0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05This is beautiful!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09With £200 each, a classic car
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and a goal to scour for antiques...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Joy!- Hello!- The aim?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19LAUGHTER
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers...
0:00:24 > 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 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Welcome to the penultimate leg of this week's adventure
0:00:43 > 0:00:45with a couple of old swirls -
0:00:45 > 0:00:48top auctioneers James Braxton and Charlie Ross.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51THEY CHUCKLE
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Our likely lads are roving around in this 1961 Ford Zephyr
0:00:56 > 0:00:58made before seatbelts were legally required.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03And Charlie's starting the day with a refreshing drink of water...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- It's gone all over my face. - JAMES LAUGHS
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Oh! It's gone over my trousers.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11In fact, you've got water all over you now.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Oh, it's gone everywhere!
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Oh, poor old love.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's been an eventful journey so far.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23James has been watching his pennies and pulled in profits at every auction...
0:01:23 > 0:01:27On the net at £200 dead. Done.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30..while Charlie's been on a losing streak...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Oh!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Things went from bad to worse at the last auction,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38when his rosewood mirror failed to sell...
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Nobody interested? Nope.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41I'm moving on.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Thankfully, he was saved at the last minute by Winston Churchill.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Well, a mug of him, anyway...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Yours at 180...
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Thank you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So, after starting this week with £200,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58a profit on the last leg
0:01:58 > 0:02:02has pushed Charlie's purse up to £214.84...
0:02:06 > 0:02:10..while frugal James' original stake has increased over the week
0:02:10 > 0:02:13to a fantastic £470.84.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Charlie, you've got some serious catching up to do!
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I've only got two more days to do you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Yes.- It's not easy. It's going to be hard.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I'm going to grapple, I'm going to hang on to that win.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- You're like Micawber, aren't you? - Yes.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32- Scrooge.- Scrooge.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- IMITATING SCROOGE: - How much is that? Four pounds!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I'll give you £2.50, my dear.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39JAMES CHUCKLES
0:02:39 > 0:02:44You might scoff, but clearly his tight tactics ARE working.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Our competitive pair began their trip in the Lincolnshire town of Boston.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54They meandered through Norfolk and Cambridgeshire up to Leicestershire,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57before heading south and they will finish this epic journey
0:02:57 > 0:02:59in the town of Cobham in Surrey.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Today's leg will kick off in Rushden, Northamptonshire
0:03:05 > 0:03:10and then they'll shop their way to auction in St Alban's, Hertfordshire.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Pleasure to be driven by you. - Ah, very fine.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Charlie's headed for Continental Collectables in Rushden
0:03:20 > 0:03:22by the tradesman's entrance, by the look of it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Do I want to do a bingo?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Do I want to just spent £3 here and £4 there
0:03:33 > 0:03:35like that tight old fellow?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38No. I want to get stuck in.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Oh, look at that canework seat!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I was going to say evocative of the '30s,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49but, actually, it can't be, because it says 1948 on it!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52"Madeira."
0:03:52 > 0:03:55That's wonderful! Madeira - a place and also a drink.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Have some Madeira, m'dear.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00MUSIC: Madeira, M'dear by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
0:04:00 > 0:04:03# Have some Madeira, m'dear
0:04:03 > 0:04:05# You really have nothing to fear
0:04:05 > 0:04:07# I'm not trying to tempt you
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# That wouldn't be right
0:04:09 > 0:04:11# You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night
0:04:11 > 0:04:14# Have some Madeira, m'dear. #
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Ah!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Oh, dear...
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh, dear, my dear.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Well, it's a BIT tatty.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30"Madeira", do you think that came off a ship called Madeira?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I don't think it's called a Madeira chair.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Perhaps dealer Ralph can shed some light...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- They're made in Madeira.- They were?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43They're renowned in Madeira for making wickerwork
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and they were sold to the tourists who came off the steamer ships.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I would buy that if it was devilish cheap...
0:04:49 > 0:04:53but I see it's priceless, cos it hasn't even got a label on it!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- It could be devilishly cheap. - Could it?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58This is exactly what a dealer shouldn't be doing
0:04:58 > 0:05:01is asking you what you paid for it. What did it cost?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- 99p. - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- How much?- 99p.
0:05:06 > 0:05:1099p! I think it's just a fantastic thing, though.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15I'd be very happy to pay you £9.90 as a return,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18a substantial return on your capital.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I'll tell you, we'll make it easy, £10.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I can't resist that. Ralph, that's the quickest purchase and...
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Do you know, every time I get really enthusiastic
0:05:27 > 0:05:30about something, it fails, but this can't fail.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Well, at- £10... And, you know,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34my opposition is going to be jealous of that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm not so sure...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Anything else grab you?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46How about those nice little bottle coasters?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47I like those.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Certainly silver plate coasters.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Got a bit of age, haven't they?- Yes.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01I like it when silver plate is rubbed like that...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- You see the copper.- ..and the copper comes shining through.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Um...
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- but they're knackered. - I had £40 on the pair.- Did you?- Yes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Are they are buyable for me?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You can have them for 25.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Well, now I think they'd make 25 at auction. That's my trouble.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Something to think about, then.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23But James is moving on towards St Neots,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26the largest town in Cambridgeshire.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32St Neots dates back over 1,000 years
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and boasts one of the most ancient market squares in the country.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38And James' first stop of the day.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Hello...James.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Hello, James, I'm Jacqueline.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Hello, Jacqueline. What a lovely place.- Oh, I'm pleased you like it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I've managed to find it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58It's through that mystical archway in the market square, isn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Definitely. We're tucked away, aren't we? We're tucked away.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Although Jacqueline specialises in jewellery,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06there's also plenty of furniture,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08collectables and memorabilia on offer.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Jacqueline, I'm a great fan,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I'm a great fan of the bamboo...
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Right.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24..cos I think it's just one of the most fabulous materials.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27It's so strong, it is the sum of parts.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31You can work it very quickly and cheaply, very cheap material,
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and yet you can make out of that bamboo,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38out of the thing that's growing in your garden,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41you can make two very stylish
0:07:41 > 0:07:45'60s, '70s side tables.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Look at that. - Lovely in a conservatory.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Quite fun.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53If you had a '60s, if you had a contemporary house,
0:07:53 > 0:07:54you could easily add these.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58This is very much Margo and Jerry territory, isn't it?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Oh, definitely. The Good Life.- The Good Life.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06I'd like those, they're very stylish, very simple...
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Good price. I know the dealer very well.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Very good price. He's very keen.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Is he?- Yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Keen on prices? What has he got? 12 for the two?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20It'll be 12 each, I should imagine.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23He's got two after it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Yes, we'll do 12 for the two.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- 12, right, come on, put it here. - Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29BOTH: Well done.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33See, first one in the bag! Thank you, goodbye.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And good work, James.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38What's he up to now, then?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I'm just texting Charlie because he's always berating me
0:08:41 > 0:08:43about getting my hand deeper into my pocket.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I just wanted to give him the good news
0:08:47 > 0:08:49that I have frugally spent £12.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51He's going to love it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55James knows his shrewd tactic of spending less
0:08:55 > 0:08:57gets Charlie's goat.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Cor, what a scamp, eh?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Speaking of Charlie, looks like he's spotted an old friend...
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Ooh... Ah, ha!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09My largest success so far on this trip
0:09:09 > 0:09:11has been thanks to Winston Churchill.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Well, you have an interesting one there.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Oh, blimey. Someone's given it a right bashing.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22It says silver, but that appears to be silver-plate to me.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I think the medallion in the centre is the silver.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26It's hallmarked...
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Oh, clever, so the medallion of Churchill is silver
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and the dish is plated.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Ticket price is £100.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Very best would have to be...
0:09:40 > 0:09:4260.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44That's a gamble lot, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47A couple of people like Churchill, they could get stuck into that.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Right...
0:09:49 > 0:09:52If I rolled Churchill in with a couple of coasters,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56would that shave them at all...? Or not?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- No, I don't want you losing money... - 60 for the pair of coasters.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Pair of coasters and the dish... - ..is the very best.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I think that's incredibly generous.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I've got to keep Churchill going.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- Are you happy with that?- Yes. - Let's put it there.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- Thank you very much. - 60 quid and Madeira was a tenner.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- 70 quid.- £70.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Three items!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Shopping made easy by Ralph!
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Good work, Charlie. Three lots with potential in your first shop.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32James, meanwhile, has made his way to Bedford.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36In the 17th century, this town became
0:10:36 > 0:10:39the focus of a brutal crackdown on religious freedom.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44At a time when the church, parliament and the monarchy were in turmoil,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48there was one man who stood fast in his beliefs - John Bunyan.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54He was jailed in Bedford for being one of the country's most radical religious thinkers
0:10:54 > 0:10:57and went on to write a revolutionary book
0:10:57 > 0:11:00that would rival the Bible's popularity around the world.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Here to tell James more is John Bunyan Museum curator
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Nicola Sherhod.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I come seeking Bunyan! Tell me all about him.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Well, he was born in Elstow
0:11:13 > 0:11:15and his family had lived there for generations.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Bunyan as a sort of a slightly hot-headed teenager,
0:11:18 > 0:11:2116, decided to join the army
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and went to fight for Oliver Cromwell and Parliament.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29The young Bunyan had entered the English Civil War.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32This was one of the most turbulent times in British history,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34resulting in the abolition of the monarchy
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and the establishment of a republic, led by Oliver Cromwell.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42This heralded a period of religious freedom for England
0:11:42 > 0:11:45and a time of great religious discovery for Bunyan.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49When did the light shine for him?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53It was really when he returned back to Elstow
0:11:53 > 0:11:56when suddenly this voice came into his head to sort of say,
0:11:56 > 0:12:01"Wilt thou have thy sin and go to hell?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04"Or wilt thou leave thy sin and go to heaven?"
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Heaven.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11From that moment on, Bunyan's life was changed for ever.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14He renounced the Church of England and began to preach
0:12:14 > 0:12:18his nonconformist message around the country with great success.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20But within just seven years,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23the country underwent another radical change
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and religious freedom came to an end.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30With the return of the King and the monarchy in 1660,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34basically they felt that the way to reunify the country
0:12:34 > 0:12:36was to reunify religion
0:12:36 > 0:12:40and bring everyone back under the Anglican Church of England
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and get people to start following the Common Book Of Prayer,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48having people ordained rather than just anyone being allowed to preach.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51So when the clamp-down came with the restoration of the monarchy,
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- what happened to dear old Bunyan then?- Well, he ignored it, basically.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00He carried on preaching.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03He carried on around the country, People...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06He was becoming very famous, very popular.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11He was starting to be perceived as a bit of a threat by the establishment...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Because he was outspoken?- Yes.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19Exactly, so an arrest warrant was put out which had 13 signatures,
0:13:19 > 0:13:22when, actually, only two would have been necessary.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26As a prominent nonconformist,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Bunyan was arrested whilst speaking just outside Bedford
0:13:29 > 0:13:32and was imprisoned in the county jail in November 1660.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Bunyan ended up being put in prison, basically, indefinitely.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39He ended up spending 12 years.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42So we see Bunyan here writing.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Did he start writing in jail?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Certainly his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51We know he probably wrote that during his 12 years.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54We do believe he got the idea for the Pilgrim's Progress
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- and started sketching that out. - And this was his big book.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00That was THE book, the one that made him famous
0:14:00 > 0:14:05and that has gone on to be so incredibly well regarded around the world.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Bunyan was finally released from prison in 1672,
0:14:08 > 0:14:13thanks to a law of religious clemency introduced by the new monarch, Charles II.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Bunyan went straight back to preaching
0:14:19 > 0:14:22and completed his greatest work, The Pilgrim's Progress,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25a simple tale of good versus evil.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It tells the story of a pilgrimage through this world to the afterlife.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34From its first publication in 1678,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37it was an instant success.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He did a sort of synopsis of the Bible.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41He repackaged it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:47Yes, basically, he sort of nailed it in terms of a simple, clear message
0:14:47 > 0:14:51that anyone... it doesn't even have to be a Christian message.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It is the simple, how to live a good life.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Because it was such a simple story,
0:14:56 > 0:15:01it was used by the missionaries to go out to other countries
0:15:01 > 0:15:03and to share the Christian word
0:15:03 > 0:15:07and the Bible in a much simpler way than getting them to read the Bible.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Yes.- So there are over 200 languages
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- and dialects that it's been translated into.- Oh, did it?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17At one point there were more copies of Pilgrim's Progress
0:15:17 > 0:15:20than there were the Bible in working people's houses.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Goodness!
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Bunyan wrote about 60 books and pamphlets
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and continued preaching right up to his death from illness
0:15:28 > 0:15:30at the age of 59.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But the one he will forever be remembered for,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36The Pilgrim's Progress, has been continuously in print
0:15:36 > 0:15:40from its first release over 300 years ago to the present day.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Charlie's journeyed west to the market town of Wellingborough
0:15:46 > 0:15:48in Northamptonshire.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Wellingborough has a strong Anglo-Saxon history
0:15:51 > 0:15:53and one of the few helmets from that period
0:15:53 > 0:15:55ever to be discovered in Britain
0:15:55 > 0:15:58was found nearby.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02After his buying frenzy this morning,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05what will Charlie uncover at Hunters Antiques?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Hello, Nick. - Charlie, how are you?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- We've met before, haven't we? - We have, a little while ago.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You've done some things since I was last here!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Bit of a change. Everything's expanded.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Good Lord! Who's that? - That's the complaints department!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Complaints department! - HE CHUCKLES
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I like you, Nick.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Ooh!
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Nearly broke something there, Nick.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Do be careful!
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Ah! Look at that!
0:16:39 > 0:16:40It's back to school!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- An old vaulting horse!- Yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Where on earth did you find that?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- It came from a primary school. - Fantastic.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- The kids could never get over it, they were never tall enough! - THEY LAUGH
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Probably weighs a tonne. It's got some weight.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Oh!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02If I proved I could jump over it, could I have it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03THEY LAUGH
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I think my insurance man would pass out... I dare say!
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I think my trousers would split, probably.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Not a pretty sight...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Feast my eyes on the cabinet. There's loads of it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Now that is quirky and original, Nick.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- You have a gun.- We do, we do.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Or rather a novelty pipe in the shape of a gun.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Hang on one second, I'll get it out for you.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40There we go, sir.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Is that Bakelite?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I think so, I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Bakelite and briar pipe.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Inexpensive, but I dare say the auctioneer would want
0:17:49 > 0:17:52to sell that for ten quid or something, wouldn't he?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It's been knocking around for a bit. I don't think you'd see another...
0:17:56 > 0:18:00I think that's probably the best part of 50 years old.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I don't suppose that could be insultingly cheap, could it?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Like a fiver or something?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I think the auctioneer might sell that for a tenner...
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Yeah, I could do that.- As they say, there's not much downside. - THEY LAUGH
0:18:11 > 0:18:13You can't lose a lot on it, no.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Sold, sir.- Well done, thank you.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- That's not going to make you the richest man.- No...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20..in Wellingborough, but there we go.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Charlie might not have risked much on the pipe,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26but novelty items often do well at auction, so it could be a canny buy.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30With that final purchase of the day,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33it's time for a well-earned sleep, so nighty night...
0:18:36 > 0:18:39# Good morning, world, it's a brand-new day! #
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh, yes!
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And this morning, James' shrewd spending tactics
0:18:44 > 0:18:46are still a hot topic in the Zephyr...
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Yes, but you, by nature, are an extremely generous man.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Yes, I know.- It must go against the grain to shop like this.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well, hold on, hold on. Let's put this into some proportion.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01One of the greatest profits that you have ever made
0:19:01 > 0:19:06was priced at 12 and you had the temerity to pay £8 for it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- I did.- And it went on to make?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- 2,700.- You see!
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You weren't exactly peeling off the notes then, were you?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16THEY LAUGH
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Touche!
0:19:17 > 0:19:21So far, James has only secured himself one lot,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23the pair of bamboo tables,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27leaving him a huge £458.84 available to spend...
0:19:30 > 0:19:32..while Charlie has bagged four lots,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35the Madeira wicker chair,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37the Victorian bottle coasters,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39the Churchill commemorative dish
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and the novelty pipe.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45There's also that unsold mirror from the last leg,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48leaving him with £139.84.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54First stop of the day is Woburn in Bedfordshire.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- This is your county. - This is my county. Well, yes.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Not my county of birth, but I have my saleroom here,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- just down the road in Woburn. - In Woburn.- Yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- I think you might go shopping in Woburn if you're very lucky...- Ooh!
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Woburn has been burnt down and rebuilt three times.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19The final fire in 1724 destroyed much of the village,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23which was rebuilt in the Georgian style that remains today.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26With only one lot bought so far,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28James has some serious shopping to do.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- Hello.- Hello, James.- Hello, Alvin. Very nice to meet you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Nice to see you.- Good. So this is your emporium?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Well, shop.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Shop! It's quite a big shop, isn't it?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You'd better get on with it, then.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50He's on to more bamboo, look.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Nice bit of bamboo.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Incredibly light.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Now, this is very much your Victorian bamboo -
0:20:57 > 0:21:00aspidistra flowing out of the brass pot...
0:21:01 > 0:21:06But do people want that in a modern interior? That's the difficulty.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Quite fun if you did have a nice conservatory.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Ah, just the man!
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Something like 28? Could that buy it?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Don't look at the label, no clues.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19The ticket says 50.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23No. No. OK, that's all right.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25£40 you can have it for.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Now, I'm going to look at other items
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- and I might do a collective.- OK.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Smart thinking.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Now what's he onto?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I quite like this little lot.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I've always loved picnic cups
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and you've got six there, which is really unusual.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48They fit together in the cases there.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Worth a closer look, I guess.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I suppose you'd call it a nest, wouldn't you?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Well, yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58This is...this is...very fine maker, Hukin and Heath.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- And look...- They sit together... - They just fall beautifully,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07so when people were motoring and various things like this...
0:22:07 > 0:22:09And there's a leather case, which is a little bit tired.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And they're gilded inside, of course, which is...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Quite like those. - They're quite cheap, I think.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21They might join the planter in the great scheme of things...
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Another possibility.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Anything else before you go in for the deal, James?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- I quite like the look of that.- OK.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32So games are always quite fun.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- That's quite big, isn't it? - It's unusual, this size.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37They are normally quite a bit smaller than that.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So that's... This is a solitaire board.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- It's quite nice having the big marbles, isn't it?- Yes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45They are obviously all original.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I guess this is best part of 100 years old.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- It looks 1920s, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Always good to introduce into a home a dusting nightmare, isn't it?
0:22:57 > 0:22:58THEY CHUCKLE
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Absolutely.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- I think that's rather fun. - I quite like that.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07So I like the bamboo, the brass pot...
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I like the Hukin and Heath
0:23:09 > 0:23:10and I like this.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Could the lot be bought for, say, 95?
0:23:13 > 0:23:19Erm... They are all priced around the 40, 45 mark, aren't they?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I'm looking for a discount!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23You're not a million miles away.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Ooh! Is there a little chink of hope there?
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Let's say 110.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Let's say 100.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- 105 and you've got it. - 105 and you've got it?
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Cor...
0:23:36 > 0:23:39I got the feeling it's 105, isn't it?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- It is. Thank you, James. - THEY LAUGH
0:23:42 > 0:23:46You're slightly frightening, I was going to chance me arm.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Well, some serious shopping done there with three lots bought.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Charlie, meanwhile, has made his way to Woburn Abbey.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03A stunning historic house that is a symbol
0:24:03 > 0:24:05of the opulent lifestyle of the aristocracy.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Charlie, however, is here to find out about a lady
0:24:12 > 0:24:16who wasn't content with her life of luxury, Mary Russell,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19a formidable woman who challenged conventional behaviour,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22becoming known as the Flying Duchess,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24whose tragic last flight remains a mystery.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29To tell Charlie more is curator Chris Gravett.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32How did she get associated with the family?
0:24:32 > 0:24:37She married when she met her future husband in India.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39He was an ADC in the Army.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43She'd gone out because her father was an Archdeacon over in India.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46They met and got married
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and then the Duke at the time, who was her husband's brother,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53dies and suddenly they become Duke and Duchess.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55She was never expecting to be Duchess, then?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57No.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Mary spent most of her time pursuing great passions in life,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04one of which was caring for the sick,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08which she did at the cottage hospital she established near the Abbey.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Because she was so interested,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- she trained as a nurse herself. - Yes.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And then, of course, when World War I broke out,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20the Duke agreed to use Woburn as a military hospital for soldiers.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- What a wonderful place to be recuperating!- Wasn't it.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- When the war ended, she still worked in the hospital.- Did she?
0:25:28 > 0:25:33In 1919, she was trained enough to do minor surgery.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- So she became a surgeon? - She became a minor surgeon, yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Mary said the only thing
0:25:39 > 0:25:42stopping her from pursuing her medical career further
0:25:42 > 0:25:44was her wretched tinnitus,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48a hearing impairment she'd developed after a bout of typhoid.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It wasn't until Mary was in her '60s
0:25:53 > 0:25:56that she discovered a new passion - flying.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59It was a pastime reserved only for the very rich.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03She went out for a pleasure flight in 1926 from Croydon,
0:26:03 > 0:26:04thought it was really good
0:26:04 > 0:26:07because it also eased the tinnitus that she suffered from,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10possibly because of the racket in the engine, we don't know...
0:26:10 > 0:26:15And employed a pilot to take her up.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20She decided to take it up seriously, so she did more and more flying,
0:26:20 > 0:26:26so much so that in 1928, they had a go at the record to India.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Although their first attempt failed
0:26:29 > 0:26:32due to hitting telegraph wires shortly after take off -
0:26:32 > 0:26:35not a great start - the next year they tried and succeeded,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39flying to India and back in eight days with many fuel stops.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44With her pilot and mechanic, Mary then followed it up
0:26:44 > 0:26:48by breaking the record of flying to the Cape of South Africa and back
0:26:48 > 0:26:50in just 20 days. Wow!
0:26:50 > 0:26:52They had a few hairy moments.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56I mean, at one point she was found to be asleep in the plane
0:26:56 > 0:26:59because there was a cracked pipe that was heating from the exhaust
0:26:59 > 0:27:01and they were being gassed.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03The pilots were fighting to keep awake.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05They realised something was wrong,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08couldn't land cos of jungle, and had to wrestle for three hours before...
0:27:08 > 0:27:10And that was the fumes coming...
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Luckily, they reckoned a few more minutes
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- and they'd have all been dead. - Really?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Mary became an accomplished pilot.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23By 1937, she was 71 years old with failing eyesight
0:27:23 > 0:27:26and needed to clock more hours to renew her pilot's licence.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30She took to the air
0:27:30 > 0:27:34and headed towards the fenlands, inland from the North Sea.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38It was a reasonably good day when she set out in the afternoon,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41but the weather closed in and by 4.30,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44the Duke was getting worried because she hadn't come back.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46And she was never seen again.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50And, to this day, we're not sure what happened.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55There are two theories as to what actually happened.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58The first is that with failing eyesight,
0:27:58 > 0:28:02she may have misread her compass and ended out over the North Sea
0:28:02 > 0:28:05before running out of fuel and crashing.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08But there is an even more tragic possibility.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12The other alternative is that she deliberately did it
0:28:12 > 0:28:16because she knew that the hospital was liable to close,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19she knew that... Because of the funding.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21She knew she may not get her licence back
0:28:21 > 0:28:23because of her age and she'd already said,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25"If I didn't have the hospital, and the flying,
0:28:25 > 0:28:26"I'd have virtually nothing."
0:28:26 > 0:28:30She was so deaf she couldn't communicate with her husband.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32It could be she got in the air and decided,
0:28:32 > 0:28:33- "Well, let's go out on a high." - Yeah.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40And a little while later, four struts were washed up,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42the first at Yarmouth and then around the vicinity.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- From her plane?- From the plane and we have those here.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- Gosh! How poignant.- (Yes.)
0:28:50 > 0:28:52So it's still a mystery.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Thank you very much indeed, Chris.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58It's been a real treat to see you
0:28:58 > 0:29:02and to learn about that remarkable woman.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03- Pleasure.- Thank you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Back on terra firma,
0:29:08 > 0:29:12James has made his way to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16famous for the wartime work done at Bletchley Park and home,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19it would seem, to a rather large family of Canada geese.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25James has one last shop of the day.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Charming weather out there, isn't it?- It's lovely, isn't it? Hello.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- James.- Mags.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Hello, nice to meet you, Mags.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Fenny Antiques is full of the combined treasures of 40 dealers.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- Anything upstairs? - Only general furniture.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Only general furniture.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Ooh! I might have a look up there.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54That's quite nice. I've got a carpet here...
0:29:59 > 0:30:01..and it's tapestry
0:30:01 > 0:30:04and this is known as a design called aubusson
0:30:04 > 0:30:07and it comes from, the design comes from France
0:30:07 > 0:30:11and they're very often these, sort of, light colours.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14What do you look for when you look at a carpet?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16You look for holes, don't you.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18And Mr Moth! Any moths?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22But rather nice. You know, somebody has made this.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24It's probably made by machine now.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28But, you know, there is evidence of craft here.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Look at the back of it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34(For £20. I think that's quite a good deal.)
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Can Mags do an even better deal?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It's got a couple of wine stains and things...
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Fortunately it hasn't got a hole - I've checked it all over for a hole.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Hasn't got the moth, which I'm pleased about.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51I wouldn't mind buying it for a tenner, if that's possible?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53OK, I'll go a tenner.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Oh, well done, Mags.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Well done.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01With one aubusson rug bagged for half price,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03both our boys are bought up.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12James spent a total of £127 on five lots...
0:31:12 > 0:31:15The pair of bamboo wine tables,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18the late Victorian bamboo plant stand and planter,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21the nest of picnic cups,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23the hardwood solitaire board...
0:31:24 > 0:31:25..and the aubusson wool carpet.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Charlie spent less, shelling out £75 on four lots.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33The Madeira wicker chair,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36the Churchill centenary dish,
0:31:36 > 0:31:39the late Victorian plated bottle coasters
0:31:39 > 0:31:41and the vintage novelty pipe.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45He will also take his unsold rosewood mirror
0:31:45 > 0:31:48from the last auction to this auction.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51So what do they think of each other's lots?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53God, where do I start?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Talk about the Battle of the Bamboo!
0:31:55 > 0:32:00I bring you the 1970s in the guise of my tables,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Charlie Ross brings the most extraordinary Madeira chair
0:32:04 > 0:32:06and he buys it for a remarkable £10.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I think he's got a winner there.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10And a game of solitaire, £25.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I've seen them for ten in the shops!
0:32:13 > 0:32:16That pipe! Now there's no excuse for that pipe.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20It's quite fun that it's in the style of a colt 45,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23but at the end of the day, it's a pipe and it's a fiver.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26As for your rug at a tenner?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28(Well, off to the skip with that!)
0:32:31 > 0:32:34After starting this leg in Rushden,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36our experts are now motoring south
0:32:36 > 0:32:39towards auction in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42A place many a famous face has called home,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45from the late, great comic Benny Hill
0:32:45 > 0:32:49to world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Charlie, great shame you didn't go all-in on this one, wasn't it?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Oh, I really wish I'd spent all my money!
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Because I think the auctioneer would be well-suited
0:33:01 > 0:33:02to have the sale outside today.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04THEY CHUCKLE
0:33:05 > 0:33:06Go on!
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Our boys will battle it out at Hertfordshire Auctioneers.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18What does auctioneer Chris Small make of our experts' lots?
0:33:19 > 0:33:23There's quite an eclectic mix of items.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I quite like the pipe revolver.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28What it's worth and what it will make, I don't know.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I don't really rate the bamboo tables at all -
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I think if we get a tenner for those, we'll be doing well.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36The Churchill centenary dish, a little bit of damage to it,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38it does have its original box.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Yes, I think that's probably going to make...
0:33:40 > 0:33:42maybe the most money today.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46We've got bidders in the room and online.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Get comfy, chaps, the games are about to begin.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53At £10, at £10...
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- Here we are. - Back in your favourite position.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Front row of the stalls.- Front row, I'm looking forward to this.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Well, you're up first, James,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08with the late Victorian bamboo stand and planter.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- 15, you've got 15, have you?- Ooh!
0:34:10 > 0:34:1215, I've got. £15 I've got.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14To my right at £15 I've got now.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16At 15, I'm bid.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17It's on the net at 15.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19And 20, Steve at 20.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Taking off now, James.- Taking off.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23At 20, I've got now, £20 I've got.
0:34:23 > 0:34:2620 for this one, at £20 for the bamboo,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29plant stand and brass pot there.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30£20 only I'm bid.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33All done with that one at £20?
0:34:33 > 0:34:34- Go on, James.- £20.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You've halved your money!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Half my money. - Less a little commission...
0:34:38 > 0:34:42You're coming back to join me, James. You're coming back!
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Much to Charlie's delight, that's a disappointing start for James.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Will his pair of 1970s bamboo tables do a bit better?
0:34:54 > 0:34:55Give me a tenner, who's in?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58- Quiet!- Ooh!
0:34:58 > 0:34:59'£5.'
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Cheeky monkey! - I've got 5, it's a bid, it's a bid!
0:35:01 > 0:35:04£5 I've got.
0:35:04 > 0:35:0510 bid, £15 got.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07£15 I've got.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- See, he's out. - 15, got now at 18.- 18. Keep going.
0:35:10 > 0:35:1218 and 20, bid 20.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14You're riding it now, James.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15- 22.- Oh!
0:35:15 > 0:35:18£22 I'm bid.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Uncharted territory.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Amazing. £22 I am bid for these.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Any more now at £22?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Can't be!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- 22 salvaged.- That's marvellous.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Indeed, bravo, James.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Charlie, m'dear, it's your Madeira chair.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Ten I've got, thank you, at ten. - Well done.- We're away.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44£12, 12 I've got.
0:35:44 > 0:35:4712 I've got now. At 12, you're out at £12.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49To my left is the bid at £12, I've got.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51It's from Madeira, my dear!
0:35:51 > 0:35:541948 Madeira sunlounger there.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57£12 is bid to my left, at £12 for it. Is there any more now?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59£12 for the sunlounger.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01It's got to go, then.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02£12, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Once, twice and...
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Ooh!
0:36:08 > 0:36:10It's like a bullet through the heart.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I don't think he's taking it very well.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- So you're not pleased with the 12? - Desperately disappointed.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Desperately. I feel a moistening of the eye. - JAMES CHUCKLES
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Come on, chaps, dry those eyes.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Your rosewood mirror that failed to sell at the last auction is up next.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Start me at 20, who's there?
0:36:32 > 0:36:3420, 30 I'm bid. Goodness me.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Oh, come on, folks - lovely thing.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- £30.- Thank goodness for that, Charlie.
0:36:39 > 0:36:4230 on the net, £30 I'm bid this one. Is there any more now?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44At £30 on this one.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47£30, doubling money.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- Good work, sir.- Well done.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Well done.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54A lovely profit and Charlie can finally say farewell to the mirror
0:36:54 > 0:36:56and we don't have to cart it round any more.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- You doubled your money! - You are all fire...
0:37:00 > 0:37:03You are smelling of roses here, I don't know what's going on.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Rosewood.- Rosewood!- Rosewood!
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Can Charlie's luck continue with his silver-plate bottle coasters?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- 20, got 20 I'm bid straight in. - 20, straight in.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18At 20 I'm bid these, at £20 I've got.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Nearly all the bidding is online, isn't it?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I don't know what all these people are here for.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24£20 I've got now.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26It's the net bidder at £20.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- Are you done with them? Gone!- £20.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- I think the buyer will be over the moon.- Yes.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Someone's bagged themselves a real bargain there.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Charlie's up again now with his Bakelite pipe shaped like a gun.
0:37:42 > 0:37:4420, thank you, straight in. £20 I got.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4620 I'm bid, it's on the net.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48£20 I've got. 20 and 5, 25.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- In with... - 25, madam.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I've got 25 in the room, 25 I've got, lady's bid.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Are we selling?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- 30, back in.- Oh!
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- 35.- 35.- 35.
0:37:58 > 0:38:0135, got. 35, it's in the room now.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Net bidder, you're out at 35.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Selling it once, twice...
0:38:09 > 0:38:10- Well done.- Thank you, madam. - Well done.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16What a result. Fabulous profit there for Charlie
0:38:16 > 0:38:18and something to bang on about, heh.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Today, you are a man in form.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23I am, I'm on fire.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24It's the pipe.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Auctioneer Chris' son James is taking the helm now.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32And it's the turn of
0:38:32 > 0:38:35James Braxton's hardwood solitaire board with marbles...
0:38:35 > 0:38:37£10 I'm bid.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38At ten on this, at £10 I'm bid.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Keep going!- 12 on the net.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- 12 on the net.- Here we go. - Keep going.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Back in. £15 now, 15.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Are we all done then?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Oh.- New bidder at £18.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50£18 now. At 20. You got 20.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Over at 20, you're out. - Keep going, madam!
0:38:53 > 0:38:54At £20 in the furniture.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5822. At 22, says no. At 22.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- 25?- At £22 I'm bid.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Down the front at £22.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Last warning at £22...
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Nearly bailed you out.- Nearly.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Thank you, madam, thank you. Thank you.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14James seems pretty relieved with that result.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15It's the auctioneer's pick next...
0:39:17 > 0:39:19..and Charlie's final lot -
0:39:19 > 0:39:22the commemorative Churchill dish.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- Start me at 20.- Oh.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2620 I've got, at 20 now.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- 20 on the internet.- 22.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31At 22, got 28. 28, 28, 28. £28
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I'm bid and 30. At 30, got 30.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- 30.- Come on, we need to get on a bit here.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40This is Winston Churchill, this isn't Enid Blyton.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42The saviour of a nation.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43With the box, as well. £30.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- With the box!- At 30.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4732, at £32. 32.
0:39:47 > 0:39:4935. 38. 38, bid 38.
0:39:50 > 0:39:5238. Now were getting there.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- We're getting there.- At 40. I've got 40.- We need a bit more, sir.
0:39:55 > 0:39:5742, got 42. At 42.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58At £42.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00That should be enough.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02No, no, no. I think we need a little more.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- 48, got 48.- It is Churchill.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06At £48 I'm bid. Any more?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08'Are we all done in the room?'
0:40:08 > 0:40:12On the net at £48, the hammer's up.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Well done.- A rollercoaster.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Churchill does Charlie proud again.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Another profit.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Will James' six plated picnic cups prove popular?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Bid 20, got 20 at £20 in the room.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30And two, and five, and 25.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Got 25, at 25. At 28, got 28, at 30...
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Now we're going!
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- At £30 I'm bid for this.- 30.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- 30, 2, 5, 35.- James!- At £35 I'm bid.
0:40:40 > 0:40:4435, 38, 40, at £40 I'm bid.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46At £40 now, 42, 45.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50£45, 45. Still cheap for these.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Hukin and Heath.- 48, at 48.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55They're a good size, aren't they?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- At £48.- Go on, go 50.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- 50!- At £48 I'm bid.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Are we all done? At £48, I'm bid.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Are we all done at 48?
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Nice little profit there.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10It's their last lot of the day
0:41:10 > 0:41:12and to have any chance of winning this leg,
0:41:12 > 0:41:17James needs a good result on his aubusson rug.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Here we are, here we go.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21My bids, then. I've got 10, £15 I'm bid.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- At 15 on this, 15.- 15.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26At £15. Left bid at 15,
0:41:26 > 0:41:2820, 5... 25.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Keep going.- Bid 30, got 30.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Keep him rocking on!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I'm out at £30. £30 I'm bid.
0:41:35 > 0:41:3635? Got 35.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Well done.- At 35. At £35 I'm bid.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43At 35 I'm bid.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45At 35 on this. Any more?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- At £35 are you out?- No! - We need another one!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Once, twice, third and final time at £35...
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Serious triumph, though, 10 to 35.
0:41:57 > 0:41:5910 to 35!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Lovely profit there for James.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04But has he done enough to win this leg?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07James began with £470.84.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13After auction costs, he made a small loss of £6.46,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17but he still goes into the last leg in the overall lead
0:42:17 > 0:42:21with a fantastic £464.38
0:42:21 > 0:42:24and he's looking very prosperous, if you don't mind my saying so.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Charlie started this leg with £214.84.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36He made a profit of £43.90 after auction costs,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40which means he goes into the final leg with £258.74
0:42:40 > 0:42:43and is crowned today's winner.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Well done, old bean.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Very good, sir, very good.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Well, as the winner, winner takes all.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Thank you very much, sir.- Thank you. - Take me away.- Take you away.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Where to, sir? - Somewhere exotic.- Exotic, sir.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Ah, home, James.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59See you soon, road trippers!