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

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This is beautiful.

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That's the way to do this.

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..with £200 each, a classic car

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and a goal to scour for antiques.

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-Joy.

-Hello!

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The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,

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but it's no mean feat.

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There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

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Sorry, sorry, sorry.

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So, will it be the high road to glory

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or the slow road to disaster?

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The handbrake's on.

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This is Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah!

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Today sees auctioneers James Braxton

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and Charlie Ross midway through their road trip.

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-We've got the sun on our backs, we are going to do well today.

-Yeah.

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I mean, look at this.

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-English countryside...

-Sheep!

-Oh, sheep.

-Sheep!

-Sheep.

-Sheep!

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He's rather excitable.

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Charlie is as charming as ever.

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-I'd quite like to go away with that.

-Yes.

-On holiday.

-Yeah.

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-They're lovely.

-Would you come with me?

-Of course.

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And James is a patriotic soul.

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Well, I am very pleased with my Queen's shield.

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I think I can be a loyal citizen.

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They're navigating their road trip in a 1961 Ford Zephyr,

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a car made before seatbelts were legally required.

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-I think I put it into reverse.

-JAMES LAUGHS

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Whoops-a-daisy!

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Our Road Trip pals started off with £200 each.

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After their second auction, Charlie is lagging somewhere behind James

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with a kitty of £148.76 for the day ahead.

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James is in pole position after the terrific result

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with the two Doulton vases.

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He has a stuffed wallet of £433.50 to spend today.

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Their trip began in the Lincolnshire town of Boston

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and meanders through Norfolk and Cambridgeshire,

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up to Leicestershire, before heading south

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and finishing in the Surrey town of Cobham.

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Today's leg

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sets off from Shenton, in Leicestershire,

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and will head to auction in the village

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of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.

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Both chaps will be sharing a shop

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at Whitemoors Antiques Centre.

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Here we are.

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Charlie's first out of the traps.

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There are 40 different dealers here.

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-Aha! You look like the boss to me.

-I am the boss.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

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-I'm Charlie.

-Lovely to meet you, Charlie. Portia.

-Portia!

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-That's a very racy name.

-Very racy.

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Right. You've got work to do, Charlie.

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Oh, vintage luggage.

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Didn't they make luggage well?

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Look at that.

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An Edwardian piece of luggage.

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It's got its original brass studs on the bottom.

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There's quite a demand for vintage luggage these days.

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Look at the stitching.

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And it's got really rather a lovely patination.

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And what I like is when they've got original labels on them.

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It's £50.

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I could see that making £40 or £50 at auction.

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Portia!

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-Hi, you all right?

-Yeah, I've seen something I quite like.

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-I love old luggage.

-Beautiful, isn't it?

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-Oh, no, it's awful.

-SHE LAUGHS

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-No, it's gorgeous!

-No, it is lovely. What chance have we got?

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-I think I'll have to ring the tenant and see.

-Could you do that?

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I will do that for you.

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-Ring that tenant.

-One second.

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-Tell him I'm a really nice chap.

-I will do.

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Figures crossed, Charlie.

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Portia's got some news.

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-Charles, I've just spoken to the tenant.

-What have you done?

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-Have you done better than 45?

-She'd be happy to take 27.

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-27?!

-Yes.

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What an odd figure.

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I think that's well worth the money. I'm not even going to try

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and beat her down to 25. I'm going to say £27 is really generous.

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What about James?

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With over £400 to spend,

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is he going to go all out or exercise some prudence?

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Mind your head.

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-Good morning, James.

-Hello, hello.

-Welcome to Whitemoors.

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-Hello, nice to meet you. And your name is?

-Robert.

-Robert.

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What wonders can you spot in here, then, James?

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This sort of leaps out at me here.

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-That is a very '50s look.

-Isn't that great?

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The retro thing is in at the moment.

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I like the figurine. She is a very shapely lady, isn't she?

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And it has that nice sort of pull,

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that eggshell finish to the glaze, doesn't it? Where...?

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-So, who's made this?

-It is West German.

-Made in West Germany.

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And the pattern is called Jamaica.

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-That's right.

-Just what we need, something exotic and warm, isn't it?

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-On a cold day.

-THEY LAUGH

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I definitely need it. That would... She would be a lovely tonic.

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She'd lose your cold in a hurry, wouldn't she?

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Crumbs!

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West German pottery is a brand-new field of collecting

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and is proving to be very popular at auction.

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Now, what could you do on that, Rob?

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The absolute best to you, James...

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-Don't...

-..because I want you to win.

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Don't...don't put yourself down.

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-I won't. £12.

-£12.

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It is in good order. It is bright, it has been looked after.

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It has been slightly treasured. I think that is very handsome.

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What about eight on that, Rob?

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-Oh...

-You know how these auctioneers work.

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Oh, here we go.

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Yeah, you know, they all start in ten, five and everything.

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And, you know, if you're going to have a chance of it,

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a little profit, you need...

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-Ten.

-Ten?

-To give me a little bit.

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Ten. I am liking your start. Rob, put it there.

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-Thank you very much indeed.

-You're welcome.

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A quick and efficient purchase from James.

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£10 for the 1950s West German vase.

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Charlie has journeyed east to the historic village of Kibworth.

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This large, family-owned antiques centre has over 60 dealers.

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That's...early Victorian. It's...

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Or even William IV rosewood over-mantle mirror.

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Now, you can see that the mirror is not in great condition.

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But frankly, when you look like me,

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it's quite good having a mirror like that, to be perfectly honest.

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He's hard on himself.

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It's 150-plus years old.

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160, 170 years old.

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And I could get away with putting a new mirror in there.

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And it's £25.

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If that could be really cheap...

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..I would buy it because it's a genuine antique.

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Let's go and see what we can do.

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Time to track down the lady in charge, the lovely Sally.

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-Turn right. It used to be a mirror.

-Used to be a mirror.

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Well, it looks like it. Can you see?

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I have to say that the owner...

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Can you hold that end?

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-I can.

-Well done.

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The owner does admit...

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-Cos it says antique tarnished mirror.

-Very tarnished.

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-It certainly is. Look at us in there.

-Absolutely.

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You can't really see us.

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-The fairest of them all.

-CHARLIE LAUGHS

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-And I want to give a tenner for it.

-SHE GASPS

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-HE IMITATES HER GASP

-I can feel your heart

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-miss a beat there.

-It's missing lots of beats.

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We can make a phone call.

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-Would you mind?

-We can do that.

-That's sweet of you.

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Tell her Charlie's desperate, would you?

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And a bit of a chancer.

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-Are you smiling?

-I am smiling a little bit.

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I've spoken to the dealer,

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she says that she is quite happy to come down to £15 for you.

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-I can't ask for more than that, can I, really?

-No, not really.

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-I was being very cheeky at ten. Put it there.

-OK.

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-May I give you one of...those?

-Thank you.

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That's really kind of you.

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James, meanwhile, has travelled 24 miles to the city of Leicester.

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So far, he has spent a tenner.

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Come on, James, get spending.

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What's that you've found?

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Quite a crude tribal stool, this.

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Not the finest carve,

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but it's carved from the solid, from the trunk.

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And they're useful.

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They make great occasional tables.

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They're just the right height for sitting beside a sofa or something.

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And they have a look, don't they?

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What about the price?

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I noticed this when I walked in, Mark.

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-Yes.

-Not the finest one, but...

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It's not the most detailed carving, but crudities can be sometimes...

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-interesting.

-Yeah, naive charm, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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So it's carved out of the solid.

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I think it would've been one piece, definitely.

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-You can't see any joins or anything.

-And does this come from...?

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Where do you think it comes from?

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Probably...African origin, somewhere around there.

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What sort of money do you have on that, Mark?

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Um, I've got 55 on that one.

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55...

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Would it be too cheeky to say 25 on that?

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-Could you make it 30?

-30?

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-Mm-hm.

-You've gone and got yourself a deal, Mark.

-OK, lovely.

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Thank you, I'll take that.

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James is attracted to the exotic today.

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The tribal stool for £30 is his second item.

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Anyway, I'm pleased with it

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and I'm off with it. Thank you, bye.

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He doesn't hang about much.

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Charlie has travelled south to the town of Northampton.

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It's the home of British shoemaking

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and even the local football team have the nickname The Cobblers.

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And it's here, at Northampton Town Football Club,

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that Charlie is heading to find out more about a pioneer,

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not just in sport, but also in British history.

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Charlie is meeting with author Phil Vasili.

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-Charlie, hiya.

-Hello, Phil.

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-How are you?

-Very well indeed, thank you.

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Welcome to Northampton Football Club.

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Walter Tull was one of the first black professional footballers

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who played right here, at Northampton Town Football Club.

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He was also the first black officer to lead troops into battle

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in the First World War.

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Phil is the biographer of Walter's sensational story.

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This is very appropriate,

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we are in the engine room of Northampton Town FC.

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We can see the pitch, we can see the stands.

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And where better to start?

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We've got this wonderful archive here.

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Yeah, it's a great place to start

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because Walter was very happy here, by all accounts.

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Walter was born in Folkestone, at the end of the 19th century.

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His father was a carpenter from Barbados and worked

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as a ship's joiner until he settled in England in 1876

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and married a local girl.

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Tragically, by the age of nine,

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Walter had lost both his parents to ill health and was sent,

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along with his brother, to an orphanage and Bethnal Green.

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-When he went to the orphanage, they had a football team...

-Right.

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..and they played in a... They played competitive games.

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And somebody spotted him

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-round about this time as being particularly talented.

-Yeah.

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Well, you could see in the photo, Charlie, that he's in the middle

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-and he's got the ball at his feet...

-He has.

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..which usually signifies that he has got respect

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and he's one of the better players.

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In 1908, Walter was signed by amateur club Clapton FC.

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Within the year, he turned professional

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when he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur.

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It was here that Walter experienced a horrible display

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of spectator racism.

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Spurs, for him, wasn't a great source of happiness, was it?

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-It was wonderful that Spurs signed him.

-Yes.

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And, you know, to be signed as a black player

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is unusual at the time.

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And Spurs have to be commended for that.

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However, Walter got a lot of abuse when he was playing

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and in one particular match,

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in September of 1909 at Bristol,

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it was so bad that one of the newspapers headlined

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the abuse that Walter got.

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And in the report,

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the journalist said that Walter was a model for all white men

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who play football, because of the way he withstood the abuse.

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I think that was the strength of Walter,

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-that he did his talking as a footballer, with his feet.

-Yeah.

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A year later, Northampton Town

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was thrilled to snap up the talented Walter.

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But soon, the dark clouds of war loomed, in 1914.

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Walter was one of the first to enlist in the British Army.

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It wasn't until November 1915

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that Walter went to France,

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his battalion went to France.

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-Hm.

-And they saw action almost immediately

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in around the Festubert-Givenchy region.

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Walter's cool-headed leadership

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ensured that he rose through the ranks quickly.

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So he saw action -

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and I think I'm right in saying - was he recommended for an MC?

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As far as we know, Walter was the first black officer

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to lead white troops into battle in the Army.

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And he was commended for his bravery

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and commended for bringing back his party without injury.

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That's when he was recommended for the Military Cross,

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which he never actually received.

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He embodied a legal contradiction.

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As a black soldier, he shouldn't have been an officer

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according to the manual of military law.

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So if they gave him his Military Cross, it was almost like

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they were admitting that they'd created

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-this illegal precedent.

-Yeah.

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-They were giving a rubber stamp to breaking the law, really.

-Yeah.

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Sadly, tragedy struck.

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On 25th March, 1918, Second Lieutenant Tull

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was killed in action at the German spring offensive on the Somme.

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He was 29 years old.

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He was certainly a very remarkable black Briton

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who achieved a great deal in his short life.

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I mean, we are here at a club that's...

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-The road that leads into the stadium is called Walter Tull Way.

-Yeah.

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We've got the memorial stone detailing his achievements.

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I think it has been absolutely fascinating -

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an extraordinary tale of a remarkable man.

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Thank you, Charlie.

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The odds were stacked against Walter, but he succeeded

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as a star on the football field and a hero on the battlefield.

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It's the end of a long day, so time for a bit of a rest. Nighty-night.

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Cor, it's absolutely tipping it down this morning.

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This weather, very good for the leather upper, I would say.

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You need a leather upper.

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A good brogue is always the best option.

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Anyway, James is in Northampton

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to have a go at spending some of his money.

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Although he's rich in profits, he's only spent £40 so far.

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Oh, nice hat!

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-Hello. James.

-Hello, I'm Sonia.

-Hello, Sonia. Very nice to meet you.

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Maybe Sonia will persuade James

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to part with some cash.

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There's some nice things amongst here. I love this!

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This is very theatrical, isn't it?

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Great for a sort of baronial hall, isn't it?

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It is.

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Baron Braxton has a certain ring to it.

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Really good.

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Love that.

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Right, like that.

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So, the shield...

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It's on the list.

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The shield is priced up at £40

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and could have been made for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

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I like this. A modest woodcut.

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But what I like about this is it's very much in its contemporary frame.

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It has a good look. Does it have a date on it?

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It's evocative of a period, isn't it? 1920s.

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The Untidy Corner.

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It's got a personal inscription on it. And it is a wood block print.

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Very much used early illustrations for newspapers

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and book illustrations. Artists really loved it.

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I like that. It's got style.

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Another one on the list.

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The wood block print has a ticket price of £10.

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Now, to find Sonia to talk money.

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These are my two items, Sonia.

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I love this shield. Isn't that fun?

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So that's the shield.

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You don't have to do me a special price on the wood block print.

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-I'm very happy to pay your ticket price.

-OK.

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-But could I get a price on the shield?

-What have we got on that?

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I think... What have we got? We've got £40.

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-What price did you have in mind?

-Oh!

-See if we can meet in the middle.

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Oh, if you're going to meet in the middle, 20 quid.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-SHE SIGHS

-25?

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25, you've got yourself a deal, Sonia.

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-Thank you very much indeed.

-Lovely.

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I am very pleased with my Queen's shield.

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I think I can be a loyal citizen.

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-You'll have to find a sword now to go with it.

-I will!

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Charlie is also in Northampton.

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This looks interesting, Charlie.

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Our man is having a look around The Old Bakehouse Antiques.

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There are over 60 dealers here.

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Blimey, he's like a dog let off the lead.

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Look at that old projector.

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With its original box.

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"Specto film projector.

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"Wood box and accessories. Bulb not working."

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Well, you can get a bulb these days for something like that.

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In the mid-1930s,

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the British company Specto were renowned for their cine projectors.

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During the Second World War,

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the British government used the projectors to review intelligence

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captured by British aircraft flying over occupied Europe.

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£110.

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HE SIGHS

0:18:540:18:57

I'm not going to spend £110 on that.

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But I'd buy it at a price.

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Good to hear, Charlie.

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Ooh, what's that you've found?

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Joy!

0:19:090:19:11

Look at that.

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A vintage bamboo child's push chair.

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That is fantastic!

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Original wheels.

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It's got two little wheels at the front here, just to stabilise it.

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The bamboo's in good condition. It is a really unusual object.

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And I'm always looking for something quirky and unusual.

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It's got age, it's got quality in a certain sort of way,

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it's got originality.

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It is £68.

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I don't think that's untoward.

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That is as charming and historically interesting as that projector.

0:19:480:19:54

But he's not finished yet.

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Wonder if his enthusiasm is infectious?

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Aha!

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Churchill, bulldog spirit.

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That's a Beswick model there, Toby jug of Churchill.

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Beswick Pottery began in the 19th century and produced

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a lot of commemorative and advertising wares like this one.

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The price tag on the jug is £60.

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I've seen a projector.

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I've seen that - I think - fabulous child's bamboo pushchair.

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The sum total of these objects is comfortably over £200.

0:20:300:20:35

I've got £106.76 in total.

0:20:350:20:40

Time to strike a deal. Where is Steve?

0:20:400:20:43

Well, I think you've got a fantastic mix here.

0:20:440:20:47

I've got three things I've completely fallen in love with.

0:20:470:20:50

-There is a projector upstairs with its original box.

-Yeah.

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There is a real talking point, which is that bamboo pushchair.

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The other thing, completely differently,

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is Mr Bulldog Spirit here, Winston Churchill,

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simply because I need a bit of that bulldog spirit

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to beat old Bingo.

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And some extra cash.

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I'm not going to beat around the bush, I mean,

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I like those three things.

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I don't suppose I'd be able to buy those three things,

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but I'll tell you what I've got. I've got £106.76.

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I can't add to it because that's all I've got.

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-I mean, you're adding up to 230-odd quid. I mean, that's...

-Yeah.

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-It depends on what these things have cost.

-Yeah.

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If I can't buy the three things...

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-No, I think we can...

-Do you think you could?

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The projector's sat around for a while, so I'd like to get it gone.

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-Has it?

-You know, cos you're only taking dust.

0:21:360:21:38

You take the dust with you, don't you?

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I'll take the dust, I'll clean it, I'll do your washing up...

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That's good. Oh, yeah, if you're doing the washing up as well...

0:21:430:21:46

Would you take all I've got for those three? Are you sure?

0:21:460:21:49

I don't want you...

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When I walk out of that door, I don't want you to think,

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"Mr Ross, honestly!"

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No, I'll just phone the police. "I've just been robbed."

0:21:540:21:57

-You are the best dealer I've ever met in my life!

-Thanks.

0:21:570:22:00

-Shake me by the hand. You sure?

-Oh, yeah...

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Yeah, let me have it, please.

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Please. And the change.

0:22:050:22:07

Well done, Charlie.

0:22:070:22:08

He has blown the last of his cash on three items -

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the cine projector for £40,

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the pushchair for 30

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and Churchill jug for £36.76.

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That plucky display of buying

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and big discounts wraps up our shopping trip.

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Charlie has bought a total of five items -

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the 1930s leather valise,

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the antique mirror,

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the cine projector,

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the Edwardian pushchair and the Beswick Churchill jug.

0:22:370:22:41

His purse is empty. £148.76 gone!

0:22:410:22:46

James has four items - the 1960s West German vase,

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the African tribal stool,

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the decorative shield

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and the 1920s wood block print.

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He is reluctant to let go of his profits

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and has been very thrifty, spending a total of just £75.

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But what do they think of one another's buys?

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I think all his things might make a profit,

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simply because he's been so stingy!

0:23:170:23:19

Would I swap my lots for his? No.

0:23:190:23:22

Charlie and James are travelling south to Bourne End,

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in Buckinghamshire.

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Bourne End Auctions is where we're headed.

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We're here. Bourne End Auction Rooms.

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This, remember this, Bingo,

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-cos this is when it turned round.

-Really?

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This is where your frugal behaviour comes back to bite you.

0:23:390:23:43

Ah-ha-ha!

0:23:430:23:45

Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Simon Brown.

0:23:450:23:49

All quiet then, the auction is about to begin.

0:23:490:23:51

First to go is Charlie with his leather valise.

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Start me at £30, please, for this lot.

0:23:570:23:59

-20 then to start. 20, anybody interested?

-Ten.

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-20?

-Ten.

-20? Nobody interested?

0:24:030:24:05

Ten to start. Ten I'm bid. Got you at ten.

0:24:050:24:07

-You got a bidder.

-I recognise that lady.

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Never mind the lady, Charlie.

0:24:090:24:11

-Are we all done at ten on my left?

-JAMES LAUGHS

0:24:110:24:14

That buyer's got a great deal there.

0:24:160:24:18

James's West German vase is next.

0:24:190:24:22

£10. Ten I'm bid. Yours at ten.

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-Bingo, you are already in at ten.

-12.

-14.

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16. 18. 20. 20. 22.

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25.

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25. 22 on my right.

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Selling at 22. Are we all done at 22?

0:24:340:24:36

Got you at 22 on my right now.

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22.

0:24:390:24:40

There we are.

0:24:400:24:41

All smiles for James as he starts off with a profit.

0:24:420:24:45

It is Charlie's rosewood mirror next.

0:24:460:24:49

Start me at £30, please, for this lot. 30. Anybody interested at 30?

0:24:490:24:54

Nobody interested at 30? 20 then start.

0:24:540:24:57

20, anybody interested? Nobody interested? No?

0:24:570:25:00

I am moving on.

0:25:000:25:02

-Lot 36 is...

-JAMES LAUGHS

0:25:020:25:05

What do you mean "moving on"?

0:25:050:25:06

He's moving on.

0:25:060:25:08

Uh-oh. This no sale means it will be added into your next leg's auction.

0:25:080:25:14

-Moving on.

-Do you think he might not sell any of my items?

0:25:140:25:19

Surely not.

0:25:190:25:20

It's James's tribal stool next.

0:25:210:25:24

Who will start me at 20, please, for this lot? 20 I'm bid.

0:25:240:25:28

22. 25. 27. 30. 32.

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35. 37. 40. 42. 45. 47.

0:25:310:25:35

50. 55. 60. 65. 60 in the corner.

0:25:350:25:39

Selling at 60. Yours at 60. Are we all done at 60?

0:25:390:25:43

On my right. Selling at 60 now.

0:25:430:25:45

Marvellous!

0:25:450:25:46

Absolutely. Thank the good people of Bourne.

0:25:460:25:51

Well done, James, another great profit.

0:25:510:25:53

James is in the lead.

0:25:540:25:56

Can Charlie ramp up his profits with the cine projector?

0:25:560:25:59

Who will start me at £30, please, for this?

0:25:590:26:01

-30 I'm bid. Yours at 30.

-What?

-Are we all done at 30?

0:26:010:26:05

Maiden bid. Selling at 30 on my left. Yours at 30.

0:26:050:26:08

With William, are we all done at £30 now?

0:26:080:26:11

Marvellous, that's only a small loss there.

0:26:110:26:14

At least you got a bid on that.

0:26:140:26:16

Yeah, but not a profit.

0:26:160:26:17

Maybe blowing the whole budget was a bit hasty.

0:26:170:26:20

Don't dwell on the figures, Charlie.

0:26:200:26:23

I've got to because I've got to go shopping again, Bingo.

0:26:230:26:26

And at this rate, I won't even be able to buy a West German vase.

0:26:260:26:29

-Oh, because you spent...?

-I spent all my money!

0:26:290:26:32

-JAMES LAUGHS

-So...

0:26:320:26:34

Whoops, Charlie!

0:26:340:26:36

James's turn now with the big decorative shield.

0:26:370:26:40

40 anybody interested? 40 I'm bid.

0:26:400:26:42

With Martin at 40. Yours at 40. 42. 45. 45 with Martin.

0:26:420:26:47

Selling at 45. Are we all done at 45? Got you at 45 on my left now.

0:26:470:26:52

That'll do me.

0:26:520:26:54

JAMES LAUGHS

0:26:540:26:56

So far, James is enjoying profits on every item.

0:26:570:27:00

In round terms,

0:27:000:27:02

-it's the biggest ever thrashing...

-Really, why?

-..in Road Trip history.

0:27:020:27:07

Profit, loss. Profit, not even a bid.

0:27:070:27:10

Profit, loss.

0:27:100:27:12

Are we setting a trend here now?

0:27:120:27:15

For your sake, Charlie, let's hope not.

0:27:150:27:17

It's your Edwardian pushchair next.

0:27:180:27:21

Who will start me at £50, please, for this lot? Interesting lot at 50.

0:27:210:27:26

Anybody interested? 40 then to start. 40, nobody interested?

0:27:260:27:30

40 I'm bid. Selling at 40. Yours at 40. 42.

0:27:300:27:33

45. 42 in front.

0:27:330:27:35

Selling at 42. Are we all done at 42?

0:27:350:27:38

On my left now, got you at 42.

0:27:380:27:40

Well done.

0:27:400:27:42

A profit, hurrah! But sadly, not enough to catch up with James.

0:27:420:27:46

-Well done.

-Keep the hanky in reserve.

0:27:460:27:49

Well, that goes into the kitty.

0:27:490:27:51

It's James's last item of the day - the wood block print.

0:27:520:27:55

Who will start me at £20, please, for this lot?

0:27:560:27:59

20, anybody interested? At 20.

0:27:590:28:02

Ten then to start. £10. Ten I'm bid. Selling at ten.

0:28:020:28:05

-Ten?

-Are we all done?

0:28:050:28:06

Maiden bid, got you at ten. Selling at £10.

0:28:060:28:10

First loss of the day, though, for you, James.

0:28:100:28:12

And you are still way ahead of Charlie.

0:28:120:28:15

It's all or nothing with Charlie's last lot of the day -

0:28:160:28:18

the Churchill jug.

0:28:180:28:20

Wouldn't it be fun if he got to my character jug and said,

0:28:200:28:23

"I have four commission bids...

0:28:230:28:26

-Yeah.

-"..and I'm going to start at 320."

0:28:260:28:29

It would be fun.

0:28:290:28:31

Unbelievable, but fun.

0:28:310:28:33

It would be.

0:28:330:28:35

-MIMICS CHURCHILL:

-'My last chance...

0:28:350:28:37

'for profit.'

0:28:370:28:38

100, I'm bid. 110. 120.

0:28:380:28:40

130. 140. 150.

0:28:400:28:43

160. 170. 180. 190.

0:28:430:28:46

180 standing. Selling at 180. Are we all done at 180?

0:28:460:28:50

Yours at 180.

0:28:500:28:51

Winston's has come good.

0:28:540:28:56

-'We did fight them on the beaches.'

-We did.

0:28:560:28:58

Unbelievable! Saved by Winston at the 11th hour, Charlie.

0:29:000:29:03

Excellent stuff.

0:29:030:29:05

-That is a surprise.

-COCKILY:

-Well, I didn't think so...

0:29:050:29:10

THEY LAUGH

0:29:100:29:12

Has Charlie done enough to get back into the game?

0:29:140:29:17

James started the third leg with £433.50.

0:29:170:29:22

His frugality made him a profit

0:29:220:29:24

of £37.34 after auction house costs.

0:29:240:29:29

James has a total of £470.84 for the next leg.

0:29:290:29:34

Charlie began this leg with £148.76.

0:29:370:29:42

Astounding success with the Churchill jug means that

0:29:420:29:45

Charlie wins this leg with a profit of £66.08 after costs.

0:29:450:29:51

He now has £214.84 to take forwards.

0:29:510:29:56

And the road trip wheels keep moving!

0:29:580:30:01

We're on to the penultimate leg with Charlie and James.

0:30:010:30:05

And Charlie's starting the day with a refreshing drink of water...

0:30:060:30:10

-It's gone all over my face.

-JAMES LAUGHS

0:30:100:30:13

Oh! It's gone over my trousers.

0:30:130:30:15

In fact, you've got water all over you now.

0:30:150:30:18

Oh, it's gone everywhere!

0:30:180:30:20

Oh, poor old love.

0:30:200:30:21

The boys are kicking off in Rushden,

0:30:230:30:25

and they'll then shop their way to auction in St Alban's,

0:30:250:30:29

Hertfordshire.

0:30:290:30:30

-Pleasure to be driven by you.

-Ah, very fine.

0:30:300:30:33

Charlie's off for a nosey in Continental Collectables.

0:30:360:30:39

Oh, look at that canework seat!

0:30:450:30:48

I was going to say evocative of the '30s,

0:30:480:30:52

but, actually, it can't be, because it says 1948 on it!

0:30:520:30:57

"Madeira."

0:30:570:30:58

That's wonderful! Madeira - a place and also a drink.

0:30:580:31:02

Have some Madeira, m'dear.

0:31:020:31:04

MUSIC: Madeira, M'dear by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann

0:31:040:31:07

# Have some Madeira, m'dear

0:31:070:31:10

# You really have nothing to fear

0:31:100:31:13

# I'm not trying to tempt you

0:31:130:31:14

# That wouldn't be right

0:31:140:31:15

# You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night

0:31:150:31:18

# Have some Madeira, m'dear. #

0:31:180:31:21

Ah!

0:31:220:31:24

Oh, dear...

0:31:250:31:27

Oh, dear, m'dear.

0:31:270:31:28

Well, it's a BIT tatty.

0:31:310:31:33

"Madeira" - do you think that came off a ship called Madeira?

0:31:340:31:37

I don't think it's called a Madeira chair.

0:31:370:31:39

Perhaps dealer Ralph can shed some light...

0:31:410:31:44

-They're made in Madeira.

-They were?

0:31:440:31:47

They're renowned in Madeira for making wickerwork

0:31:470:31:50

and they were sold to the tourists who came off the steamer ships.

0:31:500:31:54

I would buy that if it was devilish cheap...

0:31:540:31:57

but I see it's priceless, cos it hasn't even got a label on it!

0:31:570:32:00

-It could be devilishly cheap.

-Could it?

0:32:000:32:02

We'll make it easy, £10.

0:32:020:32:04

I can't resist that. Ralph, that's the quickest purchase and...

0:32:040:32:09

Do you know, every time I get really enthusiastic

0:32:090:32:11

about something, it fails, but this can't fail.

0:32:110:32:14

-Well, at £10...

-And, you know,

0:32:140:32:15

my opposition is going to be jealous of that.

0:32:150:32:19

I'm not so sure... HE CHUCKLES

0:32:190:32:21

Anything else grab you?

0:32:250:32:28

How about those nice little bottle coasters?

0:32:280:32:31

I like those.

0:32:310:32:32

Certainly silver plate coasters.

0:32:350:32:38

-Got a bit of age, haven't they?

-Yes.

0:32:380:32:40

I like it when silver plate is rubbed like that...

0:32:400:32:45

-You see the copper.

-..and the copper comes shining through.

0:32:450:32:48

Um...

0:32:480:32:50

-but they're knackered.

-I had £40 on the pair.

-Did you?

-Yes.

0:32:500:32:53

Are they are buyable for me?

0:32:530:32:56

You can have them for 25.

0:32:560:32:57

Well, now I think they'd make 25 at auction. That's my trouble.

0:32:570:33:01

Something to think about, then.

0:33:010:33:05

Meanwhile, James is moving on towards St Neots,

0:33:050:33:08

and his first shop of the day.

0:33:080:33:10

Hello...James.

0:33:130:33:15

Hello, James, I'm Jacqueline.

0:33:150:33:18

Hello, Jacqueline. What a lovely place.

0:33:180:33:20

Although Jacqueline specialises in jewellery,

0:33:200:33:23

there's also plenty of furniture,

0:33:230:33:25

collectables and memorabilia on offer.

0:33:250:33:27

Jacqueline, I'm a great fan,

0:33:310:33:34

I'm a great fan of the bamboo...

0:33:340:33:38

Right.

0:33:380:33:39

..cos I think it's just one of the most fabulous materials.

0:33:390:33:43

It's so strong, it is the sum of parts.

0:33:430:33:46

You can work it very quickly and cheaply, very cheap material,

0:33:460:33:50

and yet you can make out of that bamboo,

0:33:500:33:54

out of the thing that's growing in your garden,

0:33:540:33:57

you can make two, very stylish

0:33:570:34:00

'60s, '70s side tables.

0:34:000:34:04

-Look at that.

-Lovely in a conservatory.

0:34:040:34:07

Quite fun.

0:34:080:34:09

If you had a '60s... If you had a contemporary house,

0:34:090:34:12

you could easily add these.

0:34:120:34:13

This is very much Margo and Jerry territory, isn't it?

0:34:130:34:17

-THE GOOD LIFE THEME TUNE PLAYS

-Oh, definitely. The Good Life?

0:34:170:34:20

The Good Life. I'd like those, they're very stylish, very simple...

0:34:200:34:26

Good price. I know the dealer very well.

0:34:260:34:29

Very good price. He's very keen.

0:34:290:34:31

-Is he?

-Mmm.

0:34:310:34:33

Keen on prices? What has he got? 12 for the two?

0:34:330:34:37

It'll be 12 each, I should imagine.

0:34:370:34:40

He's got two after it.

0:34:400:34:42

Yes, we'll do 12 for the two.

0:34:420:34:44

-12, right, come on, put it here.

-Yes.

0:34:440:34:46

-BOTH:

-Well done.

0:34:460:34:47

Thank you very much indeed.

0:34:470:34:49

See, first one in the bag! Thank you, goodbye.

0:34:490:34:52

And good work, James.

0:34:520:34:54

What's he up to now, then?

0:34:550:34:56

I'm just texting Charlie because he's always berating me

0:34:560:34:59

about getting my hand deeper into my pocket.

0:34:590:35:02

I just wanted to give him the good news

0:35:020:35:06

that I have frugally spent £12.

0:35:060:35:09

He's going to love it.

0:35:090:35:10

James knows his shrewd tactic of spending less

0:35:100:35:14

gets Charlie's goat.

0:35:140:35:16

Cor, what a scamp, eh?

0:35:160:35:17

Speaking of Charlie, looks like he's spotted an old friend...

0:35:190:35:22

Ooh... Ah, ha!

0:35:220:35:24

My largest success so far on this trip

0:35:260:35:28

has been thanks to Winston Churchill.

0:35:280:35:30

Well, you have an interesting one there.

0:35:300:35:34

Oh, blimey. Someone's given it a right bashing.

0:35:340:35:36

It says silver, but that appears to be silver-plate to me.

0:35:370:35:41

I think the medallion in the centre is the silver.

0:35:410:35:43

It's hallmarked...

0:35:430:35:45

Ah, clever, so the medallion of Churchill is silver

0:35:450:35:50

and the dish is plated.

0:35:500:35:53

Ticket price is £100.

0:35:530:35:55

Very best would have to be...

0:35:560:35:58

..60.

0:35:590:36:01

That's a gamble lot, isn't it?

0:36:010:36:03

A couple of people like Churchill, they could get stuck into that.

0:36:030:36:06

Right...

0:36:060:36:07

If I rolled Churchill in with a couple of coasters,

0:36:070:36:11

would that shave them at all...? Or not?

0:36:110:36:14

-No, I don't want you losing money...

-60 for the pair of coasters.

0:36:140:36:18

-The pair of coasters and the dish...

-..is the very best.

0:36:180:36:21

I think that's incredibly generous.

0:36:210:36:23

I've got to keep Churchill going.

0:36:230:36:25

-Are you happy with that?

-Yes.

-Let's put it there.

0:36:250:36:28

-Thank you very much.

-60 quid and Madeira was a tenner.

0:36:280:36:33

-70 quid.

-£70.

0:36:330:36:35

Three items!

0:36:350:36:38

Shopping made easy by Ralph!

0:36:380:36:41

Good work, Charlie. Three lots with potential in your first shop.

0:36:410:36:44

James, meanwhile, has made his way to Bedford.

0:36:480:36:51

In the 17th century, this town became the focus of a brutal crackdown

0:36:530:36:57

on religious freedom.

0:36:570:36:58

At a time when the church, Parliament and the monarchy

0:36:590:37:02

were in turmoil,

0:37:020:37:03

there was one man who stood fast in his beliefs - John Bunyan.

0:37:030:37:07

He was jailed in Bedford for being one of the country's most radical religious thinkers

0:37:090:37:13

and went on to write a revolutionary book

0:37:130:37:16

that would rival the Bible's popularity around the world.

0:37:160:37:19

Here to tell James more is John Bunyan Museum curator

0:37:210:37:26

Nicola Sherwood.

0:37:260:37:27

I come seeking Bunyan! Tell me all about him.

0:37:270:37:30

Well, he was born in Elstow

0:37:300:37:32

and his family had lived there for generations.

0:37:320:37:34

Bunyan, as a sort of a slightly hot-headed teenager,

0:37:340:37:37

16, decided to join the army

0:37:370:37:39

and went to fight for Oliver Cromwell and Parliament.

0:37:390:37:43

The young Bunyan had entered the English Civil War.

0:37:440:37:48

This was one of the most turbulent times in British history,

0:37:480:37:51

resulting in the abolition of the monarchy

0:37:510:37:53

and the establishment of a republic, led by Oliver Cromwell.

0:37:530:37:56

This heralded a period of religious freedom for England

0:37:580:38:01

and a time of great religious discovery for Bunyan.

0:38:010:38:04

When did the light shine for him?

0:38:060:38:08

It was really when he returned back to Elstow

0:38:080:38:12

when suddenly this voice came into his head to sort of say,

0:38:120:38:15

"Wilt thou have thy sin and go to hell?

0:38:150:38:20

"Or wilt thou leave thy sin and go to heaven?"

0:38:200:38:23

Heaven.

0:38:230:38:24

From that moment on, Bunyan's life was changed for ever.

0:38:260:38:30

He renounced the Church of England and began to preach

0:38:300:38:33

his nonconformist message around the country with great success.

0:38:330:38:37

But within just seven years,

0:38:370:38:39

the country underwent another radical change

0:38:390:38:42

and religious freedom came to an end.

0:38:420:38:45

With the return of the King and the monarchy in 1660,

0:38:450:38:49

basically they felt that the way to reunify the country

0:38:490:38:53

was to reunify religion

0:38:530:38:55

and bring everyone back under the Anglican Church of England

0:38:550:38:59

and get people to start following the Common Book Of Prayer,

0:38:590:39:02

having people ordained rather than just anyone being allowed to preach.

0:39:020:39:07

So when the clampdown came with the restoration of the monarchy,

0:39:070:39:10

-what happened to dear old Bunyan then?

-Well, he ignored it, basically.

0:39:100:39:15

He carried on preaching.

0:39:160:39:19

He carried on around the country, People...

0:39:190:39:22

He was becoming very famous, very popular.

0:39:220:39:25

He was starting to be perceived as a bit of a threat by the establishment...

0:39:250:39:30

-Because he was outspoken?

-Yes.

0:39:300:39:32

Exactly, so an arrest warrant was put out which had 13 signatures,

0:39:320:39:38

when, actually, only two would have been necessary.

0:39:380:39:41

As a prominent nonconformist,

0:39:430:39:45

Bunyan was arrested whilst speaking just outside Bedford

0:39:450:39:48

and was imprisoned in the county jail in November 1660.

0:39:480:39:51

Bunyan ended up being put in prison, basically, indefinitely.

0:39:530:39:56

He ended up spending 12 years.

0:39:560:39:58

So we see Bunyan here, writing.

0:39:580:40:01

Did he start writing in jail?

0:40:010:40:02

Certainly, his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding.

0:40:020:40:06

We know he probably wrote that during his 12 years.

0:40:060:40:10

We do believe he got the idea for the Pilgrim's Progress

0:40:100:40:13

-and started sketching that out.

-And this was his big book.

0:40:130:40:15

That was THE book, the one that made him famous

0:40:150:40:19

and that has gone on to be so incredibly well regarded around the world.

0:40:190:40:23

Bunyan was finally released from prison in 1672,

0:40:230:40:27

thanks to a law of religious clemency introduced by the new monarch, Charles II.

0:40:270:40:32

Bunyan went straight back to preaching

0:40:360:40:38

and completed his greatest work, The Pilgrim's Progress,

0:40:380:40:41

a simple tale of good versus evil.

0:40:410:40:44

It tells the story of a pilgrimage through this world to the afterlife.

0:40:440:40:48

From its first publication in 1678,

0:40:500:40:53

it was an instant success.

0:40:530:40:56

He did a sort of synopsis of the Bible.

0:40:560:40:58

He repackaged it.

0:40:580:41:00

Yes, basically, he sort of nailed it in terms of a simple, clear message

0:41:000:41:06

that anyone... it doesn't even have to be a Christian message.

0:41:060:41:10

It is the simple, how to live a good life.

0:41:100:41:13

Because it was such a simple story,

0:41:130:41:15

it was used by the missionaries to go out to other countries

0:41:150:41:20

and to share the Christian word

0:41:200:41:22

and the Bible in a much simpler way than getting them to read the Bible.

0:41:220:41:26

-Yes.

-So there are over 200 languages

0:41:260:41:29

-and dialects that it's been translated into.

-Oh, did it?

0:41:290:41:33

At one point, there were more copies of Pilgrim's Progress

0:41:330:41:36

than there were the Bible in working people's houses.

0:41:360:41:39

Goodness!

0:41:390:41:41

Bunyan wrote about 60 books and pamphlets

0:41:410:41:44

and continued preaching right up to his death from illness

0:41:440:41:47

at the age of 59.

0:41:470:41:49

But the one he will forever be remembered for,

0:41:490:41:52

The Pilgrim's Progress, has been continuously in print

0:41:520:41:55

from its first release over 300 years ago to the present day.

0:41:550:41:59

Charlie's journeyed west to the market town of Wellingborough

0:42:020:42:05

in Northamptonshire.

0:42:050:42:06

After his buying frenzy this morning,

0:42:080:42:10

what will Charlie uncover at Hunters Antiques?

0:42:100:42:13

Feast my eyes on the cabinet. There's loads of stuff in it.

0:42:170:42:20

Now that is quirky and original, Nick.

0:42:200:42:23

-You have a gun.

-We do, we do.

0:42:250:42:29

Or rather a novelty pipe in the shape of a gun.

0:42:290:42:32

Hang on one second, I'll get it out for you.

0:42:320:42:34

There we go, sir.

0:42:380:42:40

Is that Bakelite?

0:42:400:42:41

I think so, I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is.

0:42:410:42:43

Bakelite and briar pipe.

0:42:430:42:45

Inexpensive, but I dare say the auctioneer would want

0:42:460:42:49

to sell that for ten quid or something, wouldn't he?

0:42:490:42:53

It's been knocking around for a bit. I don't think you'd see another...

0:42:530:42:56

I think that's probably the best part of 50 years old.

0:42:560:42:59

I don't suppose that could be insultingly cheap, could it?

0:42:590:43:02

Like a fiver or something?

0:43:020:43:03

I think the auctioneer might sell that for a tenner...

0:43:030:43:06

-Yeah, I could do that.

-As they say, there's not much downside.

0:43:060:43:10

-THEY LAUGH

-You can't lose a lot on it, no.

0:43:100:43:12

-Sold, sir.

-Well done, thank you.

0:43:120:43:14

-That's not going to make you the richest man...

-No...

0:43:140:43:16

..in Wellingborough, but there we go.

0:43:160:43:19

Charlie might not have risked much on the pipe,

0:43:190:43:22

but novelty items often do well at auction, so it could be a canny buy.

0:43:220:43:26

With that final purchase of the day,

0:43:280:43:30

it's time for a well-earned sleep, so nighty-night...

0:43:300:43:33

# Good morning, world, it's a brand-new day! #

0:43:360:43:38

Oh, yes!

0:43:380:43:39

First stop of the day is Woburn in Bedfordshire.

0:43:410:43:45

With only one lot bought so far,

0:43:470:43:48

James has some serious shopping to do.

0:43:480:43:51

DOORBELL TINKLES

0:43:510:43:52

-Hello.

-Hello, James.

-Hello, Alvin. Very nice to meet you.

0:43:520:43:56

-Nice to see you.

-Good. So this is your emporium?

0:43:560:43:59

Well, shop.

0:43:590:44:01

Shop! It's quite a big shop, isn't it?

0:44:010:44:04

You'd better get on with it, then.

0:44:040:44:06

He's on to more bamboo, look.

0:44:100:44:12

Nice bit of bamboo.

0:44:130:44:15

Incredibly light.

0:44:150:44:17

Now, this is very much your Victorian bamboo -

0:44:170:44:20

aspidistra flowing out of the brass pot...

0:44:200:44:23

But do people want that in a modern interior? That's the difficulty.

0:44:240:44:29

Quite fun if you did have a nice conservatory.

0:44:290:44:31

Ah, just the man!

0:44:320:44:34

Something like 28? Could that buy it?

0:44:360:44:39

Don't look at the label, no clues.

0:44:390:44:40

The ticket says 50.

0:44:400:44:42

-No.

-No. OK, that's all right.

0:44:430:44:46

£40 you can have it for.

0:44:460:44:48

Now, I'm going to look at other items

0:44:480:44:50

-and I might do a collective.

-OK.

0:44:500:44:53

Smart thinking.

0:44:530:44:54

Now what's he onto?

0:44:590:45:00

I quite like this little lot.

0:45:010:45:03

I've always loved picnic cups

0:45:030:45:06

and you've got six there, which is really unusual.

0:45:060:45:09

They fit together in the cases there.

0:45:090:45:11

Worth a closer look, I guess.

0:45:110:45:14

I suppose you'd call it a nest, wouldn't you?

0:45:140:45:16

Well, yeah.

0:45:160:45:17

This is-this is... Very fine maker - Hukin and Heath.

0:45:170:45:21

-And look...

-They sit together...

-They just fall beautifully,

0:45:210:45:26

so when people were motoring and various things like this...

0:45:260:45:29

And there's a leather case, which is a little bit tired.

0:45:290:45:32

And they're gilded inside, of course, which is...

0:45:320:45:34

-Quite like those.

-They're quite cheap, I think.

0:45:340:45:37

-They might join the planter in the great scheme of things...

-Right.

0:45:370:45:44

Another possibility.

0:45:440:45:45

Anything else before you go in for the deal, James?

0:45:460:45:50

-Now, I quite like the look of that.

-OK.

0:45:500:45:53

So games are always quite fun.

0:45:530:45:55

-That's quite big, isn't it?

-It's unusual, this size.

0:45:550:45:57

They are normally quite a bit smaller than that.

0:45:570:46:00

So that's... This is a solitaire board.

0:46:000:46:02

-It's quite nice having the big marbles, isn't it?

-Yes.

0:46:020:46:05

They are obviously all original.

0:46:050:46:07

I guess this is best part of 100 years old.

0:46:070:46:11

-Yeah. I think it... It looks 1920s, doesn't it?

-Yeah, yeah.

0:46:110:46:15

So I like the bamboo, the brass pot...

0:46:150:46:19

I like the Hukin and Heath

0:46:190:46:20

and I like this.

0:46:200:46:22

Could the lot be bought for, say, 95?

0:46:220:46:25

Erm... They are all priced around the 40, 45 mark, aren't they?

0:46:250:46:30

I'm looking for a discount!

0:46:300:46:33

You're not a million miles away.

0:46:330:46:35

Ooh! Is there a little chink of hope there?

0:46:350:46:38

Let's say 110.

0:46:380:46:40

Let's say 100.

0:46:410:46:43

-105 and you've got it.

-105 and you've got it?

0:46:430:46:47

Cor...

0:46:470:46:48

I got the feeling it's 105, isn't it?

0:46:480:46:51

-It is. Thank you, James.

-JAMES LAUGHS

0:46:510:46:53

You're slightly frightening, I was going to chance me arm.

0:46:540:46:58

Well, some serious shopping done there with three lots bought.

0:46:590:47:03

James has now moved onwards to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire,

0:47:050:47:10

and home, it would seem, to a rather large family of Canada geese.

0:47:100:47:15

Look at that!

0:47:150:47:17

James has one last shop of the day.

0:47:170:47:20

-Charming weather out there, isn't it?

-It's lovely, isn't it? Hello.

0:47:220:47:25

-James.

-Mags.

0:47:250:47:26

Hello, nice to meet you, Mags.

0:47:260:47:29

Fenny Antiques is full of the combined treasures of 40 dealers.

0:47:290:47:34

-Anything upstairs?

-Only general furniture.

0:47:340:47:38

Only general furniture.

0:47:380:47:40

Ooh! I might have a look up there.

0:47:400:47:42

That's quite nice. I've got a carpet here...

0:47:450:47:47

..and it's tapestry

0:47:520:47:53

and this is known as a design called aubusson

0:47:530:47:57

and it comes from... The designs come from France

0:47:570:48:00

and they're very often these, sort of, light colours.

0:48:000:48:05

You know, there is evidence of craft here.

0:48:050:48:08

Look at the back of it.

0:48:080:48:09

(For £20. I think that's quite a good deal.)

0:48:110:48:14

Can Mags do an even better deal?

0:48:150:48:19

It's got a couple of wine stains and things...

0:48:190:48:21

Fortunately it hasn't got a hole - I've checked it all over for a hole.

0:48:210:48:25

Hasn't got the moth, which I'm pleased about.

0:48:250:48:28

I wouldn't mind buying it for a tenner, if that's possible?

0:48:280:48:31

OK, I'll go a tenner.

0:48:310:48:32

Do you? Oh, well done, Mags.

0:48:320:48:35

Well done.

0:48:350:48:37

With one aubusson rug bagged for half price,

0:48:370:48:41

both our boys are bought up.

0:48:410:48:43

James spent a total of £127 on five lots -

0:48:480:48:53

the pair of bamboo wine tables,

0:48:530:48:55

the late Victorian bamboo plant stand and planter,

0:48:550:48:58

the nest of picnic cups,

0:48:580:49:01

the hardwood solitaire board

0:49:010:49:04

and the aubusson wool carpet.

0:49:040:49:05

Charlie spent less, shelling out £75 on four lots -

0:49:070:49:11

the Madeira wicker chair,

0:49:110:49:13

the Churchill centenary dish,

0:49:130:49:16

the late Victorian plated bottle coasters

0:49:160:49:19

and the vintage novelty pipe.

0:49:190:49:21

He will also take his unsold rosewood mirror

0:49:220:49:25

from the last auction to this auction.

0:49:250:49:28

So what do they think of each other's lots?

0:49:280:49:31

That pipe! Now, there's no excuse for that pipe.

0:49:310:49:34

It's quite fun that it's in the style of a colt 45,

0:49:340:49:38

but at the end of the day, it's a pipe and it's a fiver.

0:49:380:49:41

As for your rug at a tenner?

0:49:410:49:44

(Well, off to the skip with that!)

0:49:440:49:47

After starting this leg in Rushden,

0:49:470:49:50

our experts are now motoring south

0:49:500:49:52

towards auction in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

0:49:520:49:54

Go on!

0:49:560:49:58

Our boys will battle it out at Hertfordshire Auctioneers.

0:49:580:50:01

Chris Small will be wielding the gavel today.

0:50:010:50:04

We've got bidders in the room and online.

0:50:060:50:08

Get comfy, chaps, the games are about to begin.

0:50:080:50:10

At £10, at £10...

0:50:100:50:11

-JAMES SIGHS

-Here we are.

0:50:110:50:13

-Back in your favourite position.

-I know.

0:50:130:50:15

-Front row of the stalls.

-Front row, I'm looking forward to this.

0:50:150:50:20

Well, you're up first, James,

0:50:200:50:22

with the late Victorian bamboo stand and planter.

0:50:220:50:25

-15, you've got 15, have you?

-Ooh!

0:50:250:50:27

15, I've got. £15 I've got.

0:50:270:50:29

And 20, Steve at 20.

0:50:290:50:31

-Taking off now, James.

-Taking off.

0:50:310:50:33

At 20, I've got now, £20 I've got.

0:50:330:50:35

20 for this one, at £20 for the bamboo,

0:50:350:50:39

plant stand and brass pot there.

0:50:390:50:41

£20 only I'm bid.

0:50:410:50:43

All done with that one at £20?

0:50:430:50:44

-Mmm, James.

-£20.

0:50:440:50:47

You've halved your money!

0:50:470:50:48

-Half my money.

-Less a little commission...

0:50:480:50:50

You're coming back to join me, James.

0:50:500:50:53

You're coming back!

0:50:530:50:55

Much to Charlie's delight, that's a disappointing start for James.

0:50:550:50:59

Will his pair of 1970s bamboo tables do a bit better?

0:51:010:51:05

Bid me a tenner, who's in?

0:51:050:51:07

-Yes!

-Quiet!

-Ooh!

0:51:070:51:09

'£5.'

0:51:090:51:10

-Ooh, that's a man!

-Cheeky monkey!

-I've got 5, it's a bid, it's a bid!

0:51:100:51:13

£5 I've got.

0:51:130:51:15

10 bid, £15 got.

0:51:150:51:17

£15 I've got.

0:51:170:51:18

-See, he's out.

-15, got now at 18.

-18. Keep going.

0:51:180:51:22

18 and 20, bid 20.

0:51:220:51:24

You're riding it now, James.

0:51:240:51:26

-22.

-Ooh!

0:51:260:51:28

£22 I'm bid.

0:51:280:51:29

Uncharted territory.

0:51:290:51:32

Amazing. £22 I am bid for these.

0:51:320:51:35

Any more now at £22?

0:51:350:51:38

Can't be!

0:51:380:51:39

-22 salvaged.

-That's marvellous.

0:51:390:51:42

Indeed, bravo, James.

0:51:420:51:44

Charlie, m'dear, it's your Madeira chair.

0:51:450:51:48

-Ten I've got, thank you, at ten.

-Well done.

-We're away.

0:51:490:51:52

£12, 12 I've got.

0:51:520:51:54

12 I've got now.

0:51:540:51:55

It's from Madeira, m'dear!

0:51:550:51:57

1948 Madeira sunlounger there.

0:51:570:52:00

£12 is bid to my left, at £12 for it. Is there any more now?

0:52:000:52:03

£12 for the sunlounger?

0:52:030:52:05

-It's got to go, then.

-It's a profit.

0:52:050:52:07

£12, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!

0:52:070:52:09

Oh, dear! Once, twice and...

0:52:090:52:11

Ooh!

0:52:110:52:14

It's like a bullet through the heart.

0:52:140:52:17

I don't think he's taking it very well.

0:52:170:52:19

-I feel a moistening of the eye.

-JAMES CHUCKLES

0:52:190:52:23

Come on, chaps, dry those eyes.

0:52:230:52:25

Your rosewood mirror that failed to sell at the last auction is up next.

0:52:250:52:29

Start me at 20, who's in?

0:52:290:52:32

20, 30 I'm bid. Goodness me.

0:52:320:52:34

Oh, come on, folks - lovely thing.

0:52:340:52:36

-£30.

-Thank goodness for that, Charlie.

0:52:360:52:39

30 on the net, £30 I'm bid this one. Is there any more now?

0:52:390:52:42

At £30 on this one.

0:52:420:52:44

£30, doubling money.

0:52:440:52:46

-Good work, sir.

-Well done.

0:52:460:52:49

Well done.

0:52:490:52:51

A lovely profit and Charlie can finally say farewell to the mirror

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and we don't have to cart it round any more.

0:52:540:52:56

Can Charlie's luck continue with his silver-plated bottle coasters?

0:52:570:53:01

-20, got 20 I'm bid straight in.

-20, straight in.

-20! Straight in!

0:53:010:53:05

At 20 I'm bid these, at £20 I've got.

0:53:050:53:08

Nearly all the bidding is online, isn't it?

0:53:080:53:11

I don't know what all these people are here for.

0:53:110:53:13

£20 I've got now. It's the net bidder at £20.

0:53:130:53:16

Are you done with them?

0:53:160:53:17

-He'll be delighted.

-Gone!

-£20.

0:53:170:53:19

-I think the buyer will be over the moon.

-Yeah.

0:53:190:53:22

Someone's bagged themselves a real bargain there.

0:53:220:53:25

Charlie's up again now with his Bakelite pipe shaped like a gun.

0:53:250:53:29

20, thank you, straight in. £20 I got.

0:53:310:53:33

20 I'm bid, it's on the net.

0:53:330:53:34

£20 I've got. 20 and 5, 25.

0:53:340:53:37

-In with...

-25, madam.

0:53:370:53:39

Got this in the room now,

0:53:390:53:40

25 I've got, lady's bid. Are we selling?

0:53:400:53:43

-30, back in.

-Oh!

0:53:430:53:44

-No!

-35.

-35.

-35.

0:53:440:53:47

35, got. 35, it's in the room now.

0:53:470:53:50

Net bidder, you're out at £35.

0:53:500:53:52

Selling it once, twice...

0:53:520:53:55

-Well done.

-Thank you, madam.

-Well done.

0:53:580:54:01

What a result. Fabulous profit there for Charlie

0:54:020:54:04

and something to bang on about. Huh!

0:54:040:54:06

Auctioneer Chris' son James is taking the helm now.

0:54:060:54:09

And it's the turn of

0:54:110:54:12

James Braxton's hardwood solitaire board with marbles...

0:54:120:54:15

£10 I'm bid.

0:54:150:54:16

At ten on this, at £10 I'm bid.

0:54:160:54:17

-Keep going!

-12 on the net.

0:54:170:54:19

-12 on the net.

-Here we go.

-Keep going.

0:54:190:54:22

Back in. £15 now, 15.

0:54:220:54:24

Are we all done then?

0:54:240:54:25

-Oh, here we are, madam.

-New bidder at £18.

0:54:250:54:27

£18 now. At 20. You got 20.

0:54:270:54:30

-Over at 20, you're out.

-Keep going, madam!

0:54:300:54:32

At £20 in the furniture.

0:54:320:54:33

Do you want two? At 22, says no.

0:54:330:54:36

-At £22, I'm bid at £22.

-25?

-At £22 I'm bid. At 22 on this.

0:54:360:54:40

Down the front at £22 in.

0:54:400:54:42

Last warning at £22...

0:54:420:54:44

-Nearly bailed you out.

-Nearly.

0:54:450:54:47

Thank you, madam, thank you. Thank you.

0:54:470:54:50

James seems pretty relieved with that result.

0:54:500:54:55

Charlie's final lot -

0:54:550:54:56

the commemorative Churchill dish.

0:54:560:54:59

-Start me at 20.

-Oh.

0:54:590:55:01

20 I've got, at 20 now.

0:55:010:55:03

-20 on the internet.

-22.

0:55:030:55:04

At 22, got 28. 28, 28, 28. £28

0:55:040:55:08

I'm bid and 30. At 30, got 30.

0:55:080:55:10

-30.

-Come on, we need to get on a bit here.

0:55:100:55:13

This is Winston Churchill, this isn't Enid Blyton.

0:55:130:55:16

The saviour of a nation.

0:55:160:55:18

With the box, as well. £30.

0:55:180:55:20

-With the box!

-At 30.

0:55:200:55:22

32, at £32. 32.

0:55:220:55:24

35. 38. 38, bid 38.

0:55:240:55:27

38. Now were getting there.

0:55:270:55:29

-We're getting there.

-At 40. I've got 40.

-We need a bit more, sir.

0:55:290:55:32

42, got 42. At 42.

0:55:320:55:34

At £42.

0:55:340:55:35

That should be enough.

0:55:350:55:37

No, no, no. I think we need a little more.

0:55:370:55:39

-48, got 48.

-It is Churchill.

0:55:390:55:40

At £48 I'm bid. Any more?

0:55:400:55:43

At £48 - are we all done in the room and on the net at £48, then?

0:55:430:55:46

Hammer's up.

0:55:460:55:48

-Well done.

-A rollercoaster.

0:55:500:55:52

Churchill does Charlie proud again.

0:55:520:55:54

Another profit.

0:55:540:55:55

Will James' six plated picnic cups prove popular?

0:55:560:56:00

Bid 20, got 20 at £20 in the room.

0:56:000:56:03

And two, and five, and 25.

0:56:030:56:05

Got 25, at 25. At 28, got 28, at 30...

0:56:050:56:09

Now we're going!

0:56:090:56:10

-At £30 I'm bid for this.

-30.

0:56:100:56:12

-30, 2, 5, 35.

-James!

-At £35 I'm bid.

0:56:120:56:16

35, 38, 40, at £40 I'm bid.

0:56:160:56:20

At £40 now, 42, 45.

0:56:200:56:23

£45, 45. Still cheap for these.

0:56:230:56:26

-Hukin and Heath.

-48, at 48.

0:56:260:56:29

They're a good size, aren't they?

0:56:290:56:31

-At £48.

-Go on, go 50.

0:56:310:56:34

-50!

-At £48 I'm bid.

0:56:340:56:36

Are we all done at 48?

0:56:360:56:37

Nice little profit there.

0:56:390:56:40

It's their last lot of the day

0:56:410:56:43

and to have any chance of winning this leg,

0:56:430:56:46

James needs a good result on his aubusson rug.

0:56:460:56:50

Here we are, here we go.

0:56:500:56:51

My bids, then. I've got 10, £15 I'm bid.

0:56:510:56:54

-At 15 on this, 15.

-15.

0:56:540:56:55

At £15. I'm bid at 15. At 15, 20, 5... 25.

0:56:550:56:59

-Keep going.

-Bid 30, got 30.

-Back in the room

0:56:590:57:01

Keep him rocking on! Come on.

0:57:010:57:03

I'm out at £30. £30 I'm bid.

0:57:030:57:05

35? Got 35.

0:57:050:57:08

-Well done.

-At 35. At £35 I'm bid.

0:57:080:57:10

At 35 I'm bid. Says no.

0:57:100:57:12

At £35 I'm bid. At 35 on this. Any more?

0:57:120:57:16

-At £35 are you out?

-No! We need another one!

0:57:160:57:20

Once, twice, third and final time at £35...

0:57:200:57:23

Serious triumph, though, 10 to 35.

0:57:250:57:28

10 to 35!

0:57:280:57:30

Lovely profit there for James.

0:57:300:57:32

But has he done enough to win this leg?

0:57:320:57:34

James began with £470.84.

0:57:350:57:39

After auction costs, he made a small loss of £6.46,

0:57:390:57:44

but he still goes into the last leg in the overall lead

0:57:440:57:47

with a fantastic £464.38

0:57:470:57:51

and he's looking very prosperous, if you don't mind my saying so.

0:57:510:57:55

Charlie started this leg with £214.84.

0:57:570:58:01

He made a profit of £43.90 after auction costs,

0:58:010:58:06

which means he goes into the final leg with £258.74

0:58:060:58:11

and is crowned today's winner.

0:58:110:58:14

Well done, old bean.

0:58:140:58:16

Very good, sir, very good.

0:58:160:58:17

Well, as the winner, winner takes all.

0:58:170:58:19

-Thank you very much, sir.

-Thank you.

-Take me away.

-Take you away.

0:58:190:58:22

-Where to, sir?

-Somewhere exotic.

-Exotic, sir.

0:58:220:58:26

Ah, home, James.

0:58:260:58:28

See you soon, road trippers!

0:58:280:58:30

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