0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts. HE STRIKES GONG
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- That's cracking.- With £200 each... - Wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- That's exactly what I'm talking about.- I'm all over a-shiver.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners, and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- So, will it be the high road to glory?- Push.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- Or the slow road to disaster? - How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:35 > 0:00:38MUSIC: The Final Countdown by Europe
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Hold on to your hats,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45it's the last leg of this rip-roaring road trip
0:00:45 > 0:00:46for a couple of swirls,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Charles Hanson and James Braxton.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53James, it's been an amazing trip, but the end is nigh,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57the curtain is about to be drawn for the last time on you and I,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01and I think we've got to go with a bang. The crowd want an encore.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's like a boxing match.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07After a while, all the crowd want to see is a bit of blood, don't they?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Somebody on the canvas.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10BELL RINGS
0:01:10 > 0:01:12MUSIC: Theme from Rocky
0:01:12 > 0:01:16James is an auctioneer who's always on the ball.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18HE PLAYS WHISTLE
0:01:18 > 0:01:20And his sparring partner, Charles,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22is a demon when it comes to doing a deal.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I've got a bit of money in my sporran.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Oh, yeah? He's not wrong. Charles is loaded and way out in the lead.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34This dapper chap has turned his original £200 stake
0:01:34 > 0:01:37into a whopping £505.04.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43James also started this trip with 200, and some profitable
0:01:43 > 0:01:49purchases means he's now driving around with £337.02 in his pocket.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Do you know how much there is difference between you and I?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- No, how much?- 168.- Is that all? - Yeah.- That's not a lot, is it?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Is that all?!- It's not a lot. - It's enough.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03After having some catastrophic car trouble on the last leg
0:02:03 > 0:02:06with their blue DKW 1000 coupe,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10our boys and now roaring around in a ravishing red one.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Ha! Made before seat belts were mandatory,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16it means our experts aren't wearing any. Got it?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- So, we're on the east coast. - We are, we are.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Literally, James, if you were to go that way,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23I think you'd hit Bergen,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26because Bergen is in what country?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Germany.- No, Norway. Bergen's in Norway.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34After beginning their epic adventure in the Highlands,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Charles and James have been journeying all over bonnie Scotland,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40taking in the north-east and the central belt.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Today, they'll finish up over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50This leg will kick off in Dunbar before ending in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Watch the lorry, give me a honk. Give me a honk.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- LORRY HONKS ITS HORN - Yes!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- JAMES HONKS CAR HORN - No! Quick, James.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03The nation's behind us, James, in Scotland.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- They know we're driving forwards... - They know.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06..on this great journey.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Our excitable experts are primed and raring to go.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16James will be dropping Charles off at his first shop of the day.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Buttercup, baby, I'm here. - Well done, Charles, there you are.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- Let me go.- Have good luck. - Thanks, James. Take care. Be lucky.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26- Be lucky.- In love.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Charles will be kicking things off in the Buttercup Studio.- Oh, yes.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- Oh, hello.- Good morning. How are you?- Lovely.- Your name is?- Linda.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Linda has a wide variety of antiques on offer,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and Charles gets stuck in straight away.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- Can I open the cabinet?- Yes.- So I'm going to be very, very careful.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48CABINET CLATTERS
0:03:50 > 0:03:52There we go, the handle's just come off the cabinet.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Has it?- It's OK. It's back on now, it's OK.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Just a bit loose.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57SHE LAUGHS
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Like me today - a bit loose.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01You said it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02So, you'd literally...
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- If it had a reed in, you'd play it here.- Yes, you would do.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07- You would whistle...- Like that.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09SHE LAUGHS
0:04:09 > 0:04:10- Yes. - HE WOLF-WHISTLES
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Sorry, Linda.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13SHE LAUGHS
0:04:15 > 0:04:16- The finger's out.- Finger's out.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20When the finger comes out, it means I'm meaning business now.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26That's pretty.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- CLATTERING - Oops, sorry, Linda.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Don't worry.- I'm sorry about that.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Sorry, Linda. Sorry about this. Sorry, Linda.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38I'm getting carried away. I'm getting carried away, Linda, sorry.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Steady, Charles!
0:04:40 > 0:04:45So, on this nice rack here, Linda, I do quite like this little dog.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48# How much is that doggie on the rack? #
0:04:48 > 0:04:50He's got no wagging tail.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53But where did he come from, a local find?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57He's been on my mantelpiece for quite a number of years.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- How old is he, do you think? - No idea. He's just very attractive.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I think he's missing his paw there, isn't he?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05He's got a bit of damage to him.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08He is Staffordshire porcelain, rather than being ceramic...
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Well, rather than being a pottery, an earthenware or stoneware,
0:05:11 > 0:05:16he is porcelain, so he's highly fired and made of that china clay.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I'm presuming there's no price ticket.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24He's just a little doggie in the window, here to go.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Yes.- Yeah.- Um...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It was £10, but you can have it for five.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35He's quite cute, isn't he?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37He is cute. Go on, Linda, I'll take him for £5.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38- Thanks a lot.- Thank you.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Our Charles buys the King Charles to kick-start this leg's shopping.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Anything else?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That's quite nice.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I'm not sure how old it is, Linda.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51No idea, but it's wood, the bit there.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- And you can see quite well out of it...- Oh, Charles!
0:05:55 > 0:05:57It's OK, it comes apart anyway.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Yeah, it does, it's on a thread.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Could that be quite reasonable? - Very best, 25.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- It's a man toy. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:06:07 > 0:06:10It's got a few indentations, you'll see it's been dropped,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14on the cover here you'll see it's got a slight fracture
0:06:14 > 0:06:15in the glass there.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And also, on that thread,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19you've got a few knocks of where it's been dropped.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22But I would say it's got some age to it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's quite a nice, quality object.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26You're saying 25. I would think the auctioneer might put
0:06:26 > 0:06:31a guide price of that figure on as a high estimate.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Would you take for it £20? - Yes, I'll take 20.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Are you sure? 20? - 20, yes.- Are you sure?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Yes, positive.- Sold. Thank you very much. I'll take it, Linda.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Thank you. Thank you very much. And I can now see you. There we are.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I've got you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46And you've got yourself two lots in your first shop.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Good stuff.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50See you, bye, bye.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57James, meanwhile, has made his way to Haddington.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59He's come to Lennoxlove House
0:06:59 > 0:07:02to hear about one of the most intriguing incidents
0:07:02 > 0:07:03of World War II.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10He's meeting Lord James Selkirk of Douglas to find out more.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Good morning.- Glad to meet you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- Looking forward very much to having a chat.- Thank you.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19In 1941, the War was going badly for Britain.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Eight months of Luftwaffe bombing had seen over a million
0:07:24 > 0:07:29London homes destroyed and 40,000 people killed.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34On 10th May, a lone Messerschmitt flew deep into enemy territory,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37evading all of Britain's air defences.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Remarkably, the pilot was Rudolf Hess,
0:07:39 > 0:07:44chairman of the Nazi Party and Hitler's dedicated deputy.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48He was heading for a location less than 20 miles south of Glasgow.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53This is the map and the red arrow points to Dungavel House.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Oh, I see.- But, of course, he couldn't find it in the dark and
0:07:57 > 0:08:02he parachutes over Eaglesham to the north, only a few miles away.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07Hess was quickly captured and taken into military custody.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10He repeatedly insisted he'd only speak to one man,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Lord Selkirk's father, the Duke of Hamilton,
0:08:13 > 0:08:18a pioneering aviator and the first man to fly over Mount Everest.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20And Hess gives a false name,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23says that he is Hauptmann Alfred Horn,
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- who was in fact his brother, brother-in-law, called Alfred Horn. - Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33And my father made arrangements to go through and see him
0:08:33 > 0:08:36with the interrogating officer the next morning.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39When they met, Hess confessed who he really was to the Duke
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and made him an offer.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Britain could keep its empire
0:08:42 > 0:08:46if Germany had a free hand in Europe and the East.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The Duke didn't waste any time in heading south
0:08:50 > 0:08:53to inform Winston Churchill of what he'd heard from Hess.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56When he got to Ditchley Park,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Churchill was in good spirits because 33 German bombers
0:08:59 > 0:09:03had been shot down, and he asked him for his news,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07and my father told him when everyone had left the room,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10apart from the Secretary of State for Air, that this man
0:09:10 > 0:09:13who had given a false name to everybody else
0:09:13 > 0:09:16claimed to him that he was Hitler's deputy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21And Churchill refused to believe that that was at all likely
0:09:21 > 0:09:22or even possible.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26And then he said to my father, "Well, Hess or no Hess,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29"I'm going to see the Marx Brothers,"
0:09:29 > 0:09:31and they went out to see the film next door.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33JAMES LAUGHS
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Hess was imprisoned in Britain,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38including a short spell in the Tower of London,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42until October 1945 when he was sent to stand trial at Nuremberg.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Sentenced to life imprisonment as a war criminal, Hess remained
0:09:47 > 0:09:53incarcerated in Berlin's Spandau prison until his death in 1987.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56To this day, many rumours still revolve around Hess's
0:09:56 > 0:10:01fateful flight to Scotland. Had Hitler actually approved it?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Was Hess a would-be assassin?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Or was it simply the doomed mission of an unstable man?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09We will never know.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Reunited, our boys, though,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18have motored the DKW to Old Craighall near Musselburgh.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24They've arrived at a shop called Early Technology.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Quite surreal, isn't it? - It is quite surreal.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32The owner of this rather unique antiques haven is Michael.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Oh, look, here's the man. - Hello, sir.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- Sorry we're a bit late, we got a bit lost. Charles.- James.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Good to meet you.- What an amazing home you have here.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45He does indeed.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Packed full of fun and peculiar pieces,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49our chaps are going to love this place.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Oh, wow. It's quite something here. James, look at the Penny Farthing.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- I know, amazing.- Isn't that wonderful?- Yeah.- Is it for sale?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Everything's for sale. - Music to an antique hunter's ears.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- So, James, what's our plan?- I think we just go for things that...
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I love the loo.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- I think, James... I think I might go this way.- Yeah.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- And I might stay here. - Yeah, I think so.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I might go and stand by this love tester, put in my penny.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- I'll light the love tester for you, you can try it out.- Oh, wonderful!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I'm going to try the love tester.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Maybe it will give me a good sense of wellbeing here.- Standby.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Dear, oh, dear.- Push the money in here.- Put your money in.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Hold the grip.- Hold the knob.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34LOVE TESTER RINGS
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Oh, Lord.- Oh, James, feel the love.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Hold on.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Oh! I think I'll be "wild".
0:11:44 > 0:11:45"Clammy".
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Ha-ha! "Clammy".
0:11:49 > 0:11:50You know, I gripped...
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- I gripped for the nation.- Did you?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I gripped for my love affair with antiques.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58That's what I get. "Clammy". Your turn.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59It's a fix!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Good luck, James, hold tight.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'm just going to go... I'm going to treat it like a lady.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Just gen... Nice and gently. - I think "hot stuff".
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Hot stuff! "Uncontrollable", I'm hoping for.- Oh, yeah?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Wild!- Wild! He's wild!
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Right, on that note, James, you get wild, I'll get clammy,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and I'll start handling some antiques.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Now, what are they going to get up to next?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I've been framed.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Oh, I like that. The cock and hammer.- 18th century.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- What's a cock and hammer? - It's a well-known game.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- It's still made today, oddly enough. - Aren't they wonderful?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39They're absolutely period.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44And I suppose, Mike, if you were to offer these to James or I,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- what would be the best price? - 120 for those.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- They're not perfect.- No.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Look at me. Do you want it?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52No, I like the Teasmade. How much for the Teasmade?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56The Teasmade you can have for £25.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Thank you, Mike.- No, no... - It's your bargain.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- I'm going on that. Thank you, Mike. - That's your bargain.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Come on, Charles.- Just like that.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- You've just got to keep your eyes open.- Just like that.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- You get too easily distracted.- £25!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It's not early technology.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- It's late technology, as far as I'm concerned.- Mike!
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Have you bought it? - Yeah, £25. Teasmade.- Absolutely.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Look at that. I've never seen such a fine Teasmade.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- That is a work of art.- £25.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26You've got a light there, so that wakes you up in the morning.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30You've got your clock. And then... What a... What a... What a...
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- You like a cup of tea. - So, you've just sold it to him?- Yes.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Absolutely. We shook on it. - Thrilled to sell it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Anyway, bye.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Anyway, that's me. I'm home early. Bye.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Charles, you keep... - It's time for tea for you, isn't it?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Time for tea.- Yeah.- Time for tea.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I'd invite you along, if you'd purchase something.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51James showing his wild side there,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54doing one of the quickest deals we've ever seen.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Well done, that man.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I am so pleased with this.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I spotted this beyond Charles.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03A fabulous Teasmade.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Teasmades have come roaring back,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and I love this rocking motion, this tolerance.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12So when this is really boiling, the light's flashing,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14it's making a lot of noise, it can resist.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17It's not going to fall off the table, is it?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18It's going to keep burning away.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22It's a lovely item. £25. I think I'm ahead.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26James is jolly excited about the lot he's bought.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Meanwhile, Charles is feeling a little overwhelmed
0:14:32 > 0:14:33by the choice on offer.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35There's so much lurking.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39There's typewriters, there's a basket of fruit down there.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Down there, is that a concertina in that box?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Is it a concertina? Oh, it is a concertina.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50- Do you play it?- No.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It's all complete, except for the knobs that go through.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- But the knobs are not that difficult to get.- Oh, what a shame.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- I've done everything else, but it's cheap for the price.- How much?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- They're worth money.- How much?
0:15:01 > 0:15:07- 65.- I love the fact it's a Campbells of Glasgow concertina.- Yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09And...
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Mike, can you give me a little jig?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12CONCERTINA TOOTS
0:15:13 > 0:15:18It obviously has had some TLC over their years.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21The case sells it, Mike, and it's a Glaswegian concertina,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23which also gives me a bit of love.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Would you do it for £40? - No, I'll do it for 50.- Right.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- We'll do it. Mike, let's do it.- OK.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Thanks a lot, Mike. Thanks a lot. £50.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35A really interesting concertina, full of Scottish charm,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40and, hopefully, it might play at the saleroom if I get lucky.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44£50 buys Charles the Victorian concertina.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Thank you so much.- Thank you, Michael.- Good luck.- Great day.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48All the best.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Bye.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And that purchase brings today's buying to a close.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56So, nighty-night.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It's a brand-new day,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and the boys are back on the road in Scotland.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It is very beautiful, isn't it? Look at this.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- And I can't believe now time is nigh.- It is. Last day of buying.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Never have thought...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's gone like a dream in terms of you and I, don't you think so?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21It has.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24So far, Charles has bought three lots.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27The porcelain King Charles spaniel ornament.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30The early 19th-century brass telescope.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32And the Victorian rosewood concertina.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Leaving him £430.04 to spend.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I'll shake your hand and say thank you, sir.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Meanwhile, James has only bought one lot,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43the 1950s tea-maker,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47so he's still got £312.02 to play with today.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52For their final fling around bonnie Scotland,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Charles is wearing a kilt, of course.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I've also got my hat, James, as well.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Sorry. Look.- See the hat.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Look, James.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It should be worn slightly off centre,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06and all of your tartan should be all the way
0:17:06 > 0:17:09straight as your stockings and...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11There we go, look.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Oh! Ohh!
0:17:13 > 0:17:14You look very fine.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I second that.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19This morning, the boys have made their way to Melrose.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24James is dropping Charles off at Abbotsford.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28This was the home of the famous Scottish novelist and poet
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Sir Walter Scott,
0:17:29 > 0:17:34without whom tartan, as we know it today, would not exist.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Isn't this beautiful, James?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I just cannot believe how wonderful it looks.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41And I want to deliver my tartan Dr Doolittle of antiques.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Watch my skirt... Sorry, my kilt.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46There we go, James. I feel a very proud man.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Goodbye.- This facade. Take care, bye.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56That boy's got moves.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Charles is here to meet collections manager Kirsty Archer-Thompson
0:18:00 > 0:18:02to find out more
0:18:02 > 0:18:05about the great Sir Walter Scott's connection with tartan.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- You must be Kirsty.- Hello, Charles. Lovely to meet you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Charles Hanson, good to see. - You look fantastic.- Think so?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Yeah.- Kirsty, tell me, how far back can we trace tartan?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Tartan actually has a surprisingly long history.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20We have references in Roman documents
0:18:20 > 0:18:23to the Celtic peoples on the Continent and also here
0:18:23 > 0:18:26wearing what we might recognise as tartan.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Certainly chequered patterns with natural dyes.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33The vibrant and quite often gaudy tartans we know today
0:18:33 > 0:18:36didn't come about until much later,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39mainly thanks to one man's romantic vision of Scotland.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It's something that starts with his novels.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I mean, when he publishes Waverley in 1814
0:18:44 > 0:18:46and then goes on to novels like Rob Roy,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48the great Scottish historical novels,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51he is giving tartan a platform again,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53he's giving the Highlander a platform
0:18:53 > 0:18:57after the terrible defeat at Culloden and the ban of tartan.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- Ban of tartan?- Yes, absolutely. - What happened?
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Tartan was banned. The Act came into force in 1747,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06and that was a response to the Battle of Culloden.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Open the door for you, madam. There we are.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The wearing of tartan was outlawed for 35 years
0:19:12 > 0:19:14until the Act was repealed in 1782.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Tartan made a slow comeback,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21but it's real resurgence came when plans were made
0:19:21 > 0:19:26for the first British monarch to visit Scotland in over 170 years.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Much pomp and pageantry was planned,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and tartan was to play a central role.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36The state visit of King George IV in 1822
0:19:36 > 0:19:39was orchestrated by the most famous Scotsman of the day,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Sir Walter Scott.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Scotland in sort of 1820 is not a particularly happy place,
0:19:45 > 0:19:49and, you know, unionists, conservatives like Scott,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53were looking very closely at events and thinking,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56"I hope there isn't an uprising like the French Revolution,"
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and to a point that looked like it might be on the cards.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01So, what Scott decides to do
0:20:01 > 0:20:05is try and imagine the King's visit as a unifying force
0:20:05 > 0:20:08to unite the country behind something
0:20:08 > 0:20:12and to heal wounds in contemporary society.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17So, come 1822, there was a big party to welcome King George IV,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21and is that how tartan then became almost this mass of colour?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Effectively. I mean, it's three weeks of celebrations.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25It's quite a spectacle,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and a bit of a masterstroke by Scott to include tartan.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30In the run-up to the King's visit,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Scott is deliberately telling people that they need to go out
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and dress appropriately.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37This is a sanitising of tartan.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- He's effectively putting it through the wash.- Yes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42You know, washing out the bloodstains,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46the links with rebellion, and making them safe again.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Tell me, did King George IV wear tartan?- He did.- He didn't?!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51At the Highland Ball,
0:20:51 > 0:20:56which was probably the most memorable event of the King's visit.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59And his outfit cost, in modern terms, £100,000.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00- It didn't?!- He did.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03He was known for wearing his kilt slightly too short,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06but he also had flesh-coloured tights
0:21:06 > 0:21:08which do appear in lots of caricatures of the period.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10People were not impressed.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- It was almost a masterstroke by Scott.- It absolutely was.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Everyone was talking about it, whether they liked it or loathed it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18So what we do know for sure
0:21:18 > 0:21:21is that Sir Walter Scott helped to put tartan back on the map,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and it's been here to stay ever since.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30James, meanwhile, has made his way
0:21:30 > 0:21:32to Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Having lost every leg so far, James has decided to do his research
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and make a quick call to the auction house
0:21:42 > 0:21:44to find out what sells well.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He said, internet-strong up there, so buy small,
0:21:49 > 0:21:54something that can be posted, packaged and posted, quite easily.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Small's the name of the game,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03so let's hope dealer Kate has lots of tiny treasures on offer.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I'm looking for small, interesting bits.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09What is this little fellow here?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Do you want me to get it out for you?- That would be lovely.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The auctioneer said look for small things. It's a small thing.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20He's in sort of period costume.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22He's walking with a walking stick.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Which is a bit of a shame,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28because you'd really want him to be with a sword, wouldn't you?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32He looks a bit old man-y, but he looks very young.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34He's in a sort of Shakespearean outfit.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36These sort of doubloons.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40It's like a character, almost like a theatrical character.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I'm just going to put that over there. Let's just leave that.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45I'm going to keep hunting.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50With a ticket price of 45, the figure's set aside,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52and something else shiny has caught James' eye.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I'm drawn to that immediately,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59because you pick it up, and the quality of it...
0:23:00 > 0:23:01It's very heavy.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06What I was drawn to about this, this is very nice engraving.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09It's got a sort of pencil line round the letters, by a maker,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and it's got Chester marks.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Chester's nice. But it's a bit bashed.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It sports a £35 ticket,
0:23:17 > 0:23:22and maker's mark for Sampson Mordan. Very collectable silverware.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Anything else?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Oh, that's a punch ladle, isn't it? - Yeah.- With the whale.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Can I look at that?- I can't remember how old is that one is.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- It's got quite a nice coin in it, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- We've got a special window. - There you go.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- It's got a gilded...- Mm-hm. - ..arms there, so it's silver.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43It's done quite a lot of work, hasn't it?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47That's quite nice, isn't it? And this is whalebone.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50The trade in certain types of whale species is banned,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54but as this ladle predates the 1947 CITES agreement,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56it's legal to sell.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58It's got age, so it's 1700s.
0:23:58 > 0:24:05A punch label normally associated with George III, Regency period.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Men gathering round the punchbowl. It's rather nice, that. I like that.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14With a £35 price tag, the ladle's added to the silver haul.
0:24:14 > 0:24:20And it seems James hasn't satisfied his silver thirst just yet.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23And then we've got this incredible bag here.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It feels...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29It feels slightly dirty. Light silver. Let's have a look at it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33And then we've got two blue stones here on the top.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Couple of chips in them.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37We've got a mark here. Alpaca.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Now, when you think of alpacas,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41you think of South America, don't you?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43And South America, of course,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47was very famous for, you know, Mexico silver.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48It feels like...
0:24:48 > 0:24:50HE SNIFFS
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Feels like silver. It's dirty. It's quite nice, this.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57You know, is it silver, is it not? You know, it's worth a punt.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Whew!
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Four items. All silver, all interesting.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07That's got age, that's got style,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10that's a story, and that is a period of time, isn't it?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13The roaring 1920s. Great fun.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17With a combined ticket price of £160,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20is there a deal to be done with Kate?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I'd like to do the whole lot at 100 quid.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- 120?- I'll tell you what, Kate.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I'll do 110.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- And then we both save our faces.- Yeah.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33That's really kind. Thank you.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34A brilliant bit of buying
0:25:34 > 0:25:39sees James leave with a little silver fellow with a stick,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41the 1920s silver flapper's bag,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44the engraved silver vesta case,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47and the George III silver punch ladle.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48A load of silver, eh?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Charles, meanwhile, has made his way over the border into England,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57where he's come to Ford in Northumberland.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02It's home to the Old Dairy,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and Charles' final chance to shop before auction,
0:26:04 > 0:26:09with the £430 he's still got in his old sporran.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- Hello there.- Hello, Charles. - How are you?- Very well.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- Your name is?- Keith. Keith Allan. - Good to see you.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18I love the emporium. Is it like an old stable yard or a cow shed?
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- Well, this is a modern cow shed, actually- Wow!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Without the cows.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Instead, it's packed with more than a dozen dealer's delights.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I'm going to bend down now, so please keep your head down, OK?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Right, there we are, Keith. Sorry about that.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37This kilt does cause me a bit of...
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Well, you're not used to wearing it. - ..a sensation now and again.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Little tap dance, Keith.- You've got the perfect shoes.- I have, yeah.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Oh, and a humdinger.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52To go out with the biggest bang on the road trip ever.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- I've got a bit of money in my sporran.- Yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- I'll try and do my shoelace up. - Yeah.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02And it's a difficult one, because being a true Scot,
0:27:02 > 0:27:03you do it the right way.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Steady!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Sorry, madam. Sorry.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- I like your jacket, by the way. - Oh, do you?- Is it for sale?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21After a good old root round,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24it looks like Charles has found something.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31- I quite like, Keith, the enamel sign over here.- Yes.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I'm actually a man who has a business in Derbyshire,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and we're very near the Nestle factory.
0:27:37 > 0:27:44- Oh, really?- And I quite like this old tin sign here.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It's quite early, isn't it?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- What would it be? Early '50s? - I suppose it's '50s.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- There's also a cocoa sign on the wall over there.- Yeah.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54I'm not much of a handyman,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58and I can see they're both fairly well hammered into the brickwork.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Could they be for sale? - They could be.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02And that one's, what, 1950s?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I think that could be '40s, even '30s, yeah. Yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- And it's in not bad nick, considering.- Yes.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Remember, these things were usually outside, you know, on a wall.- Yes.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- And kids used to fire airguns at them.- Little pellets.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16If I said to you
0:28:16 > 0:28:21what would a fairly bashed and beaten Nestle milk sign cost me
0:28:21 > 0:28:25and the Van Houten's Cocoa sign over there...?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27If I bought the two together, Keith,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30what would be your best price on the two?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Well...- To a humble man. - Let's start...- From England.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37..and tell you that that would be about £60.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40That, I'd be looking twice as much. £120.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- But...- Keith!- But, but, but, if you take the two...
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Keith, look at me! - ..and bearing in mind
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I know you're looking for a good price...
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Well, Keith, you must make a margin.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- You've got a big business here, and I respect that.- Yeah.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- But they owe you what they owe you.- Yeah.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- I'm going to say...- To a humble man.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I'm going to say £80 for the pair.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02That's not bad, is it?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04I'll say.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06That's a discount of £100.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10So, Charles, what are you thinking?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Could you possibly do a bit more?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I've had them a long time, I'll grant you, but that...
0:29:15 > 0:29:18I know it's battered a little bit, that sign,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21but the Van Houten's Cocoa is a good one.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- And I think you're into a bit of profit in that.- You think so?
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- That one, I agree, is a bit off. - Yes.- It's seen better days.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But that is a great... It's a great sign.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33I've got to have 80 for the pair.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Yeah.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36And I respect that, Keith.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40I think, based on the fact I want to go with a bang,
0:29:40 > 0:29:42literally like that sign has,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45you know, being pelted with a few hits over the years,
0:29:45 > 0:29:46I'd better take a direct hit.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- I'll take them, Keith.- OK. - £80.- Fine.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I think they're wonderful.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- I'm a great chocolate lover as well.- Yes.- And I enjoy cocoa.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56So, that canny bit of buying means Charles is all shopped up.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58There we are, Keith.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06James, meanwhile, has also made it over the border,
0:30:06 > 0:30:07to Berwick-upon-Tweed,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10for his final spot of shopping on this trip.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Hello.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Hello.- Hello. James.- Pleased to meet you.- Good to meet you.- Heather.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Heather. Good to meet you, Heather.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Dealing in all things antique, vintage and retro,
0:30:25 > 0:30:28there's lots here for James to peruse.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33WHISTLE BLOWS WEAKLY
0:30:34 > 0:30:36We don't know what this is.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Or how old.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Yeah, nice uniform, that, isn't it?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44We've just come by it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Well, it looks good. It's got some nice buttons.- Mm. Mm.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50All works. I can't...
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Let's just see what the buttons...
0:30:52 > 0:30:55whether there's any clues in the buttons, shall we?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Yeah.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Very interesting, isn't it?
0:31:03 > 0:31:04It is.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Looks like a pre-World War I Scottish military jacket,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11also known as a full dress doublet.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14How much does that owe you, Heather?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Does it only you big money? - No, not at all.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18How about I gave you 35 for it?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Make it 40.- Make it 40, you've got yourself a deal.- Deal.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Well, if it makes thousands, just remember us, won't you?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Of course I will.- Here at Berwick. - Course I will.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31THEY CHUCKLE
0:31:31 > 0:31:36That final spend brings shopping to an end on this road trip.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41James will add the dress doublet to his other five lots.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43The 1950s tea-maker.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45The silver man with the stick.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The 1920s silver flapper's bag.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50The engraved silver vesta case.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52And the George III silver punch ladle.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Charles, meanwhile, has a total of five items to take to auction.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01The porcelain spaniel ornament.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04The early 19th-century brass telescope.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06The Victorian rosewood concertina.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08And his two enamel signs,
0:32:08 > 0:32:12one from the 1950s and the other from the 1930s.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15So, what do they reckon to each other's lots?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Charles' concertina, it came in a rather nice box,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21but the concertina was a bit disappointing.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Not great condition. He paid £50 for it.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27I would have run away from it.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30The vesta case, by a great name, Sampson Mordan.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33How much? £25? That's cheap. Could make 50.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Charles has bought a brass three-draw telescope. All right...
0:32:39 > 0:32:43You know, I don't think it's a champion buy, really.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It sounds pretty ordinary to me.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49I think the sleeper that might march on,
0:32:49 > 0:32:53that might just be a battle I don't come out of fairly,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55is that uniform,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59and that uniform could just take James over the hill
0:32:59 > 0:33:00and he'll march me down.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Well, battle will soon be under way.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07After beginning in Dunbar, our experts are back together,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10making their way to auction in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15- It's been great, James, I really enjoyed it.- I've enjoyed it.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- And I've got a little memento for you, Charles.- Oh.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- A little... A little bit of tartan for you.- Oh, James!
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Now, you just stay there.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24It's something near to your heart,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- because you're well-known for your waistcoats.- I am.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Look at that.- I love that, James.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- And that, you know... - Look at that.- That is royal tartan.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I almost feel King of the Road Trip.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- My only concern is, it's just a bit small.- No, no.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- I think it's going to fit you, I hope.- Yeah.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Well, we'll soon see,
0:33:42 > 0:33:45as the boys have arrived at Berwick auction centre.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Here we are, chief.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- Here we are.- The last day, and the sun is shining.- Last day.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Isn't it lovely?- Leap out. - Come on, Charles. Come on.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- Handbrake on. - Handbrake on, well done.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Do you think it will fit?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Get out of here.- Have you put on...? Have you put on too many...?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- No, no, no.- Too many pies? - No, no, no, no.- Go on, try it on.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I just think over the years, you grow a bit,
0:34:06 > 0:34:10and I've got to sort of just stand upright and hold my chin up a bit.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11- Are you spreading?- No.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- Well, I might. - It's those clootie dumplings.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- It's too small.- Oh, dear. Well, it's the thought that counts.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Right, boys, better get in there.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24The gentleman with the gavel in hand today is Stephen Lonsdale.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29So, what does he think about our experts' lots?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32The punch ladle's a nice piece. Silver can be very surprising.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35I said about £40 to £60. Could be more.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38The spaniel, there's a lot of damage to it,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40but I believe it's quite rare.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42I've not seen many of them.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45£40 to £60. But, again, with these things,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47with collectors on the internet,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49you know, if it's wanted it could go for anything.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Time will soon tell, as the room's filling up,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55and our experts are about to face their final auction.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Settle in.- Today's the day. Our last sale, James.- Last sale.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- What a journey we've had. - Ahhh!- And it ends here.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Kicking things off is James's 1950s tea-maker.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11£10 we have, thank you. £10.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12£12 anywhere?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15£10, all done at 10?
0:35:15 > 0:35:1612. 14?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- 16.- Oh, well done.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- 18.- Well done, chief.
0:35:19 > 0:35:2220. 22.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- I wasn't expecting this. - £20 we have at the front.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Well done, chief, profit. - Are we all done at £20?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Well done, chief. - We're not quite there.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- GAVEL BANGS - Well done!
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- Well done.- Well done, very kind.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Not the best of starts for James.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36But it's only the beginning.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- It's a good sign.- Yes. Good sign for you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Well, we'll soon find out,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43as it's Charles' Victorian squeeze-box coming up next.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46We have £30 in the back of the room.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Come on.- 35 anywhere? - It's a really nice object.- Too much.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- 40?- Far too much. - 40 at the back.- Come on.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5345. 50?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- 50 at the back of the room. - Come on. One more.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57£50 in the back of the room. Are we all done, internet?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Are you finished? £50.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Everybody done? - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:01 > 0:36:04That is a squeeze. Not quite the result that Charles was hoping for.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07That's OK. I've broken even.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Time now for the first of James' silver lots,
0:36:10 > 0:36:13his George III punch ladle.
0:36:13 > 0:36:1430.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16£30 we have. 35 anywhere?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- Profit.- 35. 40?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20£40 we have. 45?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- 50?- Oh!- 55?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- £50 we have. 55 anywhere?- Oh!
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- We'll sell at 50. All done at 50? - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:27 > 0:36:30That's great. That's a £20 profit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32It is indeed. Great stuff.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36That's a sign...of things to come. Lashings of profit.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38We can but hope.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42It's the turn of Charles' brass telescope now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4435.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- Hello!- 30?- Help!- £30 we have.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50£30 at the back was first. 35 anywhere?
0:36:50 > 0:36:5235. 40?
0:36:52 > 0:36:5445.
0:36:54 > 0:36:5550.
0:36:55 > 0:36:5655. 60?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Yes, here. Here.- £60 we have.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01All done at 60?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Thank you.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Thank you!
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Give us a... Oh, sorry! Sorry. "Get out of here," she says.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Oh, Charles! Fantastic profit there, with kisses thrown in for free.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Put it there.- I bet you can't even see out of the thing.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21No point in being bitter, James.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Next up, it's your Sampson Mordan vesta case.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2515 we have. 16.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- 18.- Come on, James.- 20.
0:37:27 > 0:37:2922. 24.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Come on.- Keep moving.- 26. - I shouldn't say, "Come on."- 28.
0:37:32 > 0:37:3430. 32. 34.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36£32, we're done.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38We'll sell at £32.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42And you've got yourself a profit. Well done.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Is the internet working?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Right, time for Charles' 1950s enamel sign.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50£40. Any bids at 40?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53£40 we have. 45 anywhere?
0:37:53 > 0:37:54- 45. 50.- Come on.
0:37:54 > 0:37:5655. 60?
0:37:56 > 0:37:5860 at the side of the room.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- Are we all done at 60? - No more.- I like chocolate.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- No. - GAVEL BANGS
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Charles' first sign has earned him a profit.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- Give me a high five.- Oh, no. - Give me high five.- No. No.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- No.- Give me a Glasgow kiss.- No.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Suitably buttoned up, James is up again.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16It's his dress doublet.
0:38:16 > 0:38:1725.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- 25 we have at the back of the room. - Oh, well done.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2130. 35.
0:38:21 > 0:38:2340. 45.
0:38:23 > 0:38:2550.
0:38:25 > 0:38:2655?
0:38:26 > 0:38:2855 at the back. 60.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3065.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- £60 we have at the side. - Sell it.- Come on, the internet.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- £60. - GAVEL BANGS
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Another nice little profit for James.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- It's made you £20.- £20.- That's good.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Another of James' silver lots now.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Can this little man make him a profit?
0:38:47 > 0:38:4920? £20 we have. 25.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- 30.- There are hands there.- Profit.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5225. 30.
0:38:52 > 0:38:5535. 40?
0:38:55 > 0:38:5645.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- 50?- Go on.- Slow down. - Go on.- Slow down.- £45.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03£45. Are we all done at £45?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06A pretty profit there for James.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Well done. Well done, chief. That's good.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13James is up again, and it's his final lot.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15The 1920s ladies evening bag.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1725 we have on the stairs.
0:39:17 > 0:39:1930. 35.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Keep going.- 40?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- 40. 45?- Go on.
0:39:23 > 0:39:2540 on the internet. Looking for 45.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2750. £50 we have on the internet.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- We'll sell at £50. - GAVEL BANGS
0:39:29 > 0:39:32James ends on a high, with a profit.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Why aren't you wearing your waistcoat?- It's a bit small on me.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Go on, I'll put it on, then. - Go on, put it on.- Our last...
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I'll put my Scottish... my royal tartan on.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Let's hope it brings you luck.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Your second enamel sign is next to go.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49- 50.- Come on.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- £50 we have. 55 anywhere? - Come on, let's move it.
0:39:52 > 0:39:5455. 60?
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- You going 60? £60.- I wouldn't do it. - Come on, it's a lovely sign.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0170. 75.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- How much did it cost you? - Hold tight, hold tight.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0680 there. Are we all done at £80?
0:40:06 > 0:40:07- We'll sell at 80. - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Charles is quids in again.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- It cost me 50. - Well done.- Made me 80.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16And I can keep this on, James, because I'm proud.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- You're a winner. You're a winner - Get out of here.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Time for the final lot of the day, and of this road trip.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25It's Charles' porcelain pooch.
0:40:25 > 0:40:2712 we have. 14.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- Such an early object.- 16. 18.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- 20. 22.- It's so early.
0:40:31 > 0:40:3224.
0:40:32 > 0:40:3426. 28.
0:40:34 > 0:40:3630.
0:40:36 > 0:40:3832. 34.
0:40:38 > 0:40:3936.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Any more bids? 34.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Ruff, ruff!- 34. - Are we all done at £34?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Yeah, I think we're done. - Thank you.- Put it down!
0:40:46 > 0:40:47GAVEL BANGS
0:40:47 > 0:40:51So, Charles finishes with a fantastic profit, too.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Hurrah!
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Right, let's see who's come out on top.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01James started this leg with £337.02.
0:41:01 > 0:41:07Putting in a profit of £35.74 after auction costs
0:41:07 > 0:41:13means he finishes this trip with a marvellous £372.76.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Charles began with a huge £505.04.
0:41:19 > 0:41:25He, too, made a profit, of £77.88 after auction costs,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28which means he's crowned King of the Road Trip
0:41:28 > 0:41:34as he romps home with a fantastic £582.92.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36All profits go to Children In Need.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Well done.- I think it's well done for a great week.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Isn't it? It's well done to a wonderful week.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Our chariot has borne us.- Exactly. - Goodbye, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48And don't forget, James,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50the sunshine will always shine on the chosen two.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- I know.- And that you and I. - That's us.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Thanks for the memories, mate.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59I shall drive us now into the sunset, bon voyage, a la Scotland.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- Handbrake. Handbrake.- Sorry.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Get it in first.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04- That's it.- Oh, Charles!
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Our likely lads have had a jolly old jaunt around Scotland.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Look at these handles. Oops.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14It's just become detached.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Showing their expertise along the way.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I think I might wear this for the big haggle.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Thanks a lot.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21HE SNEEZES
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Things didn't always go smoothly.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Push! - HE STRAINS
0:42:30 > 0:42:31But one thing's for sure,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35it's been a fine old bromance for our classy pair.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36Thank you.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38It's too small.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Eh?- Ow! That was my ribcage!
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Give us a kiss.- No. - Give us a kiss.- No.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Well done!
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Thank you, Scotland. I'll come again.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Fare thee well, road trippers.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09Next week sees road trip veterans Catherine Southon and Philip Serrell
0:43:09 > 0:43:11get reacquainted on a new adventure.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- I mean, you are looking at me now. - Bang on trend!
0:43:14 > 0:43:17I am bang on trend. I'm up there with the kids.