0:00:02 > 0:00:03It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- This is beautiful. - That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12With £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Joy.- Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It's the final leg for auctioneers Christina Trevanion
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and Thomas Plant.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49So, it's been a total pleasure crossing these Celtic countries,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and it's your last chance to tell me how much you love me.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54LAUGHTER
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Christina was bowled over in Ireland.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59The people are so friendly and so sweet.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And Thomas was wowed by Wales.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Some lovely things here.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Their 1962 Bedford van has done them proud so far,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13especially as it was made before it was compulsory to fit seatbelts.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Both our experts started this trip with £200.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25Despite triumphing at two out of four auctions so far,
0:01:25 > 0:01:31Thomas has less than he started with, just £186.14.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Christina took an early lead and hung on to most of her winnings,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39so has £269.07.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46You are a tiny snifter away from me now.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47You have held the lead all week.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I have held the lead all week, and I have a very sneaky feeling
0:01:50 > 0:01:53you might just pip me to the post at the very last minute.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Their adventure began in Cashel, Tipperary.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01After tootling around Ireland, they crossed into North Wales,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04then over to England, where they'll be finishing up
0:02:04 > 0:02:08over 700 miles later in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Today's trip gets underway at Gwersyllt, Wrexham,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17aiming for auction in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I love your new jumper.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- I know you do! - It's gorgeous.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Look, look!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Oh, we're matching. Slightly matching.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36This former coal-mining village is snazzy dresser Thomas'
0:02:36 > 0:02:37first stop this morning.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I'm feeling, you know, positively wealthy.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Well, I think you should spend it all.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Well, you never know. I might do.- Enjoy.- Ow!
0:02:46 > 0:02:47- Did you just hit your head?- Yes!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Bye!- Bye!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Thomas has his work cut out on this leg.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58He's settling in.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Time to meet the folks in charge.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03- Hello.- Hello.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Nice to see you, I'm Thomas.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- Hi, I'm Carol. - Carol, nice to see you.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- And...- This is my husband, Dennis.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10- Hello.- Nice to see you, Thomas.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14The Prices run this place, full of bygone treasures.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18This is a shop of shops.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21If you can't find anything here, there's something wrong with you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Sounds promising.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25HE PLAYS GLOCKENSPIEL
0:03:25 > 0:03:29That's so cool! You could just have that in your house
0:03:29 > 0:03:30and play with it for hours and hours.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34But at £250, it's slightly out of his price range.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36There's a number of things in here.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I quite like the eclectic mix, what's going on.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42What I have seen was this cup.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48It says here, "unusual stone goblet, the Holy Grail."
0:03:48 > 0:03:50SHE LAUGHS
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Is this the Holy Grail of the Antiques Road Trip?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Look at that!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56It's beautifully done.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- It's done in a soapstone.- Yeah.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What's it got on there? £32.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I think that's brilliant, don't you?
0:04:02 > 0:04:03- Oh, gosh.- Yes, a bit of weight.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Yeah, yeah. Well, I'm super-strong, you see.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- 1920s, I would say.- Yes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Probably from a church communion.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13It's not the only thing he's spotted.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What a cool thing.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19It's got this trademark here.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Crikey. Where did you get that from?!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24That's better.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Westbourne Grove, London.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Put your teddy bear on there.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Little friend.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- It's £35. Carol?- Yes?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- I found a chair. - Oh, that's quaint.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So, there's a label on here which says £35.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Really cheeky offer.- OK?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Sort of like... A tenner?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49While Carol calls the dealer, Thomas spies something else.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- HE GASPS - Look at that!
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Love those.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57So what it is, it's a goblet,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and on the goblet are Masonic engraved designs.
0:05:00 > 0:05:0250 quid on it, though.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03It's a lot of money.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Oh, Carol?- I like this, because it's got a yellow to it.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10So it sort of dates it, early 20th century, I would have thought.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12He's got £50 on it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Ooh! I'm sure Roy is open to offers.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16So where are we with the other items?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19OK, the chair, the answer is yes on that.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- What, for a tenner? - Yes.- Deal! Done. Yeah, yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Carol's also managed to get the Masonic goblets' owner on the phone.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Hi, Roy? I want to make you a cheeky offer.
0:05:29 > 0:05:3125 quid.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I'd love a two in front of it. Could we deal at 28?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- 'If it helps you, yes.' - It does. Oh, you're a star.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Thank you very much. Well, that's a buy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44That's a generous deal, as Masonic items often do well.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Now, what about the soapstone goblet?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- We have an answer. - Oh, yes?- The goblet.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Yeah?- 25. - £25?- Yes.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- That's his best. - Yeah, that's all right.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I think I'd be very happy with that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01It's just really unusual.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05So, that's £63 for the 19th-century Masonic goblet,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07the soapstone goblet,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09and the Edwardian bamboo chair.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Meanwhile, rival Christina has travelled 20 minutes north to Mold,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22in the stunning border county of Flintshire.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25The Normans were the first to settle these parts,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and there's been a street market here since medieval times.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Christina's at her first shop of the day.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Oh, Lordy!
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Hello!
0:06:36 > 0:06:37- How are we?- Hello! You must be Holly.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- I am. Nice to meet you. - Hello, Holly. Lovely to meet you.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Can you show me around?- Absolutely. We'll start in the back room.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44All right. I love a good backroom!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50She's rather gorgeous, isn't she?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- She's elegant, isn't she? - Isn't she fab?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Doesn't look like it's got a huge amount of age to it,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- but she's certainly got a look to her, hasn't she?- Yeah, I mean,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00with the Art Deco at the moment, there's just so much import,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02and it's really hard to find, sort of to find the originals.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Sometimes, it's nice just to have a bit of modern.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Also, obviously, it's reflected in the price.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09As an original Art Deco lamp, that'd be hundreds,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- if not thousands. - And probably at home in my house!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15She's got 64 on her now.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Is there a deal that can be done on that, Holly?
0:07:18 > 0:07:19I can certainly consider it.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Ooh!
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Let's not be too hasty.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You haven't been upstairs yet.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Oh, my goodness!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28We like our weird and wonderful.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- That's a pair of stocks! - It is indeed.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Is it a pair? Is it just...?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- I wouldn't want to share it. - So if I don't pay...
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- We'll leave you here.- Gosh, there's a deterrent if ever I needed it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39These are fab!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42We could get Thomas in there, and throw sponges at him.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Sounds brilliant! I'll be front of the queue.- Would you?!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47THEY LAUGH
0:07:47 > 0:07:50No, you'd have to beat me to the front of that queue!
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Look out, Thomas!
0:07:55 > 0:07:56That's caught my eye.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- The light?- Yes. - The light fitting.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's cool. It is cool.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02We've had it wired so that it can be run off a plug.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- It's built to be a pool table light. - Yes.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07But I'm thinking it could also be for over a kitchen island...
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Love that idea. - It's got that kind of look.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- Is it very expensive? - How does 60 sound?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Expensive. - Expensive.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Maybe so, but the ticket price is £78.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- What did we have on our lady downstairs?- 65.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I would want to pay £50 for the two.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- OK.- How are you feeling about that?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Rather faint!- Well, there's a bed.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Do you want to have a lie down?! - THEY LAUGH
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- OK. - Tell me what you can do for me.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I mean, if you can't do that, then that's absolutely understandable.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I think if I can squeeze another £10 out of you, I'd be happy.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44OK. So if we said £60 for that lamp
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and our lady lamp downstairs, happy at that?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Happy at that.- It's a deal.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54So, that £60 for the Art Deco style lamp and a snooker table light.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- There we go, darling. 20, 40, 60.- Spot on.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59That's what we agreed, isn't it? Brilliant. You're a star.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Thank you very much. - Thank you so much.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- We'll see you again. - Take care.- Bye now.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Meanwhile, Thomas has travelled east,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13just over the border into Cheshire, to the historic city of Chester.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It's not only famous for its medieval walls
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and 1,000-year-old cathedral,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23but it's also home to the oldest shopping facade in England.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26These unique two-tiered black-and-white shopping galleries
0:09:26 > 0:09:29were created over 700 years ago.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Thomas is here to check out a local gem.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Hello.- Hello.- I'm Thomas. - Hi, I'm Simon.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Simon, nice to meet you.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Simon specialises in antiques and decorative items
0:09:43 > 0:09:47for the home and garden sourced from around the world.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's a stylish thing, isn't it?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52This is a hunting horn,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56but what it really is is a cigar or cigarette lighter.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00And it's by the famous maker, Dunhill.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02This would be passed around as the table light.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You can see where it has been bashed a bit.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I think these evenings can get a little bit raucous.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09(I think it's going to be quite expensive.)
0:10:09 > 0:10:13It's going to be a lot of money. But what a cool thing!
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- How much is it? - It's going to be £200.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Yeah, yeah, absolutely. - Purely because of the name.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Oh, of course.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Oh, gosh.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I didn't even have £200 at the start of the day.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25More like the start of the week!
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Sweet pup. Awww.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30What's this?
0:10:30 > 0:10:34That is a model from a hat shop.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39It's for a woman's milliner.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Actually, that could be a potential purchase.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42It could be quite good fun.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I quite like the angular lines to her.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's made from rubber,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and could have come from an old department store.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50It's priced at £35.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Let's talk about the head. The model.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Do you think we could do something slightly on the price?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- I can help a little. I could do it for £30.- £30.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I think I'm going to have to go for her. I'll give you £30 for her.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Is that all right?- That's fine. - Thank you, thank you very much.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11£30 for the rather odd rubber mannequin head.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I've got to think of a name for her.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17If you come up with any bright ideas, give me a call.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You could always name her after my little pup.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Ella.- Ella! Done.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Christina's travelled west to Hawarden.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36A charming village in Flintshire, and home to Gladstone's library,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40which tells of the secret love of William Gladstone,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43one of Britain's most revolutionary Prime Ministers.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Christina's come to meet warden Peter Francis.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Hello! You must be Peter.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Hello, Christina. Welcome to Gladstone's library.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Thank you so much. Lovely to meet you.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Born in 1809, William Ewart Gladstone was educated at Eton
0:12:00 > 0:12:04and Oxford University before becoming a Conservative MP
0:12:04 > 0:12:07at the tender age of 23. He rose through the ranks,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10eventually becoming Prime Minister,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13but outside politics, his passion was reading.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Throughout his life, he amassed a collection of over 30,000 books,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20now on display, along with his papers.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28People know about Gladstone because he was four times Prime Minister,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30and what they don't know is he was a voracious reader.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33He read about 22,000 books in his lifetime.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36He always listed what he read every day in his diary,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39and if you add them up, it comes to 22,000.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- That's about a book a day. - A book a day!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And most of those have his annotations throughout.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48These self-penned thoughts give later readers
0:12:48 > 0:12:51a fascinating understanding of the great man.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Here is a book that's a life of William Wilberforce,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58the great slavery reformer.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02He wrote, "I breakfasted with Mr Wilberforce
0:13:02 > 0:13:04"four days before his death.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08"He asked for my father, 'And how is your sweet mother?'
0:13:08 > 0:13:13"His conversation was cheerful, musical, and flowing,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17"his prayer like that of one already released."
0:13:17 > 0:13:18And signed by him.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20At peace. Isn't that wonderful?
0:13:20 > 0:13:26And here's one that's a biography of his great rival, Disraeli.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29And it's quite heavily annotated throughout,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and Gladstone's written across the page,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33"untrue, untrue, untrue."
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I think that's wonderful. That tells you quite a lot
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- about the man as well, doesn't it? - Yes, it does.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Gladstone moved to liberalism,
0:13:42 > 0:13:47and his radical views saw great reform in the Victorian era.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51He championed free-trade, home rule for Ireland,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and introduced a secret ballot.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59He brought about an education act
0:13:59 > 0:14:02that gave numeracy and literacy to all children
0:14:02 > 0:14:06at a time when it was predominantly the rich that were educated.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09However, like many great reformers, Gladstone didn't please everyone,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13and experienced a famously frosty relationship with the monarch.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20This was a present from Queen Victoria to Gladstone.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Oh, really? - They didn't get on very well.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24But she gave him a book.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26The Right Honourable William Gladstone,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28from Victoria Regina.
0:14:28 > 0:14:301868.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Yes.- Well, that's a pretty special book.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36And what's this? Is this some sort of library security measure?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38HE LAUGHS
0:14:38 > 0:14:40No. I mean, it probably functions as that as well!
0:14:40 > 0:14:42But actually, it's one of Gladstone's axes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Gladstone was very struck when they were building the railway
0:14:46 > 0:14:50in Hawarden by the dignity of human labour,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52and he wondered what he could do.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56And so, he began to cut down trees.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58He thought that cutting some down
0:14:58 > 0:15:01would help him enter into the spirit of this.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03He seems like quite a diverse character.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Very diverse character.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Gladstone believed reading was key to people bettering themselves.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14He helped set up libraries across the country,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and often lent out his own books.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19When he retired from politics, aged 85,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23he wanted to share his huge private collection with the wider public,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26hoping to bring together readers who had no books
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and books who had no readers.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Aged 85, he built a sort of corrugated iron hut.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37He then packed up the 33,000 books in little piles
0:15:37 > 0:15:40with string on the top, and he put them in a wheelbarrow,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and with the help of one of his daughters and a member of staff,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47he wheeled the 33,000 books the mile from his house
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- to the corrugated iron hut. - Really?!- Yeah.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52When he died, it was thought a leaky, corrugated iron hut
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- wasn't a suitable place for the great man's books.- No, quite.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57So this was built as a national memorial to him.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Gladstone died in 1898,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and this impressive building was erected soon after.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Gladstone's intention was to create a haven for students and readers,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12a legacy that has stretched across the pond, too.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It was also the model for American presidential libraries.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- This library?- This library was. - Oh, wonderful.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23And Gladstone's example of giving his books and papers to the public
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and available to people was taken by Woodrow Wilson,
0:16:26 > 0:16:31who was American president at the time of the First World War,
0:16:31 > 0:16:36and then Roosevelt played on that a bit more and built his own library,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40and every president since then has had their own library.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43But this is the only Prime Ministerial library in the UK.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46This truly unique library gives us
0:16:46 > 0:16:50an extraordinary insight into this revolutionary man.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54A befitting tribute to one of Britain's greatest statesmen.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And on that note, it's off to bed.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05So nighty-night.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14What a lovely morning.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Oh, this is beautiful, isn't it?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- I can't believe how well you're driving this van.- I know.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Oh, no, here we are, we're going up a hill now.- I'm so impressed.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25- Oh, OK, well... - THEY LAUGH
0:17:25 > 0:17:27But when we started out, you were hopeless.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Yesterday, Thomas picked up four items,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33spending £33 on a soapstone goblet,
0:17:33 > 0:17:34a Masonic goblet,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37an Edwardian bamboo chair and a mannequin head.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40He's now got just over £90 left.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Christina spent £60 on two items.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46An Art Deco-style lamp
0:17:46 > 0:17:47and a snooker table light,
0:17:47 > 0:17:51so she still has just under £210.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55And sadly, it's nearly the end of this road trip.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58This is it! I cannot believe it! It's gone so quickly.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01It really has gone quickly, hasn't it? Yeah.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And we seem to have covered an awful lot of miles together.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08With the auction nearing in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Christina starts her final buying day just outside Northwich
0:18:11 > 0:18:14in the heart of Cheshire. This attractive market town
0:18:14 > 0:18:19is known for its beautiful timber buildings and canal network.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Here we are. An antique shop.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Looks lovely. - I'll see you this afternoon.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Oh, my goodness.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Look at this. Ah, Lister.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38So, we have got in here a butter churn.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42So we would have stood here for about 10 hours,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44churning and churning and churning.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It was the most thankless task, churning your butter.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49It's quite fun, isn't it?
0:18:49 > 0:18:54Owner Jan Gnatiuk has a passion for old furniture, amongst other things.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Hello! Nice to meet you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Hello! Who are you?- I'm Jan.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Jan, lovely to meet you.- Thank you.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What will she spot in here, then?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06You've got some interesting pictures here.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09So, Marcel Pic, I think, was quite well-known for doing caricatures,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- I think, of sort of military themes.- Yes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14He looks like he's sort of almost gone to select his horse,
0:19:14 > 0:19:16and you've got his dear old horse over here,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18which is propped up with crutches.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Looks like something from a pantomime!
0:19:20 > 0:19:21SHE LAUGHS
0:19:21 > 0:19:22What have you got on that?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- I can do it you for a tenner. - That might be interesting.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27You should be able to make some money on that.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28It looks like an original,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31because it's actually in pastel, and it's picked out in white.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34It's got the pencil date mark on it as well, somewhere.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Signed and dated 1891.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37OK, well, that could be a goer.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Cor, she works fast! You've only just arrived, Christina.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44As I'm going to Stoke, I think I'd like to buy some pots.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I've got a dinner service which is going cheap.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- I've had it for a while.- Have you?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54It's in the bottom cupboard in the press.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Have you got things stashed in drawers?!- Yes.- Have you?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Always have things stashed in drawers.- Have you?!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Oh, go on, show me your drawers, Jan.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Hey, he's not lying!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07There are all sorts of things hidden away.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It's in the bottom drawer.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14I think it's 1960s or 1950s, but it's complete.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Oh, my goodness! That's Denby, isn't it?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Yeah. It's got the pepper, tea, the butter...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I have sold one of these quite recently.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27You can have the lot for a fiver.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Really?!- Yes.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Yeah, I'm being serious.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33I need it out.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I mean, it has got that retro look about it,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- and its saving grace is, it's quite nice.- And there's no damage.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42But it'll take half an hour to wrap it all up!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The service for six is circa 1970,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and comes complete with dinner plates, side plates,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51soup bowls, tureens, a teapot,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54cups, saucers and condiment items to boot.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Let's think about this. What about the picture...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02..and the dinner service, for a tenner?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- HE GASPS - Go on.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- I'll twist you.- Really? - Yes.- You're an angel.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- You're welcome. - Do I have to wrap it up now?- Yes!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I'm not wrapping it up! I hate wrapping up!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14That's fair enough.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16And Christina's managed to bag herself
0:21:16 > 0:21:19two fabulous lots for just £10.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Take care, see you again. - Bye, thank you.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Meanwhile, Thomas has taken the Bedford van ten miles east
0:21:30 > 0:21:35to just outside the old farming village of Goostrey in Cheshire.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39He's come to Jodrell Bank observatory
0:21:39 > 0:21:42to find out about a world-famous pioneer
0:21:42 > 0:21:46whose ground-breaking inventions helped put our nation
0:21:46 > 0:21:50among the front runners in the golden age of the space race.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Thomas is meeting astrophysicist Professor Tim O'Brien
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- to hear more.- Hello, I'm Thomas. - Hello, I'm Tim.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03That's not going to be confusing, is it?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05No, no, that's very easy. Tim and Tom.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Ha-ha! Sir Bernard Lovell was born in 1913.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13By the outbreak of the Second World War,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17he led a team to develop new radar technology,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22helping to significantly halt the Nazi campaign by sea.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Once the war ended, Lovell's career turned to astronomy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29So, what happened then after the war?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Lovell wanted to use radar,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34that he had helped develop, to do some physics.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37They were throwing away a lot of war-surplus equipment,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39and the people here at Jodrell got a big army truck,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and they drove around the country,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44piling electronics into the back of the truck,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- because it was being chucked down mineshafts.- Yeah, yeah.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It was ripped apart, cannibalised, and built into...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Other things. - ..this equipment,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- which was used to look at outer space. - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Components of these electronics
0:22:57 > 0:23:01became vital to Lovell's future scientific pursuits.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03He realised that larger equipment
0:23:03 > 0:23:07would allow him to delve further into the unexplored universe.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13So, in 1952, work began on a huge 250-foot telescope,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17the largest steerable telescope in the world.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22But despite its original intention,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24it was soon called on for another purpose.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26At the beginning of the space race,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30when Russia launched their beachball-sized satellite
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Sputnik 1 into space to orbit Earth,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Lovell and his telescope made history,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39suddenly playing a key role in the Cold War.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43He got a phone call from somebody in government, who said to him,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47"Actually, you know, the thing that carried Sputnik into space,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49"the rocket, is actually a missile,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51"an intercontinental ballistic missile.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55"Would you be able to use a radar transmitter on your telescope,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58"not to track Sputnik itself, but to track the rocket?"
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Because the next thing that might be launched by the Soviet Union
0:24:02 > 0:24:05might be something rather more serious, a nuclear warhead.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09In October 1957, Lovell's telescope tracked the rocket
0:24:09 > 0:24:12that had launched the Russian satellite
0:24:12 > 0:24:14as it too circled the Earth,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17passing over the Lake District at five miles a second.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22It was the only instrument in the world
0:24:22 > 0:24:25capable of following such a missile,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27technology that has since evolved into
0:24:27 > 0:24:30the basis for our current missile defence systems.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Lovell and his team continued to track rockets
0:24:36 > 0:24:42launched by Russia and America, and in 1966, they made headlines again.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49What else has it been used for in that golden period of space race?
0:24:49 > 0:24:54We actually tracked a Russian rocket onto the moon, that landed in 1966.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00It took the very first pictures of the moon from the moon.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Developed the photograph, scanned it,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04sent it back to Earth as a radio signal.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07We eavesdropped on that signal, and actually...
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- You couldn't help? - Well, you would, wouldn't you?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14One of the astronomers here recognised the sound of the signal,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16and he said, "Do you know, it sounds like
0:25:16 > 0:25:18"one of these newfangled fax machines."
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Not very many people had them. They put out a call.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23The Daily Express in London answered the call.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28They drove up the road with an early facsimile receiver,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30plugged it into the telescope,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33and out came a picture of the surface of the moon,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36the very first picture ever sent from the moon,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38and they'd used fax technology, basically, to do it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Wow.- We hacked into it and printed it on the front page
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- of the Daily Express the next day. - Gosh!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Britain published these pictures
0:25:48 > 0:25:52before the Russians got a chance to release their own official images,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54a major worldwide coup.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00The telescope is now the third largest of its kind in the world,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and as technology evolves, it is upgraded,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06keeping it at the forefront of cutting-edge science.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11It's discovered distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and two-thirds of all known pulsars,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18which are remnants of exploded stars.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Every day, we make a new discovery.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24We are creeping our way forward,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27but we also discover things we don't understand,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31so the sort of boundary of our knowledge is ever-increasing,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33but equally, there's stuff outside that boundary
0:26:33 > 0:26:37that we're still yet to understand. That's what makes it so exciting.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Exciting. Sometimes frustrating.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Sir Bernard Lovell died in 2012,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47but his passion for science and innovation
0:26:47 > 0:26:49made him a visionary leader in his field.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56His incredible inventions continue to assist
0:26:56 > 0:26:58astronomic discoveries today,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and hopefully will do well into the future.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Just a few miles south, though,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Christina's made her way to Congleton.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15The town's settlers date back to Neolithic times,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19but it grew in the 18th century thanks to the textile industry.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Christina's come to a former ribbon mill.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29I've been here before, and I made a friend last time I was here.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Is he there?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Eric? Hello, hello, my old friend!
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Hello.- How are you? All right?- Yes, fine.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Very nice to see you.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Now, last time I was here, you had some really interesting things.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43So, have you got anything for me this time?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Oh, I love your Fry's chocolate sign.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46- Mm-hm.- That's fabulous.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- What have you got on that?- 185.- Oh!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- Sorry! - Thanks, but no thanks.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Christina's got just under £200 left,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59but probably best not to risk that lead on one item.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Those are nice, aren't they? - That one's in good condition.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- This one's been a bit... - That's been repainted.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Yes, it was how I got them. - Pair of vintage black coach lamps.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09In your horse-drawn coach,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11these would have gone on the side, wouldn't they?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15They would have slot in so that you could light your way.
0:28:15 > 0:28:1732. OK. All right.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- Worth thinking about.- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20I quite like those.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23They've certainly got some character to them as well.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25There are two other floors to check out, Christina.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Right, what have we got in here? Ooh, this looks good.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Quite nice to have a look at a piece of something sparkly, anyway.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34A Georgian caddy spoon.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36So, that's really rather sweet.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- So, caddy spoons are eternally collectable.- Mm-hm.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43And this is quite a sweet one.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47So you've got the duty mark there. George III, Q 1791.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49So I think that's quite lovely.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53This 18th-century silver tea caddy spoon has a ticket price of £28,
0:28:53 > 0:28:58but Eric thinks the spoons' dealer might be able to do better.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- What did Kate say about a best price on our caddy spoon?- 17.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07That is a good price, but I only really want to buy one more thing,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10and I do like your lanterns downstairs.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- How much do you have on your lanterns?- 32.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Can you do any better than that? - Oh, yeah. I can do you them for 20.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18With the damage on the glass and the fact they've been repainted,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21I'd want to be getting them for £15 maximum.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- Is that something that you could do? - Yeah, go on.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Generous of you, Eric.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Ooh, look! The centre even has a cafe.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33That was my very last purchase of the week, so I owe you some money.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- Okey doke.- There you are, my darling. Five, 10, 15. Cheers.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- Thank you very much.- Cheers.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Look who it is.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45Brace yourself, lads.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48- Hello!- Hello, hello.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- How are you?- Very well.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Can I join you? - Yeah, do. Absolutely.
0:29:52 > 0:29:53- I'm done.- Five items?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- Five items. All done.- Really?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- Yeah. How many have you got?- One...
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- One more to get?- One more to get.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I'll see you back here for some cake. Go and do some shopping.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Oh, bossy! The pressure's on Thomas now.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06He's got just under £90 left to spend.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10See, I quite like a centre. I really do. There's loads of stuff.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13And soon enough, Thomas spots something rather interesting.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18In the First World War, when you were shot,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21your family were sent a bronze penny
0:30:21 > 0:30:24called a death penny or death plaque.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Arthur Preece, private, Royal Worcester Regiment,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30died 7/9/16, aged 39.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32God. So he was just a year younger than me.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Very nice. I mean, that is an amazing thing.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37And it's only £55.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40While Eric is sharing cake with Christina,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43dealer Kate takes care of Thomas.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45This death penny here.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Yes. I notice he's got 55 on it.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Yeah.- Yeah. Do you think there'd be anything to be done on that?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It's pretty near the mark what he paid for it,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56but I'm sure you could...
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Give him a call.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02While he waits to hear, Thomas is covering all bases.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Hang on a minute.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06I've got a coffee, because I think I deserve one.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Well, a bit premature, perhaps,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12but what about that £55 death penny, Thomas?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15The death plaque is such an emotive thing.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18And I think there's a profit in there, definitely.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21But there's still no word from the dealer,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23so Thomas is having a last look.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26This is a Victorian jug.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29It's made probably in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31It's quite good. Sounds OK.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33There's a little bit of a hairline up there.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37But what's so delightful about these hand-painted flowers is...
0:31:38 > 0:31:39The token it says underneath it,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42so this is something you'd give to your lover, "Forget Me Not".
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Isn't that sweet?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46(And for £27!)
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Time to find Kate again.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- I've found this. - Yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Do you think we can do anything on that price?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Well, normally, that would be about £25.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- OK.- But for you...
0:31:58 > 0:31:5916?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Round 16?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Yeah, all right. I mean, you know, we could round it up and say 15.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- Go on, then.- Yeah? - 15. 15 for that.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Or I have news on the death...
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Oh, yes?
0:32:11 > 0:32:1335 would be the very best.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Oh, my gosh!
0:32:14 > 0:32:15So you have a choice.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16- Oh.- Or buy both!
0:32:16 > 0:32:20That's a handsome £20 discount on the plaque.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Take your time, Thomas.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24No need to rush!
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- I've made a decision.- Right.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27I'm going to buy them both.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30So, that's £50 for an early Victorian jug
0:32:30 > 0:32:33and the First World War death plaque.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- Wish me luck! And thank you. - Thank you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37That's shopping complete.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Along with the death plaque and jug,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Thomas bought an Edwardian bamboo chair,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43a vintage mannequin head,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45a 19th-century Masonic glass,
0:32:45 > 0:32:50and a soapstone goblet for £143.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Christina spent £85 on a snooker table light,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57an Art Deco-style lamp,
0:32:57 > 0:32:59a Marcel Pic sketch,
0:32:59 > 0:33:04a Denby dinner service, and a pair of Victorian carriage lanterns.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05So, what do they think?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Thomas is so clever
0:33:07 > 0:33:10to buy ceramics to bring to the homeland of the ceramics industry,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12and that sentiment, "forget me not" -
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I certainly won't forget him.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So, Christina's gone out and bought an Art Deco-style table lamp
0:33:17 > 0:33:20in the form of a beautiful woman.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23They're very decorative, and I think it's going to do quite well,
0:33:23 > 0:33:24certainly where we're selling.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27The Masonic goblet, again, very, very, very savvy buy.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29There's going to be a good market for that.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33All in all, I think Christina's got a chance to make a profit.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36The only thing I think she's got a risk on
0:33:36 > 0:33:38is the snooker table light.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Secretly, I'm a little bit nervous!
0:33:41 > 0:33:47Christina and Thomas' last leg left from Gwersyllt in Wrexham,
0:33:47 > 0:33:48with the final auction of the week
0:33:48 > 0:33:51finishing up in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Well, it's a lovely day, isn't it?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- It is a beautiful day. - Gorgeous.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59And I'm so happy. But I'm also sad.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00That is exactly...
0:34:00 > 0:34:02And the weather does not match my mood, Thomas,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05because I feel like it should be matching the misery
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I feel inside at leaving you.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- Are you crying inside? - I am crying inside.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Bravely smiling on the outside!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12No, I'm almost externally crying as well.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17The city of Stoke-on-Trent, affectionately called The Potteries,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21was formed in the early 20th century of six neighbouring towns.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Are we ready?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- I'm going to be very sad at the end of this.- Are you sure?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Yeah.- Oh, van.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30I'm going to miss our van.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Right, let's go.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Sun shines on the righteous, Thomas.
0:34:34 > 0:34:3612, 14...
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Well, we'll see about that. Holding fort at the rostrum today
0:34:39 > 0:34:41is auctioneer Lee Sherratt,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45who's been running ASH Auctions for over 20 years.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49We've had interest in quite a number of the items, to be honest.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Denby tea set, I think we've got a telephone bid coming through,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56plus commission bids come in on that item.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58The thing that most interests me, really, is the death plaque.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Usually those things go well.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02My least favourite lot, really, is the jug.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I would think that one might struggle.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07It's the final auction of the week.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08On the phone, then...
0:35:10 > 0:35:14First up is Christina's Denby dinner service.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Quite a lot of interest in this.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Quite a lot of interest!
0:35:19 > 0:35:20We've got two or three commission bids.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22We've also got a telephone bid.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And a phone bid! I don't believe it.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27All the lot. Start the bidding.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28- 26.- I've got £26 straight in.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- £26!- On the phone at 28...
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Phone bid straight in.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Four...
0:35:34 > 0:35:35On the phone at 32 for the Denby.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Wonderful, Christina. Well done, you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Sold at 32.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42High-five!
0:35:42 > 0:35:45A fantastic profit to start things off, Christina.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I sincerely hope we carry on in this vein,
0:35:47 > 0:35:49although I very much doubt it.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Continuing the pottery theme,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Thomas' early Victorian jug is up next.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Nice jug there. Do I have a fiver?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- A fiver.- Five commission bid.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I've got six, I've got seven, seven bid. Eight.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Eight bid now, nine, nine bid now, ten.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Ten bid now, 12.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Go on, go on, go on!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10At £12. Commission winner, at £12, going.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Don't worry, it's early days, Thomas,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15and only a small loss.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Forget you not. Forget the jug!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Let's hope Thomas does better with his Masonic glass.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I've got £30 bid. Straight onto commissions at 30 bid now.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Take five if you like. At 32, I'll take, then.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30At £30. If not, I'm going to sell it to the commission buyer.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33At £30, only bid at £30, and all done.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Oh, no!- Commission buyer gets it.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- £30.- Thomas, I'm disappointed. It should have made more.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39It made a £2 profit.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40It all adds up.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42Are you OK?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- HE FEIGNS CRYING - Don't be glum on me.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49Back with Christina and her pair of Victorian carriage lamps.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Can I see £50 to get on?
0:36:50 > 0:36:53£50 to get on? £40.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54No, no. Maybe?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57For the two, this is. £20 for the two. Ten, then, somebody.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- Ten I'm bid, now.- There we go.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0112. Is that a bid?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03On my right. 12. 12 bid.
0:37:03 > 0:37:0514. 14. Here we go.
0:37:05 > 0:37:0816, 18. 18, 20. 20, 22.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- Rightly so.- Well, I think...
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Can you imagine either side of the front door, or...
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- They're very good, yeah. - They're smart.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1626. Where's eight? Now I'm going to sell.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18At £26, and the hammer's up...
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Anybody else?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Another decent profit for Christina.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I'm finding my feet now.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28I think that's a brilliant result.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Well done, Christina.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Indeed.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Thomas has bundled together his vintage mannequin head
0:37:35 > 0:37:37and Edwardian bamboo teddy's chair.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Bit random, but let's see how it goes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42£15 commission bid, straight in now at 15.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Looking for 16. If not, I'll sell.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Oh, dear.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46..at 16, I'm going to sell it.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48At £15, all done.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- That was pretty quick, wasn't it? - It was jolly quick.- Jolly quick.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53He's still got two more items
0:37:53 > 0:37:56to wow the auction-goers of Stoke with, though.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- If I hadn't bought the head, that would have been a profit.- Yeah!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02That's one way to look at it.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Can Christina make a third profit in a row
0:38:04 > 0:38:07with her Art Deco-style lamp?
0:38:07 > 0:38:08£20, bid me, somebody.
0:38:08 > 0:38:1020 bid, straight in at 20.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11At £20 bid, where? Two.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At 22, four? 24.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Well done, Christina.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Again, another profit.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Brilliant!
0:38:17 > 0:38:19On the second row, you're all out now.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20At 36 now. Eight.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- 38 now!- Really?!
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Doubling money.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Right lot.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Being sold. I'm going to receive it at 40.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Go, Christina.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Another brilliant profit.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Another great success!
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Can't believe this, Thomas.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Can this soapstone goblet make Thomas some money?
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Put it in, somebody.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43What's it worth? £20?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Ooh!- Nice piece, this is.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46£20. £10, bid me, somebody?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Who's going to bid me? Ten, I'm bid on my right.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51At ten bid, we're off now. At ten bid. Where's 12 short?
0:38:51 > 0:38:52It's got to be worth more than this.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- What did you pay for this? 25?- Yes.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57£10 only. You got a chance.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58You're going to lose it.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00At £10...
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Shame. But maybe he's saving his best for last.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05It'll be fine, Thomas. It will be fine.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Please, Christina. If I'd have known,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10if I'd have sort of got a flavour of the auction,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I think I would have bought slightly differently.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Too late for that now, Thomas.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18We're back with Christina again for the snooker table light trio.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19£40 for it.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2140. £30.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23£30, worth that, surely.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Not much we can do without lights. Come on. £30.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Not going to make any money.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2935 now. Five. 25, 30.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- 30 bidding now, five... - It's not going to make any money.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- It's going to make it.- No, it's not. - It's going to make £40!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37At £40. At £40. The hammer looking. £40...
0:39:37 > 0:39:39It's a loss after auction costs,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42but it gives Thomas a chance to catch up.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43- Well done, Christina.- Thanks.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Now it's Christina's final item,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48the Marcel Pic charcoal sketch.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Open the bidding, somebody.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51£20. 15 for it? Come on.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Give me ten. £10. £10?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Where are we? We've got a bid of ten.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I think people think it's a print, but it's not.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58No, you said it's a sketch.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Well we've got a... Yeah, got a bid.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Right-hand side. 12.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0412 bid. At 12, now 14.
0:40:04 > 0:40:0514. 14, 16.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- For you...- Is that the last item of our road trip?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- £14.- Well, it's making a profit.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11..at £14.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16She's almost tripled her money on that last item. Great stuff.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- Thomas... - HE LAUGHS
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- Are you crying? Are you crying because this is it?- So glad.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25The first time on our road trip I'm glad
0:40:25 > 0:40:27that you've got your pocket square.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32But now, it's Thomas' World War I death plaque.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It's auctioneer Lee's pick,
0:40:34 > 0:40:39and could be just what Thomas needs to take Christina's Road Trip crown.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41We've got loads and loads of commission bids.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- See?- £40.
0:40:43 > 0:40:44£40 bid, straight in at £40.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- Brilliant! Instant profit.- 45.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48- 50.- Five.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49- 55.- 60.
0:40:49 > 0:40:5160, I'm bid. Five...
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Thomas! This is brilliant!
0:40:52 > 0:40:5470 bid now. 75...
0:40:54 > 0:40:5575. We got £70 commission.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57We haven't finished yet.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Go on, go on, go on!
0:40:58 > 0:41:0175, 80. 85...
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Go on.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- 85, 90...- I'm out.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06All commission bids are now out.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07In the room at £85.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Where's 90? I'm going to sell it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Go on, one more.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12£85. The hammer's up.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14All finished.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Well done! £50 profit.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17That's amazing.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19What an incredible finish for Thomas.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Well done. Well done.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23But has he done enough?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Thomas began this leg with £186.14.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Despite that great last profit,
0:41:32 > 0:41:36he's down £18.36 after auction costs,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40leaving him £167.78.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Christina kicked off with £269.07.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49After a great auction, she's made £39.64.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53She finishes with £308.71,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56making her this week's queen of the Road Trip.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58All profits, of course, go to Children In Need.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Blimey!
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Christina...
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Go on. Tell me.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05- I need to drive you.- Why?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Because you've again annihilated me.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- Did I win this auction? - You did! You've done it.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- So does that mean I get chauffeured? - You get chauffeured by moi.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Oh, my goodness! How spoilt!
0:42:14 > 0:42:15- I know.- How spoilt!
0:42:15 > 0:42:18THEY LAUGH
0:42:18 > 0:42:21That's it for these two, and what a week, eh?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Their trip took them from Ireland...
0:42:24 > 0:42:27I don't want to go back to the United Kingdom.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28..to Wales...
0:42:28 > 0:42:30It comes with a free squeak.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32How could a girl refuse(?)
0:42:32 > 0:42:33..and England...
0:42:33 > 0:42:34This could be my lucky day.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Luckily, Thomas' driving has improved.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Go on, go on, go on. You can do it! You can do it!
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- Go on. Go on.- Hooray! - Third's easy. Third is easy.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Sadly, his singing hasn't.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51# Why, why, why, Delilah... #
0:42:52 > 0:42:54But they've had a blast.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Probably really ought to start doing some more shopping, hadn't I?
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Next time: A brand-new pair hit the road.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07Charlie Ross is doing everything he can to reach new heights.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08Oh!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11But James Braxton has a secret weapon up his sleeve.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14I bring a new thing in my life,
0:43:14 > 0:43:15which is yoga.