0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts!
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- That's cracking.- With £200 each... - Wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..a classic car, and a goal -
0:00:09 > 0:00:11to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12That's exactly what I'm talking about!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I'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 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Push!- Or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome to the fourth leg of the trip. Our experts,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Philip Serrell and Catherine Southon, are enjoying a jaunt
0:00:44 > 0:00:49along the stunning Cornish coastline in a 1970s Citroen DS 20.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Shall we have a pasty?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- Have a pasty?- Pasty.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Now then, do you have red sauce or brown sauce with pasties?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Oh, I don't have any sauce, I am not a saucy girl.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm inclined, I'd have red at one end and brown at the other.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And then you eat from the left and eat from the right
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- and meet in the middle. - Mmm, tasty!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Last time, Philip tried to drum up a profit,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13while Catherine thought she had a wheel of fortune.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But it was all in vain, as they both lost out at auction.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I think that we flagged yesterday.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20- I think we did.- We flagged.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Between us, we actually bought some quite nice things.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25You did, but it wasn't to be.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Both experts started with £200, and after three auctions,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Catherine has £223.42 to play with.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41Philip has surged ahead with a whopping £321.44.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43So there's about £100 difference between us, isn't there?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46There is a very large difference between us, but new county,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- new challenge... - Another day, another deal.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Oh, yes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53This road trip kicks off in Coleshill in Warwickshire,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57meanders around the Midlands, heads due south towards the coast,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00before turning west down to the tip of Cornwall.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02They'll nip briefly into South Wales,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and finish up at auction in Wells.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Today, our experts start in the small Cornish town of Hayle,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09and end at an auction in Bristol.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14This is going to be interesting, there's a cattle truck in the middle of the road.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15What's going on here? It's little sheepsies!
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Shall we go and buy a sheep? Have we got enough between us?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21It's been a lifelong ambition of mine on the Road Trip to buy a sheep.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- How much is it to buy a sheep? - About 60 or 80 quid, I would think.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27And farmer's son Philip Serrell should know.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28Oh, look! Come on!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31You've got one, you're losing one round the back.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- It's fallen! - Don't worry, don't worry.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34He's fallen, where's he going?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Oh, no!
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Running after him is not a good idea, Catherine!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42We've lost this man's sheep!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Remind me never to go sheep rustling with you, Catherine Southon.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47This is like Wallace and Gromit, isn't it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49He's crossing the border! He's in Devon!
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Anyway, after helping a local farmer...
0:02:56 > 0:02:57- Top stuff.- Right, let's shop.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Come on, then.- ..both experts are kicking off their shopping at
0:03:00 > 0:03:03the Foundry Antiques and Arts Centre.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Hello! Catherine.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06You're Paul, hello, Paul.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- I'm Jan.- Jan, hello Jan.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10How does this all work, then?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14We've got a sort of small antiques centre, here.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Various dealers' cabinets.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Jan here, she does the vintage side.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- You're a bit vintage, aren't you? - I do dress like this all the time.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24She actually lives vintage!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Do you?- Somewhat.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I think we're from the same era, aren't we, Jan?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Shall we go in there, is that all right?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You lead the way.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34So, is some of this yours, then, Paul?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Yeah, this section over here is mine.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41The cabinets there, they are rented out.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43So everything we see on the shop floor is yours.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It's mine, and I can...
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And you can... I was waiting for that.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48I can negotiate.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51OK, shall I have a little...?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54You have a look around, give me a shout if...
0:03:54 > 0:03:55If I see anything.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58There's lots of lovely, lovely things.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59I haven't got a lot of money, though.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I feel like last time I just went out on a whim and just bought this
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and that, and all these wonderful things.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07But I think I really need to be sensible this time.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12And play it perhaps safe.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Could be a plan.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Now, this, what is this?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Mini cricket bat?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21No, it's a very large page turner.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25And it's actually poker work, so it's been done with a really,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28really hot poker to create these wonderful patterns.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30This is yours, sir, Sir Paul.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Yes.- I did notice that as I was turning it around,
0:04:33 > 0:04:34you've got a bit of wear, there.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36A little bit of wear, there.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's a nice size, though, isn't it?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Yeah, I think it's probably made
0:04:40 > 0:04:42more as a decorative piece than to actually use.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45What have you got on that, my friend?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48There's £9.50 on it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Can you do five on it?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Yeah, I'll do five. - You can do five, OK.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Could I just put that to one side?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- I'm still going to carry on. - Certainly.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Well, Catherine has secured one buy.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- How's Philip getting on? - There's stunning things in here, aren't there?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03There are some beautiful things, really interesting bits and bobs.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05But it's not really my field.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06My field is vintage.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- You look stunning.- Thank you.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Could you give me the vintage look?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13How about a little bit retro, a little bit '70s, maybe?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Yeah, that's...
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Let's go and have a look, then. - Me and Noddy Holder.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Look at these, fantastic kipper ties. You must remember these.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23They're vintage? I still wear them! Go on, do the deed, do the deed.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26There's lots of people out there willing you to pull this as tight as you can, Jan!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Surely not, Philip?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31There you are, Noddy Serrell.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Catherine, do you like this look?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I love the kipper tie!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- It's the business.- But it's better than what you normally wear!
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Now, now, Catherine.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Anyway, down to business, but be careful, Philip's hovering.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I think I probably will go for that.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I think I should make something on it, don't you?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- I would have thought so. - Whatever she's giving you,
0:05:56 > 0:05:57I'll give you a tenner more!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Play fair, now, there's a good chap!
0:06:00 > 0:06:01£5, right?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Do you have some change, sir?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04I should be able to find some, I think.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Thank you very much.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And if it doesn't give me a profit,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I'm going to whack Mr Serrell round the head with it!
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Catherine's first purchase is secured, Philip's yet to start.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16But hang on!
0:06:16 > 0:06:18That's interesting.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Jan's got me on this vintage stuff.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I mean, I just think that's got a bit of a look to it.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27A bit of tubular steel with either plywood or fibre glass or plastic
0:06:27 > 0:06:29on top of it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Thomas Chippendale, at this minute in time, is rotating in his grave.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I can hear the coffin creaking from here, Philip.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39That actually looks a lot better from the top than it does from the
0:06:39 > 0:06:43bottom, doesn't it? I wouldn't think that's '60s, is it?
0:06:43 > 0:06:44It is '70s, isn't it?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I think more likely '70s with those colours and pattern.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51And what is it? Is it just like MDF or something?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Chipboard or a ply.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's a gamble, this, isn't it?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57What's the ticket price on it?
0:06:57 > 0:06:58It's 85...
0:06:59 > 0:07:00How does 50 sound?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's a very good starting point.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I'm working on the theory it won't be the end point,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06but it's a very good start point.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I'm interested now, let's have a look and see what else we can find.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11- Yeah.- Let's leave Philip browsing.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Catherine's found Jan and her cabinet stocked full of vintage.
0:07:15 > 0:07:23What would be really nice would be making up a lot of some sort of quite fun vintage accessories.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Yes, yes.- I like that.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- Disco clip.- Disco clip.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29It goes with Phil's kipper tie!
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I like that. This is all coming back, isn't it?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Where did you get that from?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I've had that a long, long time.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41I think it's probably from 1970, from one of my pieces.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42- Oh, it was one of yours?- Yeah.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43So you've worn it?
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- Yeah, a long, long...- And with your hair, it probably looks amazing.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Have you got another few unusual beaded bits?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55How about that? It's a Whiting and Davis, very, very collectable.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58They are made in the USA, very popular.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03They started their company by making chainmail for uniforms.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Oh, right.- Or, I do have a very, very big beaded collar necklace.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Oh, my goodness me, yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13That's lovely, isn't it?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15You could go to dangerous territory here,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17and end up buying all this stuff...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19It's because it's girlie things, it always tempts you.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It is, isn't it?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Total ticket price for these three is £65.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Would you do 30 for the whole lot?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Ooh, er...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30OK, I will do it for 30, because I am of the school of thought
0:08:30 > 0:08:33that I need to put vintage out there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35That's jolly decent of you, Jan.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Is there anything else we can add to it, just to
0:08:38 > 0:08:42sort of enhance it a little bit more?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Another necklace?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44How about that one?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48A nice long strand, double-stranded.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Rather fine beads.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Can that go with it?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Yes.- So I could have this at 30.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Yes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I think you're being very generous.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59I think that's very kind.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03How about this one? Little beaded purse, there we go.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I've got to give you a little bit more for that.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Can we say 35 for the lot?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09I think we could.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Is that all right?- I think that's a smashing little lot.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I think that really is. Jan, you've been an absolute star.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Right, what shall I do? I'm going to wear it!
0:09:19 > 0:09:22This is the only chance I'm going to get to play around with it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I look much nicer than he did in his kipper tie!
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I think I've managed to suitably put both of you into vintage.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32You have. We are really into vintage, now.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36I know that looks awful with what I am wearing but I love it,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38it's gorgeous!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Let's leave Catherine all dressed up.- Where's the party?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Philip's still with Paul, and he's got his eye on something.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48That's interesting, Paul.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yeah, it's a Masonic lodge in India.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55I think about sort of 1890, early 1900s.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Have you got any other history to it?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01They were big photographers in India, they were Madras Bangalore.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04It's in a nice, what I call native frame.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05You know, Indian-made frame.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Can we take that down and have a look at it, please?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09- Yes, certainly.- Let's have a look.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12What's the best you could do that for, please?
0:10:12 > 0:10:1435 on it.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I know I could do that for 20.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Which have you got more movement in, Paul,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21the Masonic photograph or the retro table?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25I couldn't go below 20 on that one, I don't think. But...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I was going to try and buy the two off you for, like, £55.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Would that work?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- I could do 60.- Go on, then, I'll have a deal with you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38You're a gentlemen, thank you very much indeed.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Let me give you some money. Two, four, six.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42There we are.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44That's Philip's first two lots for auction.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Well done.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Meanwhile, Catherine has made her way
0:10:49 > 0:10:51to the south-west tip of Cornwall.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56She's meeting Professor Gareth Parry on the beautiful Porthcurno beach to
0:10:56 > 0:11:00find out what part it played in the communications revolution of the late 1800s.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I've got to take my shoes off,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07because I cannot go on sand with my shoes on.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09You just make yourself comfortable, Catherine!
0:11:09 > 0:11:10That feels better already.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13So why this speech, why are we here?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Well, this was the landing site for the first telegraph cable that
0:11:17 > 0:11:22connected this country with Bombay, as it was called then, in India.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23And this was in 1870.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Up until that point, if you wanted to communicate between this country
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and India, for example, it would take something like six or eight weeks.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- By letter?- By sea, yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37But one man was about to change all that.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39John Pender, a wealthy Scottish merchant,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42had an ambition to connect the entire world with cables,
0:11:42 > 0:11:46and this would eventually transform the way the British Empire was controlled.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Once the cable was installed, it went via relay stations,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53messages could take nine minutes.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Pender wanted to avoid damage to his cables from shipping,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58so he avoided ports like Falmouth
0:11:58 > 0:12:01and instead brought his cables ashore on
0:12:01 > 0:12:04the isolated Porthcurno beach.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07So have we still got cables beneath our feet, now?
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Yes, yes indeed.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11There's the odd one or two of the old telegraph cables.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15You may well have a cable going underneath your feet that goes
0:12:15 > 0:12:18from Cornwall right out through the Mediterranean
0:12:18 > 0:12:20to Japan, China and South Korea.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Something you would never think, while you were sitting here with
0:12:23 > 0:12:25your ice cream, making your sand castle!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The original 19th-century subsea telegraph cables would emerge
0:12:28 > 0:12:29in the cable hut,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33where the signals were collected and taken to the telegraph station.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Within 50 years,
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Porthcurno was to become the busiest telegraph station in the world.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42So it really was the hub, wasn't it?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Yes. This map actually shows the cable network in 1920.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50It really shows how the Eastern Telegraph Company that Pender formed
0:12:50 > 0:12:54became one of the most powerful cable companies in the world.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Because, if you look at the map here,
0:12:55 > 0:13:00we see red lines which indicate the routes taken by the cable networks
0:13:00 > 0:13:02going right up to the Far East,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Australia, New Zealand,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and by this stage, Africa, South America.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11And you can see how all the lines converge onto this one little beach.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15What sort of messages would have been exchanged during this time?
0:13:15 > 0:13:21Almost certainly diplomatic messages, trade, finance, commerce.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Pender's whole operation depended on the durability of his subsea cables.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29If you hold that, you can see how heavy it is.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Oh, wow, that's really heavy.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Once the cables had been made, they still had to be laid,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and that's where Brunel's SS Great Britain came in,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41which at that time was the largest ship in the world.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43This was put on the ship, and I'm guessing it must have been
0:13:43 > 0:13:46wound round lots of barrels or something?
0:13:46 > 0:13:47They did wind it onto the decks,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50they had what they called three tanks.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Then they gradually off-loaded it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53With the cables in place,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57it was left to the operators to send and receive the messages.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59This instrument is a Morse Inca.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03And it was one of the early ways of getting a printed record
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- of a Morse code signal. - Right, what can I say?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Help.- Help, OK.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14Dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash...
0:14:16 > 0:14:17And three dots again.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Perfect! - You'd definitely get help with that.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26Victorian innovation meant that the sleepy village of Porthcurno was
0:14:26 > 0:14:28at the cutting edge of information technology.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Now, in the 21st-century,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34the village is still synonymous with technology,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37with fibre-optic cables making landfall on its beach.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Meanwhile, Philip is back up the coast
0:14:43 > 0:14:45at the pretty town of Marazion,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47famous for St Michael's Mount.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50He's visiting his second shop, The Old Drill Hall.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Hi there.- Hello.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54- You must be Christian.- I am.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- I'm Philip, how're you?- Very nice to meet you, very well, thank you.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- This is a place and a half, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You've got some stuff in here, haven't you?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Thank you.- We better have a look around them, hadn't we?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Please do. - I like stores and outside places,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07have you got an outside place?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09We have a pile at the back door at the moment.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Let's go have a look at the pile.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16This is... A pile outside the back door is always a good place to start, I think.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Better out than in, eh, Phil?!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Lord above!
0:15:19 > 0:15:22These are calf feeders or something like that, aren't they?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23I think they are, yeah.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25If they were older, I'd be interested in those.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- There are some boilers at the back. - Oh, those old galvanised tanks...
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- Are they whole?- I don't think there's any holes in them.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- We can dig them out. - How much are they?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36£25 each.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- I'm going to be a real pain now.- OK. - But could I have a look at those?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Yeah, yeah, absolutely.- Can I go back in and have a look round,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44see if I can find something else,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46and then perhaps they could miraculously...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Appear on the ground? - What a good man you are, I like you.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54You've just watched the master at work
0:15:54 > 0:15:56when it comes to ducking hard work,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58and that looks like hard work to me.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Sneaky! Ah, rust, Philip's favourite.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05This gate has a £50 ticket price.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07One to consider.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09What else tickles his fancy?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Christian!- Hello.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- What've you been doing?- Thank you for your help moving...
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- My new best mate!- Hey, Christian's got the measure of you, Philip.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- How old are these, do you think? - To be honest, I'm not too sure.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I think there's a reasonable bit of age to them.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Perhaps '50s, are they? '50s, '60s.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Are they velvet?- Yes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28There's three or four pairs.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32OK. If you paid the right money for them, that could be a deal.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Did you buy these right?- I think so.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Could be interesting.- So there's four pairs, if I bought all of them...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- There might be three. - Oh, look at this now.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- We'd have to price it per pair. - Let's just see what we've got.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Let's be fair to you and to me.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47So that's
0:16:47 > 0:16:50three pairs of curtains, isn't it?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- So how much are they? - £100, for you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55For the curtains? Pull yourself together!
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Hey, that went well.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59That's a bit more than a chuckle, Christian.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02See, he's getting the hang of this now.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I quite like that, the old pine pew, as well.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07And how much is this, Christian?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09The ticket price is 375.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I need to think about this. I like that gate that's down there.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14And I like the two bits of galvanised.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I'm looking at 60 quid for the three.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18How's that sound?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Yeah, OK.- All right?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Yeah.- I'll shake your hand on those, I'll have those for sure,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25that's 60 quid bought.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29That's £60 for the green gate and the two galvanised tanks out in
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- the yard.- And then here I've got a pine pew and I've got some curtains.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I'm going to an auction in Bristol, and I'm thinking to myself...
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Big houses in Bristol.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Curtains... I don't know.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Would those come at 50 and that come at 100?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I'm only going to buy one of them.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- The curtains...- Could come at 50 quid, could they?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Yeah, not the pew.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'm going to buy the curtains off you for £50,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and those other bits of fine quality antiques.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Super.- Lovely job.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Philip has been busy, he's spent £110 on that little lot.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I think it's time to hit the hay.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Nighty night.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Morning, everyone. Today, Philip's in the driving seat
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and our experts are enjoying the delights of the Cornish countryside,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22hopefully without a sheep in sight.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Big splash.- Can I put in a special request today?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27What's your request, Philip?
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Well, we don't want any Katy Cropper/Hannah Hauxwell impersonations of you
0:18:31 > 0:18:33yomping across the fields of Cornwall,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35chasing sheep, cows, goats,
0:18:35 > 0:18:39pigs or any other animal that you might find in a field.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Yes, Katy and Hannah may well be two of Britain's best-loved female
0:18:44 > 0:18:47farmers, but our Catherine knows an antique.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51So far, she's bought a poker-worked page turner and a lot of vintage
0:18:51 > 0:18:52jewellery and purses.
0:18:52 > 0:19:00- Where's the party?- And she has a decent £183.42 left to spend today.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Philip has been a busy old bee.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06He's netted an Indian Masonic photograph, some velvet curtains,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08a wrought iron gate that he's combined
0:19:08 > 0:19:09with some vintage water tanks to
0:19:09 > 0:19:12make one lot, and a retro coffee table.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Thomas Chippendale at this minute in time is rotating in his grave.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22And that leaves him £151.44 left in his kitty.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Our experts are making their way to the first shop of the day,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28a pretty village called The Lizard,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32which is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Redruth that way...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Somebody was telling me how you pronounce it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38What you have to do, if you're Cornish, you have to go RedRUTH.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40It's the last part of the word that you have to say.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- RedRUTH. - That's it, you see, you've got it!
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- PenZANZE.- PenZANCE.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46- Is that we say?- That's brilliant.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- The last part.- PAsty.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- PAsty.- PAsty.- You're getting the hang of this, aren't you?
0:19:54 > 0:19:59Philip is dropping Catherine off at the aptly named Lizard Antiques.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Well, I need to be here. - I'm quite envious of you here.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I like it when you're envious.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05- Bad luck.- Now, now Philip.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Bye.- Bye.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Hello...- Hello. Good morning, Catherine, welcome to The Lizard.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Good morning, thank you. This is jolly nice.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15This looks really like my kind of shop,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18lots of rusticy metal and wood and...
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Tactile, unusual, junky things.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24There's no shiny jewellery and silver in here, is there?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- No.- Right, I'd better get to it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Yes.- I like your bottles. They're in lovely condition, aren't they?
0:20:29 > 0:20:30- Yes.- The actual labels?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Completely cleaned up. - That's such an old
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- symbol, isn't it?- Yes.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I remember that, Flying Horse.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38I think that might do better at auction, maybe.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Quite fun to have these.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I'm not looking at the prices at the moment, because it upsets me.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- You never know, Catherine. - These are real boys' things,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50not really my thing at all,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52but I've been very girlie and bought some jewellery.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55What can you do on those?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Well, at the moment...
0:20:57 > 0:21:01each of them is 25, so it would be 100, wouldn't it?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I could be really good and say 50.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I know they won't make that at auction.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Can you do any better on that?
0:21:08 > 0:21:13OK, seeing as it's you and us girls are going to stick together,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I'm going to go for 40, which is a bargain, £10 each,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- you will definitely... - I should do, shouldn't I?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Yeah.- And that's quite nice as well, for the bottles.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Seen better days.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- I know.- But that's part of its charm, isn't it?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Are you OK with that?- Yes.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31I quite like that.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And, three shilling deposit.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35You might get some money back on that one.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I notice you've got 42 on that, but can that be very, very cheap?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Did you get a bit of a bargain with that?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43We could have some movement on that.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Right, OK. That is a possibility.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And Debbie has another wooden box in the window.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53F Dibben, I think it says, Fish Market, Poole.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55There's absolutely no way that this is reproduced?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- No.- We've got a lovely bit of woodworm there as well,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- which is always nice. - Try telling that to the wood!
0:22:00 > 0:22:01And then it just slides off.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Does it still smell of fish?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Oh, yes, you can smell the haddock!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Ticket price for this fishy box is £65.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13What about the bottle box?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- We haven't talked about a price on this.- No.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Did you want me to put it together with that one?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21And do a sort of joint price, or do you want them individually?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Let's have a look, what do they look like together?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Can I make you an offer?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It would be easier, yes.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't pay any more than 30.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33For the two? No.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Couldn't do that.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38What about with the bottles as well, if I did...
0:22:38 > 0:22:40What did we say on those, about 40?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Yes, 40.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44And then maybe 30 on those.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Debbie, can I say 65 for the whole lot, rather than 70?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49- Go on, then.- Can I?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Yes, let's do that. Let's shake on it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52I'm going to shake your hand.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And I suppose you want some money.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58So that's £35 for the bottles, and 30 for the boxes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02A pleasure doing business with you, thank you.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03It's been really lovely, thank you very much.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Lovely to meet you. - You've got a lovely shop.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Right, I shall put these in my little holder.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- OK.- This should be fun, Catherine.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Watch out! - How do I get out the door?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Meanwhile, Philip is on his way to
0:23:20 > 0:23:22the famous old mining town of Camborne
0:23:22 > 0:23:27to find out how a local man helped start a revolution in steam travel.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31He's meeting steam enthusiast, Kingsley Rickard.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Camborne, home of steam, they tell me.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Presumably, whoever that is has got something to do with it?
0:23:36 > 0:23:41This fellow is Richard Trevithick, or Captain Dick, known as locally,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44and he was the fellow that invented high-pressure steam.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Camborne man? - Camborne man, born and bred.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Clever man?- He was quite clever, as a practical man,
0:23:51 > 0:23:52he wasn't much of an academic.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I'm beginning to like him already.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59He was born into a mining family and naturally, on leaving school,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01he just joined his father on the mine.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04His father was a mine captain, as they say in Cornwall,
0:24:04 > 0:24:05that's a manager.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09The Camborne area was the centre of a copper mining industry in the 18th
0:24:09 > 0:24:13century, but the Cornish mines had to be constantly drained of water,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16using primitive coal-powered low-pressure steam engines.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Once he got talking to miners,
0:24:19 > 0:24:25he realised that one of the big costs in mining was that of coal.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30The existing steam engines were very expensive to run, and he thought,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I must do something about steam generation,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and make some sort of boiler that's more efficient.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Trevithick invented the first high-pressure steam engine which
0:24:41 > 0:24:43greatly reduced mine operating costs,
0:24:43 > 0:24:45but his ingenuity didn't end there.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55That really is something else, isn't it?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57This is absolutely amazing, Phil.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01This really is the world's first high-pressure steam self-propelled vehicle.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06This is a replica of Trevithick's engine, which had the rather
0:25:06 > 0:25:09brilliant name of the puffing devil.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Now then, you are dealing with a scientific idiot here, right?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Put it simply, you boil a kettle, steam comes off the kettle,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20that steam can be used to harness to drive a piston.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Is that what this does?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Is that a big kettle? - It does the same thing.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31Yes, it's a vast improvement on a domed kettle on a heat source.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37- Right.- Because you can't actually pressurise to any degree that shape,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41and he needed to have this increase in pressure.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And so what he did was to have
0:25:43 > 0:25:47a cylinder, and we've got it here, and then within it,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49we've got another cylinder.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52The pressure comes from the fact that on this end,
0:25:52 > 0:25:57we've got a fire inside, so being a circular tube,
0:25:57 > 0:26:02you can pressurise that much more than the old dome-type kettle.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05It's using the heat more effectively.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I mean, this must have cost a fortune in those days to make it.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10It cost about £35.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Now, today...- £35?
0:26:12 > 0:26:13I can buy this!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I've got enough money. I can buy this.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Today, I would hazard a guess it would cost the best part of half a million.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Now, we've got lots of legs and bodies here.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24How many does it take to operate this?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Essentially, it takes three to operate it,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31and these lovely legs belong to the steersman and the driver,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and then on the back end,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35you've got someone in charge of the water supply.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39This diagonal arm is in fact the steering.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44We've got the foot brake there, we've got a screw handbrake there.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Go on, then. I'm no you're dying to.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- Can I have a ride, mister? - I think we can do that, Phil.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- And you've got to go on the backend.- The backend.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Let her go.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03In 1801, Trevithick's cutting-edge technology
0:27:03 > 0:27:06was tested out on the streets of Camborne.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07HOOTER BLOWS
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Lordy, Lordy, Lordy.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I couldn't have put it better myself, Philip.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Determined to travel further and faster,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Trevithick put his invention on rails,
0:27:19 > 0:27:24predating George Stephenson's Stockton to Darlington Railway by several years,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and the rest, as they say, is history.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Meanwhile, Catherine is in Redruth visiting her last shop -
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Thornley Trading.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39She's got £118 left to spend
0:27:39 > 0:27:42and something has already caught her eye.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45That is interesting, that little Deco trolley.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50That, with some really good glasses on, some really good cocktail glasses,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53really nice little decanters, that could look superb.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59I can see a huge ticket on it, though, of £175.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02It's Art Deco. It is '30s.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03I'm going in for the kill.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Oh, lots of lights.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Hello. Do you like lights, by any chance?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Just a bit, yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Hello, Catherine. And your name is?
0:28:13 > 0:28:14- Walter.- Hello, Walter.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- How are you doing?- Fine.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I just had a look in the window.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- Your deco...- Trolley.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23That you've got one hell of a price on that.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- Can that be...?- It's nothing to us.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28What do you mean? What's nothing to you?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Putting high prices on things.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Oh, that's what you do, is it? You put high prices on.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36I'm kind of looking at £40 on that, or less.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37I...
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- What could you do? - I'd let you have it for 40.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Came I have a look at it? - Absolutely.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's smothered in all sorts of stuff.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It is. We could be here some time.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48I'm going to take my jacket off.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- What am I going to do with this lot? - What are we going to do with this?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54What's this little bit at the end for?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Oh, I know. That's to put your bottles in, isn't it?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00There's a couple of pictures leaning against the front there.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Careful, if you can get to those.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- I'll do it, shall I, Walter? - No pain, no gain, Catherine.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Look at that. That's good for serving.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11You can actually take the drinks along.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Nice bit of chrome.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Nice bit of mirror. There's absolutely no way that that's later.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18That is of the period, isn't it?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Look at that.- Look at that.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23That's quite nice, actually, isn't it?
0:29:23 > 0:29:24- Does it work?- Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27SQUEAKING
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Needs a little oil.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Yes, we have the movement.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- That's it.- You haven't got a couple of nice little glasses, have you?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- To put on there.- In one of the cabinets, I believe, yes.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39There's some Babycham in the cupboard there.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42There, these little glasses here?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Somewhere, I've got a bottle of champagne.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Oh, yeah, we'll have a bottle of champagne!
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- No, it's only a dummy.- Oh, have you?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Oh, yes, no, I'd love to see that, where's that?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- I will find it.- How much are these glasses?
0:29:52 > 0:29:53They've got no prices on.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- That's a good sign. - Well, I'll do them a fiver each.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59I'm creating a look here.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01There you go, you're going to love that.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Oh, I do like a bottle of champagne.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05You know what I like, don't you?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Don't get too excited.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09It's only a dummy bottle, remember.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14I tell you what, the glasses, the champagne bottle and the trolley,
0:30:14 > 0:30:1760 the lot, and I'm amazed at my generosity.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- Are you?- I am.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20Well, because there's a few more glasses,
0:30:20 > 0:30:23are you talking about those with it, or just those three?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26No, you can have the other three as well. Now, that's looking fantastic.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It is, isn't it? Come to my party.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33But we've got of '70s glasses here, so were going sort of '70s and '30s.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37What do I do, do I buy the trolley by itself or do I buy the whole thing?
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Decisions, decisions.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- Can I be cheeky? - Just a little bit, Catherine.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Even cheekier?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- What's new?- You know me.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Can I say 50?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Oh, blimey.
0:30:50 > 0:30:5255, you've got a deal.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53- Put it there. - Right on, we sold something.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Right on.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56That's the 1930s tray,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59the 1970s glasses, and not forgetting
0:30:59 > 0:31:00the dummy champagne bottle.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03That's quite a nice lot, Catherine.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05What did we say? 55, and there we go.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- And five, thank you very much. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Let's leave Catherine in Redruth and catch up with Philip.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15He's heading to Falmouth on Cornwall's south coast.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18He's got £151.44 left to spend
0:31:18 > 0:31:22at his final shop, the Vintage Warehouse.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Hi.- Morning.- I'm Phil.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- How are you? Good to see you. - Hi there, Cole.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Cole?- Yes.- And this is the Little Vintage Warehouse. I'm on a mission.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- OK.- I've got some money to spend.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33In an ideal world, I'd like to spend all of it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- OK, sounds good.- OK, let's go and have a look round, see what we can see.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Oh, Cole, I love this.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41How cool is that?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45So this is a 1950s Jielde?
0:31:45 > 0:31:48What make's that? German or Scandinavian or something.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Very cool thing, isn't it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52How much is that? Oh, £400!
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I've got nowhere near that. Are you open to offers?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Yeah, we're open to offers. - I love that.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- It's a great piece.- Right, do you want to know how much I've got?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- OK.- You might not want to know how much I've got.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- Right.- Go on, Philip, put the young man out of his misery.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11I've got, to the last penny, £151.44.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- £150... - 51, don't forget the one.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- OK.- And 44p. I'd love to buy that. Can you do anything with that?
0:32:18 > 0:32:21In all honesty, I'd have to give Ollie a call, who's the shop owner because...
0:32:21 > 0:32:22- Would you mind?- No, not at all.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- He might throw me out.- Hey, let's not be too dramatic, Philip.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- He might, yeah.- Blimey.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28- See what he says.- Worth a try.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Yeah, give him a go.- OK.- Thank you.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34I think this is so lovely because it's just such a cool thing.
0:32:34 > 0:32:371950s. It's sort of got that vintagey warehouse look.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Clearly, it's all adjustable, I would imagine.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Look at that, how cool is that?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44You know, and we're going to Bristol.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Is Bristol bang on trend then, Philip?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Bristol's full of students.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I like your thinking. Anyway, Cole is trying to get through to Ollie,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- the owner.- Yeah, can you hear me?
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Hello, hello?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Technical difficulties.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- Can you hear me? - Cutting edge communications, Lordy.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- Hello, mate, you all right? - Right, we're in business, Philip.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06You know the industrial 1950s lamp
0:33:06 > 0:33:09with the brake disk for a stand on it?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Yes, so you couldn't do any less than about 200.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- You think it'll go for 300 at auction?- Can I have a word?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Phil says can he have a word with you quickly?
0:33:17 > 0:33:18All right, I'll put you on.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Ollie, how are you? I desperately want to buy that but I have only got
0:33:23 > 0:33:26left £151.44.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Can you do me a deal?
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Let me just hand you back to Cole, then, you can tell him.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Well, Ollie's just sold Philip the Jielde lamp for the bargain price of
0:33:36 > 0:33:38£151.44.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I am so excited by that.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44I absolutely love it. So I bought that with my heart, not with my head.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I wonder if it's going to turn around and bite me in the b-u-m.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Only time will tell, old boy.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51There's the £1.44.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- Thank you.- And there's the balance money. There you are, I have no more. The cupboard is now bare.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58So, that's Philip's shopping done.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00He's added the vintage lamp to the rest of his loot -
0:34:00 > 0:34:04an Indian Masonic picture, the retro coffee table,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08the velvet curtains and a lot made up of a wrought iron gate with
0:34:08 > 0:34:14the vintage water tanks, and he's spent all of his £321.44.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Excellent work.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Catherine's haul includes a fishmonger's crate together
0:34:19 > 0:34:22with vintage bottle crate, some automobilia glassware,
0:34:22 > 0:34:24a poker-work page turner,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26a collection of vintage jewellery
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and accessories and a drinks trolley and glasses.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31She spent £160.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36So, what do our experts make of each other's buys?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Before I saw your things, I thought I'd done really well today and I was
0:34:39 > 0:34:43actually really chuffed with my purchases.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Now I've seen yours, I don't know if I'm so happy.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49I love your bits of automobilia.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50They are a sale lot.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53At £35, there's a profit there for sure.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59Something that I don't think anyone's ever bought before on the Antique's Road Trip is your velvet.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Not the best colour, I don't think, but so much of it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05At 50 quid, could be curtains for me.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09I just hope that all the bidders in Bristol will have seen the light.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12After setting off from Hayle,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15our experts are now heading for auction in Bristol.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18So, you spent up again, Mr Serrell.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Every last penny gone out of the window, kerching.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25I think you did really well with your buying. I hate saying that.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Sorry, could you just say... I didn't quite hear what you said.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- No, I said it enough. - No, just one more time.- No! - Please, just one more time.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You did really well with your buying!
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Thank you, because the car just popped and banged a bit then, you see.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Today's sale is at one of the area's newer salerooms.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42East Bristol Auctions have been only open for four years
0:35:42 > 0:35:44but old hand Evan MacPherson
0:35:44 > 0:35:48has cast his experienced eye over our pair's lots.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51The star lot we think is the Jielde lamp.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Perhaps the most iconic of lights from the 20th century.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56That should do really well and we've seen a lot of interest in that,
0:35:56 > 0:35:57so we're excited for that one.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Drinks trolley, well, that's a party in a lot so you've got six Babycham
0:36:00 > 0:36:03glasses but you've got an empty bottle of champagne for display.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06What you really need is the bubbles and you've got the complete party.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Different decorative objects across the board, so, yes,
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- I think they should do well. - Fingers crossed, then.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14It's busy today and the auction house also accepts internet bids.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Experts, take your seats.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Excited!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- I love auctions. - So today could be my day.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25First up is Philip's wrought iron gate with vintage water tanks.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Those tanks are really cool.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Wax them up, great coffee tables.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Brilliant industrial garden planters...
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Actually, they're really nice.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35..coffee tables, interior tables...
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Coffee tables, get in there!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Coffee tables.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40£50 with me on the commission.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Do I see two or five anywhere?
0:36:42 > 0:36:43At 50 with me.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46No money, but with me at £50.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47At £50 and selling...
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Well, some lucky bidder has bagged themselves a bargain.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Would you like me to start lending you some money?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57You might have to in a minute.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Very confident, Catherine.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Next up are your vintage automobilia bottles.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05I've got interest and I can start straight away at 38 with me.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Do I see 40?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08At 55 on the screen. Do I see 60 anywhere?
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Get in there! - She's punching me!- Keep going!
0:37:11 > 0:37:1360, thank you. Anyone in the room? At £60 on my screen.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Oh, look, Phil, look!
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- 70!- At £70, do I see five anywhere?
0:37:18 > 0:37:19At £70.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- Five, there we go.- 75!
0:37:21 > 0:37:22One more will take it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Be sure. £75.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26- I'm so happy for her.- Are we done?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Sold.- Well, Catherine's off on a flyer.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Are you a little bit miffed? Are you?
0:37:34 > 0:37:35- Yeah.- Are you a little bit miffed?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Let's see if Philip can get back to winning ways
0:37:38 > 0:37:39with his velvet curtains.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I've got commission interest all over the place
0:37:41 > 0:37:43and I can start at 70 with me.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Well done. - 70 with me. 75 with me.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50With me at 75. 80. Five with me.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51- Five with me.- 90.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- 90!- 95, with me still. At 95.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57And I've got more on them at 95.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Are we done at £95?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- Sort of OK, isn't it? - That's more than OK, Philip.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06You've drawn a handsome profit out of that sale.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Next up is Catherine's vintage jewellery collection, but bad news,
0:38:09 > 0:38:13the disco hair clip has been lost.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17To make things fair, if this lot sells for less than what she paid,
0:38:17 > 0:38:20we'll pay Catherine back the original £35 purchase price.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22How's that?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Start me at £50 for those, please.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Start me at £30, then.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Oh, no. Wrong day for jewellery.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32Any love at £20?
0:38:32 > 0:38:3420 on the screen, thank you.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Surely, wake up to this. Take a look at them, that is beautiful.
0:38:37 > 0:38:3822. Asking four.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Oh, no.- Four? At £24.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Be sure...
0:38:44 > 0:38:48That's a loss of £11, but, as promised,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52we're going to return Catherine's initial purchase price of £35.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Right, Philip's Indian Masonic photo's next.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Someone start me at £50 for that, please.
0:38:58 > 0:38:5940 and away, then.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- It's going the wrong way.- Yeah.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Any luck with 35?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Start me at 20, then, and see where we get to.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0720 on the screen, thank you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Any advance on 20?
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Come on, let's see where we get to.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1022 now. Come back, four.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Four, thank you. Asking six.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1426 now. Still no money.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I'm surprised, that's a good thing.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Do I see eight anywhere? At 26, and selling.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Blimey, a lucky buyer is going home happy.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27What can Catherine's poker-work page turner do?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- You don't like it, do you? A bit boring, you said.- Er... Yeah.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Start me at £40 for that, please.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- Oh, no.- Start me at £20, then.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3520, surely. 20, 20.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3620 on the screen. Thank you.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39At £20 do I see two?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- Are we done?- Keep going!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I didn't want to work with her, I really didn't want to work with her.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45At £20...
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Anita Manning, she'd have been lovely. Anybody.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Thomas Plant in a dress, that would have been fine for me.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Crikey, that's turned a whopping profit for Catherine.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Did that make a profit? Did that make a profit?
0:39:57 > 0:39:58- Shut up!- Did it?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Now it's time for Philip's retro table.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Someone start me at £50 for that, please.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0550.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Start me at 30, then, let's see where we get to.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Oh, dear, dear, dear.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Surely £30.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11£30.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13At £30.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Looks like it's in Poland at £30.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Or Portugal! £30.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18It's like the Eurovision Song Contest, isn't it?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Portugal, nul points.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Never mind, Philip.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24At least someone in Portugal liked your table.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27And to all our Portuguese viewers, I'd just like to say thank so
0:40:27 > 0:40:28much for that.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Right, here's Catherine's crates.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I can remember the Corona pop man delivering.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Yes, and then getting your money when you put them out afterwards.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Yeah. You remember Corona?
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- Yes, of course I do. - You've worn well.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Start me at £40 for those two, please.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4740. Start me at £30, then, see where we get to.
0:40:47 > 0:40:4830, 30, 30 on my screen.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- You're all right. - Thank you, do I see two anywhere?
0:40:50 > 0:40:51- Oh, come on.- At £30.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53I can see you hovering. Two and four, thank you.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Asking six.- It's a bit of profit.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Six. 38, now.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Come on, one more.- Are we done?
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Are you sure? 38.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04That's another profit for Catherine
0:41:04 > 0:41:06and her drinks tray with glasses is up next.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Start me at £80.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Nice little lot, that.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- Come on.- 50 and away.
0:41:12 > 0:41:1350. 50 on the net.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Thank you, at £50.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Do I see 55? Now 60.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18That's 60, asking five.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20That's a lovely little lot, people.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- We've got £60.- Please!- At £60.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27Come on. That could have been so good.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Someone's going to be cracking open the bubbly.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Philip's last lot is the Jielde lamp.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- I am really in love with that lamp. - I don't want to sell it.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37You don't want to sell it?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- No, I want to take it home.- I've got loads of interest, unsurprisingly.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I can start with me at 150.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Do I see 160?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- 160.- 170 with me.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- 180. 190 with me.- Brilliant.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51200. 220 with me.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Still no money. 240, sir.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54250. 260 with you, sir.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Do I see 280 anywhere?
0:41:56 > 0:41:57At 260.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- Well done.- Do I see 280?
0:41:59 > 0:42:00280 against you.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02300, sir. No, shakes his head.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03- Oh, my goodness.- 280.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Are we done at 280?
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Very well done.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Well done.- Philip's ended on a high note with that whopping profit.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- Well done.- Better go, hadn't we?
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Come on.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Well, that's our experts' fourth auction completed.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Let's see how they're faring.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Catherine started off with £223.42.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30After paying her auction costs, she's made a profit of £26,
0:42:30 > 0:42:35leaving her with a princely £250.38 to spend next time.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Philip started off with £321.44.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44After paying auction costs, he's made a profit of £72.98,
0:42:44 > 0:42:51leaving him a handsome £394.42 to splash on the final leg.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52You did well.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Well, I think I deserve a chauffeur.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Oh, go on, then.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58But a chauffeur like me?
0:42:58 > 0:42:59I'm prepared to take the risk.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Are you?- Life is all about taking a risk.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Off to the races we go.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Goodbye, then.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Next time on Antique's Road Trip...
0:43:08 > 0:43:11It's our experts' final leg.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14You buy biscuit tins, I buy biscuit tins.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16And the competition is hotting up.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Phil, this is the best shop ever.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21But Philip's taking it all in his stride.