0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- This is beautiful. - That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12..with £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Joy.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26So will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Roadtrip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41It's the third leg of this week's road trip with antiques dealer
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Margie Cooper and Derbyshire man, auctioneer Charles Hanson.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Welcome to Derbyshire, Margie!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Smell the Derbyshire air.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52He is as excited as usual.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Just as well Margie is in command of this 1959 Elva Courier.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I would just change gear if I were you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I wouldn't... I would just gently caress the accelerator now, Margie.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I was driving cars before you were even thought of.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Are you being serious?- Yes.- You're not that old, are you? Look at me.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- GEARS CRUNCH - Oh!- Whoops.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Both experts started this road trip with £200 and a complete gearbox.
0:01:19 > 0:01:26After two auctions, Margie has increased her loot to £280.32.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28But Charles is stretching ahead.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33He has £496.46 to flash about on this leg.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'll try... Oh!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42This epic road trip started in the Leicestershire town
0:01:42 > 0:01:43of Melton Mowbray.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45They're zipping around six counties
0:01:45 > 0:01:47before ending their trip in Leicester.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50This leg starts off from Melbourne in South Derbyshire,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54destined for an auction in the Norfolk town of Aylsham.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Charles is shopping first today in the Georgian town of Melbourne,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03namesake of the Antipodean city down under.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Morning.- Good morning. How are you?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- All right, thank you. - What a lovely shop.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Thank you very much.- Charles Hanson. - Welcome to Melbourne Antiques.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13The delightful Helen is on hand to help.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I try to please everybody. I try to buy a bit of everything.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- It's just awash with treasures, Helen.- I know. It's just...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I feel like a pirate.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Really?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27These are nice.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29These are pretty, aren't they?
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Charles has uncovered a nice pair of Art Nouveau Royal Dux figurines,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35but I spy a problem.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- What a shame. Oh, I don't believe it.- That's...
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I was feeling so good and then I saw the instruments.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Her little harpsichord has been damaged.- Yes.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Missing that section there, but also missing a thumb
0:02:49 > 0:02:53and if we turn it round, we'll see, good quality,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58raised pink Triangle Mark for Royal Dux, but what a shame.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Oh, no. I thought she was wearing a waistband.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- She's been broken in half as well. Literally... Have you seen that?- No.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Her whole waist there has been off. Crack, crack, crack.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12They must be so cheap, Helen.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15They are very cheap. £20 for the pair.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19I'll think about them. Thanks, Helen. I'm going to wander on, OK?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Yes.- Thank you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Charles seems interested
0:03:22 > 0:03:26but will have one last scout around the shop first.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34It's been a great shop to come to and I think the one thing that
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- I might make an offer on are your damaged Dux figures.- Yes.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- But because she's been literally split at the waist...- Hard life.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49..through there, and the fact she's missing half her instrument too,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- will you take £10?- Yes, happy. - Look at me, happy, she is happy.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Shake hands.- I'll take the figures.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59The broken lady who's been chopped in half and missing...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02That's how hard it's been in Melbourne. Thanks a lot. Thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Thank you.- Thank you so much. - Thank you.- £10.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Thank you, Helen.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Despite the damage, these two figurines could do well at auction.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Thanks, Helen. Take care. Bye.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Margie's motored her way to the north-west tip of Leicestershire
0:04:24 > 0:04:27and the town of Castle Donington.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Her first shop today is Once Removed.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30The shop, that is.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It's its name.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Hello.- Hello.- Hi.- Hi, I'm Philip.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Oh, hello, Phil. Margie.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Good to meet you.- Yeah, so, I'd love to have a look round.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Sure, yes. Feel free to wander.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Margie's got just over £280 to spend.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53What will she plump for?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- That's been nice in its time, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Margie's spotted an Edwardian ladies' toilet mirror.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03A nice bit of satinwood around here.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Just turn it round to see what's going on at the back.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Yes, as is.- All original, yes, it's not been...
0:05:11 > 0:05:15It's as original, nothing been tampered with at all or changed.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Phil, I quite like that. - Yeah.- So, how much is that?
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Well, that could be £25.- Oh. - Which, you know...- Oh, crumbs.- Yeah.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Very reasonable, Phil.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30I'm going to shake your hand on that.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Oh, right, thank you very much. - Thank YOU very much.- Cheers.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36One sale. You can wrap it then.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42One purchase already and Margie's still to explore Phil's basement.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- I'm going to go down.- OK.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Small but packed with stock.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Oh.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54A gramophone player.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Gosh, I've never, ever bought one in my life.- Oh.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Does it work?- Yes, I can give you a demonstration if you want.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Crank it up for you.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:06 > 0:06:07There you go.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- It's not bad, is it? - It's all right, yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16And you've got the volume control there, you see. There you are.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Volume control is shut the door.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24This 1920s gramophone comes with a few records, too.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28But what's the price, Phil?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Well, I was... I was going to...
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- You know, £80, £90.- Yes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36But I could go a little bit...
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'll go to 50. I could drop down to 50.
0:06:39 > 0:06:4150 quid for a 1920s...
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- I'll have another browse upstairs. - OK.- I know it's here.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Yeah, fair enough, yes.- Right?
0:06:49 > 0:06:54After another quick look upstairs, it's decision time.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59So I bought that, so do I just leave it at that and move on?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Or do I have a crack at your record player?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I think that's what we're down to.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- 40 quid won't buy it?- Say 43 then.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Let's just cut it down to...
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Thanks.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16£43. We're done. I'm on my way.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17That's the Edwardian toilet mirror
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and a gramophone with a dozen old 78s thrown in
0:07:20 > 0:07:23for a total of £68.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Nice find.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What's that little glass over there?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Well, I think that's a French vase, 1950s-ish I think.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I quite like that. - Yes, it's different, isn't it?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- It looks very nice in the light.- How much would you throw that in for?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Well, I bought that, again, very well,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46so you could have that for a bargain £8.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52- Oh! I can't leave that, can I? £8.- Yes.- Yes.- Oh, brilliant.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Another £8. Great. Glad I spotted it.- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Right, so I'll give you some more money then.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Oh, right, brilliant. There we are. Right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03An impulse buy. A 1950s vase, a snip at just £8.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Great work, Margie.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Meanwhile, Charles has made his way across the county border to
0:08:16 > 0:08:17the Derbyshire town of Matlock.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22Here we are.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27This antiques centre has nearly 70 dealers.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31With £486 to splash,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33he dives straight in.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Come on, objects, talk to me.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Having a hard time then, Charles?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Can you go away, please? I'm struggling.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45He's onto something.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Just found the best thing in the shop
0:08:47 > 0:08:51and what I've found is pretty mundane to many eyes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56It's a piece of timber, carved with acanthus foliage
0:08:56 > 0:08:58and these lovely scroll volutes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02So, many years ago, this piece of timber was very important.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08It probably formed part of a very elaborate Florentine frame.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12If you had the whole frame and there was a mirror,
0:09:12 > 0:09:13it might be £5,000.
0:09:15 > 0:09:21Sadly this is only a quarter of that frame and is priced at £65.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26And in fact this piece of timber will date to around 1730,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29it's that early. A really exciting find.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's all about the history in this.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33It's a great piece of timber.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37I might just see if I can spot...
0:09:37 > 0:09:39anything else.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44That's quite sweet.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48What I like about this box is it's no cheap, square box.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53In fact, what we've got here is a good rosewood inlaid, veneered box
0:09:53 > 0:09:57with this star motif on top in ebony.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58There's your interior.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I think it has got some age.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's what you call Tunbridge Ware,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05traditionally made in that region of Tunbridge Wells.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It is probably 1900 in date
0:10:08 > 0:10:11and, actually, if it was in the cabinet here,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14it ought to be about £75.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Hidden away, out the way, it's £14,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21so it's almost been missed.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25He always finds something interesting.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29The dealer trading from this corner of the shop isn't here today
0:10:29 > 0:10:31so it's back up the stairs.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34When the going gets tough...
0:10:34 > 0:10:35we get going.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37To make a phone call.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Head honcho Lynne gets dealer Bernadette on the blower.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I'll put him on, Bernadette.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I just wondered, I'm just intrigued.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47This almost scroll acanthus panel...
0:10:49 > 0:10:51..I just quite like it because it's got some age.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Any idea where it came from?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It came out the Brunswick Rooms in Whitby.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Is that a Georgian building?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It's a beautiful Georgian building.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02So I like that.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05What's your best price...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07to an old mate?
0:11:07 > 0:11:0848.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I will say, "Thank you very much."
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I'll take that for 48,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and I also like the inlaid box as well that...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- So that for a tenner.- Right. - Thank you, Bernadette.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Wasn't she nice?
0:11:23 > 0:11:29The 18th century cornice and the rosewood box for a total of £58.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Take care. See you. Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Margie's taking a break from shopping to head to Ticknall,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42a few miles south of Derby.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48She's visiting Calke Abbey, a country house frozen in time,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52giving a snapshot of Victorian Britain like no other.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56It's a Marie Celeste-like relic that glimpses into the lives of
0:11:56 > 0:12:00one of the last traditional British upper-class families.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05The National Trust's Yanni Simpson is the assistant house manager.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Yanni.- Margie.- Hello, nice to meet you.- You too. Welcome to Calke.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Thank you very much.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16For generations, Britain's upper classes enjoyed untold wealth thanks
0:12:16 > 0:12:21to the country's economic strength and the largest empire in history.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25One such aristocratic family were wealthy landowners the Harpur-Crewes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30They owned the Calke Abbey estate for over 400 years,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35a reclusive family that shunned the upper-class social scene, choosing
0:12:35 > 0:12:39to spend time and the family money on their natural history collection.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Oh.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Gorgeous room.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So this is what we call the saloon,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- and it was designed as the main entrance hall to the house.- Right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Very grand.- The bigger the room, the more money you've got.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56So this is where the family start to take over the space,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59not as a social room but as a private museum.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Right, to house the collections. - Yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07It was the Ninth Baronet, Sir John Harpur-Crewe,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09who started the collection, decorating the house with
0:13:09 > 0:13:15hunting trophies, but his son, Sir Vauncey, outdid his father.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Animals he couldn't hunt on his own estate were
0:13:17 > 0:13:20purchased from taxidermy dealers around the world.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Collecting became an all-consuming hobby for the increasingly reclusive
0:13:25 > 0:13:31aristocrat, and proved detrimental to his relationship with his family.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- So he didn't necessarily talk to his daughters.- Oh, dear.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36He'd send notes, either by the butler,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- so they get an instruction on a silver salver...- Oh, dear.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- ..or he used an internal postal system.- Dear, dear, dear.- Yeah.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46That's not very good, is it?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47No.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Then the Harpur-Crewes, like other landed gentry,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53were hit by the financial crisis of the 1920s.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56To help control the country's ballooning debt
0:13:56 > 0:14:00caused by the First World War, upper-class families were hammered
0:14:00 > 0:14:04by a 32% increase in the death tax.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07So when Sir Vauncey passed away in 1924,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11his wife and daughters were faced with a crippling tax bill.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14So a lot of the estate and collection
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- was sold off to pay for that... - Goodness.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- ..and Calke was not worth what the inheritance tax was.- No.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Sir Vauncey's remaining collection was placed under dust sheets
0:14:27 > 0:14:29behind closed doors.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34The Harpur-Crewes retreated to a tiny corner of their decaying mansion,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36unable to pay for repairs.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Despite clinging on to Calke for the next 60 years, the family had no
0:14:40 > 0:14:43choice in the 1980s but to hand over the estate to the government,
0:14:43 > 0:14:48in lieu of an unpaid multi-million-pound tax bill.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49When the National Trust took over,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52they found a stately home frozen in the 1920s.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Everything you see you today is as we walked in in 1985.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03So, peeling paint, dirty walls, all the worn textiles, chairs,
0:15:03 > 0:15:04that's as found.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07It sort of stands as a monument to all the other country houses
0:15:07 > 0:15:09that went into decline,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11last sold off as golf hotels,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15and just simply pulled down to get rid of the family debt.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21Although creatures in cabinets are a somewhat sad and strange legacy,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Calke Abbey is a unique survivor,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25a snapshot of late-19th-century Britain
0:15:25 > 0:15:28preserved as a grand tribute to days gone by.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36And, with that, an exciting day on the road comes to a close.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38So nighty-night, you two lovebirds.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Charles is behind the wheel this morning, so watch out.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47For Queen and country, Margie.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Hold tight.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- GEARS CRUNCH - Oh, sorry. Sorry, Margie.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Yesterday, Margie splashed out £76 on a gramophone in an oak cabinet,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00an Edwardian toilet mirror and a 1950s glass vase.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Charles, meanwhile, spent £68 on a pair of Royal Dux figurines,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10a Victorian rosewood box and an 18th-century carved cornice.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14But he struggled to find objects he really loved.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17It's hard because you want the objects to say,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19"Look at me, come to me."
0:16:19 > 0:16:21You do, eh?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27First stop is in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Margie's shopping in one of the oldest streets in the town.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Good morning.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Curiously, the chap in charge isn't called Alice.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42He goes by the name of Michael. Hello, Michael.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I'm looking for some little, quirky smalls.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47OK.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Off she goes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Wow.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Right so it's, yeah... What have we got up here? This is all...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58- Shabby chic.- Yeah, shabby chic, yes. Go round here.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I don't really want to buy stepladders but they do sort of...
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Yeah.- They're popular now, aren't they? People paint them as well.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Yeah, they do, and put them in the bedrooms and put, you know,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13ornaments on them.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Or shoes.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Hm. They're not the best pair I've ever seen. I mean...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25But, you know, there's something rather nice about them.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26They've been used.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29It's a good idea to stick them in a bathroom if you paint them up.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Paint them up and they look good, don't they?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Actually, to use them for the purpose
0:17:34 > 0:17:36they were made for is out now.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- It's all aluminium, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41They won't be used as stepladders, they'll be displaying something.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46I mean, you know, people find them quite heavy, don't they?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Careful, Margie.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Afraid I'm going to break it, Mike? - I'm just worried that you are...
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- You're going to lose the sale. - You've got a lot to do today, still.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58These steps were priced at £35
0:17:58 > 0:18:01but, as luck would have it, they're in the sale.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05The only way I can buy this, Michael, is if it was
0:18:05 > 0:18:10really, really cheap, because it's going to have to be so cheap,
0:18:10 > 0:18:11and that's not cheap enough.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15So if you can sell me that for 15 quid, I'll buy it.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Well, I don't want you to leave without buying...
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- Right, well, there we go. 15.- £15. - OK, Mike, thanks very much indeed.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Thank you.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Michael's been most kind and Margie has another item to take to auction.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Thank you.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Charles has travelled north of Nottingham,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38near to the village of Papplewick.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43He's visiting this unassuming building to hear how
0:18:43 > 0:18:46the pumping equipment inside saved millions of lives.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Tony Keyworth is the local expert on Victorian engineer Thomas Hawksley,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54the forgotten hero of Nottingham.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Mr Keyworth.- Call me Tony. - Tony. Charles Hanson.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Nice to meet you and welcome. - Great to hear. What a building.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04It is, isn't it? It's beautiful. It was built by Thomas Hawksley,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08the best water engineer of the 19th century.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Wow. It looks amazing.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- May we go for a wander indoors? - Let's do that, yes.- Thanks a lot.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution saw
0:19:17 > 0:19:20a boom in textile industries, mining and engineering.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Thousands left life in the country to seek work.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Cities soon became overcrowded, and Nottingham was no exception.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34The population by 1830 had risen to about 50,000,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37from 10,000 in the mid-18th century.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39They were cramped into houses
0:19:39 > 0:19:44that were built specifically to house them by speculative landlords.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46They had no drainage, no water supply,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48didn't even have a back door.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It was an appalling way to live.
0:19:51 > 0:19:5460% of children below five years old died.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Overcrowding led to outbreaks of disease.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04One of the most feared was water-borne cholera.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06How was cholera getting into the system?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08There was an attempt by some water companies to pump
0:20:08 > 0:20:12water into the town to standpipes. Some into the houses.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14But it leaked, basically,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18and in order to prevent this leakage from exhausting the water
0:20:18 > 0:20:24supply and costing too much money, they turned the water off,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26and only turned it back on again in a certain area of the town
0:20:26 > 0:20:30for two hours a day, and when the pipes emptied,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33they drew in the contaminated waste in the ground.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Sewage, basically.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38So people were actually infecting themselves by drinking the water.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- And that obviously gave that low life expectancy.- It caused havoc.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Even in the best part of Nottingham,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47the life expectancy was somewhere between 12
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and, in some of the wards, 18.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Local engineer Thomas Hawksley believed those
0:20:53 > 0:20:56suffering from illness would benefit from clean water.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00He set out to revolutionise the supply system by replacing
0:21:00 > 0:21:04the leaky pipes and pumping a continuous supply of water.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08He had the good sense to recognise that when you stopped
0:21:08 > 0:21:12a pipe from having pressure inside it and it emptied,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16sewage would get in and contaminate people, so his idea was to keep it
0:21:16 > 0:21:20under pressure all the time to keep the contamination out.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Without knowing it, Hawksley wasn't just offering a supply of fresh
0:21:23 > 0:21:27water, he was also stopping outbreaks of cholera.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32When he put forward his idea of pumping fresh water 24 hours a day
0:21:32 > 0:21:36to a sceptical establishment, he faced stiff opposition.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40His revolutionary piece of engineering didn't come cheap.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44What did he say to get them on board?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Hawksley worked out later in his life the mortality cost,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50the consequences of people dying early.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53A man would die, he would leave a wife and children
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and if they became ill,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57they couldn't pay for the hospital treatment,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01that had to be paid for by the town.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02So if they lived long enough, of course,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- they would be able to pay more taxes.- Absolutely, yeah.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Hawksley raised financial backing from a water company to build
0:22:11 > 0:22:15this steam-powered pumping station at Papplewick.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Fresh water was pumped through leak-proof pipes
0:22:18 > 0:22:20to taps in people's homes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Did it work, Tony? - It did. It did work extremely well.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Almost on cue, a couple of years later, there was
0:22:26 > 0:22:28a cholera outbreak in the country.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Nottingham didn't have any problems at all. Nobody died in Nottingham.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Thousands died around the rest of the country.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Hawksley had proved his doubters wrong
0:22:38 > 0:22:41and his system was soon adopted by other cities.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43His ingenuity saved countless lives
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and is one reason why Britain's health and prosperity
0:22:46 > 0:22:49accelerated ahead of many others in the following decades.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54He's a man I never knew but it's certainly got me
0:22:54 > 0:22:56pumped up now on the Antiques Roadtrip.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59My pressure is increasing, Tony.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I'm feeling, you know, a sweat coming on and I shall head off
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and attempt to find my next few antique buys.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Thank you for a wonderful visit. It's been really, really rewarding.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- It's a pleasure.- Thanks, Tony.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Although Thomas Hawksley has never been officially
0:23:13 > 0:23:16recognised in the United Kingdom, he received knighthoods
0:23:16 > 0:23:20from Sweden, Denmark, Brazil and other grateful countries
0:23:20 > 0:23:23for solving their drinking water problems,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27a tribute to a man who saved millions of lives around the world.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The final shop for both our experts is in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Charles is running a little late...
0:23:41 > 0:23:44..giving Margie first dibs at Notions Antiques Centre.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Over 30 dealers trade from here,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50selling all sorts of collectables and antiques...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52and ladders.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Oh, no! More ladders.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Proves they're popular, Margie.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Good afternoon. How are you? - Hello.- And you are?- Sharon.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Sharon, I should call like that.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- And you're Lewis.- I am Lewis, yes. - All right. Margie.- Hello.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Desperately looking for a couple of items
0:24:12 > 0:24:14so I'm going to have a look around.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16- Fine.- I'll be back.- OK.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Margie still has £189.32 to spend.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30What is she on to here?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Cigarette dispenser?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Torpedo boat cigarette dispenser.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Hm!
0:24:40 > 0:24:42How does this work, Lewis?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Oh. That's quite unusual, actually.- Torpedo boat.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- That's a cigarette dispenser.- Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52What you basically do is pull that lever back...
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Yeah. A cigarette pops up.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- You pop your cigarette in there, right?- Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04Pull that lever and it shoots the cigarette through the torpedo hole.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Oh.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Why would you want to do that
0:25:07 > 0:25:09if you've had to put it in in the first place?
0:25:09 > 0:25:14- If you stand in the right direction and the right height...- Yeah?
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- ..it shoots it straight into your mouth.- Oh, for goodness' sake!
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Very good, Lewis.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24This boat is likely to date from the 1940s
0:25:24 > 0:25:29and Margie thinks it falls into the collectable category of trench art,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33as it may have been made by a soldier or a POW during the war.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Fire.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36LEVER CLICKS
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Ticketed at £49.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- I must say I quite like that.- Yeah. - Right, well, I mustn't linger.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44No. One to think about.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Right, what's spinning round in here?
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Let's have a look.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55Just have a look at this. What's this little chap here? Hey.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00This little wooden boot is a Victorian inkwell, priced at £52.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04It's very cute. It's got the original little bottle in.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07We've got a bit of damage.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Oh, that's cute, isn't it? I quite like that.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Margie seems to like it so that's her second possible.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20I will go for either the boot or the trench art, but I've got
0:26:20 > 0:26:23to make my mind up soon cos Charles Hanson is about to arrive.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Speak of the devil.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Lordy. Margie's on the move. Look at her shift.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Oh, I can hear his car outside.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36If I bought the two items...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Perfect.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- 30 for that.- Quick, quick. - 30 for that.- Yeah?- And...
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Could that be 20?- 30...
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- I can't do... I can't...- 50 for the two.- I can't sanction that.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- It's not my stock so... - I know it's not.- ..I'm limited.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- You don't want to ring her? - We can phone, yeah.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Hurry up, Lewis. I hope that dealer's on speed dial.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Oops.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- 28 you can have it. That'll do. - I've got the two in the bag.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Got the 28 and I've got yours at...
0:27:04 > 0:27:0625.
0:27:06 > 0:27:0853.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11For £53, she takes the 1940s cigarette dispenser
0:27:11 > 0:27:13and the Victorian inkwell,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and just in time cos here comes Charles.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Hello.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- How are you? - Fine, thank you.- Charles Hanson.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- Is she here yet?- She is. She is. She's been.- She's been and gone?
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- No, she's here.- She's not here now, is she? Margie Cooper's here?- Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38OK, fine.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I'll go for a little mingle round and if you see her...
0:27:41 > 0:27:42I'm incognito.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47- Oh, it's you! You!- How are you? - Well, late. I'm late!
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I know you're late. It's been terrific. I've had hours here.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- Have you been a magpie around the entire...?- I'm done and dusted.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- You're joking.- You're on your own, kid. Good luck, mate. See you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Right, I'm out.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I bought two items, I've got six in total, and I'm glad to be
0:28:06 > 0:28:10finished now that Hanson's in there, cos he causes chaos sometimes.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Margie leaves Charles to it, with over £428 still in his pocket.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25It's always quite nice to begin at the bottom and work up. Follow me.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Margie never found the basement.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Yes. What's great is down here,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37this teapot goes back to 1810.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43We're talking what essentially is a boat-shaped, octagonal teapot,
0:28:43 > 0:28:48beautifully painted in a whimsical, regency style.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51What's really nice is you get the teapot stand as well.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Yeah, priced at just £12.50, it's one to leave to brew.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00What I do quite like, having just come upstairs, and sometimes
0:29:00 > 0:29:04you need your mates with you, are the seven dwarfs down here,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and they're really quite sweet.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11This one I think could be Happy. How are you, Happy?
0:29:11 > 0:29:15They're quite nice. They're just weathered. But they're quite sweet.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19They are complete, but sometimes when you're going into a battle,
0:29:19 > 0:29:23you need your mates with you to keep the Hansen line up and running.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Hey, guys, you fancy coming to Norfolk with me?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30These seven chaps are priced at £49.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34With nothing else to tease him on this floor, Charles heads upstairs.
0:29:38 > 0:29:44That's nice. What we've got here is a very nice dish from circa 1810.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47This dish, although it is very oriental,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49was in fact made in Staffordshire, and the body,
0:29:49 > 0:29:56you'll see from the slightly bluish glaze, is a pearlware.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59This could appeal to collectors.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Ticketed at £20, Charles is interested.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I'll leave that down there.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14- Sharon?- Yes?- I just wonder, this jardiniere over here...- Yes.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16..which has a plant in it, is it for sale?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Yes, it is. - How much is it? Is it yours?- Yeah.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- Has it not got a price mark? - It's a bit cracked.- I know it is.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Let me give you that plant. - It's not wet, is it?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32This porcelain jardiniere is Japanese and is over 100 years old.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Sharon and Lewis even have a stand to go with it.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Oh, that's nice. I just need something which has a look.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Indeed, a grand stand for a Japanese pot.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47If I said to you...
0:30:49 > 0:30:52.."Would you sell the two together," what would be your best price?
0:30:52 > 0:30:5475 for the two.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58I'm going to come to some decisions now, if that's OK with you, Sharon.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Yeah. - OK. Let me show you over here.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- I brought this downstairs from your top floor.- Yes. Yes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08That's a nice dish. What would be the best on that?
0:31:08 > 0:31:1015 on that.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13You wouldn't take ten for it, would you?
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Meet me halfway at 12?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Go on, I'll do it for 12. - Are you sure?- Yes.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Sold one. We've got a deal. Thank you, Sharon. That's great.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- So I've bought one thing.- Yes.
0:31:21 > 0:31:27- In your cellar, there is a teapot and cover on stand.- Right.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- May I just run and get it for you now very quickly?- Yes, yes.- OK.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- I'll be back in ten seconds, OK? Count me in.- I will.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- Nine, ten.- Oh, yes.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Is it yours?- That is ours, yeah. - Oh, well done. £12.50.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- We're doing that for 12, aren't we? - Yeah.- 8. So 20 for the two.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56I'll take that. That's one more down. What else have I seen?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- I like the dwarves. Are they yours? - Yes.- Where do they come from?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- The garden in Lincolnshire. - Did they?
0:32:01 > 0:32:04I think they've been almost highlighted.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Their colours are so flashy, aren't they?
0:32:06 > 0:32:11They're priced at £49 for seven.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Would you take £25?- Yes.- Done.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Thank you very much.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18There we go. We're not hanging around, now. Bang, bang, bang.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Going, going, gone.
0:32:19 > 0:32:25- That's three things.- Yes. - I do like this.- What were we at, 75?
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- 50 and our wagons roll. - If you're happy on that. Yes?
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- I'm happy and you know it. Clap your hands.- Yes.- I'll take it.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36Thanks a lot. Thank you so much.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- That's all right.- Give us a kiss. Thanks very much.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41After struggling yesterday,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Charles has bought four items in as many minutes.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46The pearlware plate,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49the Staffordshire teapot,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52a large Japanese jardiniere with a stand,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54and seven garden gnomes,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56all for £95,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58and that brings our shopping to an end.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Until next time. Bye!
0:33:03 > 0:33:07On the last haul, Charles married together the pearlware plate
0:33:07 > 0:33:10and Staffordshire teapot into one lot.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13His other buys include a pair of Royal Dux figurines,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15a Victorian rosewood box,
0:33:15 > 0:33:17and an 18th-century cornice.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20All that lot cost him £163.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Margie parted with £144,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28buying an Edwardian toilet mirror,
0:33:28 > 0:33:29a gramophone,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31a 1950s glass vase,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33a 1930s stepladder,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35a Victorian inkwell
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and a wooden cigarette dispenser.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Like the look of the competition, guys?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Margie's bought really well this time.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43The gramophone, well, Margie,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47we all like sweet music and roll back the years because
0:33:47 > 0:33:50they're wonderful objects, it's in a great case and that's a star buy.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53I think that stands out, that carved piece of wood.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Probably 18th century. Gilded. I like it very much.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02The final stop of this leg is located in the Norfolk countryside
0:34:02 > 0:34:04in the attractive market town of Aylsham.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Oh!
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Oh, it's a bit damp today.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- I've got a wet leg. - I know. My leg's wet.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I'm not sure what's happened, Margie.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17It's either the nerves or it's the rain.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Not a good thought, that.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Today's auction is taking place at Keys Auctioneers, a local
0:34:22 > 0:34:26institution, and they've been selling from here for well over 60 years.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- This must be it, Margie. - This is it.- This must be it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- The rain is ceasing, Margie. We're here.- Right, turn it off.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- I can't get out. - I think there's two things.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38It's getting out of the car
0:34:38 > 0:34:40and also getting out here without a huge loss.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Come on, man.
0:34:44 > 0:34:50- Oh. There. I'm out. Margie, stretch, be ready.- Oh!
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Let's go.- Are you ready?- Let's go.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59Our auctioneer today is Dave Gould. What does he think will do well?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The nice 20th-century oriental jardiniere and stand.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06And again I would have thought that would be estimated sort of
0:35:06 > 0:35:0840-50, 40-60, that sort of area.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Gramophone, again, they're great little cabinet.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13It's a nice, light, oak one. I would have thought you'd be looking
0:35:13 > 0:35:18sort of anywhere in the area of sort of £30-£50 on that, realistically.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Time now for Charles and Margie to take their seats.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28The first lot to go under Dave's gavel is Charles's seven gnomes.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I've got to start these on commissions at £30 here.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Come on, let's go. Come on. Let's go. Come on.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- 32, 35.- Let's go.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43- It's sticky.- 35. It's with me.- Come on, sell. One more. 35. One more.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- They were cheap.- They were cheap. Doesn't matter.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Doesn't matter, Margie.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Kicking off with a profit.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Next up, Margie's Edwardian toilet mirror.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Unfortunately replacement glass...
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Oh... What did he say that for?
0:35:58 > 0:36:0030? 30.
0:36:00 > 0:36:0230? 30. 30? 30.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0332, 35.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07You're flying high, Margie. Doubled up.
0:36:07 > 0:36:1048. 48? 48. 50.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Margie Cooper, take a bow.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Come on.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17All out now then at 50.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Margie Cooper! - It's not that brilliant.- 25.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23That's the biggest profit of the day so far. Take a bow.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27We're only two lots in, Charles. But, yes, Margie's doubled her money.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29This chap with a stick is telling us
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Charles's Japanese jardiniere and stand is up next.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Who wants a jardiniere? Any bids? Any bids?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38I've got to start that one here at 35.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42Come on. I'm behind. Come on.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- 38, 40.- Come on, sir.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- Come on.- 49. 50.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- 55, 60.- Come on!
0:36:49 > 0:36:53Yes, over there. Sorry. Sorry.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- With you, madam.- Thank you very much, madam.- Anyone else now?
0:36:56 > 0:37:01- Away now then at 65.- OK. That's OK.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04A strong profit for Charles. Well done.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08It's that stick again. Margie's stepladders are up now.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Start this here at £15.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- My money back.- £50? £50?- 15, 15.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Maiden bid with commissions and I'll sell away now at 15.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23- Got away with it. Got away with it. - That's good. £15. Broken even.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It will be a small loss after commission, though.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28But it's early days.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Charles loved the carved 18th-century cornice. How will it do?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I've got to start this at £30 I'm bid.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- It could bomb.- 30? 30. 30? 30.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- Doesn't matter. That's OK.- 35? 35.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- 38. 40.- Go on. One more.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- 42. 45.- Go on, sir. One more.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- I'll sell them at 45.- History.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Someone's got a so-called 300-year-old cornice for a steal.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01The next lot is Margie's 1950s glass vase.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03£10 here for that at 10.
0:38:03 > 0:38:0510? 10. At 12? 12.
0:38:05 > 0:38:0815? At 15. 15. 18? At 18.
0:38:08 > 0:38:1018? 18. 18?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Go on. At 18. 18. 18. It's in front.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It goes now at 18.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- 18. Got a tenner. - That's good. Oh, that's great.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21It is. And Margie's slowly stretching ahead.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Charles's next lot was supposed to be the pearlware plate and the teapot.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28However, the plate was broken during the auction viewing - a tragedy.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32The auction house has given an insurance valuation of £45
0:38:32 > 0:38:35for both items and if the teapot on its own sells for any less,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Charles will still receive 45.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Make sense? Good.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41What a shame.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Yeah, the teapot's great. OK. I'm still standing, Margie.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46At £10. At 10. 10, 10, 10,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- 12, 15.- Very attractive.- At 15, 18.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Very lovely, yeah. I love it.- £20.
0:38:52 > 0:38:5420. Commission takes it away again.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55That's broken even.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Hammer's gone down at 20, but the insurance was 45,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02so Charles walks away with a £25 profit.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Smashing.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07No, I'm very happy with that. Helps me out. Helps a poor man out today.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Now time for Margie's cigarette dispenser.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I love this. This will do well.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Maritime interest. You watch his move, Margie Cooper.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Start me then at 10. 10, 12, 15.
0:39:18 > 0:39:2118, 20? At 20. 2, do you want? 22.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- 25.- Margie, you're flying high. - No, I'm not.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27At 22. 22. 25. 25.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2928. 28. 28, you're sure?
0:39:29 > 0:39:30- Come on.- At 28. 28.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- 28. 28. With Nelson, away it goes now.- That's good, Margie.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34No, it's not!
0:39:34 > 0:39:35Is that profit for you?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38If should have made about £70.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40It made Margie a few pounds' profit.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Now it's the turn of Charles's Royal Dux figurines.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Unfortunately, a bit of damage. - Don't say that!
0:39:47 > 0:39:50One hand been cut in half and glued together, but still a nice pair.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Well, that's killed them.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Hey, let's see.
0:39:53 > 0:39:5625. 25.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- 28. 30...- Hey, there you go.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- 35.- Come on!- 38.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04At 38. 38. 40.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- At 40. 40, 40, 40, 40. - Come on. Let's go.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09That's where we're stuck now then at £40.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12I'm delighted with that, Margie. I'm over the moon.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- That's a great return. - Well done.- Thanks, Margie.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Well done indeed. A cracking return.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Next, Margie's Victorian ink well.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- We'll start that at £10 here. - Oh, Margie Cooper!
0:40:26 > 0:40:2812, 15. At 15. 15, 18.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31At 18. 18, 20.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- At 20.- 2.- At 20. Lady takes a seat and you're all out?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Away it goes, then, at 20.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40That was so cheap. That was so cheap!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42That's a shame, Margie.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Will Charles have better luck with his piece of Victoriana?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48His rosewood box is up now.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I'm going to start that here at £5 only.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Oh, no. Come on!- At 5, 6, 8...
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Let's go. Come on, let's go.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58At 10. 12, 15? At 15. 18. 20. At 20.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- 22, 25.- Come on!
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Anybody else? 28 there!
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- 28. 28, 28, 28.- Go on, madam.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- 28, standing near... - One for the road!
0:41:09 > 0:41:10One for Norfolk.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11And that's all, folks.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- That's you done.- I'm happy.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Well done, Charles. You're ending on a profit.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Ooh, stick's back, look. And pointing out our pair's last lot,
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Margie's gramophone and records.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- This gramophone is big, £43. - We must wind it up.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30I think it will wind them up. You watch.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Start this here at £35. - Get in! Well played.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- 40. 2, 45.- You're flying, Margie Cooper!
0:41:38 > 0:41:3950. 55? 55.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- 60.- Yeah, £60!
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- 70. 75.- Margie Cooper!
0:41:43 > 0:41:4775. 80. 85. 90.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Hey!- 5, do you want? - Oh, my goodness!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Coming out in a hot flush!
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- 100. At 100. - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- Margie, you're the queen of the east.- That's brilliant.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04A brilliant profit for Margie to end the auction,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06but is it enough to win this leg?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Margie started off with £280.32.
0:42:11 > 0:42:17After paying auction house fees, she's made a profit today of £45.42,
0:42:17 > 0:42:23meaning she has £325.74 for next time.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Charles started this leg with £496.46.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34After costs, he's made a profit of £48.56,
0:42:34 > 0:42:38which means - by a slim margin of just over £3 -
0:42:38 > 0:42:43he's today's winner and carries forward £545.02
0:42:43 > 0:42:46to the next leg. Wow!
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Pipped at the post, that's what I've been.- It was a funny old game today.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52It was high and low. The helter-skelter of the road trip.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- You've got the luck of the Irish, you have.- Get out of here!
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Until next time, then, bye-bye.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Bye!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Next time on Antiques Roadtrip... WEAK NOTE
0:43:03 > 0:43:06..it starts like a fairytale for Charles and Margie...
0:43:06 > 0:43:10You are Maid Marian. I can be your Robin Hood.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12..but will it turn into a brawl?
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- Get off! He's being very...- Do you want me to make an offer for it?