0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05That's cracking!
0:00:05 > 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 > 0:00:14- That's exactly what I'm talking about.- I'm all of 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 > 0:00:19- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:19 > 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 > 0:00:28- Push!- Or the slow road to disaster?
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!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Welcome to the second leg of the trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39The sun is shining
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and experts Catherine Southon and Philip Serrell
0:00:41 > 0:00:45are in a 1970 Citroen DS20. Fantastique, eh?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- This is glorious! - Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- Hampshire, are we in Hampshire? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- Do we talk posh down here?- I say, how awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Rather! Last time, Catherine bought lots of small, pretty things,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and Philip bought big lumps.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And so far it's 1-0 to the lumps.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Get in, dip your bread!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I wonder if Catherine will change tack?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- I'm going to start buying your things.- What?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I'm going to come out with wood, outdoorsy things,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13like a bench or something.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16So you're going to buy a wooden bench or a metal bench?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Are you going for woodworm or rust?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Catherine started the trip with £200, but she made
0:01:21 > 0:01:25a small loss last time, leaving her with £172.30 to spend today.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Philip also started the trip with £200, but he's made
0:01:29 > 0:01:32a handsome profit, leaving him in the lead
0:01:32 > 0:01:36with £259.94 to spend on this leg.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I want 100 lines, Miss Southon -
0:01:38 > 0:01:42"I must do better at auction. I must buy rust and woodworm."
0:01:42 > 0:01:44You are nasty.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Once the teacher... Ha!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The pair's road trip kicks off in Coleshill in Warwickshire,
0:01:51 > 0:01:52meanders round the Midlands,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54before heading due south towards the coast.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Then, turning west down to the tip of Cornwall, before nipping briefly
0:01:57 > 0:02:01into South Wales and finishing up at auction in Wells, Somerset.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Crikey!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05This leg sees our experts start in Winchester and end up
0:02:05 > 0:02:08for auction in the Dorset town of Christchurch.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The city of Winchester was England's capital during the Middle Ages.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It's famous for its medieval cathedral
0:02:14 > 0:02:16with the longest nave in Europe.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Our experts are kicking off the day
0:02:18 > 0:02:21with a joint visit to Molly's Den Antiques Centre.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Sounds fun!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Come on! Right, what are you buying? I'll get it first.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Give the poor man a chance, Catherine!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Hello!- Hello.- Are you Molly?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Welcome to The Den. I am Molly. - Lovely to see you, Molly.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- What's your real name?- Matt.- Matt.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Matt or Molly are either top dog or top bitch round here,
0:02:39 > 0:02:40depending on how you look at it.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Right, I think I'm going to get lost.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I'm going to try, I'll see you later.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46While she's gone, what I really want to find is just a profit.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- Are you the man to show me?- We can find profit. We are good at that.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Come on, then. - You naughty boy, Philip!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54That's nice, I like that.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- This is a good stool. - Those are nice as well.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Are those separate, then, or are they all together?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01No, it's for the set, 18 of them.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Look at that, Matt! 85 quid?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- I thought that was £8.50! - Instant discount with that.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10They look like 40 quid to me, Matt.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11What do you reckon?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I do know him quite well,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17so I'm sure we'll have room for manoeuvring.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19What's this Phil's spied?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22This is a Royal Navy's Officers of the Watch telescope
0:03:22 > 0:03:23by Cooke of London.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27And I would think this is 1940s or '50s.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28There's no ships.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31The telescope is also priced at £85.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35I'm thinking, 40, 45 quid for the flags and 40 quid for that.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- I think you're a bit far away there, Phil.- Hark at this!
0:03:38 > 0:03:43£70 would be the best on that. And 60 for the flags. Bargain!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- That's a no, then, Philip. - 50 quid and I'll have the flags.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- I'll have to phone him up.- Go phone him up.- Shall I go and phone him up?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Go and phone him up, Matt!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Now, for the mathematically inclined amongst you,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56there's 18 flags at £50.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58That's roughly...
0:04:00 > 0:04:01I'm waiting.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- CLEARS THROAT - ..pounds each, isn't it?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It happens as you get older.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Phil, the former teacher, is brushing up on his maths.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Let's see what Catherine's up to.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I do like this.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15So we've got a crane without, obviously, its original string.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19We've got the name Triang on the top, which is great.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Because that's a good English manufacturer
0:04:21 > 0:04:24of tin plate and metal toys.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26The problem is, there's something missing here.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I'm not quite sure what.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31But it just doesn't feel complete.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It feels like there's a few bits missing.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38But I just like it, it looks good, it looks the part. How much is that?
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- £22.- If I could get that for about £10, there is something there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Ah, Matt's back.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48The bad news is, he's not answering the phone.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Who's that bad news for, you or me?- Both of us.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Make a decision on those. 50 quid.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- 55.- Oh, Matt!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- 50 quid, I thought we were getting on so well.- Go on, then, 50 quid.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You're a gentleman, thank you very much.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05That's first blood to Philip. What's Catherine found?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Now, this is the business.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12That is just what I'm looking for.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18We are talking mid-20th-century, French vintage croquet set.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23And these are just lovely! The start and finish posts.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24I think there might be a ball missing,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26because there's six mallets,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29and I think there should be six balls, shouldn't there?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I don't play croquet.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32There's only two hooks.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37It doesn't matter, it looks amazing. £55 is on that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41If I can get that for 30, I will be home and dry.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45And Philip is going to be so jealous.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47You've yet to buy it, Catherine.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Meanwhile, Phil's found another corner of the shop.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51This might be interesting.
0:05:51 > 0:05:58That was made about 200 yards from my office in Worcester.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01This was made about 1775.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02And if you turn it over,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05there will be, like, a half-crescent mark on the bottom.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11There it is. That tells you that was Worcester. Now, this is 60 quid.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13In auction, sadly,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17probably going to be around £50-£80 worth, no more.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And if you think, that is the thick end of 250 years old,
0:06:21 > 0:06:22it's ridiculous!
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It might just be worth my while
0:06:24 > 0:06:26asking Matt what they can do on that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Because if I can get that for £40 or £45,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31there's a bit of a chance there.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33And it's a proper antique.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Matt, can I have a quick word?- Yup.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Do come and sit down in my office. - Oh, thank you.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I quite like this.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It's just a little bit of Worcester.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46What I do know is that that is worth 40 quid.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The lowest I possibly could go is 50.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I'll give you 45 quid for it, that's me finished.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- No, can't do it, I'm afraid, Phil. - OK, fine.- It is 50.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Just too much money, really. - All right.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- I'd better pay you for what I have bought.- Indeed. The flags.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The flags. I'm very pleased with those.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- There's 20, 40, there you are, that's lovely.- Thank you, young man.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Thank you very much indeed.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Philip's happy and has headed off with his flags,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16leaving Catherine to collar Molly. I mean, Matt.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18This is what I like.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- The croquet set.- OK.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23The thing is, it's got a few things wrong with it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- I'm going to be mean because I'm in a bit of a position.- Right.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I'm going to offer you £20.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Because it has its faults.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I don't think he's going to accept that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- But I can phone him up.- Right.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Give me five minutes and I shall pop back.- Can you work some magic?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- I shall do my male charm.- Oh, good. I shall wait here.- OK.- All right.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Thank you, Matt.- No problem.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47That sounded positive-ish.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50He wasn't horrified when I said £20.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It was a cheeky offer, wasn't it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54"She's" back. That was quick!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58OK. My male charm didn't work this time.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Oh... What do you mean, this time? - £40. Normally does.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05£40 is too much. Can it be 35?
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- I'll tell you what, we'll do 38. How about 38?- OK. Right.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15The other thing that I saw was back this way,
0:08:15 > 0:08:16there was a red crane, a Triang crane.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- You've probably seen it, because it's quite prominent.- Yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22And I think that's got about 20-something on it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23- And what would you bid on that? - Eight.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Cor, you're a hard woman, Catherine Southon.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Eight is probably too cheeky. - Is it?- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31What if you said sort of 12 and I'll give her a call?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- You are wishing you'd never met me. - No!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Right, let's go and make some phone calls, yeah?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Shall I come with you? - Time for some refreshments, then.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I thought you might need something a bit stiffer than that.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Matt and Molly are back with news on the Triang crane.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49OK, we've got the croquet set in the bag. Happy with that.
0:08:49 > 0:08:5038, that's done.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55- So, the Triang, the crane. - 15.- 15 is your best?- Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- You want me to have that, don't you? - I do.- I'm going to just go for it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03What have I done? What have I done?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07So, Catherine's bought the croquet set and the Triang crane for £53.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Come on, then. Let's go and pick up my goodies.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Philip is taking a break from shopping.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17He's on his way to Southampton,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21a city famous for its port and the cruise liners that use it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25But this year marks the anniversary of another grand form
0:09:25 > 0:09:28of transport that's synonymous with the city.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30It's 80 years since the first flying boat took off
0:09:30 > 0:09:32from the city's waterfront.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Philip is meeting Alan Jones, a trustee of the Solent Sky Museum,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40to find out about the city's close links to flying boats.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Hi, Phil. Lovely to see you. - How are you? All right? - Fine, thank you very much.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48Now, they said to me, we're going to take you to Southampton and you're going to see some boats.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I thought they meant boats that float, not boats that fly. What's all this about?
0:09:51 > 0:09:56In 1914, an eccentric millionaire came to Southampton and said
0:09:56 > 0:09:58he wanted to build boats that fly.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01That man was Noel Pemberton Billing, and the company that
0:10:01 > 0:10:04he founded started building flying boats for the military.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06At the end of the First World War,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09when the contracts for that all dried up,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12then they saw the potential to put passengers in these things.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And in 1919, they put the first two passengers in,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17started Southampton Airport and the very first scheduled
0:10:17 > 0:10:21flying boat services to France, to Cherbourg.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25That piece of water was declared in 1919 as the world's first
0:10:25 > 0:10:29airport, and that's where the word comes from - air port.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32So, airport is nothing to do at all with strips of tarmac on the land?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35No, it's a port for landing aeroplanes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37That's pretty cool, isn't it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39They lack of runways during the early 20th century meant
0:10:39 > 0:10:42flying boats continued to be developed, and the Solent
0:10:42 > 0:10:46became the major air hub for flights servicing the British Empire.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49The idea was that if you could build an aeroplane that would take off
0:10:49 > 0:10:52on water and land on water, you could operate it anywhere,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54and that was the driving force.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The time it took to travel to the furthest-flung corners
0:10:57 > 0:10:59of the Empire was drastically reduced.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Six weeks to get a letter down through the Empire.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03By the time we got to 1938,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06we were doing it in six days with flying boats.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09But it wasn't just the mail that was speeding along in flying boats.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Very wealthy passengers could also
0:11:11 > 0:11:13drastically reduce their travel time.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18OK, this is the Sandringham. As you can see, it's a big flying boat.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21That's a monster of a thing!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24This started life as a Sunderland, as a fighting aircraft.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26After the war, it was converted to a passenger aircraft,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29as we did with many of our military aircraft.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- And this one went out to Australia. - How many passengers did this take?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35This particular configuration was 40,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37but it wouldn't normally have been as much as that.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Probably nearer the 20, 25. - And how many crew did it have?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43A minimum of five, because you had your radio operator, your
0:11:43 > 0:11:48engineer, your co-pilot, the pilot, a stewardess, perhaps two stewards.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50You'd have to be very well-off to fly in this, I can tell you,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53when you appreciate that they did a lot of the cooking on board,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55they had three-course meals,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58they had a bar on board, some of the best wines you can think of.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It was quite an adventure, because when you stopped and you got
0:12:01 > 0:12:03out of this thing with your DJ on and your bowtie to go to
0:12:03 > 0:12:07the local hotel, you'd have to get out and get into a boat.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Time for a peek inside the magnificent flying machine.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Just watch your shoulders as you go up, OK? Here we go.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16That is going to be a quart into a pint pot, that is.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Yes, it is a bit of a tight squeeze.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21This is so cool, isn't it? Where's the start button?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24You've got your mag switches up here, which turn your engines on.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Imagine flying to Singapore in this.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30The physical stress, I should think, of just flying the thing.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Chocks away! Is that what they say? - Not with this.- Probably not.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36You wouldn't have chocks with this, would you?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It's an absolute beast of a thing, isn't it?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42If you had to sum up, which era was the golden age of the flying boat?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45The late '30s, when you were getting into this business of
0:12:45 > 0:12:47flying across the Empire.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49That was the golden age of the flying boat.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54In the 1950s, the advent of runways and jet engines quickly hastened
0:12:54 > 0:12:58the demise of the flying boat, and it wasn't long before the sun
0:12:58 > 0:13:01was setting on Southampton's halcyon days of aviation,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05leaving the ocean liners as the only grand ladies
0:13:05 > 0:13:07still setting sail from Southampton.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Meanwhile, Catherine's next stop is the pretty market town of Alton,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19which is home to the aptly named Tiny Shop.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- Hi, there.- Hello.- Great shop. You are?- Robert.- Hi, Robert.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24I'm Catherine. Wow!
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's not going to take me long, probably, to get round here.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29That's right, Catherine. The clue's in the name, love.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Robert has been selling antiques here since 2008.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34That's cute.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40- Biscuits. Is it for biscuits? - Yeah. From Scotland.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44In the form of a suitcase, with all the little travel stickers on,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47from White Star Line, P&O.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50That is dinky doo. And another one.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55See, this one's got the name on - Huntley and Palmers.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58In the 19th century, biscuit makers started packaging their goods
0:13:58 > 0:14:02in elaborately designed tins, making them very collectable today.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04That is worse for wear, isn't it?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Can you imagine what that would have been like
0:14:06 > 0:14:08with the original colouring there?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10The base has got more of the colouring on.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13So, it's kind of like a wicker... It's supposed to be a wicker work.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- It is a wicker basket.- Clever. I actually like that one best.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- You wouldn't get many biscuits in there, though, would you?- No.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22So long as there's enough for me, eh?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25There's quite a lot of the original colour there. What's on that?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I think the ticket's got 35 on that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Ouch! Right.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31What is your best price on that?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I think probably 20.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35That's a... It's a possibility.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Still a little bit punchy for me. - Right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44I just want to see if there was anything in the window.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The only thing I really like was that little biscuit suitcase.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I thought that was fantastic.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53And it has got quite a nice bit of its original colour there.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56£20 isn't a lot. Normally, I would snap that up.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00I'm just hesitating a bit because I think I slightly overspent in
0:15:00 > 0:15:01the last shop.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Right. I love your suitcase. Can I offer you £18 for it?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- Yeah, I think so. - Is that all right?- Yeah.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I'm going to shake your hand at £18.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Because I think it's very dinky.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I suppose I'd better pay you for it now, hadn't I?
0:15:18 > 0:15:23I can't believe I'm walking out of the Tiny Shop with a tiny suitcase.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And a whopping £17 discount.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26- Thank you. Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Catherine's had a busy day,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33and her third item brings proceedings to a close.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34So, nightie night.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Morning, chaps.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Today, Catherine's in the driving seat,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and the weather gods are not smiling.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48How can the weather be so glorious yesterday and so dreadful today?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I mean, this is seriously bad.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It's grey, isn't it?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Look, these are on full.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Never mind. Let's have a refresher on their shopping trip thus far.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Catherine has three lots - the biscuit tin,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04the toy crane, and a croquet set.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06These are just lovely!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09This gives Catherine £101.30 for the day ahead.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Philip's been a bit of a slow coach.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15He only has one lot - the vintage naval flags.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18They'd make a great quilt, wouldn't they?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21He has a rather lovely £209.94 left to spend,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25and he's not going to let a bit of rain dampen his spirit.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Oh, no. - Do you know, I love shopping.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- I really, really, really... - You're not a normal man.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I don't like paying for it, but I like shopping.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Yeah, I bet you don't.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I bet that really hurts, doesn't it, having to get your cash out?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I've got a combination lock on my wallet.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Today, Philip and Catherine are starting off in the Dorset
0:16:41 > 0:16:44market town of Blandford Forum, don't you know?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Famous for its Georgian architecture which was constructed after
0:16:51 > 0:16:54a fire destroyed the town centre in the 1700s.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Catherine's kindly dropping Philip at his first shop, the Corner Shop.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Come back penniless.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Now, now, Catherine, play nicely.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Come back potless. Bye.- Bye!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10BELL RINGS
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Hi. - Good morning. How are you?- You are?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Tony.- Tony, lovely to see you. Wow, goodness.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- How long have you been here? - 18 years.
0:17:18 > 0:17:2018 years - getting the hang of it, then?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Lots of things in here, haven't you? - Bits and pieces.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Tony's got a lot of stock, and I can see he likes his pictures.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- I love things like this. You see these everywhere.- Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31And I think I'm probably old enough
0:17:31 > 0:17:34to remember my grandmother using one of these.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- For crimping pies, isn't it?- Yeah, that's right.- No, I'm not that old.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I'm really, really not that old.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Of course not, Philip!
0:17:40 > 0:17:42You keep telling yourself that, old boy.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46These are interesting things, Tony. Were these bought right?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Yeah, I bought them at a car-boot sale.- Really? For pence?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- A few quid each.- Can I give you a few more quid each for them?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- I'm sure you could.- These are basically school photographs.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00This one is the Eton Rowing 8 from 1905.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04And you look at these, and you know there's a lot of these young
0:18:04 > 0:18:08men who, eight years later, were fighting in the First World War.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- That's right.- Oh, now we're into my spot - cricket.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13This is the Harrow XI and the Eton XI from 1900.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15But I just think they're interesting.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Let's get down to the money side of it. What could you do those for?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- If I bought all of them... - Eight of them.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24How about if we said something like 70 quid for the eight?
0:18:24 > 0:18:25No, that wouldn't sound at all good.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Would that not sound good, Philip?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29No, that wouldn't sound very good at all.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32You and I both know that the money immediately is the framing of them.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Yeah, that's right. - And in an ideal world,
0:18:34 > 0:18:35I'd like to give you three quid each for them.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37That's what I'd like to do.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41How about if we said, say, 40 quid for the lot?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Can I meet you halfway and give you 30 quid for them?- How about 35?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46If you're happy with that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Go on, I'll shake your hand, because I like them.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Tony, I think that's me probably done. So, I'll pay for these.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54There we are. You're a gentleman, sir. Lovely job.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Thank you very, very much indeed.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Nice to have met you.- Take care now. - And you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Well, Philip seems happy with his collection of pictures.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Meanwhile, Catherine's on her way to the nearby army garrison,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09home to the Royal Signals Museum.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Her mission is to find out about a group of exceptional women
0:19:13 > 0:19:17from World War Two's Special Operations Executive.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Adam Forty is the collections manager. He doesn't look it, though.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24So, Adam, who were the SOE?
0:19:24 > 0:19:27They were formed in the 1940s by Churchill, and they were
0:19:27 > 0:19:30really agents who were sent to liaise with resistance in different
0:19:30 > 0:19:37countries and create any kind of subversive sabotage and information
0:19:37 > 0:19:41gathering that they possibly could, and report that back to London.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46The SOE itself was really begun with the realisation that people
0:19:46 > 0:19:47would be working in foreign countries,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51so they would seek out from all sorts of different military
0:19:51 > 0:19:55units, including the WAAF and others, people who were
0:19:55 > 0:20:01fluent in Norwegian, Spanish, French, any foreign language.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04The female side generally were recruited from all sorts of
0:20:04 > 0:20:08different organisations and were given training in espionage
0:20:08 > 0:20:11skills, parachuting, explosives.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15In all, there was something like 3,200 female operators.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Not all of those were agents who got sent abroad,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20but they might be doing activities here.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23These women must have been pretty tough characters.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24I mean, to do this sort of thing.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Not just tough, but astonishingly brave.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30There was just a characteristic, perhaps of all people,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33but particularly the female agents who went to France,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36who were just determined to go and fulfil their task,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and if they were caught, not to give any information away.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Communications were vital for SOE field operatives passing
0:20:45 > 0:20:49information back and forth between resistance groups and London.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52The standard piece of kit was the suitcase radio.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56The first one you can see here, which is the Type 3 Mk I.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57This would have been carried...?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00By the female operators going to France.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Have a go and see how heavy this actually is.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05No.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08That's impossible!
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Oh, my goodness me.
0:21:12 > 0:21:1332lb in weight.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17So you can imagine trying to get off incognito, keeping it quiet,
0:21:17 > 0:21:18looking like...
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- Blending in.- Blending in and all with a 32lb case walking out.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Clearly, a terrifying prospect of carrying that around France.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Yes, back in London, radio operators like Jean Argyle carried out
0:21:30 > 0:21:33a vital role supporting agents in the field.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36She was just 18 when she was recruited into the SOE.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40My main responsibility was to decipher messages received
0:21:40 > 0:21:43during the night and also to encipher those
0:21:43 > 0:21:45which we were sending out.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I found the most exciting thing was when you were given one of
0:21:48 > 0:21:52these messages which hadn't worked out and nobody could work it out
0:21:52 > 0:21:57and you were untangling it like a lot of wool,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01almost like a game but you knew that it was more than a game.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Lives depended on getting it right.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05If there was a crisis going on,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09people were perhaps in danger of being caught by the Gestapo
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and having to move and let us know where they were going.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The threat from the Germans was ever present
0:22:15 > 0:22:17to SOE operatives in France.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20They reckon that if you were transmitting any more than
0:22:20 > 0:22:21about six to nine minutes,
0:22:21 > 0:22:26the opportunity would give the Germans enough chance to actually
0:22:26 > 0:22:29find you and potentially be knocking at your door shortly afterwards.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31To drastically cut down transmitting time,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34the SOE invented the squirt bar.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- So how do I do this, then?- If we do something very simple like SOS.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Can you remember your Morse code at all?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42So if we get three dots out.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44You won't want to do this in a rush, would you?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I'm not sure I've done that right.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48No, that's right - three dots. Then a space.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- This is a space because it's between two letters?- Yes.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53And now you start your dash, dash, dash.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57The Type A Mk III has got a little probe and the idea is
0:22:57 > 0:23:00that you very quickly start transmitting,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02you would put your probe down that device
0:23:02 > 0:23:06and that would send your transmission in a very quick time.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Even with this quick transmitting radio,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11operatives were still at risk of capture.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16The Germans, of course, were quite aware of this system going on.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19There were agents all over the occupied countries.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23A lot of people were captured as a result of this and they would
0:23:23 > 0:23:26sometimes make them go on sending messages and they would try
0:23:26 > 0:23:31to put some message inside it to convey that all was not well
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and that they had been captured.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36This was always rather frightening.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Several SOE women never made it back from Europe,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42including George Cross winner, Violette Szabo.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Violette Szabo was a radio operator.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48She went in slightly after D-Day and they got stopped at
0:23:48 > 0:23:50a roadblock, they ran off, she jumped over a fence,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55damaged her ankle and had a Sten gun and eight clips of ammunition,
0:23:55 > 0:24:00so told her colleague that she was with to scarper and she then
0:24:00 > 0:24:01ended up with a gunfight with the Gestapo
0:24:01 > 0:24:06until all her bullets ran out and she was captured
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and sadly tortured and murdered.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13The women of the Special Operations Executive played a major role during
0:24:13 > 0:24:15World War II, both behind enemy lines
0:24:15 > 0:24:17and behind-the-scenes back in London.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23We had all these very heroic people who were risking their lives and
0:24:23 > 0:24:26it did depend, amongst others, on me,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28to make sure that they came back.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34It's still raining in Blandford and Philip, who's got just
0:24:34 > 0:24:39over £174 left to spend has arrived at Milton Antiques.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Hello!- Hi.- Hi, a voice from upstairs. Shall I can come on up?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Yes, please do.- Goodness me. - They're quite steep, aren't they?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52For a man of advanced years, they are.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It's OK, Philip, we've got plenty of time.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Is it all right if I hang my brolly? - Please do.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Is it all right to have a look around?- Have a look.- Thank you.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04This has got some really good proper antiques in here.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05This is a great place.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10People today, they like decorative items and these Ottomans with
0:25:10 > 0:25:12this upholstered rising lid, concave sides,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15that's 19th-century and this might be for me, actually.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Look at this - this has got a lift up lid that you put your linen in.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23What is the most attractive for me is the potential price
0:25:23 > 0:25:27because this has got £95 crossed out.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30£60, crossed out. Now £40.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Just hoping it might be a little less in ten minutes' time.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Only time will tell, Philip.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37What have you got your eye on now?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39This is quite a nice little bijouterie table.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43This is a table that you put your little silver collectables in
0:25:43 > 0:25:49and other items that people used to search eagerly for
0:25:49 > 0:25:50about 20 years ago.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54This is satinwood cross banding, ebonised inlay.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57It's got a plant shelf underneath and what's interesting about
0:25:57 > 0:26:01this, this is the way the antiques business flatters the eye
0:26:01 > 0:26:06because on top, look, you've got this piece of bevelled plate here
0:26:06 > 0:26:08and bevelled glass is expensive.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11But, look, on the sides, they cheated a bit
0:26:11 > 0:26:13and that's just plain, plain glass.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's £135.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16That's sweet, isn't it?
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Philip is obviously taken by the bijouterie table and the Ottoman.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Would he find any more treasures downstairs?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26This is such a cool little thing.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29This looks like a primitive object of torture.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30I'll tell you quickly what this is.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35What you do is you take that out, you put your baby in there,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38you put your food or whatever in there and, there you are,
0:26:38 > 0:26:39you've got a baby walker.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42What I love about this, if you turn it upside down, look,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45wooden casters on it.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47How cool are they?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I think that is absolutely lovely
0:26:50 > 0:26:54but is the rest of the world as mad as I am?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Probably not, but what about the other two things you liked?
0:26:57 > 0:27:02- Jules?- Yeah?- Your Ottoman stall on the bijouterie table.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05What's the best you could do on each of those, please?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- On the bijouterie... - You've got 135...- On the ticket.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- We could go to 110 on that one. - OK. And on the Ottoman?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16It's already been reduced. I think it's a fair price.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- So it's £150 for the two?- Yup.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Would £140 buy them?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- 148?- Oh, hark at this! - SHE LAUGHS
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- £140, the two. Would that be a deal? - 45.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- 145.- You're a star. Thank you, my love.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Thank very much indeed.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- I had better pay you that, haven't I?- Please.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Just think how much easier it would have been if it had been 140.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- You've got to find some change now. - You could always pay me 150.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Don't say things like that!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I'll get you some change.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I'm very, very pleased with those two items because, I think,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48they are southern beaters.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50TIM CHUCKLES Very confident, Philip.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Meanwhile Catherine has headed to Shaftesbury.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Pretty town on the Dorset and Wiltshire border.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Roundheads and Cavaliers fought over the place
0:28:02 > 0:28:04during the English Civil War.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Dairy House Antiques is Catherine's next stop.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12She's got just over £100 to spend at the centre which is home to
0:28:12 > 0:28:16several antique dealers, and dealer Debbie is on hand to help.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Oh, I love the rocker. That's cute, isn't it? This one rocker.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25I've bought a toy already, I bought a tin plate crane.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- That's what I bought earlier. - Oh, that'll be good.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32So it'll be quite nice to buy another toy. What's on the rocker?
0:28:32 > 0:28:3648. I suppose something like that now, you wouldn't put your child
0:28:36 > 0:28:39in it, you'd buy it for a piece to decorate the nursery, wouldn't you?
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- You would, really.- Maybe paint it or something. I don't know, though.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- Would a child be quite scared of that swan?- Scares me.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Anyway, what else is there there?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Debbie, this is quite nice.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56- Bone letter opener. The thing is it's nibbled.- Yes.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59It's a little bit nibbled. It's not perfect.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04But I tell you what I like, I love the enamelled Union Jack there.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07The problem is it has lost a bit of enamel and I'm guessing,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09hence the price.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Which is?- 18.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14And that's going to be the price, as well. I can't do anything on that.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Nothing at all? - I don't discount under £20.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Just when I thought I'd found something.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Honestly, Debbie, to be in with the chance,
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I really need to get some sort of reduction.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- I'll see what I can do. - I would be very, very grateful.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- I appreciate that.- I'll go and give her a ring.- This is a lovely thing.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Letter openers, we do see quite often.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39It's lovely and tactile, it feels good and the enamel is lovely.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Can you imagine what this was like when it was absolutely perfect?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Because the colours are bright, they're so good, but having
0:29:45 > 0:29:52a little chip to the enamel is bad news because you can't repair that.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I can't get her on the phone, I'm afraid.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59I will take a risk and say 15 but that's as good as I'm going
0:29:59 > 0:30:00to be able to do, I'm afraid.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- OK, that's fine. I'll take that for 15.- OK, brilliant.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Thank you very much. - I'll put it on the desk for you.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Well, who'd have thought it?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Now, Catherine is still taken with that swan and Debbie is speaking to its owner.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Hello, Simon, it's Debbie.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17What's your best price on the swan rocking chair?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It's got £48 on it at the moment.
0:30:20 > 0:30:2130?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Can he do a little bit more?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- He won't go any more? - Is that your limit, Simon? 30?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- SIMON:- Who is this?
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- This could be interesting. - Who is it?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38What do you mean, "Who is it?" It's Catherine. For you, 25.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Can I say thank you? - Yeah, course you can.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Simon, that's really kind of you. Fantastic.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47That's brilliant. Thank you so much.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51So, Catherine has bagged the letter opener for £15
0:30:51 > 0:30:53and the swan rocker for 25.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I owe you £40.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59While Catherine is swanning off with her latest buys...
0:31:01 > 0:31:04..Philip has come to the pretty village of Lytchett Minster
0:31:04 > 0:31:07which is nestled on the Dorset coastline.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12He's come to The Old Button Shop to try and bag one last bargain
0:31:12 > 0:31:13but he's running low on funds.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- Thelma, it's you.- Hello. - I've been here before, haven't I?
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- Yes, you have.- About two years ago, wasn't it? On a road trip.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Couple of years ago.- Now, the thing is, I've bought four items.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I've got a set amount of money to spend and I can't go over it.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I won't tell you what that is just yet.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32You're going to knock me down and jump on me.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Don't worry, Thelma, he's much better behaved these days.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Shall we have a look?
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Thelma has got plenty of stock in here.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43I quite like these glasses. Let me put them on the table by you.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46They're really nice, those are.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48They are 19th century, I think, aren't they?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51So you've got those at £18 a pair and £17 pair.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55That's £35 for the four. What could you do those for?
0:31:55 > 0:31:5620 quid.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- Those are a possibility, aren't they?- Are they a possibility?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02They are a possibility but I haven't finished yet.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Got your eye on another glass, then, Phil?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Now those, Thelma, are they £4 each?
0:32:07 > 0:32:12- Yeah.- What can you do those four for?- £10.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Ten? You can do better than that. You're not trying.- Eight.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20You're still not trying. Hold on a minute. I haven't finished yet.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21More glasses?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Little custard glass. I reckon I can do that for a fiver.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Let me tell you something.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30We know that these are green glass,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33probably little cordial glasses or whatever. 1900.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- Yes.- 1890, 1910, something like that.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40Now these, you've called them sherry glasses but I don't think they are.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42These are illusion glasses.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45They're called illusion glasses because the bottom is so much thicker.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Basically, these don't hold as much so, whoever you were drinking with,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52you could drink half as much as them and they all thought
0:32:52 > 0:32:54you were drinking the same amount as them.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57So I think these are really lovely. Right, Thelma.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58One for the road.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01You can have that for a fiver as well.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04The combined ticket price on the glassware is £81.
0:33:04 > 0:33:10- 20, 30, 5.- No, all of this is irrelevant, Thelma.- Why?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Because however much you want, I'm going to tell you how much I've got.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It's a good job you're sitting down.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20I've got £29.94.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- Go on a bit, please. - For these?- Yes.- I'll have those.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Thelma, what a lady. You're a star. Thank you very much.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33That last buy means Philip has spent every last penny.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37He adds his 19th-century glassware to some vintage naval signal flags,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40an Edwardian bijouterie table,
0:33:40 > 0:33:44a Victorian ottoman and a set of historic sporting prints.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Catherine has spent £111.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52Her haul includes a tin plate crane, a 1930s biscuit tin, a croquet set,
0:33:52 > 0:33:56a bone letter opener and a child's swan rocker.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59So, what do our experts make of each other's buys?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Well, Mr Serrell has done it again.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05He has bought those fantastic signals for £50. How did he do that?
0:34:05 > 0:34:11- I do not know.- So you bought a plywood child's rocking swan?
0:34:11 > 0:34:15But what I do like, that bone letter opener or page turner,
0:34:15 > 0:34:16I think that's a lovely, lovely thing.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21But the best thing of all by far is that bijouterie table and I
0:34:21 > 0:34:23am jealous with a capital J.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25That was super.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27After setting off from Salisbury,
0:34:27 > 0:34:31our experts are now heading for auction in the town of Christchurch.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34You had me spending every last bean.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- You bought five lots and spent 85 quid or something.- No, I didn't!
0:34:37 > 0:34:42- How much have you spent, then? - One of my items was £50.- Really?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Or did I make that up?
0:34:44 > 0:34:48If I'd have gambled all my money, would you have given me some? No.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Certainly not. You know where charity begins, don't you? At home.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Today's auction takes place at family run Bulstrodes Saleroom.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59What does auctioneer Kate Howe think of our expert's lots?
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The vintage signalling flags is a lot I particularly love.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04You've got a good number, they are very,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07very strong in the decorator's market at the moment and I think
0:35:07 > 0:35:09they're going to do very well.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11We've got a lot of interest in those already.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15The vintage croquet set with the hand-painting looks the part,
0:35:15 > 0:35:16lovely age to it.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18We've got the summer months coming up
0:35:18 > 0:35:19so I'm sure that will do very well.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22The ottoman box, we've got gloss paint,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25we've got tired upholstery and we've got damage.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27All three key characteristics for a star lot.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30I think we're going to struggle with that one, if I'm honest.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Oh, dear, Philip. Anyway, experts, take your seats.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37It's busy in here today and the auction house also accepts
0:35:37 > 0:35:38internet bids.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42First up, though, Philip's 19th-century glassware. All of it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46£20 for them. Start me at 20, surely.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47£10 then. They've got to go.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Thank you, ten.- Might have helped if she'd mentioned the word "illusion."
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Yes. 12 on the internet. 14 in the room. Any more from the internet?
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Put the hammer down. Smash the lot. 18 in the room.
0:36:00 > 0:36:0620? Thank you. £20. £22. Internet against. Yes, 24.
0:36:06 > 0:36:1226 in the room. 28. 30. Now we go five.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1435. Shakes her head.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20- Internet buyer will hold it, the room is out at £35.- See?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- I don't know how that happened. - Well done.- Thanks, hon.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Don't break the champagne out just yet, Philip.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Next up is Catherine's bone letter opener.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36£20, little bit of enamel there. Decoration. 20. Two. 24.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- You're off to the races.- Bit more, bit more.- 26 on the internet.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Any more? We'll sell to the internet at £26.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- A little.- It's a profit. - A little bit.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- A little profit is better than a big loss.- Small acorns and all that.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Now, can Catherine keep her winning streak going with her next lot,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58a vintage tin plate crane?
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- £10 to start me, then. Come on, £10. - Oh, come on.- £10. Ten is bid.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08- Thank you. 12, 14 is bid. right at the back.- Sit still, woman.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14- 16. All is fair in love and war.- Oh, yes. Keep going.- At 16. Anyone else?
0:37:14 > 0:37:20- At 16. We'll sell to the room. - Oh, dear.- Never mind, Catherine.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21There's still time to make a profit, girl.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23It wasn't my type of thing, really.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28You'd never catch me buying rusty stuff. I'm not into that type thing.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Really, Philip? Next up is your Eaton and Harrow sporting prints.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- £20, let's start then. Two, 24.- He's bidding over there.
0:37:37 > 0:37:4026, 28, 30, five,
0:37:40 > 0:37:4340, five at the back,
0:37:43 > 0:37:4750, five, 60, five,
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- 70, five, 80.- Phil?
0:37:50 > 0:37:57- It sort of helps.- Internet is out. We sell to the room at 80.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Thank you.- Wow, you hit that one in six, Philip.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Now it's time for Catherine's 1930s biscuit tin.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Jealous?- Has it got any rust? - Yes, it's got rust.- Start at £30.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13£30, low estimate. 35 and 40, five,
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- 50...- Yes!- Well done.- ..five, 60, five, 70.
0:38:17 > 0:38:24- At 70 and five is bid.- Keep going. - 80. Five. At £85 for this lot.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- So excited for you.- We sell at £85.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30That is a top buy, wasn't it?
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- Crikey, Catherine. That's a whopping profit.- Rust, you see.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I am the queen of rust.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Auctioneer Robin has taken over the hot seat from his
0:38:40 > 0:38:43daughter just in time for Philip's Victorian ottoman.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48£20 straight in, anyone. £20 bid.
0:38:48 > 0:38:5322, the lady. 24, 26, 28, £30.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59- Someone has your vision, Philip. - New bidder. 45, I'm bid.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- At 45, selling it now. - I'll settle for that.- Yes, yes.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10Its condition probably didn't help. It's Catherine's swan rocker next.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- I just don't know why I bought it. It's firewood, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21£20 to start me off. Ten then. £10. 12 in the front.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2714, 16, 18, 20, £20 front row.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- 22. 22 at the back of the room now. - Always knew I liked it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35- All done then at 22. - Too bad, Catherine.
0:39:35 > 0:39:41- No swansong with that lot. - It's a loss but it's a happy loss.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47- Now we've got Philip's naval flags. - £50, anyone. Start me off then.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Ten for these, £10. 12, 14, 16, 18,
0:39:51 > 0:39:5820, two, four, six, eight, 28. 30 here.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Five, 40, five, 50, new bidder.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05She's got a bid over there, as well.
0:40:05 > 0:40:0865. 70?
0:40:08 > 0:40:1275. 75. £80 for the flags.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17- £80.- That seems quite low to me.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Blimey, someone's got a bargain. How will Catherine's croquet set do?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- I liked your croquet set. - Did you?- I looked at it.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27It was either the flags or the croquet set.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- So we're going to see in a minute which I should have bought.- Oh.- £50.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35He wants that down the end, my new friend.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40£60. 65. 70. 75. And again? Come on.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Yes, come on, come on.- £80.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- Five, 85.- See?- Absolutely...- Shh!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- 90 at the back. - 90 at the back, shush.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56- Any more then? Last time.- Bidding.- Back in again.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- I think he's done this before. - 95, any more now?
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- 100 at the back.- 100 at the back.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08Are you going to have another go for a fiver? 105 it is. At £105.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14- I think you've got your answer there, Philip.- Never buy flags.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Always buy croquet sets. You made the wrong decision.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Next up is Philip's last lot, the Edwardian bijouterie table.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26£60 on this, straight in. 65,
0:41:26 > 0:41:3270, five, 80, five, 90. It's jumped on the net. £90.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- 100, it has gone too now. 120. 130. - No problems with this.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38140, internet bidder.
0:41:38 > 0:41:44- 150, waving the arm. 160, 170, 180.- I told you, 200.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- 190, internet.- 190. 200? - 200, yes, please.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54- 200 it is. £200. 210 on the internet.- 220.- 220. 230 on the net.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56230 I'm bid.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- Internet holds it at £230. - That's a good find.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- That's all right, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05That's brilliant.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Blimey, that is a stonking profit for Philip.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10It has been real swings and roundabouts.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- Or even ducks and bijouterie tables. - Come on.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18That's the second auction completed, so let's do the sums.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Catherine started off with £172.30.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22After paying auction costs,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25she made a profit of £97.28,
0:42:25 > 0:42:30leaving her a total of £269.58 to spend next time.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Philip started off with £259.94.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40After paying auction costs, he made a profit of £125.46.
0:42:40 > 0:42:46Wow! Leaving him with the princely sum of £385.40 to spend next time.
0:42:46 > 0:42:53- Well, good enough day, I think, for you to drive.- Yes. Are you ready for this?- Drive on, drive on.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Ready?- As I'll ever be.
0:42:55 > 0:43:00Why are you closing your eyes? Yee-ha, we are on the way!
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Cheerio, then. Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:03 > 0:43:07- Change gear, change gear.- Go. - Catherine is on a roll.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- Could it be a bargain?- Could be. - Could be a bargain.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- And Philip is all at sea. - I'm not sure who's done who here.