was particularly constructive about Tennyson's work
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and very supportive of his creativity.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07They became inseparable friends
0:15:07 > 0:15:10but when Hallam died suddenly at the age of 22,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Tennyson was hit hard by grief.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16He then embarked on a journey of poetic therapy,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21that would last 15 years and result in one of his most celebrated works.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Probably his most famous couplet is from In Memoriam,
0:15:25 > 0:15:29when he finally decided, the grief he was experiencing from
0:15:29 > 0:15:31the death of Hallam was kind of worth it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33He says, "I felt it, when I sorrow'd most,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36" 'Tis better to have loved and lost,
0:15:36 > 0:15:37"Than never to have loved at all."
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Published in 1850, his work became an instant success.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46His popularity was cemented that same year, when Queen Victoria
0:15:46 > 0:15:50named him Wordsworth's successor as Poet Laureate,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52thanks in part to the support of Prince Albert.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55So, this is a letter from Prince Albert to Tennyson,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58asking him to write his name in his copy of Idylls Of The King.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00He actually sends him his copy of Idylls Of The King.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- He's not asking for a signed copy. - So, do it!
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yes and he says, "You'll add a peculiar value to this book."
0:16:06 > 0:16:10So, it's a very interesting autograph request, I think.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Tennyson was now a voice of the people.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16In the Crimean War, he put this position to good use
0:16:16 > 0:16:19when he wrote of the ill-fated miscommunication that sent
0:16:19 > 0:16:23British cavalry headlong into the Russian troops with heavy losses.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The resulting poem was The Charge Of The Light Brigade.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- Is that his original draft? - Yes, it is.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31This is a particularly interesting one
0:16:31 > 0:16:33because it's got the writing of his wife,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36as well as his own writing in it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40He says it was written after reading the first report of The Times.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43The Crimean War was the first conflict to be covered
0:16:43 > 0:16:45by photographers and reporters.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Tennyson's poem was published
0:16:47 > 0:16:49in a newspaper just weeks after the tragic event.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54"Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd:
0:16:57 > 0:17:02Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Theirs but to do and die:
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13It helped shape public perception of the entire war.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17His work signalled a new journalistic style that changed people's
0:17:17 > 0:17:20engagement with poetry.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It was so successful that soldiers took copies of it with them to war.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Tennyson had become one of the most recognisable
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and influential men in the country, via poetry.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I think it's difficult for people to comprehend now just how popular
0:17:34 > 0:17:36a poet could be in those days.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But in fact, he had the popularity of a songwriter
0:17:39 > 0:17:41because he was writing the songs, really,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44that, in the time of non-recorded music, that people would be
0:17:44 > 0:17:47able to use to describe what was going on in their lives.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50So, it meant that when it came to his last illness and death,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52it was followed in the newspapers.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57And his family labelled and kept lots of quite intimate things,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00really, to do with his final illness.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03On this box is the label,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07"Last medicine drop glass used by him and for him."
0:18:07 > 0:18:10And that's the date of his death, October 6th, 1892.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Very Victorian.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17And in here, is the handkerchief which covered the dear face.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21And that was put on his face when he died.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- And this is meant to be the book that was in his hands when he died. - When he died...
0:18:25 > 0:18:30And his son has actually marked the page that was meant to be
0:18:30 > 0:18:33open on his deathbed, in his hands.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36So, to the very end, he was reading.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39That was what they wanted to portray.
0:18:40 > 0:18:4511,000 people applied for tickets to attend Tennyson's funeral
0:18:45 > 0:18:46at Westminster Abbey.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51His work changed the immediacy and relevance of poetry
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and his immortal lines continue for generations to appreciate.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Meanwhile, Charles is 20 miles north,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03nestled on the banks of the River Trent
0:19:03 > 0:19:06in a place called Gainsborough.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Once the location of Britain's most inland port,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13it is now home to what claims to be Europe's largest antiques centre.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Stand by.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Where do I start? - HE INHALES DEEPLY
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Perhaps some help from Diane will keep you on track.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I quite like that little Georgian cordial glass down there,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- that's quite a sweet thing, isn't it?- It is.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29But it's almost what I would call a toasting glass.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Don't you agree? It's got quite a heavy base.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35So almost, to come to attention...
0:19:35 > 0:19:37CLASS CLINKS
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Perfect. - I shall make an announcement.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43I would like to declare... you are a fine lady.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And that's almost what it was.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46It is a lead glass.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I would say it dates to around 1780, and it's £23.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57If I said to you, what would be the best price on a toasting glass
0:19:57 > 0:20:01made, let's say, ten years before the French Revolution?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- And I'd say £21.- Really?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05There we go, that's really good.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Could I reserve it for a wee while?- Of course.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- And then just possibly come back and make an announcement.- OK.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12(I might buy it.)
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Well, we'll wait with bated breath then!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Anything else, Charles?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There we are.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22"Victorian double-air twist-stem ale glass."
0:20:22 > 0:20:26A big telltale sign is the foot room must always be wider
0:20:26 > 0:20:29than the rim of the bowl - or it's a very good guideline.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So I'm happy that's 18th century.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35It's actually quite heavy. Lead glass, not soda.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Actually, I quite like that.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Got to be careful. It's got a big chip there. Can you see?- Yeah.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Priced at £58. What could be the best on that?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- 52.- 52.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52If I said to you, I was going to put this with the other toasting glass,
0:20:52 > 0:20:54that makes 73.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Would you round it off to 70? - We can't, I'm sorry,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- it's two different dealers. - Sure. OK.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Never mind, Charles, nice try.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I'll take them. Two together. Yeah, put it there.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Thank you very much, Diana. Fine. Thank you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12The old Hanson charm never wanes.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Two glasses for £73 rounds off our shopping.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20And what a spree it's been.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Margie spent £159 on...
0:21:24 > 0:21:25a hand mirror,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27a document trunk,
0:21:27 > 0:21:28a painted gnome,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31a silver sweetmeat dish,
0:21:31 > 0:21:32a side table
0:21:32 > 0:21:36and a collection of First World War postcards.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Charles spent £268 on...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41a Limoges sugar box -
0:21:41 > 0:21:44which he's pairing with the wooden tea caddy...
0:21:44 > 0:21:46..a pair of scent bottles,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48a Scottish glass bowl,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50an ecclesiastic stool,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52a tribal stool
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and his final lot will be his toasting glass
0:21:54 > 0:21:56and a Victorian wine glass.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59What do they think of each other's purchases?
0:21:59 > 0:22:03If I was a gambling man, I would say, "Go, Hanson, go!"
0:22:03 > 0:22:05But, Margie, you never know.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06She's a bit of a lethal weapon
0:22:06 > 0:22:10and I do like very much her table and her silverware.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Yes, I'm quietly confident tomorrow that I will make small profits.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17And I'm not that worried about his.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Apart from maybe that stool, the African stool. They can be a worry.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24So hopefully that all goes wrong for him.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30After starting out in Nottingham,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33our pair have zipped their way through Nottinghamshire,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35up and around Lincolnshire
0:22:35 > 0:22:36and are ending this leg
0:22:36 > 0:22:38at an auction in Lincoln.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Today's thrilling encounter will take place at Unique Auctions.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Come on, follow your lion. I'll follow this one.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Unfortunately, Charles's beautiful glass bowl was broken
0:22:50 > 0:22:52en route to the auction.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It's been given an insurance valuation of £50,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59which means a £10 profit to start him off.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Our auctioneer today is Terence Woodcock.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05It's time to take your seats. The auction is about to start.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Hold tight.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Our first lot of the day is Margie's silver sweetmeat dish.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1220 I've got there. 25. 30.
0:23:12 > 0:23:1635. 40, fresh bid. At 45.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- At 45. 50.- Marge, you're flying.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- You're flying.- At 50, I'll take five now. At £50, have you all done?
0:23:23 > 0:23:24I'm selling, the second row.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- That's good, that's good.- Fish!
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Is it fish? Margie, Margie, like a flying fish, you have flown.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It may be small fry to you, Margie,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37but that's a decent profit to get you started.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39The day has started well.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44Well, surely you can be optimistic about your silver hand mirror.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49£40 straight in. At £40. I'll take five now. 50 now.
0:23:49 > 0:23:5155 now.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52- Wow, Margie.- I'll take 60 now.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54At 55, have you all done?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56£55, it is yours.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58A good steady profit.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Charles's first purchase is up, the cut-glass perfume bottles. Lovely.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Who'll start me at £100 the pair? - Come on, come on.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- Come on, 30. 30 I've got there. - I'm in trouble, come on, let's go.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- At 40...- Come on!- Shhh!- Sorry. - LAUGHTER
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Let the man do his job, Charles.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- They're so nice.- I'll do me best.
0:24:20 > 0:24:2240 I've got there. 40. At 45.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25At 50 I've got there. At 50 and 55...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26I'm looking for 60, I've got.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29At 60, I'll take five. Now 65 in the front.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33I'm looking for 70 now. At 65 I sell.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Sold.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38That's a small loss. But there's plenty of time to make that back.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Can Margie fare any better with her First World War postcards?
0:24:43 > 0:24:4750 straight in. 50 I've got there. At £50. At 50, I'll take five now.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50At 55, straight in at 55.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54I'll take 60. 60, fresh bid. At £60 in the room, I'll take five.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Marge, I'm in the bunker.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I'm staying in the bunker, I'm not coming out yet.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0070 back in. At 75, 75, 80.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0280, I'm looking for five. 85.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Margie, you know what, sometimes there is an escape to victory.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07And I'm going to salute you.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I sell to the gentleman at £85.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Well, that brought the saleroom to attention,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and a cracking profit for Margie. Well done.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Hold on, Margie. I'm surrendering now.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20SHE LAUGHS
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Well, there's no giving up,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26and your sugar box and tea caddy COULD just get you back in the game.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Straight in at 10, 12, 14, 16, 18.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- I need some help now.- You going?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- 20, fresh bid.- Come on, let's move.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38- Get the caddy out, man. - 28, £30. At £30, are you all done?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It's in the doorway at 30, and I sell at £30.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Doubling his money.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46This could be the start of a comeback for Mr Hanson.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51The rollercoaster is now at the big dipper and I'm about to come down.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Aren't you supposed to be going up? Not coming...
0:25:53 > 0:25:55That's it, Margie, going up.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57It almost started a fight in the antique shop,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01but will there be a brawl in the saleroom for Margie's gnome?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Who'll start me at £50 on the garden gnome?
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- £30 on the garden gnome? - Get out of here.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Come on, somebody, please.
0:26:08 > 0:26:0910 on the garden gnome?
0:26:09 > 0:26:15Thank you, sir. At 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Oh, no! 24!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19At 26, 28.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22£30. At £30, 30 still in the doorway.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- Brilliant.- At £30. £30 it is. At 30 if you're all done?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29It's Margie's lucky day.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31They might not be paying for the paintwork,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34but that's still a great profit.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- It's rolling in. - And the gap here in Lincolnshire
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- is widening and widening. - It's rolling in.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43A chance for Charles to claw back with his two glasses.
0:26:43 > 0:26:4430, I've got. At £30.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47At 30, I'm expecting this to make 100.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- Come on!- At £30.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- And 35, 45, 55. - Come on, let's move, come on.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55The little twist one used to make 200.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00- Absolutely. Come on, let's go.- At 65. At 65 and I sell now at £65...
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Oh, dear me!
0:27:04 > 0:27:08That's an amazing price for two glasses that are over 200 years old.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- Oh, dear, I don't know what to say. - I could cry.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Yeah, we feel your sympathy, Margie. Time for your document trunk.
0:27:17 > 0:27:1930 I've got. At £30.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- I'll take five now. - Profit? Is that a profit?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22At £30, are we all done?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26What's wrong with this? 35, thank you. 40 with the original bidder.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27At 45, I'll take 50 now.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31At 45, I'm going to sell it, and I think it's very, very cheap
0:27:31 > 0:27:33at 45, but there you are.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38That's another good profit and edges Margie further into the lead.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Well chuffed.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Time for the first of Charles's wooden stools.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4520 I've got there. At £20.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Let's go.- 25 straight in.
0:27:49 > 0:27:5230. 35. 38, thank you.
0:27:52 > 0:27:5438, £8 profit.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I'll take one if it will help.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58It might do.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I'll tell you the provenance afterwards. 41.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I'll tell you as well. 42.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- When the going gets tough, squeeze a bit.- 43.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- 44. 45.- He's really working hard.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Now, after what I've done, you've got to go 46. 46.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19We could be up to 200 in a minute.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Good lad. I like your style.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Stylish work from Terence and a profit for Charles.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Happy, Margie, I'm happy.- Happy.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Very happy indeed.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Margie wasn't convinced by the married sidetable,
0:28:33 > 0:28:34but will it come back to haunt her?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36I've got the lady at 20, 25 straight in.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39At 25, I'll take 30 now, at £30.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42£30, 35, I'll take 40. £40 I've got.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45At £40 now. At £40, come on now, at £40.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- 45.- 45, 45, £50.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51At 50. Are you all done, at £50?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- That's good.- Made profit all day.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58That nice little profit seals a 100% record on the day.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Something special is about to happen. I can feel it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Will you stop it?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06No pressure then, but Charles's final lot is his big hope
0:29:06 > 0:29:10and the last chance to catch Margie today.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- 50 I've got, thank you. At £50 now. - Come on, guys.- At 50.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- At 55. At 55. - Need to run a bit here.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23- 65, fresh bid. At 65. 70. At 70.- Oh.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24I'll take two if it will help.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- 70 I've got. Back in, 72. - It's a good stool.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- 75 I'm looking for now.- Come on!
0:29:30 > 0:29:34No, at 72 and I sell. At 72.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- That's our game over, Margie. - Not bad.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40That's a good profit, but was it enough? Time to find out.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Give me a high five. Margie, give me a high five. There we go.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Keep going, get out of here.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Charles started with £545.02,
0:29:51 > 0:29:55and after auction costs he made 96p profit,
0:29:55 > 0:29:59giving him a total of £545.98.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07Margie though, had £325.74 at the start of this leg.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12After auction costs, she racked up a fantastic profit of £99.30.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16She is the triumphant winner and edges ever closer to Charles,
0:30:16 > 0:30:18going into the final leg.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Well done, Margie.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23It's the final leg of the road trip for treasure hunters
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Margie Cooper and Charles Hanson.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Hello!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Hello! This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Their last leg starts in the flatlands of Lincolnshire
0:30:37 > 0:30:39and the village of Stickney,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42destined for that final Leicestershire auction.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Margie's first shop is housed in the old village butcher's.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Good luck. Bye-bye!- Bye!- Bye!
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Hello! Ooh, this looks nice!
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Margie gets straight to it and dealer Alan's happy to help.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05And I want a look at that radio... Yeah? That's in good nick, isn't it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08That's in good condition, but you can't pick up any stations on it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I think it needs an aerial.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- What I like about it is the case is in good condition.- Oh, yes.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- It's in excellent condition. - Oh, it's a Bush.- Oh, right.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18They were a pretty good make in their day, I suppose.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23This valve radio dates back to the 1950s
0:31:23 > 0:31:27and, despite its age, the mahogany case is in pretty good nick.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28What's the price, then, Alan?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- 30, is that?- Yeah.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Well, if you want to take the chance, I'll do it for half of that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Right. You're done. I'm going to take a chance.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- 15 quid.- Yeah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44A great deal. And she's not finished yet.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I quite like the Deco-type top on it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50It's about 1930s, isn't it? It looks, sort of, '30s.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- It's got a Deco look about it.- Yeah.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54So, is that cheap and cheerful?
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- Oh, well, a fiver.- I'm going to have that.- OK. Well done.- Thank you.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Yeah.- I'll shake you with that hand, because I'll drop it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02HE LAUGHS
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Margie's picked up two items in her first shop.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10The 1930s cut-glass cologne bottle for £5
0:32:10 > 0:32:12and the valve radio for 15.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Bye-bye.- Bye, now. Mind how you go.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16Well done, Margie. Great start.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24Charles is headed to Boston
0:32:24 > 0:32:28to explore a very prominent local landmark.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35This 700-year-old church was once home
0:32:35 > 0:32:38to the forefathers of a new country
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and witnessed decisive moments in global history.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Hello there.- Good morning. - How are you?- Pleased to meet you.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Your name is?- I'm Steve. I'm the Associate Rector here.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Fine. And this church is called St...- Botolph.- Bot-off?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- St Botolph.- St Bot-off?
0:32:53 > 0:32:54- B-O...- Botolph. Botolph.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Ball toff?- Botolph!
0:32:57 > 0:32:59The L is at the end - Botolph.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- Bot-OLPH?- That's right. BOT-olph.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- Bow-toll... Sorry.- BOT-olph.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04- Botolph.- Botolph.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06That's it. I've got it now. I think I've got it.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- Now, the outside is amazing. May we go indoors?- Please do.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- Thanks a lot.- Mind the step and mind your head.- I will. Thank you.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19In the Middle Ages, the port of Boston was second only to London,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21prospering from the then-booming wool trade.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26The building of this impressive church
0:33:26 > 0:33:29reflected the vast wealth of local merchants.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31No expense was spared and the construction of the church
0:33:31 > 0:33:36and tower were twice as quick as others of its size.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41St Botolph's is the largest parish church in England.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44What we're looking at now has barely changed.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Barely changed over the centuries, yes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Wonderful. I almost feel caught in time in the Middle Ages.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52The finest church in the country
0:33:52 > 0:33:55attracted the most influential clergyman.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59In 1612, John Cotton had just completed his second degree
0:33:59 > 0:34:02at Cambridge when he accepted the position of minister
0:34:02 > 0:34:04at St Botolph's.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Although he was just 27 years old, his persuasive preaching
0:34:08 > 0:34:12made him one of the most prominent ministers in the country.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Those who flocked to hear him preach
0:34:14 > 0:34:18made use of St Botolph's unique pews.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22The wooden carvings over there almost glow. Are they original too?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Yes.- May we take a look? - By all means.- Can't wait.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29John Cotton wanted to rid the Anglican Church of corruption
0:34:29 > 0:34:31and immorality.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Rather than separating from it, he attempted to change it from within.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40People travelled from far and wide to hear his lengthy puritan sermons.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Families even relocated to Boston
0:34:42 > 0:34:45specifically to be part of his congregation.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Some of the services went on for over five hours.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52So there's an ingenious device that was built.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54These are called our misericords.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Misericordia is Latin for "act of mercy".
0:34:57 > 0:34:59So these are the mercy seats.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04These seats give some comfort to those who came to hear Cotton
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and other clergymen preach.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- You could lift that.- Yes. - You could perch yourself,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14stand with your back against there, perch yourself,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17and you give the impression that you are stood.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Rector, I am standing.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- You are standing.- My legs are slightly bent but I can stand still.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And I'm sure it was a mercy for you to be able to sit down!
0:35:24 > 0:35:29Quite. Cotton thrived at St Botolph's for nearly 20 years.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Controversially, though, in 1630,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Cotton sparked an exodus from Boston.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Encouraged by his puritan preaching,
0:35:36 > 0:35:4110% of the town emigrated to one of the new colonies in America.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Cotton joined his several hundred former parishioners
0:35:44 > 0:35:46two years later,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50settling in the town that had been named Boston.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53You almost feel the warmth from the actual history.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54I put my hands on there
0:35:54 > 0:35:56and I think about the people who sat here.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59What was going on in the world outside, at the time.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Charles can follow in the footsteps of John Cotton, not to America,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05but up St Botolph's tower.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08209 steps. OK. This way.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10I do suffer a bit from vertigo, you know.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15St Botolph's tower is the tallest of any parish church in the country.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19You're panting a bit, Steve. Keep going.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22We're getting there. That's the good news.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26And is the tallest non-cathedral tower in the world.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Oh, I say. Goodness gracious me.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31You can see for miles, can't you?
0:36:31 > 0:36:35You can really see for miles. I just cannot believe that view.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40- You're 145 feet off the ground. - I can't believe it. What a view!
0:36:42 > 0:36:45BELLS CHIME
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I feel a bit giddy up here.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55That's maybe a cue for me to get down. I feel a bit sick.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Do you mind if I go?- Not at all. - Thanks a lot.- All right. Good luck.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- It's been a real joy. Thanks ever so much. I'm going down.- Good luck.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- All the best. Thank you, Steve. - Bye.- Bye.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09St Botolph's is a permanent reminder of Boston's past glory
0:37:09 > 0:37:12as Britain's most powerful coastal town,
0:37:12 > 0:37:14but also a memorial to its former parishioners
0:37:14 > 0:37:17who left to build a new Boston
0:37:17 > 0:37:20and were the forefathers of the American Revolution.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Margie's made her way across the county border
0:37:26 > 0:37:28to Norfolk and King's Lynn.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Margie's heading to an antiques centre,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34a stone's throw from the River Ouse.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Hello!- Hello. So you're Rachel.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- I am.- You're...- June.- June.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- It's a glorious day out there. - Beautiful.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Time to shop.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- They're Victorian, aren't they? - I think they are.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- I love stained glass, don't you? - I do. I love it. I do.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- And with the ships on, as well. - I know.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- People put them into doors and make windows up of them, don't they? - Mm-hm.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00So, 90 for the big one, 70 for the small one.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- So, what's the best on the two of those?- Wish me luck.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04OK.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07See how they bought them and everything.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Rachel shot off to call the dealer. Fingers crossed.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- OK. A hundred. For the two. - A hundred for the two.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Hang on. Margie loves a haggle. Brace yourselves, girls.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20OK. She's going to have a word.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Hi, Ruth. Are you going to let me buy these, or not?
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- Well... - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Another tenner off? That's 90.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Yeah, I had 80 in mind.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Go on, Ruth.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38MARGIE LAUGHS
0:38:38 > 0:38:41OK. Deal done. And thank you very much.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Bye-bye.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- 80. Nice haggle. - RACHEL:- Yes!
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- LAUGHTER JUNE:- Well done!
0:38:47 > 0:38:49There's that happy face.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Margie's got these two Victorian stained-glass panels for half price.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Bye-bye, Rachel.- Bye-bye.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00A nice way to end the day. Well done, Margie.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Time to get some shuteye.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Nighty-night, you two.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16What a lovely morning. Learn anything yesterday, Charles?
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- Botolph.- Botolph?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Botolph.- Botolph. - That's how you pronounce it.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Good.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Our experts are headed south
0:39:23 > 0:39:24to Hitchin.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- How are you?- I'm fine, thank you. How are you?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- A gorgeous day.- Beautiful day.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39The sun is shining again.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41That's right, you couldn't have chosen a better day.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Let's hope the sun is shining on Charles
0:39:44 > 0:39:47because he needs to buy something to take to auction.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Huh! That's what the programme's about.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53What I'm drawn to actually is not so much the glassware
0:39:53 > 0:39:56or the jewellery - not really my thing.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59What I quite like is this top deck here of oriental artefacts.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03There's some lovely, lovely objects of eastern promise,
0:40:03 > 0:40:05which as we know in the auction market, can really move.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08This vase, I'm sure, is Chinese.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Again, probably what we call Cantonese type.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13It's badly damaged.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17We can see across this section here
0:40:17 > 0:40:21is almost this jagged crack
0:40:21 > 0:40:22but I love the decoration,
0:40:22 > 0:40:27the ingenious way in which the Chinese potter
0:40:27 > 0:40:31used the exterior as a palette for painting.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Because of the damage, there's no ticket price
0:40:35 > 0:40:37but Marie is open to offers.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40If I said for 30, what would you say?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- I'd say done.- Done?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- Done.- Done, done. Sold. £30. Let's go.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Happy?- Yeah, fine.- Good.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Well done.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56This Chinese Famille Rose vase is Charles's first buy on this leg
0:40:56 > 0:41:00AND he's not finished yet, oh, no!
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- Is this a silver bowl here? - You mean the commemorative...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Oh, it's a commemorative one.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11This piece of silver was produced in 1981 to commemorate
0:41:11 > 0:41:14the marriage of Charles and Diana.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19Priced at £110 and complete with an original box and certificate.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23What's nice, I suppose, is royal commemoratives,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26unless they're really early, can be of nominal value.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29They're more valuable if they're made in precious materials,
0:41:29 > 0:41:30like silver.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31- Exactly.- Which this one is.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33One to keep in mind, then,
0:41:33 > 0:41:38but Marie has lots of sparkly things in her cabinet too.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Oh, you have got some nice jewellery.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44The pair of cuff links, not silver gilt or white metal.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Gold?- They're actually gold.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52They're lovely, aren't they? Aren't they beautiful?
0:41:52 > 0:41:57These early 20th-century cuff links are priced at £110. Cor!
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- OK, may I leave those out for a second?- Sure.- Thank you.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Charles is firing on all cylinders today
0:42:04 > 0:42:09and has spotted a late 19th-century brooch priced at £160.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11That's a rock crystal.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14It's a natural crystal found in nature
0:42:14 > 0:42:18and selected for its clarity and then carved.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19That is really pretty.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Ah... I agree.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24While Charles gives that some thought, though,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Margie's on her way to Central Bedfordshire
0:42:26 > 0:42:30and the picturesque village of Barton Le Clay.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Margie still has £325.04 at her disposal
0:42:37 > 0:42:41and she isn't hanging about, oh, no!
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Right, what's this?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Ewfff!
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I don't really like it very much but I've just seen a very cheap ticket!
0:42:49 > 0:42:54Which says, "French clock with birds and garniture".
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Garniture means the three pieces.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- £35! - SHE CHUCKLES
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Oh, I wonder if it will ever go.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07You could give it a try.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- Mmm... - SHE CHUCKLES
0:43:12 > 0:43:15CLOCK TICKING
0:43:15 > 0:43:18CLOCK STOPS, SHE CHUCKLES
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Oh, well.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Maybe this early 20th-century clock is cheap
0:43:22 > 0:43:24because it's not running like clockwork.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Still, one to consider.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Back in Hitchin, Charles has bought a Chinese vase
0:43:29 > 0:43:32and looked at some commemorative silverware,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35hallmarked cuff links and a rock crystal brooch.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Now, there's one more thing I'm going to look at
0:43:40 > 0:43:42and then I'm going to make a couple of decisions.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47The oval brooch with that central stone. Victorian?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49- Victorian.- Gold?
0:43:49 > 0:43:52It's Agate and it's inscribed.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54- And it's got hair in the back. - Oh, yeah.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59So this really is an object which was a mourning piece,
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- do you believe? - It's a mourning piece.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03And it's inscribed,
0:44:03 > 0:44:09"In memory of Ann Webb. Aged 43 years old."
0:44:09 > 0:44:12With a lock of her hair in there as well.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Marie's priced this brooch at £160.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Time to make some decisions, Charles.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22I like the cuff links because they're fabulous.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Would you do them for £50?
0:44:25 > 0:44:29- 55 and they're yours. - Sold. I'll take them. Sold.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Half price?! Cor, well done!
0:44:32 > 0:44:36How about that commemorative silver, ticketed at £110?
0:44:36 > 0:44:39But what's Marie's very best?
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Well, what about 50?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44I'll take it. Thanks a lot.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48Crikey! That's three deals, and Charles is still interested in
0:44:48 > 0:44:52the two brooches priced at £160 each.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55Decisions, decisions.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00If I said to you the best on the flag brooch
0:45:00 > 0:45:02and the best on the mourning brooch...
0:45:03 > 0:45:05120.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06£60 each?!
0:45:06 > 0:45:10That's a £200 discount! Charles, come on.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13I'll take them. Thank you. £120.
0:45:13 > 0:45:20He's bought five items from Marie, totalling £255. The boy's on fire.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Well, I think I need to sit down now.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24So do I.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Meanwhile, over in Bedfordshire...
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Just have a quick whizz...
0:45:28 > 0:45:31..Margie's found her favourite things in the cabinets.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33Oh, look!
0:45:34 > 0:45:37I bought that on my first day buying.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Seems such a long time ago.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42But I made about £40, £50 profit.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Yeah, a near identical brooch
0:45:44 > 0:45:47cost you £30.50 and it sold for 74.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49So, buying an identical one
0:45:49 > 0:45:52may not be such a bad idea after all.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53Doubt they'll catch up.
0:45:53 > 0:45:57Yeah. Yeah, it's marked. Right in the middle, there.
0:45:57 > 0:46:03Yeah, this Art Deco style 9 carat gold brooch is priced at £55.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07Are you going to be lucky and beat Mr Hanson?
0:46:07 > 0:46:09I don't think it's talking to you.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11He, though, is still in Hitchin.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13He's bought five items,
0:46:13 > 0:46:17but with just over £290 burning a hole in his pocket, are there more?
0:46:17 > 0:46:23- In your window, I do like that scent bottle.- I thought you might.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26How much is it? It is silver, isn't it?
0:46:26 > 0:46:27Of course it is silver.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- It's £250.- Is it really?- Yeah.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33I mustn't get carried away. I've bought really well so far.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35But I just like it. If I said to you...
0:46:37 > 0:46:39..160.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41It needs to be about 180.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42Oh, don't say that.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Well, split the difference.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46You're offering it to me at 170.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49And I think for that it's worth a gamble.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50Bold move, Charles.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53He's spent big on his sixth lot,
0:46:53 > 0:46:58but this pricey 1880 scent bottle is a real gamble for the final auction.
0:46:58 > 0:46:59- Thank you so much.- Good luck.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Thanks, Marie. I shall hit the high road and have a lie down. Thank you.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05See you. Bye.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Well done, Charles.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13Back in Bedfordshire, Margie's found dealer Steve in charge,
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- and looking smart, Steve. - I've spotted this.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Have you got an offer you'd like to put on that?
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Yeah, well, I don't want to offend her.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- 38...- 38.- ..would be my offer, yeah.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26So that's one phone call for Steve to make.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28How about that clock?
0:47:28 > 0:47:30- I was just looking at this.- Right.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33What you willing to offer for that?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- Uh... 20, really.- £20.- Yeah.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38- OK. Give me a couple of minutes on that.- Yeah, OK, fine. Thank you.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44Hello. Look who's arrived in Bedfordshire.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45He's in a good mood.
0:47:45 > 0:47:51Despite his earlier big spend, Charles still has £120.98.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53And what's he found here?
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Careful, Charles. Not in a china shop.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00TUTTING: Oh, dear.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05- There we go. I'm up. - Stop showing off.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09No rest for Margie, though, and Steve's back with news.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11- You offered £20 on that one? - Yeah. Cos, you know...- OK.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- It's just... I'm having a punt, really.- Right.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Well, I'm probably going to get killed for this,
0:48:16 > 0:48:18- but we'll take £20 off you. - Oh, right.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21- And we'll accept the offer of £38. - My God, that's brilliant!
0:48:21 > 0:48:22- OK?- Thank you very much, Steve.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Very generous, Steve.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Margie's last buys are an Art Deco brooch
0:48:27 > 0:48:31and clock garniture, all for £58.
0:48:31 > 0:48:32- Thanks very much. - Thank you. Bye, Steve.- Bye.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34And that concludes the shopping.
0:48:34 > 0:48:39To go with her last two buys, Margie has three other lots.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41The 1950s valve radio,
0:48:41 > 0:48:44a pair of Victorian stained-glass panels
0:48:44 > 0:48:46and a 1930s cologne bottle.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50All that cost her £158.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56While Charles spent a whopping £425 for six lots.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59A damaged Chinese porcelain vase,
0:48:59 > 0:49:02a pair of 9 carat gold cuff links,
0:49:02 > 0:49:05some royal commemorative silverware,
0:49:05 > 0:49:07a 19th-century rock crystal brooch,
0:49:07 > 0:49:10a Victorian mourning brooch
0:49:10 > 0:49:13and one big spend on a silver scent bottle.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15What do they make of each other's final lots?
0:49:15 > 0:49:18So Charles has really spent his money.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20I didn't think he was going to do that.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23And he's bought a silver spiral scent bottle,
0:49:23 > 0:49:28but I still think he's got a clear 200 to get a profit on that.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33Margie, I told you I would spend wisely, go big, and I have done.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37It's been an eventful final leg for our two experts.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41After a mammoth journey, they're making a beeline for Leicester
0:49:41 > 0:49:42and the big auction showdown,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45which takes place at Gildings,
0:49:45 > 0:49:47one of the region's leading salerooms,
0:49:47 > 0:49:49and it's here our winner will be anointed.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51MARGIE LAUGHS
0:49:51 > 0:49:55Auctioneer John Gilding will be on the podium today.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58First up is Charles's vase.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00A little knocked about, but bought at a knock-down price.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Stand by.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04This was a wonderful piece, of course.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06It still is! Sorry.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08I'm going to start the bidding... 100!
0:50:08 > 0:50:12- Come on.- £20. I'm bid 20. £20. I'm bid 20.
0:50:12 > 0:50:1425. 28.
0:50:14 > 0:50:15Come on.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19£28, I'm bid 28. Bid 30.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21- Come on.- On the net, 32.- Come on.- 5.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23- 35, 38.- Don't.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24- At 38 in the room.- Come on.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26£38 and away.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30First profit of the day gets Charles a-going.
0:50:30 > 0:50:34To the young collector, it's a lovely vase, it's completely right.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38It's just broken. But over years, if you're 140 years old, how would you?
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Steady. Now Margie's turn. Her two stained-glass panels are next.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44These look great.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Starting here at £25.
0:50:47 > 0:50:5025. 28. 30.
0:50:50 > 0:50:5332. 35. 38.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54There's no reserve.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57- £38, seated.- Oh, my, please!
0:50:57 > 0:50:5840.
0:50:58 > 0:51:035. 50. 5. Still seated at 55.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05- Please!- I thought they'd be more.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Seated then at £55. All done?
0:51:09 > 0:51:13That is a shame. First loss of the day and bad luck, Margie.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Lost 25 quid.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I truly felt they were going to make a £120 bluff.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Will you be quiet from now on?
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Not likely. Huh!
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Charles's Victorian mourning brooch is next.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29- It's beautifully made. - It is, it's lovely.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32- And I think it's a lovely object. - And you dated it, 1869.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35And where were you in that year 1869?
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Look at me.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42Bidding starts with me at £45 only.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46If this was in an antique fine art mourning jewellery set...
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Hey, pay attention, you two!
0:51:48 > 0:51:5380. 5. 90. 5.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55One man's profit or gain.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58- And whatever it makes is history. - On the net at 100.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- Are we even finished?- It doesn't... - And 10...
0:52:01 > 0:52:05All done? Selling to the net. £110.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Well done. A £50 profit.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Up next is Margie's valve radio.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Hold tight, Margie.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17It will be sold, there's no reserve. £10, I'm bid. 10, at £10.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19- 12.- Come on.- 15 in the room.
0:52:19 > 0:52:2118. 20 in the room.
0:52:21 > 0:52:26£20. 22. And 5. 28. 30.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Oh, come on. Let's recoup some of my losses.
0:52:29 > 0:52:325. 38. All out in the room?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34£38 and away then. All done?
0:52:34 > 0:52:38- I can't grumble at that.- Sold at 38.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43More than doubled your money. Margie, well done.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- Fair enough, that, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:52:45 > 0:52:50Charles's second brooch now. The Essex rock crystal.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54- And bidding starts with me at £20. - Oh, no. It's got to move.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57£20, I'm bid. 22. 25. 28.
0:52:57 > 0:53:0130. 5. 40. 5. 50. 5.
0:53:01 > 0:53:0260. 5.
0:53:02 > 0:53:0470. 5...
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- £70 it is then. - That's OK, Margie, I'm in the clear.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- I'm surprised at that.- Any more?
0:53:09 > 0:53:1180.
0:53:11 > 0:53:125.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14- 90.- 90.
0:53:14 > 0:53:155.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16100.
0:53:17 > 0:53:2010. He's gone.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22- It's in the room then at £110. - Go on, internet.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24All done? Sold at 110.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28Another brooch, another £50.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Well done, Charles.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32- Profit on your jewellery. - Very pleased, Margie.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33(Oh, wow!)
0:53:33 > 0:53:38Margie's cologne bottle is next to go under the gavel.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40- £20, I'm bid 20. £20, I'm bid 20. - Ooh.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Lovely piece, this, please, at 22.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45- I'm bid 22...- Happy with that.
0:53:45 > 0:53:4925. 28. 30. 2...
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Standing in the middle then at 32. 35 with the blue hand.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54- That's good.- 38.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58Standing then at £38. And away at 38.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02Ah, the sweet smell of success. Well done, Margie.
0:54:02 > 0:54:06Charles spent big on this lot. It was a gamble.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Will the silver scent bottle cost him dear?
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Lovely little piece, this. At £80, open to bidding...
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- Oh, crikey.- 5. 90. 5. 100.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18- 10, 20. 30, 40. - There you go, it's going.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22- 150. 160.- Come on, let's go.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23With the lady at 160.
0:54:23 > 0:54:28£160. All done? Selling it away at 160.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Someone's walked away with a lovely piece of silver at a great price.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Charles has suffered his first loss of the day.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37But it's only a small one.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39- HE SIGHS - Not too much gone on there.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Margie's brooch next.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47She sold one just like this earlier in the week and made £40 profit.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48Can this one do the same?
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Whay! Look at the bids!
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And £65.
0:54:53 > 0:54:58- That's good, Margie, profit.- 70. - It's done all right, again.
0:54:58 > 0:54:59£70. I'm bid 70.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Come on, a bit more.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- £70, I'm bid, 70. Are we all done? 5. 80.- Oh, good. It's done the same.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06- It's amazing, Margie. - Mm, it's done the same.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08£80, I'm bid at 80. At £80.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10- All done?- It's amazing, Margie. - How brilliant.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Finished and away at £80.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17- That's the market value for it. - Margie Cooper, I admire you.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21It was a great spot, Margie. And it's earned you another profit.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24I wonder how many more of these brooches are around the UK,
0:55:24 > 0:55:26floating, ready for the Cooper clutch?
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Next up, the royal commemorative silver
0:55:29 > 0:55:32Charles bought at a discounted price.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36- And we've got a bid here, then, of £55.- That's good.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- 65. 70.- That's going.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40£70 I'm bid.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45- That's good, Margie. Cost me 50. - All done? Quite sure?
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Finished and away then at £70.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Another profit, Charles. Good stuff.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53- I'm happy. Margie, I'm happy. - Skimmed a profit.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56It's time for Margie's
0:55:56 > 0:55:59early 20th-century clock garniture now.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01And £45, open to bidding.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- 45, do I see 50 anywhere? 50 bid. - Oh!
0:56:03 > 0:56:05In the room at 50.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07- That's fantastic, Margie. - Can you believe it?
0:56:07 > 0:56:10The internet is out at £50. It's in the room.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- 55 on the net.- Ooh!- Margie Cooper.
0:56:13 > 0:56:14£55 on the net, at 55.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17I thought this would make a lot more than this. 60.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Margie, say it's all over.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22At £60. £65 bid.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25At £65. I'm bid 65... All done?
0:56:25 > 0:56:28- Doesn't it surprise you? - 20 x 3 + 5...
0:56:28 > 0:56:30£65. Finished?
0:56:31 > 0:56:34A good profit, but is it good enough to win?
0:56:35 > 0:56:37- Well done.- Well done, Margie. - SHE LAUGHS
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Now the final lot.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Charles's cuff links. Very nice.
0:56:41 > 0:56:46These are really nice, indeed. 75... £80 bid.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47- Let's move.- Ah, you're in!
0:56:47 > 0:56:509... 85. 90.
0:56:50 > 0:56:51- 5.- Come on.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53110.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54- Here we go.- Ah!- 120.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58120 bid, 120. A finer pair... 130.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- They're wonderful things, Margie, let's roll.- 140. 150.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02- 160.- Ah!
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Still on the net at 160.- Come on!
0:57:04 > 0:57:06- At £160.- Good.- Ah!
0:57:06 > 0:57:07Put it there.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Not finished yet.
0:57:08 > 0:57:09Still in. Still in, Margie.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12170 bid now.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15At 170. Still with the net, but it's up to you.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Bid quickly if you need them. At £170...
0:57:19 > 0:57:21- Well done.- Give us a kiss.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23Do you want lipstick...?
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Give us a kiss. It's fine. Give us a kiss.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28What a brilliant profit
0:57:28 > 0:57:31to end today's auction and this road trip.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34- Where do you want it? - On my left cheek.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Oh, Margie, thank you. Oh, Margie!
0:57:38 > 0:57:43Margie started this final leg with £425.04.
0:57:43 > 0:57:49After paying auction house fees, she's made a profit today of £68.32,
0:57:49 > 0:57:55ending the road trip with an outstanding total of £493.36.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01Charles started with £545.98.
0:58:01 > 0:58:06After fees, he made a profit of £114.56,
0:58:06 > 0:58:08winning today's auction and this road trip
0:58:08 > 0:58:13with an exceptional £660.54.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15Well done, Charles.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19Remember, all profits from the series go to Children In Need.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- Shall I drive you one more time? - Do it, do it, do it.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- Margie, I won!- Don't rub it in!
0:58:26 > 0:58:27EXHAUST ROARS
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Sorry. I'm not in gear.
0:58:31 > 0:58:32Bye-bye!
0:58:32 > 0:58:34So long, you two.