0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- That's cracking!- With £200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Wonderful!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13That's exactly what I'm talking about.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I'm all over a-shiver.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19- No-brainer!- Going, going, gone!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Push!- Or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29How awfully, awfully nice!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Hurrah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's the next instalment of our Road Trip adventure
0:00:43 > 0:00:45with Charles Hanson and James Braxton.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Where are we? Fife?
0:00:47 > 0:00:52We are north of the Fife of Forfar, is that right?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Forfar 4, East Fife 5.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Yeah! No, we are north of the Firth of Forfar.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I think you will find it's the Firth of FORTH, old bean!
0:01:01 > 0:01:05While geography clearly isn't Charles' strong point,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08thankfully, sniffing out hidden antique treasures is.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Give me a high five. Thanks a lot.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16His rival on this road trip is his old mate, James.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Risks equal rewards, or sometimes abject failure.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Well, taking a risk proved profitable for James on the last leg.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26After starting with £200,
0:01:26 > 0:01:32some good results at auction saw him finish with £260.34.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Brilliant!
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Charles also kicked off with £200 and he, too, pulled in a profit,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42pushing him into the lead with £266.40.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Hardly a sheet of Bronco between them.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Hah! On this trip, our boys are travelling
0:01:47 > 0:01:52in a forerunner of the modern Audi, a 1964 DKW 1000 Coupe.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57It was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00After beginning their epic trip in the Highlands,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Charles and James are journeying all over Bonnie Scotland,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06taking in the North East and Central Belt
0:02:06 > 0:02:09before finishing over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14This leg will kick off in Inverkeithing
0:02:14 > 0:02:16before ending up in Dundee for auction.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I can't see any antiques sign, James.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- New beds and...- antique furniture.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25There we are! That's a green light to you, Charles.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Yes, a green light. Go, go, go.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Have a good day!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31It's a new day. Bye!
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Charles has arrived at the Inverkeithing Bargain Centre.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- How are you?- I'm fine.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- And you?- I'm Charles Hanson, good to see you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42What an amazingly big antiques centre.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It certainly is, yes. Plenty for you to look at.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49And there's some antiques and collectables.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Will Gail have a hidden gem for Charles to uncover?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58You live and dream that that piece of Faberge will wink at you.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Or that lost Rembrandt will smile at you.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Dreaming big, eh?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I like it. But what tickles your fancy, then?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I like the old cannon ball down here on the bottom shelf.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11When you see these early cannonballs,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13you hope on the back of the card,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17there might be some indication as to where it was found.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Has this cannonball got some romantic, Scottish history?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Time for a closer look.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I love social history, Gail,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30and just on the bottom shelf here is a cannonball. What's its history?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Well, the trader actually bought it from a gentleman at a fair.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38He was told that it was found in Stirling.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Whether it could be connected to Bannockburn, we're not too sure.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46It might not be that old but it's a lovely find, nonetheless.
0:03:46 > 0:03:53It's priced, Gail, at a fairly heavy £25.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Uh-huh. - And I would like to offer,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58if it met your approval, £15.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Yes, Charles, I would give it to you for £15.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Would you really?- Yes, certainly.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I'll take it, Gail. Thanks ever so.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I'll leave it on the settee for the time being.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I'll carry on wandering and I'm delighted.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12No messing about here, then.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16£15 buys Charles the Scottish cannonball.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Right, anything else catch your beady eye, old boy?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's quite a pretty little...
0:04:21 > 0:04:25little what you might call octagonal fluted dish.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And here's a galleon, beautifully enamelled.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32What's nice is you have the original label from the manufacturer
0:04:32 > 0:04:37and that's Crown Devon and Crown Devon were renowned in the 1930s
0:04:37 > 0:04:42for creating these iridescent oily lustre glazes.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Yeah. Ticket price is £14.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Will Gail be open for another deal?
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Give me your biggest and best price. Be as kind as you would like to be.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So, what if we do it for £12.50?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Would you do it for £10?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Oh, well, seeing as it's you!
0:05:04 > 0:05:07You smoothie, Charles!
0:05:07 > 0:05:09That's two lots bought in his first shop.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Great stuff!
0:05:11 > 0:05:16James, meanwhile, has motored ten minutes up the coast to Aberdour.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20This picturesque seaside town is home to James' first shop,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Blake's Vintage and Collectables.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It looks nice.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Hello!- I'm Debbie.- Hello, Debbie, James.- Welcome to my shop.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29There are plenty of vintage and antique goodies on offer.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31So what takes your fancy, James?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34So, I'm after smallish things, probably.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- OK.- Silvery things. So have you got any silver?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I think I've got silver ashtrays here.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Ooh, looks like you're in luck, James.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- I think that's... - As in a silver case.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- That's got a good weight to it, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It's probably about 1920s, I would have thought.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Do you know, I haven't sold a cigarette case for years.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Because, of course, they went out...
0:05:58 > 0:06:03and nobody's really found a workable application for them.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06But it's quite a nice one. Let's have a think about that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- OK.- It's only the first thing I've seen, Debbie, isn't it?- Yes.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Debbie's silver cigarette case is priced at £38.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13One to think about.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Anything else?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17These are lovely.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I think I might need this.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24I spotted something and as all the best hagglers do,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27you do need the fez to get you in the mood. OK?
0:06:27 > 0:06:31So I'll wear this - I'll wear this for the big haggle.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Brace yourself, Debbie!
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Now this is in preparation for a major haggle.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I like, Debbie, the cigarette case.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Right.- What can we do on this?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Go on, make my day. How about 15, Debbie?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46So what have we got it for again?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- We've got it for... - No clues, no clues.
0:06:48 > 0:06:4938.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50- No clues.- 15.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53We'll do 15, we'll do 12.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54- 12?- Come on, give me a kiss.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- What happened there?- Thank you!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That's very kind. Thank you.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Just like that.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Well, that fez worked wonders and
0:07:01 > 0:07:05James is off to a flying start with a huge £26 discount.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Well done, that man.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13In the meanwhile, Charles has made his way to Falkland.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Charles has arrived at the violin shop, with over £240 in his pocket.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Not, I hope, for a violin, though.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- How are you?- Bob Beveridge is the name.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I'm Charles Hanson.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Well, welcome to the ancient and historic Royal Burgh of Falkland.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31It's so beautiful.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33There's such character here.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35And Bob, you have character.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Oh, thank you.- Full of flamboyance.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Full of flair.- Aye, he's trying to get stuff cheap, eh?!
0:07:42 > 0:07:43He's on to you, Charles!
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Right. Bob's shop is jam-packed with great antiques.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Let the hunt begin.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53There's got to be something, Bob, that jumps out at me.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55We are going to Dundee.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It's got all these lovely old etchings of Dundee in it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02And I've never handled such a large book.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Aha. It's a lovely, limited edition
0:08:05 > 0:08:09on Dundee with a hefty ticket price of £300.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Look at this. Limited edition,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14this is number 118
0:08:14 > 0:08:16of 357 copies.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19We've got a date here of 1895.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Dundee, Its Quaint And Historic Buildings by AC Lamb.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Just out of interest,
0:08:26 > 0:08:31what would be your best price on this book on Dundee?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Well, I'm going to tell you what I'd give you it for.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I'd give you it for my purchasing price and I bought it for £200.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- Oh, don't say that.- And I would let it go at that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It could do very well.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47But it's almost all my money tied up in one investment.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Oh, you've got deep breeches, you people from England.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51No, I wish I did.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I think Charles may have met his match, you know
0:08:53 > 0:08:55but he isn't giving up yet. Oh, no.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Best price?- I bought it with other books.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I've since sold the other books at a profit.
0:09:01 > 0:09:07So £150 and that would be the absolute minimum on it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10That's half price. Charles?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14I'm tempted to shake your hand and say...I shall learn from this.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Is that a deal, then? It is indeed.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20And with that very generous discount, Charles ends the day's shopping,
0:09:20 > 0:09:25by bagging himself the book. Bravo.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28So ends a busy day for the boys.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Nighty-night.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37It's a new day and our experts are up and at 'em early.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39This morning, our esteemed auctioneers
0:09:39 > 0:09:43have made their way to Abernyte in Perthshire.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46They've decided to start the day with a spot of shopping together
0:09:46 > 0:09:49at the Scottish Antiques And Arts Centre.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52With a huge selection of antiques and collectables,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56there's plenty on offer for both our experts.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00This is quite nice. This has a real French, rustic feel.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03There's nice stuff all over the place.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Even in a shop this size, they're still stumbling over one another.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Why have you been drawn to this stand, Charles?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- I heard your voice! - LAUGHTER
0:10:14 > 0:10:18I just like to follow your lead sometimes!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Enough of that - back to the task in hand, please.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I quite like this object in here, actually.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- What's that, what's that? - There's a very nice...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Which object is that?- I like the little antique toleware candlestick.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Oh, that's got age, hasn't it? - On original base, yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- That's got history. - Can you do me a favour?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- Speak to the lady and get me a key for this cabinet, please, James?- No.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38That's aiding and abetting.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I don't want to improve your chance of success here.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Without the help of James,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Charles manages to get his hands on the toleware candlestick
0:10:44 > 0:10:47for a closer inspection.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I think it has had some minor restoration.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53You can see some scratching around the almost nozzle of the base.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It just has a wonderful feel of age
0:10:56 > 0:11:01and I do believe the base does belong to this section.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04It's late 18th, early 19th century
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and it just has a favourable look for, I hope,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11that rustic Dundee home.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Ticket price is £48 and Charles has just over £91 left in his pocket.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Now, where's James? Up to no good.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I spotted this out of the corner of my eye.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It's rather fun, isn't it? It is exactly what it says on the cover.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27It's table billiards.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So this is the transformation of your...
0:11:31 > 0:11:33..dining room table, or your kitchen table,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36into billiard table.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40So what you do is this will be the edge of the table.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44You'd attach your pockets like that.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50It looks as though it has absolutely everything here, bar the cues.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Ticket price is £49 and "Moneybags" Braxton has almost
0:11:54 > 0:11:56£250 to play with.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Time to find dealer Margaret.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02What could that be, Margaret? Make my day.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- The best price on that would be 44.- 44?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Margaret, thank you, I'll take it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- That's very kind. Well done. - No, delighted.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Done.- And just like that, the deal's done.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Top notch.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Charles, meanwhile, is with dealer Martin
0:12:17 > 0:12:20checking out more candlesticks, brass ones this time.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25What I like about these sticks is you can see how, over the years,
0:12:25 > 0:12:30through fairly honest, loving polishing...
0:12:31 > 0:12:35..we've got holes in the actual cast stick.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38These are probably almost 300 years old.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40So with a ticket price of £45
0:12:40 > 0:12:42on the brass candlesticks and another 45
0:12:42 > 0:12:46for the toleware one, is there a deal to be done?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49If they were on their own, you know, I'd be saying...
0:12:50 > 0:12:5545, I'd be saying probably best price on that would be 42.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Yeah.- Probably the same there, that's 45.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58That's 90.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01The best price that we would
0:13:01 > 0:13:03probably be able to do on that would be...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06..80 for the two.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I love them, Martin, and I'm burning inside to buy them,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- so I'm very happy to pay you £80 for them.- OK, right.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Those two lots mean Charles has almost blown his entire budget
0:13:17 > 0:13:19and is all shopped up.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26So, he's having the afternoon off and taking the scenic route to the
0:13:26 > 0:13:31ancient town of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35He's come to the University of St Andrews' Bell Pettigrew Museum
0:13:35 > 0:13:38of Natural History - try and say that quickly -
0:13:38 > 0:13:40to find out all about its namesake,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Professor James Bell Pettigrew.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43He was a renowned surgeon,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45anatomist and naturalist
0:13:45 > 0:13:48who developed a passion for human-powered flight.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Charles is meeting Pettigrew researcher, Bianca Packer.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Great names.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Bianca, who was this man, James Bell Pettigrew?
0:14:00 > 0:14:01He was a medicine man.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04But while he was studying at Edinburgh and Glasgow University,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08he showed a keen interest in natural history and I think he kind of kept
0:14:08 > 0:14:10that interest throughout his life.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13So while he was studying the heart in particular,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16he was also studying animals and he was watching them move.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17In particular, flight, I think
0:14:17 > 0:14:21because he was interested in being one of the first men to achieve
0:14:21 > 0:14:24controlled flight. It hadn't been achieved by the time we were getting
0:14:24 > 0:14:26to the end of the 19th century,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29and the race was becoming quite intense.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31An expert in animal locomotion,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Pettigrew believed the natural world would reveal the secret to
0:14:35 > 0:14:37achieving successful human flight.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He came up with a figure-of-eight theory
0:14:39 > 0:14:41that he's largely credited with discovering.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44There are a couple of people around the same time who were also
0:14:44 > 0:14:48looking at this theory and he was supposedly the first to publish
0:14:48 > 0:14:50on it, so he's able to claim ownership over that.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52How is the figure of eight, how is that...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- to do with flying?- Well, I can show you a little illustration here.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- Yes.- If you have a look here, you can see that birds...
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Well, birds do this, don't they?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Not quite. They actually do two shapes.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07They do a forward loop and a backward loop.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09And together, they make a figure of eight.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12So I think the best way to describe it is coming down...
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Yes?- ..and around...- Yes. - ..and back again.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- So down...- So down, and that's my eight.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Round? - Down and round and back again.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Wow.- And the reason why that's very important is because
0:15:24 > 0:15:27when their wing goes up, it creates a bit of a current
0:15:27 > 0:15:29while it goes up, and the underside of the wing
0:15:29 > 0:15:31forms a sort of kite, and when the wing
0:15:31 > 0:15:34has the downward stroke, it creates a current again
0:15:34 > 0:15:35and the other side of the wing becomes the kite.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38So Pettigrew described this as birds flying on a whirlwind
0:15:38 > 0:15:41of their own making. Which was quite a nice idea.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So it's a very efficient way of flying.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Was this his book? - That's correct.- Wow!
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Published in 1873, this book was supposedly
0:15:51 > 0:15:54the book that the Wright brothers read when they
0:15:54 > 0:15:57were doing their early research in animal locomotion.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01It's believed this book helped inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04the famous American brothers who are considered the fathers
0:16:04 > 0:16:06of modern aviation.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09We do hear in some of the resources that they corresponded,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11but it's not quite sure exactly on what,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and I think perhaps during that race for the skies
0:16:13 > 0:16:16there was a lot of communication between rivals,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and ultimately, I think he did have an impact
0:16:18 > 0:16:20on their early research, and it's really interesting
0:16:20 > 0:16:23because almost everybody was looking at birds at that time.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- This was 1873? - Correct.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30How long later did he then come up with maybe a contraption
0:16:30 > 0:16:32to fly in or to fly with?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Well, we speculate between 1900 and 1903,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37which is just before the Wrights had their successful flight,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39that he gave it a shot himself.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42He built something that we would call an ornithopter today,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44and if we look here, we can see
0:16:44 > 0:16:48it's quite an expanse, and the reason why is he was
0:16:48 > 0:16:51quite determined that by having such a long wing expanse
0:16:51 > 0:16:53it wouldn't need to flap as quickly,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and the reason for this is he had, witnessed how hawks and eagles fly
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and they didn't have to flap their wings very often to achieve flight.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03So he felt that the larger wing expanse here
0:17:03 > 0:17:05would maybe be suitable.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Although there are no official records,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11legend has it that Pettigrew flew the machine
0:17:11 > 0:17:14down a slope in St Andrews for a distance of 60 feet before crashing,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17with the then 70-year-old professor
0:17:17 > 0:17:20breaking his hip in the accident.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24He felt that having a rigid, fixed plane wingspan
0:17:24 > 0:17:29was not the answer for flight, and unfortunately, we know today
0:17:29 > 0:17:32with the planes that we have that that IS the most successful way
0:17:32 > 0:17:33to achieve human flight.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35So, I don't think that he was successful,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37but I think his idea was really interesting,
0:17:37 > 0:17:40because he was looking for something efficient designed by nature.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Shortly after Pettigrew's unsuccessful and painful flight,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48the Wright brothers went on to achieve the first
0:17:48 > 0:17:52powered, sustained and controlled flight of an aeroplane in 1903.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55James Bell Pettigrew died in 1908,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57but his research on animal locomotion
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and his passion for flight is not forgotten.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04I think he showed us how keen attention to detail
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and looking at these animals very closely
0:18:06 > 0:18:09could reveal secrets that even today if we look at
0:18:09 > 0:18:11aeronautics and how things are developing,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and our race for the skies continues onwards and upwards into space,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17that there's still many secrets to behold
0:18:17 > 0:18:18in the natural world around us.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Bianca, it's been wonderful to see how this great man, Bell Pettigrew,
0:18:22 > 0:18:23achieved what he did.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I've really enjoyed it and thank you for an education.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30James still has some serious shopping to do,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34so he's made his way to Rait in Perthshire.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36He's come to Rait Antiques Centre.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39There is an eclectic mix of antiques and vintage items,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42and James still has over £200 available to spend.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Dundee - our next stop.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Hang on, hee-hee, it's another copy of Charles' so-called rare book.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Oh, dear!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55What does it say here?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Right, James, with dealer David at your side, what can you find?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05That's got a good top, hasn't it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Hmm, is it a marble top?- Yeah. - Chinese.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Got a simplified look about it, hasn't it?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16We've got some Chinese character marks on it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19The only problem is it's got a slight crack through it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23The dealer who owns this rosewood table is asking £150. Wow!
0:19:23 > 0:19:27That is going out on a limb, isn't it?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29150 for that.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32If I could get it nearer the hundred, but, you know,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35it's worth a call, isn't it?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Yeah, sure is, it's Chinese.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41What's he said then?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Tony would accept 100 on it because
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- he needs to clear his stock.- Oh, well done.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- I think I'll buy it.- Excellent. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49- Good.- Thank you.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Cor, with £50 knocked off,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54James has picked up the marble topped Jia Juan Li table.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Right, what's next?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57This is quite fun, isn't it?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I remember no home was without a cradle, wasn't it?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Everybody had a cradle on their landing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05What's the best that could be?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07The price is on it at the moment.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It's on at 95.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Is that the sort of thing that could be sort of 40 or 50?
0:20:14 > 0:20:1550 would be possible.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- 50 would be... - It's certainly possible, yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21We've also got this and I don't know if that would make a lot with it?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It's a child's woven cradle,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26and the two perhaps would make a lot together.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28This one's only on at £18, but...
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Are you offering to throw that in then, David?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33An extra tenner would be fine.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38CHUCKLING: Nice try, Braxton.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Would you do that one for £4?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- So making 54? - Yes, we would.- You would?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Yes, that would... - OK, go on, I'll buy that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Thank you very much.- For the two. - That's super.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Another kind discount and another lot bought.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55But it doesn't look like James is done just yet.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56What are these woods here?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58They are beautiful.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01They're lignum vitae... bowling balls.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04"Geo. Mackay of Edinburgh."
0:21:04 > 0:21:07They're beautiful objects, aren't they?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11The dealer has a ticket price of £69 on these bowls.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I haven't got £69. I HAVE got 50.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Do you think they might do 50?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I think it's very close to the mark.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Would you like me to contact them and ask?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- My only tolerance is 34p above 50. - £50.34 is your...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26JAMES LAUGHS
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Another quick call and David's back.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- What news, David? - You're in luck. £50.50 will do it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I haven't got 50p, I've got 34.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- That will do fine.- Good.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Phew!
0:21:39 > 0:21:44I'd hate 16p to be the breaking point!
0:21:44 > 0:21:48With every last penny spent, James walks away with the table,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51the two rocking cradles, the set of woods,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54which he adds to his earlier purchases -
0:21:54 > 0:21:58the silver cigarette case and the Victorian table billiards set,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01giving him a total of five lots to take to auction.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Charles has also bought five lots.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07The Scottish cannonball,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09the Crown Devon Maritime dish,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12the late 19th-century rare book on Dundee -
0:22:12 > 0:22:14well, they say "rare" -
0:22:14 > 0:22:17the pair of brass candlesticks and the toleware candlestick.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20He's spent a total of £255.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24So, what do they think of each other's lots?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Not a lot, I suspect.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I love his Chinese table.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32That really has potential Eastern promise to create worldwide news
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and could be the headliner at the auction.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Early candlesticks used to make big money, but they're... No more.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I don't know, would I swap or not? I think I'll stick with mine.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45There's no time to change.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49James has been reunited with Charles and they're now en route
0:22:49 > 0:22:51to auction in the city of Dundee.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The place with the rare books.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- James, hold tight. We are going over the River Tay Bridge...- Tay.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Look at this.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Today's auction will take place at Curr & Dewar Auctioneers
0:23:06 > 0:23:08in the heart of the city,
0:23:08 > 0:23:09where they know about rare books.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- What a beautiful day. - What could go wrong?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Exactly. Exactly. - What could possibly go wrong?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Sometimes do you feel, James, a city's on your side?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Do you feel Dundee will be right for us?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Hmm, Charles is hopeful. Could be to do with rare books.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28But what will the man with the gavel today, auctioneer Stephen Dewar,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30think of our experts' lots?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Well, one of the lots today is a Lamb's Dundee,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36as they call them locally, a big leatherbound book
0:23:36 > 0:23:40of Dundee properties and Dundee as the old city.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42They usually sell quite well.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44The rocking cradle's quite nice. It's nicely painted.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Value-wise, I would be looking at around 50 to £80 on the cradle.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The room's filling up and the boys are seated and raring to go.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57First up are James' two rocking cradles.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- 30 is bid.- Oh, hello!
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I have £30, front left, £30.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06A bid anywhere? 35. 40. 45. 50.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- Wow.- £50 front right, at 50 and selling, all done?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Ah, that's a shame, but it's only a little loss.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Doesn't matter. It's...
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It's a start.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21That it is, Charles.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Up next, your brass candlesticks.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27£60 now. Opening bidder, at £60...
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Are you sure?- Come on! - On commission at £60.- On commission!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Are you sure now?- There's legs in them, there's legs.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- There's legs, there's legs!- Last chance, first bidder, first price.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Thank you. - Cor, cheap enough.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42A maiden bid there sees Charles kick off with a profit.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44One small Dundee step.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Right, James, you're playing catch up with your lignum vitae woods.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Commission starts me at £20.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Oh, God.- Need to move.- I have £20, a set of four woods at £20.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Any advance now at £20?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57All done then?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Another maiden bid, but this time producing a loss.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05You bought with passion, and those balls were cheap,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- and that's life and that's... - That's life, isn't it?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Charles' next lot is up now.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Will his toleware candlestick attract much attention?
0:25:14 > 0:25:1615 bid. £15 it is now.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Oh, £15, I thought 50! Come on! That's too cheap.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24At 15, any advance at 15? 25. £25.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Any advance at £25? - Surely one more.- All done then?
0:25:29 > 0:25:34Agh, they're certainly proving a tough crowd here today. Bad luck.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- That's what I call a result. - Hello? Is anyone here?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Don't get too smug, James.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Your pricey purchase it up next.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44The Jia Juan Li marble-topped table.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48At 75. 80. Five. 90. Five.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50100. Five. 110.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Good man.- 110 with the porter.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Any advance at 110? Are you all done?- It's a loss.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- At £110...- Come on, come on.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Oh, James. After auction house costs,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03that will be another small loss.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- £10 loss.- Doesn't matter, though. It was worth a gamble.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Time now to find out if the Scottish cannonball
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- will make Charles a profit.- I'll open it up at £30 on commission.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Come on. - At £30, two commission buyers.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16- 35. 40.- Surely one more.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Five. 50. Five.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Come on!- Commission buyer's at 55.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21- Any more?- 60 anywhere?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Any more? - At £55, any advance at 55?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Well done.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Fantastic profit there for Charles, well done.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Thank you, Scotland.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I'll come again.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37How will the crowd take to James' table billiard set?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39At £25 there, for a lot, at £25.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- Good lad.- 30. Five.- 40.- 40.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Five.- 40 on my right. At £40, 45.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- 50. £50 on my right.- That's good.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- Well done. Profit.- £50, all done then at 50.- Good man.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I'm selling... Thank you.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- That's more like it. - I got away with it.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59That's good. You know, chin down, bit of that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- Slightly washing the face. - Bit of that.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Next up, it's Charles's Crown Devon dish. Ooh-arr!.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- 10?- Oh, I say.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Ten is the wave.- Come on. - 15, ma'am?
0:27:08 > 0:27:1120. Five. 30. Five.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- £35.- Come on.- At 35 now, any advance at £35?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Are you bidding? - I'm stuck in my chair.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19At 35....
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Nicely done. Good news for Charles.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Happy?- I'm not happy. You may be happy.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Will James' final lot, his silver cigarette case,
0:27:29 > 0:27:30put a smile on his face?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34At £20. Five. 30. Five.
0:27:34 > 0:27:3840. Five. £50 at the bed, at £50.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Any advance at £50?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- That's amazing, James. - Better, isn't it?- £50...
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Now, you HAVE to be pleased with that.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51That gives you a nice big step forward.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Right, time to get serious, Charles. It's the biggie.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Your 19th century limited edition book on Dundee.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59At £80 it is for Lamb's Dundee.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- Let's go.- £80.- Let's go.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Come on, let's go! - 110, 120...
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Let's go!- ..130, 140... - Come on!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- ..150, 160...- Come on!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Fantastic!- ..170. I'm out now.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10170 is there.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Anybody else in?- Surely.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14£170...
0:28:14 > 0:28:17It was a risky punt, and it's paid off. Marvellous.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Shall we hit the road?
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Good to go, jacket on?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I think we should go, yeah.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Auction done, it's time to talk figures.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28James started this leg with £260.34.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34Unfortunately, he made a little loss of £30.74 after auction costs.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40But this still leaves him with a healthy £229.60.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Oh, yes.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47Charles began with £266.40 and he managed to make a profit,
0:28:47 > 0:28:54gaining £27.90 after auction costs, giving him £294.30,
0:28:54 > 0:29:00which means he wins again and goes into the next leg in the lead.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So our dapper pair head into a new day
0:29:03 > 0:29:05with their newly acquired totals
0:29:05 > 0:29:08and are ready to take on the next leg of their trip.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12- I'm going to buy really old things. - Good. Please.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14That is what will get my juice...
0:29:14 > 0:29:17That is what will get my sap rising. And don't forget...
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I'm not after your sap.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20Quite right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26This leg will get going in Glasgow and end in Hamilton for auction.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Good egg that he is,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31James is dropping off Charles at the first shop.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Isn't that lovely? See that the old boy doesn't get wet, eh?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Have a good day. See you later.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39This emporium is bursting with potential buys.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Dealer John is on hand to help. Hi, John.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Now, what have you got there? - Isn't that nice?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51A little barometer.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Set to fair, at the moment, is our road trip.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56It could get stormy.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58The reason I like this
0:29:58 > 0:30:02is it's almost got this militaria association.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07It reads here, "To Sgt Maj Hardy on his marriage
0:30:07 > 0:30:12"from his squadron leader Captain the Honourable RH Lindsay,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14"Royal Scots Greys."
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's in oak and a good barometer. It's circa 1910.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Could it be a great price? There's no price on it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23The barometer isn't John's to sell,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25but luckily the dealer's wife is in the shop today, Julie.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28What is your man willing to accept, then, girl?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30He says you can have it for 40.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- You've got to fall in love with an object.- That's true.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36I think this object has a real history,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39so I think with that price, I shall buy it.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44First lot bought - anything else grab you, Charles?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46There's this lovely little dish.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Elkington-style charger with an agricultural scene.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52It's been described as being on copper.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57It's silver-plated, but just very nice quality.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59With a ticket price of £70,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02is there a deal to be done with John?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05What is the best on that if I bought that?
0:31:05 > 0:31:0660.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I'll take it for £60 and take a gamble with it,
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Thanks a lot, sir.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Good. A second lot secured for £60. But how about a third?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Hang on, this piece of porcelain
0:31:15 > 0:31:17looks like it has seen better days, Charles.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19This is a lovely little dish.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22This is hand-enamelled with a very attractive lady.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26What I like about this is the gilding on this rim.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29But we talk about condition, condition is so important,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and you will see on the back, it has been plastered.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35You've got some quite serious damage,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39and the old wire from where it's been held up.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43It will date to around 1880, made at Dresden in Germany,
0:31:43 > 0:31:47like Staffordshire is to England, a huge epicentre,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50but it is completely smashed, isn't it, John?
0:31:50 > 0:31:51What's the best price on that?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- For you?- Yes.- £1.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56£1?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- Yes.- For 100 pence, I will take her.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- Going, going, gone.- No problem. - Thanks a lot, John.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03That's another programme, isn't it?
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Anyway, three lots bought. Well done.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12James, meanwhile, has motored 23 miles south-west
0:32:12 > 0:32:16to Kilbirnie in Ayrshire, home of The Stirrup Cup,
0:32:16 > 0:32:20a lovely little antique shop that James has visited before.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21Look out.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- Hello.- Hello, James. - Greta, how are you?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I'm very well. Nice to have you back.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Yeah, lovely to be back, isn't it?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33With a selection of antiques and curios,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36you're bound to find something old in here.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Look at the condition of that bell.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41It's got a bit of history, though.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- That's had a direct hit. - The Blitz in Glasgow.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- So where did this come from? - Clydebank.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50That is where we had a lot of our problems.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- Isn't that great? - Isn't it great?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54The poor air raid warden wouldn't wear that, would he?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- That would have been on his door. - That would have been on his door.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Yes. It is all bumped and bashed, isn't it?
0:32:59 > 0:33:04It's quite funny that it's an ARP warden... So Air Raid...
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Air Raid Personnel. - Air Raid Personnel.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09..would have had a direct hit.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11How much are those two, Greta?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Well, I could do the two for 40 for you.
0:33:13 > 0:33:19- 40. It's got history, hasn't it? - Yes.- That certainly has.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22I quite like that. I think I'm going to put that aside, Greta.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Touching history, that's what we need to do.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Looks like James has spotted another bit of history
0:33:27 > 0:33:30in the form of an oak table. Oh, yes.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32The table is Arts and Crafts,
0:33:32 > 0:33:37so you're looking at, what, 1890, 1900?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39It has been restored...
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Yeah, it looks very clean, doesn't it?
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- It is in perfect condition. - Nice piece, that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45It's good, isn't it?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50With a ticket price of £225, the table is set aside for now
0:33:50 > 0:33:54because something shiny has caught James's eye.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56They are very stylish, aren't they? They're early,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58when the Orkney silver first took off,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01which would be probably about the '70s.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07Ola Gorie, she was one of the main designers for Ortak.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09But will Greta be willing to go lower
0:34:09 > 0:34:12than the £50 ticket price?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15I could do them for 25 for you, James.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18What was the best you could do on that table?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20I could do the table for 80.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- 80.- Yes.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26That is a very generous discount. Right, James, decision time.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30I'm going to definitely take the earrings at 25.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Could you take a bit off that one, 70,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35and then I will pay you the 40 on that
0:34:35 > 0:34:37so it's 135?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Right, OK.- Would that be all right?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- Yes, let's agree on that. - Thank you, that's very kind.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Very kind.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48That's three lots bought for £135 in your very first shop!
0:34:50 > 0:34:55Charles has been back on the road and made his way to Prestwick,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57home to Nae Sae New. That's a shop.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Dealer Gary has plenty of antiques and collectables on offer,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and it doesn't take Charles long to spot something he likes.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06I like the spoons. They're nice, aren't they?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08How much are those silver spoons, Gary?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Those ones are 35.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15- And the best price, Gary, on those could be...to an old mate?- 28.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16They're quite sweet.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21Right, the spoons are a possibility, and the search continues.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- We always like being able to root. - Get stuck in.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26CHARLES LAUGHS
0:35:26 > 0:35:28That's quite nice, isn't it, Gary?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- A little seal. - Probably Regency in period.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34If you were a man of some distinction,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38you would certainly be using this at your desk
0:35:38 > 0:35:41to rubber-stamp your letters with your wax seal.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I bet, Gary, it is quite good value.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Very.- Tell me.- Fiver. - Yeah, I thought so.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Not bad at all, isn't it? I might put that on the side there, Gary.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53What I also like is that. It's a rule, isn't it?
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- Yes.- How early is that? - Late 19th, early 20th.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58What could that be, best price?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Eight. - That's your very best on that?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- See what else you come up with.- OK.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06I will put it over there as well, Gary.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08What's Gary got in there, then?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10His stash.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Oh, I say! That is quite a sweet pendant,
0:36:14 > 0:36:15isn't it, with a footballer?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Yes, it's got a compass on the other side.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Oh, how nice, Gary. How much is that?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21I could do that for eight.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I'm going to take him out and put him on your counter
0:36:24 > 0:36:27with my little ruler and stamp.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30What we've got is a nice drum mustard
0:36:30 > 0:36:33that's hallmarked Birmingham, made by Walker & Hall.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37You've then got matching salt, with spoons.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39They are all silver, which is nice.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42How much, Gary, would all that be, there, out of interest?
0:36:45 > 0:36:4730.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52With a combined ticket price of £58 on the selection of silver
0:36:52 > 0:36:54and £21 for the compass, rule and seal,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58what's the best Gary will do?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- I would do 50.- OK. - I would do...
0:37:04 > 0:37:06..15 for those three pieces.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I'm going to, for auction, put those three together.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- Right.- And pay £15.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- OK.- Done. OK.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I have now confirmed one lot.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I'm going to buy these spoons for £20.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Job done. Thank you very much.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26Then, finally, I'm going to buy my group of metalware,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28which is all silver, for £30.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Gary, thank you.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35£65 has Charles another two lots for auction. Jolly good stuff.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Thanks for the memories. See you.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45James, meanwhile, is still in Ayrshire,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47and has made his way down to Ardeer,
0:37:47 > 0:37:50which is in the bottom of our garden. Ha!
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It was here in the late 19th century
0:37:52 > 0:37:55that Swedish scientist and inventor Alfred Nobel
0:37:55 > 0:37:57built what was, at the time,
0:37:57 > 0:38:01the biggest explosives factory in the world.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04After centuries of gunpowder ruling the explosives market,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08everything changed when nitroglycerin was invented,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11which Nobel then used to manufacture dynamite.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15James is meeting local author Dr Eric Graham to find out more.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Boom boom.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Eric, tell me about the man himself, Alfred Nobel.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Well, he was a Swedish chemist, engineer.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28He takes this new product called nitroglycerin,
0:38:28 > 0:38:33which was very unstable, and he makes it safe by mixing it
0:38:33 > 0:38:38with a kind of moss, bog material, quite inert,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41which he'll patent, and he'll call it dynamite.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43This was no mean feat.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48The volatile nature of nitroglycerin had caused many deaths,
0:38:48 > 0:38:51including Nobel's youngest brother, Emil,
0:38:51 > 0:38:56who was killed while experimenting with the dangerous liquid in 1864.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Crikey. Over the next three years,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Nobel focused on the safety issues with nitroglycerin.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04In 1867, dynamite was born.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Although manufacturing was still dangerous,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09the finished product was much safer to handle.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10He was a very astute businessman.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13He was very good at organising the capital.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16He knew governments would be very interested,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19because it's such a powerful explosive device.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23With the British Empire expanding, demand for dynamite quickly grew
0:39:23 > 0:39:26as it was ideal for blasting tunnels, cutting canals
0:39:26 > 0:39:29and building railways and roads.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Of course, you will have 13,000 people working at this site alone.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- 13,000 here? - Just here in Ardeer.- Really?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Nobel chose to build his factory on the Ardeer Peninsula
0:39:40 > 0:39:44due to its remote location and huge sand dunes,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46which provided natural safety features
0:39:46 > 0:39:49for the dangerous manufacture of dynamite.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52All these earthworks you see all round about you,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55excavated out of sand dunes,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58provides the unit production with protection.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02So if they were to go up, the hut would explode,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05but the force would go up the way, not sideways.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09I see, so not hitting anything else, just straight up into the air.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12So you minimise damage and casualties
0:40:12 > 0:40:13and you don't lose the factory.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16This is what we're going to prove with the experiment, isn't it?
0:40:16 > 0:40:21- This force going up.- An experiment, yes, that would be excellent.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Get blowing something up.- Yes!
0:40:25 > 0:40:29This sounds right up James's street!
0:40:29 > 0:40:30So we've got the brown box.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34And in the blue box, we have the same amount of charge,
0:40:34 > 0:40:38but this box will be uncovered, whereas this one will be...
0:40:38 > 0:40:39It's sand-bagged.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42The experiment will show how the contained one here,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44give an example of how these blast walls,
0:40:44 > 0:40:48these will be the sand bags to hold the blast and direct it upwards,
0:40:48 > 0:40:52away from the other munitions workers and huts.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- You can't wait to press the button, can you?- I can't.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56Get plunging!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59We don't have plungers any more. Far more sophisticated.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Boxes prepped and ready to go. James gets to do the honours.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07This is where the button is.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12KLAXON SOUNDS
0:41:12 > 0:41:14All away?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Press one.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Here we go.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32So, with both boxes blown, it's time to survey the damage.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36The non-sand-bagged blue box first.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38It's scattered, isn't it? All over.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Well, there's not a lot left of the blue box, that's a fact.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- No, no.- It's everywhere. As far as you can see.- All over.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46I can see it over there as well.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48How's our brown box fared?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50I think it should have been much more contained.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- The damage is localised. - It is localised, isn't it?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56For almost 25 years,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Nobel's explosives were manufactured at Ardeer.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Sadly, 21 people lost their lives here,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05but compared to the number of employees,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07it was actually a lower death rate
0:42:07 > 0:42:10than any cotton mill or shipyard at that time.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Eric has a very close connection with Ardeer
0:42:13 > 0:42:15as one of his relatives once worked here.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20So this is my wonderful Aunt Maisie. Just engaged to be married.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- She's 22 years old.- 22 years old.
0:42:23 > 0:42:29She would be one of four girls in the cartridging huts.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Unfortunately, 66 years ago to this day,
0:42:32 > 0:42:37my Aunt Maisie and the other three girls were blown up,
0:42:37 > 0:42:38so they all died.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41We've never found out what caused the accident,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44but the principle that we've been discussing
0:42:44 > 0:42:46meant that only that hut went.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Yeah. Yeah. - So there was no more casualties.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- It didn't spread.- It didn't spread. - Amazing.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Although dynamite revolutionised the mining and construction industries,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59it wasn't long before the military began using it in warfare.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03In 1888, a French newspaper mistakenly published
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Alfred Nobel's obituary,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07describing him as a man who made millions
0:43:07 > 0:43:08through the death of others.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Reportedly stunned, Nobel was determined to improve his legacy.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17A year before he died in 1896,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20he signed his last will and testament,
0:43:20 > 0:43:23in which he set aside the majority of his vast estate
0:43:23 > 0:43:26to establish the Nobel prizes,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29including one awarded for the pursuit of peace.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Thank you, Eric. It's been...
0:43:30 > 0:43:35Well, you've made this former very busy landscape come alive again.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- I loved doing the blasting.- Did you?
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Let's get into the warm.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44- North Ayrshire, it's quite cold, isn't it?- Yes!
0:43:44 > 0:43:47And so ends another explosive day for our experts.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50Time for some shuteye. Night-night, you two.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56No explosions and it's a new day in Bonnie Scotland,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59and our boys are back on the road.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02This morning, our likely lads have made their way to the village of
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Overtown in North Lanarkshire,
0:44:04 > 0:44:08where Charles is dropping James off at his first shop of the day.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Garrion Bridges Garden And Antique Centre.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12I've been there.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13Bloom like a daffodil!
0:44:13 > 0:44:17- Good luck, but not too much, bye. - Yeah. Flower.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21James has almost £95 to spend,
0:44:21 > 0:44:25and manager Greg is lending a helping hand this morning.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29Nice bit of plain porcelain there. Who's it made by?
0:44:29 > 0:44:31We've got Royal Doulton there.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33We've got a date, 1936.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37Normally with commemorative china,
0:44:37 > 0:44:41you don't get the sort of royal cipher there,
0:44:41 > 0:44:45so the initials - you normally get something to do with an event.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Say like a coronation.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50- That's history. I like that. - History, yeah.- It's damaged.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54What have we got? We've got 15 on that. Can I make a cheeky offer?
0:44:54 > 0:44:56- You can, on you go.- A fiver.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59A quick call to the dealer, and Greg's back.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04- Right, bad news, I'm afraid. - Bad news, Greg?
0:45:04 > 0:45:05What is the bad news?
0:45:05 > 0:45:09- £12.- £12? Oh, he's a tough man, isn't he?
0:45:09 > 0:45:11- Very tough.- Tough man.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13£12?
0:45:13 > 0:45:15I think it's still worth having a go at.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- Why not? In for a penny.- Thank you. - Thank you, Greg.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23The little Doulton jug secured for £12 - well done, James.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25With more shopping still to do,
0:45:25 > 0:45:29James has made his way to Newhouse in North Lanarkshire.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33He's arrived at Greenside Antique And Decorative Arts Centre
0:45:33 > 0:45:36with just over £80 still in his pocket...
0:45:36 > 0:45:38and looking very pleased with himself.
0:45:39 > 0:45:45I'm looking for an elusive combination - profit and history.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48What on earth is that?
0:45:48 > 0:45:49Look at that light!
0:45:53 > 0:45:56That's cutting-edge design, isn't it?
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Looks like a plastic lamp from around the 1970s, I'd say.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Can we just suspend the seeking of history, here?!
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Cos this is slightly tempting.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Yeah, you bet. There's no ticket price
0:46:08 > 0:46:11so time for a wee chat with dealer Alan.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12If it lights, I might buy it.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Look at that!
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- Super splendid. - Haven't even cleaned it!
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- Alan, a fiver, chief. - How about £10, eh?
0:46:19 > 0:46:21Fiver... £10?
0:46:21 > 0:46:25- How about splitting the difference, chief?- £8?
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- £8, I'll give you the favour. Well done.- Great, great.
0:46:29 > 0:46:30Retro lamp bought -
0:46:30 > 0:46:33and just in time, cos here comes Hanson.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Apparently, he's in here now, James is,
0:46:35 > 0:46:37and I'm determined just to maybe join the party.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Quick, hide! He's here!
0:46:41 > 0:46:44Is he down here?
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Now... Look at him go.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Ha, Charles, he's behind you!
0:46:51 > 0:46:54This is ridiculous.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57He's got the observational skills of a newt.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Charles, you great berk.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01LAUGHTER
0:47:01 > 0:47:02- How's it going?!- Very good.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- How's it going?- How are you? - Yeah, very well.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07- All spent up?- Well, no.
0:47:07 > 0:47:08I'm never spent up, James,
0:47:08 > 0:47:11because there's always a chance to keep hunting.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Always a goodie, isn't there?
0:47:13 > 0:47:16With James all shopped out, Charles has the place to himself
0:47:16 > 0:47:19with just over £128 left.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23If I'm going to find something, it's got to be quite big, I feel.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26So, he's after big, and he's found...
0:47:26 > 0:47:28well, small.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31In this cabinet here is a label, which reads,
0:47:31 > 0:47:35"A set of three Roman nails, 2,000 years old."
0:47:35 > 0:47:39For three old nails - and they're just wonderful to see.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43The ticket says £45. Alan! You're needed.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48Priced at £45, what could these Inchtuthil Perthshire nails be?
0:47:48 > 0:47:52- For you, Charles, 20.- Not bad at all. Let me give them some thought.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55I quite like, also, Alan,
0:47:55 > 0:48:00- the very nice Benson pocket watch here.- Yeah.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Nice quality.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Slightly engine turned, that's worn,
0:48:04 > 0:48:07but these beautiful blue enamel dials,
0:48:07 > 0:48:09and that's just a beautiful watch,
0:48:09 > 0:48:13and Benson really was one of the leading pocket watchmakers.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15The Benson family were highly regarded watchmakers
0:48:15 > 0:48:17in the middle of the 19th century.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21It's priced at only £35. The best on that would be...?
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Well, in the condition it is -
0:48:23 > 0:48:26- I don't think it's working properly, that one.- Oh, right.- £15, as it is.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30- I mean, the silver is worth that, I'm sure.- Yeah, it is.- It's cheap.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35- If I bought the Benson pocket watch and the nails...- Uh-huh.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40- ..what's the best price you could do - the very best?- 30.
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Those nails at £15, I'm going to say yes to. So, I'll buy the nails.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47- Uh-huh.- Is there any margin on that watch, at all?
0:48:47 > 0:48:51- 12? Give you a chance.- Go on, then. Sold.- There we are.- Job done.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53- Thank you. - Thank you very much, Alan.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57That's two more items bought for £27.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- Thanks a lot, Alan. Take care. See you.- Thank you, bye.
0:48:59 > 0:49:00All the best. Bye-bye.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Charles does have a bulging shopping bag.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Along with the rare Roman nails,
0:49:04 > 0:49:07he has his selection of assorted silver,
0:49:07 > 0:49:10which he's adding the Benson fob watch to.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12There is the early 20th-century barometer,
0:49:12 > 0:49:15the 19th-century embossed charger, the Dresden porcelain plate,
0:49:15 > 0:49:18and his combined lot of the football compass, parallel rule,
0:49:18 > 0:49:22and treen seal, giving him a six-lot haul.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24Gosh.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Meanwhile, James has bought five lots -
0:49:26 > 0:49:28the Arts and Crafts oak table,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31the World War II ARP handbell and doorplate,
0:49:31 > 0:49:33the Ola Gorie silver earrings
0:49:33 > 0:49:37and the Royal Dalton jug - and, of course, his retro lamp.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40So, what will they make of each other's lots?
0:49:40 > 0:49:45Typical Charles - unexpectedly, he always reaches back into history.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48His Roman nails are a class act.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52I do like his bell - the great Air Warden bell.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56It's in a condition which makes one think, "What's its story?"
0:49:56 > 0:49:58After beginning in Glasgow,
0:49:58 > 0:50:03our experts are now hurtling on towards the auction in Hamilton.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07The boys have arrived at LS Smellie & Sons, Auctioneers.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09- Man and machine... - James, don't you feel...
0:50:09 > 0:50:10..in perfect harmony.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13- ..this place has a pedigree... - Do you think so?
0:50:13 > 0:50:14..to give us a real life?
0:50:14 > 0:50:16- Are you feeling lucky?- Very.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19The gentleman holding the gavel today is James Henderson -
0:50:19 > 0:50:23so what does he reckon to our lads' lots?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I think the Arts and Crafts table will do OK, it's quite nice,
0:50:26 > 0:50:30and, well, I know the silver will probably do the better of the lots,
0:50:30 > 0:50:33but it depends who's here.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36The boys have battled their way through the crowd
0:50:36 > 0:50:39to take their places, and are raring to go.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43It's like you're almost like a jockey, you know?
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Well, they're under starters orders, and they're off!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49First up, ding-ding, is James's ARP handbell and doorplate.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Give it a ring, go on!
0:50:51 > 0:50:5210, I'm bid.
0:50:52 > 0:50:5410. 12, now.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57At 12, at 14. 16...and 18.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59And 20, and 22.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01At 25, and 28.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03At 28, 30.
0:51:03 > 0:51:04At 30, I'm bid.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07At 30, and fresh bid at 2 - £32.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09- Well done.- At 32, at 32, at 32...
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Come on, it's worth this.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15At 32 - all done at £32.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17A disappointing start could be a dead ringer.
0:51:17 > 0:51:18But still, time to make it all up.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21- This is your first item... - Yeah.- Don't worry about it.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25So sweet. Let's see if Charles can fare better with his barometer.
0:51:25 > 0:51:2850. 55. 60...
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- 65.- Hold tight.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32- It's a lovely object.- 80 now.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35- £80! It's moving. - At 80 I'm bid.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37And 85. 90.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39For Queen and country! Come on!
0:51:39 > 0:51:42- 100.- Come on!- 100 for the barometer. At 100.- Come on!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44- At 100, I'm bid.- Come on! - At 100, 100, 100, 100.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46- That's enough, James. - All done at £100.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49- Don't be greedy.- Sold! Fantastic.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Fantastic indeed.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53The pressure is rising - and a whopping great profit for Charles.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56- I'm delighted. - I bet you're delighted!
0:51:56 > 0:51:59James, can redeem yourself with your retro lamp?
0:51:59 > 0:52:0120 I'm bid, sir. At 20.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04- 2, and 5, and 8. - We're flying.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07And 30 and 5. And 40 and 5.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09- At £50.- Well done.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11- At 50, bid 50, bid 50... - A person of taste.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15Bid 50. All done at £50.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19The retro lamp bags James his first profit of the day.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22- Get in, hey?- Get in there, mate.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Hey, Charles. Leave his pate alone.
0:52:24 > 0:52:25Now, what about the table?
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Do you feel another profit coming on?
0:52:27 > 0:52:28At 20, bid 2.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30At 22, bid 4, at 4, bid 28.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Bid 30, bid 5.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36- 40, and 5. - Moving.- And 50.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- At 55, at 60 with the lady.- Go on.
0:52:39 > 0:52:405 now on the telephone.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42- 70, at 70 bid.- Good man.- Go on.
0:52:42 > 0:52:445, at 75.
0:52:44 > 0:52:4680 now. At 85 on the telephone.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49- 95.- 95, 95 I'm bid.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- At 100 on the telephone. - Keep going.- At 105.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56- At 105, at 110.- Go on. - At 115. At 120 now.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57- God.- At 130 with the lady.
0:52:57 > 0:53:02- 140, 150. At 150, I'm bid at 150. - Go on.- Amazing.
0:53:02 > 0:53:08- Get in!- 150, 150, 150, 150... - That's amazing.- All done at 150!
0:53:08 > 0:53:12- What a marvellous profit. Looks like you're on a roll, James.- Well done.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Right, it's Andrew Smellie's turn to take the gavel
0:53:18 > 0:53:20and Charles's rare Roman nails are coming up next.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22£10, 12.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24- 14, 16... - They're worth a lot more.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28- 18.- Go on, sir. Real history.- 20. - Hammer it home!
0:53:28 > 0:53:3120, I'm bid. £20. All finished?
0:53:31 > 0:53:33£20.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Not the result Charles was hoping for, but a profit none the less.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39- I'd love, you know, I'd love a Roman nail.- Wouldn't we all?
0:53:41 > 0:53:45James' silver Ola Gorie earrings are next to go under the gavel.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- 10 I'm bid. 12, 14...- What are they worth?
0:53:48 > 0:53:52- I don't know.- 16, 18.- It's out of my comfort zone, this sort of thing.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55They sit so well and they have style.
0:53:55 > 0:53:5822 I'm at, 24.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00He's back in. That man's got style.
0:54:00 > 0:54:0430, 2, 34 on the rail.
0:54:04 > 0:54:0636? All finished for the earrings?
0:54:06 > 0:54:09£36.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12James bags himself another pretty profit. Well done.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15When I knew you ten years ago, you had a little stud.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16I thought you did.
0:54:16 > 0:54:21- I had one in the nose, remember. - That was it.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Now that would be a sight to see.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Charles' turn now - his combined lot of the football compass,
0:54:26 > 0:54:29parallel rule and treen seal.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31£20, left, I have. 2.
0:54:31 > 0:54:3424, 26, 28.
0:54:34 > 0:54:3930, 2, 34.
0:54:39 > 0:54:4336, 38, 38 left.
0:54:43 > 0:54:4438 I'm bid. All finished.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47- I'd leave it.- £38.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Well done, Charles. Great profit there.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53- Give us a kiss.- No. - Give us a kiss.- No!
0:54:53 > 0:54:54Oh, do behave, you two.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Up next, it's Charles' Dresden porcelain plate
0:54:57 > 0:54:58that he bought for £1.
0:54:58 > 0:55:0010 for the plate.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01I like the Sellotape.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03- Oh!- £5, 6.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07- 6, 8 I'm bid.- Stunning.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10- 10. - It's stunning. Come on.
0:55:10 > 0:55:1314 bid on the right. Sponsored by Super Glue.
0:55:13 > 0:55:14- 14, 16.- Over there.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17- 18, 20.- Over there.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19- 20 I'm bid.- Go on, sir.- 22.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- Beautiful plate.- 24 on the left. - Make a memory.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25£24.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Oh, look at that. An incredible profit from a £1 purchase.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32That's 100, up 2,300 pence.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Time for James' final lot. His Royal Doulton jug.
0:55:35 > 0:55:3710 on the left. 12.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40- 14, 14...- Profit.- 16.
0:55:40 > 0:55:4218, 20. New bidder.
0:55:42 > 0:55:4422, 24.
0:55:44 > 0:55:4926. £26 I'm bid. All finished? £26.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53So James finishes with another profit.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56It's doubled up. Well done.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59What will the room make of Charles' 19th-century embossed charger?
0:55:59 > 0:56:02Interest here. Starting at £48.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- I'm happy with that.- £48?- I'm happy. I'm out of jail, really.
0:56:05 > 0:56:10- 50. 52, 54, 56.- Go on.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14- 58, 60.- I'm out of jail. Can't believe it! Come on, one more!
0:56:14 > 0:56:15Come on! It's a good thing.
0:56:15 > 0:56:1855. I'm bid 60. 5.
0:56:18 > 0:56:2070. New bidder.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23Sorry, sorry... I've got an ache, sorry.
0:56:23 > 0:56:2580, 80 bid 5.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27- 85, 85.- Keep going! Sorry.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29£85.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31- That's amazing.- That is good.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Charles is pleased and rightly so. Well done.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37- Another small profit. - Another small profit.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Oh, goodness' sake.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Here comes the final lot of the day.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44And it's Charles' selection of silver.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46- 50 I'm bid. - The whole lot comes with it.
0:56:46 > 0:56:485, 60, 5.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52- 70, 5. 80, 5... - Hey, it hasn't stopped yet.
0:56:52 > 0:56:56- 90. 5, 95.- And the watch over there.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59- It's a good lot.- 100 and 5.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02110, 115, 120.
0:57:02 > 0:57:055, 130.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- 5, 140.- It's a good lot.
0:57:07 > 0:57:105, 150.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Still going. 5. 155 on my left.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18- 155, all finished...- Put it down. - 155.- Come on.
0:57:18 > 0:57:22Wow, look at that! Brilliant profit for Charles. Well done.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24As our experts make a dash for the exit...
0:57:24 > 0:57:27- Oh!- Oh, Charles is down. Dearie me.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30..let's find out who's come out on top.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33James started this leg with £229.60
0:57:33 > 0:57:39and made an impressive profit of £86.08 after auction costs,
0:57:39 > 0:57:43leaving him with £315.68 for next time.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47Charles began with £294.30
0:57:47 > 0:57:49and he too pulled in a profit
0:57:49 > 0:57:55gaining a whopping £153.04 less costs,
0:57:55 > 0:57:58so he's still in the lead and goes into the next leg
0:57:58 > 0:58:01with a huge £447.34.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06It's all in the passion for antiques.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09It's all in the passion from driving to just buying.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13Anyway, the only thing I can take a small amount of comfort from
0:58:13 > 0:58:17- is Roman nails. - Yes, but they still made £5.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20Roman nails, that's all I'm going to say to you.
0:58:20 > 0:58:23Bon voyage, road trippers.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:58:28 > 0:58:31- there are thrills...- Don't look at me like that. I'm not a bad man.
0:58:31 > 0:58:33..spills,
0:58:33 > 0:58:36and one big bang.
0:58:36 > 0:58:37GONG REVERBERATES