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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts... | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
This is beautiful. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
That's the way to do this. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:06 | |
..with £200 each, a classic car | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
and a goal to scour for antiques. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
-Joy. -Hello! | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
but it's no mean feat. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Sorry, sorry, sorry. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
So, will it be the high road to glory | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
or the slow road to disaster? | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
The handbrake's on. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:29 | |
This is Antiques Road Trip. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
Today sees auctioneers James Braxton | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
and Charlie Ross midway through their road trip. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
-We've got the sun on our backs, we are going to do well today. -Yeah. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
I mean, look at this. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:48 | |
-English countryside... -Sheep! -Oh, sheep. -Sheep! -Sheep. -Sheep! | 0:00:48 | 0:00:53 | |
He's rather excitable. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:54 | |
Charlie is as charming as ever. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
-I'd quite like to go away with that. -Yes. -On holiday. -Yeah. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
-They're lovely. -Would you come with me? -Of course. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
And James is a patriotic soul. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
Well, I am very pleased with my Queen's shield. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
I think I can be a loyal citizen. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
They're navigating their road trip in a 1961 Ford Zephyr, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
a car made before seatbelts were legally required. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
-I think I put it into reverse. -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
Whoops-a-daisy! | 0:01:24 | 0:01:25 | |
Our Road Trip pals started off with £200 each. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
After their second auction, Charlie is lagging somewhere behind James | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
with a kitty of £148.76 for the day ahead. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:38 | |
James is in pole position after the terrific result | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
with the two Doulton vases. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:45 | |
He has a stuffed wallet of £433.50 to spend today. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:51 | |
Their trip began in the Lincolnshire town of Boston | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
and meanders through Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
up to Leicestershire, before heading south | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
and finishing in the Surrey town of Cobham. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
Today's leg | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
sets off from Shenton, in Leicestershire, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
and will head to auction in the village | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
Both chaps will be sharing a shop | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
at Whitemoors Antiques Centre. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
Here we are. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:22 | |
Charlie's first out of the traps. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
There are 40 different dealers here. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
-Aha! You look like the boss to me. -I am the boss. -Are you? -Yeah. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
-I'm Charlie. -Lovely to meet you, Charlie. Portia. -Portia! | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
-That's a very racy name. -Very racy. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
Right. You've got work to do, Charlie. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
Oh, vintage luggage. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
Didn't they make luggage well? | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Look at that. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
An Edwardian piece of luggage. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
It's got its original brass studs on the bottom. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
There's quite a demand for vintage luggage these days. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
Look at the stitching. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
And it's got really rather a lovely patination. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
And what I like is when they've got original labels on them. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
It's £50. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:13 | |
I could see that making £40 or £50 at auction. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
Portia! | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
-Hi, you all right? -Yeah, I've seen something I quite like. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
-I love old luggage. -Beautiful, isn't it? | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
-Oh, no, it's awful. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
-No, it's gorgeous! -No, it is lovely. What chance have we got? | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
-I think I'll have to ring the tenant and see. -Could you do that? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
I will do that for you. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
-Ring that tenant. -One second. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:38 | |
-Tell him I'm a really nice chap. -I will do. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
Figures crossed, Charlie. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
Portia's got some news. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:44 | |
-Charles, I've just spoken to the tenant. -What have you done? | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
-Have you done better than 45? -She'd be happy to take 27. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
-27?! -Yes. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
What an odd figure. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
I think that's well worth the money. I'm not even going to try | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
and beat her down to 25. I'm going to say £27 is really generous. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:03 | |
What about James? | 0:04:04 | 0:04:05 | |
With over £400 to spend, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
is he going to go all out or exercise some prudence? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
Mind your head. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:13 | |
-Good morning, James. -Hello, hello. -Welcome to Whitemoors. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
-Hello, nice to meet you. And your name is? -Robert. -Robert. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
What wonders can you spot in here, then, James? | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
This sort of leaps out at me here. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
-That is a very '50s look. -Isn't that great? | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
The retro thing is in at the moment. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
I like the figurine. She is a very shapely lady, isn't she? | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
And it has that nice sort of pull, | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
that eggshell finish to the glaze, doesn't it? Where...? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
-So, who's made this? -It is West German. -Made in West Germany. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
And the pattern is called Jamaica. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
-That's right. -Just what we need, something exotic and warm, isn't it? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:50 | |
-On a cold day. -THEY LAUGH | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
I definitely need it. That would... She would be a lovely tonic. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
She'd lose your cold in a hurry, wouldn't she? | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
Crumbs! | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
West German pottery is a brand-new field of collecting | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
and is proving to be very popular at auction. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
Now, what could you do on that, Rob? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
The absolute best to you, James... | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
-Don't... -..because I want you to win. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
Don't...don't put yourself down. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
-I won't. £12. -£12. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
It is in good order. It is bright, it has been looked after. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
It has been slightly treasured. I think that is very handsome. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
What about eight on that, Rob? | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
-Oh... -You know how these auctioneers work. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
Oh, here we go. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
Yeah, you know, they all start in ten, five and everything. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
And, you know, if you're going to have a chance of it, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
a little profit, you need... | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
-Ten. -Ten? -To give me a little bit. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
Ten. I am liking your start. Rob, put it there. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -You're welcome. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
A quick and efficient purchase from James. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
£10 for the 1950s West German vase. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
Charlie has journeyed east to the historic village of Kibworth. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
This large, family-owned antiques centre has over 60 dealers. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
That's...early Victorian. It's... | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
Or even William IV rosewood over-mantle mirror. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
Now, you can see that the mirror is not in great condition. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
But frankly, when you look like me, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
it's quite good having a mirror like that, to be perfectly honest. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
He's hard on himself. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:34 | |
It's 150-plus years old. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
160, 170 years old. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
And I could get away with putting a new mirror in there. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
And it's £25. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
If that could be really cheap... | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
..I would buy it because it's a genuine antique. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:55 | |
Let's go and see what we can do. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
Time to track down the lady in charge, the lovely Sally. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
-Turn right. It used to be a mirror. -Used to be a mirror. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
Well, it looks like it. Can you see? | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
I have to say that the owner... | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
Can you hold that end? | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
-I can. -Well done. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:11 | |
The owner does admit... | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
-Cos it says antique tarnished mirror. -Very tarnished. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
-It certainly is. Look at us in there. -Absolutely. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
You can't really see us. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
-The fairest of them all. -CHARLIE LAUGHS | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-And I want to give a tenner for it. -SHE GASPS | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
-HE IMITATES HER GASP -I can feel your heart | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
-miss a beat there. -It's missing lots of beats. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
We can make a phone call. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:31 | |
-Would you mind? -We can do that. -That's sweet of you. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
Tell her Charlie's desperate, would you? | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
And a bit of a chancer. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
-Are you smiling? -I am smiling a little bit. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
I've spoken to the dealer, | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
she says that she is quite happy to come down to £15 for you. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
-I can't ask for more than that, can I, really? -No, not really. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
-I was being very cheeky at ten. Put it there. -OK. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
-May I give you one of...those? -Thank you. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
That's really kind of you. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:00 | |
James, meanwhile, has travelled 24 miles to the city of Leicester. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
So far, he has spent a tenner. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
Come on, James, get spending. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:11 | |
What's that you've found? | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
Quite a crude tribal stool, this. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
Not the finest carve, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
but it's carved from the solid, from the trunk. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:31 | |
And they're useful. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:32 | |
They make great occasional tables. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
They're just the right height for sitting beside a sofa or something. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
And they have a look, don't they? | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
What about the price? | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
I noticed this when I walked in, Mark. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
-Yes. -Not the finest one, but... | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
It's not the most detailed carving, but crudities can be sometimes... | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
-interesting. -Yeah, naive charm, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
So it's carved out of the solid. | 0:08:58 | 0:08:59 | |
I think it would've been one piece, definitely. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
-You can't see any joins or anything. -And does this come from...? | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
Where do you think it comes from? | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
Probably...African origin, somewhere around there. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:12 | |
What sort of money do you have on that, Mark? | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
Um, I've got 55 on that one. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
55... | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
Would it be too cheeky to say 25 on that? | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
-Could you make it 30? -30? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
-Mm-hm. -You've gone and got yourself a deal, Mark. -OK, lovely. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
Thank you, I'll take that. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
James is attracted to the exotic today. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
The tribal stool for £30 is his second item. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
Anyway, I'm pleased with it | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
and I'm off with it. Thank you, bye. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
He doesn't hang about much. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:43 | |
Charlie has travelled south to the town of Northampton. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
It's the home of British shoemaking | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
and even the local football team have the nickname The Cobblers. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
And it's here, at Northampton Town Football Club, | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
that Charlie is heading to find out more about a pioneer, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
not just in sport, but also in British history. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
Charlie is meeting with author Phil Vasili. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
-Charlie, hiya. -Hello, Phil. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
-How are you? -Very well indeed, thank you. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
Welcome to Northampton Football Club. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
Walter Tull was one of the first black professional footballers | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
who played right here, at Northampton Town Football Club. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
He was also the first black officer to lead troops into battle | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
in the First World War. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
Phil is the biographer of Walter's sensational story. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
This is very appropriate, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:40 | |
we are in the engine room of Northampton Town FC. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
We can see the pitch, we can see the stands. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
And where better to start? | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
We've got this wonderful archive here. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
Yeah, it's a great place to start | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
because Walter was very happy here, by all accounts. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
Walter was born in Folkestone, at the end of the 19th century. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
His father was a carpenter from Barbados and worked | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
as a ship's joiner until he settled in England in 1876 | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
and married a local girl. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:10 | |
Tragically, by the age of nine, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
Walter had lost both his parents to ill health and was sent, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
along with his brother, to an orphanage and Bethnal Green. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
-When he went to the orphanage, they had a football team... -Right. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
..and they played in a... They played competitive games. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
And somebody spotted him | 0:11:30 | 0:11:31 | |
-round about this time as being particularly talented. -Yeah. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Well, you could see in the photo, Charlie, that he's in the middle | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
-and he's got the ball at his feet... -He has. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
..which usually signifies that he has got respect | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
and he's one of the better players. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
In 1908, Walter was signed by amateur club Clapton FC. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:51 | |
Within the year, he turned professional | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
when he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
It was here that Walter experienced a horrible display | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
of spectator racism. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:00 | |
Spurs, for him, wasn't a great source of happiness, was it? | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
-It was wonderful that Spurs signed him. -Yes. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
And, you know, to be signed as a black player | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
is unusual at the time. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
And Spurs have to be commended for that. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
However, Walter got a lot of abuse when he was playing | 0:12:16 | 0:12:21 | |
and in one particular match, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
in September of 1909 at Bristol, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
it was so bad that one of the newspapers headlined | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
the abuse that Walter got. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
And in the report, | 0:12:36 | 0:12:37 | |
the journalist said that Walter was a model for all white men | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
who play football, because of the way he withstood the abuse. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
I think that was the strength of Walter, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
-that he did his talking as a footballer, with his feet. -Yeah. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
A year later, Northampton Town | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
was thrilled to snap up the talented Walter. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
But soon, the dark clouds of war loomed, in 1914. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
Walter was one of the first to enlist in the British Army. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
It wasn't until November 1915 | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
that Walter went to France, | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
his battalion went to France. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
-Hm. -And they saw action almost immediately | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
in around the Festubert-Givenchy region. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
Walter's cool-headed leadership | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
ensured that he rose through the ranks quickly. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
So he saw action - | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
and I think I'm right in saying - was he recommended for an MC? | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
As far as we know, Walter was the first black officer | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
to lead white troops into battle in the Army. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
And he was commended for his bravery | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
and commended for bringing back his party without injury. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
That's when he was recommended for the Military Cross, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
which he never actually received. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
He embodied a legal contradiction. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
As a black soldier, he shouldn't have been an officer | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
according to the manual of military law. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:02 | |
So if they gave him his Military Cross, it was almost like | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
they were admitting that they'd created | 0:14:06 | 0:14:11 | |
-this illegal precedent. -Yeah. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
-They were giving a rubber stamp to breaking the law, really. -Yeah. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
Sadly, tragedy struck. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
On 25th March, 1918, Second Lieutenant Tull | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
was killed in action at the German spring offensive on the Somme. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
He was 29 years old. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:29 | |
He was certainly a very remarkable black Briton | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
who achieved a great deal in his short life. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:37 | |
I mean, we are here at a club that's... | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
-The road that leads into the stadium is called Walter Tull Way. -Yeah. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
We've got the memorial stone detailing his achievements. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
I think it has been absolutely fascinating - | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
an extraordinary tale of a remarkable man. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Thank you, Charlie. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
The odds were stacked against Walter, but he succeeded | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
as a star on the football field and a hero on the battlefield. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
It's the end of a long day, so time for a bit of a rest. Nighty-night. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
Cor, it's absolutely tipping it down this morning. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
This weather, very good for the leather upper, I would say. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:24 | |
You need a leather upper. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
A good brogue is always the best option. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
Anyway, James is in Northampton | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
to have a go at spending some of his money. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
Although he's rich in profits, he's only spent £40 so far. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
Oh, nice hat! | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
-Hello. James. -Hello, I'm Sonia. -Hello, Sonia. Very nice to meet you. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
Maybe Sonia will persuade James | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
to part with some cash. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
There's some nice things amongst here. I love this! | 0:15:53 | 0:15:56 | |
This is very theatrical, isn't it? | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
Great for a sort of baronial hall, isn't it? | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
It is. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
Baron Braxton has a certain ring to it. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Really good. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:10 | |
Love that. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
Right, like that. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
So, the shield... | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
It's on the list. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:17 | |
The shield is priced up at £40 | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
and could have been made for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
I like this. A modest woodcut. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
But what I like about this is it's very much in its contemporary frame. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
It has a good look. Does it have a date on it? | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
It's evocative of a period, isn't it? 1920s. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
The Untidy Corner. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:43 | |
It's got a personal inscription on it. And it is a wood block print. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:48 | |
Very much used early illustrations for newspapers | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
and book illustrations. Artists really loved it. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
I like that. It's got style. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
Another one on the list. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
The wood block print has a ticket price of £10. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
Now, to find Sonia to talk money. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
These are my two items, Sonia. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
I love this shield. Isn't that fun? | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
So that's the shield. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:16 | |
You don't have to do me a special price on the wood block print. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
-I'm very happy to pay your ticket price. -OK. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
-But could I get a price on the shield? -What have we got on that? | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
I think... What have we got? We've got £40. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
-What price did you have in mind? -Oh! -See if we can meet in the middle. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
Oh, if you're going to meet in the middle, 20 quid. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
-SHE SIGHS -25? | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
25, you've got yourself a deal, Sonia. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -Lovely. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:47 | |
I am very pleased with my Queen's shield. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
I think I can be a loyal citizen. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
-You'll have to find a sword now to go with it. -I will! | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
Charlie is also in Northampton. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
This looks interesting, Charlie. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
Our man is having a look around The Old Bakehouse Antiques. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
There are over 60 dealers here. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
Blimey, he's like a dog let off the lead. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
Look at that old projector. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
With its original box. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
"Specto film projector. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
"Wood box and accessories. Bulb not working." | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
Well, you can get a bulb these days for something like that. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
In the mid-1930s, | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
the British company Specto were renowned for their cine projectors. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
During the Second World War, | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
the British government used the projectors to review intelligence | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
captured by British aircraft flying over occupied Europe. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
£110. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:53 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
I'm not going to spend £110 on that. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
But I'd buy it at a price. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
Good to hear, Charlie. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
Ooh, what's that you've found? | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Joy! | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
Look at that. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
A vintage bamboo child's push chair. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
That is fantastic! | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
Original wheels. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
It's got two little wheels at the front here, just to stabilise it. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
The bamboo's in good condition. It is a really unusual object. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:32 | |
And I'm always looking for something quirky and unusual. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
It's got age, it's got quality in a certain sort of way, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:39 | |
it's got originality. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
It is £68. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
I don't think that's untoward. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
That is as charming and historically interesting as that projector. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:54 | |
But he's not finished yet. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
Wonder if his enthusiasm is infectious? | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
Aha! | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
Churchill, bulldog spirit. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
That's a Beswick model there, Toby jug of Churchill. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:11 | |
Beswick Pottery began in the 19th century and produced | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
a lot of commemorative and advertising wares like this one. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
The price tag on the jug is £60. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
I've seen a projector. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
I've seen that - I think - fabulous child's bamboo pushchair. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:30 | |
The sum total of these objects is comfortably over £200. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
I've got £106.76 in total. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:40 | |
Time to strike a deal. Where is Steve? | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
Well, I think you've got a fantastic mix here. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
I've got three things I've completely fallen in love with. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
-There is a projector upstairs with its original box. -Yeah. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
There is a real talking point, which is that bamboo pushchair. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
The other thing, completely differently, | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
is Mr Bulldog Spirit here, Winston Churchill, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
simply because I need a bit of that bulldog spirit | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
to beat old Bingo. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
And some extra cash. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
I'm not going to beat around the bush, I mean, | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
I like those three things. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:12 | |
I don't suppose I'd be able to buy those three things, | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
but I'll tell you what I've got. I've got £106.76. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:20 | |
I can't add to it because that's all I've got. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
-I mean, you're adding up to 230-odd quid. I mean, that's... -Yeah. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
-It depends on what these things have cost. -Yeah. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
If I can't buy the three things... | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
-No, I think we can... -Do you think you could? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
The projector's sat around for a while, so I'd like to get it gone. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
-Has it? -You know, cos you're only taking dust. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
You take the dust with you, don't you? | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
I'll take the dust, I'll clean it, I'll do your washing up... | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
That's good. Oh, yeah, if you're doing the washing up as well... | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
Would you take all I've got for those three? Are you sure? | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
I don't want you... | 0:21:49 | 0:21:50 | |
When I walk out of that door, I don't want you to think, | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
"Mr Ross, honestly!" | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
No, I'll just phone the police. "I've just been robbed." | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
-You are the best dealer I've ever met in my life! -Thanks. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
-Shake me by the hand. You sure? -Oh, yeah... | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
Yeah, let me have it, please. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
Please. And the change. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
Well done, Charlie. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:08 | |
He has blown the last of his cash on three items - | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
the cine projector for £40, | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
the pushchair for 30 | 0:22:14 | 0:22:15 | |
and Churchill jug for £36.76. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:20 | |
That plucky display of buying | 0:22:23 | 0:22:24 | |
and big discounts wraps up our shopping trip. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
Charlie has bought a total of five items - | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
the 1930s leather valise, | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
the antique mirror, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
the cine projector, | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
the Edwardian pushchair and the Beswick Churchill jug. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:41 | |
His purse is empty. £148.76 gone! | 0:22:41 | 0:22:46 | |
James has four items - the 1960s West German vase, | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
the African tribal stool, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
the decorative shield | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
and the 1920s wood block print. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
He is reluctant to let go of his profits | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
and has been very thrifty, spending a total of just £75. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
But what do they think of one another's buys? | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
I think all his things might make a profit, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
simply because he's been so stingy! | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
Would I swap my lots for his? No. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
Charlie and James are travelling south to Bourne End, | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
in Buckinghamshire. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
Bourne End Auctions is where we're headed. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
We're here. Bourne End Auction Rooms. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
This, remember this, Bingo, | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
-cos this is when it turned round. -Really? | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
This is where your frugal behaviour comes back to bite you. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
Ah-ha-ha! | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Simon Brown. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
All quiet then, the auction is about to begin. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
First to go is Charlie with his leather valise. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
Start me at £30, please, for this lot. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
-20 then to start. 20, anybody interested? -Ten. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:03 | |
-20? -Ten. -20? Nobody interested? | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
Ten to start. Ten I'm bid. Got you at ten. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
-You got a bidder. -I recognise that lady. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
Never mind the lady, Charlie. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
-Are we all done at ten on my left? -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
That buyer's got a great deal there. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
James's West German vase is next. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
£10. Ten I'm bid. Yours at ten. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
-Bingo, you are already in at ten. -12. -14. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
16. 18. 20. 20. 22. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
25. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
25. 22 on my right. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
Selling at 22. Are we all done at 22? | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
Got you at 22 on my right now. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
22. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:40 | |
There we are. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:41 | |
All smiles for James as he starts off with a profit. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
It is Charlie's rosewood mirror next. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:49 | |
Start me at £30, please, for this lot. 30. Anybody interested at 30? | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
Nobody interested at 30? 20 then start. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
20, anybody interested? Nobody interested? No? | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
I am moving on. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
-Lot 36 is... -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
What do you mean "moving on"? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
He's moving on. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
Uh-oh. This no sale means it will be added into your next leg's auction. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:14 | |
-Moving on. -Do you think he might not sell any of my items? | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
Surely not. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:20 | |
It's James's tribal stool next. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Who will start me at 20, please, for this lot? 20 I'm bid. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
22. 25. 27. 30. 32. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
35. 37. 40. 42. 45. 47. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
50. 55. 60. 65. 60 in the corner. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
Selling at 60. Yours at 60. Are we all done at 60? | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
On my right. Selling at 60 now. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
Marvellous! | 0:25:45 | 0:25:46 | |
Absolutely. Thank the good people of Bourne. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
Well done, James, another great profit. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
James is in the lead. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Can Charlie ramp up his profits with the cine projector? | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
Who will start me at £30, please, for this? | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
-30 I'm bid. Yours at 30. -What? -Are we all done at 30? | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
Maiden bid. Selling at 30 on my left. Yours at 30. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
With William, are we all done at £30 now? | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Marvellous, that's only a small loss there. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
At least you got a bid on that. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
Yeah, but not a profit. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:17 | |
Maybe blowing the whole budget was a bit hasty. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
Don't dwell on the figures, Charlie. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
I've got to because I've got to go shopping again, Bingo. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
And at this rate, I won't even be able to buy a West German vase. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
-Oh, because you spent...? -I spent all my money! | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
-JAMES LAUGHS -So... | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
Whoops, Charlie! | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
James's turn now with the big decorative shield. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
40 anybody interested? 40 I'm bid. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
With Martin at 40. Yours at 40. 42. 45. 45 with Martin. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:47 | |
Selling at 45. Are we all done at 45? Got you at 45 on my left now. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:52 | |
That'll do me. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
JAMES LAUGHS | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
So far, James is enjoying profits on every item. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
In round terms, | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
-it's the biggest ever thrashing... -Really, why? -..in Road Trip history. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:07 | |
Profit, loss. Profit, not even a bid. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
Profit, loss. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
Are we setting a trend here now? | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
For your sake, Charlie, let's hope not. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
It's your Edwardian pushchair next. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
Who will start me at £50, please, for this lot? Interesting lot at 50. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:26 | |
Anybody interested? 40 then to start. 40, nobody interested? | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
40 I'm bid. Selling at 40. Yours at 40. 42. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
45. 42 in front. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Selling at 42. Are we all done at 42? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
On my left now, got you at 42. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
Well done. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:42 | |
A profit, hurrah! But sadly, not enough to catch up with James. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
-Well done. -Keep the hanky in reserve. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
Well, that goes into the kitty. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:51 | |
It's James's last item of the day - the wood block print. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
Who will start me at £20, please, for this lot? | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
20, anybody interested? At 20. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
Ten then to start. £10. Ten I'm bid. Selling at ten. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
-Ten? -Are we all done? | 0:28:05 | 0:28:06 | |
Maiden bid, got you at ten. Selling at £10. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:10 | |
First loss of the day, though, for you, James. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
And you are still way ahead of Charlie. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
It's all or nothing with Charlie's last lot of the day - | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
the Churchill jug. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
Wouldn't it be fun if he got to my character jug and said, | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
"I have four commission bids... | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
-Yeah. -"..and I'm going to start at 320." | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
It would be fun. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
Unbelievable, but fun. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
It would be. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
-MIMICS CHURCHILL: -'My last chance... | 0:28:35 | 0:28:37 | |
'for profit.' | 0:28:37 | 0:28:38 | |
100, I'm bid. 110. 120. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
130. 140. 150. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
160. 170. 180. 190. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
180 standing. Selling at 180. Are we all done at 180? | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
Yours at 180. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:51 | |
Winston's has come good. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:56 | |
-'We did fight them on the beaches.' -We did. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
Unbelievable! Saved by Winston at the 11th hour, Charlie. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
Excellent stuff. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
-That is a surprise. -COCKILY: -Well, I didn't think so... | 0:29:05 | 0:29:10 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
Has Charlie done enough to get back into the game? | 0:29:14 | 0:29:17 | |
James started the third leg with £433.50. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:22 | |
His frugality made him a profit | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
of £37.34 after auction house costs. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:29 | |
James has a total of £470.84 for the next leg. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:34 | |
Charlie began this leg with £148.76. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:42 | |
Astounding success with the Churchill jug means that | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
Charlie wins this leg with a profit of £66.08 after costs. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:51 | |
He now has £214.84 to take forwards. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:56 | |
And the road trip wheels keep moving! | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
We're on to the penultimate leg with Charlie and James. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:05 | |
And Charlie's starting the day with a refreshing drink of water... | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
-It's gone all over my face. -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:30:10 | 0:30:13 | |
Oh! It's gone over my trousers. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
In fact, you've got water all over you now. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
Oh, it's gone everywhere! | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
Oh, poor old love. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:21 | |
The boys are kicking off in Rushden, | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
and they'll then shop their way to auction in St Alban's, | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
Hertfordshire. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
-Pleasure to be driven by you. -Ah, very fine. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Charlie's off for a nosey in Continental Collectables. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
Oh, look at that canework seat! | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
I was going to say evocative of the '30s, | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
but, actually, it can't be, because it says 1948 on it! | 0:30:52 | 0:30:57 | |
"Madeira." | 0:30:57 | 0:30:58 | |
That's wonderful! Madeira - a place and also a drink. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:02 | |
Have some Madeira, m'dear. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:04 | |
MUSIC: Madeira, M'dear by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
# Have some Madeira, m'dear | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
# You really have nothing to fear | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
# I'm not trying to tempt you | 0:31:13 | 0:31:14 | |
# That wouldn't be right | 0:31:14 | 0:31:15 | |
# You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
# Have some Madeira, m'dear. # | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
Ah! | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
Oh, dear... | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
Oh, dear, m'dear. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:28 | |
Well, it's a BIT tatty. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
"Madeira" - do you think that came off a ship called Madeira? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
I don't think it's called a Madeira chair. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
Perhaps dealer Ralph can shed some light... | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
-They're made in Madeira. -They were? | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
They're renowned in Madeira for making wickerwork | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
and they were sold to the tourists who came off the steamer ships. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
I would buy that if it was devilish cheap... | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
but I see it's priceless, cos it hasn't even got a label on it! | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
-It could be devilishly cheap. -Could it? | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
We'll make it easy, £10. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
I can't resist that. Ralph, that's the quickest purchase and... | 0:32:04 | 0:32:09 | |
Do you know, every time I get really enthusiastic | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
about something, it fails, but this can't fail. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
-Well, at £10... -And, you know, | 0:32:14 | 0:32:15 | |
my opposition is going to be jealous of that. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:19 | |
I'm not so sure... HE CHUCKLES | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
Anything else grab you? | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
How about those nice little bottle coasters? | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
I like those. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:32 | |
Certainly silver plate coasters. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
-Got a bit of age, haven't they? -Yes. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:40 | |
I like it when silver plate is rubbed like that... | 0:32:40 | 0:32:45 | |
-You see the copper. -..and the copper comes shining through. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
Um... | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
-but they're knackered. -I had £40 on the pair. -Did you? -Yes. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
Are they are buyable for me? | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
You can have them for 25. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:57 | |
Well, now I think they'd make 25 at auction. That's my trouble. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
Something to think about, then. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:05 | |
Meanwhile, James is moving on towards St Neots, | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
and his first shop of the day. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
Hello...James. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
Hello, James, I'm Jacqueline. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
Hello, Jacqueline. What a lovely place. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
Although Jacqueline specialises in jewellery, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
there's also plenty of furniture, | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
collectables and memorabilia on offer. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
Jacqueline, I'm a great fan, | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
I'm a great fan of the bamboo... | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
Right. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:39 | |
..cos I think it's just one of the most fabulous materials. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:43 | |
It's so strong, it is the sum of parts. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
You can work it very quickly and cheaply, very cheap material, | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
and yet you can make out of that bamboo, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
out of the thing that's growing in your garden, | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
you can make two, very stylish | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
'60s, '70s side tables. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:04 | |
-Look at that. -Lovely in a conservatory. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
Quite fun. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:09 | |
If you had a '60s... If you had a contemporary house, | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
you could easily add these. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:13 | |
This is very much Margo and Jerry territory, isn't it? | 0:34:13 | 0:34:17 | |
-THE GOOD LIFE THEME TUNE PLAYS -Oh, definitely. The Good Life? | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
The Good Life. I'd like those, they're very stylish, very simple... | 0:34:20 | 0:34:26 | |
Good price. I know the dealer very well. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
Very good price. He's very keen. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
-Is he? -Mmm. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Keen on prices? What has he got? 12 for the two? | 0:34:33 | 0:34:37 | |
It'll be 12 each, I should imagine. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
He's got two after it. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
Yes, we'll do 12 for the two. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
-12, right, come on, put it here. -Yes. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
-BOTH: -Well done. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:47 | |
Thank you very much indeed. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
See, first one in the bag! Thank you, goodbye. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
And good work, James. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:54 | |
What's he up to now, then? | 0:34:55 | 0:34:56 | |
I'm just texting Charlie because he's always berating me | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
about getting my hand deeper into my pocket. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
I just wanted to give him the good news | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
that I have frugally spent £12. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:09 | |
He's going to love it. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:10 | |
James knows his shrewd tactic of spending less | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
gets Charlie's goat. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
Cor, what a scamp, eh? | 0:35:16 | 0:35:17 | |
Speaking of Charlie, looks like he's spotted an old friend... | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
Ooh... Ah, ha! | 0:35:22 | 0:35:24 | |
My largest success so far on this trip | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
has been thanks to Winston Churchill. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
Well, you have an interesting one there. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
Oh, blimey. Someone's given it a right bashing. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
It says silver, but that appears to be silver-plate to me. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
I think the medallion in the centre is the silver. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
It's hallmarked... | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
Ah, clever, so the medallion of Churchill is silver | 0:35:45 | 0:35:50 | |
and the dish is plated. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:53 | |
Ticket price is £100. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
Very best would have to be... | 0:35:56 | 0:35:58 | |
..60. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
That's a gamble lot, isn't it? | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
A couple of people like Churchill, they could get stuck into that. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
Right... | 0:36:06 | 0:36:07 | |
If I rolled Churchill in with a couple of coasters, | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
would that shave them at all...? Or not? | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
-No, I don't want you losing money... -60 for the pair of coasters. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
-The pair of coasters and the dish... -..is the very best. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:21 | |
I think that's incredibly generous. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
I've got to keep Churchill going. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
-Are you happy with that? -Yes. -Let's put it there. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
-Thank you very much. -60 quid and Madeira was a tenner. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:33 | |
-70 quid. -£70. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
Three items! | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
Shopping made easy by Ralph! | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
Good work, Charlie. Three lots with potential in your first shop. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
James, meanwhile, has made his way to Bedford. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
In the 17th century, this town became the focus of a brutal crackdown | 0:36:53 | 0:36:57 | |
on religious freedom. | 0:36:57 | 0:36:58 | |
At a time when the church, Parliament and the monarchy | 0:36:59 | 0:37:02 | |
were in turmoil, | 0:37:02 | 0:37:03 | |
there was one man who stood fast in his beliefs - John Bunyan. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:07 | |
He was jailed in Bedford for being one of the country's most radical religious thinkers | 0:37:09 | 0:37:13 | |
and went on to write a revolutionary book | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
that would rival the Bible's popularity around the world. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Here to tell James more is John Bunyan Museum curator | 0:37:21 | 0:37:26 | |
Nicola Sherwood. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:27 | |
I come seeking Bunyan! Tell me all about him. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
Well, he was born in Elstow | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
and his family had lived there for generations. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:34 | |
Bunyan, as a sort of a slightly hot-headed teenager, | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
16, decided to join the army | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
and went to fight for Oliver Cromwell and Parliament. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
The young Bunyan had entered the English Civil War. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
This was one of the most turbulent times in British history, | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
resulting in the abolition of the monarchy | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
and the establishment of a republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:56 | |
This heralded a period of religious freedom for England | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
and a time of great religious discovery for Bunyan. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
When did the light shine for him? | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
It was really when he returned back to Elstow | 0:38:08 | 0:38:12 | |
when suddenly this voice came into his head to sort of say, | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
"Wilt thou have thy sin and go to hell? | 0:38:15 | 0:38:20 | |
"Or wilt thou leave thy sin and go to heaven?" | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
Heaven. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:24 | |
From that moment on, Bunyan's life was changed for ever. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:30 | |
He renounced the Church of England and began to preach | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
his nonconformist message around the country with great success. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:37 | |
But within just seven years, | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
the country underwent another radical change | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
and religious freedom came to an end. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
With the return of the King and the monarchy in 1660, | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
basically they felt that the way to reunify the country | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
was to reunify religion | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
and bring everyone back under the Anglican Church of England | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
and get people to start following the Common Book Of Prayer, | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
having people ordained rather than just anyone being allowed to preach. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:07 | |
So when the clampdown came with the restoration of the monarchy, | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
-what happened to dear old Bunyan then? -Well, he ignored it, basically. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:15 | |
He carried on preaching. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
He carried on around the country, People... | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
He was becoming very famous, very popular. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
He was starting to be perceived as a bit of a threat by the establishment... | 0:39:25 | 0:39:30 | |
-Because he was outspoken? -Yes. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
Exactly, so an arrest warrant was put out which had 13 signatures, | 0:39:32 | 0:39:38 | |
when, actually, only two would have been necessary. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
As a prominent nonconformist, | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
Bunyan was arrested whilst speaking just outside Bedford | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
and was imprisoned in the county jail in November 1660. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
Bunyan ended up being put in prison, basically, indefinitely. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
He ended up spending 12 years. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
So we see Bunyan here, writing. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
Did he start writing in jail? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:02 | |
Certainly, his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
We know he probably wrote that during his 12 years. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
We do believe he got the idea for the Pilgrim's Progress | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
-and started sketching that out. -And this was his big book. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
That was THE book, the one that made him famous | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
and that has gone on to be so incredibly well regarded around the world. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
Bunyan was finally released from prison in 1672, | 0:40:23 | 0:40:27 | |
thanks to a law of religious clemency introduced by the new monarch, Charles II. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:32 | |
Bunyan went straight back to preaching | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
and completed his greatest work, The Pilgrim's Progress, | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
a simple tale of good versus evil. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:44 | |
It tells the story of a pilgrimage through this world to the afterlife. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
From its first publication in 1678, | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
it was an instant success. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
He did a sort of synopsis of the Bible. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
He repackaged it. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
Yes, basically, he sort of nailed it in terms of a simple, clear message | 0:41:00 | 0:41:06 | |
that anyone... it doesn't even have to be a Christian message. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
It is the simple, how to live a good life. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
Because it was such a simple story, | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
it was used by the missionaries to go out to other countries | 0:41:15 | 0:41:20 | |
and to share the Christian word | 0:41:20 | 0:41:22 | |
and the Bible in a much simpler way than getting them to read the Bible. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:26 | |
-Yes. -So there are over 200 languages | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
-and dialects that it's been translated into. -Oh, did it? | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
At one point, there were more copies of Pilgrim's Progress | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
than there were the Bible in working people's houses. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
Goodness! | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
Bunyan wrote about 60 books and pamphlets | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
and continued preaching right up to his death from illness | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
at the age of 59. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
But the one he will forever be remembered for, | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
The Pilgrim's Progress, has been continuously in print | 0:41:52 | 0:41:55 | |
from its first release over 300 years ago to the present day. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:59 | |
Charlie's journeyed west to the market town of Wellingborough | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
in Northamptonshire. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:06 | |
After his buying frenzy this morning, | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
what will Charlie uncover at Hunters Antiques? | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
Feast my eyes on the cabinet. There's loads of stuff in it. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
Now that is quirky and original, Nick. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
-You have a gun. -We do, we do. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:29 | |
Or rather a novelty pipe in the shape of a gun. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
Hang on one second, I'll get it out for you. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:34 | |
There we go, sir. | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
Is that Bakelite? | 0:42:40 | 0:42:41 | |
I think so, I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:43 | |
Bakelite and briar pipe. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
Inexpensive, but I dare say the auctioneer would want | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
to sell that for ten quid or something, wouldn't he? | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
It's been knocking around for a bit. I don't think you'd see another... | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
I think that's probably the best part of 50 years old. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
I don't suppose that could be insultingly cheap, could it? | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
Like a fiver or something? | 0:43:02 | 0:43:03 | |
I think the auctioneer might sell that for a tenner... | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
-Yeah, I could do that. -As they say, there's not much downside. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:10 | |
-THEY LAUGH -You can't lose a lot on it, no. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:12 | |
-Sold, sir. -Well done, thank you. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 | |
-That's not going to make you the richest man... -No... | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
..in Wellingborough, but there we go. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:19 | |
Charlie might not have risked much on the pipe, | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
but novelty items often do well at auction, so it could be a canny buy. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:26 | |
With that final purchase of the day, | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
it's time for a well-earned sleep, so nighty-night... | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
# Good morning, world, it's a brand-new day! # | 0:43:36 | 0:43:38 | |
Oh, yes! | 0:43:38 | 0:43:39 | |
First stop of the day is Woburn in Bedfordshire. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:45 | |
With only one lot bought so far, | 0:43:47 | 0:43:48 | |
James has some serious shopping to do. | 0:43:48 | 0:43:51 | |
DOORBELL TINKLES | 0:43:51 | 0:43:52 | |
-Hello. -Hello, James. -Hello, Alvin. Very nice to meet you. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:56 | |
-Nice to see you. -Good. So this is your emporium? | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
Well, shop. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:01 | |
Shop! It's quite a big shop, isn't it? | 0:44:01 | 0:44:04 | |
You'd better get on with it, then. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
He's on to more bamboo, look. | 0:44:10 | 0:44:12 | |
Nice bit of bamboo. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:15 | |
Incredibly light. | 0:44:15 | 0:44:17 | |
Now, this is very much your Victorian bamboo - | 0:44:17 | 0:44:20 | |
aspidistra flowing out of the brass pot... | 0:44:20 | 0:44:23 | |
But do people want that in a modern interior? That's the difficulty. | 0:44:24 | 0:44:29 | |
Quite fun if you did have a nice conservatory. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
Ah, just the man! | 0:44:32 | 0:44:34 | |
Something like 28? Could that buy it? | 0:44:36 | 0:44:39 | |
Don't look at the label, no clues. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:40 | |
The ticket says 50. | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
-No. -No. OK, that's all right. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:46 | |
£40 you can have it for. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:48 | |
Now, I'm going to look at other items | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
-and I might do a collective. -OK. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:53 | |
Smart thinking. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:54 | |
Now what's he onto? | 0:44:59 | 0:45:00 | |
I quite like this little lot. | 0:45:01 | 0:45:03 | |
I've always loved picnic cups | 0:45:03 | 0:45:06 | |
and you've got six there, which is really unusual. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:09 | |
They fit together in the cases there. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
Worth a closer look, I guess. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:14 | |
I suppose you'd call it a nest, wouldn't you? | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
Well, yeah. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:17 | |
This is-this is... Very fine maker - Hukin and Heath. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:21 | |
-And look... -They sit together... -They just fall beautifully, | 0:45:21 | 0:45:26 | |
so when people were motoring and various things like this... | 0:45:26 | 0:45:29 | |
And there's a leather case, which is a little bit tired. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:32 | |
And they're gilded inside, of course, which is... | 0:45:32 | 0:45:34 | |
-Quite like those. -They're quite cheap, I think. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
-They might join the planter in the great scheme of things... -Right. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:44 | |
Another possibility. | 0:45:44 | 0:45:45 | |
Anything else before you go in for the deal, James? | 0:45:46 | 0:45:50 | |
-Now, I quite like the look of that. -OK. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:53 | |
So games are always quite fun. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:55 | |
-That's quite big, isn't it? -It's unusual, this size. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
They are normally quite a bit smaller than that. | 0:45:57 | 0:46:00 | |
So that's... This is a solitaire board. | 0:46:00 | 0:46:02 | |
-It's quite nice having the big marbles, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:05 | |
They are obviously all original. | 0:46:05 | 0:46:07 | |
I guess this is best part of 100 years old. | 0:46:07 | 0:46:11 | |
-Yeah. I think it... It looks 1920s, doesn't it? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:15 | |
So I like the bamboo, the brass pot... | 0:46:15 | 0:46:19 | |
I like the Hukin and Heath | 0:46:19 | 0:46:20 | |
and I like this. | 0:46:20 | 0:46:22 | |
Could the lot be bought for, say, 95? | 0:46:22 | 0:46:25 | |
Erm... They are all priced around the 40, 45 mark, aren't they? | 0:46:25 | 0:46:30 | |
I'm looking for a discount! | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
You're not a million miles away. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:35 | |
Ooh! Is there a little chink of hope there? | 0:46:35 | 0:46:38 | |
Let's say 110. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
Let's say 100. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:43 | |
-105 and you've got it. -105 and you've got it? | 0:46:43 | 0:46:47 | |
Cor... | 0:46:47 | 0:46:48 | |
I got the feeling it's 105, isn't it? | 0:46:48 | 0:46:51 | |
-It is. Thank you, James. -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:46:51 | 0:46:53 | |
You're slightly frightening, I was going to chance me arm. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:58 | |
Well, some serious shopping done there with three lots bought. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:03 | |
James has now moved onwards to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, | 0:47:05 | 0:47:10 | |
and home, it would seem, to a rather large family of Canada geese. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:15 | |
Look at that! | 0:47:15 | 0:47:17 | |
James has one last shop of the day. | 0:47:17 | 0:47:20 | |
-Charming weather out there, isn't it? -It's lovely, isn't it? Hello. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
-James. -Mags. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:26 | |
Hello, nice to meet you, Mags. | 0:47:26 | 0:47:29 | |
Fenny Antiques is full of the combined treasures of 40 dealers. | 0:47:29 | 0:47:34 | |
-Anything upstairs? -Only general furniture. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:38 | |
Only general furniture. | 0:47:38 | 0:47:40 | |
Ooh! I might have a look up there. | 0:47:40 | 0:47:42 | |
That's quite nice. I've got a carpet here... | 0:47:45 | 0:47:47 | |
..and it's tapestry | 0:47:52 | 0:47:53 | |
and this is known as a design called aubusson | 0:47:53 | 0:47:57 | |
and it comes from... The designs come from France | 0:47:57 | 0:48:00 | |
and they're very often these, sort of, light colours. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:05 | |
You know, there is evidence of craft here. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:08 | |
Look at the back of it. | 0:48:08 | 0:48:09 | |
(For £20. I think that's quite a good deal.) | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
Can Mags do an even better deal? | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
It's got a couple of wine stains and things... | 0:48:19 | 0:48:21 | |
Fortunately it hasn't got a hole - I've checked it all over for a hole. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:25 | |
Hasn't got the moth, which I'm pleased about. | 0:48:25 | 0:48:28 | |
I wouldn't mind buying it for a tenner, if that's possible? | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
OK, I'll go a tenner. | 0:48:31 | 0:48:32 | |
Do you? Oh, well done, Mags. | 0:48:32 | 0:48:35 | |
Well done. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
With one aubusson rug bagged for half price, | 0:48:37 | 0:48:41 | |
both our boys are bought up. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:43 | |
James spent a total of £127 on five lots - | 0:48:48 | 0:48:53 | |
the pair of bamboo wine tables, | 0:48:53 | 0:48:55 | |
the late Victorian bamboo plant stand and planter, | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
the nest of picnic cups, | 0:48:58 | 0:49:01 | |
the hardwood solitaire board | 0:49:01 | 0:49:04 | |
and the aubusson wool carpet. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:05 | |
Charlie spent less, shelling out £75 on four lots - | 0:49:07 | 0:49:11 | |
the Madeira wicker chair, | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
the Churchill centenary dish, | 0:49:13 | 0:49:16 | |
the late Victorian plated bottle coasters | 0:49:16 | 0:49:19 | |
and the vintage novelty pipe. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:21 | |
He will also take his unsold rosewood mirror | 0:49:22 | 0:49:25 | |
from the last auction to this auction. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:28 | |
So what do they think of each other's lots? | 0:49:28 | 0:49:31 | |
That pipe! Now, there's no excuse for that pipe. | 0:49:31 | 0:49:34 | |
It's quite fun that it's in the style of a colt 45, | 0:49:34 | 0:49:38 | |
but at the end of the day, it's a pipe and it's a fiver. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:41 | |
As for your rug at a tenner? | 0:49:41 | 0:49:44 | |
(Well, off to the skip with that!) | 0:49:44 | 0:49:47 | |
After starting this leg in Rushden, | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
our experts are now motoring south | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
towards auction in St Albans, Hertfordshire. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:54 | |
Go on! | 0:49:56 | 0:49:58 | |
Our boys will battle it out at Hertfordshire Auctioneers. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
Chris Small will be wielding the gavel today. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
We've got bidders in the room and online. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:08 | |
Get comfy, chaps, the games are about to begin. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:10 | |
At £10, at £10... | 0:50:10 | 0:50:11 | |
-JAMES SIGHS -Here we are. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:13 | |
-Back in your favourite position. -I know. | 0:50:13 | 0:50:15 | |
-Front row of the stalls. -Front row, I'm looking forward to this. | 0:50:15 | 0:50:20 | |
Well, you're up first, James, | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
with the late Victorian bamboo stand and planter. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:25 | |
-15, you've got 15, have you? -Ooh! | 0:50:25 | 0:50:27 | |
15, I've got. £15 I've got. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
And 20, Steve at 20. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:31 | |
-Taking off now, James. -Taking off. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:33 | |
At 20, I've got now, £20 I've got. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:35 | |
20 for this one, at £20 for the bamboo, | 0:50:35 | 0:50:39 | |
plant stand and brass pot there. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
£20 only I'm bid. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
All done with that one at £20? | 0:50:43 | 0:50:44 | |
-Mmm, James. -£20. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:47 | |
You've halved your money! | 0:50:47 | 0:50:48 | |
-Half my money. -Less a little commission... | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
You're coming back to join me, James. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
You're coming back! | 0:50:53 | 0:50:55 | |
Much to Charlie's delight, that's a disappointing start for James. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
Will his pair of 1970s bamboo tables do a bit better? | 0:51:01 | 0:51:05 | |
Bid me a tenner, who's in? | 0:51:05 | 0:51:07 | |
-Yes! -Quiet! -Ooh! | 0:51:07 | 0:51:09 | |
'£5.' | 0:51:09 | 0:51:10 | |
-Ooh, that's a man! -Cheeky monkey! -I've got 5, it's a bid, it's a bid! | 0:51:10 | 0:51:13 | |
£5 I've got. | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
10 bid, £15 got. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:17 | |
£15 I've got. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:18 | |
-See, he's out. -15, got now at 18. -18. Keep going. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:22 | |
18 and 20, bid 20. | 0:51:22 | 0:51:24 | |
You're riding it now, James. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
-22. -Ooh! | 0:51:26 | 0:51:28 | |
£22 I'm bid. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:29 | |
Uncharted territory. | 0:51:29 | 0:51:32 | |
Amazing. £22 I am bid for these. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
Any more now at £22? | 0:51:35 | 0:51:38 | |
Can't be! | 0:51:38 | 0:51:39 | |
-22 salvaged. -That's marvellous. | 0:51:39 | 0:51:42 | |
Indeed, bravo, James. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:44 | |
Charlie, m'dear, it's your Madeira chair. | 0:51:45 | 0:51:48 | |
-Ten I've got, thank you, at ten. -Well done. -We're away. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
£12, 12 I've got. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
12 I've got now. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:55 | |
It's from Madeira, m'dear! | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
1948 Madeira sunlounger there. | 0:51:57 | 0:52:00 | |
£12 is bid to my left, at £12 for it. Is there any more now? | 0:52:00 | 0:52:03 | |
£12 for the sunlounger? | 0:52:03 | 0:52:05 | |
-It's got to go, then. -It's a profit. | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
£12, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
Oh, dear! Once, twice and... | 0:52:09 | 0:52:11 | |
Ooh! | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
It's like a bullet through the heart. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:17 | |
I don't think he's taking it very well. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:19 | |
-I feel a moistening of the eye. -JAMES CHUCKLES | 0:52:19 | 0:52:23 | |
Come on, chaps, dry those eyes. | 0:52:23 | 0:52:25 | |
Your rosewood mirror that failed to sell at the last auction is up next. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:29 | |
Start me at 20, who's in? | 0:52:29 | 0:52:32 | |
20, 30 I'm bid. Goodness me. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:34 | |
Oh, come on, folks - lovely thing. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
-£30. -Thank goodness for that, Charlie. | 0:52:36 | 0:52:39 | |
30 on the net, £30 I'm bid this one. Is there any more now? | 0:52:39 | 0:52:42 | |
At £30 on this one. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
£30, doubling money. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:46 | |
-Good work, sir. -Well done. | 0:52:46 | 0:52:49 | |
Well done. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
A lovely profit and Charlie can finally say farewell to the mirror | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
and we don't have to cart it round any more. | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
Can Charlie's luck continue with his silver-plated bottle coasters? | 0:52:57 | 0:53:01 | |
-20, got 20 I'm bid straight in. -20, straight in. -20! Straight in! | 0:53:01 | 0:53:05 | |
At 20 I'm bid these, at £20 I've got. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:08 | |
Nearly all the bidding is online, isn't it? | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
I don't know what all these people are here for. | 0:53:11 | 0:53:13 | |
£20 I've got now. It's the net bidder at £20. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:16 | |
Are you done with them? | 0:53:16 | 0:53:17 | |
-He'll be delighted. -Gone! -£20. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
-I think the buyer will be over the moon. -Yeah. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
Someone's bagged themselves a real bargain there. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
Charlie's up again now with his Bakelite pipe shaped like a gun. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:29 | |
20, thank you, straight in. £20 I got. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:33 | |
20 I'm bid, it's on the net. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:34 | |
£20 I've got. 20 and 5, 25. | 0:53:34 | 0:53:37 | |
-In with... -25, madam. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
Got this in the room now, | 0:53:39 | 0:53:40 | |
25 I've got, lady's bid. Are we selling? | 0:53:40 | 0:53:43 | |
-30, back in. -Oh! | 0:53:43 | 0:53:44 | |
-No! -35. -35. -35. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
35, got. 35, it's in the room now. | 0:53:47 | 0:53:50 | |
Net bidder, you're out at £35. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:52 | |
Selling it once, twice... | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
-Well done. -Thank you, madam. -Well done. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:01 | |
What a result. Fabulous profit there for Charlie | 0:54:02 | 0:54:04 | |
and something to bang on about. Huh! | 0:54:04 | 0:54:06 | |
Auctioneer Chris' son James is taking the helm now. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:09 | |
And it's the turn of | 0:54:11 | 0:54:12 | |
James Braxton's hardwood solitaire board with marbles... | 0:54:12 | 0:54:15 | |
£10 I'm bid. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:16 | |
At ten on this, at £10 I'm bid. | 0:54:16 | 0:54:17 | |
-Keep going! -12 on the net. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:19 | |
-12 on the net. -Here we go. -Keep going. | 0:54:19 | 0:54:22 | |
Back in. £15 now, 15. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:24 | |
Are we all done then? | 0:54:24 | 0:54:25 | |
-Oh, here we are, madam. -New bidder at £18. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:27 | |
£18 now. At 20. You got 20. | 0:54:27 | 0:54:30 | |
-Over at 20, you're out. -Keep going, madam! | 0:54:30 | 0:54:32 | |
At £20 in the furniture. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:33 | |
Do you want two? At 22, says no. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
-At £22, I'm bid at £22. -25? -At £22 I'm bid. At 22 on this. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:40 | |
Down the front at £22 in. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
Last warning at £22... | 0:54:42 | 0:54:44 | |
-Nearly bailed you out. -Nearly. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
Thank you, madam, thank you. Thank you. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:50 | |
James seems pretty relieved with that result. | 0:54:50 | 0:54:55 | |
Charlie's final lot - | 0:54:55 | 0:54:56 | |
the commemorative Churchill dish. | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
-Start me at 20. -Oh. | 0:54:59 | 0:55:01 | |
20 I've got, at 20 now. | 0:55:01 | 0:55:03 | |
-20 on the internet. -22. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:04 | |
At 22, got 28. 28, 28, 28. £28 | 0:55:04 | 0:55:08 | |
I'm bid and 30. At 30, got 30. | 0:55:08 | 0:55:10 | |
-30. -Come on, we need to get on a bit here. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
This is Winston Churchill, this isn't Enid Blyton. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:16 | |
The saviour of a nation. | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
With the box, as well. £30. | 0:55:18 | 0:55:20 | |
-With the box! -At 30. | 0:55:20 | 0:55:22 | |
32, at £32. 32. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:24 | |
35. 38. 38, bid 38. | 0:55:24 | 0:55:27 | |
38. Now were getting there. | 0:55:27 | 0:55:29 | |
-We're getting there. -At 40. I've got 40. -We need a bit more, sir. | 0:55:29 | 0:55:32 | |
42, got 42. At 42. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:34 | |
At £42. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:35 | |
That should be enough. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:37 | |
No, no, no. I think we need a little more. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
-48, got 48. -It is Churchill. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:40 | |
At £48 I'm bid. Any more? | 0:55:40 | 0:55:43 | |
At £48 - are we all done in the room and on the net at £48, then? | 0:55:43 | 0:55:46 | |
Hammer's up. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:48 | |
-Well done. -A rollercoaster. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:52 | |
Churchill does Charlie proud again. | 0:55:52 | 0:55:54 | |
Another profit. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:55 | |
Will James' six plated picnic cups prove popular? | 0:55:56 | 0:56:00 | |
Bid 20, got 20 at £20 in the room. | 0:56:00 | 0:56:03 | |
And two, and five, and 25. | 0:56:03 | 0:56:05 | |
Got 25, at 25. At 28, got 28, at 30... | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
Now we're going! | 0:56:09 | 0:56:10 | |
-At £30 I'm bid for this. -30. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:12 | |
-30, 2, 5, 35. -James! -At £35 I'm bid. | 0:56:12 | 0:56:16 | |
35, 38, 40, at £40 I'm bid. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:20 | |
At £40 now, 42, 45. | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
£45, 45. Still cheap for these. | 0:56:23 | 0:56:26 | |
-Hukin and Heath. -48, at 48. | 0:56:26 | 0:56:29 | |
They're a good size, aren't they? | 0:56:29 | 0:56:31 | |
-At £48. -Go on, go 50. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:34 | |
-50! -At £48 I'm bid. | 0:56:34 | 0:56:36 | |
Are we all done at 48? | 0:56:36 | 0:56:37 | |
Nice little profit there. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:40 | |
It's their last lot of the day | 0:56:41 | 0:56:43 | |
and to have any chance of winning this leg, | 0:56:43 | 0:56:46 | |
James needs a good result on his aubusson rug. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:50 | |
Here we are, here we go. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:51 | |
My bids, then. I've got 10, £15 I'm bid. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:54 | |
-At 15 on this, 15. -15. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:55 | |
At £15. I'm bid at 15. At 15, 20, 5... 25. | 0:56:55 | 0:56:59 | |
-Keep going. -Bid 30, got 30. -Back in the room | 0:56:59 | 0:57:01 | |
Keep him rocking on! Come on. | 0:57:01 | 0:57:03 | |
I'm out at £30. £30 I'm bid. | 0:57:03 | 0:57:05 | |
35? Got 35. | 0:57:05 | 0:57:08 | |
-Well done. -At 35. At £35 I'm bid. | 0:57:08 | 0:57:10 | |
At 35 I'm bid. Says no. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:12 | |
At £35 I'm bid. At 35 on this. Any more? | 0:57:12 | 0:57:16 | |
-At £35 are you out? -No! We need another one! | 0:57:16 | 0:57:20 | |
Once, twice, third and final time at £35... | 0:57:20 | 0:57:23 | |
Serious triumph, though, 10 to 35. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
10 to 35! | 0:57:28 | 0:57:30 | |
Lovely profit there for James. | 0:57:30 | 0:57:32 | |
But has he done enough to win this leg? | 0:57:32 | 0:57:34 | |
James began with £470.84. | 0:57:35 | 0:57:39 | |
After auction costs, he made a small loss of £6.46, | 0:57:39 | 0:57:44 | |
but he still goes into the last leg in the overall lead | 0:57:44 | 0:57:47 | |
with a fantastic £464.38 | 0:57:47 | 0:57:51 | |
and he's looking very prosperous, if you don't mind my saying so. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:55 | |
Charlie started this leg with £214.84. | 0:57:57 | 0:58:01 | |
He made a profit of £43.90 after auction costs, | 0:58:01 | 0:58:06 | |
which means he goes into the final leg with £258.74 | 0:58:06 | 0:58:11 | |
and is crowned today's winner. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 | |
Well done, old bean. | 0:58:14 | 0:58:16 | |
Very good, sir, very good. | 0:58:16 | 0:58:17 | |
Well, as the winner, winner takes all. | 0:58:17 | 0:58:19 | |
-Thank you very much, sir. -Thank you. -Take me away. -Take you away. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:22 | |
-Where to, sir? -Somewhere exotic. -Exotic, sir. | 0:58:22 | 0:58:26 | |
Ah, home, James. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:28 | |
See you soon, road trippers! | 0:58:28 | 0:58:30 |