0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05GONG ECHOES
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's cracking!
0:00:06 > 0:00:07- ..with £200 each... - Wonderful.
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 > 0:00:16The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18But it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Push!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Or the slow road to disaster? HE GRUNTS
0:00:28 > 0:00:30How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Well, ho-ho! It's a brand-new Road Trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:41for two fine antiques experts,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Catherine Southon and Philip Serrell.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46You're looking very glamorous today.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- Am I?- Yeah.- Why are you being so nice to me?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- Because I love you and I haven't seen you for so long.- Aww!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Isn't he sweet?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57When she's not road tripping, Catherine's a veteran auctioneer.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Mountains of cash.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Auctioneer Philip is also no stranger to the Antiques Road Trip.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I do like lumps of stone.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Lovely. Each of our experts has £200 in their pocket.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10They're gliding around the country
0:01:10 > 0:01:15in this very French left-hand drive 1970s Citroen DS 20.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- I have a beret.- Yeah.- I could put a nice little beret on you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- We should be going, "Hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw!"- Ah-ha!
0:01:20 > 0:01:21THEY CHUCKLE IN FRENCH ACCENTS
0:01:22 > 0:01:26This pair's road trip kicks off in Coleshill in Warwickshire,
0:01:26 > 0:01:27meanders around the Midlands,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29before heading due south
0:01:29 > 0:01:30to the tip of Cornwall.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Then, nips briefly into South Wales and finishes up
0:01:33 > 0:01:35for an auction in Wells, Somerset.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Today, our experts are in Coleshill
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and they'll end up at auction
0:01:39 > 0:01:42in Salisbury, Wiltshire - lovely.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Catherine's first stop is here -
0:01:44 > 0:01:45But, hang on. What this?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Wool!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Am I in the right place?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50You certainly are. Most definitely.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Catherine - you are...? - Pleased to meet you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I'm Kim, welcome to Remember When?
0:01:54 > 0:01:59- This is...different from the norm. - It is. Antiques is my profession.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03The wool is my hobby. And we decided to combine the two.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Well, I'm going to give this a go, then, the antiques.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07But if I don't find anything, I'm going to come back
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and I'm going to buy lots of chunky wool.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Yes, that's fine.- And knit myself a blanket to wear in the car.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Oh, look at the wool. This is fabulous!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Come on, Catherine. You're here for antiques.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18I'm going to restrain.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19- I'm going to look at the antiques. - OK.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Good job. Meanwhile, Philip has made his way
0:02:22 > 0:02:26to the Moseley area of Birmingham for his first shop of the day,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28which is run by a nice chap called Maurice.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Maurice, how are you?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31I'm fine, thank you. How are you?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Yeah, really lovely to be here. - Yeah.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- I'm looking for something very, very specific.- OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40What I'm looking for is a really large...profit.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Better get on with it, then.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43# You ain't nothing but a hound dog! #
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- MIMICS ELVIS PRESLEY: - Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Hey, a little less conversation, Philip!
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Get back to the job in hand.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Now that is just ridiculous, isn't it? Utterly ridiculous.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54What's up, Philip?
0:02:54 > 0:02:59This piece of 1950s industrial metalware...
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Bang-on, yeah.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03..is now worth more than a Victorian mahogany chest of drawers.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Absolutely.- The world's gone mad.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08That's a cool thing, but I'm not sure it would be sensible
0:03:08 > 0:03:09to buy that here and take it to a country auction.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11HE BANGS METAL
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- That wants to go to London, doesn't it?- You're the expert, Phil.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- What did you just call me? - An expert.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Don't you start using that sort of language, Maurice.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- What I want to ask you, Maurice... - Yep?
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- ..these stoneware barrels...- Yep.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- How much are they?- Well, that one's 35 and the top one's 25.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- That's 35, is it?- Yeah.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30OK, so there's a possibility there, isn't there?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31We'll keep it as a possibility.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34What we need to do is convert possibilities into probabilities.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Absolutely.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Back in Coleshill, Catherine's finally found the antiques.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- I do like your little ladies' RAF compact.- Yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And then I also spotted, down there, another compact.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Right, OK, the large one.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Compacts are collectable.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It's nice to have that RAF emblem on it, which is super.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Ticket price, 18 smackers.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Oh, it's made by Stratton.- Mm.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- It's a common name.- Yes, it is. - As you know.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It's ones that you find all day long.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05OK, that is a possibility, along with that one.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- May I have a look at that one? - You certainly can.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Kim's priced the second compact at £36.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13"Vogue". You've put "vogue". Why? Is it actually stamped...?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14It is marked.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17What have you put this out as, '40s?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21I think it's 1948. I've actually done some research on it.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Cos it is in remarkably good condition for being...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26It's in a very good condition.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28..'40s, isn't it? May I put these two aside?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- You certainly can.- I don't know if you would perhaps do a little...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- ..something on those?- Oh... - We won't talk money yet.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I'm sure we can do something, Catherine. I'm sure we can.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Kim, you and I are going to get on very well.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42I'm also looking at these.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43The amber beads, yep.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- The thing is, you've got to be so careful with amber...- Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49..as to whether it really is amber.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- There's so many different ways that you can tell.- Of course.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I often find the only way to really tell
0:04:54 > 0:04:58is to get a pin and just touch it.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00And if bits start coming off, then it is amber.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Careful, all breakages must be paid for.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Ooh, you've got a pin?- I have a pin.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Let me see. You don't mind me doing this?- No. Of course not.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- You have to check, cos otherwise I could be doing...- I know.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13So, if we just prick that into there
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and you can see, instantly, it fragments.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I think we can safely say that they are amber.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They do look a little bit...slightly worse for wear.
0:05:22 > 0:05:2665, you've got quite a lot on that, though, haven't you?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- OK. Can I put those to one side as well?- Yes, you can.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- I'm going to give you the whole shop to hold in a minute.- It's all right.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35This is good, for me. I've only been in the shop a few minutes.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36I've picked out three things.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37You're so decisive, Catherine!
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Over in Moseley, though,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Philip's still taken by the stoneware barrels.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42NORTHERN ACCENT: Ooh, he does love a barrel!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45What I want to look for...is I just want to see
0:05:45 > 0:05:47if there's any cracks in it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49This is salt-glazed stoneware.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And I quite like this.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57This is going to date to about...1880, 1900.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Just a little bit before my time.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Just a tad.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04This would have been a spirit barrel in a pub or something like that.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06He sounds keen. Stand by, Maurice.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- I like that one barrel upstairs, the big one.- OK.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12That was the 35 quidder.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I'll be truthful with you, it's been here a while.
0:06:14 > 0:06:1825 was... £20, that's it, finished. End of deal.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I always said you were one of the finest blokes, Maurice.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Haven't I always said that? I've always said that.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Oh, yes. Flattery gets you everywhere.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27£20 seals Phil's first deal.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Go on, I'll have the big one. - You've actually made me cry.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Oh, God, Maurice! Don't start!
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Well, let's see if we can find something else first.- OK.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I'd better pay... Shall I pay you for that first?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- If you want to.- Hold on, mate.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39You might forget, you see?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Maurice has got the measure of you.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Thank you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46One deal done, but Maurice knows Philip likes a bit of rust
0:06:46 > 0:06:48and there's a potential sale to be had in his workshop.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Maurice, is that one of those, like what we saw upstairs?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53It is, but it's in the unfinished state.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54PHIL BANGS METAL
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It turns into a lovely piece of furniture
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- in the end, doesn't it, really? - Yeah.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00For me, as it stands, it's 20 quid.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02METAL CLANGS
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Ooh, 20 quid, you're making me cry. - Yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That will be the finish for me as well.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I tell you what, you can take it away for 20 quid.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- You're a star. Thank you very much indeed, Maurice.- And you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14There you are. Let me give you some money.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- You can give me more, if you like. - No, no, no.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I think that's just lovely.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20The thing is...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25..is Salisbury ready...for a rusting tin cabinet?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Oh-ho-ho! We'll soon find out!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- You take care, thanks very much. - Please call again.- Bye-bye.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31See you again, bye.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Down the road in Coleshill,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Catherine is still looking through Kim's cabinets.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I didn't know whether you might be interested
0:07:40 > 0:07:44in the miniature dominoes set in the little mahogany box?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Do you know what? I did see that.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Is it bone or is it ivory?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I believe it's bone.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Right, OK.- I don't think it's ivory.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- May I have a little quick look? - You can.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Ticket price, £32.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- These are complete, aren't they? - Yes, they are.- OK.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- They're impossible to get out. - KIM LAUGHS
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You need the little tiny fingers to go with it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05If they're bone, you normally get these lots of little flecks,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- so you can see...- Mm-hm.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09But I'm not sure that they are bone, you know.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I think they might be ivory.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Today, the trade in ivory is illegal.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18However, items can be bought and sold as long as they predate 1947.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21These dominoes were made sometime in the early 1900s.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Catherine's got quite a collection now, what to do?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Can we have a little...chatette about these pieces?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32We've got £18 for that one
0:08:32 > 0:08:34and 36 for that.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So, what could you do on those, Kim? What do you think?
0:08:36 > 0:08:3845?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41In an ideal world, I'd like to tuck it a little bit under 40.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Right, OK. 38.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- OK, 38.- If that helps you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And the dominoes set?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Erm, that's a nice piece.
0:08:49 > 0:08:5125.
0:08:51 > 0:08:5425 on those, OK.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56And what about the amber?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58See, I think I'd like to go quite low on those.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- What do you think is reasonable? - 40.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I don't have a problem with those.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06That's the only thing I would prefer...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09If you can't do it, don't worry.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11What about 35?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Yeah, I think we'll give a go on those, shall we?- OK, yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And I have no idea what that's added up to.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It is...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19£98.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20God, you're good at this.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Thank you very much. Thank you. - You're very welcome.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Kind Kim has agreed to a £53 discount,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29giving Catherine her first three lots for auction.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Philip is on his way to the centre of Birmingham
0:09:33 > 0:09:35to find out how a local had a big hand
0:09:35 > 0:09:38in the development of lawn tennis.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- You must be Bob. - Good morning, Phil.- Good to see you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Good to see you. Would you like to come in?- I'd love to. Yes, please.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46At the library of Birmingham,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49local historian Bob Holland has been piecing together
0:09:49 > 0:09:52the story of Harry Gem, who lived and worked in the city
0:09:52 > 0:09:55during the 19th century.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57He was born in 1819
0:09:57 > 0:09:58and Harry was a great sportsman.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00He was a swimmer, he was a runner,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03he played cricket, he was a rider,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05he played racquets down in the centre of Birmingham.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- He was a sportsman?- Very much so.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10When he was the secretary of the racquets club,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12down in Bath Street in Birmingham,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14he'd met a Spanish guy called Augurio Perera
0:10:14 > 0:10:16who lived in Edgbaston,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18who was also a great racquets player.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20This meeting would prove instrumental
0:10:20 > 0:10:22in the development of a new game.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The two of them got their heads together and they were looking
0:10:25 > 0:10:29at the idea of inventing a game which they could play outside.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The advent of India rubber allowed balls to bounce on grass
0:10:32 > 0:10:33for the first time.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35And the Victorian obsession with croquet meant
0:10:35 > 0:10:38there was no shortage of lawns to use as courts.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41The two friends started to develop their new game.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44This particular book here, in the Birmingham Library,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47is what's known as the Gem Scrapbook.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Basically, it's interesting items through Gem's life.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55And this particular page is open at his rules of lawn tennis.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57When did they first appear in public?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01This particular set of rules appeared in November 1874
0:11:01 > 0:11:03in Field Magazine.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Is that Gem's court? - That's Gem's court, yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06The net looks a lot bigger.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09It is, actually. It's four feet high
0:11:09 > 0:11:11from side to side.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13The modern net is only three feet.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Whereabouts was this court first set up?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18This was in the garden of Perera's house,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- in Ampton Road, Edgbaston. - Where is that?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23It's just yonder there, about a mile-and-a-half.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24- A mile-and-a-half that way? - Absolutely.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Literally as the crow flies. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28So, is that court still there, or...?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30It has a garden at the back of it,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32but the area of grass where they'd have laid out their court
0:11:32 > 0:11:34is still there.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I don't suppose we could...?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38We can, most certainly.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I know the owners, so we can go over and have a game.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41PHIL MUMBLES
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Bob, this is clearly a really special piece of grass.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49It is, indeed. This is really the spiritual home of lawn tennis,
0:11:49 > 0:11:54where two gentlemen took up two racquets and devised a game,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56which is very similar to the modern game of lawn tennis.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59When the All England Croquet Club started playing tennis,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02they adopted rectangular courts, similar to Gem's.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The Croquet Club then became the All England Lawn Tennis Club
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and the rest, as they say, is history.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Chris Elks shares Bob's passion for early racket sport.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Chris, this is your collection?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Yes, it is. Part of it.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- You've almost got a history of the racket here.- That's right.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Out of all these rackets, the thing I love
0:12:23 > 0:12:24is that racket on the end,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26because that's just a work of art, isn't it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:30All of the other rackets were played with by men, essentially.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Of course, ladies bring a special aspect to tennis, don't they?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Yeah, absolutely.- No self-respecting male would pick up that racket
0:12:38 > 0:12:39to choose to play with.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I love this. Is this some sort of cleaner or washer, or something?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43This is a ball cleaner.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Balls were more difficult to make than rackets.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- As you can see, this is an old tennis ball.- Yeah.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51You would keep them clean by placing it like this
0:12:51 > 0:12:55and then giving a quick turn and scrub.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Now it's time for a knock-about.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59But, when it comes to sport, ex-PE teacher Philip
0:12:59 > 0:13:02has got a really competitive streak.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I think I've got an advantage here, cos what Bob doesn't realise is
0:13:06 > 0:13:10that I've stuffed him up with some old racket and I've got a new one.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11So, hopefully, I'm going to win it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Oh, hi, Bob. All right?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Yes, fine. I've got some balls.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Oh, excellent stuff.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Right, off we go then. Ha-ha-ha!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29This isn't working out too well, really, is it?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30LAUGHTER
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Less of this spin stuff. - LAUGHTER
0:13:33 > 0:13:35It looks like Philip is channelling
0:13:35 > 0:13:37the spirit of Harry Gem for this game.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- BOTH:- Oh!- Get in there!
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- There we go, Bob. Excellent stuff. - BOB PANTS
0:13:42 > 0:13:43But I've got to go and buy antiques.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Thank you very, much indeed. - Not at all.- Thank you.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49It's been absolutely fantastic and, I have to say, as courts go,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50that's a real GEM.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Thank you very much. - BOB LAUGHS
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Meanwhile, Catherine has travelled
0:13:54 > 0:13:56to the Warwickshire village of Middleton.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Catherine's second shop today
0:13:58 > 0:14:02is in Meadowview Antiques and she has £102 left to spend.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Ooh, hello.- Hi, Catherine.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Who might you be? - I'm Mike.- Hello, Mike.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12You've got a lot of stuff in here.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14He surely does. Anything strike a chord?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Look at that. I love it!
0:14:17 > 0:14:22I just remember my mum having exactly the same vacuum cleaner.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25That is just the best.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It would make no money at auction, but that's just...fantastic.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Look at that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Blimey. It must be some sort of advertising thing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I do like to come in somewhere like this,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39where you haven't got run-of-the-mill.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40- Mike?- Yes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Can I ask you about this tennis racket?
0:14:43 > 0:14:44I love this.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Harrods themselves used to have so many tickets for Wimbledon,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52which they used to give to their best customers.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Best clients, right.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54They used to make up a bag
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and give them one of those tennis rackets as well.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58So we're talking, what...?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00We're talking the '60s, '70s?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Mike, what can this be?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04We've got 58 on it, but...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I'll do it for 30.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Can you do 25 on it?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Go on, I'll let you have it for 25.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Can you?- Yeah.- I really like that.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16And do you know what will be even better?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Seeing the look on Phil's face when I turn up with this.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23He is going to be so jealous.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I think Phillip's probably had enough of tennis for one day.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Right, I want to spend more. What do I want to buy?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Well, this golden mother-of-pearl magnifier
0:15:31 > 0:15:33with a bull's-eye lens looks nice..
0:15:33 > 0:15:36It's very strong glass. You can read the hallmarks on it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'll give you a ring, so you can see for yourself.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Sometimes they are not particularly good, are they?
0:15:40 > 0:15:41No, they're not very powerful.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So, you should get pretty good magnification.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Yep, you can read that perfectly.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48You've got 65 on this. What...?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- I can do you for 40.- Would you?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm just thinking whether I should...step back a bit.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58That should make a lot more than £40 in auction.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Go on, then. - You're going to go for that?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- I am, I'm going to shake your hand. - OK.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Catherine's been busy. That's £65 for two more items.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Well, thank you very much. - Yes, thank you.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12And that's shopping for the day complete.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And what a day it's been!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Time for a little old rest, though. Nighty-night.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Morning, all. Another day on our road trip.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Today, the experts are starting off in the village of Wootton Wawen,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31located in Warwickshire.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Phil hops out at his first shopping stop with £160 to spend.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- Good luck.- Reverse. - All right!- Reverse.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Hello.- Hello? - Hi. How are you? Phil.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Hi, there.- Good to see you.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47And you. This is Phil, my business partner.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Phil, how are you doing? Good to see you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- What can we do for you today? - Well, you can find me something
0:16:51 > 0:16:54that's got a profit in it, that's what you can do.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56This is interesting. I'll tell you what it's for.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59You put that on a piece of flesh, or skin, and you press that,
0:16:59 > 0:17:03which is now perished, and when it expands,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06it sucks the skin up if you've got some sort of
0:17:06 > 0:17:09nasty carbuncle or something.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I think that's designed to get it off.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Not a pretty sight.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Let's just leave that out - that might be a possibility.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Let's go and have a look outside.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20See, that's ideal. That's a nice thing.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- A butter churn, isn't it? - Yeah, a butter churn.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24A lot of these were made in Chippenham, in Wiltshire.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- Were they really?- Yes, very often you'd lose the stand.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29220.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- I do like this. - It's really quite ornate, isn't it?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Put your back into it, Philip.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Yeah, it's a good-looking thing, but for me to make a profit,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I'm going to have to bid you really, really low on that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- We're not shy. - Well, I'm looking at 60 quid.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44How shy are you now?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- We're quite embarrassed.- I'm not!
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Careful, Philip, he's a big lad.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Maybe we should take a look at the cabinets for a while.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53I used to love that book as a kid.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I used to read it for hours and hours and hours.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59"Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing." I like that.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Look at this. His son was Peter.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Peter used to go fishing with Mr Crabtree.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I love that. I absolutely love that.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I need to have a ruminate here,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10because I really like your butter churn.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12It's what you can do it for.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15And just for old memories for me, I like Mr Crabtree.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Yes. 80 would do the two for you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21So you're saying Mr Crabtree and that at 80 squid?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Yeah, go on, £80 the two. You have been very, very kind to me
0:18:24 > 0:18:28and this is really sad, but I'm more excited about this.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Philip pays £75 for the butter churn and £5 for the book.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- Great discounts. - Two, four, six, eight.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37You've been really kind. Thank you very, very much.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- No problem.- Lovely to see you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Elsewhere, Catherine's heading south
0:18:43 > 0:18:44to Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46She already has a fistful of items
0:18:46 > 0:18:49but only £37 left to play with.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54So, let's just get things straight. I don't really need to buy anything.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Don't speak too soon.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Oh, now, this is cool.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Deal of the month.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03This is fantastic! £95. How much have I got left?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I just said, £37.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Maybe I'll just buy...just one.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- One drum. - SHE PLAYS DRUMS
0:19:11 > 0:19:12That is fantastic.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14All right, I'm going to walk away, cos I can't buy it.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- READS:- Philip Serrell was here. With all best wishes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Did he seriously write on this wall?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23That's terrible! What a vandal!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Graffiti from a previous road trip, the scamp!
0:19:26 > 0:19:28It seems like Catherine's all shopped out. You never know, though.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I think I'm probably going to quit and call it a day.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And I suppose, if you can't beat him...
0:19:37 > 0:19:41So, with Catherine all shopped out for the leg,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Philip has made his way to Fladbury,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47where his final shop is run by an old business chum.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Mr Humphries, how are you? - Mr Serrell, I'm very well.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53All I would say to you is, I know you come to my sales regularly,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I do not want to buy anything that I've sold you,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57cos that would be really embarrassing.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59You've got a lot of stock, haven't you?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I tell you what, Phil, I like to keep it well stocked,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04but I turn it over well, as well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Is that dear? - It depends what you call dear.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Well, I can tell you how much money I've got.- Go on, then.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- I've got 80 quid left. - That's dear, then.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Is it? That out of my range? - Yeah.- OK.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Oh, I like those, as well.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20They're weathering nicely, aren't they?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- I know how they feel. - You and me both, Philip.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Ticketed at £275, they're still out of Philip's budget.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Is Ian feeling kind?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- You might be able to buy those, actually.- Really?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Are they hollow?- No, they're solid.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- And they're concrete, aren't they? - Yes.- Oh, Lord above!
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Can we get one outside?
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Do you mind? Look at that, there's a quick rupture.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It's a poor job that won't stand a good foreman.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47(I'm the foreman.)
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Try telling Catherine that.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- He's nice, isn't he? - You've got to buy it now.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Down, boy. They come as a pair.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57They're just weathering down nicely.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59They're going to go one way now, aren't they?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Yeah, they're going to go south, that's where they're going to go.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04They're going to go down to Salisbury. You're a star.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Fantastic. Good man. - I'd better pay you, my friend.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09That last buy has Philip all spent up.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Sit down, Rover!
0:21:11 > 0:21:15I'm just trying to train them. Just trying to train them. Sit!
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Good dog, good dog.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20And the dogs are added to Philip's other buys -
0:21:20 > 0:21:22the stoneware barrel, a steel cabinet,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24a butter churner and a book on fishing.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27He spent £200 on the nail.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Catherine spent £163 on some amber beads,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33a miniature tennis racket,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35a gold magnifier,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38a miniature set of dominoes and a pair of compacts.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So, what do they make of each other's buys?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I think Catherine's done a really, really good job.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I just love that little tennis racket she's bought.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48The rusty shelves, £20.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I would walk straight past them a million times.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54£200, all in.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Oh, dear.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57After setting off from Coleshill,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59our experts are now headed for
0:21:59 > 0:22:01auction in the city of Salisbury.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Do you know what I think my cheapest buy was?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Oh, that shelf... - I bought a rusting tin thing.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Why did you buy that?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I think that's bang-on trend. You are looking at me now.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Bang-on trend?!- I am bang-on trend.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I am up there with the kids. You've got no vision, Catherine.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20No vision at all. It worries me about you sometimes.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Welcome to the Netherhampton Salerooms.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24It's looking busy.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26What does auctioneer Ian Souter make of our lot?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28My favourite is definitely the butter churn.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Love it, always loved them.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32If I had a house big enough to put one in, I'd have one.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Don't know what I'd do with it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The mini dominoes - very cute, very good size.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I think one or two people spotted them earlier,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41so hopefully they'll do well.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43We've got a full house, so quiet, please.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46First up, it's Philip's fishing book.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Why did you buy that? - It's part of my childhood.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Is it? Oh, so it's really old.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Right, who's got 50 or 60?
0:22:53 > 0:22:5530 or 40 or 20? Who wants it?
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Fiver, thank you. £5.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58£6. £8. £10. £12.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- They all want it!- 15. 18.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02They all remember it from their childhood.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Happy days, isn't it? Happy days.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- They went fishing with me.- At £20.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- They all took the bait, didn't they? - They did.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13A bittersweet result, as Philip says goodbye to Mr Crabtree for a profit.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Next up, Catherine's amber beads.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17OK, so we've got 30, 40.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Who got 20? £10?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Some lovely beads. A tenner. £10?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Someone say something. Fiver. Five I have. £5.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25£6. £8.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26£10. £12.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- £15.- A long way to go.
0:23:28 > 0:23:3015 on my left, 15 I have.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31No. These need to be about 60.
0:23:31 > 0:23:3618, £20. 22. 25.
0:23:36 > 0:23:3825. Over here at 25.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- No, more.- Don't go shy. 25.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- Amber. Real amber.- £25.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Bad luck, first loss of the day.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48But there's plenty of time to make it up.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Next up, Philip's stoneware barrel.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Here to be sold, 30 or 40. - He's picking it up.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- What a man.- Nobody want it?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Five bid. £5. £6.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59£8. £10. £12.
0:23:59 > 0:24:0215, 18, £20.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Don't mind been nice to you. - £20, £20.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Anybody else? 20. Being sold this, then, at £20.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Phil's going to be drowning his sorrows.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14That's a loss after auction fees are deducted.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It's Catherine's miniature dominoes set next.
0:24:17 > 0:24:2050 or 60? 40 or 30?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Who wants them? 20. I've got 20.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Thank you, you like them. £20. £20 I have. £20, £20, £20.
0:24:26 > 0:24:3022, 22, 22...
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- Anybody else?- Come on!- At £22.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Another loss. Bad luck, Catherine.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38And your compacts are up next.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Ten I have, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Come on.- With me, 28.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47£30. £30 in the hat.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Don't stop at 30. Come on.- 32.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What a shame. At 32.
0:24:51 > 0:24:5432 I have. 35. That's the spirit. 35.
0:24:54 > 0:24:5738. 38.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Last chance to stop. 38. 38. Being sold this time, then, at £38.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Ooh!
0:25:03 > 0:25:07So near yet so far!
0:25:07 > 0:25:10A run of bad luck, Catherine. They were nice, too.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Philip's little cabinet is next.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Various interest. Going to start the bidding at £10.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16£10 I have. £10, £10, £10 with me.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20£10. £12. 15. 18. £20 with me.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22He's got a commission on that.
0:25:22 > 0:25:2322. 25. 25 with me.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25At 25. 28. 30.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- What?!- 32. 35. 38. £40. - Bang-on trend, you see.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- How did you do that?- At £42.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Look at that, get in. Dip your bread.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Blimey, he's just doubled his money.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Next, can Catherine's miniature magnifier be as successful?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- £50, somebody. 50 or 40.- Come on.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Who's got 30?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Who's got 20? Tenner if we have to.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Can I put my hand up?- No.- Can I bid?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- Come on, it's nine-carat gold. - Can I bid?
0:25:53 > 0:25:5722. 25. 28. £30.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- £30 I have.- It's cheap! - I know it's cheap.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Come on.- 32, 35, 38.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04£40. At £40.
0:26:04 > 0:26:0642. 45.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Yes!- 48. £50.
0:26:09 > 0:26:1155. 60. 60 in the back, £60.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Keep going, it's nine-carat.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Anyone else? Being sold this time at £60.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Yours, sir. Thank you.- Yes!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- I love you!- Hey, steady!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Well done, Catherine. A nice profit.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Philip's butter churn is next to go under the gavel.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30OK, I've got various interest. I'm going to go straight in at £50.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- He's got interest.- 60.
0:26:33 > 0:26:3665. 70. 75. 80.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Oh, Phil. You've walked it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:4285. 90. 95. 100.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Philip!- 100 with me. 100.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46105. 110.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Bid last if you want it, sir. 110. 115.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50120.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- That's amazing.- I'm quite pleased with that, I must admit.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56125. 130. 135.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00He's still bidding, that man by the door.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02At 135, last chance.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04He had a big commission bid on that.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06At £135.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08£135.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10That's all right, isn't it?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Philip's on a roll.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Can Catherine serve up a profit with her last lot?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17£50, somebody. 50 or 40.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- 30, 20.- Come on.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- 25.- Who wants it? We've got ten. Thank you, ten I have.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23£10, £10, £10. £12.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2715. 18. 18 final time. £18. £18 I have. 18.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- 18. Who else wants it? 18? - No!- Don't let it miss you at 18.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Last chance. Being sold at £20, thank you.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35At £20. £20.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38On my right, 20. Being sold this time, then, at £20.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39£20?!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Not a lot of money. - How did that happen?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Is that game, set and match to Philip, then?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Or will his dogs let him down?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Right, who's got £100? 70 or 80?
0:27:49 > 0:27:5450 or 40. £30. 35, 40. 45, 50.
0:27:54 > 0:27:5855, 60. 65. 65 on my left.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- 70. 75.- You'll be fine.- 80.
0:28:01 > 0:28:0685. 90. 95. 100.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08100 at the back. At £100. I have 100.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- That's amazing.- Last chance, 100.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Anybody else want to join in?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Being sold this time, then, at £100.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Well, that last lot made a profit, but where does that leave us?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Right, so we need to do some sums, don't we?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24You've got loads of cash. That's all I know.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Come on, then.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Catherine started with £200.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30After paying auction costs,
0:28:30 > 0:28:34she made a loss of £27.70,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38leaving her £172.30 to carry forward.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Phil started with £200.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45After paying all fees, he made a profit of £59.94,
0:28:45 > 0:28:49giving him £259.94.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Plenty to spend as we go head-long
0:28:51 > 0:28:54into another day and the next stage of our trip.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58This leg sees our experts start in Winchester and end up
0:28:58 > 0:29:01at auction in the Dorset town of Christchurch.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Our experts are kicking off the day
0:29:02 > 0:29:06with a spot of joint shopping. Uh-oh!
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Come on! Right, what are you buying? I'll get it first.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Give the poor man a chance, Catherine!
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Hello!- Hello.- Are you Molly?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Welcome to The Den. I am Molly. - Lovely to see you, Molly.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- What's your real name?- Matt.- Matt.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Matt or Molly are either top dog or top bitch round here,
0:29:22 > 0:29:23depending on how you look at it.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Right, I think I'm going to get lost.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26I'm going to try, I'll see you later.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29While she's gone, what I really want to find is just a profit.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- Are you the man to show me?- We can find profit. We are good at that.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35- Come on, then. - You naughty boy, Philip!
0:29:35 > 0:29:37That's nice, I like that.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- This is a good stool. - Those are nice as well.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Are those separate, then, or are they all together?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44No, it's for the set, 18 of them.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Look at that, Matt! 85 quid?
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- I thought that was £8.50! - Instant discount with that.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53They look like 40 quid to me, Matt.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54What do you reckon?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56I do know him quite well,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00so I'm sure we'll have room for manoeuvring.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02What's this Phil's spied?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05This is a Royal Navy's Officers of the Watch telescope
0:30:05 > 0:30:06by Cooke of London.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10And I would think this is 1940s or '50s.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11There's no ships.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14The telescope is also priced at £85.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18I'm thinking, 40, 45 quid for the flags and 40 quid for that.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- I think you're a bit far away there, Phil.- Hark at this!
0:30:21 > 0:30:25£70 would be the best on that. And 60 for the flags. Bargain!
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- That's a no, then, Philip. - 50 quid and I'll have the flags.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- I'll have to phone him up.- Go phone him up.- Shall I go and phone him up?
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Go and phone him up, Matt!
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Let's see what Catherine's up to.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I do like this.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42So we've got a crane without, obviously, its original string.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46We've got the name Triang on the top, which is great.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Cos that's a good English manufacturer
0:30:48 > 0:30:51of tin plate and metal toys.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53The problem is, there's something missing here.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55I'm not quite sure what.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58But it just doesn't feel complete.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00It feels like there's a few bits missing.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05But I just like it, it looks good, it looks the part. How much is that?
0:31:05 > 0:31:11- £22.- If I could get that for about £10, there is something there.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Ah, Matt's back.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15The bad news is, he's not answering the phone.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Who's that bad news for, you or me?- Both of us.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Make a decision on those. 50 quid.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- 55.- Oh, Matt!
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- 50 quid, I thought we were getting on so well.- Go on, then, 50 quid.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29You're a gentleman, thank you very much.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30That's first blood to Philip.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36He bags a collection of flags at a £35 discount and makes for the door.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Your turn, Catherine.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Now, this is the business.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45That is just what I'm looking for.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50We are talking mid-20th-century, French vintage croquet set.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54And these are just lovely! The start and finish posts.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Right, ticket price is £55. Time to call on Molly. I mean, Matt.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01This is what I like.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- The croquet set.- OK.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06The thing is, it's got a few things wrong with it.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- I'm going to be mean because I'm in a bit of a position.- Right.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I'm going to offer you £20.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Because it has its faults.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I don't think he's going to accept that.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- But I can phone him up.- Right.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Give me five minutes and I shall pop back.- Can you work some magic?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- I shall do my male charm.- Oh, good. I shall wait here.- OK.- All right.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Thank you, Matt.- No problem.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31That sounded positive-ish.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34He wasn't horrified when I said £20.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36It was a cheeky offer, wasn't it?
0:32:36 > 0:32:38"She's" back. That was quick!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41OK. My male charm didn't work this time.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- Oh... What do you mean "this time"? - £40. Normally does.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48£40 is too much. Can it be 35?
0:32:48 > 0:32:53- I'll tell you what, we'll do 38. How about 38?- OK. Right.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58The other thing that I saw was back this way,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00there was a red crane, a Triang crane.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- You've probably seen it, because it's quite prominent.- Yeah.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05And I think that's got about 20-something on it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- And what would you bid on that? - Eight.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Cor, you're a hard woman, Catherine Southon.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Eight is probably too cheeky. - Is it?- Yes.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14What if you said sort of 12 and I'll give her a call?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- You are wishing you'd never met me. - No!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Right, let's go and make some phone calls, yeah?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- Shall I come with you? - Time for some refreshments, then.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I thought you might need something a bit stiffer than that.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Matt and Molly are back with news on the Triang crane.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- So, the Triang, the crane. - 15.- 15 is your best?- Yeah.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38- You want me to have that, don't you? - I do.- I'm going to just go for it.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- Well done.- What have I done? What have I done?
0:33:41 > 0:33:45So, Catherine's bought the croquet set and the Triang crane for £53.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- Come on, then.- Right. - Let's go and pick up my goodies.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Catherine's work for the day isn't over yet.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Oh, no, her next stop is the market town of Alton,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01home to the aptly named Tiny Shop.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Hi, there.- Hello.- Great shop. You are?- Robert.- Hi, Robert.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06I'm Catherine. Wow!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09It's not going to take me long, probably, to get round here.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11That's right, Catherine. The clue's in the name, love.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Robert has been selling antiques here since 2008.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17That's cute.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22- Biscuits. Is it for biscuits? - Yeah. From Scotland.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26In the form of a suitcase, with all the little travel stickers on.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27And another one?
0:34:29 > 0:34:33See, this one's got the name more - Huntley and Palmers.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36In the 19th century, biscuit makers started packaging their goods
0:34:36 > 0:34:41in elaborately designed tins, making them very collectable today.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42That is worse for wear, isn't it?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I actually like that one best.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- You wouldn't get many biscuits in there, though, would you?- No.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48So long as there's enough for me, eh?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49What's on that?
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I think the ticket's got 35 on that.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Ouch! Right.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56What is your best price on that?
0:34:56 > 0:34:57I think probably 20.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Can I offer you £18 for it?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- Yeah, I think so. - Is that all right?- Yeah.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- I'm going to shake your hand at £18. - OK.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Because I think it's very dinky.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10I suppose I'd better pay you for it now, hadn't I?
0:35:10 > 0:35:15I can't believe I'm walking out of the Tiny Shop with a tiny suitcase.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17And a whopping £17 discount.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- Thank you. Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Catherine's had a busy day, and her third item
0:35:23 > 0:35:25brings proceedings to a close.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26So, nighty-night.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Morning, chaps.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Today, Catherine's in the driving seat,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36and the weather gods are not smiling.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41How can the weather be so glorious yesterday and so dreadful today?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I mean, this is seriously bad.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Today, Philip and Catherine are starting off in the Dorset
0:35:46 > 0:35:49market town of Blandford Forum, don't you know?
0:35:49 > 0:35:54Catherine's kindly dropping Philip at his first shop, the Corner Shop.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Come back penniless.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Now, now, Catherine, play nicely.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Come back potless. Bye.- Bye!
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Well, you've got just under £210 to get through, Philip.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- Hi. - Good morning. How are you?- You are?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Tony.- Tony, lovely to see you. Wow, goodness.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- How long have you been here? - 18 years.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1418 years - getting the hang of it, then?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Lots of things in here, haven't you? - Bits and pieces.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Tony's got a lot of stock, and I can see he likes his pictures.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25These are interesting things, Tony. Were these bought right?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- Yeah, I bought them at a car-boot sale.- Really? For pence?
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- A few quid each.- Can I give you a few more quid each for them?
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- I'm sure you could.- These are basically school photographs.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39This one is the Eton Rowing 8 from 1905.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43And you look at these, and you know there's a lot of these young
0:36:43 > 0:36:47men who, eight years later, were fighting in the First World War.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- That's right.- Oh, now we're into my spot - cricket.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52This is the Harrow XI and the Eton XI from 1900.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54But I just think they're interesting.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Let's get down to the money side of it. What could you do those for?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- If I bought all of them... - Eight of them.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02How about if we said something like 70 quid for the eight?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04No, that wouldn't sound at all good.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06I'd like to give you three quid each for them.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07That's what I'd like to do.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10How about if we said, say, 40 quid for the lot?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Can I meet you halfway and give you 30 quid for them?- How about 35?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16If you're happy with that.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Go on, I'll shake your hand, cos I like them.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Tony, I think that's me probably done. So, I'll pay for these.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24There we are. You're a gentleman, sir. Lovely job.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Thank you very, very much indeed.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Nice to have met you. - Take care now.- And you.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Well, Philip seems happy with his collection of pictures.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Meanwhile, Catherine's on her way to the nearby army garrison,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39home to the Royal Signals Museum.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Her mission is to find out about a group of exceptional women
0:37:43 > 0:37:47from World War Two's Special Operations Executive.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Adam Forty is the collections manager. He doesn't look it, though.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52So, Adam, who were the SOE?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56They were formed in the 1940s by Churchill, and they were
0:37:56 > 0:38:00really agents who were sent to liaise with resistance in different
0:38:00 > 0:38:06countries and create any kind of subversive sabotage and information
0:38:06 > 0:38:11gathering that they possibly could, and report that back to London.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15The SOE itself was really begun with the realisation that people
0:38:15 > 0:38:17would be working in foreign countries,
0:38:17 > 0:38:21so they would seek out from all sorts of different military units,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25including the WAAF and others, people who were
0:38:25 > 0:38:30fluent in Norwegian, Spanish, French, any foreign language.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34The female side generally were recruited from all sorts of
0:38:34 > 0:38:38different organisations and were given training in espionage
0:38:38 > 0:38:41skills, parachuting, explosives.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45In all, there was something like 3,200 female operators.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Not all of those were agents who got sent abroad,
0:38:48 > 0:38:50but they might be doing activities here.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52These women must have been pretty tough characters.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I mean, to do this sort of thing.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Not just tough, but astonishingly brave.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00There was just a characteristic, perhaps of all people,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03but particularly the female agents who went to France,
0:39:03 > 0:39:07who were just determined to go and fulfil their task,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11and if they were caught, not to give any information away.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Communications were vital for SOE field operatives passing
0:39:15 > 0:39:18information back and forth between resistance groups and London.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21The standard piece of kit was the suitcase radio.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25The first one you can see here, which is the Type 3 Mk I.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27This would have been carried...?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30By the female operators going to France.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Have a go and see how heavy this actually is.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35No.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37That's impossible!
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Oh, my goodness me.
0:39:41 > 0:39:4332lb in weight.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47So you can imagine trying to get off incognito, keeping it quiet,
0:39:47 > 0:39:48looking like...
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- Blending in.- Blending in and all with a 32lb case walking out.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Clearly, a terrifying prospect of carrying that around France.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00Yes, back in London, radio operators like Jean Argyle carried out
0:40:00 > 0:40:02a vital role supporting agents in the field.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05She was just 18 when she was recruited into the SOE.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10My main responsibility was to decipher messages received
0:40:10 > 0:40:12during the night and also to encipher those
0:40:12 > 0:40:14which we were sending out.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18I found the most exciting thing was when you were given one of
0:40:18 > 0:40:22these messages which hadn't worked out and nobody could work it out
0:40:22 > 0:40:27and you were untangling it like a lot of wool,
0:40:27 > 0:40:31almost like a game but you knew that it was more than a game.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32Lives depended on getting it right.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35If there was a crisis going on,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38people were perhaps in danger of being caught by the Gestapo
0:40:38 > 0:40:42and having to move and let us know where they were going.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44The threat from the Germans was ever present
0:40:44 > 0:40:47to SOE operatives in France.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49They reckon that if you were transmitting any more than
0:40:49 > 0:40:51about six to nine minutes,
0:40:51 > 0:40:55the opportunity would give the Germans enough chance to actually
0:40:55 > 0:40:59find you and potentially be knocking at your door shortly afterwards.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01To drastically cut down transmitting time,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04the SOE invented the squirt bar.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- So how do I do this, then?- If we do something very simple like SOS.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Can you remember your Morse code at all?
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12So if we get three dots out.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14You won't want to do this in a rush, would you?
0:41:14 > 0:41:15I'm not sure I've done that right.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17No, that's right - three dots. Then a space.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- This is a space because it's between two letters?- Yes.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23And now you start your dash, dash, dash.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26The Type A Mk III has got a little probe and the idea is
0:41:26 > 0:41:29that you very quickly start transmitting,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32you would put your probe down that device
0:41:32 > 0:41:36and that would send your transmission in a very quick time.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Even with this quick transmitting radio,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40operatives were still at risk of capture.
0:41:40 > 0:41:46The Germans, of course, were quite aware of this system going on.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49There were agents all over the occupied countries.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52A lot of people were captured as a result of this and they would
0:41:52 > 0:41:55sometimes make them go on sending messages and they would try
0:41:55 > 0:42:01to put some message inside it to convey that all was not well
0:42:01 > 0:42:03and that they had been captured.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05This was always rather frightening.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Several SOE women never made it back from Europe,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11including George Cross winner, Violette Szabo.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Violette Szabo was a radio operator.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17She went in slightly after D-Day and they got stopped at
0:42:17 > 0:42:20a roadblock, they ran off, she jumped over a fence,
0:42:20 > 0:42:25damaged her ankle and had a Sten gun and eight clips of ammunition,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29so told her colleague that she was with to scarper and she then
0:42:29 > 0:42:32ended up with a gunfight with the Gestapo
0:42:32 > 0:42:35until all her bullets ran out and she was captured
0:42:35 > 0:42:37and sadly tortured and murdered.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42The women of the Special Operations Executive played a major role during
0:42:42 > 0:42:44World War II, both behind enemy lines
0:42:44 > 0:42:47and behind-the-scenes back in London.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53We had all these very heroic people who were risking their lives and
0:42:53 > 0:42:56it did depend, amongst others, on me,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58to make sure that they came back.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04It's still raining in Blandford and Philip, who's got just
0:43:04 > 0:43:09over £174 left to spend has arrived at Milton Antiques.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13- Hello!- Hi.- Hi, a voice from upstairs. Shall I can come on up?
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Yes, please do.- Goodness me. - They're quite steep, aren't they?
0:43:16 > 0:43:19For a man of advanced years, they are.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21It's OK, Philip, we've got plenty of time.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Is it all right if I hang my brolly? - Please do.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- Is it all right to have a look around?- Have a look.- Thank you.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31This has got some really good proper antiques in here.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33This is a great place.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37People today, they like decorative items and these ottomans with
0:43:37 > 0:43:39this upholstered rising lid, concave sides,
0:43:39 > 0:43:42that's 19th-century and this might be for me, actually.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Look at this - this has got a lift up lid that you put your linen in.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50What is the most attractive for me is the potential price
0:43:50 > 0:43:54because this has got £95 crossed out.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57£60, crossed out. Now £40.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Just hoping it might be a little less in ten minutes' time.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Only time will tell, Philip.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04What have you got your eye on now?
0:44:04 > 0:44:06This is quite a nice little bijouterie table.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10This is a table that you put your little silver collectables in
0:44:10 > 0:44:16and other items that people used to search eagerly for
0:44:16 > 0:44:17about 20 years ago.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19It's £135.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20That's sweet, isn't it?
0:44:20 > 0:44:24Philip is obviously taken by the bijouterie table and the ottoman.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29- Jules?- Yeah?- Your ottoman stool on the bijouterie table.- Right.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31What's the best you could do on each of those, please?
0:44:31 > 0:44:35- On the bijouterie... - You've got 135...- On the ticket.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39- We could go to 110 on that one. - OK. And on the ottoman?
0:44:39 > 0:44:43It's already been reduced. I think it's a fair price.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- So it's £150, the two?- Yup.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Would £140, the two, buy them?
0:44:48 > 0:44:52- 148?- Oh, hark at this! - SHE LAUGHS
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- £140, the two. Would that be a deal? - 45.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57- 145.- You're a star. Thank you, my love.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Thank very much indeed.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Nicely done.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Now, as Philip heads for the sunset,
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Catherine's made her way to Shaftesbury
0:45:07 > 0:45:09for her final shopping stop of the leg.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11She has just over £100 to spend
0:45:11 > 0:45:14and dealer Debbie is on hand to help.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19Oh, I love the rocker. That's cute, isn't it? This one rocker.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22I've bought a toy already, I bought a tin plate crane.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24- That's what I bought earlier. - Oh, that'll be good.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27So it'll be quite nice to buy another toy.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- A bit of a theme. - What's on the rocker?
0:45:29 > 0:45:3148.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33I don't know, though.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35- Would a child be quite scared of that swan?- Scares me.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Anyway, what else is there, there?
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Debbie, this is quite nice.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44Bone letter opener. The thing is it's nibbled.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49But I tell you what I like, I love the enamelled Union Jack there.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53The problem is it has lost a bit of enamel and, I'm guessing,
0:45:53 > 0:45:54hence the price.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56- Which is?- 18.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00And that's going to be the price, as well. I can't do anything on that.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02- Nothing at all? - I don't discount under £20.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Just when I thought I'd found something.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Honestly, Debbie, to be in with the chance,
0:46:08 > 0:46:12I really need to get some sort of reduction.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15- I'll see what I can do. - I would be very, very grateful.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18- I appreciate that.- I'll go and give her a ring.- This is a lovely thing.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Letter openers, we do see quite often.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24Can you imagine what this was like when it was absolutely perfect?
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Because the colours are bright, they're so good, but having
0:46:27 > 0:46:33a little chip to the enamel is bad news because you can't repair that.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36I can't get her on the phone, I'm afraid.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40I will take a risk and say 15, but that's as good as I'm going
0:46:40 > 0:46:42to be able to do, I'm afraid.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45- OK, that's fine. I'll take that for 15.- OK, brilliant.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Thank you very much. - I'll put it on the desk for you.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Well, who'd have thought it?
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Now, Catherine is still taken with that swan and Debbie is speaking to its owner.
0:46:54 > 0:46:55Hello, Simon, it's Debbie.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59What's your best price on the swan rocking chair?
0:46:59 > 0:47:02It's got £48 on it at the moment.
0:47:02 > 0:47:0330?
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Can he do a little bit more?
0:47:06 > 0:47:11- He won't go any more? - Is that your limit, Simon? 30?
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- SIMON:- Who is this?
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- This could be interesting. - Who is it?
0:47:15 > 0:47:19What do you mean, "Who is it?" It's Catherine. For you, 25.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Aaaw!
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- Can I say thank you? - Yeah, course you can.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Simon, that's really kind of you. Fantastic.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29That's brilliant. Thank you so much.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32So, Catherine has bagged the letter opener for £15
0:47:32 > 0:47:34and the swan rocker for 25.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38I owe you £40.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41While Catherine is swanning off with her latest buys...
0:47:42 > 0:47:46..Philip has come to the pretty village of Lytchett Minster
0:47:46 > 0:47:49which is nestled on the Dorset coastline.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53He's come to The Old Button Shop to try and bag one last bargain,
0:47:53 > 0:47:55but he's running low on funds.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59- Thelma, it's you.- Hello. - I've been here before, haven't I?
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- Yes, you have.- About two years ago, wasn't it? On a road trip.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05- Couple of years ago.- Now, the thing is, I've bought four items.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07I've got a set amount of money to spend.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09I won't tell you what that is just yet.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11You're going to knock me down and jump on me.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Don't worry, Thelma, he's much better behaved these days.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Shall we have a look?
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Thelma has got plenty of stock in here.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22I quite like these glasses. Let me put them on the table by you.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25They're really nice, those are.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27They are 19th century, I think, aren't they?
0:48:27 > 0:48:30So you've got those at £18 a pair and £17 pair.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35That's £35 for the four. What could you do those for?
0:48:35 > 0:48:3620 quid.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- Those are a possibility, aren't they?- Are they a possibility?
0:48:39 > 0:48:41They are a possibility but I haven't finished yet.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44Got your eye on another glass, then, Phil?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Now those, Thelma, are they £4 each?
0:48:47 > 0:48:51- Yeah.- What can you do those four for?- £10.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55- Ten? You can do better than that. You're not trying.- Eight.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59You're still not trying. Hold on a minute. I haven't finished yet.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01More glasses?
0:49:02 > 0:49:06Little custard glass. I reckon I can do that for a fiver.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Let me tell you something.
0:49:08 > 0:49:09We know that these are green glass,
0:49:09 > 0:49:11probably little cordial glasses or whatever.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Now these, you've called them sherry glasses but I don't think they are.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18These are illusion glasses.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21They're called illusion glasses cos the bottom is so much thicker.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Basically, these don't hold as much so, whoever you were drinking with,
0:49:25 > 0:49:28you could drink half as much as them and they all thought
0:49:28 > 0:49:30you were drinking the same amount as them.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33So I think these are really lovely. Right, Thelma.
0:49:33 > 0:49:34One for the road.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37You can have that for a fiver as well.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40The combined ticket price on the glassware is £81.
0:49:40 > 0:49:46- 20, 30, 5.- No, all of this is irrelevant, Thelma.- Why?
0:49:46 > 0:49:50Because however much you want, I'm going to tell you how much I've got.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52It's a good job you're sitting down.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56I've got £29.94.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00- Go on a bit, please. - For these?- Yes.- I'll have those.
0:50:00 > 0:50:05Thelma, what a lady. You're a star. Thank you very much.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09That last buy means Philip has spent every last penny.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13He adds his 19th-century glassware to some vintage naval signal flags,
0:50:13 > 0:50:16an Edwardian bijouterie table,
0:50:16 > 0:50:20a Victorian ottoman and a set of historic sporting prints.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Catherine has spent £111.
0:50:23 > 0:50:28Her haul includes a tin plate crane, a 1930s biscuit tin, a croquet set,
0:50:28 > 0:50:32a bone letter opener and a child's swan rocker.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34So, what do our experts make of each other's buys?
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Well, Mr Serrell has done it again.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41He has bought those fantastic signals for £50. How did he do that?
0:50:41 > 0:50:47- I do not know.- So you bought a plywood child's rocking swan?
0:50:47 > 0:50:50But what I do like, that bone letter opener or page turner,
0:50:50 > 0:50:52I think that's a lovely, lovely thing.
0:50:52 > 0:50:57But the best thing of all by far is that bijouterie table and I
0:50:57 > 0:50:59am jealous with a capital J.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01That was super.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03After setting off from Salisbury,
0:51:03 > 0:51:07our experts are now heading for auction in the town of Christchurch.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Today's auction takes place at family run Bulstrodes Saleroom.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14What does auctioneer Kate Howe think of our expert's lots?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17The vintage signalling flags is a lot I particularly love.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19You've got a good number, they are very,
0:51:19 > 0:51:22very strong in the decorator's market at the moment and I think
0:51:22 > 0:51:23they're going to do very well.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26We've got a lot of interest in those already.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Anyway, experts, take your seats.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32It's busy in here today and the auction house also accepts
0:51:32 > 0:51:33internet bids.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36First up, though, Philip's 19th-century glassware. All of it.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39£20 for them. Start me at 20, surely.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41£10 then. They've got to go.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45- Thank you, ten.- Might have helped if she'd mentioned the word "illusion."
0:51:45 > 0:51:50Yes. 12 on the internet. 14 in the room. Any more from the internet?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Put the hammer down. Smash the lot. 18 in the room.
0:51:53 > 0:51:5920? Thank you. £20. £22. Internet against. Yes, 24.
0:51:59 > 0:52:0526 in the room. 28. 30. Now we go five.
0:52:05 > 0:52:0735. Shakes her head.
0:52:07 > 0:52:13Internet buyer will hold it, the room is out at £35.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- I don't know how that happened. - Well done.- Thanks, hon.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20Don't break the champagne out just yet, Philip.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Next up is Catherine's bone letter opener.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28£20, little bit of enamel there. Decoration. 20. Two. 24.
0:52:28 > 0:52:33- You're off to the races.- Bit more, bit more.- 26 on the internet.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Any more? We'll sell to the internet at £26.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40- A little.- It's a profit. - A little bit.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43- A little profit is better than a big loss.- Small acorns and all that.
0:52:43 > 0:52:48Now, can Catherine keep her winning streak going with her next lot,
0:52:48 > 0:52:50her vintage tin plate crane?
0:52:50 > 0:52:54- £10 to start me, then. Come on, £10. - Oh, come on.- £10. Ten is bid.
0:52:54 > 0:53:00- Thank you. 12, 14 is bid. right at the back.- Sit still, woman.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05- 16. All is fair in love and war.- Oh, yes. Keep going.- At 16. Anyone else?
0:53:05 > 0:53:11- At 16. We'll sell to the room. - Oh, dear.- Never mind, Catherine.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13There's still time to make a profit, girl.
0:53:13 > 0:53:18You'd never catch me buying rusty stuff. I'm not into that type thing.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Really, Philip? Next up is your Eaton and Harrow sporting prints.
0:53:22 > 0:53:27- £20, let's start then. Two, 24.- He's bidding over there.
0:53:27 > 0:53:3026, 28, 30, five,
0:53:30 > 0:53:3340, five at the back,
0:53:33 > 0:53:3750, five, 60, five,
0:53:37 > 0:53:41- 70, five, 80.- Phil?
0:53:41 > 0:53:47- It sort of helps.- Internet is out. We sell to the room at 80.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50- Thank you.- Wow, you hit that one in six, Philip.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Now it's time for Catherine's 1930s biscuit tin.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55Start at £30.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00£30, low estimate. 35 and 40, five,
0:54:00 > 0:54:05- 50...- Yes!- Well done.- ..five, 60, five, 70.
0:54:05 > 0:54:11- At 70 and five is bid.- Keep going. - 80. Five. At £85 for this lot.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15- So excited for you.- We sell at £85.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17That is a top buy, wasn't it?
0:54:17 > 0:54:20Crikey, Catherine. That's a whopping profit.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23Auctioneer Robin has taken over the hot seat from his
0:54:23 > 0:54:26daughter just in time for Philip's Victorian ottoman.
0:54:26 > 0:54:31£20 straight in, anyone. £20 bid.
0:54:31 > 0:54:3622, the lady. 24, 26, 28, £30.
0:54:36 > 0:54:43- Someone has your vision, Philip. - New bidder. 45, I'm bid.
0:54:43 > 0:54:48- At 45, selling it now. - I'll settle for that.- Yes, yes.
0:54:48 > 0:54:53A profit's a profit, Phil. Now, Catherine's swan rocker is next.
0:54:53 > 0:54:58£20 to start me off. Ten then. £10. 12 in the front.
0:54:58 > 0:55:0414, 16, 18, 20, £20 front row.
0:55:04 > 0:55:09- 22. 22 at the back of the room now. - Always knew I liked it.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13- All done then at 22. - Too bad, Catherine.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15No swansong with that lot.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17Now we've got Philip's naval flags.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21£50, anyone. Start me off then.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25Ten for these, £10. 12, 14, 16, 18,
0:55:25 > 0:55:3120, two, four, six, eight, 28. 30 here.
0:55:31 > 0:55:36- Five, 40, five, 50, new bidder. - There they go.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39- 55.- She's got a bid over there, as well.
0:55:39 > 0:55:4165. 70?
0:55:41 > 0:55:4675. 75. £80 for the flags.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48£80.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Blimey, someone's got a bargain.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52How will Catherine's croquet set do?
0:55:52 > 0:55:54£50.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57- He wants that down the end, my new friend.- 55.
0:55:57 > 0:56:03£60. 65. 70. 75. And again? Come on.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06- Yes, come on, come on.- £80. - Yes, well done.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10- Five, 85.- See?- Absolutely...- Shh!
0:56:10 > 0:56:15- 90 at the back. - 90 at the back, shush.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18- Any more, then? Last time.- Bidding!- Back in again.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- I think he's done this before. - 95, any more now?
0:56:21 > 0:56:24- 100 at the back.- 100 at the back!
0:56:24 > 0:56:30Are you going to have another go for a fiver? 105 it is. At £105.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36Do you know? I think she's pleased. Ha! So she should be.
0:56:37 > 0:56:41Next up is Philip's last lot, the Edwardian bijouterie table.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44£60 on this, straight in. 65,
0:56:44 > 0:56:5070, five, 80, five, 90. It's jumped on the net. £90.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54- 100, it has gone too now. 120. 130. - No problems with this.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56140, internet bidder.
0:56:56 > 0:57:02- 150, waving the arm. 160, 170, 180.- I told you, 200.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06- 190, internet.- 190. 200? - 200, yes, please.
0:57:06 > 0:57:12- 200 it is. £200. 210 on the internet.- 220.- 220. 230 on the net.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14230 I'm bid.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- Internet holds it now at £230. - That's a good find, Phil.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- All done?- That's all right, isn't it?- Yeah.- 230.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22That's brilliant.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25Blimey, that is a stonking profit for Philip.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27It has been real swings and roundabouts.
0:57:27 > 0:57:31- Or even ducks and bijouterie tables. - Come on.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35That's the second auction completed, so let's do the sums.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Catherine started off with £172.30.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39After paying auction costs,
0:57:39 > 0:57:42she made a profit of £97.28,
0:57:42 > 0:57:48leaving her a total of £269.58 to spend next time.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51Philip started off with £259.94.
0:57:51 > 0:57:57After paying auction costs, he made a profit of £125.46.
0:57:57 > 0:58:03Wow! Leaving him with the princely sum of £385.40 to spend next time.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07- Well, good enough day, I think, for you to drive.- Yes!
0:58:07 > 0:58:10- Are you ready for this? - Drive on, drive on.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12- Ready?- As I'll ever be.
0:58:12 > 0:58:17Why are you closing your eyes? Yee-ha, we are on the way!
0:58:17 > 0:58:20Cheerio, then. Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:58:20 > 0:58:24- Change gear, change gear.- Go. - Catherine is on a roll.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28- Could it be a bargain?- Could be. - Could be a bargain.
0:58:28 > 0:58:31- And Philip is all at sea. - I'm not sure who's done who here.