0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- That's cracking!- With £200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Wonderful!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13That's exactly what I'm talking about.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I'm all over a-shiver.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19- No-brainer!- Going, going, gone!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Push!- Or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29How awfully, awfully nice!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Whey-hey!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's leg two of this week's adventure for top auctioneers
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Charles Hanson and James Braxton.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Where are we? Fife?
0:00:47 > 0:00:52We are north of the Fife of Forfar, is that right?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Forfar 4, East 55.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Yeah! No, we are north of the Firth of Forfar.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I think you will find it is the Firth of Forth, old bean!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05While geography clearly isn't Charles' strong point,
0:01:05 > 0:01:10thankfully, sniffing out hidden antique treasures is.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Give me a high five. Thanks a lot.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17His rival on this road trip is his old mate, James.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Risks equal rewards, or sometimes abject failure.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Well, taking a risk proved profitable for James on the last leg.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27After starting with £200,
0:01:27 > 0:01:33some good results at auction saw him finish with £260.34.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Brilliant!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Charles also kicked off with £200 and he, too, pulled in a profit,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44pushing him into the lead with £266.40.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Hardly a sheet of Bronco between them.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Hah! On this trip, our boys are travelling in a forerunner of the modern Audi,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55a 1964 DKW 1000 Coupe.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00It was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory. Got it?
0:02:00 > 0:02:05I think the way to do a Scottish accent is always speak very low.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Low!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09And very guttural.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It's a very manly, manly...
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Aye, you're right, laddie!
0:02:15 > 0:02:18After beginning their epic trip in the Highlands,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Charles and James are journeying all over Bonnie Scotland,
0:02:21 > 0:02:27taking in the North East and Central Belt before finishing over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31This leg will kick-off in Inverkeithing
0:02:31 > 0:02:34before ending up in Dundee for auction.
0:02:34 > 0:02:41Inverkeithing has ancient origins which some claim go back over 1,900 years,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45so hopefully, there will be lots of really old antiques on offer
0:02:45 > 0:02:46at Charles's first shop.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I can't see any antiques sign, James.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- New beds and...- antique furniture.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57There we are! That's a green light to you, Charles.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Yes, a green light. Go, go, go.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Have a good day!
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It's a new day. Bye!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Charles has arrived at the Inverkeithing Bargain Centre.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10- How are you?- I'm fine.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- And you?- I'm Charles Hanson, good to see you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14What an amazingly big antiques centre.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It certainly is, yes. Plenty for you to look at.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And there's some antiques and collectables.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Will Gail have a hidden gem for Charles to uncover?
0:03:25 > 0:03:30You live and dream that that piece of Faberge will wink at you.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Or that lost Rembrandt will smile at you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Dreaming big, eh?
0:03:34 > 0:03:39I like it. But what tickles your fancy, then?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I like the old cannon ball down here on the bottom shelf.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46And often, when you see these early cannonballs,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48you hope on the back of the card,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52there might be some indication as to where it was found.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58Has this cannonball got some romantic, Scottish history?
0:03:58 > 0:04:04Sometimes, it's that romance behind an object which creates a sentiment
0:04:04 > 0:04:09and an emotion which can suddenly give it extra ammunition at auction.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Time for a closer look.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I love social history, Gail,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and just on the bottom shelf here is a cannonball.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I think if I was ever to go to a gym, rather than a dumbbell,
0:04:20 > 0:04:25I would rather use an old antique cannonball and really feel the history
0:04:25 > 0:04:28whilst doing some good for my weightlifting as well.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Yeah.- Now, what's its history?
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Well, the trader actually bought it from a gentleman at a fair in
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Ingleson.- Yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40He said at the time, when he asked where it was from,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43he was told that it was found in Stirling.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Whether it could be connected to Bannockburn, we're not too sure.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51It might not be that old but it's a lovely find, nonetheless.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59It's priced, Gail, at a fairly heavy £25.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Uh-huh.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03So, what would you like to offer me?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Well, I like it, Gail.
0:05:04 > 0:05:10I think it's full of Scottish history and I would like to offer,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13if it met your approval, £15.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Yes, Charles, I would give it to you for £15.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Would you really?- Yes, certainly.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Well, Gail, you know what?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Us Fifers aren't that bad!
0:05:20 > 0:05:21I'll take it, Gail. Thanks ever so.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I'll leave it on the settee for the time being.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I'll carry on wandering and I'm delighted.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29No messing about here, then.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33£15 buys Charles the Scottish cannonball.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Right, anything else catch your beady eye, old boy?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39It's quite a pretty little...
0:05:39 > 0:05:43little what you might call octagonal fluted dish.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46And here's a galleon, beautifully enamelled,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49with these billowing sails
0:05:49 > 0:05:53on this gorgeous oily lustre ground.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I love how the seagulls are picked out.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00What's nice is you have the original label from the manufacturer
0:06:00 > 0:06:05and that's Crown Devon and Crown Devon were renowned in the 1930s
0:06:05 > 0:06:11for creating these iridescent oily lustre glazes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yeah. Ticket price is £14.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Will Gail be open for another deal?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Seeing as you're such a charmer...
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Get out of here! I'm no Bonnie Prince.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24How much would you like to offer on the plate?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Give me your biggest and best price
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and at least then, you call that shot.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Right.- And be as kind as you would like to be.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So, what if we do it for £12.50?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Would you do it for £10?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Oh, well, seeing as it's you!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You smoothie, Charles!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50That's two lots bought in his first shop.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Great stuff!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- Take care.- Bye, Charlie.- Bye-bye. See you.- Bye-bye.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57- Oops!- Show off!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I play cricket. Can you tell?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06James, meanwhile, has motored ten minutes up the coast to Aberdour.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11This picturesque seaside town is home to James' first shop,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Blake's Vintage and Collectables.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14It looks nice.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Hello!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17JAMES LAUGHS
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Hello, James, welcome.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- I'm Debbie.- Hello, Debbie, James.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Welcome to my shop.- Oh, thank you very much indeed.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I like your suitcase outside.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It's a very stylish open sign.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Thank you. I have a thing about suitcases and telephones. - What, travel?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34As well as suitcases and telephones,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36there's plenty of vintage goodies and antiques on offer, too.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Now, OK, so, I'm after smallish things, probably.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44- OK.- Silvery things.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46So have you got any silver?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I think I've got silver ashtrays here.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Ooh, looks like you're in luck, James.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- I think that's... - As in a silver case.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- That's got a good weight to it, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03God, the old eyes are deteriorating, Debbie, isn't it?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Do you wear glasses?- I have about seven pairs of glasses,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09because I can't be without my glasses.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10HE LAUGHS
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And then I've got about 15 pairs of sunglasses.
0:08:12 > 0:08:1515? I didn't realise Scotland was so sunny!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's funny, isn't it, cigarette cases,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20they saved many lives in world wars, didn't they?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22People used to have their cigarette cases there.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28There's quite a few cases where bullets...they've saved themselves from a bullet.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It's probably about 1920s, I would have thought.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Do you know, I haven't sold a cigarette case for years.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Because, of course, they went out...
0:08:40 > 0:08:45and nobody's really found a workable application for them.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48But it's quite a nice one. Let's have a think about that.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- OK.- It's only the first thing I've seen, Debbie, isn't it?- Yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Debbie's silver cigarette case is priced at £38.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55One to think about.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Anything else?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58These are lovely.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Yeah. So, abalone.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02So rather like mother of pearl.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Just slightly more oily, aren't they?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06They've got a richer look to them.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08So, opera glasses.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- Yeah.- You know, like all opera glasses, they don't actually work, do they?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Moving on, then.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I think I'm slightly too big for this shop.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17HE LAUGHS
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I think I might need this.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I spotted something and as all the best hagglers do,
0:09:29 > 0:09:33you do need the fez to get you in the mood. OK?
0:09:33 > 0:09:37So I'll wear this - I'll wear this for the big haggle.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Brace yourself, Debbie!
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Oh, James! You do suit that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Do I?- You look very, very...
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Now this is in preparation...
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Casablanca!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Watch out, this is in preparation for a major haggle.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I like, Debbie, the cigarette case.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Right.- What can we do on this?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56This...a bit of damage, but, you know, essentially,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00it's all there. But I've got to take it to auction.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Go on, make my day. How about 15, Debbie?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04So what have we got it for again?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- We've got it for... - No clues, no clues.
0:10:07 > 0:10:0838.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09- No clues.- 15.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11We'll do 15, we'll do 12.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- 12?- Come on, give me a kiss.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- What happened there?- Thank you!
0:10:15 > 0:10:17That's very kind. Thank you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Just like that.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Well, that fez worked wonders and
0:10:20 > 0:10:24James is off to a flying start with a huge £26 discount.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Well done, that man.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36In the meanwhile, Charles has made his way to Falkland.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40This picturesque village
0:10:40 > 0:10:45became Scotland's first conservation area in 1970.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46A wonderful part of the world.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Charles has arrived at the violin shop, with over £240 in his pocket.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Not, I hope, for a violin, though.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- How are you?- Bob Beveridge is the name.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57I'm Charles Hanson.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Well, welcome to the ancient and historic Royal Borough of Falkland.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03It's so beautiful.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05There's such character here.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06And Bob, you have character.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Oh, thank you.- Full of flamboyance.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Full of flair.- Aye, he's trying to get stuff cheap, eh?!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15He's onto you, Charles!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Right. Bob's shop is jam-packed with great antiques.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Let the hunt begin.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24There's got to be something, Bob, that jumps out at me.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Just over there, that piece of stained glass.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29That's not for sale, it's part of the building.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Oh, is it, I'm sorry!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Oh, dear. Thankfully,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36it looks like Charles has spotted something that he CAN buy.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38We are going to Dundee.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It's got all these lovely old etchings of Dundee in it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44And I've never handled such a large book.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Aha. It's a lovely, limited edition
0:11:48 > 0:11:51on Dundee with a hefty ticket price of £300.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Look at this. Limited edition,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57this is number 118
0:11:57 > 0:11:59of 357 copies.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02We've got a date here of 1895.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Dundee, Its Quaint And Historic Buildings by AC Lamb.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- I'm going to Dundee.- Right.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14If I put this in my car and it broke my suspension,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I might have to bring it back!
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Just out of interest,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22what would be your best price on this book on Dundee?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Well, I'm going to tell you what I'd give you it for.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30I'd give you it for my purchasing price and I bought it for £200.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Oh, don't say that.- And I would let it go at that.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It could do very well.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39But it's almost all my money tied up in one investment.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Oh, you've got deep breeches, you people from England.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43No, I wish I did.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Aye, aye!- The Road Trip is only in first gear at the moment.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51I'm far from day five or Friday and fifth, I've got a long way to go.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So the book's set aside to be mulled over.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Anything else grab you?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58How much is that, Bob?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I could do that for about £80.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Yeah. Actually, Bob, it says £60 down there.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The price tag says 60, Bob says 80.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07I like your style!
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I can see we're going to have some trouble squeezing some money
0:13:12 > 0:13:14out of your pockets!
0:13:14 > 0:13:18No, I'm not spendthrifty, it's just as you say.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23I believe the art of buying antiques is to buy with a love and buying
0:13:23 > 0:13:26with love is when you feel the heart flutter
0:13:26 > 0:13:28because it's something a bit special.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32And it looks like there's one object in particular that's giving
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Charles that fluttery feeling.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35The book on Dundee.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Best price?- I bought it with other books.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I've since sold the other books at a profit.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49So while I would be selling it to you for much less than my original
0:13:49 > 0:13:53asking price, I could still let it go for £150
0:13:53 > 0:13:57and that would be the absolute minimum on it.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00That's half price. Charles?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02For £150,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07..I'm tempted to shake your hand and say...I shall learn from this.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Is that a deal, then? It is indeed.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And with that very generous discount from Bob,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Charles has bagged himself the book.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Bravo.- See you, Bob!
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Bye!- All the best to you. All the best.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26James, meanwhile, is still in Aberdour.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Back during World War I,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33this small fishing town was home to a top secret Naval Research Station
0:14:33 > 0:14:38set up to discover a way to defeat Germany U-boats set to attack the
0:14:38 > 0:14:40British Navy. James has come to
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Hawkcraig Cottage to meet local historian
0:14:43 > 0:14:46and author Diana Maxwell to find out more.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Diana, why are we here, next door to the sea?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Well, we're here because
0:14:54 > 0:14:58in the First World War, between 1915 and 1918,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00this was a hub of activity.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06The U-boat had become a very severe threat to Britain.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08That's the German submarine, isn't it?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Yes, that's right. It was actually shooting down one in three of the
0:15:12 > 0:15:15merchant fleet and the Germans were
0:15:15 > 0:15:20boasting that they were actually going to defeat Britain that way.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25So they had to find a way of detecting U-boats.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29The U-boats were not only sinking British warships,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31they were also attacking the Merchant Navy.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35It was feared Britain would become starved of food and materials.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39The Government had to do something and fast.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42There was a very clever chap called Cyril Ryan.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45He was in the Navy and then left to work with Marconi
0:15:45 > 0:15:50and he was called up because he was working with wireless radio...
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Yeah.- ..inventions and he had
0:15:53 > 0:15:59invented a microphone that could detect sound underwater.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Situated on the Firth of Forth,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05the Government chose Hawkcraig Point
0:16:05 > 0:16:08in the sleepy village of Aberdour
0:16:08 > 0:16:11as the ideal location for Captain Ryan and his crack team
0:16:11 > 0:16:15of naval and public scientists to set up a base.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18It was here that some of the best brains in Britain developed the
0:16:18 > 0:16:22hydrophone, an underwater listening device that would change the course
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- of the war.- It looked a little bit like a bedpan,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28but it was in a waterproof container.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- OK.- And it had two...
0:16:30 > 0:16:34erm, diaphragms, that's the way it worked.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37When a sound wave hit the diaphragms,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39they would vibrate and they would be
0:16:39 > 0:16:42changed into an electrical signal
0:16:42 > 0:16:44that would go to a chap that was
0:16:44 > 0:16:48listening and he would be able to detect the noise.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52With all vessels making different noises,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54like the difference between a car and a motorbike,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56they were able to determine whether
0:16:56 > 0:17:00they were listening to friend or foe up to four miles away.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04The sound wave travels across water very well?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Well, it travels across water very well,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10but it travels even better UNDERWATER.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12They worked out here it travelled
0:17:12 > 0:17:174½ times faster underwater than over water,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19which they hadn't known about before.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21All of the British Marine fleets
0:17:21 > 0:17:24were fitted with these hydrophones.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Eventually, they were able to detect boats at 12 miles.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30And did that happen quite rapidly?
0:17:30 > 0:17:31- Very rapidly.- The technology, yeah.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Because they had all of the Chief scientists of the day
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- here working on it.- Was the hydrophone successful?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Yes, it was very successful.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44They proved to pick up at least 54 U-boats,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46so that saved a lot of lives.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Yeah.- It was responsible for sinking four U-boats.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Really?- Yes. You know,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55I grew up in Aberdour knowing people that were alive at that time.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Nobody mentioned what was going on.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Really?- They just didn't mention anything about it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Of course, they'd signed the Secrecy Act.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05- I see.- They wouldn't talk about it.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Well, as we know, Diana, loose talk costs lives, don't we?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Major technological advances were achieved
0:18:13 > 0:18:15at the top-secret base at Hawkcraig.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19But it will forever be remembered for the crucial work done with
0:18:19 > 0:18:22the hydrophone, which made such an impact
0:18:22 > 0:18:25on Britain's fight against the German U-boats.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30And so ends a busy day for our boys.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Night-night, chaps.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39It's a new day and our experts are up and at 'em early.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43I look at you and I feel like this morning, you're the baddie in that hat, and I'm the goodie.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Do you think so?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- You look the baddie. - I am the villain.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48But you do, you look a baddie.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Are you intimidated by my villainous bearing?
0:18:51 > 0:18:52I am!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56So far, Charles has secured himself three lots.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58The Scottish cannonball,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00a crown Devon maritime dish
0:19:00 > 0:19:04and the late 19th-century rare book about Dundee.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08He still has £91.40 in his pocket.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14James has only bought the silver cigarette case so far,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18leaving him a huge £248.34 available to spend today.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24This morning, our esteemed auctioneers
0:19:24 > 0:19:28have made their way to Abernyte in Perthshire.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31They've decided to start the day with a spot of shopping together
0:19:31 > 0:19:34at the Scottish Antiques And Arts Centre.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Here we are, James. Look at the size of this antique shop.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Well done, look at this. I know. It's amazing, isn't it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Right, first one in.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47I almost feel like you're the king and I'm your chauffeur, James.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49First one to the market.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52With a huge selection of antiques and collectables,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56there's plenty on offer for both our experts.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Breathe in the antique!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Hello.- Look at it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Gordon Bennett!- I know. It just goes on, doesn't it?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- It's big!- I think I'll go that way,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07you go that way and I might see you halfway around?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- OK.- Do you agree?- Do you think so? - Yeah, I think so.- OK.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- Dig deep.- For the cause. Good luck, good luck to you.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14May the best man win.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16And they're off.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I've never been, I think, in all my time
0:20:20 > 0:20:23on the Antiques Road Trip in such a massive antiques centre.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It's almost tactics, how do you play,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27how do you work a big antiques centre?
0:20:27 > 0:20:33And the way you work it is to either run and panic,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35or zone in and keep calm.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Come on then, chaps.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45This is the sort of stand that you might find a bargain on.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49This is quite nice. This has a real French, rustic feel.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52There's nice stuff all over the place.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Even in a shop this size, they're still stumbling over one another.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Why have you been drawn to this stand, Charles?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I heard your voice!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04LAUGHTER
0:21:04 > 0:21:05I heard your voice and business.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Have you bought anything yet, James?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- No. Have you?- Don't you find it's quite odd how when you're in such a
0:21:10 > 0:21:13massive centre, you just can't actually...
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Focus.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16And what you're doing, Charles,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19is you're listening out for my dulcet tones, aren't you?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Yes, I am.- You're slightly panicky - is he onto something?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It's the patter of your feet
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and I just like to follow your lead sometimes!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Enough of that, back to the task in hand, please.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I quite like this object in here, actually.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- What's that, what's that? - There's a very nice...
0:21:37 > 0:21:41- I'm not talking to you about it! - Which object is that?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I like the little antique toleware candlestick.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Oh, that's got age, hasn't it? - On original base, yeah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- That's got history. - Can you do me a favour?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Speak to the lady and get me a key for this cabinet, please, James?- No.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Please.- No.- Can you be my agent?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Will you go and speak to the lady for a key?- Oh, no,
0:21:55 > 0:21:56that's aiding and abetting.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I don't want to improve your chance of success here.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Without the help of James,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Charles manages to get his hands on the toleware candlestick
0:22:04 > 0:22:07for a closer inspection.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I think it has had some minor restoration.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13You can see some scratching around the almost nozzle of the base.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It just has a wonderful feel of age
0:22:16 > 0:22:21and I do believe that when we look at antiques, we need to be cautious.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Has it been made up?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26And I believe the base does belong to this section.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29It's late 18th, early 19th century
0:22:29 > 0:22:33and it just has a favourable look for, I hope,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37that rustic Dundee home and at £45,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I don't think it's bad value.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Talk about overselling your item! - Listen, I'm upright.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Talk about overselling an item, come on.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Just believe in passion.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Close your eyes and imagine you are back in time with this.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Are you going to buy it? Are you going to buy it?!
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Lights out!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Lights out, all-out, mate.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Charles has one lot he likes.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00What about you, James?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Right...
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I spotted this out of the corner of my eye.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09It's rather fun, isn't it? It is exactly what it says on the cover.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10It's table billiards.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So this is the transformation of your...
0:23:14 > 0:23:16..dining room table, or your kitchen table,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19into billiard table.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23So what you do is this will be the edge of the table.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27You'd attach your pockets like that.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33It looks as though it has absolutely everything here, bar the cues.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35We've got lots of balls here.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Rather nice.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41I like that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- It's fun.- Ticket price is £49.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Time to find dealer Margaret.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53What could that be, Margaret?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Make my day.- The best price on that would be 44.
0:23:57 > 0:23:5844?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Margaret, thank you, I'll take it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- That's very kind. Well done. - No, delighted.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Done.- And just like that, the deal's done.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Top notch.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Charles, meanwhile, is with dealer Martin
0:24:10 > 0:24:14checking out more candlesticks, brass ones this time.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19What I like about these sticks is you can see how, over the years,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23through fairly honest, loving polishing...
0:24:24 > 0:24:29..we've got holes in the actual cast stick, just on here.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Look at that split there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35And you can see my finger right through, can't you?
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Yeah.
0:24:36 > 0:24:42Of course, let's not forget, these are probably almost 300 years old.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43So with the ticket price of £45
0:24:43 > 0:24:46on the brass candlesticks and another 45
0:24:46 > 0:24:50for the toleware one, is there a deal to be done?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53If they were on their own, you know, I'd be saying...
0:24:54 > 0:24:5845, I'd be saying probably best price on that would be 42.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Yeah.- Probably the same there, that's 45.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02That's 90.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05The best price that we would
0:25:05 > 0:25:07probably be able to do on that would be...
0:25:08 > 0:25:09..80 for the two.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13I love them, Martin, and I'm burning inside to buy them,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- so I'm very happy to pay you £80 for them.- OK, right.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Those two lots mean Charles has almost blown his entire budget
0:25:21 > 0:25:22and is all shopped up.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30So, he's having the afternoon off and taking the scenic route to the
0:25:30 > 0:25:34ancient town of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38He's come to the University of St Andrew's
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History - try and say that quickly -
0:25:42 > 0:25:44to find out all about its namesake,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Professor James Bell Pettigrew.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47He was a renowned surgeon,
0:25:47 > 0:25:48anatomist and naturalist
0:25:48 > 0:25:51who developed a passion for human-powered flight.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Charles is meeting Pettigrew researcher, Bianca Packer.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Great names.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Bianca, who was this man, James Bell Pettigrew?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05He was a medicine man.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But while he was studying at Edinburgh and Glasgow University,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12he showed a keen interest in natural history and I think he kind of kept
0:26:12 > 0:26:13that interest throughout his life.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16So while he was studying the heart in particular,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19he was also studying animals and he was watching them move.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21In particular, flight, I think
0:26:21 > 0:26:24because he was interested in being one of the first men to achieve
0:26:24 > 0:26:28controlled flight. It hadn't been achieved by the time we were getting
0:26:28 > 0:26:29to the end of the 19th century,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and the race was becoming quite intense.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35An expert in animal locomotion,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Pettigrew believed the natural world would reveal the secret to
0:26:39 > 0:26:41achieving successful human flight.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45He came up with a figure-of-eight theory that he's largely credited with discovering.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47There are a couple of people around the same time who were also
0:26:47 > 0:26:52looking at this theory and he was supposedly the first to publish
0:26:52 > 0:26:54on it, so he's able to claim ownership over that.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56How is the figure of eight, how is that...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- to do with flying?- Well, I can show you a little illustration here.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- Yes.- If you have a look here, you can see that birds...
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Well, birds do this, don't they?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Not quite. They actually do two shapes.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10They do a forward loop and a backward loop.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12And together, they make a figure of eight.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16So I think the best way to describe it is coming down...
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Yes?- ..and around...- Yes. - ..and back again.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- So down...- So down, and that's my eight.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Round? - Down and round and back again.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Wow.- And the reason why that's very important is because
0:27:27 > 0:27:30when their wing goes up, it creates a bit of a current
0:27:30 > 0:27:32while it goes up, and the other side of the wing
0:27:32 > 0:27:35forms a sort of kite, and when the wing
0:27:35 > 0:27:37has the downward stroke, it creates a current again
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and the other side of the wing becomes the kite.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42So Pettigrew described this as birds flying on a whirlwind
0:27:42 > 0:27:45of their own making. Which was quite a nice idea.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47So it's a very efficient way of flying.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- Was this his book? - That's correct.- Wow!
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Published in 1873, this book was supposedly
0:27:54 > 0:27:58the book that the Wright brothers read when they
0:27:58 > 0:28:01were doing their early research in animal locomotion.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05It's believed this book helped inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08the famous American brothers who are considered the fathers
0:28:08 > 0:28:09of modern aviation.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13We do hear in some of the resources that they corresponded,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15but it's not quite sure exactly on what,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17and I think perhaps during that race for the skies
0:28:17 > 0:28:19there was a lot of communication between rivals,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and ultimately, I think he did have an impact
0:28:22 > 0:28:24on their early research, and it's really interesting
0:28:24 > 0:28:27because almost everybody was looking at birds at that time.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- This was 1873? - Correct.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33How long later did he then come up with maybe a contraption
0:28:33 > 0:28:35to fly in or to fly with?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Well, we speculate between 1900 and 1903,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41which is just before the Wrights had their successful flight,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43that he gave it a shot himself.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46He built something that we would call an ornithopter today,
0:28:46 > 0:28:47and if we look here, we can see
0:28:47 > 0:28:51it's quite an expanse, and the reason why is he was
0:28:51 > 0:28:54quite determined that by having such a long wing expanse
0:28:54 > 0:28:57it wouldn't need to flap as quickly,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00and the reason for this is he had, witnessed how hawks and eagles fly
0:29:00 > 0:29:04and they didn't have to flap their wings very often to achieve flight.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07So he felt that the larger wing expanse here
0:29:07 > 0:29:09would maybe be suitable.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Although there are no official records,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14legend has it that Pettigrew flew the machine
0:29:14 > 0:29:18down a slope in St Andrews for a distance of 60 feet before crashing,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21with the then 70-year-old professor
0:29:21 > 0:29:24breaking his hip in the accident.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27He felt that having a rigid, fixed plane wingspan
0:29:27 > 0:29:32was not the answer for flight, and unfortunately, we know today
0:29:32 > 0:29:35with the planes that we have that that IS the most successful way
0:29:35 > 0:29:37to achieve human flight.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39So, I don't think that he was successful,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41but I think his idea was really interesting,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44because he was looking for something efficient designed by nature.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Shortly after Pettigrew's unsuccessful and painful flight,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51the Wright brothers went on to achieve the first
0:29:51 > 0:29:56powered, sustained and controlled flight of an aeroplane in 1903.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58James Bell Pettigrew died in 1908,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01but his research on animal locomotion
0:30:01 > 0:30:04and his passion for flight is not forgotten.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I think he showed us how keen attention to detail
0:30:08 > 0:30:10and looking at these animals very closely
0:30:10 > 0:30:12could reveal secrets that even today if we look at
0:30:12 > 0:30:14aeronautics and how things are developing,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18and our race for the skies continues onwards and upwards into space,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20that there's still many secrets to behold
0:30:20 > 0:30:22in the natural world around us.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Bianca, it's been wonderful to see how this great man, Bell Pettigrew,
0:30:25 > 0:30:27achieved what he did.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31I've really enjoyed it and thank you for an education.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34James still has some serious shopping to do,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37so he's made his way to Rait in Perthshire.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39He's come to Rait Antiques Centre.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43There is an eclectic mix of antiques and vintage items,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46and James still has over £200 available to spend.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Dundee - our next stop.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Hang on, hee-hee, it's another copy of Charles' so-called rare book.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Oh, dear!
0:30:57 > 0:30:58What does it say here?
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Right, James, with dealer David at your side, what can you find?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08That's got a good top, hasn't it?
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Hmm, is it a marble top?- Yeah. - Chinese.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Got a simplified look about it, hasn't it?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19We've got some Chinese character marks on it.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23The only problem is it's got a slight crack through it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27The dealer who owns this rosewood table is asking £150. Wow!
0:31:27 > 0:31:31That is going out on a limb, isn't it?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33150 for that.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36David, it would be helpful if you, you know,
0:31:36 > 0:31:39if I could get it nearer the hundred, but, you know,
0:31:39 > 0:31:41it's worth a call, isn't it?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Yeah, sure is, it's Chinese.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47What's he said then?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Tony would accept 100 on it because
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- he needs to clear his stock.- Oh, well done.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- I think I'll buy it.- Excellent. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55- Good.- Thank you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Cor, with £50 knocked off,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00James has picked up the marble topped Jia Juan Li table.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Right, what's next?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04This is quite fun, isn't it?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07I remember no home was without a cradle, wasn't it?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Everybody had a cradle on their landing.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I believe this is a Scottish one and you can imagine sitting in a chair
0:32:14 > 0:32:16using your foot to rock the cradle.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18It's rather nice, isn't it?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20What's the best that could be?
0:32:20 > 0:32:21The price is on it at the moment.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24It's on at 95.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Is that the sort of thing that could be sort of 40 or 50?
0:32:28 > 0:32:3050 would be possible.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- 50 would be... - It's certainly possible, yeah.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36We've also got this and I don't know if that would make a lot with it?
0:32:36 > 0:32:38It's a child's woven cradle,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and the two perhaps would make a lot together.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43This one's only on at £18, but...
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Are you offering to throw that in then, David?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48An extra tenner would be fine.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53CHUCKLING: Nice try, Braxton.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Would you do that one for £4?
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- So making 54? - Yes, we would.- You would?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- Yes, that would... - OK, go on, I'll buy that.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- Thank you very much.- For the two. - That's super.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Another kind discount and another lot bought.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10But it doesn't look like James is done just yet.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11What are these woods here?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13They look rather nice. Are they anything to do with you?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16No, they're not, but they are beautiful.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18They're lignum vitae.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Beautiful condition, actually.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- Bowling balls. - "G.O. McKay of Edinburgh."
0:33:24 > 0:33:27They're beautiful objects, aren't they?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31The dealer has a ticket price of £69 on these bowls.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34I haven't got £69. I HAVE got 50.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Do you think they might do 50?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I think it's very close to the mark.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Would you like me to contact them and ask?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45My only tolerance is 34p above 50.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46£50.34 is your...
0:33:46 > 0:33:48JAMES LAUGHS
0:33:48 > 0:33:49I'll go and see if that... I think...
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I'm willing to give them the 34p!
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Another quick call and David's back.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- What news, David? - You're in luck. £50.50 will do it.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02I haven't got 50p, I've got 34.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- That will do fine.- Good.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Phew!
0:34:06 > 0:34:11I'd hate 16p to be the breaking point!
0:34:11 > 0:34:15With every last penny spent, James walks away with the table,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18the two rocking cradles, the set of woods,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21which he adds to his earlier purchases -
0:34:21 > 0:34:25the silver cigarette case and the Victorian table billiards set,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28giving him a total of five lots to take to auction.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Charles has also bought five lots.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34The Scottish cannonball,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36the Crown Devon Maritime dish,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39the late 19th-century rare book on Dundee -
0:34:39 > 0:34:41well, they say "rare" -
0:34:41 > 0:34:44the pair of brass candlesticks and the toleware candlestick.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47He's spent a total of £255.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51So, what do they think of each other's lots?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Not a lot, I suspect.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55My great dapper man, and he is dapper,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58he's bought a really interesting, dapper array of objects.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59I love his Chinese table.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04That really has potential Eastern promise to create worldwide news
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and could be the headliner at the auction.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Charles has steamed in with the big tactical buy,
0:35:10 > 0:35:12a very large Bible of Dundee.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Some great plates in there.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18£150, it's good, fresh condition, who knows?
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Love his cigarette case.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22It was inexpensive, it was heavy, it was solid silver.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Fantastic gauge.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27If it doesn't make £50, I'll be very, very surprised.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Early candlesticks used to make big money, but they're... No more.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I don't know, would I swap or not? I think I'll stick with mine.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38There's no time to change.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41James has been reunited with Charles and they're now en route
0:35:41 > 0:35:44to auction in the city of Dundee.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45The place with the rare books.
0:35:47 > 0:35:53- James, hold tight. We are going over the River Tay Bridge...- Tay.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Look at this.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Today's auction will take place at Curr & Dewar Auctioneers
0:35:58 > 0:36:00in the heart of the city,
0:36:00 > 0:36:02where they know about rare books.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- What a beautiful day. - What could go wrong?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Exactly. Exactly.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08What could possibly go wrong?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Sometimes do you feel, James, a city's on your side?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Do you feel Dundee will be right for us?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Hmm, Charles is hopeful. Could be to do with rare books.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21But what will the man with the gavel today, auctioneer Stephen Dewar,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23think of our experts' lots?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Well, one of the lots today is a Lamb's Dundee,
0:36:26 > 0:36:30as they call them locally, a big leatherbound book
0:36:30 > 0:36:33of Dundee properties and Dundee as the old city.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35They usually sell quite well.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37They're quite collectable in the local area.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39The rocking cradle's quite nice.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42It's nicely painted.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Value-wise, I would be looking at around 50 to £80 on the cradle.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51The room's filling up and the boys are seated and raring to go.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52You know, I think we could be smiling
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- on our departure from Dundee. - Really?- If we get lucky.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Yeah, well, time will soon tell - as we're off.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01First up are James' two rocking cradles.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04- 30?- 30!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- 30 is bid.- Oh, hello!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08I have £30, front left, £30.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09A bid anywhere? I have £30.
0:37:09 > 0:37:1435. 40. 45. 50.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Wow.- £50 is front.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20£50 front right, at 50 and selling, all done?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Ah, that's a shame, but it's only a little loss.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Unlucky. Doesn't matter.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29It's...
0:37:29 > 0:37:31It's a start.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33That it is, Charles.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Up next, your brass candlesticks.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38£60 now. Opening bidder, at £60...
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Are you sure?- Come on! - On commission at £60.- On commission!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Are you sure now?- There's legs in them, there's legs.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- There's legs, there's legs!- Last chance, first bidder, first price.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Thank you. - Cor, cheap enough.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53A maiden bid there sees Charles kick off with a profit.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55One small Dundee step.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00Right, James, you're playing catch up with your lignum vitae woods.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Commission starts me at £20.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Oh, God.- Need to move.- I have £20, a set of four woods at £20.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Any advance now at £20?
0:38:07 > 0:38:08All done then?
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Another maiden bid, but this time producing a loss.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15You bought with your heart,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18you bought with passion, and those balls were cheap,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- and that's life and that's... - That's life, isn't it?
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Charles' next lot is up now.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Will his toleware candlestick attract much attention?
0:38:28 > 0:38:3015 bid. £15 it is now.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Oh, £15, I thought 50!
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Come on! That's too cheap.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36At 15, any advance at 15?
0:38:36 > 0:38:3825. £25.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Any advance at £25?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Surely one more.- All done then?
0:38:43 > 0:38:49Agh, they're certainly proving a tough crowd here today. Bad luck.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50I don't believe it.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53That's... Now, that's what I call a result.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Hello? Is anyone here?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Don't get too smug, James.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Your pricey purchase it up next.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02The Jia Juan Li marble-topped table.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05At 75. 80. Five. 90. Five.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07100. Five. 110.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- Good man.- 110 with the porter.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Any advance at 110? Are you all done?- It's a loss.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14- At £110...- Come on, come on.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Oh, James. After auction house costs,
0:39:18 > 0:39:20that will be another small loss.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23- £10 loss.- Doesn't matter, though.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25It was worth a gamble.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Time now to find out if the Scottish cannonball
0:39:27 > 0:39:30will make Charles a profit.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I'll open it up at £30 on commission.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- Come on. - At £30, two commission buyers.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- 35. 40.- Surely one more.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Five. 50. Five.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- Come on!- Commission buyer's at 55.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40- Any more?- 60 anywhere?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Any more? - At £55, any advance at 55?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Well done.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Fantastic profit there for Charles, well done.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Thank you, Scotland.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51I'll come again.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56How will the crowd take to James' table billiard set?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58£25 is bid.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01At £25 there , for a lot, at £25.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- Good lad.- 30. Five.- 40.- 40.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Five.- 40 on my right.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07At £40, any advance at 40?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Are you bidding? At £40 on my right, very last chance.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Needs one more for profit. One more, come on.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- At £40, 45.- Well done, sir.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- 50. £50 on my right.- That's good.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- Well done. Profit.- £50, all done then at 50.- Good man.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I'm selling... Thank you.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24That's more like it.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Well done. That's good. - I got away with it.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29That's good. You know, chin down, bit of that.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- Slightly washing the face. - Bit of that.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Next up, it's Charles's Crown Devon dish. Ooh-arr!.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36£20 for it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- 10?- Oh, I say.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- Ten is the wave.- Come on. - 15, ma'am?
0:40:41 > 0:40:4320. Five. 30. Five.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- £35.- Come on.- At 35 now, any advance at £35?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- Are you bidding? - I'm stuck in my chair.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52At 35....
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Nicely done. Good news for Charles.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- Happy?- I'm not happy. You may be happy.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Will James' final lot, his silver cigarette case,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04put a smile on his face?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07At £20. Five. 30. Five.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- 40. Five.- 40...five.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12There you go, told you - £45 for it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Almost.- There you go.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17£50 at the bed, at £50.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Any advance at £50?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- That's amazing, James. - Better, isn't it?- £50...
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Now, you HAVE to be pleased with that.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- That's a good margin.- That was my first purchase and my last sale.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35And that gives you a nice big step forward.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Right, time to get serious, Charles. It's the biggie.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Your 19th century limited edition book on Dundee.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43At £80 it is for Lamb's Dundee.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Let's go.- £80.- Let's go.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- Come on, let's go! - 110, 120...
0:41:47 > 0:41:49- Let's go!- ..130, 140... - Come on!
0:41:49 > 0:41:50- ..150, 160...- Come on!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- Fantastic!- ..170. I'm out now.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54170 is there.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Anybody else in?- Surely.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58£170...
0:41:58 > 0:42:01It was a risky punt, and it's paid off. Marvellous.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Shall we hit the road?
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Good to go, jacket on?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I think we should go, yeah.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Auction done, it's time to talk figures.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12James started this leg with £260.34.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18Unfortunately, he made a little loss of £30.74 after auction costs.
0:42:18 > 0:42:24But this still leaves him with a healthy £229.60.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Oh, yes.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Charles began with £266.40 and he managed to make a profit,
0:42:30 > 0:42:38gaining £27.90 after auction costs, giving him £294.30,
0:42:38 > 0:42:43which means he wins again and goes into the next leg in the lead.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- How do you feel?- Battered, both battered and bruised.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I truly feel you were unlucky today.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Do you? And you were lucky of course.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Exactly.- Smelling of roses again.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Name of the game, James.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Hold tight, James.- OK. - Give our great friends a wave.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02A royal wave from Dundee.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Tootle pip, road trippers.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Bye!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Next time, the Scottish road trip continues...
0:43:09 > 0:43:14Bless you. ..as the boys hunt down top antiques and each other.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15JAMES LAUGHS
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Charles, you great berk.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19THEY LAUGH